Brazil Euraxess Newsletter 2014 October PDF

2014
October
Issue 18
EURAXESS LINKS
BRAZIL
Dear Colleagues,
We have the pleasure to present you the eighteenth edition of the EURAXESS
Links Brazil Newsletter for October 2014.
This month, our EU Insight section brings information about the Erasmus
Impact Study: Effects of Mobility on the Skills and Employability of Students
and the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions (EIS),
commissioned by the European Commission
Under EURAXESS Links Brazil activities, we reveal the final outcome of the
successful EURAXESS Science Slam Brazil 2014, held at Casa da Cincia in
Rio de Janeiro on 10 October 2014.
Under News and Developments we report on several relevant developments
in the EU and Brazil, as well as on cooperation activities between Brazil and the
EU and its Member States.
You will also find a broad selection of Grants & Fellowships funded by the
European Commission, EU Member States or Brazilian authorities.
This newsletter is yours and that we would be pleased to publish information
related to EU-Brazil developments, events or funding opportunities that you
would like to share with the other readers. Do not hesitate to send your
suggestions, comments and feedback anytime to brazil@euraxess.net.
We wish you a pleasant reading!
The EURAXESS Links Brazil Team
EURAXESS LINKS BRAZIL
Contents
1
EU Insight Weighing the Benefits of International Student Mobility on

Future Employability .....................................................................................5
EURAXESS Links Brazil activities .................................................................8

2.1 And the EURAXESS Science Slam winner 2014 is ......................8
2.2 EURAXESS Links Brazil will attend Tour of Brazil event in Recife
th
(11 November) in Recife ...................................................................9
2.3 Automatic publication of FAPESP offers on EURAXESS Jobs ......9
2.4 EURAXESS Links Conference ............................................................9
2.5 Visit us at Euro Ps fair ....................................................................10
For any suggestion or to

publish information on funding
opportunities or scientific
events in this newsletter,
send us an email at
brazil@euraxess.net
News & Developments .................................................................................11

3.1 European Union .................................................................................11
3.1.1 Nomination of new EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation
11
3.1.2 New pan-European pension fund to boost researcher mobility .......11
3.1.3 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine to two European Research
Council grantees ..............................................................................12
3.1.4 Europe takes ITER construction to the next level ............................12
3.1.5 European Commission and data industry launch 2.5 billion
partnership to master big data .........................................................13
3.1.6 EUROfusion - the European Fusion Joint Programme....................13
3.1.7 Standards at the JRC: pursuing harmonisation and interoperability
14
3.1.8 European research project helps cut CO2 emissions ......................15
3.1.9 Working towards more accurate forecasts of future climates ..........15
3.1.10 The first pilar of Horizon 2020 is now open to Switzerland-based
researchers ......................................................................................15
3.1.11 New tsunami alert system tested in Portugal ..................................15
3.2 Brazil ...................................................................................................16
3.2.1 President Dilma projects investments in S,T&I and increased
productivity to improve the economy in her second term ................16
3.2.2 CNI lists priorities for the new legal framework for S,T&I ................17
3.2.3 Technical committee of the Platforms of Knowledge program is
officially settled.................................................................................17
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3.2.4 Companies from Start-Up Brazil program grow through private
investors ...........................................................................................18
3.2.5 Survey shows the biggest green economies of the world ...............19
3.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil ..........................................20
3.3.1 Newton Fund increases stake in Brazil through new financing
agreement for the exchange of personnel .......................................20
3.3.2 Goeldi Museum reinforces scientific exchange with Europe at an
event ................................................................................................21
3.3.3 British investment aims to strengthen innovation in technology parks
and incubators .................................................................................21
3.3.4 FAPESP signs agreement with the largest organization for applied
research in Europe...........................................................................22
3.3.5 FAPESP sign new cooperation agreements in Germany ................23
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Grants & Fellowships ...................................................................................24

4.1 European Union .................................................................................24
4.1.1 Open calls under Horizon 2020 .......................................................24
4.1.2 EU-Brazil coordinated call for proposals for research and
development cooperation in advanced cyber infrastructure ............24
4.1.3 ERC starting grant: call open ...........................................................24
4.1.4 Erasmus+ joint Master degrees .......................................................25
4.1.5 2015 Erasmus + call for proposals ..................................................25
4.1.6 EMBO Fellowships...........................................................................26
4.1.7 EBW+: scholarships for Brazilian students, researchers and staff
under Erasmus Mundus programme ...............................................26
4.2 EU Member states and associated countries .................................26
4.2.1 National EURAXESS Portals ...........................................................26
4.2.2 AUSTRIA - Young Scientists Summer Program at IIASA ...............27
4.2.3 Institute of Science and Technology Austria incoming opportunities
27
4.2.4 BELGIUM - first MOVE-IN LOUVAIN call for incoming post-docs 27
4.2.5 BELGIUM ARES incoming scholarships for Masters ..................28
4.2.6 FRANCE French chairs in the State of So Paulo .......................28
4.2.7 FRANCE 15 Postdoctoral Fellowships on Biology and Information
Technologies ....................................................................................28
4.2.8 FRANCE Eiffel excellence scholarships 2015/2016 .....................29

4.2.9 FRANCE - Incoming ATIP-AVENIR 2015 programme (CNRSInserm) .............................................................................................29
4.2.10 France Institut des hautes tudes scientifiques IHS ..................29
4.2.11 France - Institut Pasteur Paris University International Doctoral
Programme ......................................................................................30
4.2.12 GERMANY - 2 PhD Scholarships in Plant Sciences .......................30
4.2.13 GERMANY - PhD at Berlin Mathematical School............................30
4.2.14 GERMANY - BMS Dirichlet Postdoc Fellowship .............................31
4.2.15 NETHERLANDS - Rubicon postdoctoral outgoing programme ......31
4.2.16 UK - University of Cambridge, Gates Cambridge Scholarship ........31
4.2.17 UK - Imperial College PhD scholarship programme 2015-2016 .....31
4.2.18 International - IARC Fellowships for Cancer Research ...................32
4.2.19 Santander International Summer Schools for Doctoral Students ....32
4.3 Brazil ...................................................................................................32
4.3.1 CAPES International cooperation programme .............................32
4.3.2 CNPQ - Teachers for the Future call for 5 months stay in Finland ..32
4.3.3 BRAZIL - GERMANY: grants for post doctoral and experienced
researchers ......................................................................................33
4.3.4 BRAZIL (FAPs) - FRANCE (Inria) call for associate teams in ICT
33
4.3.5 BRAZIL (CAPES) - SWEDEN (Stint) call for development of
research and exchange of scientists ...............................................33
4.3.6 BRAZIL (CNPq) UK (British Council) Newton Institutional Links
calls for proposals ............................................................................33
4.3.7 BRAZIL (Capes) UK (British Council) - Newton Fund Researcher
Links workshop call ..........................................................................34
4.4 Calls still open ...................................................................................34
4.4.1 European Union ...............................................................................34
4.4.2 Member states and associated countries ........................................34
4.4.3 Brazil ................................................................................................36
5
Jobs ..............................................................................................................37
5.1 EURAXESS Jobs ................................................................................37
5.1.1 More Brazilian fellowships on the EURAXESS Job Portal ..............37
5.1.2 French Higher education officer in Rio de Janeiro ..........................37
Events ..........................................................................................................38
1 EU Insight
Weighing the Benefits of
International Student Mobility
on Future Employability
Understanding the role of education and its influence on skills development and
their ties to future job attainment and socioeconomic prosperity is an important
question for Europe. Isolating the specific factors which contribute to this
process is equally important. International student mobility is one such factor,
and the main subject of the recently published report The Erasmus Impact
Study: Effects of Mobility on the Skills and Employability of Students and the
Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions (EIS), commissioned by the
European Commission. Conducted and written by a panel of independent
researchers, the EIS yields interesting findings about the benefits of going
abroad.
The Report
The EIS is the end result of the largest single study ever conducted on the
effects of international mobility on students and higher education institutes
(roughly 76,000 respondents). It is also in response to the European
Commissions efforts to improve students career options and combat high
1
youth unemployment through study or training abroad. As the premier
programme within Europe supporting international mobility amongst students
and higher education employees, Erasmus serves as a perfect case study for
exploring the question of mobilitys effect on ones future job prospects and the
impact of such mobility on ones place of work.
Designed to go beyond perception studiesto measure real effects and
2
outcomes, the EIS used a mixed methods approach to identify the effects of
the Erasmus mobility programme on the employability, skills enhancement and
institutional development on students future employability, while also
3
examin[ing] the impact of Erasmus staff and teaching mobility to reach the
conclusion that mobility is good for employment.
Erasmus Impact Study confirms EU student exchange scheme boosts

employability and job mobility [Press release]. European Commission, (2014);
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1025_en.htm
2
The Erasmus Impact Study: Effects of Mobility on the Skills and Employability
of Students and the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions.
European Union (2014): 22.
3
Lee, Petra. Employment Prospects Rosier for Erasmus Graduates.
University World News, 336, 24 September 2014.
Erasmus
Impact
Study
confirms
EU
student
exchange scheme boosts
employability and job mobility
[Press release]. European
Commission,
(2014);
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressrelease_IP-14-1025_en.htm
Groups targeted by the study included: students and staff (academic and nonacademic) of higher education institutions, programme alumni, higher education
institutions and employers. The study included online surveys that covered 34
countries EU member states as well as Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
4
Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. The qualitative study focused on eight
countries that are diverse in size and location Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom and
5
included site visits, interviews, focus groups and institutional workshops.
Besides study abroad, work placements and trainings engaged in abroad were
also factored into the studys scope. These international work experiences were
also found to have a profound impact on an individuals future career options.
The Findings
Additional key findings of the report include:
The Erasmus programme is as inclusive as other mobility programmes;
64% of employers consider an international experience important for recruitment (up

from 37% in 2006), with such hires given more responsibility earlier;
More than 1 in 3 Erasmus trainees were offered a position at their host company;
Young people trained abroad are 50% less likely to experience long-term
unemployment;
Almost 1 in 10 Erasmus trainees who did work placements have started their own
company, 3 out of 4 envisage doing so;
Transversal (transferable) skills important to employers are also the skills improved
during an Erasmus period abroad;
On average, 92% of employers are looking for transversal skills, on top of knowledge in
their field (91%) and relevant work experience (78%)
4
5
Ibid.
Ibid.

