Name of the programme | Funding organisation | Countries | Research Actions | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazilian Innovation Agency (FINEP) | Regional, national and international | Sectoral funds via public calls of proposals, sub-categories covering 16 sectoral funds. FINEP signed agreements with differente entities from Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, United States, and South Africa, among others. Also, multilaterally there is the Ibero-American Innovation Program (Programa Íbero-Americano de Inovação), comprising Argentina, Brasil, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. Finally, there is the Fund for the Technological Development of Telecommunications (Fundo para o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico das Telecomunicações - FUNTTEL), managed by the Ministry of Communications (Ministério das Comunicações). | The majority of the non refundable funds are destined to public ST&I institutions or to non-profit private entities. There is also refundable funds and traditional investment. | |
Brazilian federal government via joint effort of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation | International | Programme aims to attract senior foreign researchers internationally recognized as scientific leaders in priority areas of Science Without Borders program, to conduct projects with Brazilian research groups and visit Brazil for up to three months each year over two to three years. Programme also provides scholarships for Brazilian doctoral and postdoctoral students to maintain projects in Brazil and abroad. | The proposals must be inserted on the specific areas covered by the programme. | |
Brazilian federal government via joint effort of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. | International | Programme aims to attract young researchers living abroad, especially Brazilians, who have a highlighted scientific and technology production within the areas of interest to the Science Without Borders. It is also possible to finance undergrad and grad students abroad. | The proposals must be inserted on the specific areas covered by the programme. | |
Co-founded by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) | FAPESP has a large number of agreements with foreign funding agencies, research performing organizations and companies to co-select and co-fund cooperative research. Broadly speaking, the agreements are of two types: a) Agreements offering seed funding, mostly for exchange of researchers and students and small workshops. In this case the foreign partner is generally a university or a research institution; b) Agreements offering full funding for research projects, selected jointly by FAPESP and the partnering agency. In this case the foreign partner is generally a research funding agency or an industrial research laboratory. |
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