2015 November EURAXESS LINKS Issue 31 BRAZIL

Dear Colleagues,

EURAXESS Links Brazil We have the pleasure to present to you the 31st edition of the EURAXESS Newsletter is a monthly Links Brazil Newsletter for November 2015. electronic newsletter, edited This month, our “EU Insight” section concerns a recently published report on the by EURAXESS Links EU and the UNESCO Science Report of 2015. partners. Furthermore, we present you with an interview with Artur Avila, Fields Medal The information contained in Awardee and Brazilian ERC starting grant awardee, in which he describes how this publication is intended for this European grant supported him in his career as a renowned mathematician personal use only. It should working in both Europe and Brazil. not be taken in any way to reflect the views of the Under EURAXESS Links activities, we tell you more about the Destination European Commission nor of Europe Conference on European funding opportunities which was hosted for the Delegation of the the first time in Sao Paulo on 16 November with the participation of Carlos European Union to Brazil. Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, as well as the side events of the conference in Florianopolis and Please email to Rio de Janeiro on 17 and 19 November. We also tell you more about the [email protected] with any upcoming Tour of Brazil event taking place in Rio de Janeiro at Fiocruz on 10 comments on this newsletter, December. contributions you would like to As usual, in our “News and Developments” section, we report on several make, if you think any other colleagues would be relevant developments in the EU and Brazil, as well as on cooperation interested in receiving this activities between Brazil, the EU and its Member States. newsletter, or if you wish to You will also find a broad selection of grants & fellowships funded by the unsubscribe. European Commission, EU Member States or Brazilian authorities. Editors: Charlotte GRAWITZ, This newsletter is intended for you, dear readers. Therefore, we would be EURAXESS Links Brazil, pleased to publish information related to EU-Brazil developments, events or Country Representative, funding opportunities that you would like to share with other readers. Please do Ingrid LE VAN, Support not hesitate to send your suggestions, comments and feedback to Officer [email protected]. We wish you a pleasant read! The EURAXESS Links Brazil Team Charlotte Grawitz and Ingrid Le Van

Contents

1 EU Insight – The European Union and the UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 ...... 6 2 Feature - Interview with Artur Avila, Fields Medal Awardee and Brazilian ERC starting grant awardee ...... 7 3 EURAXESS Links Brazil and EU partners activities ...... 10 3.1 Eight reasons to go to Europe for a research career ...... 10 3.2 Tour of Brazil – EU-BR Cooperation in the Health sector, Rio de Janeiro, 10 December...... 10 3.3 EURAXESS Links Brazil past activities ...... 11 3.3.1 Destination Europe, São Paulo, USP, 16 November 2015 ...... 11

3.3.2 Boost your research career with EU funding and tools, Florianopolis (17/11) and Rio de Janeiro (19/11) ...... 11 This Newsletter is also intended as a communication 4 News & Developments ...... 13 tool with you all, so please do 4.1 EU & Multilateral Cooperation ...... 13 not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] for 4.1.1 Commission launches new mechanism to strengthen scientific comments, corrections or if advice for policy making ...... 13 you want to advertise for a 4.1.2 Commission to open Global Earth observation data ...... 13 particular funding scheme or event. 4.1.3 ERC grantees meet business angels ...... 13 4.1.4 Independent experts present evaluation report on the EU's 7th Framework Programme for Research ...... 13 4.1.5 If you build it, they will come: Can big science make a science city? ...... 13 4.1.6 Preserving data privacy while enabling research ...... 14 4.2 Brazil ...... 15 4.2.1 Brazilian mine disaster releases dangerous metals ...... 15 4.2.2 New BRICS deal on education, research collaboration...... 15 4.2.3 FINEP gets a new President ...... 16 4.2.4 “Brazilian science paralysed by economic slump,” warns Nature ... 16 4.2.5 Update on Science without Borders / Brazil Science Mobility Program (CsF) ...... 17 4.2.6 New Research Centre inaugurated in Brasilia to save and restore the Cerrado biome ...... 17 4.2.7 Large landowners are key to slowing deforestation in Brazil ...... 17 4.2.8 FPP acquires The Student World, expands to UK ...... 18 4.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil ...... 18 4.3.1 Visit by Carlos Moedas, Member of the EC, to Destination Europe, Brazil ...... 18

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4.3.2 Commission signs Atlantic Ocean Research Cooperation declaration with Brazil and announces a coordinated call on biofuels ...... 19 4.3.3 European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation meets in Sao Paulo with CONFAP and FAPESP ...... 19 4.3.4 Developing partnerships : How high-quality research collaborations are helping countries improve their nascent science infrastructure in different ways...... 19 4.3.5 Brazilians awarded prize for their research on sustainability in German competition...... 20 4.3.6 Fraunhofer ENAS Institute holds seminar in Manaus on intelligent monitoring ...... 21 4.3.7 Netherlands seek to strengthen university cooperation with Brazil . 21 4.3.8 Friedrich-Alexander University delegation visit to FAPESP ...... 21 4.3.9 8th Brazil-European Union Dialogue: promoting partnerships in R&D in ICT ...... 21 5 Grants & Fellowships ...... 23 5.1 European Union ...... 23 5.1.1 Selection of Horizon 2020 Calls of potential interest for Brazil ...... 23 5.1.2 EMBO Courses and Workshops ...... 24 5.1.3 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Long-Term Research Fellowships ...... 25 5.1.4 ERS Short Term Fellowships ...... 25 5.1.5 New ERC call open: ERC consolidator grant ...... 25 5.1.6 CERN fellowship programmes ...... 26 5.1.7 Fellow-Mundus – 3rd call for applications ...... 26 5.1.8 IBrasil (Erasmus Mundus) – scholarships in engineering and technology ...... 27 5.1.9 EUI Special Doctoral Fellowships ...... 27 5.2 EU Member States and Associated Countries ...... 27 5.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals ...... 27 5.2.2 AUSTRIA – Marietta Blau outgoing PhD Grant ...... 27 5.2.3 AUSTRIA – Ernst Mach Incoming Grant ...... 28 5.2.4 AUSTRIA – Richard Plaschka Incoming Fellowship ...... 28 5.2.5 AUSTRIA – Franz Werfel Incoming Grant ...... 28 5.2.6 AUSTRIA – Erwin Schrödinger Outgoing Fellowship including a return phase ...... 28 5.2.7 AUSTRIA - Lise Meitner Programme for Scientists from Abroad .... 29 5.2.8 BELGIUM ( Wallonie-Bruxelles) – Incoming and outgoing doctoral and postdoctoral Scholarship for Excellence IN.WBI & WBI.World 29

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5.2.9 BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) - F.R.S.-FNRS Post-doctoral temporary incoming fellowship ...... 29 5.2.10 BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) - Ulysse incoming Mobility ...... 29 5.2.11 BELGIUM (Flanders) - FWO PhD and postdoc fellowships ...... 30 5.2.12 FINLAND – Finish Foundations’ Outgoing Post Doc Pool ...... 30 5.2.13 FRANCE – CNRS excepctional call for proposals ...... 31 5.2.14 FRANCE – visiting professors’ chairs at IHEAL ...... 31 5.2.15 FRANCE - LE STUDIUM® incoming programme for senior researchers ...... 31 5.2.16 GERMANY - Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E) ...... 32 5.2.17 GERMANY – PhD fellowships in organismal biology ...... 32 5.2.18 LUXEMBOURG - INTER Mobility Programme 2016 ...... 32 5.2.19 LUXEMBOURG - ATTRACT 2016 ...... 32 5.2.20 NETHERLANDS-Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni . 33 5.2.21 NETHERLANDS - Holland Scholarships for bachelor’s and master’s candidates ...... 33 5.2.22 SWITZERLAND – outgoing fellowships ...... 33 5.2.23 SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione ...... 34 5.2.24 INTERNATIONAL - Society in Science: the Branco Weiss Postdoctoral Fellowship ...... 34 5.3 Brazil ...... 34 5.3.1 BRAZIL - FAPERJ Visiting PhD fellowships in Rio de Janeiro (reverse sandwich)...... 34 5.3.2 BRAZIL (FAPERJ) Call for proposals for "sandwich" PhD outgoing mobility ...... 34 5.3.3 BRAZIL (FAPESP) – GERMANY (Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts - StMBW) - call for workshops proposals...... 35 5.3.4 FAPESP - SPRINT fourth call for proposals ...... 35 5.3.5 FAPs – Bristish Council 2nd Newton Researcher Links call for workshops 2015 ...... 35 5.3.6 BRAZIL (FAPESP / CONFAP / MCTI) fund Brazilian researchers participation in biofuels under Horizon 2020 call ...... 36 5.4 Calls still open ...... 36 5.4.1 European Union ...... 36 5.4.2 EU Member States and Associated Countries ...... 37 5.4.3 Brazil ...... 41 6 Jobs ...... 42 6.1 EURAXESS Jobs ...... 42 November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 4 of 44

6.2 More research career sites ...... 42 6.2.1 Other EU Research Career Sites: ...... 42 6.2.2 Jobs Portals in Member States and Associated Countries...... 42 7 Events ...... 43 7.1 Partners’ events ...... 43 7.1.1 DWIH-SP open House, 8 December, São Paulo ...... 43 7.2 Upcoming events ...... 43

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1 EU Insight – The European Union and the UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 What is the state of investment in science, technology and innovation in the world today? How does Europe rank in relation to other regions and countries? Answers to questions such as these can be found in the pages of the recently published UNESCO Science Report. The report Published every five years to ensure a focus on long-term trends, rather than just fleeting transitions which occur from year to year, the UNESCO Science Report 2015 is a detailed examination of the state of activities related to STI as it exists around the world. As noted in its forward, the report seeks to understand how these trends in innovation and mobility contribute to solving major global challenges. Compiled by a multinational team of experts, the 820- page report is broken down into three core sections and a series of three annexes, starting off with the most important emergent issues concerning science and technology in policy sectors and in different institutional contexts, followed by a global overview of key trends and approaches related to innovation, mobility and gender, and ultimately a look at these same topics from a country and region perspective. The EU in the Report According to this report, the European Union stands out in many ways in relation to its global counterparts. For one thing, Europe still leads the rest when it comes to producing researchers, and is seen as a “pole of excellence” and a leader of international excellence and basic research. Currently, out of over 7 million researchers active in the world, over 22% stem from the European Union, while the remaining 50% stem collectively from China, Japan, Russia and the United States. Thus, not only is the EU in the top five countries, it leads all others (China and the United States with 19.1% and 16.7% follow respectively). In addition to this positive data, the European Union is also responsible for the largest number of scientific publications globally, with 34% of all publications stemming from Europe being reported.

Sources: In regard to Europe, the Report also lauds its current framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020, for the support it provides to research Jenvey, Nicola. “Big five still and innovation. In particular, attention is given to the establishment of the dominate in share of world’s European Research Council as a highly successful model programme for the researchers”. University support of frontier (i.e., basic) research and the ERC Grant programme with its World News, Global Edition. various schemes. Also mentioned is the importance of the Marie Sklodowska Issue 390. 14 November Curie Actions and how they encourage mobility and offer support at all stages of 2015 a researchers’ career. Unesco Science Report: To read more about the report’s findings, click here. towards 2030. United Nations

Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (2015); http://unesdoc.unesco.org/im ages/0023/002354/235407e.p df. Accessed 22 November 2015.

