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European Research Council event in São Paulo with EURAXESS participation (FAPESP-CONFAP-ERC)

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*Check our presentation here: euraxess_fapesp_052019.pdf*

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the European Research Council (ERC) and the Brazilian National Council of the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) invite to the workshop: ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

The objective of the workshop is to enhance future collaborations and career opportunities between Europe, Brazil and the State of São Paulo by means of the future Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The event also aims to increase participation of researchers into ERC’s funding schemes and to encourage young Brazilian scientists to join ERC-grantees research teams, conducting frontier research across Europe.

Event free of charge  |  Limited seats

Registration here: http://www.fapesp.br/eventos/confap_erc

Language: English (translation is not available)

Date: 6 May, 8h30 to 12h30.

Venue: FAPESP Rua Pio XI, 1500 - Alto da Lapa - São Paulo

Parking suggestion: ELS Park - Rua Pio XI, 1650   |   Tonimar - Rua Jorge Americano, 89

Information: +55 (11) 3838-4006 | vera@fapesp.br

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Details

Date & Duration
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Location/Venue
FAPESP, Rua Pio XI, 1500 - Alto da Lapa, São Paulo-, Brazil

Agenda

PROGRAMME

08h30

Registration

09h00

Opening

09h10

International Collaborations

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President – ERC

Maria Zaira Turchi, Former President of CONFAP; Director for Research Infrastructure and Training and Education Policies of Ministry of Science, Technoogy, Innovation and Communications

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director – FAPESP

10h10

European Funding Overview

Moderator – Hernan Chaimovich, FAPESP – Adjunct Panel – Special Programs and Collaboration in Research

10h10

Collaborations in Research Innovation and introduction to the Horizon Europe framework programme

Alejandro Zurita, Head of Science, Technology & Innovation – European Union in Brazil

10h20

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research Fellowship Programme

Elisa Natola, CONFAP, MSCA Brazil contact point

10h30

EURAXESS Support for Mobile Researchers

Charlotte Grawitz, EURAXESS Brazil representative

10h40

ERC Brazilian National Contact Point (NCP)

Cecilia Yamanaka, ERC National contact point in Brazil

10h50

Q&A

11h00

Testimonials (click on the blue names to read their interviews)

Moderator – Hernan Chaimovich, FAPESP

11h00

Elison Matioli, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland

11h10

Mariana de Campos Françozo – Leiden University – Netherlands

11h20

Dante Barone, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

11h30

Raquel Mendonça, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), member of the ERC funded team from Sebastian Sobek and Uppsala University – Sweden

11h40

Luiz Eduardo Galvão Martins, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), grantee of the FAPESP/ERC program at the Tel Aviv University, Israel (tbc)

11h50

Antonio Alvaro Rainha Neves, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), grantee of the FAPESP/ERC program at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden

12h00

Q&A

12h15

Closing Remarks

12h30

Ending

Organiser

Name
FAPESP, ERC and CONFAP