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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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INPE under pressure

Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead

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ERC president

German geneticist Maria Leptin will be the new president of the European Research Council

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LEGISLATION

Boost for startups

Government passes bill to encourage investment in small innovative companies in Brazil

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Data

Public R&D funding

Government expenditure on R&D in relation to GDP

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EDUCATION

Learning at the turn of the century

Research examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education

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Funding

A compass for science

CAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil

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The American strategy

The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership

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Science on the ropes

Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research

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Direct funding to Africa

In April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa

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INVESTMENT

Whence the money

A new study analyzes scientometric data to track the sources of funding for Brazilian research and assess the level of internationalization

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In search of improvement

Investing in the training of teachers and the sharing of knowledge between schools helps improve student performance

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More money for science in the USA

US President Joe Biden presented the country’s 2022 budget in April

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A sigh of relief

New legislation to reduce the use of animals in scientific research in Brazil

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COVID-19

Understand the long-term effects

The US NIH announced a plan to invest US$1.15 billion over the next four years into research on the long-term effects of COVID-19

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More funding for science in the UK

The British government has announced plans to create a new funding agency in the country, known as the Advanced Research and Invention Agency

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Covid-19

Breathless emerging economies

Lack of public and private investment heightens the dependence of Brazil and South Africa on vaccines from other countries, unlike the other BRICS members

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Funding

No break for science

Brazil’s primary funder for scientific research, FNDCT, has been restructured but government vetoes blocking freezes to their resources

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Butantan – 120 years

Renewed momentum

The São Paulo institute strengthened itself, mobilized competencies, and integrated teams to face the pandemic

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COVID-19

The era of genetic vaccines

The vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna result from historical investments in messenger RNA technology leading to the creation of new products

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Open science

A laptop in hand, a project in mind

Virtual hackathon explores ways to share data and use technology to improve the quality of research

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Data

Number of PhD fellowships awarded by CAPES falls for the first time since 2007

Number of PhD fellowships awarded by CAPES falls for the first time since 2007

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Indicators

A sharper picture

A new survey provides detailed insight into the actors engaged in and funding R&D in São Paulo State

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Development

Multiplying returns

New formula to calculate the effects of investment in innovation

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COVID-19

The impact of the virus on Australian universities

Universities in Australia are to receive extra funding to boost the country's economic recovery after the pandemic

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São Paulo representatives approve fiscal adjustment

Bill 529/2020, which establishes a range of measures for fiscal adjustment, was approved on October 14 by the São Paulo State Legislative Assembly

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Indicators

Sustained support amid a crisis

Activities Report shows FAPESP expanded strategic programs in 2019 as it continued to support the scientific community

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Innovation

A place in the sun

A thriving generics industry and government funding have helped to boost research and development spending among Brazilian pharmaceutical companies, study shows

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Scientific entrepreneurship

São Paulo-based venture capital fund announces new investment cycle in radical innovation

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Scientific philanthropy boost

Pandemic drives donations from companies and individuals wishing to support COVID-19 research in Brazil

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