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2 Feature - Interview with Artur Avila, Fields Medal Awardee and Brazilian ERC starting grant

Artur Avila is a franco- awardee brazilian mathematician who You are in the privileged position of being able to conduct research both was born in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil and in France. Since EURAXESS Links is an intiative to promote Brazil, in 1979. researcher mobility, we are particularly interested in finding out more He won the International about the stages of your research career so far. Could you tell us a little Mathematical Olympic gold more about your experience? How did your cooperation with CNRS start? medal at the age of 16. I obtained my PhD at the age of 21 at the Institute for Pure and Applied Even before finishing high Mathematics (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, before arriving in France in 2001, where school, he started studying at I completed a two year post-doctoral degree at the College de France. After two unsuccessful attempts, I qualified for the competition held by the the Instituto Nacional de National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) - open to foreign researchers - Matemática Pura e Aplicada in 2003, where I now hold a permanent position. After spending three years in (IMPA) of Rio de Janeiro Paris, I received a grant from the Clay Mathematics Institute, which allowed me where he began his PhD to spend three years in Brazil, and in 2008, I was promoted director of research supervised by Welington de at CNRS. Melo at 19 years old. I began to split my time between France and Brazil in 2009. My mobility has He is now senior researcher been facilitated by the fact that since 2006, IMPA has been part of CNRS as an both at CNRS and IMPA. international joint research unit . When I am at IMPA in Brazil, somehow I'm also at the CNRS, although I officially still remain director of research at the Jussieu-Pairs Institute of Mathematics Rive Gauche (IMJ-PRG), in France. Furthermore, I usually work on several projects simultaneously, some with partners in France, others in Brazil or elsewhere, and I can therefore easily switch from one project to the other. You are also an ERC Starting Grantee. How did you find out about the ERC selection process? Could you tell us a little bit about the research you are conducting with this grant? In 2010, the director of my laboratory encouraged me to submit a project to the The Centre National de la ERC and helped me with the administrative procedures. It was the first time I Recherche Scientifique asked for EU funding as a principal investigator (PI). As a result, I was awarded (National Center for Scientific an ERC Starting grant for a period of five years. Research - CNRS) is a public The project, entitled "Quasiperiodic", covers several classes of dynamical organization under the French systems which display a quasiperiodic component, while the second class Ministry of Education and consists of translation flows on higher genus surfaces. Research. Over this period, our research has sometimes taken an unexpected turn, as it CNRS covers research in all has been influenced by the findings of the researchers who were recruited on fields of knowledge. It is the the project. We ended up doing many things that were not originally planned. largest fundamental research Without the ERC funds, I would not have been able to explore some of the organization in Europe. themes we worked on. International Joint Unit (Unité Mixte Internationale - How did your ERC grant influence your research career and your Fields UMI), is a single location Joint award? Lab with permanent CNRS In mathematics, you do not need much equipment, and a good part of the grant staff. Its duration is 4 years, can be directed towards funding mobility, be it for hiring post docs (regardless of with two renewals possible. their nationality or origin), or to participate in congresses and meeting partners. UMI is the highest level of international cooperation. November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 7 of 44

The ERC grant allowed me to benefit from better working conditions and to continue my research in France more efficiently and comfortably for 5 years, by surrounding myself with competent researchers with whom we made major progress on several questions.

About the European This particularly applies to problems that I looked at a few years ago but was Research Council (ERC) not able to solve on my own. For example, back then I tried to solve the problems of low combination of billiards in regular polygons several times Set up in 2007 by the EU, the without success. Thanks to the ERC grant, we were able to recruit a post- doc European Research Council who examined this problem and solved it. is the first pan-European funding organisation for Similarly, there is a more complex version of the problem known as the "10 frontier research. It aims to Martini" which clearly escaped the previously developed techniques. With the stimulate scientific excellence help of a Chinese post-doc recruited through the ERC grant, I was surprised to in Europe by encouraging see that the ideas I had developed earlier could be applied in this project. The competition for funding issue has not been solved yet, but we are making good progress. between the very best, When I was awarded the Fields Medal, the selection committee mentioned my creative researchers of any contribution "to the dynamical systems theory, which has changed the face of nationality and age. The ERC the field, using the powerful idea of renormalisation as a unifying principle… " . also strives to attract top These are the comments the committee published on my work: "Avila leads and researchers from anywhere in shapes the field of dynamical systems…with his research team, he has made the world to come to Europe. essential progress in many areas, including real and complex one-dimensional It funds young, early-career dynamics, spectral theory of the one-frequency Schrödinger operator, flat top researchers ('ERC billiards and partially hyperbolic dynamics…" Starting grants'), already So I have been recognised for the work I have done over all these years, but independent excellent also for more recent developments, which were achieved through international scientists ('ERC Consolidator cooperation, and partly funded by the ERC. Grants'), and senior research leaders ('ERC Advanced Can you share any tips with our readers to apply successfully for an ERC Grants'). The ERC operates grant? according to an 'investigator- I am not well placed to give advice because the rules were a little different when driven', or 'bottom- up', I got my grant. My career was already well under way, I had completed my PhD approach, allowing almost 10 years before, and had been published several times. I was invited to researchers to identify new international conferences, awarded European prizes such as the Michael Brin, opportunities in any field of the Jacques Herbrand, and the Salem Prizes, and the Early Career Award from research, without thematic the International Association of Mathematical Physics. priorities. I would like to advise your readers that, unlike me, they should not wait to be an More here: ERC internationally recognised researcher to apply, especially for starting grants. The important thing is to have a good science project, detailed and consistent, and good colleagues. How important is the scientific cooperation between these two regions? Cooperation between Brazil and France in mathematics is longstanding. Many young and excellent French researchers have, for example, carried out research at IMPA in the 80s as part of their French military service. This is the case of renowned researcher Jean-Christophe Yoccoz. He won the Fields Medal in '94 and completed his PhD at IMPA. Such collaborations have long- lasting and positive consequences since Jean-Christophe Yoccoz maintained his links with researchers at IMPA after his own experience, and it is also thanks to him that I came to Paris when I was recruited for a post-doc at the College de France! In your opinion, how important is the mobility of international researchers between these two regions? Scientific exchanges between Brazil and France are numerous and beneficial not only for both countries, but also for mathematics. The advantage of scientific mobility is obvious to me. November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 8 of 44

For France, the presence of foreign researchers is beneficial. There are numerous foreign researchers here and we are always ready to welcome more. The language has never been a great obstacle for me. When I first arrived in France, I did not speak perfect French, but could still communicate without difficulty with my colleagues who spoke English or even Portuguese, thanks to the long tradition of international cooperation and their previous experiences abroad.

ERC grants are open to In the long term, I am convinced that Brazil will be attractive. The university researchers of any system will develop and grow, and so will the recruitment needs. The potential nationality who may reside in for growth is larger than the one for developed countries. any country in the world at the Today, Brazil sends researchers abroad, but it should not be afraid of losing time of application. them. Once the researchers return, they will bring back a different type of knowledge and will contribute to the scientific development of the country. As To date, there are 402 for those who decided not to return, they will always be a reference for those principal investigators of who aim to follow their path. I also mention this to French researchers, and non-ERA nationality encourage young researchers to spend a few years in Brazil at the beginning of (nationals of countries other their careers. than the EU and the countries associated to the Framework I do not think we should be afraid of brain drain. Programme) amongst the Having conducted research both in Brazil and in Europe, what are the over 5,000 ERC-funded main aspects of each of these countries’ research landscape? researchers, representing 8% of all grantees (292 Starting Being both Brazilian and French, it is important to me that conditions are and Consolidator Grants and favourable for mathematical research in both countries. 110 Advanced Grants). These It is important not to let the researchers' careers deteriorate, not to put off grant holders are mainly talents. Some of these brilliant minds could indeed be discouraged by increased nationals of the US (177), competition, difficult financial conditions and a lack of social recognition for Canada (41), Russia (33), researchers. As a consequence, they may turn away from this path. We must Australia (29), India (26), and ensure that this does not happen. Japan (18). Only 2 grantees are Brazilian: Artur Avila and For me it is different. I started my career very early and I am unable to do Aureo de Paula. anything but maths. But we must also think of a more egalitarian research system, not only conducive to internationally recognised researchers. Ideas are universal and research is based on the work of many people, including also those who will unfortunately never be distinguished.

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3 EURAXESS Links Brazil and EU partners activities 3.1 Eight reasons to go to Europe for a research career Discover the – 8 reasons why you should go to Europe for a research career in EURAXESS Links Network Newsletter here.

3.2 Tour of Brazil – EU-BR Cooperation in the Health The Tour of Brazil event is a sector, Rio de Janeiro, 10 December joint effort amongst the The B.Bice+ Project together with Wallonie – Bruxelles International, FIOCRUZ European Commission and and with the support of FAPERJ organise a Tour of Brazil event to discuss the representatives of opportunities and partnership possibilities between Brazil and the European Member States in Brazil with Commission, Member States and Associated Countries in the Health sector. specific interest in promoting The event will be held on 10 December at the International Conference the visibility of the European Auditorium of the Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca (ENSP), research and the potential of FIOCRUZ. the EU-Brazil cooperation in ST&I. November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 10 of 44

3.3 EURAXESS Links Brazil past activities 3.3.1 Destination Europe, São Paulo, USP, 16 November 2015 Destination Europe event took place on Friday 16 November 2015 at the University of Sao Paulo. The event showcased research career and funding opportunities in Europe for researchers of any nationality, at all stages of their research careers. The event included presentations on European Union programmes as well as programmes and initiatives in nine European countries which are available for download HERE. The EURAXESS Links Brazil team held a booth and met a large number of interested research faculty, post-doc and graduate students who also joined the EURAXESS Links community. 3.3.2 Boost your research career with EU funding and tools, Florianopolis (17/11) and Rio de Janeiro (19/11)

Information session in Rio The first of three side events following the Destination Europe Conference on de Janeiro, 19 Nov. 2015 European funding opportunities, Boost Your Research Career, took place in Florianopolis at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), on the morning of 17 November. The first of its kind in the southern Brazilian state, the event was organised by EURAXESS Links Brazil in partnership with FAPESC (Foundation for Research and Innovation of the State of Santa Catarina) and UFSC. It was a success and very popular amongst the researchers who filled the university's main lecture hall in order to learn about the high-level funding opportunities of the European Commission presented by representatives of the European Reseach Council (ERC) and MSCA (Marie Sklodoska-Curie Actions). Having travelled to Brazil for the first time in order to present these European Grants and their application processes, the Commission representatives Massimo Gaudina, Brito Ferreira, as well as the ERC Grantee José Iriarte conversed with the audience in an open Q&A session. Approximately 180 participants took part and also learned about the various EURAXESS tools and how this European Commission initiative aims to promote researcher mobility between Brazil and Europe and to help researchers in all their needs.

