About Balázs Vince Nagy Dr. Balázs Vince Nagy is a senior Hungarian lecturer at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in Hungary, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Engineering Informatics. Dr. Balázs is currently a visiting professor at the University of São Paulo, in the Vision Laboratory of the Psychology Institute. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and completed post-...

The mobility programme reached its goal of granting 101000 fellowships between 2012 and 2015. According to our colleagues from CNPq, both incoming and outgoing Science without Borders calls are currently suspended. There is no prevision of future calls so far. Check the official website for more details. In parallel, the Higher Education Personnel Training Coordination (Capes) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development...

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the first opportunity for collaborative research under its cooperation agreement with the European Union (EU) for the Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme. Researchers eligible for funding by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) can use the normal modes of funding offered by the foundation to support their participation in H2020 proposals. FAPESP will receive proposals associated with H2020...

About Artur Avila Artur Avila is a franco-brazilian mathematician who was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1979. He won the International Mathematical Olympic gold medal at the age of 16. Even before finishing high school, he started studying at the Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) of Rio de Janeiro where he began his PhD supervised by Welington de Melo at 19 years old. He is now senior researcher both at CNRS and IMPA....

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), a particle detector that has been in service on the International Space Station for the past four years, is comparable in performance terms to CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland and can be considered a "space version" of the LHC. The University of São Paulo's São Carlos Physics Institute (IFSC-USP) in Brazil recently joined the international collaboration that designed, built and operates...

The 3rd Workshop of the ALISIOS project entitled "Enhancing recognition of degrees and credits between Brazil and Europe: Implications for collaboration, mobility and internationalisation" took place on 25 April 2015 in the Pantanal Convention Centre of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, as part of the FAUBAI Conference. It tackled the topic of recognition, both of degrees and of credit mobility, as this complex theme is essential for 'flexibilising'...

Over 150 scientists have put their names forward to join the EU's new science advice panel, the EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Carlos Moedas said. Moedas announced the new Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), a seven-member panel of experts to oversee the process of how the Commission gets scientific advice on controversial issues like shale gas or genetically modified organisms, in May. He enlisted a three-person team, headed by the...

Maria Cristina Russo, the Director for International Cooperation of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation participated in the meeting of Science and Technology Ministers and High Level Officials of CELAC in Quito on 14 and 15 September. The visit to Ecuador took place during the Ecuadorian presidency of CELAC, at the invitation of Mr. Ramirez, Secretary of State for Education, Science and Technology, to ensure a follow-up...

Find in annex a list of opportunities to fund Brazil - EU mobility for students, researchers and staff in a wide range of areas under the European Commission Erasmus Mundus programme. Erasmus mundus (806.06 KB)

About Débora Antunes Débora Antunes is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Her current research focuses on the intersection between Disability Studies and Internet Studies, with a focus on issues of the Global South. Through a digital ethnographic approach, she investigates how autistic people and their supporters are using social media in Brazil, paying attention to questions of...