Research Opportunities FAPESP - The São Paulo Research...

Research Opportunities FAPESP - The São Paulo Research Foundation

Alexandre Roccatto Science Manager Engineering and Natural Sciences FAPESP Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Science Director FAPESP

WWU Research Alumni Meeting hEUrizon Brazil 9 October 2018 USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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R&D in the State of São Paulo (2017)

3/3 State/Federal Public Universities

3/1 State/Federal HE Institutions

21 Private HE Institutions

66 State Tech Faculties

23/11 State/Federal Research Institutes 21 Private Research Institutes 35% of the PhDs graduated in Brazil (~ 7.200)

45 Million (population) 34% of Brazil’s GDP 50% of Brazilian Science 13% of State budget to HE and R&D 1.6% GDP for R&D

Fapesp-WWU presentation 2018© C.H. Brito Cruz e Fapesp

http://www.guianet.com.br/guiacidades/

FAPESP: São Paulo Research Foundation

• Mission: support research and innovation in all fields of knowledge

• Funded by the State of São Paulo with 1% of the state tax revenues

• All proposals are peer reviewed (19,000 new applications in 2017) – Average time for decision: 72 days; success rate: 45%

• Annual expenditure in 2017: R$ 1 billion • Grant modalities

– Fellowships • 2.800 Undergrad, 2.500 MSc, 4.000 DrSc, 2.000 Post-docs, 800 other

– Academic R&D • RIDC (11 years), SPEC (5 yrs), Thematic (5 yrs), Young Investigators (4 yrs), Regular (2 yrs)

– University-Industry Joint R&D: Microsoft, Agilent, Braskem, Embraer, Boeing • Engineering Research Centers: 10 years joint grants FAPESP/Industry: PCBA, GSK, Natura, BG

– Small Bussiness R&D (PIPE): 2,060 SBE’s (five awards per week in 2017)

3 Fapesp-WWU presentation 2018© C.H. Brito Cruz e Fapesp

FAPESP areas and programs

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• Theme-oriented Programs – BIOTA: Virtual Institute for Biodiversity – PFPMCG: Research on Global Climate Change – BIOEN: Bioenergy Research – eScience: Computational Modeling and Data Infrastructure


• IDCS (Research, Innovation and Disseminations Centers) - 16 started in 2014 for 11 years – Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences – Brazilian Research Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology – Center for Cell-Based Therapy – Center for Inflammatory Diseases – Center for Computational Engineering – Center for Research in Biomedicine Etc…

(all fellowships and grants - 2016)

1) FAPESP’s Grants, Programs and Scholarships – SPEC (São Paulo Excellence Chair), Young Investigator Awards, Post-doctoral fellowships,

Visiting Researcher fellowships, Internships Abroad, organization of international meetings (workshops, summer schools, etc.), São Paulo Advanced Schools (SPSAS), OVERHEADS from research grants and scholarships, and others.

2) International Partnerships (over 180 signed Cooperation Agreements)

– With Funding agencies: joint research projects through Calls for Proposals: • Conceived together, written together, performed together

• Typically 3 years (up to R$ 300k) to 5 years (R$ 3 million) – With Higher Education Institutions: offering seed money for initial exchanges towards

preparing full research proposals (SPRINT “São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration “ or othwospecific Calls for Proposals):

• Exchange of researchers (and postdocs)

• Low-cost equipment, consumables, etc.

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FAPESP’s International Collaboration Strategy: Two lanes


FAPESP’s Grants, Programs and Scholarships (Obs.: Most FAPESP grants and fellowships include funds and overheads to be used for international collaboration) • Fellowship for researchers (BPE): support SP scientists to stay from one month to one year in qualified research institutions abroad. Funding covers fellowships and travel expenses: 224 awarded in 2017 (www.fapesp.br/2429);

• Research Fellowship for Internships Abroad (BEPE): offers to all FAPESP fellowship holders the opportunity to spend from 4 to 12 months as research interns in foreign high profile research centers, working in a theme associated to the research project the candidate is developing in São Paulo: 904 awarded in 2017 (www.fapesp.br/en/6811);

• Participation in international scientific meetings: 312 awarded in 2017 (www.fapesp.br/177); • Visiting Researchers: support foreign scientists stays in SP. Funding covers travel expenses and stipends for 2 weeks up to 12 months: 159 awarded in 2017 (www.fapesp.br/en/6659); • São Paulo Schools of Advanced Science (SPSAS): Periodic Call for Proposals for short duration curses with world- class lecturers bringing up to 100 undergrad and grad students from SP and abroad - 9 in 2017 (www.fapesp.br/en/5986)

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http://www.fapesp.br/2429

http://www.fapesp.br/en/6811

http://www.fapesp.br/177





FAPESP’s Grants, Programs and Schollarships (cont.)

