S&T Policy

Infrastructure

Vocational assessment

Public laboratories’ profiles determine their science and research output

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Scientometrics

Written by many hands

Study identifies a sharp rise in the number of articles signed by more than a thousand authors

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Funding

The house of open dialogue

Talks in Congress help stem budget cuts for science, technology, and innovation in 2020

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Interview

Eva Zažímalová: Eyes on the world

President of the Czech Academy of Sciences discusses strategies to integrate science internationally and bring it closer to industry

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Indicators

The geography of innovation

New methodology measures science and technology performance across Brazilian states

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Public Policy

Disjointed strategies

Audit places deficient cross-institutional coordination at the root of poor innovation performance in Brazil

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Pesquisa fapesp 20 years

Legacies of the genome

Magazine followed the evolution of sequencing projects that improved disease diagnosis and led to the development of innovative treatments

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Pesquisa fapesp 20 years

Growth in numbers

Brazil’s research indicators have improved consistently over the past two decades

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University autonomy

Fuel for innovation

Stable funding stimulated São Paulo state universities to invest in collaborating with the private sector and in signing technology transfers

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University autonomy

The race for excellence

Strong performance in international rankings and against benchmarks reflects a drive for research impact at state universities in São Paulo

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University autonomy

Tools for planning the future

Stable funding at state universities in São Paulo has allowed for continual education about financial management

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Scientific publications

Increasing research visibility

Universities are encouraging researchers to store copies of their articles in institutional repositories available to the public

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Science olympics

A place for girls in mathematics

A girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject

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INDICATORS

Change with stability

Report highlights the 2018 investments of FAPESP both in research in collaboration with businesses and in the international recognition of science produced in São Paulo

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Cover

The impact of brain circulation

Compared to other countries, Brazil sends fewer scientists abroad and has no policies to take advantage of their experiences

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Open access

Unearthing hidden treasure

A new platform allows users to search scholarly data from eight universities in São Paulo

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Scientific education

Creative solutions

A contest grants awards for videos made by students from São Paulo public schools proposing solutions to issues faced by the community

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Interview

Fernanda De Negri: Leveraging the benefits of technology

IPEA economist talks about her ambitions for a new research center that seeks to understand and debate the social and economic impacts of generating knowledge

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Indicators

Young and world class

Asian institutions stand out in ranking of universities younger than 50, which includes Brazil’s UNESP and UFABC

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Funding

In defense of science

Party leaders propose research funding as a means to overcome economic crisis

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Oversight

Universities under investigation

São Paulo Legislative Assembly Inquiry makes recommendations on how to improve the management of USP, UNICAMP, and UNESP

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Scientific production

The race to measure impact

Brazilian universities increasingly investing in offices dedicated to managing and measuring performance

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Graduate education

5-dimensional benchmarking

CAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs

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Education

Creating clean water

Team learning and the search for sustainable solutions highlight science competition at UNICAMP

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Development

Midlife crisis

The FNDCT, the main federal funding body for research, is going through a period of recession and uncertainty

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Interview

Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication

Biochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories

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Innovation

Benefits from collaboration

Long-term collaboration with industry makes research groups 20% more productive, study finds

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Science reporting

Explaining complexity

Study mapping genetic influence on same-sex sexual behavior uses novel approach to reporting findings

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Environment

Forestry budgets

Researchers examine why some conservation areas receive more public funding than others

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Communication

Science clubs

One hundred teenagers from Rio de Janeiro participated in an immersive science experience, studying advanced topics under the guidance of young researchers

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