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Brazil Links Newsletter 2015 May EURAXESS LINKS Issue 25 BRAZIL Dear Colleagues, EURAXESS Links Brazil We have the pleasure to present to you the 25th edition of the EURAXESS Newsletter is a monthly Links Brazil Newsletter for May 2015. electronic newsletter, edited by EURAXESS L partners. This month, our “EU Insight” section focuses on the recently published The information contained in Innovation Union Scoreboard 2015. this publication is intended for We also bring you a feature interview with Professor Carlos H. de Brito Cruz, personal use only. It should Scientific Director of the Foundation for Support to Research of the São Paulo not be taken in any way to State (FAPESP). reflect the views of the European Commission nor of Under EURAXESS Links activities, we report on the Science without Borders the Delegation of the Road Show 2015 and the first event of the “Tour of Brazil 2015”, where we European Union to Brazil. participated together with representatives from EU Member States. Please email to [email protected] with any We have the pleasure to announce that the submission process for the comments on this newsletter, EURAXESS Science Slam Brazil 2015 is now open and will remain open contributions you would like to until 15 September 2015. Researchers (including masters students) of all make, if you think any other nationalities and research fields currently based in Brazil can apply. It is a fun colleagues would be interested in receiving this way to communicate your research project to an audience of non-experts. newsletter, or if you wish to As usual, in our “News and Developments” section, we report on several unsubscribe. relevant developments in the EU and Brazil, as well as on cooperation Editors: Charlotte GRAWITZ activities between Brazil, the EU and its Member States. and Paulo LOPES, You will also find a broad selection of grants & fellowships funded by the EURAXESS Links Brazil, Country Representatives European Commission, EU Member States or Brazilian authorities. This newsletter is intended for you, dear readers. Therefore, we would be pleased to publish information related to EU-Brazil developments, events or funding opportunities that you would like to share with other readers. Please do not hesitate to send your suggestions, comments and feedback to [email protected]. We wish you pleasant reading! The EURAXESS Links Brazil Team EURAXESS LINKS BRAZIL Contents 1 EU Insight – Innovation Union Scoreboard 2015........................................... 6 2 Feature – Interview with Professor Carlos H. de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of FAPESP ...................................................................................... 8 3 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities ............................................................... 10 3.1 Video competition: My research on climate and sustainable development in 180 seconds ............................................................ 10 3.2 EURAXESS Science Slam – submissions process open! ............. 11 3.3 Science without Borders Roadshow 2015 ...................................... 12 3.4 Tour of Brazil event ........................................................................... 12 4 News & Developments ................................................................................. 12 This Newsletter is also intended as a communication 4.1 EU, Member States and Associated Countries .............................. 12 tool with you all, so please do not hesitate to contact us 4.1.1 161 highly innovative SMEs funded by Horizon 2020 SME at [email protected] for Instrument ........................................................................................ 12 comments, corrections or if you want to advertise for a 4.1.2 Royal Society elects new Fellows .................................................... 13 particular funding scheme or 4.1.3 EU Boost for Polar Science ............................................................. 13 event. A new initiative to enhance the integration of Europe’s scientific and operational capabilities in the Polar Regions has been funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme ..................................................... 13 4.1.4 Ukraine joins Horizon 2020 to work with EU in science and research 13 4.1.5 Pint of Science Festival also in Europe ........................................... 14 4.2 Brazil ................................................................................................... 14 4.2.1 ST&I Minister emphasises technology parks as a path to high technology in Brazil .......................................................................... 14 4.2.2 For Finance Minister investment in innovation will be critical to economic recovery ........................................................................... 15 4.2.3 Reduction of MCTI budget is close to 25% ..................................... 15 4.2.4 Government and industry stress the need to work together for innovation ......................................................................................... 16 4.2.5 Study of CNI concludes: innovative activity in Brazil is unsatisfactory 17 4.2.6 MCTI Secretary goal is to increase income of the population by ST&I ................................................................................................. 18 4.2.7 The new Capes President calls for strengthening the scientific and technological production .................................................................. 18 EURAXESS LINKS BRAZIL 4.2.8 Science without Borders is positive but needs adjustments to keep growing ............................................................................................ 19 4.2.9 BNDES disbursed R$ 1 billion on innovation in the first quarter of this year ........................................................................................... 20 4.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil .......................................... 21 4.3.1 Partnership between Brazil and European Union in the ICT field receives 42 proposals ...................................................................... 21 4.3.2 Aldo values partnership with Sweden and the common vocation to innovate ........................................................................................... 21 4.3.3 Brazilian business mission goes to the Iberian Peninsula in search of strategic partnerships .................................................................. 22 4.3.4 Seminar evaluates results of cooperation with UK in the electricity sector ............................................................................................... 23 4.3.5 Brazil and the Netherlands plan space cooperation ........................ 23 4.3.6 British organisation wants partnerships with research institutes in Brazil ................................................................................................ 24 4.3.7 Brazil and Germany launch a portal on solar thermal energy ......... 24 4.3.8 British Ambassador delivers Official Medal of the Order of the British Empire to Scientific Director of FAPESP ......................................... 25 5 Grants & Fellowships ................................................................................... 27 5.1 European Union ................................................................................. 27 5.1.1 Open calls under Horizon 2020 ....................................................... 27 5.1.2 Human Frontier Science Programme (HFSP) Postdoctoral fellowships ....................................................................................... 27 5.1.3 European Respiratory Society - Post-doctoral Research fellowships 28 5.1.4 Erasmus+ Joint Master Degrees ..................................................... 28 5.1.5 BE Mundus open call for sandwich PhD ......................................... 28 5.1.6 Eureka SD - 3rd call for applications ............................................... 28 5.1.7 IBRASIL - Sandwich PhD scholarships in engineering and technology ........................................................................................ 29 5.1.8 CERN fellowship programme .......................................................... 29 5.2 EU Member states and associated countries ................................. 29 5.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals ........................................................... 29 5.2.2 ESTONIA - Archimedes Foundation’s short-term visits for doctoral students ........................................................................................... 30 EURAXESS LINKS BRAZIL 5.2.3 French chairs in the State of Minas Gerais ..................................... 30 5.2.4 GERMANY - "Green Talents Competition- International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development" ................................. 30 5.2.5 ITALY - Fellowship Programme at NATO Defense College in Rome 31 5.2.6 ITALY - Scuola Normale Superiore PhD courses ............................ 31 5.2.7 NETHERLANDS - The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW): Visiting Professors Programme (VPP).............. 31 5.2.8 POLAND - Thesaurus Poloniae ....................................................... 31 5.2.9 SPAIN – i-COOP+ programme call for proposals ........................... 32 5.2.10 SPAIN – International Call for Fellowships in Biomedical Imaging M+Visión COFUND 2015 ................................................................. 32 5.2.11 SWEDEN - Forte outgoing and visiting fellowships ......................... 33 5.2.12 SWEDEN – VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming and Industry
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