Funding

COVID-19

Brazilian networks keep a close eye on coronavirus variants

SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in the country backed by funding from British government program

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Funding

Government imposes new science funding cuts in Brazil

Decree published by President Jair Bolsonaro at the end of May withholds R$1.79 billion from the MCTI’s 2022 budget

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Financing

UK set to lose funding

United Kingdom could be excluded from European science program

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Financing

Poor management of research funding in Norway

Norway's minister of research and higher education dismisses all members of the board

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

Six decades of investment in STI

Since the beginning of its activities, FAPESP has funded over 310,000 research projects

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

Book on cutting-edge science in seven fields celebrates 60 years of FAPESP

ACIESP initiative will also look at research opportunities in these areas for the coming years

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ACADEMIC CAREERS

Academic résumés change to highlight impactful contributions

Funding agencies require researchers to write narrative summaries of their academic careers

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EDUCATION

Scientist school

Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials creates interdisciplinary undergraduate course to train high-level researchers

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Funding

FINEP grant failed to increase corporate innovation

Erratic flow of funding has compromised the program's investment capacity in recent years

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COVER

Challenges faced by young people in Brazil

To grow, the country needs to improve education and help young people enter the job market

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Funding

FAPESP announces R$990.1 million for new initiatives

FAPESP allocates R$990.1 million to new research-support initiatives

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Funding

Canada launches new innovation agency

Canadian government announces launch of new agency to promote innovation

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DATA

Tax expenditures associated with research, development, and innovation (RDI)

Tax expenditures associated with research, development, and innovation

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INTERVIEW

Helena Nader: Brazilian science still does not reflect the Brazilian people

UNIFESP biomedical scientist and the first woman to preside over the Brazilian Academy of Sciences talks about the importance of affirmative action and highlights education as a priority

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

FAPESP has an extensive bibliographic collection about its history

Books, articles, reports, and open-access academic papers record and analyze the foundation's history and its contributions to the advancement of science in Brazil

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

Diversity in science

Brazil remains attractive for foreign postdocs, but applications have declined in recent years

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

Beyond borders

In its six decades, São Paulo’s FAPESP has helped to strengthen Brazil’s broader science, technology, and innovation ecosystem

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COVER

Crisis in human resource development

Lower numbers of master's and PhD graduates in 2020 due to the pandemic and lower demand for advanced degrees sparks debate about the system that provides future researchers and high-level professionals in Brazil

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DATA

Public investment in education

Public investments in education reached 6.23% of GDP in 2018

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DATA

Women in science

Female presence among FAPESP scholarship recipients

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politics

Boycott of Russian institutions

Western research centers are cutting scientific ties with Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine

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PUBLIC POLICY

Rewarding Conservation

New study sheds light on impacts from bonus tax transfers to incentivize expansion of municipal protected areas in Brazil

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Financing

More money for science in the USA

The US House of Representatives passed a bill expanding the budgets of research-funding agencies in the country

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Funding

Committed effort

Survey finds investment in cancer research has fallen in Brazil

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Interview

André Tortato Rauen: Research focused on mission

Economist from IPEA suggests bolder investment that tackles society’s greatest challenges in addition to basic science

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Gender

A system imbalance

Gender inequality in distribution of productivity-based grants by the CNPq

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DATA

Refining business statistics

Refining business statistics

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Data

Public R&D funding in São Paulo

A FAPESP survey on R&D activities carried out in São Paulo in 2018 offers a precise distinction between who funds and who conducts R&D in the state, and how much the government contributes at different levels The graphs above show that the business sector conducts the most R&D, but the government sector contributes just as... View Article

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Careers

Time to face the numbers

Economic crisis and high unemployment rate boost the number of FIES debtors

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Higher education

Turbulence on the horizon for postgraduate education

Uncertainties arise as assessment of Brazilian graduate programs goes to court

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