Room for Improvement
It is interesting to note that many of the positive outcomes listed above occur as
a result of working, and not just studying, abroad. This distinction is something
strongly emphasized in an article by Hans de Wit, one of the external advisors
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associated with the study, as receiving insufficient attention in the report. Also
questioned is the fact that the study does not provide much insight into the
actual motivations respondents have for going abroad for work or study.
Understanding these factors, especially how international of a home life one has
or how international of a curriculum one experiences prior to going abroad, and
how these things influence motivation to be mobile or not, is noted as a
necessary next step if the goal of mobility for all young people is truly to be
achieved.
de Wit, Hans. Erasmus Report Fuels Internationalisation Debate. University

World News, 336, 10 October 2014.
2 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities

2.1 And the EURAXESS Science Slam winner 2014
is
Vanessa Cardoso Pires, PhD student at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences of the University of So Paulo (USP).
Vanessa decided to use theater to present her research in a creative and
accessible way. Her performance was presented from the perspective of death.
She acted the death character who was specialized in breast cancer with the
objective of hampering research. In the performance death was in a dialogue
with a researcher working on how. Blackberry consumption by parents can
reduce the risk of developing breast cancer of their child. Vanessas
presentation was very dramatic and engaging.
She won a free round-trip to Europe to participate in a science communication
workshop on "Graphic Facilitation". She will also have the opportunity to meet
one research organization /institution of her choice within the European
Research Area with EURAXESS Links financial support.
The other finalists were:
This prize could be a key to
becoming
mobile
and
international!
Ailim Schwambach, UFRGS, PhD student in Science Education
Geisa Nogueira Salles, UNIVAP, PhD student in Biomedical

Nanotechnology,
Rafael Chiuzi, USP, PhD student at Institute of Psychology
Tobias Jordan, UFPE, PhD student at the Polytechnic School
All presentations were amazing, instructive and funny. Congratulations to all

the finalists!
The final of the Science Slam organized by EURAXESS Links Brazil was held
on October 10, at Casa da Cincia / UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro.
The event was opened by Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias, Head of the EU
Delegation in Brazil. Furthermore, representatives of ERA member countries,
such as Germany, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland, were among the guests.
The Brazilian Government was represented by the director of the department of
popularization and dissemination of science and technology of the Brazilian
S,T&I Ministry,Douglas Falco Silva, who put forward an invitation for the next
editions of the EURAXESS Science Slams to be held in the context of the
yearly National Science & Technology Week which is organised by his Ministry,
recognising the significant impact of this event.
All finalists presentations will

soon
be
online,
on
EURAXESS
Links
Brazil
youtube page. Stay tuned!
In addition to Douglas Falo, the jury was composed of Professor Ismar de

Souza Carvalho, at UFRJ/ Geology; Dr. Fabiana Munhoz, from Research and
innovation at LOral Brazil;and the two EURAXESS Links Brazil country
representatives, Charlotte Grawitz and Paulo Lopes.
For more pictures, click here.

2.2 EURAXESS Links Brazil will attend Tour of Brazil
event in Recife (11th November) in Recife
The next event of the Tour of Brazil Brazilian European joint actions on
Blue Growth will be held in Recife on 11th November. It will be hosted by
the Pernambuco State Department of Science and Technology (SECTEC) and
the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Finland together with the
European Union Delegation in Brazil, Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and
Norway.
The event in Recife will be devoted to Blue Growth. Representatives of
academia, companies and governments will introduce projects, plans, policies
and cooperation possibilities on research, science and innovation related to
Blue Growth. It will focus on how new technologies can put marine resources to
productive use and create sustainable growth and jobs, while at the same
ensuring that these resources can be enjoyed by future generations.
The Tour of Brazil is a joint effort among the EU and MS in Brazil with specific
interest in promoting the visibility of the European research and the potential of
the EU-Brazil cooperation in ST&I. The overall coordination of the Tour is
ensured by the EU Delegation in Brasilia, with the support of the EU funded
project BBICE+.
EURAXESS Links Brazil will attend this event in order to present the
opportunities offered by EURAXESS to the audience.
2.3 Automatic publication

EURAXESS Jobs
of
FAPESP
offers
on
We are proud to inform you that, as of last week, the So Paulo research
foundation (FAPESP) fellowships are automatically published on the
EURAXESS Job portal.
2.4 EURAXESS Links Conference
Registration is now open.

Singapore, 11 November
2014 - Register here.
Bangkok,
Thailand,
13
November 2014 - Register
here
EURAXESS Links ASEAN is the organiser of the 2014 edition of the

EURAXESS Links conference with two full-day events taking place in
Singapore (11 November) and Bangkok, Thailand (13 November). With the
aim of strengthening inter-regional scientific cooperation the conferences also
seek to promote science as engine of growth.
Both conferences will include a number of workshops with hands-on expert
advice on various themes including science communication, proposal writing,
and industry collaboration. Dialogue sessions and roundtables will industry
representatives, policy-makers, researchers and journalists will focus on
identifying strategies to further increase EU-ASEAN researcher mobility.

2.5 Visit us at Euro Ps fair
Together with the EU Delegation to Brazil, EURAXESS will participate in the
Euro Ps Brazil fair, to be held in So Paulo (Centro de eventos So Luis,
rua Lus Coelho, 323) on the 29th and 30th of November, from 14 to 19h.
www.europosbrasil.com/
The event is organized by
Campus France, DAAD
and Nuffic Neso Brazil.
Visit us at the Study in Europe booth and assist the presentation on how
EURAXESS can help you doing a PhD or carrying out research in Europe
to be held on Saturday 29th at 18h40.
3 News & Developments

3.1 European Union
3.1.1
What's ERA about?

ERA is about enabling
researchers, research institutions and businesses to better
move, compete and cooperate across borders. This
will strengthen EU Member
States' research systems,
increase their competitiveness and allow them to work
together more effectively to
tackle
major
societal
challenges.
Nomination of new EU Commissioner for Research

and Innovation
Carlos Moedas, the new EU Commissioner for research and innovation won
over the EU Parliament: Implementation, implementation, implementation,
said the Portuguese who is 44 years old, in a response to a question of a
Member of he European Parliament on how he saw his role for the next five
years.
There are three main bottlenecks in Europes research world, with a need for
common objectives between national research agendas; a lack of transparency
in university recruitment; and an ongoing gender imbalance.
A roadmap will be presented at the end of 2015 in order to complete the
European Research Area (ERA), he said. I will be ferocious in making sure it is
implemented, Moedas promised.
Source: science Business
3.1.2
New pan-European pension fund to boost researcher

mobility
Mobility of researchers in Europe received a boost with the launch of a

consortium that aims to establish a new pan-European pension arrangement.
Once put in place, the RESAVER initiative would mean that researchers could
move freely without having to worry about preserving their supplementary
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pension benefits .
The consortium plans to set up the pension arrangement in 2015. It will enable
researchers to remain affiliated to the same pension fund, even when changing
jobs and moving between different countries. The European Commission will
cover the initial set up costs through a four-year framework contract that will be
awarded before the end of 2014.
The consortium will be working as an international not-for-profit association
registered in Belgium. The founding members are: Central European University
Budapest; Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERICERIC); Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A; Fondazione Edmund Mach;
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia; Technical University of Vienna; and the
Association of universities in the Netherlands (VSNU).
See further information on RESAVER at the EU insight chapter of the EURAXESS

Links Brazil newsletter edition of August 2014
(http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/data/newsletters/brazil/Brazil_Euraxess_Newsletter_2014
_August%20final.pdf)

By participating in RESAVER, employers will be able to sponsor one single
pension arrangement. It will be a highly flexible retirement savings product that
corresponds to the specific needs of the research community, and is capable
of delivering:
1. cross-border pooling of pension plans;
2. continuity of the accumulation of pension benefits as professionals move
between different organisations and countries during their career;
3. lower overhead costs (and therefore improved member benefits) through
economies of scale;
4. a pan-European risk pooling solution.
The fund will help get closer to the European Research Area (ERA), a true
'single market for research'. The second ERA Progress Report, published on 16
September 2014 (IP/14/1003), confirmed that researcher mobility has serious
benefits. For example, the research impact of researchers who have moved
between countries is nearly 20% higher than those who have not. They
generate more knowledge, which in turn means bigger benefits to the economy.
Source: European Commission
3.1.3
Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine to two European

Research Council grantees
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, that the 2014 Nobel
Prize in Physiology/Medicine has been awarded to Professor Edvard I. Moser
and Professor May-Britt Moser, both European Research Council (ERC)
Advanced Grant holders, together with Professor John OKeefe, "for their
discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".
This is the third time that a Nobel Prize goes to top researchers funded by the
ERC since its launch. Through a highly competitive selection based on
excellence, the ERC has supported some top researchers across Europe.
Source: ERC
3.1.4 Europe takes ITER construction to the next level