The President of the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies CONFAP and also President of the Santa Catarina Foundation, Sérgio Gargioni, opened the event, along with Joana Maria Pedro, the Dean of post- graduation of UFSC. On the following day, the ERC and MSCA representatives visited the tecnological park Sapiens in the North of the island of Florianopolis with the support of Deborah Bernett at FAPESC.

Full room in Rio de Janeiro @Australfoto/Douglas Engle Following the same pattern and agenda as the Florianopolis event, Boost Your Research Career Rio de Janeiro took place on 19 November at the Consul of France's main office in Rio de Janeiro and was organised by EURAXESS Links Brazil in partnership with FAPERJ (Foundation for Research and Innovation of the State of Rio de Janeiro) and the French Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. Besides presentations from the ERC, MSCA and EURAXESS Links Brazil, a Brazilian MSCA fellow, Dr Leonardo Mataruna, testified about his experience doing a post-doc in the UK on the legacy of the Olympic and the Paralympic

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Games. He encouraged his peers to apply for European Commission funding, insisting on how prestigious these MSCA grants are and how his research career took a decisive positive turn thanks to his grant.

Boost your research career Afterward, the participants were given the opportunity to ask all of the above - Information sessions on mentioned European representatives questions during the event's closing Q&A EU funding and tools session. The event was also very popular and full capacity was reached in the Consul's Office with approximately 100 participants. Find the presentation HERE The introduction of the event was marked by speeches by Antonio Pães de and more pictures HERE. Carvalho, from the Technology Board of FAPERJ, and Peggy Scremin, Science and Technology Cooperation Officer at the French Consulate. Networking event with European researchers In the late afternoon of the same day, a small committee networking event was organised by EURAXESS Links Brazil in the Bohemian neighbourhood of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro in order to give European researchers based in Brazil the opportunity to find out more about ERC and MSCA grants during a short presentation and to engage in a face to face dialogue with the above mentioned representatives of the European Commission, as well as to compare their Brazilian experiences with their European peers. The atmosphere was informal and scientists from a number of different national backgrounds (French, German, Belgian, Czech, to name a few) and institutes of research (IMPA, UFRJ, FIOCRUZ, UERJ, USP) discussed questions related to their research projects and potential European funding to boost their careers in a relaxed café- bar environment on the eve of a long Brazilian public holiday week-end. All three events were organised and presented by Charlotte Grawitz and Ingrid Le Van of EURAXESS Links Brazil and were met with a lot of enthusiasm and interest on the part of the research community in Brazil.

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4 News & Developments 4.1 EU & Multilateral Cooperation 4.1.1 Commission launches new mechanism to strengthen scientific advice for policy making The European Commission's new Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) is officially launched with the announcement of the seven leading scientists who will form the first High Level Group of scientific advisors. Together with a six million euro grant to European academies and learned societies, this marks a new approach to the use of independent science advice in Commission policy making. Read more (Source: European Commission) 4.1.2 Commission to open Global Earth observation data

The European Commission, a founding member of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), has subscribed in Mexico to the 2015 - 2025 implementation plan of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The 10-year Strategic Plan will provide open access to earth observation data from anywhere in the world to decision makers, researchers and innovators. Read more (Source: European Commission) 4.1.3 ERC grantees meet business angels

The ERC and nine of its funded Proof of Concept projects take part in the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) Winter University from 16 to 18 November in Copenhagen. Investors from all over the world will attend, which provides an opportunity for researchers to interact with industry and attract investments into their start-ups and innovative frontier research. Read more (Source: European Research Council) 4.1.4 Independent experts present evaluation report on the EU's 7th Framework Programme for Research Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, received the report of the independent High Level Expert Group (HLEG) that has evaluated the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). The report was presented in Brussels by the Chair of the Group, Louise O. Fresco, President of the Executive Board of Wageningen University and Research Centres, accompanied by the Group's Rapporteur, André Martinuzzi, Head of the Institute for Managing Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business. Read more (Source: European Commission) 4.1.5 If you build it, they will come: Can big science make a science city?

Lund aims to spawn a cluster around two new science facilities. No doubt the MAX IV synchrotron and the European Spallation Source will attract scientists, but it takes more than labs alone to create a full-blown cluster.

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Local politicians and researchers in Lund are calling it Science Village Scandinavia, but the ambitions belie the village tag, with hopes that the city’s two new and expensive science facilities will attract global interest from science and industry. MAX IV, one of the most advanced synchrotron X-ray light facilities in the world, will open its doors in the Village next year. Just down the road a EUR 1.8 billion neighbour, the European Spallation Source (ESS) is now under construction and will begin operations in 2020. Close by is Lund University. Its vice-chancellor, Torbjörn Von Schantz, was at a meeting of more than 100 scientists and politicians in Brussels this week to talk up the prospects of creating a cluster around the new facilities, which Von Schantz says will be a honeypot for talent from around the world. Read more (Source: Science I Business) 4.1.6 Preserving data privacy while enabling research

A new petition fights the cause of scientists in allowing some exemption for research in the revised Data Protection Regulation. The initial draft of the Data Protection Regulation proposed in 2012 by the European Commission set out a mechanism to protect privacy. At the same time, it was designed to enable health and scientific research to continue. However, following Edward Snowden’s leaks about the use of personal data by the US National Security Agency, the European Parliament has sought to strengthen protections for data across all sectors. We know that in doing so the Parliament did not intend to harm progress in research. But research has become an unfortunate inadvertent victim of this reaction. Read more (Source: EuroScientist)

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4.2 Brazil 4.2.1 Brazilian mine disaster releases dangerous metals The environmental disaster that has followed the collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mine on 5 November has caused unprecedented damage in that country and will have irreversible negative effects on human health and the environment, according to experts. The accident buried the small historic town of Bento Rodrigues, a subdistrict of Mariana, under mud. At least 11 people have died and more than 600 were displaced. In addition, the water supply of more than 250,000 people in the area was interrupted due to its concentrations of heavy metals. Tons of mud formed by iron ore waste and silica, originally estimated to be about 25,000 olympic swimming pools in volume, have spread over 800 km and reached one of the largest Brazilian rivers, the Rio Doce. The contaminated mud, in which the Minas Gerais Institute of Water Managing has found toxic substances like mercury, arsenic, chromium and manganese at levels The dam collapse freed tons exceeding human consumption limits, has reached the coast of the state of of iron ore and silica mud Espírito Santo. It could potentially impact the wider marine ecosystem. contaminated with heavy metals such as mercury and The risks go beyond the particular chemical elements found in this mud. For chromium © Ricardo example, the decomposition processes begun in the dam can cause various Moraes/Reuters/Corbis ‘The bacteriological and chemical contaminations. entire ecosystem is under Many are blaming the disaster on Samarco, which is the Brazilian mining threat and the impacts can company in charge of the dams. The company is a joint venture between the even reach the marine food mining giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia. chain’

Science's contribution to understanding the environmental disaster in Mariana Clarifying the causes leading to the collapse of the dam may greatly contribute to scientific knowledge in this area. A group of Brazilian volunteer researchers are joining forces to analyse the disaster. Full article:The Royal Society of Chemistry and Jornal da Ciência 4.2.2 New BRICS deal on education, research collaboration On 18 November the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – signed a far-reaching agreement on cooperation in education that includes joint research and more collaboration in postgraduate training and co- publishing. The joint declaration and memorandum of understanding was signed by ministers from the BRICS nations in Moscow, according to a statement by South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande. A BRICS Network of Universities will be the anchor for university collaboration across the five countries. Amongst other things it commits partners to “support joint research projects, encourage more collaborative programmes at postgraduate, doctorate and postdoctorate levels and co-publishing of scientific results by BRICS universities”. Source: University World News

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4.2.3 FINEP gets a new President Appointed as the new president of FINEP on 16 November, Wanderley de Souza has replaced political scientist Luis Fernandes, who led the foundation in the past eight months. Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC), as the new became president of the Financier of Studies and Projects (Finep) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information (MCTI), replacing According to Souza, who is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC), the close cooperation with MCTI (the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) will be key to the success of the company's activities, and "one of the goals is to improve the project evaluation system in order to concentrate more on quality and focus more on key projects, within the priorities established by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation." Source: ABC

4.2.4 “Brazilian science paralysed by economic slump,” The Financiadora de Estudos warns Nature e Projetos (FINEP), The influential science publication Nature has laid bare the abrupt reversal or Funding Authority for being experienced by scientists in Brazil, where for a decade booming funding Studies and Projects is an allocations and growing prestige for federal and state agencies had generated organization of unsustainable optimism. the Brazilian federal government under Now in a stunning reversal and just months after leftist president Dilma the Ministry of Science of Rousseff used her second inaugural address to promise she would turn Brazil into a “country of education,” research budgets are being slashed by 25% and Technology, devoted to more, with critics saying that science in Brazil could be dragged back to where it funding was 20 years ago if the austerity programme goes through unchecked. of science and technology in the country You can read the Nature article by clicking here. Highlights of the funding cuts include: - The 2016 budget proposal issued in September cuts 24% from the federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) compared to 2015. - In May the administration had previously chopped the MCTI’s budget by almost EUR 500 million, or some 25% (the ministry’s spending limit has since shrunk further). - The federal government reportedly plans to merge its two main funding agencies, CNPq and CAPES. - The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), has cut the EUR 46-million funding stream for its ‘universal’ call that last year funded more than 5,000 projects. - Junior postdoctoral fellowships part-funded by the CNPq seem to have been frozen from September 2015. - A 75% cut to a Ministry of Education graduate programme is making it harder for federally-funded universities across Brazil to keep research labs open. - State-backed regional funding institutions (some of which depend on a flow of federal funds) are reportedly reducing or postponing programmes, some by as much as 50%. - Rio’s state funding agency FAPERJ Rio de Janeiro’s funding agency, which has had an annual budget of EUR 105 million, has received less than 60% of its promised allocation so far this year. - Although São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) has received all of its mandated funds and has an endowment large enough to cover any shortfalls, it is also affected by shrinking state tax revenues.

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- Science minister Aldo Rebelo is seeking a EUR 1.8 billion loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, headquartered in Washington DC. This will help to pay for planned National Science and Technology Institutes. Source: Science for Brazil 4.2.5 Update on Science without Borders / Brazil Science Mobility Program (CsF) Some interesting new data and an update on this programme and its future: The Brazilian Senate has recently published the results of the first stage of its evaluation of the programme. First insights show that an overwhelming number of participants reported that their experience studying outside Brazil was great or good (97%) - testimony to how well the international university participants received them. According to Education Consultant Sannam S4 and in a recent meeting with CAPES, the agency charged with running the programme, while there is still no news of the second phase of the programme in 2016, the determination to continue is clear. As widely commented, although the next phase is likely to focus strongly on postgraduate studies, there is strong pressure to retain a proportion of undergraduate awards. One interesting statistic supporting this continuance is that CAPES has noted a 20% to 30% increase in the proportion of returning CsF students applying for Masters degrees after completing their studies, in comparison with a control group of students who did not participate. Source: Sannam S4, Brazil 4.2.6 New Research Centre inaugurated in Brasilia to save and restore the Cerrado biome Unprecedented programme plans to preserve 50% of the biome parts that have not yet been degraded. To deal with the challenges of restoring the degraded areas, the governor of the Federal District (Brasilia), Rodrigo Rollemberg, announced during the inauguration ceremony of the Centre that part of the funds for the recovery and conservation of the Cerrado will come from environmental compensation funds.