• Post-doctoral fellowships (711 new awards in 2017) – Three to five years duration for Brazilian or foreign fellows. – Support for moving and installation and Travel for awardee and his family, plus 15% for research incidentals

(travel, small equip.) and scholarship (BEPE) for up to 1 year stay abroad (www.fapesp.br/en/postdoc).

• Young Investigator Awards (50 new awards in 2017) – Targets researchers with 3-5 years post-doctoral experience outside Brazil, open to Brazilians and non-Brazilians;

4-years grant, extendable for 1 more year; – Typical budgets from US$200k to US$ 2million and may include travel expenses and installation, equipment,

consumables and fellowships for students. (www.fapesp.br/en/yia).

• São Paulo Excellence Chairs (“SPEC” - 9 new awards in 2017) – For top level scientists from abroad to stabilish and coordinate a full Thematic Research grant in São Paulo; must

stay at least 12 non-consecutive weeks per year in SP for a 3 to 5 years grant; – Eligible items for funding include schollarships in selected levels, Post-doctoral feellowships, research equipment,

consumables, field trips, travel to and from the host institution for each period of stay (see below), and other items (www.bv.fapesp.br/en/286).

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http://www.fapesp.br/en/postdoc

http://www.fapesp.br/en/yia

http://www.bv.fapesp.br/en/286

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1) Research Funding Agencies/Institutions - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Deutsches Wissenschafts- und Innovationshaus São Paulo (DWIH) - Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - The State Ministry of Sciences, Research and The Arts of the Free State of Bavaria(STMWFK) - Bavarian Academic Center for Latin America (BAYLAT)

2) Higher Education and Research Institutes

- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - University of Münster (WWU) - Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) - Technische Universität München (TUM) - Universität Hamburg (UHH)

3) International Collaboratiive Iniciatives - Belmont Forum (Environmental Change), IUPAC (Chemistry), ERA.Net-LAC, M-ERA.NET, Trans-Atlantic

Platform (SSH), European Union (Horizon 2020), Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

FAPESP´s Research Partnerships Germany

www.fapesp.br/en/agreements


http://www.fapesp.br/en/agreements

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WWU - SPRINT participation: - Since 2015, WWU has participated in 6 Editions – with 3 selected proposals.

- Call 3/2018 open until October 29.

Other funding modalities: - 2x Ongoing research grants - 9x Completed research grants - 5x Ongoing scholarships in Brazil - 1x Completed scholarships in Brazil - 16x Completed scholarships Abroad

Examples: - Thematic Project: “Enhancing salt tolerance in tomato crops for advancing sustainable

agriculture and food production” - Joint Workshop USP/WWU: “Early-career researchers - Drug Development Planning” - Post-doc Internship (BEPE): “Structural characterization of borate glasses by high

resolution Solid State NMR techniques”

FAPESP-WWU Joint Call for Proposals (SPRINT)


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1) Call for Proposals for Joint Workshops 2017 - 2 workshops, one in each country, within 2018 – high-level meetings - Very high interest – many proposals submitted – 10 awardees 2) Joint DFG/FAPESP Research Grant Proposals - Open Deadlines Call for Proposals - Individual Grants – 3-year duration – limited budget - At FAPESP: Regular Research Grants (Auxílio à Pesquisa – Regular) 3) Joint DFG/FAPESP Coordinated Programmes - Open Deadlines Call for Proposals - Multidisciplinary Projects – 4-year plus duration – high budget - At FAPESP: Thematic Grants (Projeto Temático) - Corresponds to one of 3 DFG programmes:

A) International Research Training Groups (RTG) - prepare doctoral researchers

B) Research Units (RU) - team of researchers working together on a research project, thematic focus

C) Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) - long-term university-based research institutions through a Research Centre

FAPESP research collaborations - Germany DFG joint opportunities - 10 years together


Tool to seek for partners in the State of São Paulo: FAPESP´s Virtual Library (www.bv.fapesp.br/en/)


http://www.bv.fapesp.br/en/



FAPESP´s Virtual Library (www.bv.fapesp.br/en/)




Thank you for your attention Alexandre Roccatto ([email protected])


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