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2014 EURAXESS LINKS December Issue 20 BRAZIL

Dear Colleagues, EURAXESS Links Brazil Newsletter is a monthly We have the pleasure to present you the twentieth edition of the EURAXESS electronic newsletter, edited Links Brazil Newsletter for December 2014. by EURAXESS Links Brazil, which provides information of This month, our “EU Insight” section brings updated information about the specific interest to European European pension fund RESAVER. This pension arrangement will enable researchers in Brazil and researchers to remain affiliated to the same pension fund, even when changing Brazilian researchers who are jobs and moving between different countries within the European Research interested in the European Area (ERA). research landscape and in conducting research in Under EURAXESS Links Brazil activities, we highlight some of our Europe or with European achievements in 2014, with an increasing community of researchers interested partners. in the European science and technology landscape but also by collaboration The information contained in and mobility opportunities. this publication is intended for personal use only. It should Under “News and Developments”, we report on several relevant developments not be taken in any way to in the EU and Brazil, as well as on cooperation activities between Brazil and the reflect the views of the EU and its Member States. European Commission nor of the Delegation of the You will also find a broad selection of Grants & Fellowships funded by the European Union to Brazil. European Commission, EU Member States or Brazilian authorities.

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Contents

1 EU Insight – RESAVER: boost to supporting researcher mobility ...... 6

2 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities ...... 8

2.1 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities in 2014 ...... 8

2.2 EURAXESS Survey: share your view on EURAXESS Links...... 9

3 News & Developments ...... 9

3.1 European Union ...... 9

3.1.1 Europe and Africa double research efforts to tackle AIDS, Ebola and For any suggestion or to other infectious diseases ...... 9 publish information on funding 3.1.2 EU companies must boost R&D investment to stay globally opportunities or scientific events in this newsletter, competitive ...... 10 send us an email 3.1.3 Switzerland and EU join forces in science and research...... 10 at [email protected] 3.1.4 EU backs 328 top early-career researchers with €485 million ...... 11

3.1.5 Strengthening the SET-Plan ...... 12

3.1.6 Crop, dairy and meat markets projections for the next 10 years ..... 12

3.1.7 Commission announces winners of European Business Awards for the Environment 2014-2015 ...... 13

3.1.8 10 December - A Magic Date: The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2014 ...... 13

3.2 Brazil ...... 13

3.2.1 Approval of PEC 12/2014 gives new impetus to innovation in Brazil ...... 13

3.2.2 New finance minister puts innovation as key to economic growth .. 14

3.2.3 Sino-Brazilian CBERS-4 is successfully launched in China ...... 14

3.2.4 Letter from scientists to President Dilma claims increased participation of ST&I in social and economic development of the country ...... 15

3.2.5 Government defines several areas covered by the Knowledge Platform ...... 16

3.2.6 Brazil aims to encourage worldwide discussion on the use of clean technologies ...... 16

3.2.7 New innovation indicator is studied by Brazilian researchers ...... 17

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3.2.8 Improvement of laws and investment qualification can make Brazil an innovative country, experts say ...... 18

3.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil ...... 19

3.3.1 European Union and Confap sign a Letter of Intent to promote Brazilian participation in the Science, Technology and Innovation program "Horizon 2020"...... 19

3.3.2 Projects that will by supported by Newton Fund are announced .... 19

3.3.3 CNPq signs agreement with the Czech Republic to the Science without Borders Program ...... 20

3.3.4 Seminar on Intellectual Property in the context of Brazil-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation ...... 20

3.3.5 Purchase of Swedish fighters is justified by Defence Minister ...... 21

3.3.6 Brazilian and German institutions will research coexistence methods with the drought ...... 21

3.3.7 Norwegian company invests in training Brazilian professionals through the Science Without Borders ...... 22

3.3.8 Brazilian experts are interested in cooperation with Slovak University of Agriculture ...... 23

3.3.9 Governor José Melo negotiates expansion of Amazonas partnerships with Germany ...... 23

3.3.10 Center supported by FAPESP and Spanish university sign technical cooperation agreement ...... 24

3.3.11 Ibero-American Summit approves alliance to stimulate student exchanges ...... 24

4 Grants & Fellowships ...... 25

4.1 European Union ...... 25

4.1.1 Open calls under Horizon 2020 ...... 25

4.1.2 Horizon 2020 – Call targeting Brazil just opened ...... 25

4.1.3 European Respiratory Society post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowship ...... 26

4.1.4 Erasmus Mundus - EULALinks incoming grants and EULALinks Sense incoming and outgoing mobilities ...... 26

4.1.5 Additional funds to increase the participation of Brazilian Higher Education Institutions in Jean Monnet Activities ...... 26

4.2 EU Member states and associated countries ...... 27

4.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals ...... 27

4.2.2 AUSTRIA – Marietta Blau outgoing PhD Grant ...... 27

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4.2.3 AUSTRIA – Ernst Mach Incoming Grant ...... 27

4.2.4 AUSTRIA – Franz Werfel Incoming Grant ...... 27

4.2.5 AUSTRIA – Richard Plaschka Incoming Fellowship ...... 28

4.2.6 AUSTRIA: Erwin Schrödinger Outgoing Fellowship including a return phase ...... 28

4.2.7 BELGIUM – FWO PhD and postdoc fellowships ...... 28

4.2.8 DENMARK – Postdoc COFUND Programme at Technical University of Denmark ...... 29

4.2.9 FINLAND – Finish Foundations’ Outgoing Post Doc Pool ...... 29

4.2.10 FINLAND - FiDiPro Finland Distinguished Professor Programme 2015 ...... 29

4.2.11 GERMANY – International Climate Protection Fellowships ...... 29

4.2.12 ISRAEL – GERMANY - Joint Berlin-Jerusalem Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme ...... 30

4.2.13 LUXEMBOURG - FNR AFR PhD Grants and Public Private Partnership ...... 30

4.2.14 ROMANIA – incoming PhD scholarships ...... 30

4.2.15 SLOVAKIA – Slovak Academy of Sciences Programme Saspro: incoming and reintegration fellowships ...... 31

4.2.16 SWITZERLAND - Society in Science: the Branco Weiss Postdoctoral Fellowship ...... 31

4.2.17 SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione ...... 31

4.2.18 SWEDEN – Initiation Grants for short term international cooperation ...... 31

4.2.19 SWEDEN - VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming Fellowship ...... 31

4.2.20 SWEDEN – VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming and Industry Outgoing Fellowships ...... 32

4.2.21 UK - British Academy for the humanities and social sciences International Partnership and Mobility Scheme ...... 32

4.3 Brazil ...... 33

4.3.1 BRAZIL (FAPERJ) - FRANCE (Sorbonne Universités) joint call ..... 33

4.3.2 BRAZIL (FAPEMIG) – FRANCE (Région Nord-Pas de Calais) joint call ...... 33

4.3.3 BRAZIL (CNPq) – SWEDEN (CISB)- fellowships for PhD and postdoc under Science without Borders ...... 33

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4.3.4 BRAZIL - Science without Borders Postdoctoral Fellowship at IIASA ...... 34

4.3.5 Capes Anísio Texeira chair at University of London (UK) ...... 34

4.3.6 Capes - University of Bologna (Italy) chair 2015/2016 ...... 34

4.3.7 Capes Chair at Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra (Portugal)...... 34

4.3.8 Capes open selection for full doctorate abroad in 2015 ...... 34

4.3.9 Capes - New program selects scholars for postdoctoral internship abroad ...... 34

4.4 Calls still open ...... 34

4.4.1 European Union ...... 35

4.4.2 Member states and associated countries ...... 36

4.4.3 Brazil ...... 39

5 Jobs ...... 41

5.1 EURAXESS Jobs ...... 41

5.2 Join us on LinkedIn: linkedin.euraxess.org...... 41

5.2.1 SPAIN – 2 positions at FECYT ...... 41

6 Events ...... 42

6.1 List of events ...... 42

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1 EU Insight – RESAVER: boost to supporting researcher mobility

In August 2014, this newsletter’s ‘EU Insight’ section introduced the pan- European Retirement Savings Vehicle for European Research Institutions (RESAVER)[1]. This pension arrangement will enable researchers to remain affiliated to the same pension fund, even when changing jobs and moving between different countries within the European Research Area (ERA). Singled out as a priority in the 2012 Communication on ERA [2], in which the European Commission pledged to "support stakeholders in setting up pan-European supplementary pension fund(s) for researchers", this initiative received two major boosts within the past months:

First, on 1 October, the consortium was launched that aims to establish this new pan-European pension arrangement [3]; and second, on 16 December, the Commission reported that a four-year, four million euro framework contract in support of creating RESAVER has been awarded to Aon Belgium [4] in response to the call for tender launched by the Commission in summer 2014.

Two major boosts to RESAVER establishment The RESAVER consortium, a group of committed employers, will be working as an international not-for-profit association registered in Belgium. The founding members are: Central European University Budapest; Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC-ERIC); Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A; Fondazione Edmund Mach; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia; Technical University of Vienna; and the Association of universities in the Netherlands (VSNU)[3].

The consortium plans to set up the pension arrangement with the first contribution being paid in 2015. The four-year framework contract awarded by the Commission in mid-December will cover the initial set-up costs. This will enable the consortium to roll out the single European pension arrangement across the European Economic Area by 2018.

By participating in RESAVER, employers will be able to sponsor a single European pension arrangement capable of delivering:

• Cross-border pooling of pension plans;

• Continuity of the accumulation of pension benefits as professionals move between different organisations and countries during their career;

• Lower overhead costs (and therefore improved member benefits) through economies of scale;

• Access to high quality investments regardless of the country where the employee is based (where legally possible), thereby improving overall member benefits;

• A pan-European risk pooling solution covering death benefits;

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• A centralised portal for tracking and administering pension contribution [4].

“Mobile researchers face obstacles related to social security, in particular with regard to their pensions. […] [B]y removing barriers to researchers’ mobility and ensuring safe and sustainable pensions for research professionals, [RESAVER] will contribute to the establishment of a European labour market for researchers.” European Commission, ERA Progress Report 2014 [5]

Sources and further information on RESAVER

[1] EURAXESS Links newsletter: EU Insight - The Pan-European Pension Fund RESAVER, August 2014.

[2] European Commission: 2012 Communication on ERA, Brussel, 17 July 2012.

[3] European Commission press release: New pan-European pension fund to boost researcher mobility, Brussels, 1 October 2014.

[4] European Commission press release: Major contract to support new pan-EU pension fund, Brussels, 16 December 2014.