These form part of a financial mechanism investing in specific environmental The vegetation of the undertakings to offset the negative impacts to the environment. “Cerrado”, the vast tropical savanna ecoregi In addition to these environmental compensation funds, the project will benefit on of Brazil, is still an from public funds linked to preservation. unknown world. According to Estimates suggest that 50% of the Cerrado areas are devastated, mainly due to local scientists, 12,000 the exploitation of agrobusiness, and in particular soy, corn and livestock. species of plants can be found in the Cerrado biome, The main purpose of this initiative is to generate considerable amounts of many of which hold properties research and intelligence, both related to the Cerrado and another Brazilian still unknown to science. biome, the Caatinga . The Cerrado is also the Source: Jornal da Ciência birthplace of many springs. Of the 12 Brazilian watersheds, eight originate in this biome. 4.2.7 Large landowners are key to slowing deforestation in Brazil An analysis by Brown sociologists of data on land use in Mato Grosso, Brazil's third largest state, reveals that a large proportion of deforestation, as well as remaining forest cover, can be found on large private properties. The

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information could be useful to policymakers seeking to focus government anti- deforestation efforts Brazil once had the world’s highest rate of deforestation. And while land is still being cleared at an alarming rate, the country has been successful in reducing its deforestation in recent decades. Continuing that trend will require continued government enforcement of regulations and the cooperation of landowners who control the fate of much of the the country’s remaining forests. Sources : Brown University and NSF 4.2.8 FPP acquires The Student World, expands to UK Brazil-based fair organiser FPP EDU Media has acquired The Student World fairs from UK-based AdGen for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2001, FPP organises fairs in 109 fairs in 24 countries across Latin America and Asia. Future dates in the UK will aim to coincide with fairs in other European cities to enable exhibitors to undertake a European tour. The move will see FPP expanding into the UK through The Student World fairs in London and Dublin and a High School Road Show across the UK. The Student World currently organises the fairs twice a year attended by 900 students in Dublin and 1,200 in London. FPP said it is keen to add more UK cities to the brand by 2017, most likely in the north of England in Manchester. In a statement, the company said it has been considering moving into the market for some time considering the increase in outbound students from the UK and Ireland. “Our university clients have often asked about the possibility of FPP moving into the UK, and offering fairs with the same formula and features that have worked well in other regions,” it said. Source: The Pie News

4.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil 4.3.1 Visit by Carlos Moedas, Member of the EC, to Destination Europe, Brazil While in São Paulo, Commissioner Moedas participated on 16 November 2015 in the first Destination Europe event organised in Latin America, which has presented the opportunities offered by the EU and its Member States to Brazilian researchers for carrying out research in Europe. Background Research and innovation are essential for a successful, modern economy, and @Ernani Coimbra they are at the heart of the European Commission's policies to boost jobs, growth and investment. The EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, will invest an unprecedented EUR 77 billion in the very best research and innovation. The Commission's vision for research and innovation has three strategic priorities: Open Innovation, Open Science and Openness to the World. Being Open to the World means removing barriers to international cooperation between researchers and innovators, engaging in science diplomacy and leading international research and innovation partnerships to address global challenges. There is enormous potential for Europe to punch well above its weight and make a real difference though international science and science diplomacy in areas such as energy, health, food and water. November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 18 of 44

Source: EU

4.3.2 Commission signs Atlantic Ocean Research Cooperation declaration with Brazil and announces a coordinated call on biofuels The European Commission and the Brazilian government signed in Rio a joint declaration for Atlantic Ocean Research to enhance marine cooperation between Europe and Brazil. The agreement follows the celebration of the EU- Brazil high-level conference which aims to develop common expertise and scientific knowledge on the Atlantic Ocean and its dynamic systems, provide a new momentum for enhancing marine cooperation between Brazil and Europe and discuss how to further engage in joint research projects and improve

reciprocal access to infrastructures. Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: "Both Brazil and the EU share common challenges within the Atlantic Ocean. I am certain that today's declaration will advance our future Research and Innovation collaboration and deepen our ties to solve some of the issues that our societies care more about". Read more (Source: European Commission) 4.3.3 European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation meets in Sao Paulo with CONFAP and FAPESP

Conversation between José During his first official mission to Brazil, Commissioner Moedas who visited Goldemberg, President of Sao Paulo to promote and foster partnerships with Brazil, has also launched FAPESP, on the left, and a coordinated call on bio-fuels together with FAPESP (the Research Funding Agency of the State of São Paulo), CONFAP (the Council of State Carlos Moedas, during the Foundations for Research) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and "Open science, open Innovation. In addition, an open call organised by FAPESP has also been innovation, openness to the announced; this call will allow for funding the participation of researchers from world" conference. the State of São Paulo in projects successfully selected by Horizon 2020 –the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation–which plans a EUR 80 billion investment in scientific and technological research projects in partnership with researchers from various countries. Sources: EU and CONFAP 4.3.4 Developing partnerships : How high-quality research collaborations are helping countries improve their nascent science infrastructure in different ways. The overwhelming majority of papers in the Nature Index are authored by researchers at institutions in North America, Europe and East Asia. Researchers from countries in Africa and Central and South America contributed to 5% of the papers in 2014, yet were responsible for less than 2% of the fractional count (FC). The difference between these figures shows that these regions are highly collaborative. Their researchers most often contribute to papers with international teams and tend to have only one or two representatives from their country in each paper, giving them a low FC. The origins of these collaborations and the relative contribution of the authors varies, yet it is undoubtedly beneficial to the institution or country to have taken part in a high-quality research paper. Central and South America

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Latin American science has been on the upswing in the past decade, bolstered by annual regional economic growth of more than 5% between 2003 and 2012. However, in recent years the improvement has eased, with the International Monetary Fund expecting growth to drop below 1% this year. The region is still emerging in terms of science output, but countries in Central and South America have a stronger internal research network than those in Africa, particularly among the region's star performers: Brazil, Chile and Argentina, with Mexico close behind (see 'Towards self-sufficiency'). The majority of its collaboration score for 2012-2014 is derived from its international collaborators; the region's own contribution is in the minority. Research also tends to stem more often from extra-continental collaborations (see 'International links'). Central and South American countries in 2014 have a stronger internal network than Africa, with the larger weighted collaboration scores shared across several countries rather than concentrated in one. The stronger internal connections in this region evolved partly as a response to the political situation between 30 and 40 years ago, says Jose Luis Nilo Castellón from University of La Serena in Chile. Nilo Castellón was the lead author of an index paper4 from a Latin-only group, with members from Chile, Argentina and Brazil, that published an article looking at X-ray luminosity in galaxy clusters using data from the Gemini telescopes. He explains that the political unrest and lack of funding during the 1970s and 80s made research difficult. “Scientists during those decades made a tremendous effort to think about a better future for Latin American science,” says Nilo Castellón. Full Article: Nature

4.3.5 Brazilians awarded prize for their research on sustainability in German competition Two researchers from São Paulo and one from Rio de Janeiro were the Brazilian winners of the Green Talents competition - International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF in German). A panel of country experts selected 27 promising scientists among 550 candidates from more than 90 nations - including Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira, from the School of Engineering of São Carlos (EESC) at the University of São Paulo (USP), Larissa Marchiori Pacheco, from the Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto (FEARP), USP, and Paula Machado de Carvalho Araujo, of the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) The three Brazilians stood out in this Geman competition with research projects in the fields of hydrology and soil science, renewable energy and agriculture. Source: DWIH

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4.3.6 Fraunhofer ENAS Institute holds seminar in Manaus on intelligent monitoring The seminar, organised by the Fraunhofer Institute for Nanosystems Electronics (ENAS) in partnership with the Superintendency of the Manaus Free Zone (SUFRAMA) and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), will address the main areas where smart technologies are offering solutions to the market. Source: DWIH

4.3.7 Netherlands seek to strengthen university cooperation with Brazil One of the main objectives of the Director General of Higher Education, Technical Education, and Science from the Netherlands, Mr Hans Schutte, who visited Brazil between 18 and 23 November, was to expand cooperation between Brazilian and Dutch higher education institutions, focusing specifically in the areas of creative industries, technology and humanities. About 50 of the 62 Dutch universities are currently engaging in some type of partnership with at least one university from Brazil, and the intention of the Netherlands is to expand the number of bilateral agreements in the years to come, aiming as a consequence to increase the flow of students between the two countries "There are numerous opportunities of academic cooperation. The Netherlands receives annually about 1,000 Brazilian students in undergraduate and Masters courses and PhDs and we are in the process of developing several initiatives to increase the number of Dutch studying in Brazil. Brazil has universities of high academic standards and also has a lot to offer to foreign students on a cultural level" says Ellen Bijlsma, the Nuffic Neso Brazil Director, a foundation subsidised by the Dutch Ministry of Education, which aims to support Brazilians wishing to study in the Netherlands and encourage academic cooperation between the two countries. Source: Neso Brazil 4.3.8 Friedrich-Alexander University delegation visit to FAPESP A delegation of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), one of the leading universities in Germany, visited FAPESP on 11 November. FAPESP and FAU signed a cooperation agreement this year and will soon launch the first call for research proposals under the agreement. Source: FAPESP 4.3.9 8th Brazil-European Union Dialogue: promoting partnerships in R&D in ICT Taking place on 17 and 18 November at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, the eighth edition of the Brazil-European Union Information Society Dialogue focused on research and development aspects, policies and regulation in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industry. Amongst the subjects selected for the workshop is the initiative 3rd BR-EU Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Coordinated Call, managed in the country by the Department of Information Technology Policies(Secretaria de Políticas de Informática - Sepin) of the Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation (MCTI) and the Brazilian National Research and Educational

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Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa - RNP), through the Research and Development Center in Information and Communication Technology. “The focal point of this cooperation is to promote partnerships in R&D in ICT resulting in benefits both for Brazil and for the European partners. The whole process happens jointly, from the selection of themes, defined in workshops held throughout the year, until the selection processes, contracting and monitoring of projects, which we got to know better this afternoon,” said the director of Research and Development Center in Information and Communication Technology, Lisandro Granville. Source: EU Brazil Cloud Connect

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5 Grants & Fellowships 5.1 European Union 5.1.1 Selection of Horizon 2020 Calls of potential interest for Brazil Access all open calls on the Horizon 2020 Participant Portal. You’ll find below a selection of calls focussed either on Brazil, or third countries, or where international cooperation is explicitly indicated as an added value. They are distributed among the three pillars of Horizon 2020:

- Excellent Science programme Useful links: Check all calls. The following ones are specifically open to or encourage H2020 Work Programme for collaboration with Brazil: 2016-2017 (budget of almost €16 billion). o European Research Council ERC Consolidator Grant – Deadline: 2 Horizon 2020 Participant February 2016 (see below) Portal. o European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant. To open on 24 May Calls focussed either on 2016. Expected deadline : 1 September 2016. Brazil, or third countries, or where international o Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) – Forthcoming cooperation is explicitly deadlines: 14 September 2016 and 2017 indicated as an added value. o Marie Sklodowska Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) 2016 and 2017. Deadlines: 28 April 2016 and 5 April 2017. International cooperation o Marie Sklosowska Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) 2016 and 2017. Deadlines: 12 January 2016 and 10 January 2017. ALL H2020 calls are open to international and more o Marie Sklosowska Curie National Contact Points. Deadline: 4 May specifically Brazilian 2017. participation. o Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities (INFRAIA-01- For more details on funding of 2016/2017 and INFRAIA-02-2017). Deadline: 30 March 2016 (1st applicants from non-EU countries, click here. stage) and 29 March 2017 (second stage) “Legal entities established in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan,

Russia, Mexico and USA, which provide, under the grant, access to their research infrastructures to researchers from Members States and Associated countries, are eligible for funding from the Union.” - Industrial Leadership o Future Internet Experimentation - Building a European experimental infrastructure (ICT-13-2016). Open! Deadline: 12 April 2016 o EU-Brazil Joint Call - Cloud Computing (EUB-01-2017). Opening date : 7 November 2016. Deadline: 14 July 2017. o EU-Brazil Joint Call - IoT Pilots (EUB-02-2017). Opening date : 7 November 2016. Deadline: 14 July 2017. o Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, Promoting safe innovation through global consolidation and networking of nanosafety centres and strengthening the European industry through cooperation in nanosafety (NMBP-27-2016). Open! Deadline: 21 January 2016

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“[...]international cooperation according to the current rules of participation is encouraged, in particular with Brazil, South Korea and the USA”. - Societal Challenges Open and forthcoming calls including the following ones specifically encouraging or mentionning collaboration with Brazil o Secure, clean and efficient energy, International Cooperation with Brazil on advanced lignocellulosic biofuels (LCE 22 – 2016). Opening date: 10 May 2016. Deadline : 8 September 2016. ”Participants in the EU Collaborative Project are required to conclude a coordination agreement with the Brazilian participants in the coordinated project funded by the Brazilian authorities.” o Smart, green and integrated transport, Protection of all road users in crashes (MG-3.2-2017). Opening date; 19 September 2016.Deadlines: 26 January 2017 (first stage) and 19 October 2017 (second stage) “[...] international cooperation is encouraged, in particular with industrialised countries (i.e. US, Japan, Canada, Australia) and emerging economies (primarily China, India, Brazil)”. o Smart, green and integrated transport, Behavioural aspects for safer transport (MG-3.5-2016). Open! Deadlines: 20 January 2016 (first stage) and 29 September 2016 (second stage) “[...] international cooperation is encouraged, in particular with industrialised countries (i.e. US, Japan, Canada, Australia) and emerging economies (primarily China, India, Brazil)”. o Smart, green and integrated transport, Stimulating European research and development for the implementation of future road transport technologies (GV-11-2016). Open! Deadline: 26 January 2016. “[...] international cooperation is encouraged with key emerging countries, in particular China and Brazil.” o Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies, Centres/Networks of European research and innovation (ENG-GLOBALLY-09-2016). Opening date : 7 December 2015. Deadline: 14 April 2016. READ OUR FOCUSES “Proposals addressing all or part of Brazil, China and the USA are strongly Erasmus Mundus (EM) encouraged without excluding other countries with similar characteristics. Under What’s in it for Brazilian this topic, legal entities established in the target country/region are eligible for students and researchers? funding from the Union.“ Focus on Marie Sklodowska- 5.1.2 EMBO Courses and Workshops Curie Actions (MSCA) EMBO offers the largest number of life science events in Europe. EMBO Courses & Workshops funds approximately 80 events attracting more than 8,000 participants every year. Funding is available to organise conferences, EMBO | EMBL Symposia, workshops, EMBO | FEBS Lecture Courses, Global Exchange Lecture Courses and practical courses, as well as for keynote lectures. Travel grants support the attendance of participants from countries with less-developed scientific infrastructures. EMBO assists the organizer with the design of a poster, set-up of a website and registration system, and with promotion of the event. Next deadline : 1 March 2016

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5.1.3 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Long-Term Research Fellowships Long-Term Research Fellowships (LTRF) enable investigators and clinicians in the early stages of their career to carry out basic, translational or clinical research projects. Through this experience, young scientists learn and For clinicians/researchers apply advanced research procedures and techniques not available at their based in Europe going home institute. overseas Fellowships are between 6 months (minimum) and 12 months (maximum). WHO? Candidates holding a university degree in any field related to respiratory medicine (MD, MSc, PhD, MD-PhD). Deadline: 31 January 2016. 5.1.4 ERS Short Term Fellowships The ERS allow young scientists and clinicians to visit a host institution in Europe. Short term stays of 1-3 months are supported. Next deadline: 1 April 2016. 5.1.5 New ERC call open: ERC consolidator grant WHAT? ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support researchers at the stage at which they are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. WHO? This action is open to researchers of any nationality who intend to

conduct their research activity in any Member State or Associated Country. ERC National Contact Point in Brazil: The ERC's frontier research grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. The call 'ERC-2015-CoG' consists of one call with a Prof. Moacyr MARTUCCI Jr single deadline applying to each of the three main research domains: Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto,  Physical Sciences & Engineering; Trav 3, 158 – sala C2-49  Life Sciences; São Paulo, SP  Social Sciences & Humanities.

+55 11 3091 5626 The deadline for all domains of this call is 2 February 2016. More details are [email protected] available here. [email protected] ERC Consolidator Grants in brief: - For researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record showing great promise - An excellent research proposal - Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries (including Switzerland) - Funding per grant: up to EUR 2 million (in some circumstances up to EUR 2 million) - Duration: up to 5 years - Sole evaluation criterion: scientific excellence of researcher and research proposal - Calls for proposals: published once a year

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Note: participation of team members from other countries: ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country. Vacancies for team members of an ERC project can be published by the Principal Investigator on the EURAXESS Jobs portal. 5.1.6 CERN fellowship programmes The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is offering:

- Fellowship and Graduate Engineering Training (GET) targetting researchers in physical sciences and engineering graduates. Open to nationals of CERN Member States. There are two levels of fellowship within the programme: the Senior Fellowship Programme, addressed to people with a PhD or at least four years of experience; and the Junior Fellowship Programme, for holders of at least a Technical Engineer degree (or equivalent) and at most a M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) with not more than 4 years of experience. Deadline to submit applications: 1 March 2016 CERN is proud to be involved - Non-Member State Postdoc Fellowship Programme: Postdoc in COFUND a European opportunity for young scientists in Theoretical Physics from Non- Commission Horizon 2020 Member States. Deadline: 15 October 2015. Marie Skłodowska-Curie - Doctoral student programme to spend 6 to 36 months doing thesis Action. research at CERN 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. Open to CERN member states nationals, Romenian, Serbian and researchers, including Brazilians, residing in a member state for the last 5 years. Deadline for application: 26 April 2016. - Post Career Break Fellowship: full-time or part-time Fellowships to For the FELLOW-MUNDUS science and engineering graduates wishing to re-start their project the following fields of careers. Deadline: 1 March 2016. study are: - Studentships in Summer 2016 (Non Member State Nationals) for Agricultural Sciences (01) undergraduate and junior post-graduate students of physics, computing Architecture, Urban and and engineering to work in experimental teams, attend a series of Regional Planning (02) lectures, visis the CERN facilities and attend discussion sessions and Business Studies and workshops. Attendance requires a presence of 8 weeks on site. Management Sciences (04) Deadline: 27 January 2016. Education, Teacher Training (05) 5.1.7 Fellow-Mundus – 3rd call for applications Engineering, Technology (06) The FELLOW-MUNDUS project is an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 partnership, Geography, Geology (07) which will contribute through the exchange of students (undergraduate, Law (10) masters, doctorate, post-graduate) and academic staff to the reinforcement Mathematics, Informatics of sustainable educational, cultural, economic, scientific and technological links (11) between the European Union and Latin-American countries (Argentina, Medical Sciences (12) Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Natural Sciences (13) Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). Social Sciences (14) In this call, Latin American and European candidates can apply for a all Communication and type of outgoing scholarships. Information Sciences (15) Other Areas of Study: Read the guide for applicants for all details. Public Administration, Renewable Energy, Climate Deadline: 15 January 2016. Change, Human Rights November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 26 of 44

5.1.8 IBrasil (Erasmus Mundus) – scholarships in engineering and technology The EU funded IBRASIL project “Inclusive and Innovative Brazil” grants scholarships to Brazilian and European students (undergraduate, doctorate candidates, post-doctorate and stafff) and credits mobility and degree mobility within the Higher Education Institutions members of the IBRASIL network. Scholarships are available for undergraduates, PhD sandwich students, post- doctorate and staff in the fields of Engineering & Technology and The IBRASIL project is an Education, Teacher Training (only for undergraduates students from Erasmus Mundus Action 2 universities part of the consortium). programme funded by European Commission. Deadline: 14 February 2016. The IBRASIL consortium 5.1.9 EUI Special Doctoral Fellowships which stands for “Inclusive The European University Institute (EUI) Special Doctoral Fellowships has been and Innovative Brazil” has setup to allow candidates from non-member countries to apply to its PhD emerged from a long and programmes in Economics, History and Civilization, Law, and Political and mature collaboration between Social Sciences. Brazilian and European universities. It is composed of Fellowships cover full funding of the PhD courses and monthly stipend for the 11 Brazilian and nine whole programme (4 years). European Higher Education WHO? Candidates must have successfully completed a Master’s or equivalent Institutions from different degree (before 31 August 2016) in an academic discipline relevant to the countries where various doctoral programme of the department and the research proposal. Applicants languages are spoken: are required to submit an English international language certificate to Spanish, Portuguese, French, demonstrate their level. Deadline: 31 January 2016 Romanian, Italian, German, Slovak and Greek. 5.2 EU Member States and Associated Countries 5.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals The latest information on open calls for national grants and fellowships in the 40 member countries of the EURAXESS network can be accessed on the respective national EURAXESS portals:

Besides providing information Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech on funding opportunities for Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Macedonia, incoming international and Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, European researchers, staff Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, at the EURAXESS Service Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Centres offer individual Turkey, UK. assistance on all aspects of researcher mobility. 5.2.2 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  Technical Sciences  Human Medicine, Health Sciences  Agricultural Sciences  Social Sciences November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 27 of 44

 Humanities Monthly grants of 1200 Euros are given under this programme. The next application deadlines are 1 February and 1 September 2016. 5.2.3 AUSTRIA – Ernst Mach Incoming Grant The Austrian government awards Ernst Mach Grants to postgraduates, PhDs, postdocs and lecturers from all over the world to conduct studies in Austria for one to 9 months in the following fields:

 Natural Sciences;  Technical Sciences  Medicine  Agriculture  Social Sciences  Humanities  Arts 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 2016-2017 is 1 March 2016. 5.2.4 AUSTRIA – Richard Plaschka Incoming Fellowship Grant for visiting university lecturers (Postgraduates, PhD holders, researchers) in humanities (History, Archaeology, Linguistics and Literature, Arts) who are primarily occupied with Austria-related topics. Recipients of Plaschka grants can work in Austria as visiting researchers for 4 to 18 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 2016. 5.2.5 AUSTRIA – Franz Werfel Incoming Grant Four to eighteen 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 2016. 5.2.6 AUSTRIA – Erwin Schrödinger Outgoing Fellowship including a return phase Post-doctoral fellowships for the promotion of scientific work at leading foreign The Erwin research institutions that facilitate access to new scientific areas, methods, Schrödinger programme is procedures and techniques so as to contribute – following return to Austria – to co-funded by the European the further development of science in Austria. Union. 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.