The floor upon which the biggest fusion machine in the world will rely on has
been constructed. This landmark achievement marks the conclusion of the
works that started in August 2010 and represent an investment of around 100
million EUR for F4E, the European Unions organisation responsible for
Europes contribution to ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental
Reactor). The construction has been carried out by a group of companies led
by GTM SUD and under the supervision of F4E and the ENGAGE consortium
consisting of Assystem, Atkins, Empresarios Agrupados and Egis. The floor
will be able to support more than 400,000 tonnes of buildings infrastructure and
equipment, including the ITER machine weighing 23,000 tonnes.
Professor Henrik Bindslev, Director of Fusion for Energy (F4E), explained that
Europe is taking the ITER construction to the next level. The basemat is the
test bed of the biggest international collaboration in the field of energy. Its
where the scientific work and industrial know-how will come together and be

deployed to seize the power of fusion energy. Professor Osamu Motojima,
Director General of ITER International Organization (ITER IO) stated that the
conclusion of this task is a historical moment for the project. Years of hard
work by all ITER parties are bearing fruit as the facility takes shape and makes
progress on all fronts.
Source: Fusion for Energy
3.1.5
European Commission and data industry launch 2.5

billion partnership to master big data
The European Commission and Europe's data industry have committed to

invest 2.5 billion in a public-private partnership (PPP) that aims to strengthen
the data sector and put Europe at the forefront of the global data race.
Mastering big data could mean:
1. up to 30% of the global data market for European suppliers;
2. 100,000 new data-related jobs in Europe by 2020;
3. 10% lower energy consumption, better health-care outcomes and more
productive industrial machinery.
A Memorandum of Understanding to set up the PPP on big data was signed on
th
13 October by European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes and
President of the Big Data Value Association, Jan Sundelin, who acts on behalf
of companies including ATOS, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Orange, SAP,
Siemens, and research bodies such as Fraunhofer and the German Research
Centre for Artificial Intelligence. The EU has earmarked over 500 million of
investment over 5 years (2016-2020) from Horizon 2020 which private partners
are expected to match at least four times over (2 billion).
The PPP will help focus public, private and academic research efforts to
support research and innovation in game-changing big data ideas in fields
such as energy, manufacturing and health to deliver services like personalised
medicine, food logistics and predictive analytics. By implementing its Strategic
Research & Innovation Agenda and concentrating Horizon 2020 support on
common priorities, the PPP will strengthen Europe's big data community and
help lay the foundations for the thriving data-driven economy of the future. The
PPP will also support Innovation Spaces that will offer secure environments
for experimenting with both private and open data. These will also act as
business incubators and hubs for the development of skills and best practices.
The PPP, due to start on 1st January 2015, is one of the first outcomes of the
European Commission's recent policy and action plan accelerate the
development of Europe's data-driven economy.
3.1.6
EUROfusion - the European Fusion Joint Programme
The European Commission and the European fusion research laboratories

launched on 9th October a European joint programme on fusion in Horizon2020
- 'EUROfusion' - that will ensure significant progress along the path towards the
realisation of fusion energy. This joint programme has an overall budget of at

least EUR 850 million over the period 2014-18, of which about half will come
from the Euratom Horizon 2020 fusion energy research programme.
EUROfusion is a major achievement of both the European Commission and the
fusion community. EUROfusion is a consortium of all national fusion research
institutes across the European Union plus Switzerland. It is built on the solid
foundations established in previous Euratom Framework Programmes, which
supported the collective development of fusion science & technology and made
Europe the world leader in this domain. EUROfusion represents even closer
integration than in the past. In particular, the consortium has established a 5 year joint programme with an overall budget of 850 million, which follows the
agreed roadmap to fusion electricity. The latter is a comprehensive goaloriented approach to developing fusion as a viable energy source by 2050; the
success of ITER is the most crucial aspect in this roadmap. The present
ceremony marks the signing of the Grant Agreement (contract) between the
Commission and EUROfusion that provides 424M in funding from the Euratom
Horizon 2020 programme 2014-18 and the same amount from Member
States.
EUROfusion includes 29 partners from 26 Member States (excluding
Luxembourg and Malta) and Switzerland. All EU member states were invited to
participate in this Consortium.
Source: EUbusiness
3.1.7
Standards at the JRC: pursuing harmonisation and

interoperability
Standardisation work is carried out by the JRC in fields ranging from

environment, health and consumer protection and safety of the citizen, through
energy and transport to nuclear safety and security.
th
The World Standards Day, celebrated internationally on 14 October, puts the

focus on the benefits of standards and harmonised measurements for global
and regional economies, as well as for societies. Around 70% of the Joint
Research Center (JRC) work is related in one way or another to
standardisation. Its scientists provide scientific and technical support in a range
of areas from environmental monitoring to critical infrastructure protection, and
from food and feed safety to nuclear safety and security.
In order to underpin the standardisation processes, research done at the JRC
deals with pre- and co-normative research, harmonised methods and reference
measurements and methodologies, providing the scientific base needed for the
development, approval and implementation of standards.
The JRC also regularly brings together the scientific and standardisation
communities in a series of "putting science into standards" events.
Comprehensive information about the vast JRC work in the area of standards
can be found in the "Science for Standards: a driver for innovation" JRC
thematic report.
Source: JRC

3.1.8
European research project helps cut CO2 emissions
Global warming is the biggest threat to mankind in the 21st century as the
ongoing battle against CO 2 emissions takes many forms. Throughout Europe
there is the growth and development of windfarms, research into wave energy,
the focus on recycling, waste reduction, and prototypes of electric engines or
engines fuelled by alternative energy technologies.
3.1.9
Working towards more accurate forecasts of future

climates
Climate modelling is fundamental to predicting, or estimating, future trends in

our planetary environment. Yet it is a science based on observations,
assumptions about likely effects, and with many potential uncertainties.
Reducing the number of uncertainties improves the accuracy and capability of
climate models - which was the goal of the European Union (EU)-funded
research project COMBINE.
Fact sheets
3.1.10 The first pilar of Horizon 2020 is now open to

Switzerland-based researchers
Swiss institutions host about

300 holders of ERC grants
worth a total of more than
540 million
Switzerland and the EU have agreed on a partial association, which has

provisionally been in effect since 15 September 2014 and which will initially run
until the end of 2016.
of Swiss based ERC

grantees are non-Swiss and
around of researchers
based in Switzerland are
foreigners.
According to Ralph Eichler,
president of ETH Zrich [14th
university
in
the
world
according to 2013-14 Times
Higher
Education World
University
Rankings],
70
percent of his faculty are nonSwiss, as are 65 percent of
Ph.D. students and 35
percent
of
masters
students.
This partial association allows researchers in Switzerland to again participate as

associated and equally entitled partners in all activities under the first pillar of
Horizon 2020, comprising ERC grants, Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions,
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) and research infrastructures.
Researchers in Switzerland will also be able to participate as associated
partners in Euratom and in the programme section on Spreading Excellence
and Widening Participation. As associated partners, researchers in Switzerland
will again receive direct funding from the EU.
For all other Horizon 2020 calls (second and third pillar) Switzerland remains a
third country entity. In these programme areas, Swiss partners can still join
European collaborative projects, however they will not be entitled to any direct
funding from the EU for their part. Nevertheless, the Federal Council decided on
25 June 2014 that researchers and institutions in Switzerland involved in
Horizon 2020 collaborative projects approved by the European Commission
would be funded directly by the Confederation.
Source: Europa.eu and State Secretariat for Education, Research and
Innovation (SERI)
3.1.11 New tsunami alert system tested in Portugal

A new tsunami alert system developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) was
tested in Setubal, Portugal, today. The experiment confirmed the effectiveness
of using a sea level measurement device to trigger automatic alerts. This new
system could be used to detect any kind of tsunami before they reach the sea

shore, and issue automatic warnings to populations at risk in order to facilitate
timely evacuations.
The experiment is part of a European research activity which studies new
advanced methods to improve disaster alerting mechanisms and to shorten the
transmission time of alerts. The JRC is conducting the experiment in close
collaboration with the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
Source: JRC
3.2 Brazil
3.2.1 President Dilma projects investments in S,T&I and
increased productivity to improve the economy in her
second term
The outcome of the second round of the Presidential election held on 26th
October was favorable to Dilma Rousseff (PT), who won the race against her
contender, Acio Neves (PSDB) by a margin of just under 4% of the votes. With
four more years of government ahead, President Dilma has the economic
recovery and the expansion of social programs, as documented in the
governments program as her main challenges.
The call for change was echoed in her program. According to the text, it will be
necessary to "overcome structural problems" in order to improve conditions in
the country, anchored on economic strength, range of social policies and the
addition of the pillar of productive competitiveness. To reach this level, the
President advocates greater investment in education and science, technology
and innovation, without, however, specifying what actions would be taken to
arrive at this new stage.
"The manufacturing competitiveness will be achieved through investment in
production and mass consumption, investment in social and economic
infrastructure, the construction of a Brazil without bureaucracy and in the areas
of education, science, technology and innovation, building a society of
knowledge", is stated in the program.
The main focus of Dilma Rousseff in the area of S,T&I are the programs that
are already implemented, such as the Science without Borders program and the
Knowledge Platforms. They should be continued and expanded in the next
presidential cycle with the promise of an even greater volume of investment by
2018.
One theme, however, namely the issue of the recovery of the National Fund for
Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT) still worries the scientific
class. Resources allocated to this fund had been reduced due to the migration
of money for the CT-Petro Social Fund for the pre-salt oil, which will be
reinvested in health and education. In addition, part of the Science without
Borders program is funded with funds from FNDCT and there is even the
possibility that the fund will be depleted only with the contribution to Science
without Borders.