[5] European Commission: European Research Area Progress Report 2014, Brussels, 15 September 2014.

[6] European Commission brochure: “RESAVER – Retirement Savings Vehicle For European Research Institutions”

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2 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities 2.1 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities in 2014

The EURAXESS Links country representatives would like to thank all their partners for their collaboration through the year. We are very proud of our achievements in 2014, with an increasing community of researchers interested in the European science and technology landscape but also by collaboration and mobility opportunities.

These past months gave us the chance to increase our cooperation with European higher education agencies, Association of Brazilian researchers abroad, Brazilian stakeholders such as MCTI, MEC, CNPq, CAPES, CONFAP, local FAPs, Fiocruz, CONIF and universities and research institutes all over the country.

In 2014, we organized a EURAXESS Share event on EU-Brazil cooperation in innovation and technology with FIESP and participated in many others all year long, including the Tour of Brazil events organized by the EU Delegation to Brazil and other EU Member State embassies and research institutes. In this context, we visited Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte, Florianopolis, Recife, Brasília, among others.

We also organized the second edition of our scientific communication contest, the EURAXESS Science Slam Brazil, with a high level participation and 5 astonishing candidates.

We participated in the second French-Brazilian Symposium on Biosciences, the FAUBAI conference, the Science and Technology National week (SNCT), the Euro-pós fair, the opening of the Max Planck Science Tunnel Exhibit, the annual meeting of Association of Brazilian researchers in Cataluña, the reception of the Doctor Honoris Causa title by EC President Barroso by UnB, the FIESP Competitiveness and Innovation Council, the Alisios project workshop on "Brazil-Europe higher education cooperation- lessons and opportunities from Science without Borders and beyond" and many others organized by our European and Brazilian partners.

EURAXESS was presented at USP (university’s research council and Ribeirão Preto campus), Unicamp, UFRGS, FAPEMIG, PUC-Minas, UFMG and Mackenzie University.

We are also very proud of the publication of Science without Borders incoming modalities and FAPESP opportunities on the EURAXESS Jobs portal, as well as other individual positions and fellowships in Brazil. This free opportunity is open to all research institutes from Brazil who wish to increase their visibility in Europe.

We still strive at connecting EU and Brazil researchers among themselves and with Europe but also at assisting researchers wishing to collaborate and/or advance their career in one of the best research institutions in Europe, that is why we hope to serve you even better in 2015.

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2.2 EURAXESS Survey: share your view on Keep following us on the EURAXESS Links Brazil EURAXESS Links. website, on our Facebook page, through Helps us improve our service for you in the future! It will take you only 3 minutes our EURAXESS Links – to answer the 7 questions of our online survey. Internationally mobile researchers group on LinkedIn and on our YouTube 3 News & Developments channel. 3.1 European Union 3.1.1 Europe and Africa double research efforts to tackle AIDS, Ebola and other infectious diseases The EU and Africa are doubling the research efforts to develop new and better medicines for poverty-related diseases affecting sub-Saharan Africa such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, hookworms and Ebola.

Building on the success of the first programme, the second European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership programme(EDCTP2) will work with a budget of €2 billion over the next ten years to fight infectious diseases in developing countries. For this, the EU will contribute €683 million from Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme, and around €1.5 billion will come from European countries. EDCTP2 heralds a new era of cooperation between Europe and Africa in medical research with countries from both continents working as equal partners.

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: "Infectious diseases like AIDS, Ebola or malaria are a major global threat, but they hit poor communities hardest. The latest Ebola outbreak reminds us that more research is needed to find new medicines and vaccines that will help save millions of lives. Today, Europe and Africa are stepping up their efforts to fight the spread of infectious diseases together. With the investment of EUR 700 million from Horizon 2020, the EU will boost research efforts to prevent new epidemics in the future."

Prof. John Gyapong, Board Member of the EDCTP Association said: "The birth of EDCTP2 is very timely. Neglected Infectious Diseases and Implementation Science Research are now covered. This presents a great opportunity for African countries to improve their health care delivery systems through good science. The prospects are indeed very bright."

The EDCTP Association now includes 13 European countries (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom) and 11 African countries (Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia). Mali, Burkina Faso, Sweden and Switzerland are about to join as well.

Read more (Source: European Commission)

See also the Fact sheet "World trends in R&D private investment. Facts and figures" 3.1.3 Switzerland and EU join forces in science and research The European Union and Switzerland signed on 5 December 2014, a comprehensive international agreement associating Switzerland to parts of Horizon 2020, Research and Training Programme of Euratom and the ITER project. This will see Switzerland participate in project consortia in eligible programmes on an equal footing with EU Member States, while financially contributing to these programmes with an estimated €400 million until the end of 2016.

Commenting on the signature of the agreement, Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation said: “This agreement is of December 2014 | Issue 20| Page 10 of 43

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paramount importance for our scientific communities. EU researchers benefit from access to excellent Swiss research facilities and institutions. At the same time, access to schemes for researcher mobility like Marie Skłodowska-Curie or to excellent research in programmes like ERC and Future and Emerging Technologies is vital for the Swiss. Furthermore, with this agreement Switzerland renews its commitment towards our long standing and fruitful collaboration.”

As part of the Horizon 2020 programme, Swiss beneficiaries will be able to participate with an associated status in actions under the "Excellent Science" pillar, which contains the European Research Council, Future and Emerging Technologies, Research Infrastructures and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions as well as in actions under the specific objective “Spreading excellence and widening participation”. In addition, Switzerland will also participate as an associated country in the Euratom Programme and the ITER project.

The participation of Switzerland is effective from 15 September 2014 until 31 December 2016. Beyond 2016, association to these programmes will depend on Swiss measures to ensure the non-discrimination of Croatian citizens and researchers. If Switzerland resolves the issue of the free movement of persons by February 2017, the association will expand to the whole of Horizon 2020 including the parts not yet covered. Otherwise, the whole agreement will be automatically terminated.

Read more (Source: European Commission) 3.1.4 EU backs 328 top early-career researchers with €485 million

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 328 first class scientists to receive its prestigious Starting Grants, worth up to €2 million each. The awarded €485 million contributes to supporting a new generation of top scientists in Europe developing so-called "blue sky research": ambitious high- risk, high-gain research projects in any field. The projects selected cover a wide array of topics, including wearable electronic

textiles powered by body heat, detection of bacteria by smell, 'toxic expertise' in Read also the ERC Press the petrochemical industry, the origins of human rationality, combatting cancer Release: ERC Starting Grants: €485 million to 328 related inflammation, as well as optimising user interface design. Read about top researchers to see the some of the selected projects here. lists of selected Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science said: "To researchers by country of host institution, by domain in create tomorrow’s innovation and growth, cutting-edge research is a must. With alphabetical order (Physical its Starting Grants, the European Research Council nurtures the next Sciences and generation of excellent scientists allowing them to follow their scientific curiosity Engineering, Life and take risks. To be at the forefront, Europe needs this gutsy mindset, and to Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities) and some invest in young talent." indicative statistics on the This year, grants are awarded to researchers of 38 nationalities, hosted in 180 Starting grants. different institutions throughout Europe. In terms of host institutions, Germany (70 grants) and the UK (55 grants) are in the lead, followed by France (43) and The Netherlands (34). Researchers are also

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hosted in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey, along with one project in CERN in Switzerland. Around 40 of the researchers are of non-European nationality; for instance North and South Americans, Asians, Australians, New Zealanders and Russians. Many of them were already based in Europe. There are also 18 researchers coming to Europe to carry out their ERC-funded projects, including 13 returning Europeans, as well as scientists moving to Europe from Australia and North America. This is in line with the ERC mission to attract more excellent researchers to Europe. The average age of selected researchers is about 35 years. Read more (Source: European Commission) 3.1.5 Strengthening the SET-Plan

Over 650 energy stakeholders from Europe and beyond gathered in Rome this month for the 7th Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) Conference. The conference offered a unique opportunity for all stakeholders and representatives of national and EU institutions to have in-depth discussions on the new developments of the SET Plan towards an integrated roadmap and action plan addressing research & innovation challenges and needs of the EU energy system. The "towards an integrated Roadmap" document which will ultimately lead to the Action Plan was presented at the event, and is the result of in depth consultation and inputs from more than 150 stakeholders and the SET-Plan steering committee from the Member States. The document has been compiled based on these inputs by the European Commission's Directorates-General for Energy, Research and Innovation and the Joint Research Centre. The JRC coordinated the technical and scientific input to the consultation process. Source: Joint Research Center 3.1.6 Crop, dairy and meat markets projections for the next 10 years JRC expertise in modelling with a focus on baseline projections and particularly on uncertainty scenarios has fed into the latest issue of the European Commission’s agricultural outlook for the next decade. The outlook “Prospects for EU Agricultural Markets and Income,” was compiled by the Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development and presented during This year’s record crop resulted in a a dedicated conference. The publication describes the trends for major EU price decrease: prices should recover over the projection period due to a agricultural commodity markets such as crop, milk and meat markets until 2024. strong feed demand, compensating a slower than expected increase of Read more (Source: Joint Research Center) biofuels demand. © Fitimmz, Fotolia

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3.1.7 Commission announces winners of European Business Awards for the Environment 2014-2015

ERA newsletter - December EU Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella edition is online announced the winners of the European Business Awards for the Environment 2014-15 at an evening ceremony early december. The awards recognise companies that combine competitiveness with respect for the environment in five categories: management, product and services, process innovation, business and biodiversity and international business cooperation. This year's winners include large corporations and SMEs: - Eczacıbaşı Yapı Gereçleri (Turkey), a leading producer of ceramic bathroom products and tiles, for management - EcoNation (Belgium), a company supplying lighting solutions, for product and services The third edition of the ERA - Daimler AG (Germany), a motor vehicle and engine manufacturer, for newsletter is now online. process innovation It focuses on gender in - Interface Nederland BV (Netherlands), the world's largest designer research, a timely topic and maker of carpet tiles, for international business cooperation coming in the wake of the - Red Eléctrica de España (Spain), an electricity operator, for business 2014 ERA Progress Report. and biodiversity This report provides an overall picture of progress Read more (Source: European Commission) made on the ERA priorities, including gender equality and 3.1.8 10 December - A Magic Date: The Nobel Prize Award gender mainstreaming in Ceremony 2014 research.