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5.2.7 AUSTRIA - Lise Meitner Programme for Scientists from Abroad WHO? Highly qualified scientists of any discipline who could contribute to the scientific development of an Austrian research institution by working at it. Requirements: completed doctoral studies, international scientific publications, no age limit, invitation from an Austrian research institution.

Applications must be submitted together with an Austrian co-applicant. The call is constantly open.

5.2.8 BELGIUM ( Wallonie-Bruxelles) – Incoming and outgoing doctoral and postdoctoral Scholarship for Excellence IN.WBI & WBI.World The programme is open to foreigners wishing to enrol in a doctorate or post- doctorate programme in a University of Wallonia-Brussels in the following fields:

- Transport and logistics; - Mechanical engineering; - Life sciences; - Agro-industry; - Aviation-space; - Environmental technologies. Other fields may be considered, including human sciences, and fundamental or applied research. Under the same scheme, fellowships are available for Belgian or resident students to follow a doctorate or postdoctorate programme in a university abroad. Deadline: 1 March 2016 (for long term stays). 5.2.9 BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) - F.R.S.-FNRS Post- doctoral temporary incoming fellowship This funding aims to finance a research fellowship (up to 3 years) for a non- Belgian PhD holder (with maximum 6 years of experience) coming from abroad to work for a research programme funded by Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique F.R.S.-FNRS. Various Research Fields. This consists of a research grant for a duration of 3 years maximum.

Deadline: rolling basis 5.2.10 BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) - Ulysse incoming Mobility

A highly qualified researcher, working abroad for at least 5 years, can come and settle down in a Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation (WBF) university in order to lead a research team. He/she will have an employment contract for 3 years, followed, under certain conditions, by a permanent recruitment at the host university, as well as money to cover the recruitment of staff, the acquisition of equipment and the running costs.

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Deadline: rolling basis. 5.2.11 BELGIUM (Flanders) - FWO PhD and postdoc fellowships The FWO-Vlaanderen is the funding agency of Flanders for research performed at the universities in Flanders. Candidates are only eligible for a PhD fellowship within  Incoming PhD fellowship : the first five years of obtaining These fellowships are intended for young EU, ERA and Swiss researchers their Master’s degree, who are doing their PhD at a Flemish university are a granted for a period of 2 calculated on the start date of years, renewable once. the fellowship (1 October). The PhD research must be fundamental in nature. There is no restriction as regards the topic. The FWO employs a strictly bottom-up approach, in which the researcher can choose the topic of his/her research.

 Special PhD. fellowship: 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 With co-financing of the researchers who already have a PhD to develop an independent research COFUND work programme career. The fellowship is provided for a period of 3 years and can be renewed (No 665501)* within the Marie once if necessary. Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of Horizon 2020, the WHO? PhD obtained no longer than 6 years ago. FWO launches a new mobility programme in 2015, entitled  [PEGASUS]2 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral ‘[PEGASUS]², giving wings to Fellowships your career’. This programme aims to stimulate the  [PEGASUS]2 INCOMING Postdoctoral fellowships international mobility of WHO? postdoctoral researchers (Belgians and non-Belgians) who obtained researchers by attracting their PhD no more than three years ago. excellent postdoctoral researchers to the Flemish  [PEGASUS]2 OUTGOING Postdoctoral fellowships Community via incoming WHAT ? Outgoing fellowships with a duration of three years intended for fellowships on the one hand, postdoctoral researchers of the Flemish Community who wish to carry out as well as by offering research at a foreign research institution or company the first two years of their postdoctoral researchers in fellowship, and return to the Flemish Community the third year of their the Flemish Community the fellowship in order to continue their research activities at the Flemish host opportunity to carry out part of institution to which the fellow is affiliated during the entire 3-year fellowship their research abroad on the (obligatory return period!). other hand. Deadlines: 1 February 2016. 5.2.12 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 post-doctoral researchers abroad from Finland. Two application rounds per year. Deadline: 15 January 2016.

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5.2.13 FRANCE – CNRS excepctional call for proposals Following the attacks perpetrated in Paris in November, the CNRS makes a strong appeal for new multidisciplinary research projects capable of exploring all the potential issues and challenges that surround these tragic events, paving the way for durable solutions. The CNRS will examine all proposals. The objective is to fill unoccupied territory, to answer questions involving several disciplines, to use participative methods and individual expertise. Each project selected, based on a rigorous, simple and rapid procedure, will be granted financial support so as to yield results as of 2016. Research projects (3 to 5 pages maximum) must be sent in electronic (pdf) format to: [email protected]. Projects will be examined as they are submitted. There is no standard form. 5.2.14 FRANCE – visiting professors’ chairs at IHEAL The Institute of Latin American Studies (IHEAL - University Sorbonne Nouvelle- CLICK ON THE BLUE Paris 3) has opened its 2016-2017 call for Invited professors in social science TITLES FOR MORE and humanities INFORMATION WHO? Open to foreign researchers and professors (from North America, South America and Europe) who specialize in the study of Latin-American societies and work in universities in these regions. Deadline: 1 December 2015. More information can be found here.

*LE STUDIUM® Loire Valley 5.2.15 FRANCE - LE STUDIUM® incoming programme for Institute for Advanced senior researchers Studies, operating in region The incoming modalities are offered: Centre of France, has as its members the University of - LE STUDIUM research professorship enables a foreign Professor to Orleans, University François- participate in postgraduate teaching, research and research team building. Rabelais Tours, INSA Centre The Professorship residence is a period of three months in region Centre Val de Loire, ESAD, national for 4 consecutive years (12 months in total). For this programme two research institutions including laboratories in region Centre or three teams from the same laboratory need BRGM, CEA, CNRS, INRA, to be involved. INSERM and Poles of - The LE STUDIUM research fellowship is designed to attract internationally competitiveness. In total, competitive researchers for at least one year. An average of twelve awards more than forty laboratories in are available in this campaign. Experienced international researchers are member structures work with eligible to submit an application after having negotiated their acceptance to LE STUDIUM®. a host laboratory and/or host enterprise. - LE STUDIUM research consortium award enables the creation of a virtual team of five researchers (one researcher from region Centre). This team LE STUDIUM is co-funded by meets for a full week twice a year over 2 years (4 meetings in total). The the European Union Marie consortium should have a well-defined objective, a research work plan to Skłodowska-Curie Actions implement and to achieve milestone goals between meetings. (MSCA). WHO? senior international researchers that are in possession of a doctoral degree and have at least five years of full time equivalent research experience. Applicant researchers must be national or long-term resident of a country other than France and must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the deadline for submission of proposals. Deadlines: 8 February 2016.

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5.2.16 GERMANY - Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E) The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a new funding programme - co-financed by the Marie Curie Programme of the European Commission - for outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines and nationalities. The funding consists of salaries instead of scholarships. Funding is provided for 18 months, in which 12 months have to be spent abroad and 6 months (re-integration phase) at a German university. The re-integration phase is mandatory. Applications may be submitted before completion of the PhD. The PhD must, however, be completed before the start of the funding period. Deadline: 1 February 2016. 5.2.17 GERMANY – PhD fellowships in organismal biology WHAT? The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal Biology offers two 3-year fellowships for PhD projects in Organismal Biology. A maximum of 3 months abroad per year (and a total of 9 months abroad) can be funded. WHO? Non-German citizens not living in Germany for more than 15 months prior to application. Applicants must have graduated from a minimum 4-year study program, with comprehensive scientific work in Biology or a related field. Deadline: 15 January 2016. 5.2.18 LUXEMBOURG - INTER Mobility Programme 2016 The aim of the INTER Mobility Programme is to promote scientific exchange between research groups of the Luxembourg public research institutions and research groups abroad.. The INTER Mobility Programme allows for research stays in both directions (researchers working in Luxembourg to go abroad or for researchers from elsewhere to come to Luxembourg). More specifically, the FNR intends to support OUTGOING and INCOMING established senior researchers. The minimal duration of an FNR-funded research stay is 6 weeks. The total cumulated duration of the research stay is limited to 1 year. The next application deadline is 20 January 2016. 5.2.19 LUXEMBOURG - ATTRACT 2016 WHAT? The ATTRACT programme by the National Research Fund (FNR) aims to support Luxembourgish research institutions to expand their competences in strategic research areas by attracting outstanding young researchers with high potential to Luxembourg. The programme is designed for researchers not yet established in Luxembourg with a PhD and between 2 and 8 years’ professional experience; it offers them the opportunity to set up an independent research team within a public-sector research institution in Luxembourg that is willing to host them.

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Research proposals should Proposals selected under the ATTRACT programme have a lifespan of five be submitted jointly by the years and the financial contribution by FNR can be up to EUR 1,500,000 or candidate and the host EUR 2,000,000 for ‘Starting Investigators’ or ‘Consolidating Investigators’, respectively. Following a successful final evaluation, the applicant can transition institution, which has to to the next career stage and obtain tenure (if not already the case) and provide a clear and promotion. attractive career track to the candidate. Projects submitted should be innovative and of high scientific quality. Deadline for pre-proposal: 15 January 2016.

5.2.20 NETHERLANDS-Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) launched a call under ist Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni. WHAT? grants of EUR 250,000 to conduct independent research for a period of three years. All fields are covered by this scheme. WHO? The grant is open to researchers who have recently obtained their PhD (within the last three years). Researchers from outside the Netherlands can apply, but the project to be funded should be carried out at a Dutch institution recognised by NWO. Deadline: 5 January 2016.