Source: Agncia Gesto CT&I
3.2.2 CNI lists priorities for the new legal framework for S,T&I
The National Confederation of Industry (CNI) launched on 26th October 42
infographics that include suggestions from the productive sector for the growth
of competitiveness of Brazil in the next quadrennium. In total, the material
includes ten areas to be stimulated.
Among the sectors that need strategic investments in order to relaunch
Brazilian industry are innovation and productivity. To boost the application of
resources in research and development CNI maintains seven key topics that
are also contained in the new legal framework for S,T&I. In the same context,
there are several projects that are being analyzed by the National Congress.
The first one deals with the financing of projects with an economic subsidy, i.e.
the division of costs and risks between the government and the private sector.
The money would be allocated to projects of high risk and high volume of
investments. Special attention would be given to pre-competitive research, pilot
plants, and projects with scalability.
The second point of the material says that anchor companies should be a
gateway to provide access to resources for smaller companies. The
confederation believes that it is important to extend the incentives for innovation
for companies to outsource while maintaining the incentive.
Law 11.196/05, which grants tax incentives to companies that perform R & D,
was also mentioned by the proposals. Currently, the law includes only
companies that adopt the tax treatment of taxable income, benefiting only 5% of
the national companies, from a total of 6000 investing in R&D.
The fourth topic of the document addresses public procurement by the Federal
Government. In the business view, the Executive should focus on the
acquisition of products from the companies that invest in technological research
and on large projects with significant value chains.
The material also points to the need to approach the capital markets from credit
through the risk capital market. A bigger coordination would allow short-term
investment on the output in private equity and venture capital funds, from the
resources of innovative companies.
Finally, CNI suggests increased partnerships between institutions of science
and technology with the productive sector and also the implementation of a new
form of non-refundable public funding. In this last issue, the entity believes it is
necessary to improve the law governing the National Fund for Scientific and
Technological Development (FNDCT), in order to enable the use of money by
private companies, along the lines of economic subsidy.
3.2.3
Technical committee of the Platforms of Knowledge

program is officially settled
Launched by the Federal Government in June of this year, the Platforms of

Knowledge program took the first step towards its full implementation.

Appointments to the technical committees of five areas considered strategic by
the Presidential Palace, which will receive aid from the program, were published
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in the Official Gazette of the Union on 9 October. They are: biofuels, health,
aviation, agriculture and cyber defence.
The coordination of each area will be the responsibility of a member of a
ministry. The overall coordination of the program will be based at the Ministry of
Science, Technology and Innovation.
The Knowledge Platform will include up to 20 knowledge areas considered
strategic and consolidated in the country. The government's objective is to
promote industrial activities and supply chains in which Brazil will be among the
world-leaders to expand the sector. The initial proposal is that these sectors be
subsidized during up to ten years. By 2020, the projection is that 2% of the
gross domestic product will be invested in science, technology and innovation,
levelling Brazil with nations like China, South Korea and the United States.
3.2.4
Companies from Start-Up

through private investors
Brazil
program
grow
Companies that have entered the Start-Up Brazil program have shown higher
growth than expected by their coordinators. Indeed, entrepreneurs who entered
the first call for proposals of the initiative succeeded, in only one year, in getting
more investment from their accelerators than the investment made by the
government originally.
"Of the investments that were made in the Start-Up Brazil Program in the first
call, companies have managed to get from private investors from out of the
market much more than the government has put. This shows that we are
investing in attractive companies that are growing and attracting investment to
the market", said Felipe Matos, director of operations for the Start-Up Brazil
program.
According to Matos, an increase in the quality of the projects received by the
program is also noticed. "Those approved in the second call, for example, are
already getting better than the previous projects. This shows that our startup
ecosystem is evolving. The program is expanding, companies are improving,
which means that we are managing to help a greater number of good quality
companies", he noted.
Despite the fact that a common feature of startups is to have high growth
potential, they are able to develop much more through private investments. "All
great startups in the world received several rounds of investment to grow rapidly
and to get consolidated in the market. And this movement has also happened in
Brazil", said the director.
For those interested in participating in the Start-Up Program Brazil, Matos
advised that companies with more chances of being approved are those that
have already a prototype of developing business. For companies that do not
have that, he suggested to start it immediately.

The manager also advised prospective proposers to diversify their teams with
people from different areas, especially from information technology, and to be
careful with the requirements in the announcement. "Sometimes for some small
disrespect on any item, entrepreneurs end up being disqualified from the
process", he said.
The Start-Up Brazil program is an initiative of the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovation. To apply for a job, companies must have been
established for up to four years. They are further required to develop software,
hardware and IT services, or create new solutions that use these elements in
their innovation efforts.
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Registrations for the fourth call for proposals have closed on 24
October.
3.2.5
Survey shows the biggest green economies of the

world
The global sustainability ranking prepared by the consulting Dual Citizens

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pointed to Brazil as the 18 nation best measured by the actions in the socalled green economies, behind neighboring countries such as Peru and
Ecuador, but ahead of world powers like the United States, UK and
Netherlands. The fourth survey of the Global Green Economies Index was
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published on 20 October.
Published every year since 2010, the publication uses 32 indicators to measure
the actions of the 60 analyzed nations. The data are separated into four
categories: leadership and climate change; efficient sectors; markets and
investment; and natural and environmental capital.
In addition to performance, the paper also shows the perception of sustainable
development, obtained through a study prepared in July and August 2014, by
professionals from all corners of the planet. In this theme, the country occupies
the 15th position, ahead of its BRICS fellow, India.
The report places Brazil as one of the interesting targets to invest money in
clean technology and renewable energy sectors. According to Dual Citizens, the
large amount of natural resources and the increasing Brazilian economy allow
the country to take the lead in the race for a more sustainable economic
development.
"That leadership will be crucial for Brazil to improve its performance in the
report, especially in the dimension of managing its natural and environmental
capital, particularly with regard to forests and water", says the document.
Although it is impossible to compare the results of 2013 with those of 2014 due
to the inclusion in this edition of 33 countries, comparing with the 27 previously
studied, it is observed that there is no significant evolution of the numbers
presented by Brazil last year.
The report presents Sweden to lead the ranking of performance, followed by
Norway and Costa Rica. In line with the perception, Germany takes the first
position, closely followed by Denmark and Sweden.

The document also makes some alerts to guide countries towards more
sustainable growth. According to the study, countries like China, Thailand,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Qatar and UAE need to develop actions towards the green
economy. For economically strong countries such as United States, Japan,
Australia and the Netherlands, the message was that the perception of
sustainability is much higher than the actions to improve the sector. "These are
countries that seem to get more credit than they deserve, a lack of information
that requires a deeper analysis."
3.3 Cooperation EU, Member States, Brazil

3.3.1
Newton Fund increases stake in Brazil through new

financing agreement for the exchange of personnel
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For more information on the

European
Commissions
international
research
cooperation
activities
worldwide, read the European
Commissions
monthly
International
Research
Update.
Brazil and the United Kingdom signed on 16 October an agreement to deepen

relations in the areas of science, technology and innovation, during the National
Week of Science and Technology (SNCT) in Braslia (DF). This agreement
allocates 3 million sterling pounds of the Newton Fund for public calls to
cooperation with Brazil the country. It foresees an equal counterpart, about R$
12 million, from the Brazilian signatory institutions: the National Council for
Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the National Council of
State Foundations for Support to Research (Confap), which participate in the
term through 25 affiliated Foundations of Support to Research (FAP).
The financial investment will stimulate the exchange of Brazilian and British
students, teachers and researchers. The idea is that the flow will be both ways,
thus encouraging the coming of Europeans to work in projects in Brazil and
Brazilians in participating in projects in the UK. The selection of staff and
projects will be done through public announcements managed by CNPq and by
the FAP.
According to the President of CNPq, Glaucius Oliva, the partnership with the UK
is strategic for Brazil. "We can learn a lot from the UK. This partnership
strengthens the role of science, technology and innovation as of first importance
to Brazil. Our investments in the sector rose sharply in the last decade and we
expect to maintain this growth", he said.
The UK Ambassador in Brazil, Alex Ellis, reinforced the importance of fostering
partnerships between researchers from both nations. The diplomat believes that
this relationship reinforces the important role of the studies done in partnership.
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"We are better when we are together. If Brazil and the UK will publish works
together, the range is much greater", stated Ellis, who gave a special focus to
partnerships made through the Science without Borders program.
The agreement is valid for three years. However, the president of Confap,
Sergio Gargioni, hopes that the partnership between Brazil and the United
Kingdom may last longer. "This project will bring benefits now and in the future.
And hopefully it will not end after this period", he said.