It underlines that gender The Nobel Laureates have taken center stage in Stockholm on 10 December, issues in research and when they received the Nobel Medal, Nobel Diploma and a document innovation have gained confirming the Nobel Prize amount from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. increased recognition in policy agendas at national, In Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates received their Nobel Peace Prize European and international from the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the presence of King level, as well as within Harald V of Norway. An important part was the presentation of the Nobel research organisations. Lectures by the Nobel Laureates. However, the pace of change is too slow and there are still In Stockholm, the lectures are presented days before the Nobel Prize Award many disparities among Ceremony. In Oslo, the Nobel Laureates deliver their lectures during the Nobel countries. The persistence of Peace Prize Award Ceremony. gender bias in careers, of gender imbalance in decision- Watch the Award Ceremonies: making roles, and the lack of a gender dimension in 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony research programmes 2014 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony remain. Video clips from the 2014 Nobel Banquet in Stockholm

Source: Nobelprize.org

3.2 Brazil 3.2.1 Approval of PEC 12/2014 gives new impetus to innovation in Brazil The approval of the Proposed Amendment to the Federal Constitution, PEC 12/2014, is a breakthrough for innovation in Brazil. "PEC 12/2014 will include December 2014 | Issue 20| Page 13 of 43

EURAXESS LINKS BRAZIL applied research, technology and innovation in the Federal Constitution, broadening the commitment of our society to the mechanisms that follow the basic science and will provide the country with competitiveness gains and faster integration of innovative solutions in the market and society", said Naldo Dantas, executive secretary of the National Association for Research and Development of Innovative Companies (Anpei).

The matter, which goes to sanction by the Presidency of the Republic and enactment, passed the Senate Plenary unanimously on December 17. PEC 12/2014 amends several constitutional provisions to ensure that research and technological innovation are priority issues of the State.

"This constitutional insertion provides the basis for the development of legal frameworks for innovation and the instruments of stimulous and support, especially regarding issues in completion originating from the former 'national code of ST&I', like the differentiated system of purchases of universities, the equalization of rights between public and corporate researchers, grants for capital goods, extension of the time of dedication by teachers to the cooperative projects of innovation, implementation of Technological Innovation Nucleus (NIT), access to biodiversity, the expansion of the “Lei do Bem” and encouragement to the capital market, among others", said Naldo Dantas.

Source: Jornal da Ciência 3.2.2 New finance minister puts innovation as key to economic growth The economic team for the second term of President Dilma Rousseff was presented officially on 27 November at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Joaquim Levy takes the Ministry of Finance, while Nelson Barbosa will be responsible for the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management. Alexandre Tombini will be kept as Chairman of the Central Bank.

The "strengthening the economy" was an expression cited at least six times during the brief pronouncements and the short press conference of the team. The promotion of innovation to step up competitiveness was put as fundamental priority by the new Finance Minister. According to Joaquim Levy, the economic policy must be focused on these aspects: "Competition, entrepreneurship and innovation are essential for economic growth. The Ministry of Finance will do everything possible to leverage these three key variables", Levy said.

Source: Agência Gestão CT&I 3.2.3 Sino-Brazilian CBERS-4 is successfully launched in China The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Clelio Campolina Diniz, followed the launch of the Sino-Brazilian satellite CBers-4, which occurred at the base of Taiyuan (China) on 7 December.

The mission results from the partnership signed between the two countries in 1988. The satellite is intended for earth observation and will generate images for various applications, such as monitoring deforestation in the Amazon.

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"The launch strengthens our close bilateral cooperation and represents a major step in our space program", said Campolina. "The CBers-4 will be extremely important for Brazilian society as it will enhance the terrestrial monitoring, in addition to providing various uses of monitoring the Amazon forest, agricultural areas, cities and the Brazilian coastline and the prevention of natural disasters".

The minister recalled that the satellite will also allow to expand the South-South cooperation - in particular the strengthening of relations with the countries of Latin America and Africa- by providing images taken with the Brazilian equipment.

Source: MCTI 3.2.4 Letter from scientists to President Dilma claims increased participation of ST&I in social and economic development of the country The Brazilian scientific community sent a letter to President Dilma Rousseff on 26 November, which sets out the concerns and demands of the sector in order to make them a true state policy, which will effectively contribute to the social and economic development of the country. In the letter, signed by 75 scientific societies from all areas of knowledge, and sent by the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), scientists take up the proposals that were sent to the federal government after the 4th National Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation (CNCTI) in May 2010. The conference had been been called for by a presidential decree with the aim of setting up a state policy for the sector, focused on sustainable development.

Scientists argue that "a leap in the direction of innovation requires the concerted production of large and diverse research groups from different regions of the country, involving coordination between basic scientific production, entrepreneurship and technology production". The letter also points out that "The main expectation of the Brazilian scientific community still resides in the increase of national investment in R&D to the level of 2% of GDP, which has been the intent manifested by the federal government since the first year of the first term of President Lula. From 2006 to 2012 the national investment in R&D rose from 1% to 1.24% of GDP, a significant increase, but to a level that still leaves us rather distant from the average across OECD countries, where the R&D/GDP ratio is about 2.4%".

The document prepared by the scientists points to several issues that are of concern for the continuity and evolution of science, technology and innovation in the country, such as: financial unsustainability currently demonstrated by the mechanism of sector funds for the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT), the need to direct part of the Social Fund created with oil royalties also for S,T&I and not only education, the diversion of FNDCT funds for programs such as Science without Borders, and the maintenance of infrastructure projects, such as the large national laboratories and the National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCTs).

Source: Jornal da Ciência

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3.2.5 Government defines several areas covered by the Knowledge Platform Launched just over five months, the National Program for Knowledge Platforms (PNPC) begins to take shape with the selection of some topics for public policy. At a public hearing held on 3 December in the Committee on Science and Technology, Communication and Information (CCTI) of the House of Representatives, where it was discussed the Government’s Action Plan of Information Security Policy, the Secretary of Computing Policies of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Sepin/MCTI), Virgilio Almeida, confirmed which platforms have already been chosen to be executed.

"The platforms of knowledge that are being envisaged are related to energy, agriculture, health care (drugs and medicines), aeronautics (green plane) and the part of security and cyber defence", he said.

In all, the PNPC could encourage research in education and S,T&I in up to 20 sectors.

Despite the selection of some themes, the PNPC still has no resources. According to the representative of Sepin, the definition of the financial part should only be performed in the coming year and involves a number of ministries.

Source: Agência Gestão CT&I 3.2.6 Brazil aims to encourage worldwide discussion on the use of clean technologies The use of clean technologies as one of the foundations for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set by the United Nations for the period from 2000 to 2015, has not been the focus of discussions among the countries that aim to improve the living conditions of their inhabitants. The promise, according to federal government officials, is that Brazil will deepen this theme within the Sustainable Development Goals, goals set by the United Nations (UN) taking effect from next year.

"We insist to push discussions to facilitate the mechanism of transfer of clean technologies, which will enable the poorest countries to achieve the desired sustainability", pointed out Ambassador Jose Antonio Marcondes, under Secretary-General for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. He spoke at a public hearing held on 18 November in the House of Representatives.

According to the ambassador, the way the MDGs were established will require more efficient methods on how they will be implemented. "It is necessary to further discuss the means of implementation of these objectives. During the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals, Brazil reiterated the need for the identification of resources needed for the ambitious goals of this agenda", he said.

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"So far this discussion was locked, and we will try to unlock it. Countries that do not want it argue that technology is not from countries but from enterprises, developed by the private sector. We will obviously try to argue that this question is essential to human development, which goes beyond the capitalist logic of intellectual property", said Mottin.

The objectives of sustainable development come with the intention to replace the MDGs from 2015, with 2030 as the target year for the 193 participating countries to meet the targets. So far ten objectives are predefined, which are: ending poverty; promoting sustainable growth and jobs; education for all; protection of human rights; health for all; sustainable agriculture; sustainable cities; sustainable energy and climate changes; sustainable biodiversity; and good governance.

Source: Agência Gestão CT&I 3.2.7 New innovation indicator is studied by Brazilian researchers A group of Brazilian researchers at the Brazilian Industrial Development Agency (ABDI), the Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), met in Brasilia (DF) to discuss and evaluate the creation of a new indicator to measure the outcome of innovation. One idea is to build on the experience of the European Commission on the issue, but using Brazilian data.

The director of ABDI, Maria Luisa Campos Machado Leal, pointed out that there has been increasing application of resources in scientific and technological activities by the federal and state governments and Brazilian economic agents. However, she noted that technological innovation indicators have not advanced at the same rate of investments. "One of the reasons that contribute to this problem may be related to our difficulty in measuring technological innovation", she noted.

According to the economist and research advisor, Leonardo Rodrigues da Costa Mattos, for the new indicator composition a number of possible indicators will be identified and the strengths and limitations of several researches will be evaluated. "In the second stage of the work we will present the main recommendations, as well as suggestions for improving our own research and innovation polls", he said.

According to Costa, the research will be based on the Technological Innovation Survey (Pintec) established by IBGE in 2000 and published every three years, as well as on other studies that measure growth rates on employment, such as the Central Register of companies.

The results of the research effort with the Brazilian data will be delivered to the European Commission. With this, it will be possible to open a dialogue and eventually to improve the indicator proposed in Europe to also be adapted to the reality of complex and developing countries, such as Brazil.

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3.2.8 Improvement of laws and investment qualification can make Brazil an innovative country, experts say Although the Brazilian economic scenario points to low growth, the efforts of the private sector in research and development have remained constant throughout 2014. According to the Innovation Survey 2014 developed by the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) the number of companies with innovative activities has grown. In the last quarter of 2013, 50.3% of the surveyed companies had activities in the area. Already in the first three months of 2014, this number jumped to 54%. According to the acting president of the ABDI, Maria Luisa Campos Machado Leal, this move was made possible by a forecast of more investments in the sector for 2015.

"I think we can expect good things. The resources are increasing, that is definitely important. The National Program for Knowledge Platforms may come with substantial resources of grants, which are fundamental to reach the same level of innovation that developed countries have and with which we compete", said the official, during the meeting “Inova+ Solutions to Innovate” sponsored by General Electric (GE) in Brazil, held on 8 December.

Maria Luisa said, however, that a greater effort is needed to foster the innovation sector in the country, increasing and qualifying the resource investment level. She recalled that in the last years the Brazilian industry has been losing technological intensity and R&D activities are concentrated in low- intensity sectors. "Our challenge is to increase that intensity. Our mission is to transform this industrial park in something more innovative and more technology-intensive".

To encourage industry sectors to develop innovative products or processes with high added value, the federal government has for three years been developing sectoral technological agendas whose mission is to identify the technologies relevant for competitiveness in a 15 years horizon. In total, 14 areas have been analysed. To date, the automotive sector - by means of electric and hybrid engines -, displays for ICT, capital goods for oil and gas, and renewable energy have already been covered.

