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Bilateral research cooperation State of São Paulo (Brazil)
In collaboration with the Brazilian funder FAPESP the FWO supports 3-year joint research projects between researchers from Flanders and Brazil (State of São Paulo).
Objective
The FWO is keen on promoting international collaboration as a driving force for excellence. That is why the FWO signs bilateral agreements with a number of countries for the funding of joint research projects. These projects go further than the traditional mobility projects as staff and consumables as well as equipment can also be financed. One of the selected countries is Brazil (State of São Paulo). In 2024 the FWO reached an agreement with the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) on the funding of new research projects. Please note that in Brazil only researchers are considered who are affiliated to a for FAPESP eligible research organization in the state of São Paulo.
Important dates
- Next call expected spring 2027
- 5 March 2024: call opens
- 4 June 2024 (5pm local time): final submission date via FWO E-portal directly by the applicant. The submission does not take place via the Flemish main host institution.
4 June 2024 (11h59pm local time): final submission date at FAPESP - November 2024: joint FWO-FAPESP evaluation panel
- December 2024: announcement of results
- 1 January 2025: start of project
- February-March 2025: feedback is sent to supervisor-spokesperson
Features
- Joint research project with Brazilian (State of São Paulo) partner(s). It must be an integrated research proposal with one central research question, methodology and work plan.
- Fundamental research in all disciplines
- Project duration: 3 years
- Staff and consumables applied for at FWO: minimally € 45,000 and maximally € 85,000 per year per project. If you want to use ‘core facilities’ during the execution of your project, do make sure that the fees for that use are budgeted correctly in the ‘consumables’ expenditure category. Equipment funding applied for at FWO: maximally € 150,000 per project.
- Success rate 2021 call: 15% (7 projects). For this call we aim to fund 8 projects.
Profile and conditions
- The collaboration with partners from Brazilian (State of São Paulo) will have an added value for the project.
- Your research will be carried out at an eligible Flemish main host institution, possibly in collaboration with other Flemish and/or federal research institutions (Article 7) and under the supervision of a supervisor-spokesperson, possible in collaboration with other (co-)supervisors (Article 10 - 12).
In contrast to the junior/senior research projects fundamental research no distinction is made between junior and senior research projects in the framework of this bilateral call with Brazilian (State of São Paulo). In addition, it is not possible to use 10% of the budget requested at FWO for non-Flemish research institutions. - In the framework of this call with FAPESP, you can only act once as a supervisor(-spokesperson) or co-supervisor.
- Applications in the framework of this cooperation are not part of the project competition junior/senior research projects fundamental research and as a result:
- do not count towards the calculation of the maximum number of projects per application round for which you may act as (co-)supervisor(-spokesperson);
- are not taken into account for the maximum of two projects applied for and ongoing on the start date of the newly allocated project.
- No remuneration or accumulation of a remuneration is allowed for (co-)supervisor(s)(spokesperson) in connection with a research project.
- You agree with the Research Integrity Clause.
Procedure
- Carefully read the guidelines for applicants and verify if there are no restrictions in place regarding international cooperation in FWO funding instruments.
- Your joint application is submitted before the deadline both at FWO (by using the online application form in the FWO E-loket) as well as at FAPESP according to their modalities. Please note that each online FWO submission is automatically confirmed by a confirmation email. If you did not receive such an email, please verify whether you properly submitted your application.
- Specific points of attention FWO application:
- A CV of each Flemish and Brazilian (State of São Paulo) (co-)supervisor(-spokesperson) must be included by the Flemish PI the FWO application. The CV of Flemish participants should be in line with the FWO CV template. The CV of Brazilian (State of São Paulo) participants should be structured according to FAPESP instructions for a FAPESP Curricular Summary (CS).
- Each Flemish and Brazilian (State of São Paulo) (co-)supervisor(-spokesperson) must have an online profile including an overview of academic positions and updated list of publications on FWO E-loket before the submission deadline. Please note that the registration of your login/password takes 24 hours. It is therefore strongly advised to start well in advance.
- FWO and FAPESP perform an eligibility check to verify if your application meets all formal criteria of respectively FWO and FAPESP.
- FWO and FAPESP will send out the proposal submitted at respectively FWO and FAPESP out for external peer review according to the respective regulations for peer review. More information on the FWO modalities can be in the FWO regulations internal and external peer review.
- An ad hoc joint interdisciplinary selection committee composed of Flemish and Brazilian (State of São Paulo) experts makes a final ranking. This panel is composed after the call deadline based on the applications that were submitted.
- The Board of Trustees of FWO and FAPESP take the final decision.
- At the end of the evaluation procedure you will receive feedback on your application.
Regulations
Documents and additional information for applicants
Contact
See contact for requesting additional info and for specific questions.
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