Brazil-Norway in the 21st Century Workshop - BN21:

RD&I Collaboration – Rio de Janeiro – March 2nd 2016

�Created on 1985;

�Responsible for the definition of Brazilian S,T&I policies and

priorities;

�Two of the main Brazilian funding agencies: FINEP and CNPq;

�19 research unities;

� Center for Strategic Studies and Management in Science (CGEE),

National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) and Brazilian Space

Agency (AEB).

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

(MCTI)

S,T&I Structure

�One of the leading research funding agencies in Brazil,

CNPq was established on 1951;

�Main Funding Schemes

� Scholarships;

� Grants for research development;

� Grants for the organization of events.

�Leading Programmes:

� Science Without Borders;

� National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCTs).

National Council for Scientific and Technological

Development (CNPq)

CNPq is an agency of the Ministry of

Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI)

dedicated to the promotion of scientific and

technological research and to the formation of

human resources for research in Brazil.

Mission

CNPq at a glance

� Federal Brazilian Foundation

� Annual Budget ofR$ 1,7 billion (FY 2015)

In 2014

� 91.464 scholarships in Brazil

� 10.679 scholarships abroad

� 8.698 grants

� Science without Borders is a Brazilian Federal Programme

implemented by CNPq and CAPES which envisages the

enhancement of Brazilian science, technology, innovation and

competitiveness through the expansion of international mobility

and capacity building.

� One of its main goals is to increase the innovative expertise of

personnel from the technological industries.

Science without Borders

Goals

� To promote the consolidation and expansion of science, technology and

innovation in Brazil by means of international exchange and mobility;

� To increase the presence of Brazilian researchers and students of various

levels in institutions of excellence overseas;

� To encourage young talents and highly qualified researchers abroad to work

with Brazilian local investigators in joint projects;

� To induce the internationalization of Brazilian universities and research centers

by encouraging the establishment of international partnerships.

Science without Borders

Science without Borders

Eligible areas

�Engineering and other

technological areas

�Pure and Natural Sciences

�Health and Biomedical

Sciences

�Information and

Communication

Technologies

�Aerospace

�Pharmaceuticals

�Sustainable Agricultural

Production

�Oil, Gas and Coal

�Renewable Energies

�Biotechnology

�Nanotechnology and

New Materials

�Technology for

prevention and

mitigation of natural

disasters

�Biodiversity and

Bioprospection

�Marine Sciences

�Minerals

�New technologies for

constructive

engineering

�Formation of technical

personnel

National Institutes for S&T

� Network of best research groups on cutting

edge science with technological outputs

� Universities+Government+Private Companies

� 126 institutes - € 230 million

� Cooperation, convergence and interdisciplinarity

National Council for Scientific and Technological

Development (CNPq)

Foreign Researchers in Brazil

Visiting Researcher:

• collaboration with emerging or consolidated research groups;

• reinforces research fields or technological development;

• up to 24 months in Brazil.

Special Visiting Researcher (PVE):

• fosters exchanges and international cooperation with a view to strengthening

researches in priority themes by means of establishing partnerships with

international leaderships;

• provide a set of benefits to the researcher who is internationally

recognized for his/her level of excellence;

• allows the researcher to remain in Brazil up to one month per year for an

overall period of 3 years.

Fellowship Opportunities for Europeans in

Brazil

Young Talents (BJT):

• Young Post-Docs working abroad who have excelled in their scientific

or technological career;

• receive funding and resources to perform a 1 to 3 year-long research

project in Brazil;

• the host research group also receive funds, as a bench fee.

Fellowship Opportunities for Europeans in

Brazil

International Cooperation Partnerships

�ERANet-LAC: envisages the cooperation among EU-LAC

funding agencies and analogous institutions. The 2nd

Joint Call for Proposals will be launched on December

1st.

�Main expected result is a common online platform for

EU-LAC funding agencies, in which these institutions

will be able to find cooperation opportunities and

support for it. Project’s activities span from November,

2013 to March 2017.

FP7 PROJECTS – EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Under the INCO-NET, International cooperation EU scheme:

�ALCUE-NET main proposition is to support the development of

the cooperation between EU and LAC in the four priority areas

established by the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation

(JIRI): energy, bioeconomy, biodiversity and ICTs. Project’s

activities span from April, 2013 to May, 2017.

�B.Bice+: envisages the promotion and support for Brazil-EU

cooperation through the enhancement of dialogue opportunities

and coordination of existing actions. Project’s activities span from

October, 2012 to January, 2016 .

FP7 PROJECTS – EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Joint Research Projects with co-funding from foreign partners:

�Joint support in areas of common interest – national priorities

�Promotion of national and international networks

�General expenses and scholar- and fellowships for Brazilians abroad

Core partnerships:

� European Commission

� CNRS, INSERM, IRD, INRIA (France)

� DFG, DLR, BMBF, DAAD (Germany)

� MIT, GSK (USA)

� BBSRC, BC (United Kingdom)

� CNR (Italy), CSIC & MICINN (Spain), FCT (Portugal), CONICET (Argentina), JST

(Japan), AKA (Finland), MHEST (Slovenia), ISTP (Canadá), FWO & FNRS

(Belgium), NWO (The Netherlands), among others.

Opportunities for Networks International

Cooperation Partnerships

JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS

� Under the scope of the cooperation with Europe, CNPq has lately

funded joint research projects with: AKA (Finland), DLR (Germany),

DFG (Germany), CNR (Italy), IRD (France), MHEST (Slovenia), NWO

(Netherlands), FNRS (Belgium), FWO (Belgium), FCT (Portugal), CNRS

(France), among others.

* RCN – Research Council of Norway – signed agreement and work

plan.

CNPq-EU Cooperation

S.w.B. scholarships

Implemented Ongoing

SWE 33 7

GDE 3 2

PDE 6 0

SWG 316 56

TOTAL 358 65

S.w.B. scholarships in Norway

Norway is the SwB 17th Destination

S.w.B. scholarships in Norway

S.w.B. scholarships in Norway

S.w.B. scholarships in Norway

S.w.B. scholarships in Norway

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