"This set of agendas is an effort to have a minimum of technological intelligence in the country, to understand what are the most relevant technologies and how to support them. Often, the answer is not simply allocating more resources to R&D. In many cases, it is necessary to consider alternatives such as attracting investment, make a plan, a technological joint venture or other partnership types", stated the ABDI representative.

According to the director of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Fernanda De Negri, it is necessary to make structural and legal reforms for Brazil to enter the club of innovative countries. Even admitting that the national public policies for innovation are correct and in line with what is practiced in the major economic powers, it is necessary to rethink the law.

"Our Procurement Law does not explicitly provide that the State can acquire R&D. So this change is an important step as well. This is very common in the

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US, especially in the areas of defence and energy, and is a step to improve here in Brazil", he noted.

Source: Agência Gestão CT&I 3.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil 3.3.1 European Union and Confap sign a Letter of Intent to promote Brazilian participation in the Science, Technology and Innovation program "Horizon 2020" The Head of the EU Delegation in Brazil, Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias, and the Head of the Research and Innovation sector of the Delegation, Dr Piero Venturi, participated in the National Forum of the National Council of State Secretaries for S,T&I issues (CONSECTI) and the National Council for State Foundations of Research Support (CONFAP), held on 4 December in Florianópolis, SC.

On this occasion, Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias and the President of CONFAP, Professor Sergio Gargioni, signed a Letter of Intent with the objective of exchanging relevant information on the participation of Brazilian institutions in the Horizon 2020 Program, and also encouraging the State Foundations of Research Support (FAPs) to fund institutions and researchers in their states and their interests that will be engaged in the proposals selected by the For more information on the European Union under the program. European Commission’s Brazil's participation in the previous Framework Programme (FP7) was very international research positive and the intention is that the country will maintain this robust cooperation activities worldwide, read the European participation in Horizon 2020. Commission’s monthly In this sense, it is expected that the initiative can effectively promote a greater “International Research Update”. participation of Brazil in the European program and consequently strengthen ties between the scientific communities in both regions. The latest edition features a note on the EU - Canada Source: EU Delegation to Brazil Joint S&T Coordination Committee (JSTCC), as well 3.3.2 Projects that will by supported by Newton Fund are short reports on the following announced activities held in Brazil: The CONFAP (National Council of State Research Support Foundations) and  «Brazilian and European the Research Councils of the United Kingdom (RC-UK) announced the projects joint actions for Blue that will receive investment from the Newton Fund. Almost 6 million pounds will Growth» event, Recife, 11 November 2014 be invested in joint research from both countries.  the second Brazil- In all, 71 proposals will be supported, providing researchers with the opportunity Germany Seminar of to build collaborations between Brazil and the United Kingdom by means of Innovation, São Paulo, 12 short-term incentives for research and network activities on a small scale. The November evaluation of bids was made by the presidents of FAPs, ad hoc consultants and a team of Newton Fund in early December, in Florianopolis.

"The selection process of the RCUK-CONFAP Call of the Newton Fund was a massive and highly successful task. A highlight has been the amazing amount of 318 submissions. This led us (both RCUK, as well as CONFAP) to have to invest a lot more than initially planned, reaching an amount of R$ 24 million",

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Professor Jane Elliott, executive director of the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council), said that "international cooperation is essential to meet the global challenges we have today. The projects funded in this call are clear evidence that the RCUK is leveraging and strengthening its relationship with Brazilian funds to support interesting and innovative research partnerships. Providing the UK research community the opportunity to work with researchers from emerging economies, and providing access to new ideas, people and information, will bring benefits to both economies and societies".

This was the first time RCUK worked with CONFAP on a joint call for submission of proposals. The selected projects belong to several research areas: health, urban transformations, biodiversity and social assistance. The President of CONFAP, Sergio Gargioni, declared that he is satisfied with the results of the call: "Together, CONFAP and the RCUK funded a significant number of excellent research partnerships, which is a good sign for future collaboration between Brazil and the United Kingdom"

The list of selected projects is available here.

Source: CONFAP 3.3.3 CNPq signs agreement with the Czech Republic to the Science without Borders Program The President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Glaucius Oliva, and the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Brazil, Jirí Havlík, signed on 25 November at the CNPq headquarters a memorandum of understanding for the entry of the Czech Republic in the Science without Borders program. The new partnership will bring scholarship opportunities in various modalities for Brazilian scholars to study in that country.

The CNPq President talked about the importance of another partner entering the Science without Borders: "We expect a very productive future with this new partnership. We appreciate the presence of Ambassador Havlík and give you the welcome to our program",said Glaucius Oliva.

For Ambassador Jirí Havlík this is a great opportunity to establish friendly ties between the two countries, especially in the academic mobility field. "I was very happy with the agreement between our countries. I expect a partnership that is good for both”, he said.

Source: CNPq 3.3.4 Seminar on Intellectual Property in the context of Brazil-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation The Seminar Intellectual Property in the context of Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Brazil and the European Union was held in

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Brasilia on 12 December, at the headquarters of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

The objective of the seminar was to discuss how the management of intellectual property has been treated in scientific research in the country and in the EU and to suggest best practices. The event presented the conclusion of a study conducted under the Project Support to Brazil-EU Sectorial Dialogues, by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in partnership with the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC).

In the programme there was the presentation of the study and also a round table with representatives of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, the National Scientific and Technological Development Council (CNPq) and the National Forum of Innovation and Technology Transfer Managers (Fortec).

Source: EU Delegation in Brazil 3.3.5 Purchase of Swedish fighters is justified by Defence Minister The Defence Minister, Celso Amorim, explained at the House of Representatives the choice of the federal government to re-equip the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) with 36 Gripen NG. He said that the aircraft manufactured by the Swedish company Saab have been selected under the F-X2 project, based on technical criteria, such as performance and technology transfer, as well as price - the latter associated with the acquisition and maintenance costs.

As negotiations to re-equip the FAB date back a few years, it was necessary to recalculate the costs of new aircraft from the current economic conditions. "Even with the price increase, the Gripen was cheaper and more advantageous than the other options", said the minister explaining why the amount was around US$ 1 billion higher than originally planned.

Amorim explained that the adjustment in the values of the initial proposal was also influenced by factors of a technological nature, including to incorporate greater participation of Brazilian industry in the project. "No use to pay cheaper, to pay for abroad. What we want is to create high quality jobs in Brazil", he said.

According to the manufacturing process defined by FAB, 13 fighters will be developed in Sweden, with the accompaniment of Brazilian engineers; eight of them will also be made in Sweden under the coordination of Brazilian supervised by Swedish; and the remaining 15 will have construction and assembly in Brazil. A total of 160 Brazilian professionals, including technicians and engineers, will be in the European country involved in the initiative and absorbing knowledge.

Source: Agência Gestão CT&I 3.3.6 Brazilian and German institutions will research coexistence methods with the drought The kick-off meeting of the Bramar project of German-Brazilian cooperation was held on 10-11 December at the National Institute for Semi-Arid (Insa/MCTI) in

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Campina Grande (PB). Through this partnership, strategies and technologies for dealing with the drought in northeastern Brazil will be developed.

The central themes of the Strategy Development and Innovative Technologies for Mitigating the Effects of Water Scarcity in Northeast Brazil (Bramar) project are the use of residual water for agricultural and industrial purposes, and the controlled recharging of water underground reservoirs (aquifers). Also climate change, economic and social assessments of technologies and their integration into the management of the Brazilian water resources system will be researched, as well as the development of support systems for the deployment of the studied technologies.

With Brazilian coordination by the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) and German coordination by the University of Aachen, the Bramar will have the cities of Recife (PE), Mossoró (RN), João Pessoa (PB), Campina Grande and Sumé (PB) as experimental areas for development of these technologies.

Beside UFCG and Insa, the Brazilian consortium will have the National Water Agency (ANA), Embrapa Semi-Arid, Foundation of Paraíba Technology Park (PaqTc), Ceará Foundation of Meteorology and Water Resources (Funceme), Water and Sewerage Company of Paraíba (Cagepa), among other institutions.

Lasting for three years, Bramar will have Brazilian financing from the Sectorial Water Resources Fund (CT-HYDRO) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), through FINEP/MCTI and German financing from the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), through the Karlsruhe projects agency.

Source: MCTI 3.3.7 Norwegian company invests in training Brazilian professionals through the Science Without Borders One hundred Brazilian fellows of the Science without Frontiers Program had access to one year scholarships aimed at the oil and gas industry sponsored by the Norwegian oil company Statoil. The benefits began to be applicable from September of this year and students will spend 12 months at the company headquarters carrying out a sandwich graduation.

In all, R$ 6 billion will be invested in financing the scholars. The project is a partnership of the Higher Education Personnel Training Coordination (Capes) and is supported by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). The goal of the effort is to promote the training of professionals to meet the demand for technology labour force in the Brazilian oil and gas industry.

Another initiative of Statoil in Brazil is Your Knowledge program - Education Program in Brazil. It was activated in October and seeks to encourage the development of research and technology in the country.

