2015 December EURAXESS LINKS Issue 32 BRAZIL Dear Colleagues, We have the pleasure to present to you the 32nd edition of the EURAXESS Links Brazil Newsletter for December 2015. This month, our “EU Insight” section concerns a recently published report on the current state of ERC Grants and their institutional distribution. Furthermore, we present you with an interview with Dr. Balázs Vince Nagy. As EURAXESS Links Brazil well as being a senior Hungarian lecturer at the Budapest University of Newsletter is a monthly Technology and Economics (BME) in Hungary, and currently a visiting electronic newsletter, edited professor at the University of São Paulo, Dr. Balázs is also the by EURAXESS Links representative of the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference (HRC) in Brazil and partners. shares his experience of bilateral cooperation with Brazil. The information contained in Under EURAXESS Links activities, we tell you more about the recent Tour of this publication is intended for Brazil event held at Fiocruz in Rio. This B.Bice+ Project, organised together personal use only. It should with Wallonie-Bruxelles International and FIOCRUZ with the support not be taken in any way to of FAPERJ and the Delegation of the European Union in Brazil was very reflect the views of the popular and provided an opportunity to discuss potential collaboration and European Commission nor of partnerships in the Health Sector between Brazil, the European Commission the Delegation of the and EU Member States and Associated Countries, as well as presenting European Union to Brazil. EURAXESS LINKS BRAZIL supporting tools to the participants. Please email to As usual, in our “News and Developments” section, we report on several [email protected] with any relevant developments in the EU and Brazil, as well as on cooperation comments on this newsletter, activities between Brazil, the EU and its Member States. contributions you would like to You will also find a broad selection of grants & fellowships funded by the make, if you think any other European Commission, EU Member States or Brazilian authorities. colleagues would be interested in receiving this In order to improve the services we provide to international researchers, we ask newsletter, or if you wish to you to please take a few minutes to complete our brief satisfaction survey. unsubscribe. The survey has 7 questions and will take 3-5 minutes of your time. We highly value your opinion and look forward to your feedback on how to best to improve Editors: Charlotte GRAWITZ, our services! EURAXESS Links Brazil, Country Representative, We wish you a pleasant read! Ingrid LE VAN, Support Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from the EURAXESS Links Brazil Officer Team. Charlotte Grawitz and Ingrid Le Van. Contents 1 EU Insight – ERC’s “excellence only” principle leads to grant concentration in EU’s top institutions ................................................................................... 5 2 Feature – Interview with Balázs Vince Nagy, representative of the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference (HRC) in Brazil .......................................... 7 3 EURAXESS Links Brazil and EU partners activities ..................................... 9 3.1 EURAXESS Links Satisfaction survey .............................................. 9 3.2 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities in 2015 ........................................ 9 3.3 EURAXESS Links Network Newsletter ............................................ 10 3.4 Tour of Brazil – EU-BR Cooperation in the Health sector, Rio de Janeiro, 10 December........................................................................ 10 3.4.1 Cloudscape Brazil 2015 - How business and research are innovating in the cloud ..................................................................... 11 This Newsletter is also intended as a communication 4 News & Developments ................................................................................. 11 tool with you all, so please do 4.1 EU & Multilateral Cooperation .......................................................... 11 not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] for 4.1.1 Historic climate deal in Paris: EU leads global efforts ..................... 11 comments, corrections or if 4.1.2 EU research and innovation supports delivery on COP21 you want to advertise for a commitments .................................................................................... 12 particular funding scheme or event. 4.1.3 Commission's European Research Council awards 291 young researchers with EUR 429 million in grants ..................................... 13 4.1.4 Tunisia joins Horizon 2020, the EU's Research and Innovation Programme ...................................................................................... 13 4.1.5 Commission invests EUR 33 million for quicker market access of 15 new innovative projects ................................................................... 14 4.1.6 Commission proposes a research-friendly copyright for open science and innovation in Europe .................................................... 14 4.1.7 Investment Plan for Europe: over £100 million for new Birmingham super hospital ................................................................................... 15 4.2 Brazil ................................................................................................... 15 4.2.1 Satellites help track the route of Rio Doce sediments ..................... 15 4.2.2 Fast-spreading virus may cause severe birth defects ..................... 16 4.2.3 Researcher Ronald Cintra Shellard becomes new director of CBPF 16 4.2.4 Preliminary analysis of the ‘Science without Borders’ programme in Brazil ................................................................................................ 16 4.2.5 Launch of Latin America's first public human genome database .... 17 4.2.6 Half of all tree species in the Amazon could face extinction ........... 17 4.2.7 Scientists start preparing Brazil's biodiversity assessment ............. 17 4.2.8 Researchers decipher the genome of the mosquito transmitting Chagas disease ............................................................................... 18 4.2.9 Commission approves budget increase for research in Amazon .... 18 December 2015 | Issue 32| Page 2 of 41 4.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil .......................................... 18 4.3.1 Brazil’s President Rousseff speaks at COP-21 in Paris .................. 18 4.3.2 EU and Brazil announce innovative proposal on carbon markets during Paris climate talks ................................................................. 19 4.3.3 European Union increases cross-border cooperation between Guyana and neighbouring countries in the Amazon ........................ 19 4.3.4 New research center in Sao Paulo should expand natural gas in the energy mix ....................................................................................... 19 4.3.5 Brazil and Scotland's science academies sign cooperation agreement ........................................................................................ 19 4.3.6 Minister plans bilateral meetings in 2016 with Portugal................... 20 4.3.7 Brazil and Germany discuss production of new fuels ...................... 20 4.3.8 EU-funded POLICYMIX project in Europe and Latin America sheds new light on good forest governance ............................................... 20 4.3.9 EU-Brazil partnership signals new era for anti-inflammatory therapies .......................................................................................... 21 4.3.10 GSK invests in pharma research ..................................................... 21 4.3.11 Catching a ride on Brazil's sustainable transport revolution ............ 22 4.3.12 Studying the past to predict the future: the Amazon River .............. 22 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 EURATOM - International participation called under the Research and Training Programme 2014 - 2018 ............................................ 25 5.1.3 Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Programme (RISE) call ................................................... 25 5.1.4 Cruz del Sur (Erasmus Mundus) – second call for applications ...... 26 5.1.5 ERANet-LAC second Joint Call on Research and Innovation ......... 26 5.2 EU Member States and Associated Countries ............................... 27 5.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals ........................................................... 27 5.2.2 FRANCE - MATH-AmSud & STIC-AmSud calls for proposals ........ 27 5.2.3 GERMANY - 4 Early Career research fellowships at the University of Göttingen ......................................................................................... 27 5.2.4 GREECE - Onassis Foundation Fellowships for incoming foreigners 27 5.2.5 IRELAND - Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2016 ................................................................................... 28 5.2.6 SPAIN – Fundación Carolina incoming fellowships ......................... 28 5.2.7 UK (British Council) Newton Institutional Links calls for proposals . 28 5.2.8 UK - International Partnership and Mobility Funding Call in humanities and social sciences ......................................................