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FAPESP and Academy of Finland announce result of call for proposals
Published on December 23, 2014The Academy of Finland (AKA) and the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announce the result of the second call for proposals issued under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. Three proposals were selected. The call was open to joint projects in the field of materials research in electronics, photonics and communications engineering. The aim is to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers from Finland and the State of São Paulo. Selected proposals: [...] -
FAPESP and JSPS will fund workshops
Published on December 18, 2014FAPESP and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) announce the second call for proposals based in the memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions. The purpose of the call is to select joint workshops to foster collaboration between young researchers in Japan and in São Paulo. Two workshops will be selected and funded with a duration of three days. FAPESP and JSPS will equally contribute the equivalent to US$ 80,000 per workshop, in yen and Brazilian [...] -
FAPESP and Intel announce result of call for proposals
Published on December 11, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Intel’s corporate University Research Office (URO) announce the result of a call for proposals issued in June, 2014 under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The call was open to researchers working within public or private Higher Education or Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo, who submitted projects for academic research on side-channel resistant security for system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices. One research [...] -
First call of eScience program selects four proposals
Published on December 08, 2014FAPESP announces the result of a call for research proposals for the new Research Program on eScience. Four proposals were selected and will be funded. The main goal of the eScience program is to encourage bold, novel, and unconventional approaches to world class multidisciplinary research involving joint collaboration of computer scientists and researchers in other domains. eScience is concerned with joint exploration of how advances in Computer Science research can help face core science [...] -
FAPESP and JSPS announce result of call for proposals
Published on December 02, 2014FAPESP and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) announce the result of a call for proposals issued in March 2014 under the memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions. Two proposals for joint workshops to foster collaboration between young researchers in Japan and in São Paulo were selected and will be funded by FAPESP and JSPS. The purpose is to encourage young researchers to share knowledge, experience and ideas in the research areas stipulated in the call for [...] -
FAPESP and DCSR announce result of call
Published on December 02, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Danish Council for Strategic Research (DCSR) announce the result of a call for proposals for collaborative research issued by the institutions in February, 2014. Two proposals were selected and will integrate researchers from the State of São Paulo and from Denmark within the food science area. The duration of the selected research projects may be up to 48 months. Selected proposals: Researchers [...] -
Symposium highlights expanding collaborative research between São Paulo and California
Published on November 18, 2014The state of São Paulo has close to 40 million inhabitants and 32% of Brazil’s GDP. California has approximately 40 million inhabitants and 13% of U.S. GDP. “This is just one example of the similarities between our states and their importance to our countries, but it serves to underscore the fact that we have a lot in common for developing collaborative research,” said Ron Gronsky, Faculty Assistant to the Chancellor for International Relations at the [...] -
FAPESP and GSK issue a call for proposals for a research centre
Published on November 18, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Glaxo SmithKline Brasil (GSK) announce a call for proposals to establish a Centre of Excellence for Research in Target Discovery, as a part of FAPESP’s Engineering Research Centres Program and under the cooperation agreement signed by the institutions. The selected Centre must explore synergies and complementarities among the following topics, in the themes of interest of the call for proposals: a) Perform world-class science and [...] -
FAPESP and ATN announce result of call for proposals
Published on November 12, 2014FAPESP and the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) announce the result of a public call for proposals for the exchange of researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo and researchers affiliated with the universities members of the ATN, under the cooperation agreement signed by the institutions. FAPESP will provide funding of up to the equivalent to AU$20,000 per proposal and per year and ATN will provide funding of up to [...] -
FAPESP and Vanderbilt University announce result of call for proposals
Published on November 10, 2014FAPESP and Vanderbilt University announce the result of the first call for proposals within the range of scientific cooperation between the institutions. Two proposals for the exchange of researchers between the State of São Paulo, Brazil and Nashville, USA, were selected. FAPESP and Vanderbilt University will provide funding to cover research-related mobility expenses from the selected proposals: Researchers Project title [...] -
First SPRINT call has nine selected proposals
Published on November 07, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the first call for proposals for the SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration, a strategy designed to encourage and promote the advancement of scientific research through the engagement of researchers affiliated with research institutions in the State of São Paulo with researcher partners abroad. The objective of the call is to promote the engagement of researchers affiliated to institutions of higher [...] -
SPRINT has third call for proposals
Published on November 06, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the third call for proposals for SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (www.fapesp.br/en/sprint), a strategy designed to encourage and promote the advancement of scientific research through the engagement of researchers affiliated with research institutions in the State of São Paulo with researcher partners abroad. The third call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers [...] -
FAPESP and MATIMOP announce new call for proposals
Published on November 05, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP and the Israeli Industry Center for R&D, MATIMOP announce the second call for proposals under the agreement signed between the institutions. The call aims to promote bilateral research and innovation projects between companies from the State of São Paulo, Brazil and from the State of Israel. Proposals can be prepared and submitted at the Israeli side by companies performing R&D registered in Israel, according to the Office of the Chief Scientist of [...] -
FAPESP and the Smithsonian Institution sign cooperation agreement
Published on November 01, 2014Directors of FAPESP and the Smithsonian Institution signed a research cooperation agreement October 28, 2014, in Washington, DC. FAPESP President, Celso Lafer, and Smithsonian Institution Interim Under Secretary for Science, W. John Kress, signed the agreement during the symposium FAPESP-U.S. Collaborative Research on the Amazon organized by FAPESP in partnership with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the Brazil Institute of the Wilson Center. Established in 1846 by scientist [...] -
Washington, DC symposium highlights the importance of research on the Amazon
Published on October 29, 2014Researchers from the United States and the state of São Paulo met at the FAPESP symposium in Washington, DC on Tuesday (10/28/14) to present the findings of their studies on the Amazon in a variety of fields. The meeting, “FAPESP-U.S. Collaborative Research on the Amazon” was organized in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Brazil Institute of the Wilson Center. Held in the auditorium of the Brazil Institute, the meeting was attended by an audience of [...]