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3.3.8 Brazilian experts are interested in cooperation with Slovak University of Agriculture On December 9, representatives of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in Brazil - Prof. Leucio Alves and Prof. Anísio Soares - visited the Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra. Honourable guests were welcomed by the Rector of SUA Dr.h.c. Prof. Ing. Peter Bielik, PhD. At the beginning of the meeting the Brazilian experts briefly informed about their University, which was founded in 1912 and currently hosts almost 8 thousand students. In the sphere of education, science and research, the university is focused on forestry, physics, mathematics, chemistry, fishery and aquaculture, veterinary medicine as well as agronomy, biology, informatics and statistics, morphology and physiology of animals, regional development and animal husbandry. Especially in the above listed fields, but also in other ones, an active cooperation with SUA could be implemented. “In 2011 our government has initiated a programme “Science without Borders”. In this programme the Brazilian scientists, technologists and innovators have the possibility to gain a new experience and knowledge in international development laboratories and foreign universities. This programme is fully financed by the Brazilian federal government. The programme creates a unique opportunity also for Slovak research centres and universities to develop in this way a mutually beneficial cooperation“, said Prof. Leucio Alves. Brazil belongs to the world leaders in many sectors of research, especially in the field of applied research in agricultural production, pharmacy and in some areas of engineering. The Rector of SUA, Prof. Peter Bielik, informed the guests about the orientation of the faculties, study programmes and research at SUA. He informed also about the realization of the project Building of research centre “AgroBiotech”, about the activities of the excellent centres at SUA as well as about the international cooperation of European projects Erasmus Mundus and Erasmus+. He outlined the perspective possibilities for the cooperation. At the end of the meeting the representatives of the Universities agreed to prepare the agreement about the cooperation between the both universities. Source: UNIAG 3.3.9 Governor José Melo negotiates expansion of Amazonas partnerships with Germany The governor of the Amazonas State, José Melo, opened negotiations with Germany to expand bilateral partnerships and cooperation in the areas of Environment, Science and Technology and attraction of new companies to the Industrial Pole of Manaus. These topics dominated the Governor's meeting with the German ambassador Dirk Brengelman and the consul Martin Klenk, held on 11 December in Manaus. In January 2015, a State Government working group will present projects and new investment opportunities to the German government. The meeting was attended by the Planning Secretary, Airton Claudino, the Environment and Sustainable Development Secretary, Kamila Amaral, the

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Finance Secretary, Afonso Wolf, and the President of the Institute of Environmental Protection of Amazonas (Ipaam), Antonio Stroški. The discussions to deepen partnerships with Germany involve the departments of State Planning (SEPLAN) and Environment and Sustainable Development (SDS), Ipaam, the Research Support Foundation of Amazonas (FAPEAM) and the University of the State of Amazonas (UEA). Among the proposals, the government should prioritize projects in fields such as environmental protection, sustainable development, biotechnology, fostering research and educational exchanges, in which the Germans have historical partnerships and have been allocating resources through the Amazon Fund. According to the Governor, the German interest reflects the international recognition of advances in environmental policy and science and technology in the Amazonas. These actions are identified as responsible for the 20% reduction in the deforestation rate in the state this year. In his new government, Melo said he would strengthen environmental protection and prioritize actions for the development of wealth and economic sustainability. Source: Jornal da Ciência 3.3.10 Center supported by FAPESP and Spanish university sign technical cooperation agreement The Functional Materials Development Center (CDMF) concluded a research partnership with the University Jaume I (UJI) from Spain. The coordinator of the Centre, Professor Elson Longo, attended a meeting with the rector of the UJI, Vicent Climent, in which was signed the agreement for technical cooperation between the institutions. The partnership will result in the development of joint projects carried out by researchers from CDMF and teachers of the UJI. The two institutions have been carrying out joint work for over 20 years and the agreement seeks new prospects for the development of research in the field of ceramic materials and nanotechnology. The Jaume I University is a public institution of higher education and research located in Castellon de la Plana, in eastern Spain. With about 15,000 students, the university is located in the European Mediterranean coast between the cities of Valencia and Barcelona. Source: Jornal da Ciência 3.3.11 Ibero-American Summit approves alliance to stimulate student exchanges The formation of an alliance for academic mobility, aimed at promoting the exchange of 200,000 students in five years, was one of the conclusions of the 24th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government. At the meeting, which ended on 9 December in the Mexican city of Veracruz, it was decided that the next summit will take place in Colombia in 2016 . Among the documents adopted at the 24th Ibero-American Summit there is also the support for a literacy and learning plan throughout life. Source: Agência Brasil December 2014 | Issue 20| Page 24 of 43

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4 Grants & Fellowships 4.1 European Union 4.1.1 Open calls under Horizon 2020 Access all open calls on the Horizon 2020 Participant Portal. Note that they are allocated to the three pillars of Horizon 2020: • Excellent Science programme, including:

- Marie SkŁodoska-Curie Action: Innovative Training Networks (ITN) - Call Horizon 2020 - What’s in it ref. H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015. Deadline: 13 January 2015 for Brazil? This call is meant primarily for organizations such as universities, research Find a list of open calls in the centres or companies from different countries worldwide, that propose a key areas of the EU-Brazil research training network. Brazilian organizations can join the consortia. cooperation here. More information can be found here. Individuals, including Brazilian researchers, can apply for the specific positions created by these networks. These are advertised on EURAXESS Job platform. - European Research Council (ERC) starting grant & Consolidator grant (see below)

• Industrial Leadership, including: - EU-Brazil research and development cooperation in advanced cyber infrastructure coordinated call for proposals (see below, calls still open)

H2020 open to international • Societal Challenges participation - Europe as a global actor, Enhancing and focusing research and ALL calls are open to innovation cooperation with the Union’s key international partners (see below international, and more 4.1.2) specifically, to Brazilian participation. For more details on funding of 4.1.2 Horizon 2020 – Call targeting Brazil just opened applicants from non-EU countries, click here. WHAT? The recently launched call «Europe as a global actor» aims to EURAXESS Links Brazil also enhance and encourage research and innovation cooperation between the published a list of open calls Union and certain International partner countries or regions. One oft he sub-call targeting Brazil and BRICS targets Australia, USA, Brazil, South Africa, Ukraine. Partners from countries. See the April Australia, USA and Brazil will be eligible for funding. edition for more details. The two sub calls intend to:

 support the general opening of Horizon 2020 (H2020) by encouraging researchers from all over the world to participate in H2020;  support the development and implementation of targeted international cooperation activities, by identifying areas of mutual benefit;  identify and eliminate remaining obstacles to cooperation.

WHO? Proposals should be made by consortia consisting of balanced partnerships between European and international partners, ensuring adequate involvement of public authorities and other stakeholders (e.g. funding agencies, research organisations, industry, civil society) of the participating countries.

Deadline: 12 May 2015

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4.1.3 European Respiratory Society post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowship ERS/EU RESPIRE2 post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowship opportunities in the broad field of respiratory science, co-funded by the European Union. The programme is open to experienced researchers from any discipline. The Fellowships are open to all nationalities but need to be undertaken in a European country within a certified RESPIRE 2 Host Centre.

Deadline: 31 July 2015.

4.1.4 Erasmus Mundus - EULALinks incoming grants and EULALinks Sense incoming and outgoing mobilities The European Union – Latin America Academic Links WHAT? mobility schemes for undergraduates, masters, doctorates, post- (EULALINKS) promotes the doctorates and academic/ administrative staff, who want to carry out an International cooperation academic stay in one of the EUROPEAN Partner Universities of the capacity between European EULALinks project or in one of the Partner Universities of the EULALinks Sense and Latin American project. universities through the WHO? open for undergraduates, master and PhD students, postdocs and mobility at undergraduate, academic staff in different fields from the following countries Honduras, El master, doctoral, Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa postdoctoral and teaching Rica, Cuba, México, Panamá, Uruguay or Venezuela. staff level of the Latin American universities of the Deadline for both calls: 27 February 2015. consortium to conduct their 4.1.5 Additional funds to increase the participation of studies at the European Brazilian Higher Education Institutions in Jean Monnet Universities of the network for Activities the duration between 3 up to 36 months. Additional funds from the EU Partnership Instrument (PI) are made available to increase the participation of Higher Education Institutions from countries Brazilian researchers and outside the European Union, including for Brazilian universities. students can apply for grants For the Call for proposals 2015 – EAC/A04/2014 a specific allocation of € 3,5 million(1) will be allocated to the following countries identified as priority targets for the EU external action :

- Brazil

Are you a Brazilian - Japan professor or - Mexico researcher interested - Russia in European Studies? - Singapore A webinar on the various - Taiwan

Jean Monnet opportunities - United States of America under the new ERASMUS+ program was held in The deadline to submit a proposal under this call is 26 February 2015. PORTUGUESE some weeks ago and is still available online, clicking HERE.

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4.2 EU Member states and associated countries 4.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals The latest information on open calls for national grants and fellowships in the 40 CLICK ON THE BLUE TITLES FOR MORE member countries of the EURAXESS network can be accessed on the INFORMATION respective national EURAXESS portals: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israe l, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlan ds, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Swe den, Switzerland, Turkey, UK.

Besides providing information on funding opportunities for incoming international and European researchers, staff at the EURAXESS Service Centres offer individual assistance on all aspects of researcher mobility. 4.2.2 AUSTRIA – Marietta Blau outgoing PhD Grant The Marietta Blau Grant offers financial support for carrying out the abroad part (6-12 months) of a doctoral programme at Austrian universities: the grant enables scientific research worldwide in the following fields:

 Natural Sciences  Agricultural Sciences  Technical Sciences  Social Sciences  Human Medicine, Health  Humanities Sciences Monthly grants of 1200 Euros are given under this programme. The next application deadlines are 1 February and 1 September 2015. 4.2.3 AUSTRIA – Ernst Mach Incoming Grant The Austrian government awards Ernst Mach Grants to postgraduates, PhDs and postdocs from all over the world to conduct studies in Austria for one to 9 months in the following fields:

 Natural Sciences;  Social Sciences  Technical Sciences  Humanities  Medicine  Arts  Agriculture

Applicants must not have studied/pursued research/pursued academic work in Austria in the last six months before taking up the grant. Maximum age: 35 years.

Deadline to apply for the academic year 2015-2016 is 1 March 2015. 4.2.4 AUSTRIA – Franz Werfel Incoming Grant Four to nine months grants for young university teachers of German language and Austrian literature to carry out specialist studies in universities departments, libraries, archives or at research institutions.

The next application deadlines are 1 March and 15 September 2015.

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4.2.5 AUSTRIA – Richard Plaschka Incoming Fellowship Grant for visiting university lecturers (Postgraduates, PhD holders, researchers) in the field of history (but also related disciplines, e.g. cultural history, archaeology, musicology) who are primarily occupied with Austria- related topics. Recipients of Plaschka grants can work in Austria as visiting researchers for 4 to 9 months at university departments and institutes and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions.

The next application deadlines are 1 March and 15 September 2015. 4.2.6 AUSTRIA: Erwin Schrödinger Outgoing Fellowship including a return phase Fellowships for the promotion of scientific work at leading foreign research institutions that facilitate access to new scientific areas, methods, procedures and techniques so as to contribute – following return to Austria – to the further development of science in Austria.

WHO? Young and especially highly qualified scientists of any discipline

Length: 10 to 24 months without return phase; 16 to 36 months including return phase of 6 to 12 months.

Applications accepted continuously, no application deadlines. 4.2.7 BELGIUM – FWO PhD and postdoc fellowships The FWO-Vlaanderen is the funding agency of Flanders for research performed at the universities in Flanders.

 Incoming PhD fellowship : These fellowships are intended for young EU, ERA and Swiss researchers who are doing their PhD at a Flemish university are a granted for a period of 2 years, renewable once.