3.3.2
Goeldi Museum reinforces scientific exchange with

Europe at an event
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During the 24 National Seminar on Science Parks and Business Incubators,

Belm has hosted an international meeting stimulated by science, technology
and information. Institutions of Europe and Brazil were able to present their
scientific portfolios and their capacities for bilateral associations in innovation
and research projects. For the Emilo Goeldi Museum from Par, the meeting
was extremely useful in order to extend the contact network and consolidate old
partnerships.
"The opportunity to be with mbassadors from different European countries and
to discuss with them and forward proposals for science funding was unique",
said the coordinator of the Innovation Centre for Technology Transfer (NIT) of
Goeldi, Graa Ferraz. She represented the museum at the event, organized by
the B.BICE+ project.
An example of this flow of ideas and projects happened in the table with
presentations between local and foreign institutions, a specific event sponsored
by the Norwegian Embassy. Gathered at the Training Center (Capacit) of the
Federal University of Par (UFPA), leaders and researchers from Finland,
Denmark, Belgium and France, among other countries, learnt the potential of
cooperation of each site and the mechanisms to put them into practice.
Source: MCTI
3.3.3
British investment aims to strengthen innovation in

technology parks and incubators
The Certi Foundation and the Sapiens Park welcomed the UK Ambassador in
Brazil, Alex Ellis, and the Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom in
Florianplis, Michael Delaney. The British diplomats went to visit the facilities of
the project partners of the project "Technology parks and incubators for the
development of Brazil", implemented by Certi and funded by the British Mission
in Brazil and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
For the Ambassador Alex Ellis, there is a great business potential in the
Sapiens Park and in technology parks and incubators projects, such as the one
developed by the Certi Foundation. "Investing in science is not enough. It is
necessary to pursue innovation and entrepreneurship, business generation, and
it must be done in an international way. I am very happy to have the Certi
Foundation and the Sapiens Park as our partners", said the Ambassador.
The "technology parks and incubators for the development of Brazil" aim at
ensuring more effective government support for innovation, through the
strengthening of policies to encourage technology parks and incubators. The
Centre for Innovative Entrepreneurship of the Certi Foundation, which works
closely with the British Embassy in the project, has 26 years of experience in
the design and implementation of at least 20 technology parks throughout the
country. The Sapiens Park wants to receive more than 200 companies and to
become one of the main focus of innovation in Brazil.

3.3.4
FAPESP
signs
agreement with the
organization for applied research in Europe
largest
The State Foundation for Support to Research of the So Paulo State

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(FAPESP) signed on 10 October in Munich (Germany) an agreement on
scientific and technological cooperation with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the
largest organization for applied research in Europe.
The document was signed by the president of FAPESP, Celso Lafer, and the
Director of the Corporate Strategy and International Relations Division of
Fraunhofer, Frank Treppe, during a visit of the delegation of the foundation from
So Paulo. According to the text, the collaboration will focus on applied
research, focused on innovation directly linked to industry in Brazil and
Germany.
The meeting took place in parallel to the activities of the FAPESP Week
Munich, a symposium sponsored by FAPESP and by the Bavarian Academic
Center for Latin America (BAYLAT) from 15-17 October.
"This agreement is part of the internationalization efforts of FAPESP. We have a
great interest in promoting cooperation with Germany and we are aware of the
importance of the work of the Fraunhofer in the applied science field. FAPESP's
mission is to support both basic and applied research in all fields of knowledge",
said Lafer.
After giving a warm welcome to the delegation, Treppe presented an overview
of the activities carried out by Fraunhofer, which maintains more than 80
research units in Germany, including 60 Fraunhofer institutes.
The institution also keeps innovation centres in Brazil - one of them focused on
research in development of software and systems in partnership with the
Federal University of Bahia (Ufba) and another one in the area of food and bioresources engineering, in partnership with the Institute of Food Technology
(ITAL) of Campinas. A presentation on the Fraunhofer in Brazil was made by
Peter Eisner, head of the processes department of the institution.
According to Treppe, most of the resources of the institution are derived from
the provision of services to industries or public administration. Fraunhofer, a
private nonprofit organization, also receives funds from the German federal
government and state governments.
"Fraunhofer is the preferred partner for industry in Germany. We work with
about 6000 companies per year - most small and medium. Our mission is to
provide research and support services for innovation in virtually all areas
focusing on application", he said.
Although the focus of Fraunhofer is applied science, Treppe noted, the
institution keeps a strong integration with the academic sector and invests about
a third of its budget on basic research.

"If we want to have something innovative to offer to industry, if we want to be
ahead of what industry is doing, we need to do basic research and maintain a
collaboration network with universities", Treppe mentioned.
In an interview with Agncia FAPESP, Treppe said there was a great potential
for collaboration with So Paulo researchers in areas such as food,
biotechnology, bioengineering, production technology, mechanical engineering
and software.
"We already have some active centers in Brazil and a strong local partnership.
FAPESP can extend this collaboration by encouraging regional enterprises to
fund their innovation through collaborative projects with universities,
companies", he said.
Source: Agncia FAPESP
3.3.5
FAPESP sign
Germany
new
cooperation
agreements
in
Two new agreements to promote cooperation among researchers in the state of

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So Paulo and Germany were signed by FAPESP on 15 October, during the
symposium FAPESP Week Munich.
Partnerships were formalized with the Ministry of Education and Research of
the Federal Republic of Germany and the University of Mnster, one of the
three most important institutions of higher education in the country.
The event held at the Deutsches Museum in Munich brought together about 170
people, including representatives of the German federal government, the state
government of Bavaria, the board of FAPESP and important education and
research institutions in both countries.
Source: Agncia FAPESP
4 Grants & Fellowships

4.1 European Union
4.1.1
Open calls under Horizon 2020
Access all open calls on the Horizon 2020 Participant Portal. Note that they are
allocated to the three pillars of Horizon 2020:
Excellent Science programme, including:
Horizon 2020 - Whats in it

for Brazil?
Marie Skodoska-Curie Action: Innovative Training Networks (ITN) - Call ref.

H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015. Deadline: 13/01/2015
Find a list of open calls in the

key areas of the EU-Brazil
cooperation here.
European Research Council:

-
Call for proposals to promote the output of ERC-funded research

amongst a wider audience. Deadline 16 December 2014.
ERC starting grant (see below)
Industrial Leadership, including:
EU-Brazil research and development cooperation

infrastructure coordinated call for proposals (see below)
ALL calls are open to
international
and
more
specifically
Brazilian
participation.
For
more
details
on
funding
of
applicants
from
non-EU
countries, click here.
EURAXESS Links Brazil also
published a list of open calls
targeting Brazil and BRICS
countries. See the April
edition for more details.
4.1.2
in
advanced
cyber
Societal Challenges
EU-Brazil coordinated call for proposals for research

and development cooperation in advanced cyber
infrastructure
Budget: 7.000.000,00
This topic is a major element for the implementation of EU-Brazil cooperation in
the area of future networks and e-infrastructures. It sets the basis for further
progress in three distinctive themes, with the objective of developing common
positions, standards and interoperable systems for cloud computing, HPC and
experimentation facilities for internet technologies. It aims as well at
reinforcing the mechanisms for an efficient definition and implementation of joint
R&D actions. Proposals with balanced participation of EU and Brazilian partners
should make a substantial contribution to the identified themes indicating the
benefits of a joint effort.
Proposals are invited against the following topics:
-
EUB-1-2015: Cloud Computing, including security aspects

EUB-2-2015: High Performance Computing (HPC)
EUB-3-2015: Experimental Platforms
More details on Horizon 2020 work programme 2014-2015. Deadline for

proposals: 21 April 2015
Note than the Brazilian call will be launched by CNPq in the coming
weeks.
4.1.3
ERC starting grant: call open
European Research Centre (ERC) Starting Grants are designed to support

excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting
their own independent research team or programme in one of the three
main research domains:
Physical Sciences & Engineering;

Life Sciences;
Social Sciences & Humanities.
The deadline for all domains of this call is 3 February 2015. More details here.
ERC Starting Grants in brief:
About ERC:
Set up in 2007 by the EU, the
European Research Council
is the first pan-European
funding
organization
for
frontier research. It aims to
stimulate scientific excellence
in Europe by encouraging
competition
for
funding
between the very best,
creative researchers of any
nationality and age. The ERC
also strives to attract top
researchers from anywhere in
the world to come to Europe.
It funds young, early-career
top
researchers
('ERC
Starting grants'), already
independent
excellent
scientists ('ERC Consolidator
Grants'), and senior research
leaders
('ERC
Advanced
Grants').
For
more
info
in
PORTUGUESE, click here.
Brazil and ERC:
In 2013, a Brazilian research
has been awarded an ERC
Starting Grant for his project
on Econometric Analysis of
Interaction Models. Aureo
de Paula accepted to tell us a
little bit about his trajectory
and shared his views on the
EU-Brazil cooperation in our
interview published here.
For researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since

completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record
showing great promise
An excellent research proposal
Research must be conducted in a public or private research
organisation located in one of the EU Member States or Associated
Countries (including Switzerland)
Funding per grant: up to 1.5 million (in some circumstances up to
2 million)
Duration: up to 5 years
Sole evaluation criterion: scientific excellence of researcher and
research proposal
Calls for proposals: published once a year
ERC National Contact Point in Brazil:

Prof. Moacyr MARTUCCI Jr
Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, Trav 3, 158 sala C2-49
So Paulo, SP
+55 11 3091 5626
mmartucc@usp.br
cecilia.yamanaka@usp.br
4.1.4
Erasmus+ joint Master degrees
Scholarships for 116 different Joint Master Degree programmes starting in

September 2015. Between 13 and 20 student scholarship holders and 4 invited
scholars/guest lecturers per intake can take part.
Find out more about Joint Master Degrees here as well as the list of
participating universities here.
4.1.5
2015 Erasmus + call for proposals
Open to any public or private body active in the fields of education, training,
youth and sport may apply for funding within the Erasmus+ Programme.
See the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for the 2015 General Call for
Proposals for detailed conditions for participating in the call for
proposals, as well as information on the priorities for funding. It
constitutes an integral part of the 2015 Erasmus+ call for proposals.
Depending on the action and thematic line, deadlines vary from 4 February
2015 to 1 October 2015.

