Enhancing international cooperation in research and innovation

INVITATION

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.

PROGRAMME

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08h30

Registration

09h00

Opening

09h10

International Collaborations
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President – ERC
Maria Zaira Turchi, Ex-President of CONFAP and Director for Research Infrastructures and Science Education of MCTIC
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
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