Candidates are only eligible The PhD research must be fundamental in nature. There is no restriction as for a PhD fellowship within regards the topic. The FWO employs a strictly bottom-up approach, in which the the first five years of obtaining researcher can choose the topic of his/her research. their Master’s degree, calculated on the start date of  Special PhD. fellowship: the fellowship (1 October). The Special PhD fellowship is intended to enable persons not employed within scientific research to complete a PhD within a year and to obtain study leave from their current employer for this purpose.

 Postdoctoral fellowships:

WHAT? The postdoctoral fellowships from the FWO are intended to help researchers who already have a PhD to develop an independent research career. The fellowship is provided for a period of 3 years and can be renewed once if necessary.

WHO? PhD obtained no longer than 6 years ago

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4.2.8 DENMARK – Postdoc COFUND Programme at Technical University of Denmark Individual postdoctoral fellowships of 12-24 months within the wide range of technical and natural science research fields at Technical University of Denmark. It is an EU-funded COFUND programme.

WHO ? all interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background. Deadline 23 February 2015.

4.2.9 FINLAND – Finish Foundations’ Outgoing Post Doc Pool The Säätiöiden post doc-pool covers all expenses of a research period abroad for at least one academic year. The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland.

Two application rounds per year. Deadline: 15 January 2015 4.2.10 FINLAND - FiDiPro Finland Distinguished Professor Programme 2015 The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, Tekes, coordinates the FiDiPro Finland Distinguished Professor Programme. It enables distinguished researchers, both international and Finnish expatriates, to work with the Finnish academic research and commit to long-term cooperation with a Finnish university or research institute.

FiDiPro funding cover the top researcher's salary and travel expenses and the costs of the research project. Funding is awarded to projects for a fixed term with a funding period of 2 to 5 years.

Applications for FiDiPro funding are submitted by a Finnish research organisation under two categories:  The application for funding FiDiPro Professor funding is intended for inviting highly merited shall always be made by a international professors to Finland. Finnish university or research  FiDiPro Fellow funding is intended for inviting international top institute and not by the researchers past their post doc stage to Finland. international researcher personally. Next deadline: 28 February 2015. 4.2.11 GERMANY – International Climate Protection Fellowships WHAT? The fellowship allows future leaders to spend a year in Germany working on a research-based project of their own choice in the field of climate protection and climate-related resource conservation. Fellows are free to choose their own hosts.

WHO? for young climate experts from developing countries (including Brazil) interested in conducting a project in Germany and developing long-term collaborations

Deadline: 15 March 2015

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4.2.12 ISRAEL – GERMANY - Joint Berlin-Jerusalem Post- Doctoral Fellowship Programme Two (2) Joint Post-Doctoral Fellowships are offered for highly qualified, early career post-doctoral researchers of all nationalities who received their Ph.D. no more than three years prior to the deadline to conduct a research project under the joint supervision of Freie Universität and Hebrew University experienced researchers.

The call is open to all disciplines, thematic or subject areas that exist at both universities or are complementary.

Deadline: 30 January 2015 4.2.13 LUXEMBOURG - FNR AFR PhD Grants and Public Private Partnership The FNR's AFR Grant Scheme (Aides à la Formation-Recherche) supports PhD and postdoctoral research training projects in Luxembourg and abroad, up to 4 years for PhDs and up to 2 years for postdocs.

The AFR scheme has two strands:

 AFR PhD provides funding for doctoral candidates in Luxembourg and Incoming and outgoing abroad. Researchers of all  AFR Public Private Partnerships (AFR PPP) provides funding for nationalities doctoral and postdoctoral* candidates collaborating with an accredited PhD and post-docs company based in Luxembourg.

The AFR programme has no thematic limitations and is open to all * within AFR PPP grants for researchers, regardless of their nationality, desirous to engage into research postdocs, an international or training in Luxembourg or abroad. In the selection process, the interest of the intersectoral mobility is project in the context of Luxembourg R&D will nevertheless be evaluated. mandatory, i.e. candidates need to undertake their For AFR beneficiaries with work contracts, the FNR pays a contribution to the project in another country or annual salary costs of the Host Institution (max. contribution of 40 154 EUR / sector in which they were occupied 12 out of 24 months year for PhD grants, including employer's charges). For AFR beneficiaries before the submission without work contracts, the FNR pays a fellowship (bourse) to the recipients of deadline. 18 000 EUR / year for PhD grants and 25,200 EUR / year for Postdoc grants.

Both calls (AFR PHD 2015 & AFR PPP) are supposed to be launched by Mid December 2014. Deadlines: 17 March 2015. 4.2.14 ROMANIA – incoming PhD scholarships The 3rd cycle (=doctorate) scheme lasts for 3-4 years, equivalent of EUR 85 per month plus living expenses covered. Priority will be given to the candidates applying for: political and administrative sciences, education studies, Romanian culture and civilization, journalism, technical studies, oil and gas, agricultural studies, veterinary medicine, architecture, music, arts, music. The beneficiaries of the scholarships should study only in the Romanian language (one extra year of language study can be provided)

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WHO ? citizens of non EU countries graduated of university/postgraduate studies (i.e. master);

Deadline : 15 March 2015. 4.2.15 SLOVAKIA – Slovak Academy of Sciences Programme Saspro: incoming and reintegration fellowships The Programme SASPRO offers an opportunity to apply for fellowship at SAS scientific organisations from 12 to 36 months, while the field of science within which they can submit applications is not limited. Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) is the Successful fellows will be considered as the Marie Curie Fellows. leading research institution Deadline: 28 January 2015 in the Slovak Republic. 4.2.16 SWITZERLAND - Society in Science: the Branco Weiss Postdoctoral Fellowship WHO? Young researchers of any nationality (no more than 5 years of research experience after the completion of their doctoral degree) may apply for a fellowship for up to five years, working at an academic institution of their choice anywhere in the world. Ideally, fellows pursue unconventional projects in new areas of science, engineering and social sciences.

Deadline: 15 January 2015 4.2.17 SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione

Incoming Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers from all countries who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher PhD + 5 years or 3 years of clinical experience for medical education institution. practitioners Deadline: 13 February 20154.

4.2.18 SWEDEN – Initiation Grants for short term international cooperation The purpose of the Swedish Foundation for international cooperation in research and Higher Education (STINT) activity is to strengthen the competitiveness of Swedish universities and colleges through the development of international relationships.

Initiation grants are given for the implementation of short-term projects targeting the building of new and strategically interesting international relationships.

Applications may be submitted continuously throughout the year. The next assessment dates are 3 March, 12 May, 8 September and 1 December 2015. 4.2.19 SWEDEN - VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming Fellowship WHAT? The grant is intended to fund half the salary of the researcher (project leader) for the duration of the project (one to three years). It also covers additional relevant and justifiable costs related to mobility.

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WHO? Experienced researchers in possession of a doctorate or at least four years’ full-time equivalent research experience. 4.2.20 SWEDEN – VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming and Industry Outgoing Fellowships The purpose of the grant, co-funded by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie, is to support career development for individuals through mobility. The programme This programme is partially has a funding mechanism for incoming and outgoing transnational funded under the H2020 mobility for experienced researchers (including a reintegration phase for programme Mobility for outgoing mobility), and it promotes active international collaborations between growth. involved organisations.

VINNOVA recommends the Currently, the following calls for proposals are open to individual applicants to the calls above researchers: to first apply for a planning grant. Planning grant  VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming: WHAT? Funds international mobility proposals are submitted to to Sweden with project times of 1–3 years The fellowship can cover up two separate calls depending to 50% of salary costs as well as additional relevant and justifiable on what type of project which costs relating to mobility. WHO? Open to researchers of all is planned: nationalities who have at least four years of research experience. VINNMER Marie Curie The researcher should be from outside of Sweden at the time of the Incoming – Planning Grant application and spend at least 67 % of the project duration in Sweden. VINNMER Marie Curie Next deadline: 17 March 2015. Industry Outgoing – Planning  VINNMER Marie Curie OUTGOING: WHAT? Funds international Grant outgoing mobility from Sweden with project times of 1–3 years, The fellowship can cover up to 50% of salary costs - additional relevant and justifiable costs relating to mobility. WHO? Open to experienced researchers of all nationalities in industry or research institutes (industry modality) or from academy or public sector (academy outgoing) with at least four years of research experience. Deadline: 17 March 2015.

4.2.21 UK - British Academy for the humanities and social sciences International Partnership and Mobility Scheme

One-year awards may be WHAT? The One-year and Three-year awards aim at developing collaborative viewed as pump-priming research on a specific theme of mutual interest in any branch of the grants suited to initiate new humanities or social sciences between UK scholars and scholars in Latin collaborative partnerships. America and the Caribbean (among other regions). Three-year awards will develop research further, and Partnerships might include a range of related activities, and mobility (in the form involve a more extensive of visits in both directions, exchanges, etc.) should form an integral part of programme of collaboration proposals. Workshops and seminars should form an integral part of the and exchange. programme. The main purpose of the funding is to cover travel and maintenance costs.

WHO? Post-doctoral or equivalent status. Research must be in the field of the humanities or social sciences.

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The principal applicant must be ‘ordinarily resident’ in the United Kingdom, the present yourself and your Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. The co-applicant must be an academic work at the 2015 based in a research-active institution in Africa, Latin America and the Conference of the Caribbean, the Middle East, South Asia, East or South-East. Association of Brazilian Postgraduate Students Deadline: 11 February 2015. and Researchers in the United Kingdom to be held in London on the 21 4.3 Brazil February 2015. Three modalities are foreseen: 4.3.1 BRAZIL (FAPERJ) - FRANCE (Sorbonne Universités) poster, short oral or full oral joint call presentations. Deadline: 05/01/2015 WHAT? Co-funding of 12 months joint interdisciplinary research projects in ALL AREAS.

WHO? Researchers (with a PhD degree or equivalent) affiliated with higher education and research institutions based in the State of Rio de Janeiro and researchers from institutes members of the Sorbonne Universités.

Deadline: 31 January 2015.

CALL FOR PAPERS” 4.3.2 BRAZIL (FAPEMIG) – FRANCE (Région Nord-Pas de (Magazine VOZES DOS Calais) joint call VALES - 05/2015) WHAT? In order to enable greater collaboration between French and Brazilian Deadline: 15 March 2015. researchers and the exchange of researchers and PhD students, the Minas More information is Gerais research foundation FAPEMIG and Région Nord-Pas de Calais are available here. selecting transnational, application oriented R&D projects in Health, Materials, urban Planning, and Biodiversity.

WHO? The all is open to partners from academic (universities, RTOs) or economic (SME, large companies) backgrounds from both regions.