4.1.6
EMBO:
Incoming / outgoing
Long term: the receiving
institute or the applicant's
nationality must be from one
of the EMBC Member State..
Short-Term Fellowships are
awarded
for
exchanges
between two laboratories in
different countries, one of
them
being
an
EMBC
Member State. On completion
of the fellowship applicants
must return to their home
laboratory for at least six
months.
EMBO Fellowships
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) brings together more

than 1500 leading researchers within 27 Member states and promotes
excellence in the life sciences.
Young scientists actively seek EMBO Long-Term Fellowships for
postdoctoral research to fund and support their internationally mobile careers.
The EMBO Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to two
years and support post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout
Europe. International exchange is a key feature in the application process.
Hundreds of scientists also benefit each year from EMBO Short-Term
Fellowships, returning to their home laboratories with new skills as well as
contacts for future collaborations. They fund research visits of up to three
months to laboratories in Europe. The aim is to facilitate valuable
collaborations with research groups applying techniques that are unavailable in
the applicant's home laboratory.
Deadlines: 13 February 2015 (Long-Term), rolling basis (Short-Term)
4.1.7
EBW+:
scholarships
for
Brazilian
students,
researchers and staff under Erasmus Mundus
programme
The EBW+ project supports 151 SCHOLARSHIPS in total divided according to

the following: 67 Undergraduate - 56 PhD - 6 Post-doctorate - 22 Staff in the
following areas:
Euro-Brrazilian
Windows
project: partnership of 20
Higher Education Institutions
from Europe and Brazil, within
which Brazilian students,
researchers and academic
and administrative staff will
receive financial support to
undertake a mobility period or
obtain a full degree in Europe.
EBW+ is funded with support
from
the
European
Commission.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Education, Teacher Training only for undergraduate students

Engineering, Technology
Creative arts (music, design, dance and cinema)
Deadline: 15 December 2014
4.2 EU Member states and associated countries

4.2.1
National EURAXESS Portals
The latest information on open calls for national grants and fellowships in the 40
member countries of the EURAXESS network can be accessed on the
respective national EURAXESS portals:
Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Macedonia,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta,
Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, UK.
Besides providing information on funding opportunities for incoming
international and European researchers, staff at the EURAXESS Service
Centres offer individual assistance on all aspects of researcher mobility.

4.2.2
YSSP funding
Funding is available for
successful applicants who are
citizens or residents of the
following countries:
-
Australia
Austria
Brazil
China
Egypt
Finland
Germany
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Malaysia
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Russian Federation
South Africa
Sweden
Ukraine
USA
Vietnam
In addition a limited number

of applicants from non-NMO
countries are accepted each
year, with funding provided
in exceptional cases only.
AUSTRIA - Young Scientists Summer Program at

IIASA
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA's annual 3-month
Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) in Austria offers research
opportunities to talented PhD students whose interests correspond with
IIASA's ongoing research on on issues of global environmental, economic
and social change.
The program offers a wide range of scientific events, including both social and
natural sciences, often with important policy dimensions.
On-line applications. Deadline: 12 January 2015.
4.2.3
Institute of Science and Technology Austria incoming

opportunities
IST PhD Programme

WHO ? Open to highly qualified students from all disciplines of the natural
sciences, mathematics, computer sciences and any related interdisciplinary
areas.
Applicants must hold a Master's or Bachelor's degree or anticipate the
completion of the degree before September 2015. Participating students are
expected to be proficient in written and oral English.
Students admitted to the program will be offered employment contracts at IST
Austria and will receive a salary with full social security coverage. Entering
students holding a Master's degree will have four-year contracts, and students
holding a Bachelor's degree, five-year contracts.
Deadline: 15 January 2015
Call for professors and assistant professors
IST Austria invites applications for tenure-track assistant professor and tenured
professor positions to lead independent research groups in all areas, as well as
cross-disciplinary areas of biology ; chemistry ; computer science ;
mathematics ; neuroscience ; physics.
WHO ? Researchers with 6 or more years of leading an independent research
group (for professor). Candidates for senior positions must be internationally
accomplished scientists in their respective fields.
Deadline : 15 November 2014 (assistant professor) ; anytime for professor.
4.2.4
BELGIUM - first MOVE-IN

incoming post-docs
LOUVAIN
call
for
UCL (Universit catholique de Louvain) and two partner institutions (Universit

Saint-Louis and Universit de Namur) also based in Belgium launched a call
within the new "MOVE-IN LOUVAIN" project, co-financed by the Marie Curie
Actions of the European Union.

This new project, which is targeted at incoming researchers, aims at
reinforcing the international dimension of the three partner institutions by
supporting highly-qualified postdocs from abroad. The scheme is based on a
bottom-up approach as all research fields are eligible(Sciences and
Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Health Sciences). The
ultimate ambition is to build scientific and technological (S&T) collaborations
and long-lasting networks between the respective research teams.
Deadline: 1 January 2015.
4.2.5
Candidates must be less than
40 years old for courses, and
less than 45 years old for
training programmes.
BELGIUM ARES incoming scholarships for Masters
ARES (Higher education and research academy of Wallonie - Brussels)

launched its 2015-2016 call within the programme for International Courses and
Training Programmes. Open to students from developping countries, incuding
Brazil, it grants 150 scholarships for participation into the masters and 70
scholarships for participation into the training programmes. The courses
contempled are Public Health Methodology; European Microfinance;
International and Development Economics. Deadline: 11 February 2014.
4.2.6
FRANCE French chairs in the State of So Paulo
The So Paulo University (USP), the Campinas University (UNICAMP), the

University of the State of So Paulo (UNESP) and the French Consulate
General in So Paulo launched a call for applications for the French Chairs
programme in the State of So Paulo. This program aims at developing new
partnerships on emerging issues and strengthening existing excellence
cooperation. The call is open to professors or researchers from French higher
education and research institutions. They must be co-directed by a Brazilian
professor. Deadline: 28 November 2014.
4.2.7
FRANCE 15 Postdoctoral Fellowships on Biology

and Information Technologies
Call for applications launched by the French Atomic and Alternative Energies
Commission (CEA).
WHAT? 2 years post-doctoral fellowships on:
-
Genetics and Personalized Medicine

Functional Imaging of Plants
3D cell culture Imaging
Engineered Protein based Materials
Working language is English and knowledge of French language is not

necessary. The host Institutes are located in Grenoble, Cadarache and ParisSaclay.
WHO? open to PhD in physics, informatics, biology, chemistry or engineering of
all nationalities

4.2.8
Admissibility:
Maximum 30 years old
candidates for masters, 35
years old for PhD.
Only non-French
FRANCE Eiffel excellence scholarships 2015/2016
The programme aims to attract elite overseas students on Master's (12 to 36

months) and PhD courses (for 10 months under a thesis joint supervision or cotutorship).
The three major areas of study covered by the Eiffel program are:
-
Engineering sciences at Master level, sciences in a broader sense for

PhD level (engineering sciences, exact sciences: mathematics, physics,
chemistry and life sciences, nano and bio-technology, earth and
environmental sciences, information and communication sciences and
technology),
- Economics and management,
- Law and political science.
Note that candidacies must be submitted by the French higher education
institutions before 9 January 2015.
4.2.9
FRANCE - Incoming ATIP-AVENIR 2015 programme

(CNRS-Inserm)
WHO? open to young scientists of all nationalities, who have defended their
PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) within the last 10 years
WHAT? 3-year grant. Can be extended for an additional 2 years.
Projects must relate to Life sciences or Health. Interdisciplinary projects
allying the biology to the mathematics, physics, informatics, chemistry, public
health will be examined with a particular attention.
Deadline: 27 November 2014.
4.2.10 France Institut des hautes tudes scientifiques IHS

The Institut des Hautes tudes Scientifiques (IHS) encourages theoretical
research in mathematics, physics and human sciences methodology. It is a
reference point for excellence in the international scientific community, with
significant achievements in mathematics and theoretical physics.
-
Call for visiting researchers
Each year, IHS welcomes some 200 mathematicians and theoretical

physicists from all over the world (post-doctoral and senior researchers) for
periods ranging from a few days to one year (maximum two years in exceptional
cases).
IHS visitors are given complete freedom in their research, allowing them to
change fields if they so desire. IHS offers invited researchers a per diem,
office space in the scientific building and free accommodation in its nearby
housing estate. The sole criteria for selection is scientific excellence.
Deadline: 14 November 2014
-
IHS-William Hodge Postdoctoral Fellowship
The IHS offers, in partnership with the UK Engineering and Physical

Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) William Hodge Fellowships, one young

researcher in mathematics or theoretical physics a postdoctoral position at
IHS of one or two years.
Applicants must hold a PhD in mathematics or theoretical physics since 2013
and provide at least one recommendation letter from a UK mentor.
4.2.11 France - Institut Pasteur

International Doctoral Programme
Paris
University
The French research institute in Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Institut

Pasteur, proposes this programme in partnership with Paris University
(Descartes, UPMC, Diderot).
WHO? Applicants holding a Master degree and fluent in English.
WHAT? stipend to cover the successful students living expenses and health
insurance during the duration of the contract (three years).
51 different subjects are proposed, for which candidates can apply by
directly contacting the laboratory (the sooner the better). Foressen start :
October 2015.
4.2.12 GERMANY - 2 PhD Scholarships in Plant Sciences

In cooperation with the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) the Doctoral Program
Plant Sciences' at Freie Universitt Berlin is offering two scholarships for
interested and qualified international doctoral candidates in the area of plant
sciences. Starting October 1st 2015. Deadline: 30 November 2014.
4.2.13
GERMANY - PhD at Berlin Mathematical School
BMS offers:
-
The
Berlin
Mathematical
School (BMS) is a joint
graduate school of the
mathematics departments of
the
three
major
Berlin
universities: Freie Universitt
(FU),
Humboldt-Universitt
(HU)
and
Technische
Universitt (TU). The BMS
has been funded under the
German Excellence Initiative
since October 2006.
a uniform setting for graduate studies (from Bachelor to Ph.D.) in

mathematics in Berlin,
a coordinated, highly diverse course program in English (Phase I, from
bachelor
to
qualifying
exams
in
two
years),
German language skills are not necessary,
access to all math research groups in Berlin for a PhD (Phase II), in
particular, to the DFG Research Training Groups (Graduiertenkollegs)
and other ongoing research projects,
intensive mentoring during the whole duration of studies, and
support in non mathematical issues ranging from housing to visas and
from child care to language courses.
Excellent mathematics students from all over the world are invited to join
BMS - and to make good use of the ample opportunities offered by the rich and
diverse mathematics teaching and research environment.
Deadlines: 1 December 2014 (for applications with scholarship request); 1 May
2015 (for applications only).