5.2.21 NETHERLANDS - Holland Scholarships for bachelor’s and master’s candidates The Holland Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science as well as several Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. This scholarship is meant for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to do their bachelor’s or master’s in the Netherlands. Deadlines: either 1 February 2016 or 1 May 2016. 5.2.22 SWITZERLAND – outgoing fellowships The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) offers:

- Doc.mobility: 6 to 18 monthfellowships or doctoral students who wish to enhance their scientific profile by working at a research institution abroad. Deadlines: 1 March & 1 September - Early Post-doc.Mobility: 18 monthfellowships for postdocs at the beginning of their career. Deadlines: 1 March & 1 September - Advanced Postdoc.Mobility enabling advanced postdocs to conduct a 12 to 36 month-research stay abroad with the option of a return phase at a research institution in Switzerland. Eligibility requirements include having obtained a doctorate (PhD) or medical training with a doctorate (MD) and at least 1 year's experience as a postdoc. Deadlines: 1 February & 1 August

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Common requirement: Swiss nationality, valid permanent residence, These mobility fellowships are residence or cross-border commuter permit, or marriage respectively registered for Swiss nationals or partnership with a Swiss national. For persons with foreign nationality, at least 3 permanent residents years of research activity at a Swiss research institution are required tob e eligible. 5.2.23 SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione

Incoming Ambizione, Ambizione-PROSPER and Ambizione-SCORE grants are aimed at young researchers with a PhD in all disciplines from all countries who wish to PhD + 5 years or 3 years of conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher clinical experience for medical education institution. practitioners The grants comprise the salary and project funds for a maximum of three years. Deadline: 12 February 2016. 5.2.24 INTERNATIONAL - 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 2016.

5.3 Brazil 5.3.1 BRAZIL - FAPERJ Visiting PhD fellowships in Rio de Janeiro (reverse sandwich) Opportunity promoted by FAPERJ, the State of Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation to spend 4 to 12 months in Rio de Janeiro. WHAT? the grant includes round-trip tickets, settling-in allowance, health insurance and a monthly stipend for the foreign student. WHO? PhD students based abroad interested in a 4-12 month visit to Rio universities. HOW? Potential supervisors from Brazilian host institutions will place applications on behalf of the students. The full text of the call is available in Portuguese only. WHEN? Deadline: 17 December 2015. 5.3.2 BRAZIL (FAPERJ) Call for proposals for "sandwich" PhD outgoing mobility WHAT? Four-12 month fellowship to carry out doctoral research abroad. WHO? Brazilian researchers (or titular of a resident permit) enrolled in a doctoral programme in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Deadline: 17 December 2015.

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5.3.3 BRAZIL (FAPESP) – GERMANY (Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts - StMBW) - call for workshops proposals. WHAT? Financial support to bring together a Bavaria-São Paulo cohort of early career researchers to take part in workshops focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career opportunities. Proposals will be accepted in all fields of knowledge. Workshops must be coordinated by two leading researchers, one from a higher education or research institutions in Bavaria, one from a higher education or research institution in the State of São Paulo. FAPESP and the Free State of Bavaria will co-fund the workshops. Deadline: 26 February 2016. 5.3.4 FAPESP - SPRINT fourth call for proposals FAPESP launched the fourth SPRINT (São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration) call, offering seed funding to support the exchange of researchers.

This Call for Proposals considers the two following partnership alternatives:

São Paulo Research - Proposals in partnership with researchers whose institution has a Foundation – FAPESP – is current Agreement with FAPESP, including : an independent public o Australian Technology Network of Universities – ATN, Australia foundation with the mission to o Emory University, USA foster research and the o Imperial College London, UK scientific and technological o University of Bath, UK development of the State of o University of Miami, USA São Paulo o University of Michigan, USA o University of Southampton, UK

- Proposals in partnership with researchers whose institution does not have a current Agreement with FAPESP.

The grant must be used for activities as exchange of researchers, visits to research planning, international workshops and initial activities of data collection, always aiming to continue research collaboration and consolidation. The maximum duration of each project is 24 months.

SPRINT call for proposals are open on a recurring basis of every three months. Deadline: 1 February 2016.

5.3.5 FAPs – Bristish Council 2nd Newton Researcher Links call for workshops 2015 WHAT? Call for research workshop proposals under Newton Fund Researcher Links to propose bilateral workshops, which will bring together up to 40 early career researchers from the UK and the States of São Paulo, Goias or Distrito Federal (either one or the other) to discuss their research and start to build international relationships in any discipline/multidisciplinary area including from the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. WHO? Senior researchers in the UK and one from a higher education or research institution in the State of São Paulo, Goias and Distrito Federal are eligible from the Brazilian side, November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 35 of 44

Deadline: 11 December 2015. 5.3.6 BRAZIL (FAPESP / CONFAP / MCTI) fund Brazilian researchers participation in biofuels under Horizon 2020 call

The European announcement The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), jointly with the National for the call H2020-LCE-2016- Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), announces a call for proposals with the 2017 can be found here European Comission to fund international collaborative research in advanced lignocellulosic biofuels. The call aims at exploiting synergies between Brazil and Europe in terms of scientific expertise and resources in topics related to advanced biofuels by implementing coordinated projects. EURAXESS Aligned Brazilian and European projects shall have the same start date, the same duration – up to 5 years, same targets, and must demonstrate clearly how Services Centres the coordination among them will bring added scientific value. To better plan and organise WHO? Applicants in Brazil, must meet the conditions and restrictions of the their stay in a foreign FAPESP Program for Research Partnerships for Technological Innovation European country, (PITE), described at www.fapesp.br/pite. researchers and their families can also benefit from the free There must be at least three PIs from Brazil, one in the State of São Paulo and and personalised assistance others established in different Brazilian States with a research foundation that offered by the EURAXESS agreed to support the call. There must be a company in Brazil associated with Services Centres, a network the proposal, committed to funding at least 50% of the Brazil side costs. of more than 200 centres located in 40 different 5.4 Calls still open European countries. (Click on the blue links or see previous newsletters for more details) 5.4.1 European Union Puedes (Erasmus Mundus) – incoming/outgoing scholarships between EU and Latin America open to undergraduate, master, PhDs and post doctorates, and staff in Business and Management, Engineering and Technology, Law, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences (in Europe) and Agricultural Sciences and Geology, or renewable energies, climate change or human rights (in Latin America). Deadline: 1 March 2016.

SUD-UE (Erasmus Mundus)– 3rd call for applications to select 41 undergraduate, sandwich PhD and post-doctorate grantees in ALL FIELDS OF STUDY. Europeans have access to undergraduate and PhD mobility and staff grants. This call is only open to students and researchers from higher educatoin institutions members of the partnership. Deadline: 22 March 2016. European University Institute (Italy): Fernand Braudel Incoming Senior Fellowships: Up to ten months fellowships in one of the EUI's four departments, which in turn invite fellows to participate in departmental activities (seminars, workshops, colloquia, etc.). Deadlines: there are two annual deadlines for applications - 30 March and/or 30 September.

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EU - European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO): 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. Deadline: rolling basis (Short-Term); EMBO Long-Term Fellowships for post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe and the world for a period of up to two years. Deadlines: 12 February and 12 August 2016 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA Postdoctoral Research programme offers up to 2 years positions. Upcoming application deadlines: 2016: 1 April, 1 October and 2017: 1 April, 1 October Young Scientists Summer Program at IIASA (the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis based in Austria) for PhD students on issues of global environmental, economic and social change. Deadline: 11 January

2016

The IST Scholar programme is partially funded by the EU. 5.4.2 EU Member States and Associated Countries Top-ranked students who fulfill the mobility criteria will AUSTRIA - Institute of Science and Technology (IST) PhD programme in all also be Marie Skłodowska- disciplines of the natural sciences, mathematics, computer sciences and any Curie Fellows. related interdisciplinary areas. Deadline: 8 January 2016.

BELGIUM - first “MOVE-IN LOUVAIN” call for incoming post-docs from abroad in all research fields are eligible (Sciences and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Health Sciences). Deadline: 1 January 2016. BELGIUM – FWO Travel Grants for Long Stays Abroad (5 weeks to 12 months) for researchers affiliated with a university in the Flemish community (or to a university college of the corresponding association) or belong to the scientific Move in Louvain is co- staff (of the Dutch-speaking community) of a federal or Flemish scientific financed by the Marie institute. Submission deadline: no later than 3 months before departure. Curie Sklodowska Actions DENMARK - Industrial PhD and post doc Programmes open to candidates of of the European Union any nationality, holding or expecting to hold soon a master’s degree with excellent records may apply. Three deadlines per year. Next deadline: 11

January 2016 ESTONIA - Archimedes Foundation supports short-term study and research activities of PhD students visiting Estonian universities. Deadlines vary for each host institution (Estonian universities and Higher Educations institutions). ESTONIA - Scholarships for incoming PhD students in all areas enrolled in a CLICK ON BLUE TITLES FOR MORE INFORMATION doctoral programme at a recognised educational institution in another country. ESTONIA – incoming – outgoing Kristjan Jaak Scholarships for doctoral students and teaching staff. Deadline: 1 December (outgoing short-term visit of students, staff and researchers). FINLAND - CIMO Fellowships. WHO? Young doctoral level students and researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. No application deadline.

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FRANCE - PRESTIGE Postdoc programme (incoming, outgoing, re-integration) Open to any post-doc level researcher complying with the Marie Curie Actions mobility rules. Each applicant has to secure co-financing for his/her PRESTIGE mobility from the host organisation. The PRESTIGE Call for applications is open all year long with four cut-off dates. The next ones are: 31 December 2015, 31 March 2016; 30 June 2016 and 30 September 2016.

CIFRE Doctoral grants to carry out research in collaboration with industry in The PRESTIGE programme France. More: http://www.anrt.asso.fr; section CIFRE BRÉSIL. is co- financed under the Marie Curie Actions-COFUND FRANCE – Pasteur incoming study grants scientific staff from RIIP. No application deadline. of the FP7. FRANCE – 15 Postdoctoral Fellowships on Biology and Information Technologies open to all nationalities at the French Atomic and Alternative CLICK ON BLUE TITLES Energies Commission (CEA). No specific application deadline: The positions FOR MORE INFORMATION are open until they are filled by appropriate candidates. FRANCE - Post-doctoral research visits at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) for individuals of all nationalities holding PhDs. Deadline: rolling basis.

Eiffel admissibility: FRANCE – Eiffel excellence scholarships 2016/2017 for overseas students on Master's (12 to 36 months) and PhD courses (for 10 months under a thesis Maximum 30 years old joint supervision or co-tutorship) in Engineering sciences (at Master level), candidates for masters, 35 sciences in a broader sense for PhD level, Economics and management, years old for PhD. Law and political science. Applications must be submitted by the French higher education institutions before 8 January 2016. Only non-French 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 Professors or Junior Research Group Leaders from abroad who completed their doctorate less than twelve years ago; Georg Forster Research Fellowship (HERMES) for Postdoctoral Researchers (6−24 months research project) for postdoctoral or experienced researchers from *Scientists from Brazil may developing or transition countries who have completed their doctorate in the last be nominated for the Georg 4 (post-doc)/12 years (experienced researchers). Deadline: any time during Forster Research Award. In the year: the Fellowship Programme, researchers from Brazil can GERMANY - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards of EUR 45,000 and up only apply for a Capes- to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist Humboldt Research colleagues at a research institution in Germany by the Humboldt Foundation. Rolling call for applications with two reviews panels per year. In spring and Fellowship for the time being. autumn. GERMANY – Gerda Henkel Foundation post-doctoral 1 to 24 months Research Scholarships in humanities to carry out an independent research project alone. Applications are welcome at any time. GERMANY- DAAD Reintegration of German scientists with the goal of reintegrating into the German scientific community after having spent at least 1 year abroad. GERMANY – 20 PhD positions at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (IMPRS-RECHARGE) open to students from all countries. Deadline: 31 December 2015.

