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To support the implementation of the strategic approach of the European Commission to strengthen the bi-regional cooperation in the EU-CELAC Common research area, EURAXESS Brazil will be transformed into EURAXESS Latin America and Caribbean States. We will continue our work in Brazil and in the meantime include other countries in CELAC in some of our existing activities, specifically in the dissemination of our flash notes and quarterly...

Israel and Brazil announce a Call for proposals for joint R...

The Coimbra Group and the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (CGBU) have built a solid cooperative relationship, in particular to support mobility between Europe and Brazil. The Be_a_DOC Programme aims at fostering existing cooperation between European and Brazilian institutions linked to the two networks, through the publication of Sandwich PhD exchange or research period offers in the universities of both networks. This call aims to...

WHAT? one year support for international researchers based in Brazil or Mexico, amongst other countries, to establish and develop new collaboration collaborations with leading scientists in the UK through visits or bilateral travel. The main purpose of the funding is to cover travel and maintenance costs. All disciplines within the social sciences and humanities are covered. WHO? Both a UK-based applicant and a Brazil or Mexico-based applicant...

The International Research Center "Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History" at Humboldt University in Berlin invites scholars to apply for international research fellowships (senior scholars and postdoctoral candidates) for the 2018-2019 academic year. Open to candidates from various disciplines including history, anthropology, law, sociology, political sciences, geography, economics, and area studies. Eight to twelve fellowships will be...

The French Embassy in Brazil, the Research Institute for Development (IRD), the territorial collectivity of Guyana, CIRAD and the CNRS, together with the Research Support Foundations of the Brazilian states of Amazonas (FAPEAM), Amapá (FAPEMA) and FAPESPA have launched the 4th GUYAMAZON call, with the objective of developing joint projects coordinated by researchers from French educational, research and innovation institutions, primarily in...

Sebastian Sobek, please briefly outline your academic career, and its developments before joining the ERC team. I have a PhD from Uppsala University (Sweden) in Limnology, which is the science of freshwater ecosystems. My thesis was about the carbon balance of lakes, particularly their emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. I went on to a three-year post-doc at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where I studied the carbon sink in the bottom...

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...

The purpose of this call is to select joint research projects developed by Brazilian and Belgian groups linked to Public and Private Higher Education Institutions and / or Research Institutions, in order to support and foster scientific exchange between Brazilian and Belgians research and development groups. The WBI Programme aims to promote the mobility of lecturers and postgraduate students for "sandwich PhDs" and postdoctoral courses. - Life...

WHAT? European Research Council ERC Synergy Grants are designed to tackle truly bold scientific challenges by funding groups of up to 4 excellent PIs who jointly address the frontier of knowledge. WHO? This action is open to researchers of any nationality with early achievement or a 10-year track-record who intend to conduct their research activity in any Member State or Associated Country. The ERC's frontier research grants operate on a '...