4.2.14 GERMANY - BMS Dirichlet Postdoc Fellowship
BMS also invites applications for the Dirichlet Postdoc Fellowship starting in
the fall of 2015. This two-year position is open to promising young
mathematicians who will have completed their PhD degree by 30 September
2015 and want to pursue their own research in one of the seven research fields
of mathematics offered by the Berlin Mathematical School. The competitive fullyear salary includes health insurance. Fellows are expected to teach one
course per semester, typically in English at graduate level. Deadline: 1
December 2014.
4.2.15 NETHERLANDS - Rubicon postdoctoral outgoing

programme
Rubicon aims to encourage talented researchers at Dutch universities and
research institutes run by KNAW and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research (NWO) to dedicate themselves to a career in postdoctoral research.
Applicants holding a PhD can apply for a period of up to two years at an
excellent research institution outside the Netherlands. The minimum
duration is twelve months. Costs eligible for coverage by the programme
include: salary including fringe benefits, travel costs and a limited amount of
research costs.
Next deadline: 27 November 2014
4.2.16 UK - University of Cambridge, Gates Cambridge

Scholarship
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are highly competitive, full-cost scholarships.
They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside ofthe UK to
pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University
of Cambridge.
55 Scholarships are awarded each year to students from all over the world
(except the US and UK). Deadline: 2 December 2014
4.2.17 UK - Imperial College PhD scholarship programme

2015-2016
The Imperial College PhD Scholarship Scheme offers an outstanding
opportunity for potential PhD students.
The Scheme aims to provide up to 50 research students with great potential
the opportunity to work within their chosen research field with the support of an
excellent supervisor, receiving a full tuition fees and a generous stipend .
The earliest start date for funded places is 1 August 2015.

4.2.18
International - IARC Fellowships for Cancer Research
The Fellowship Programme offers:

The International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC)
is the specialized cancer
research Agency of the World
Health
Organization
(WHO).The
post-doctoral
fellowships
are
partially
supported by the EC- FP7
Marie Curie Actions - People
COFUND.
postdoctoral fellowships to junior scientists from any country who intend

to conduct both epidemiological and laboratory research into the
causes and prevention of cancer at the IARC in Lyon, France.
Expertise Transfer Fellowship to enable an established investigator to
spend 6-12 months in an appropriate host institute in a low- or mediumresource country*, including Brazil, in order to transfer knowledge and
expertise in a research area relevant for the host country, and related to
the Agency' programmes.
Senior Visiting Scientist Award is also offered for a qualified and
experienced senior investigator who wishes to spend from six to twelve
months at the IARC working on a collaborative project in a research
area related to the Agencys programmes.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2014.
4.2.19 Santander International Summer Schools for Doctoral

Students
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
The international summer and winter schools for doctoral students in innovative
fields of research are aimed at building and expanding excellence networks,
particularly for young researchers, with renowned universities in Latin America,
Europe, and Asia. The programme promotes cooperation and mobility between
universities in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
The focus is to understand the Earth resources and processes, the cultural
identities, and the specialties in Economics, Law, Politics, and Social actions
between the 3 regions.
The next summer school will be held at Universitt Heidelberg in Germany from
26 September and 4 October 2015. Deadline for application: 15 December
2014.
4.3 Brazil
4.3.1
CAPES International cooperation programme
Aims at supporting joint research projects and partnerships with univeristies

from countries with whom Brazil has international agreements but with whom
Capes has not. It includes sandwich PhD and post-doc mobility. Rolling basis.
4.3.2
CNPQ - Teachers for the Future call for 5 months stay

in Finland
The Brazilian Education Ministry, along with CNPq, launched a call for
Teatcher for the future open to Brazilian teatchers from institues belonging to
the Federal network of professional, scientific and technologic education to be
trained in Finland for 5 months.
The vocational and higher education teachers can expand their knowledge of
applied learning in one of the 2 finish institutions : University of Applied
Sciences (HAMK), HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences (HAAGA-

Watch testemonials here.
HELIA) e TAMK University of Applied Sciences (TAMK).

November 2014.
4.3.3
Deadline : 19
BRAZIL - GERMANY: grants for post doctoral and

experienced researchers
Funded by Capes and the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation, the
grants are open to all areas of knowledge to carry out research in
Germany. Deadline: 31 December 2014.
4.3.4
For researchers based in
Brazil
Although
the 13 following
Brazilian
state
Research
Foundations
(FAPs)
are
participating in the
Associate Team with
Brazil, only
FAPERJ
launched the 2015 call so
far.
- FACEPE (Pernambuco),
- FAPEG
(Goias),
- FAPEMA (Maranho),
Under the agreements between the French Institute for Research in Computer
Science and Automation (INRIA) and different Research Funding FoundationsFAPs, FAPERJ launched a call in the field of ICTs.
The main objective of the call is to promote cooperation between a French
(INRIA) and a Brazilian research team. An "Associate team" is created for a
period of three years with a maximum funding of 20 000 euros per year during
each of the three years.
The Associate Team budget is dedicated to:
exchanges between Brazil and France for researchers, engineers,

postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and interns;
the organization of joint workshops.
- FAPEMIG (Minas Gerais),

- FAPERGS
(Rio
Grande do Sul),
- FAPERJ (Rio
Janeiro),
de
Deadline: 20 December 2014.
4.3.5
- FAPESB (Bahia),
- FAPESP (So
Paulo),
- FAPESPA (Par),
- FUNCAP (Cear),
- Fundao Araucria
(Paran),
- FUNDECT
(Mato
Grosso do Sul),
INRIA call open to French
researchers is already closed.
BRAZIL (FAPs) - FRANCE (Inria) call for associate

teams in ICT
BRAZIL (CAPES) - SWEDEN (Stint) call for

development of research and exchange of scientists
CAPES and the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher

Education (Stint) launched a call to support the development of joint research
projects and encourage the mobility of researchers and of doctoral and
postdoctoral students in all areas of knowledge. The initiative will be aimed at
st
training senior human resources for both nations. Candidates will have until 31
October to submit proposals.
4.3.6
BRAZIL (CNPq) UK (British Council) Newton

Institutional Links calls for proposals
Newton Institutional Links are grants for the development of research and
innovation collaborations between the UK and Brazil, The two years grants can
cover costs which support research and innovation collaboration, including:
-
research-related costs
the exchange of researchers, students and industry staff (including
SMEs and not-for-profit organisations)
the costs of organising meetings, seminars, training
other activities to establish and strengthen collaborative links.

4.3.7
BRAZIL (Capes) UK (British Council) - Newton Fund

Researcher Links workshop call
Call for research workshop proposals under Newton Fund Researcher Links
open to Leading Researchers from Brazil and UK to propose 3 to 5 days
bilateral workshops, which will bring together early career researchers from the
UK and Brazil to discuss their research and start to build international
relationships in the following themes : food security, advanced therapies for the
treatment of chronic diseases and genetic therapies, Neglected diseases,
radiopharmacology and nanotechnology applied to public health issues.
Deadline : 20 November 2014.
4.4 Calls still open

(Click on the blue links or see previous newsletters for more details)
4.4.1
Fields
covered
by
BE
Mundus:
Engineering
&
Technology and Education &
Teacher
Training
(undergraduate)
and
Engineering & Technology
(for
doctorates,
postdoctorates, and staff)
European Union
BE Mundus scholarships for Brazilian and European undergraduates,

sandwich PhDs, post-docs for incoming/outgoing mobility. Deadline: 11
November 2014.
BABEL 3rd call for applications for Latin American undergraduate, and postdoctorates students and staff members to fund a mobility period in some of the
best universities in Europe in various areas Deadline: 31 October 2014.
European Respiratory Society post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowship. Deadline:
31 October 2014 (call to be launched early August 2014)
CERN Doctoral incoming student programme to spend 6 to 36 months doing
thesis research at CERN. Open to CERN member states nationals, Romenian,
Serbian and researchers residing in a member state fort he last 5 years.
Deadline: 31 October 2014.
EMBO Short term Fellowships in Life Sciences funds incoming/outgoing
research visits of up to three months for joint research work. Applications
accepted throughout the year. Further information: EMBO
ERANet-LAC first Joint Call on Research and Innovation aims at funding
transnational research projects for a period of up to 36 months between at
least four eligible partners from four different countries. Deadlines: 27
November.
International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis IIASA Postdoctoral Research
programme open to postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities. Last 2014
review date: 1 November 2014.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory International PhD programme
open to applicants of all nationalities. Deadline : 3 November 2014
4.4.2
Member states and associated countries
AUSTRIA: Institute of Science and Technology programme for exceptional

postdoctoral researchers in the natural or computer sciences,

mathematics, ISTFELLOW. Partially funded by the European Union. Two
round of selection. Deadline: 15 March & 15 September.
AUSTRIA: Incoming Lise Meitner Program. WHO: Highly qualified scientists of
any discipline with an invitation from an Austrian research institution. No
deadline.
ESTONIA - Scholarships for incoming PhD students in all areas enrolled in a
doctoral programme at a recognized educational institution in another country.
FINLAND - CIMO Fellowships. WHO: young doctoral level students and
researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. No deadlines.
French network for Brazilian studies (REFEB) call for applications 2015 for
research stay in Brazil in human and social sciences.. Open to French and
European students and young researchers (second year Masters, PhD, or
post-doctoral students) enrolled in a French higher education institution.
Deadline: 14 November 2014.
FRANCE and BRAZIL ANR cooperation calls with FACEPE and FAPESP to
facilitate the setting up and implementation of joint scientific in Neurosciences,
Cardiovascular diseases and metabolism; Marine research; Social
sciences and humanities. Deadline: 18 november 2014.
Eligibility CIFRE: Brazilian
nationality; Having completed
a masters degree less than
three years ago in one of the
eligible areas; Returning to
Brazil at the end of the grant.
CIFRE Doctoral grants to carry out research in collaboration with industry in