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

GERMANY – PhD at Berlin Mathematical School. Deadlines: 1 December 2015 (for applications with scholarship request); 1 May 2016 (for applications The Berlin Mathematical only). School (BMS) is a joint graduate school of the IRELAND – President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) for early mathematics departments of career researchers to carry out their research in Ireland. Applications, on a the three major Berlin rolling basis, must be submitted by an eligible Irish research body. universities: Freie Universität IRELAND – SFI incoming Research Professorship open to researchers in (FU), Humboldt-Universität academia or industry. Applications on a rolling basis. (HU) and Technische Universität (TU). IRELAND – Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Industry fellowship Programme 2015 either for academic researchers to spend time in industry worldwide and for individuals from industry anywhere in the world (including Ireland) to spend time in an eligible Irish Research Body. Deadline: 3 December 2015. LUXEMBOURG – ATTRACT Call 2016 by the National Research Fund (FNR) aims to support Luxembourgish research institutions to attract outstanding young researchers with high potential to set up an independent research ATTRACT: Criteria: 2 to 8 team within a public-sector research institution in Luxembourg. Deadline: years professional experience 15 January 2016 since successful completion NETHERLANDS - Rubicon postdoctoral outgoing programme supports a of doctoral studies. 5 years period of up to two years at an excellent research institution outside the projects. Netherlands. Next deadline: 1 December 2015. FNR financial contribution for ‘Starting Investigators’: up to NETHERLANDS – Orange Tulip Scholarship Brazil to partially or fully cover EUR 1,500,000; for tuition fees and other costs to carry out a MBA and Master in the areas of Arts, ‘Consolidating Investigators’ Health, Biology, Science and Humanities. Registration until 1 April 2016 but up to EUR 2,000,000 make sure to check the deadline established by the university to which you are applying

NETHERLANDS – Incoming Visitor’s travel grant for highly qualified senior researchers from abroad who hold a PhD for stays of up to 4 months. Continuous application. NETHERLANDS – NWO visitor’s travel grant for foreign senior researchers to stay in the Netherlands for a maximum of 4 months. Continuous application. NORWAY – The Research Council of Norway: Personal Visiting Researcher Grant for international researchers with qualifications at the professor level. Deadline: ongoing.

POLAND (Foundation for Polish Science) - IDEAS FOR POLAND for Winners of the “ERC Starting Grants” competition who intend to pursue scientific research in Poland. Rolling basis. POLAND – POLONEZ incoming Programme: 12-24-month fellowships in host institutions in Poland for researcher with a PhD degree in basic research or at least four years of experience. Deadline: 15 December 2015.

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PORTUGAL - Grants for Sabbatical Leave (outgoing) for PhD holders to CLICK ON BLUE TITLES carrying out research at foreign universities. All research fields and FOR MORE INFORMATION nationalities are eligible. The call is permanently open. SWEDEN – Initiation Grants for short term international cooperation. Applications may be submitted continuously throughout the year. The next assessment date is 1 December 2015. SWEDEN – VINNMER Marie Curie calls for proposals for incoming and outgoing transnational mobility for experienced researchers (with at least four years of research experience.) in the following modalities: - VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming (to Sweden). - VINNMER Marie Curie Industry Outgoing. - VINNMER Marie Curie Academy Outgoing: Application deadline of all calls: 16 March 2016.

Vinnmer grants are co- Planning grant are also available: funded by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. - VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming – Planning Grant - VINNMER Marie Curie Industry Outgoing – Planning Grant - VINNMER Academy Outgoing - planning grant SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Science Foundation International Exploratory Workshops in all fields of research. Call open to at researchers in Switzerland to support the visit of their international colleagues. The forthcoming dates are: 2 March 2016 and 1 June 2016. SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Science Foundation: International Short Visits, aimed at researchers in Switzerland who wish to go abroad for a short period or researchers abroad who wish to collaborate with researchers in Switzerland. During the visit, they pursue a small joint research project. Deadline: Continuous application. TÜBİTAK: in the fields of TURKEY – TÜBITAK Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Natural Sciences, Sabbatical Leave to give seminars/conferences/lectures, or engage in R&D Engineering and activities for 1 month to 12 month visits. Next deadline: rolling basis. Technological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Agricultural UK (University of Cambridge) - Gates Cambridge Scholarship for applicants Sciences, Social Sciences from countries outside of the UK, including from Brazil, to pursue a full-time and Humanities. postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Deadline: 2 December 2015 UK - Imperial College PhD scholarship programme 2016-2017 for research students in their chosen research field. The earliest start date for funded places is 1 August 2016.

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5.4.3 Brazil FAPESP funds collaborative research under the Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme. Researchers eligible for funding by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) can use the normal modes of funding offered by the foundation to support their participation in H2020 proposals under Thematic Project, Regular Project, and Young Investigator Award, to be chosen by the proposer. Deadline: any time by FAPESP, but following the deadlines for H2020 calls. H2020 proposals can include researchers, academic and BRAZIL – FUNCAP receives new requests for Visiting Researcher scholarships: applications may be submitted to FUNCAP by higher education non-academic institutions institutions or research and development agencies, entities or public or private (including enterprises) from enterprises, Deadline: 15 December (for scholarships with effect from 1 countries outside the April). European Union. BRAZIL - Visiting professor programme 2015 at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo (IEA/USP). CAPES – International cooperation programme to support joint research projects and partnerships with universities from countries with whom Brazil has international agreements but with whom Capes has not. It includes sandwich PhD and post-doc mobility. Rolling basis. BRAZIL (Capes) - GERMANY (DAAD) - Probral call to support the training of post-graduate researchers and the training of teachers through scientific cooperation between Brazil and Germany. Deadline: 7 December 2015 with CAPES.

BRAZIL (SENAI) – UK (Innovate UK) collaborative industrial R&D competition to bring together open to companies, research organisations, academics and other collaborators from Brazil and the UK for the joint research and development of new solutions to key socio-economic challenges, in the form of innovative products, processes or services. The principal market a project must consider is Brazil. Deadline: 7 December 2015

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6 Jobs 6.1 EURAXESS Jobs

There are currently around 8420 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. Opportunities can be viewed by country, level of seniority, field or research or via free text searches. Please note that these jobs also include doctoral fellowships.

Example of offers in Brazil (also published on EURAXESS Links Brazil website): Use the EURAXESS Job Postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Biology and Immunology at the School of portal to find the best Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo - candidates or find the best FCFRP/USP, with duration of 24 months, for immediate start. The candidate position in research, in 40 selected shall develop a subproject aiming to evaluate the immunomodulatory European countries, but also action of LAAO from Bothrops moojeni and BthTX-I from B. jararacussu in in the rest of the world: human leukocytes and also understand how epigenetic changes are related to - Research organization, immunological response. Deadline : 18 December 2015 university, lab, companies Example of offers funded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: can publish their offers (fellowships and jobs) on the Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher (PhD student) in the field of Regional EURAXESS Jobs portal for Powers in World Politics under the Marie Curie Initial Training Network PRIMO FREE and increase your – Power and Region in a Multipolar Order, which develops innovative research visibility! and training in the field of International Relations, in particular with respect to the growing importance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in - Researchers can post international politics and the global economy. Deadline: 31 December 2015. their CVs for FREE. Do not hesitate to do it and increase 6.2 More research career sites your potential. 6.2.1 Other EU Research Career Sites: Should you need further assistance, the EURAXESS - Find A Postdoc Links Brazil team will be - Find scholarships in Europe happy to help you. - Find PhDs in Europe - Career.edu - Academic Jobs EU - Euro Science Jobs - European Job Mobility Portal - EuroBrussels - European Southern Observatory (ESO) recruitment portal - CERN job portal - Joint Research Centre external staff recruitment portal Join us on LinkedIn: 6.2.2 Jobs Portals in Member States and Associated Countries - Austrian Database for Scholarships and Research Grants - Belgian Federal Portal for Research and Innovation - Cyprus’ Research Promotion Foundation Database - Danish Ministry of Higher Education - Estonian Research Portal - France PhD portal (FR) - CNRS external examination portal (FR) - DAAD’s Research in Germany Portal (DE) - DAAD Research Fellowships and Grants Portal (DE) November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 42 of 44

- Max Planck Society’s job portal (DE) - Helmoltz Association’s job portal (DE) - Irish Research Council Funding Portal (IE) - Italian National Research Council vacancies (IT) - BBSRC vacancies (UK) - Science and Technology Facilities Council vacancies (UK) 7 Events 7.1 Partners’ events 7.1.1 DWIH-SP open House, 8 December, São Paulo Interested in a research career in Germany? Get to know your possiblities during the first Open House of the German House of Science and Innovation São Paulo (DWIH-SP)! Entitled “Research Careers in Germany: PhD, PostDoc & More”, the first Open House at DWIH-SP is organized by the liaison offices of the University of Münster, the Technical University of Munich and Freie Universität Berlin. Everyone interested in doing research in Germany is cordially invited to discover the possibilities of doing research as a PhD or postdoc - or other scientific careers. All member institutions of DWIH-SP will be presenting possible career paths and will be available for your questions. The event will be entirely in English and will be taking place from 14:00 until 18:30. For the program details and the mandatory registration, see this

link: http://bit.ly/OH_DWIH. 7.2 Upcoming events Find out more about research events taking place across Europe on CORDIS DATABASE ON RESEARCH EVENTS.

Event (click for more details) Location Date

DWIH-SP open house São Paulo, SP 8 December 2015 Tour of Brazil – EU-Brazil cooperation in health Rio de Janeiro, RJ 10 December 2015 Science Tour “Research in Germany” 2016 City of the Germany 31 January – 6 February Future 2016 FAUBAI2016 Conference Fortaleza, CE 16-20 April 2016 EURAXESS Links Conference Rio de Janeiro, RJ May 2016 (tbc) ESOF 2016 Manchester, UK 22-27 July 2016 46th World Chemistry Congress São Paulo, SP 9-14 July 2017

⃰Not listed are presentations on EURAXESS Links and European mobility schemes at research institutions held by the country representatives upon invitation across Brazil. If you would like our team to visit your research organisation please email us at: [email protected].

About EURAXESS Links Brazil November 2015 | Issue 31| Page 43 of 44

EURAXESS Links Brazil is a networking tool for European researchers active/seeking activity in Brazil and for Brazilian researchers wishing to collaborate with and/or pursue a career in Europe. EURAXESS Links Brazil provides information about research in Europe, European research policy, opportunities for research funding, for EU-Brazil and international collaboration and for trans-national mobility. Membership is free. Visit us at brazil.euraxess.org and click on the Join the EURAXESS Links Brazil community hyperlink on the right-hand side of the page. EURAXESS Links networks have thus far been launched in North America (USA & Canada) Japan, China, India, the ASEAN hub (encompassing Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam) and Brazil.

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