Deadline: 20 February 2015

4.3.3 BRAZIL (CNPq) – SWEDEN (CISB)- fellowships for PhD and post-doc under Science without Borders The Swedish-Brazilian Centre for Research and Innovation (CISB), Saab and CNPq launched their fourth call for projects under the “Science without Borders” programme to select 5 sandwich PhD and 10 post-doc candidates. The goal Check out the videos with is to provide scholarships for Brazilian researchers to have the opportunity to interviews of Brazilians develop their projects in Swedish partner universities and / or R&D centres of who have studied in Saab. Sweden through the Science without Borders Programme The call targets students who wish to develop part of their final work or clicking here. postdoctoral project in one of the priority themes of SwB, such as materials and manufacturing, electronics, information and communication technologies, mechanical engineering systems and energy and environment.

The scholarships will have 6 to12 months duration.

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WHO? Brazilian citizens or foreigner with a valid visa in Brazil, with a professional training commensurate with the level and purpose of the grant, and knowledge of the language used at the host institution (English).

Deadline: 8 May 2015 (CISB), 15 May 2015 (CNPq) 4.3.4 BRAZIL - Science without Borders Postdoctoral Fellowship at IIASA WHAT? 6-12 months (extendable up to 24 months) funding in one of the SwB priority areas in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM subjects).

WHO? Brazilian nationals and permanent residents

Deadline: 23 April 2015.

4.3.5 Capes Anísio Texeira chair at University of London (UK) Capes is receiving candidacies for the Anísio Texeira Chair for stays of 4 to 12 months in the Institute of Education at University of London to carry on an academic research in the area of education, preferably in the field of applied technology to education. Deadline: 27 February 2015 4.3.6 Capes - University of Bologna (Italy) chair 2015/2016

Capes is also receiving candidacies of Brazilian senior researchers (or residents) in any area to hold a Chair and carry on research at the University of Bologna (Italy). Deadline: 1 March 2015 4.3.7 Capes Chair at Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) Idem for teaching and research stays at University of Coimbra. Open to senior researchers in social sciences and humanities. Deadline: 1 March 2015 4.3.8 Capes open selection for full doctorate abroad in 2015 CAPES has opened the selection of candidates for the Full Doctorate Abroad program for the year 2015. Deadline: 19 January 2015 4.3.9 Capes - New program selects scholars for postdoctoral internship abroad CAPES launched the new Post-Doctoral Internship Program Science and Technology Parks and Innovation Area (PCTI- 2014), which will select scholarship recipients for the stage level postdoctoral abroad, focusing on technological innovation in management and development of innovation environments installed in the country. Deadline: 15 March 2015.

4.4 Calls still open

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4.4.1 European Union ERC consolidator grant (incoming) for researchers of any nationality with 7- 12 years of experience since completion of PhD. Deadline: 12 March 2015.

Read our interview of ERC starting grant (incoming) for researchers of any nationality with 2-7 Aureo de Paula, a Brazilian years of experience since completion of PhD. Deadline: 3 February 2015. economist who was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in EU-Brazil coordinated call for proposals for research and development 2013 and who accepted to cooperation in advanced cyber infrastructure. Deadline: 21 April 2015. Note share his tips for a than the Brazilian call will be launched by CNPq in the coming weeks. successful application with our 2015 Erasmus+ call for proposals open to any public or private body active in readers. the fields of education, training, youth and sport may apply for funding within the Erasmus+ Programme. See also the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for the 2015 General Call for Proposals. Deadlines between 4 February 2015 and 1 October 2015.

European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO): EMBO Long-Term Fellowships for post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe; EMBO Short-Term Fellowships in Life Sciences, for visits of up to three months to laboratories, with the home or host lab based in Europe. Deadlines: 13 February 2015 (Long-Term), rolling basis (Short-Term)

EMBO funding to organize Courses and Workshops. Travel grants support the attendance of participants from countries with less-developed scientific infrastructures. Next deadline: 1 March 2015

International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis IIASA Postdoctoral Research programme open to postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities. 2015 review date: 1 April and 1 November.

YSSP funding are available International - Young Scientists Summer Program at IIASA (YSSP) for PhD for citizens or residents of students interested in issues of global environmental, economic and Brazil, among other social change. Deadline: 12 January 2015. countries. CERN incoming fellowship programmes: - Incoming Fellowship and Graduate Engineering Training (GET) for senior (PhD +4) and junior (Technical Engineer degree and at most a M.Sc. degree) researchers in physical sciences and engineering graduates. Open to nationals of CERN Member States. Deadline: 2 March 2015 - Non-Member State Postdoc Fellowship Programme for young scientists in Theoretical Physics from Non-Member States. Deadline: 15 October 2015. - Doctoral student programme Open to CERN member states nationals, Romanian, Serbian and researchers residing in a member state for the last 5 years in applied physics, IT, mathematics, electrical, electronic, mechanical or civil engineering, instrumentation for accelerators and particle physics experiments, materials science, radiation protection, safety and environmental protection, science communication, surveying, ultra-high vacuum. Deadline: 28 April 2015.

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Erasmus Mundus Action 2 programmes funded by European Commission in which Brazilian higher education institutions take part, among others:

IBrasil – scholarships in engineering and technology. WHO? Brazilian and European students (undergraduates, PhD sandwich, post-doctorate) and staff in the fields of Engineering & Technology and Education, Teacher IBRASIL: “Inclusive and Training (the last one is only for undergraduates students from universities part Innovative Brazil” of the consortium). Deadline: 18 January 2015.

Puedes – incoming/outgoing scholarships between EU and Latin America. WHO? European Union and Latin America undergraduate, master, PhDs and post doctorates students, and staff. In Europe, the privileged fields are Business and Management, Engineering and Technology, Law, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences. In Latin America, mobility concentrates in Agricultural Sciences and Geology, or renewable energies, climate change or human rights. Deadline: 6 March 2015. Puedes: Participación Universitaria para El Desarrollo Económico y Fellow-Mundus – 2nd call for applications for Latin American undergraduate, Social en Latinoamérica. masters, doctorate, post-graduate and academic staff and European postdoc in many different fields of study. Read the guide for applicants for all details. Deadline: 16 March 2015.

In this second call, there Eureka SD - 2nd call for applications. WHO? European and Latin American is no more scholarships for Undergraduate, Master, Doctorate, Post-Doctorate as well as Academic Brazilian undergraduates, Staff working on topics related to sustainable development. Deadline: 2 except for those in February 2015. In this second call, there is vulnerable situation. Only no more scholarships for SUD-UE – 2nd call for applications. WHO? Open to Latin American and for Master, doctorate, post- Brazilian undergraduates, European undergraduate, master’s (only for Latin American applicants), doctorate and staff. except for those in sandwich* PhD (*only mobility will be available in this call, it will not possible to vulnerable situation. Only apply to full PhD), post-doctorate and staff in ALL FIELDS. Deadline: 27 for Master, doctorate, post- March 2015. doctorate and staff.

4.4.2 Member states and associated countries

ISTFELLOW is partially Institute of Science and Technology (IST) AUSTRIA incoming PhD funded by the European Programme for Master's or Bachelor's holders from all disciplines of the Union. natural sciences, mathematics, computer sciences and any related interdisciplinary areas. Deadline: 15 January 2015. AUSTRIA - Institute of Science and Technology programme for exceptional postdoctoral researchers in the natural or computer sciences, mathematics, ISTFELLOW. Two rounds of selection. Deadline: 15 March & 15 September. AUSTRIA - Incoming Lise Meitner Program. WHO: Highly qualified scientists of any discipline with an invitation from an Austrian research institution. No deadline.

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BELGIUM - First “MOVE-IN LOUVAIN” call for incoming post-docs in all research fields (Sciences and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Health Sciences). Deadline: 1 January 2015.

BELGIUM – ARES incoming scholarships for Master’s within the programme for International Courses and Training Programmes open to students from Brazil (among others) in Public Health Methodology; European Microfinance; International and Development Economics. Deadline: 11 February 2015.

CROATIA – Incoming fellowships under the NEWFELPRO Programme for Experienced Researchers. Deadline: 31 December 2014 ESTONIA - Scholarships for incoming PhD students in all areas enrolled in a doctoral programme at a recognized educational institution in another country.

FINLAND - CIMO Fellowships. WHO: young doctoral level students and researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. No deadlines.

FRANCE – 15 Postdoctoral Fellowships on Biology and Information Technologies open to all nationalities at the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA). No specific deadline: The positions are open until The NEWFELPRO project is they filled by appropriate candidates. co-financed through the FP7 FRANCE – Eiffel excellence scholarships 2015/2016 for incoming non-French Marie Curie COFUND program. students in Master's (12 to 36 months) and PhD courses (for 10 months under a thesis joint supervision or co-tutorship) in Engineering sciences; Economics and management; Law and political science. Candidacies to be submitted by the French higher education institutions before 9 January

Eligibility CIFRE: Brazilian 2015. nationality; having completed CIFRE Doctoral grants to carry out research in collaboration with industry in a master’s degree less than France. More: http://www.anrt.asso.fr; section CIFRE BRÉSIL. three years ago in one of the eligible areas; Returning to FRANCE - Post-doctoral research visits at the French Institute for Research in Brazil at the end of the gran. Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) for individuals of all nationalities holding PhD. Rolling basis.

GERMANY - Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility P.R.I.M.E is co-financed by Experience (P.R.I.M.E) for outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all the German Academic disciplines and nationalities. Funding of a 12-month outgoing period followed Exchange Service by a 6 months re-integration phase. Submission before completion of the PhD. (DAAD) and the Marie Curie Programme of the European Deadline: 1 February 2015. Commission - GERMANY – PhD fellowships in organismal biology for Non-German citizens not living in Germany for more than 15 months prior to application. Deadline: 15 January 2015

GERMANY – Incoming Emmy Noether Programme. WHO: outstanding postdocs/junior researchers with 2 to 4 years postdoctoral experience. No deadlines.

GERMANY –''Subject-related Partnerships with Institutions of Higher Education in Developing Countries''. WHAT: collaboration between German institutions of higher education and one or several higher education institutions in developing

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countries, including Brazil. Submissions to DAAD by a German professor. Deadline: 30 June each year.