France. More: http://www.anrt.asso.fr; section CIFRE BRSIL.
GERMANY Incoming Emmy Noether Programme. WHO: outstanding
postdocs/junior researchers with 2 to 4 years post doctoral experience. No
deadlines.
GERMANY ''Subject-related Partnerships with Institutions of Higher Education
in Developing Countries''. WHAT: collaboration between German institutions of
higher education and one or several higher education institutions in developing
countries, including Brazil. Submissions to DAAD by a German Professor.
GERMANY - DLR-DAAD Research Incoming Fellowships in the fields of Space,
Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research open to foreign doctoral
and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. Deadlines depends
on the current offers.
IRELAND President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) for early
career researchers to carry out their research in Ireland. Applications, on a
rolling basis, must be submitted from an eligible Irish Research Body.
IRELAND SFI incoming Research Professorship open to researchers in
academia or industry. Applications on a rolling basis.
LUXEMBOURG ATTRACT Call 2015 for outstanding young researchers to
set up an independent research team within a public-sector research
institution in Luxembourg. Deadline: 12 January 2015.
Open to researchers of all

disciplines.
NETHERLANDS - The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

(KNAW) Visiting Professors Program (VPP). WHO: outstanding foreign
researchers. Submissions by KNAW until 1 November 2014.

NETHERLANDS Orange Tulip Scholarship Brazil to obtain a bachelors,
masters or MBA degree at Dutch institutions in several fields of study, mainly
the ones not included in the SwB program. Deadline: 24 March 2015.
NORWAY RCNs Personal Visiting Researcher Grant (post-doctorate level
or higher) from one to 12 months. The applicant must be a Norwegian
research institution. Next deadlines: 26 November 2014; 11 February 2015, 15
April 2015
SLOVAKIA National PhD Outgoing and Incoming Scholarships for foreign
students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists. Deadline
31 October 2014
SWEDEN - Forte outgoing and visiting fellowships in Health, Working Life and
Welfare. Can be submitted at any time.
Tbitak
Areas:
Natural
Sciences, Engineering and
Technological
Sciences,
Medical Sciences, Agricultural
Sciences, Social Sciences
and Humanities.
SWITZERLAND Excellence Incoming Scholarships 2015-2016 open to

Brazilian (among others) PhD, Post-doc and researchers in all fields.
Deadline: 31 October 2014.
TURKEY - TBITAK: Long term and visiting research Fellowship Program for
International Researchers. WHO: PhD students and young post-doctoral
researchers/ eminent scientists. Deadline: 31 October 2014 (long term) / last
working day of each month (visiting).
UK Chevening Brazil scholarships for incoming Masters in a wide range of
areas. Deadline: 15 November 2014.
UK BBSRC: David Phillips Fellowships in any area of science within the
BBSRC portfolio. Next deadline: 5 November 2014
Wellcome Trust New Investigator Award for resaerchers with up to 5 years
experience based in the UK, Republic of Ireland or a low- or middle-income
country. Deadline : 14 November 2014
FAPERJ-DFG: All research

areas; PI: at least PhD + 5
years experience in the
chosen area, PhD students
and Post-doc can be part of
the team
FAPEMA: For researchers

based in Brazil in all areas of
knowledge.
4.4.3
Brazil
FAPERJ DFG joint call for joint research projects and researchers mobility.
Deadline: 30 December 2014.
FAPEMA visiting scientist fellowships open to professors and researchers
working abroad in all areas of knowledge. Deadline: 31 December 2014.
Science without borders outgoing opportunities, open to Brazilians or
foreigner with permanent residence in Brazil, including:
-
Full PhD abroad, Up to 48 months. Includes a specific call with France:

SWB / CIFRE Doctoral grants to carry out research in collaboration with
industry in France which can be submitted any time.
Sandwich PhD, 3 to 12 months abroad
Post-doc abroad, 6 to 12 months, extendable up to 24 months. Includes
a specific post-doc fellowship at AstraZaneca in UK
Deadlines : 19 December 2014 (fisrt round 2015), 23 April 2015 (2nd round),
21 August 2015 (3rd round).
5 Jobs
5.1 EURAXESS Jobs
There are currently around 6000 research jobs and fellowship programmes
(all over Europe but also in other countries such as in Brazil and in all
disciplines) announced on the EURAXESS Jobs database.
Exemple of interest to Brazilian researchers:
Post Doctoral Research projects within Research Brazil

Ireland (RBI) Deadline : 19 December 2014
Researchers can also post
their CVs for FREE. Do not
hesitate to do it and increase
your potential.
5.1.1
More Brazilian fellowships on the EURAXESS Job

Portal
EURAXESS and the So Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) set up an

automatic publication of FAPESP opportunities on the European
database, increasing their visibility in Europe and allowing to further develop
mobility between Europe and Brazil.
As all positions in Brazil or specifically open to Brazilian candidates, they are
also displayed on EURAXESS Links Brazil website.
Note that your research organization / university / lab /

company offers can also be published on the EURAXESS
Jobs portal for FREE and increase your visibility!
The publication can be done very easily on the platform. It is very easy and free
of charge. A short video explains how to post job vacancies in 4 steps (in
English and in Portuguese). Should you need further assistance, the
EURAXESS Links Brazil team will be happy to help you.
EURAXESS
Services Centres
To better plan and organise
their stay in a foreign
European
country,
researchers and their families
can also benefit of the free
and personalised assistance
offered by the EURAXESS
Services Centres, a network
of more than 200 centres
located
in
40
different
European countries.
5.1.2
French Higher education officer in Rio de Janeiro
The French Consulate in Rio de Janeiro is offering a local position to

promote higher education in France under the department of scientific and
university cooperation. Deadline for application: 10 November 2014.
6 Events
Find out about more research events taking place across Europe on
CORDIS DATABASE ON RESEARCH EVENTS.
Event (click for more details)
Location
Date
QUANTUM dance performance inspired by CERN
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
2 November 2014
XXIII Congresso Nacional do CONPEDI
Joo Pessoa, PB
5-8 November 2014
Tour of Brazil event organised by Finland
Recife, PE
10-11 November 2014
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
10-17 November 2014
CISB 4th Annual meeting Swedish-Brazilian

cooperation: innovation for a sustainable future
So Paulo, SP
11 November 2014
Ibero-American Congress on Science, Technology,

Innovation and Education
Buenos Aires, Argentina
12-14 November 2014
Seventh International Conference

Research and Innovation
Seville, Spain
1719 November 2014
Tour of Brazil event organised by Portugal
Brasiia, DF
27 November 2014
Presentation of EURAXESS at USP Ribeiro Preto
Ribeiro Preto, SP
28 November 2014
Euro Ps Brazil fair
So Paulo, SP
29-30 November 2014
Salo do Universitrio Ps-graduao na Europa
Curitiba, PA
2 December 2014
9th IBRO World Congress on Neuroscience
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
7-15 July 2015
11th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology
Foz do Iguau (PR)
25-30 October 2014
Brazil-Switzerland
Programme
Academia-Industry
of
Training
Education,

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EU Insight Weighing the Benefits of International Student Mobility on

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For any suggestion or to

News & Developments .................................................................................11

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Grants & Fellowships ...................................................................................24

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Erasmus Impact Study confirms EU student exchange scheme boosts

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The Erasmus programme is as inclusive as other mobility programmes;

64% of employers consider an international experience important for recruitment (up

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de Wit, Hans. Erasmus Report Fuels Internationalisation Debate. University

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2 EURAXESS Links Brazil activities

Ailim Schwambach, UFRGS, PhD student in Science Education

Geisa Nogueira Salles, UNIVAP, PhD student in Biomedical

Rafael Chiuzi, USP, PhD student at Institute of Psychology

Tobias Jordan, UFPE, PhD student at the Polytechnic School

All presentations were amazing, instructive and funny. Congratulations to all

All finalists presentations will

In addition to Douglas Falo, the jury was composed of Professor Ismar de

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2.3 Automatic publication

2.4 EURAXESS Links Conference

Registration is now open.

EURAXESS Links ASEAN is the organiser of the 2014 edition of the

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3 News & Developments

What's ERA about?

Nomination of new EU Commissioner for Research

New pan-European pension fund to boost researcher

Mobility of researchers in Europe received a boost with the launch of a

See further information on RESAVER at the EU insight chapter of the EURAXESS

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Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine to two European

3.1.4 Europe takes ITER construction to the next level

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European Commission and data industry launch 2.5

The European Commission and Europe's data industry have committed to

EUROfusion - the European Fusion Joint Programme

The European Commission and the European fusion research laboratories

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Standards at the JRC: pursuing harmonisation and

Standardisation work is carried out by the JRC in fields ranging from

The World Standards Day, celebrated internationally on 14 October, puts the