FAPESP launched the third SPRINT (São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration) call this year, offering seed funding to support the exchange of researchers. The Call for Proposals considers the two following partnership alternatives
1. Proposals in partnership with researchers whose institution has a current Agreement with FAPESP, including :
- Durham University, United Kingdom
- Leiden University, Netherlands
- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Belgium
- University of Münster, Germany
2. Proposals in partnership with researchers whose institution does not have a current Agreement with FAPESP.
The grant must be used for activities as exchange of researchers, visits to research planning, international workshops and initial activities of data collection, always aiming to continue research collaboration and consolidation.
The maximum duration of each project is 24 months.
SPRINT call for proposals are open on a recurring basis of every three months. Deadline: 30 October 2017. More details here