GERMANY - Humboldt INCOMING Fellowships for researchers at different stages in their careers: - Humboldt Incoming Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers (6-24 months) for researchers from abroad who have completed their doctorate in the last four years; - Humboldt INCOMING Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (6-18 months research projects) for Assistant Professor or Junior Research Group Leader from abroad* who completed their doctorate less than twelve years ago; - Georg * Scientists from Brazil may Forster Research Fellowship (HERMES) for Postdoctoral Researchers (6−24 be nominated for the Georg months research project) for postdoctoral or experienced researchers Forster Research Award. In from developing or transition countries* who have completed their doctorate in the Fellowship Programme, the last 4 (post-doc) /12 years (experienced researchers). Deadline: any time researcher from Brazil can only apply for a Capes- during the year: Humboldt Research GERMANY (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) - Georg Forster Research Fellowship for the time being. Award for academics of all disciplines from developing or transition country (including Brazil). Deadline: 15 January 2015

GERMANY - DLR-DAAD Research Incoming Fellowships in the fields of Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research open to foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. Deadlines depend on the current offers.

GREECE - Onassis Foundation Fellowships for incoming non-Greeks university professors of all levels (PhD. holders), postdoctoral researchers (PhD holders), artists, post-graduate students and PhD candidates in humanities, social sciences (excluding law), economic sciences and arts. 31 D eadline: January 2015.

IRELAND – President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) for early career researchers to carry out their research in Ireland. Applications, on a rolling basis, must be submitted from an eligible Irish Research Body.

IRELAND – SFI incoming Research Professorship open to researchers in academia or industry. Applications on a rolling basis.

LUXEMBOURG - INTER Mobility Programme for OUTGOING Post-Docs and senior researchers and INCOMING established senior researchers. Deadline: 20 January 2015.

ATTRACT: research LUXEMBOURG - ATTRACT 2015 incoming programme for researchers not proposals should be yet established in Luxembourg with a PhD and between 2 and 8 years’ submitted jointly by the professional experience. Deadline for pre-proposal: 12 January 2015. candidate and the host institution. NETHERLANDS - Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni The grant is open to researchers who have recently obtained their PhD in all fields (within the last three years). Deadline: 6 January 2015.

NETHERLANDS – Incoming Visitor’s travel Grant for highly qualified senior researchers from abroad who hold a PhD for stays of up to four months. Continuous application.

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NETHERLANDS – Orange Tulip Scholarship Brazil to obtain a bachelor’s, master’s or MBA degree at Dutch institutions in several fields of study, mainly the ones not included in the SwB program. Deadline: 24 March 2015.

NORWAY – RCN’s Personal Visiting Researcher Grant (post-doctorate level or higher) from one to 12 months. The applicant must be a Norwegian research institution. Next deadlines: 11 February 2015, 15 April 2015. SWEDEN - Forte outgoing and visiting fellowships in Health, Working Life and Welfare. Can be submitted at any time. * R4d themes: 1. Causes of and solutions to Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d.ch) social conflicts in contexts of – Thematically* Open research call for proposals open to researchers from weak public institutions; Switzerland with their partners from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Deadline: 6 2. Employment in the context February 2015 of sustainable development; SWITZERLAND – outgoing fellowships for Swiss nationals and permanent 3. Agricultural production systems and food security; residents: - Doc.mobility: Deadlines: 1 March & 1 September; - Early Post- 4. Sustainable use and doc.Mobility. Deadlines: 1 March & 1 September; - Advanced Postdoc.Mobility. management of ecosystems; Deadlines: 1 February & 1 August 5. Provision systems and UK - Imperial College PhD scholarship programme 2015-2016 for up to 50 financing mechanisms in the potential PhD students. The earliest start date for funded places is 1 August public health sector. 2015. 4.4.3 Brazil CAPES – International cooperation programme fund joint research projects, including sandwich PhD and post-doc mobility. Rolling basis.

BRAZIL – GERMANY (Capes-AvH): grants for post doctoral and experienced researchers in all areas of knowledge to carry out research in Germany.

Deadline: 31 December 2014. Capes – AvH: for researchers based in Brazil BRAZIL - NETHERLANDS – CAPES-Nuffic calls for joint research projects for reciprocal exchange of undergraduate and PhD students and of postdoctoral researchers in various areas of study. Open to Brazilian and Dutch higher education institutions (HEI). Deadline: 5 December 2014

CAPES-Nuffic Programme = Science without borders outgoing opportunities, open to Brazilians or Branetec + Nuffic-Capes foreigners with permanent residence in Brazil, including: programme - Full PhD abroad, up to 48 months. Includes a specific call with France: SWB / CIFRE Doctoral grants to carry out research in collaboration with industry in France which can be submitted any time. - Sandwich PhD, 3 to 12 months abroad

- Post-doc abroad, 6 to 12 months, extendable up to 24 months.

Deadlines (2nd round), (3rd round). FAPERJ-DFG: All research : 23 April 2015 21 August 2015 areas; PI: at least PhD + 5 FAPERJ – DFG joint call for joint research projects and researchers mobility. years experience in the Deadline: 30 December 2014. chosen area, PhD students and Post-doc can be part of the team

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FAPEMA visiting scientist fellowships open to professors and researchers FAPEMA: For researchers working abroad in all areas of knowledge. Deadline: 31 December 2014. based in Brazil in all areas of Finep and Finnish agency for Innovation (Tekes) joint public call for knowledge. collaborative projects in research, development and industrial innovation in any technology area. WHO? Brazilian and Finnish companies. Deadline: 15 January 2014

rd SPRINT calls for proposals 3 call SPRINT (FAPESP) for outgoing mobility for research collaborations are open on a regular basis of between researchers from the State of São Paulo and colleagues every three months. from Durham University, UK; Groupe des Écoles Centrales (GEC), France; Heriot-Watt University, UK as well as with researchers whose institution does not have a current Agreement with FAPESP. Deadline: 26 January 2015.

FAPERGS/CAPES call for cooperation research projects between local and foreign teams. WHO? Open to researchers/professors holding a PhD from the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Deadline: 30 January 2015

FAPEMIG launches tender with University of Southampton (UK) to fund bi- national scientific and technological projects in all areas of knowledge. Deadline: 9 January 2015.

Fapespa and Capes scholarships for senior visiting researcher (PVS) in the State of Pará. Deadline: 6 February 2015.

Mercosur selects academic mobility projects designed for students and servers: Public and private higher education institutions of Mercosur member countries are invited to present academic mobility projects between the member and associate countries of the block. Deadline: 4 February 2015.

EURAXESS Services Centres To better plan and organise their stay in a foreign European country, researchers and their families can also benefit of the free and personalised assistance offered by the EURAXESS Services Centres, a network of more than 200 centres located in 40 different European countries.

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5 Jobs 5.1 EURAXESS Jobs There are currently around 7500 research jobs and fellowship programmes (all over Europe but also in other countries such as in Brazil and in all disciplines) announced on the EURAXESS Jobs database.

Examples of offers in Brazil (also published on EURAXESS Links Brazil

website): Use the EURAXESS Job portal to find the best Post-doc position on computational science and internship to candidates or find the best position in research, in 40 work on EUBrazil Cloud Connect research project, both European countries, but also available at LNCC, Petropolis, Brazil. Deadline: 1 February 2016 in the rest of the world: The Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) is seeking - Research organization, talented people motivated to take part in EUBrazil Cloud university, lab, companies can publish their offers Connect project funded by the European Commission and (fellowships and jobs) on the CNPq/Brazil. Deadline: 30 September 2015 EURAXESS Jobs portal for FREE and increase your visibility! 5.2 Join us on LinkedIn: linkedin.euraxess.org - Researchers can post The EURAXESS Links group on LinkedIn is for internationally mobile their CVs for FREE. Do not researchers to share their experiences and learn of jobs and career hesitate to do it and increase opportunities around the world. your potential. It is part of the EURAXESS initiative, the European Commission's programme Should you need further assistance, the EURAXESS to support researchers, of which EURAXESS Links is its external window (i.e. Links Brazil team will be for outside Europe). happy to help you. The global EURAXESS LinkedIn group is complementary to the country based EURAXESS Links Brazil community. 5.2.1 SPAIN – 2 positions at FECYT Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología has two vacancies to work on European R&I projects in Madrid (Spain) at "Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Dirección General de Investigación, Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación)":

 "Técnico de proyecto de programación conjunta de Tecnologías de la Información". Application deadline: 30 December 2014  Técnico de Proyecto de Programación Conjunta de Ciencias de la Vida. Application deadline: 25 December 2014

Spanish and English are a must as working languages for both positions.

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6 Events 6.1 List of events

Find out about more research events taking place across Europe on CORDIS DATABASE ON RESEARCH EVENTS.

Event (click for more details) Location Date

Workshop “New approaches to monitoring and São Paulo, SP 2-6 February 2015 managing waterborne disease transmission in Brazil and the UK”

3rd Joint Dutch-Brazil School on Theoretical Physics São Paulo, SP 2-6 February 2015

VII ABEP Conference London, UK 21 February 2015

“Research Excellence and International Collaboration São Paulo, SP 9-12 March 2015 on Corporate Response to Climate Change”

Minischool on Biophysics of Protein Interactions São Paulo, SP 9-13 March 2015

Workshop Sport and Social Transformation in Brazil. São Paulo, SP 10-13 March 2015

International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Santos, SP 23-27 March 2015 Change on the World’s Oceans

Latin American Cereal Conference – LACC3 Curitiba, PA 30 March – 1 April 2015

V Congress of Brazilian Researchers in Europe Amsterdam, NL 18 April 2015

3rd Workshop of the ALISIOS project Cuiabá, MG 25 April 2015

Annual Conference of Association of Brazilian High Cuiaba, MG 25-29 April 2015 Education Institutions Offices for International Relations (FAUBAI)

World Congress on Brain, Behavior and Emotions Porto Alegre, RS 29 April – 2 May 2015

World Congress of Rhinology São Paulo, SP 30 April – 2 May 2015

4th World Conference on Research Integrity Rio de Janeiro, RJ 31 May – 3 June 2015

Going Global 2015 London, UK 1-2 June 2015

Swedish Open Innovation Learning Week Stockholm, Gothenburg, 7-12 June 2015 Linköping, SE

28th IEEE International Symposium on Computer- São Carlos and Ribeirão 22 - 25 June 2015 Based Medical Systems (CBMS) Preto, SP

9th IBRO World Congress on Neuroscience Rio de Janeiro, RJ 7-15 July 2015

67th annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for the São Carlos, SP 12-18 July 2015

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Progress of Science (SBPC)

60th ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC) Rio de Janeiro, RJ 26-31 July 2015

National Science and Technology Week Brazil 19-25 October 2015

11th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology Foz do Iguaçu, PR 25-30 October 2015

Internet Governance Forum 2015 João Pessoa, PB 10-13 November 2015

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