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FAPESP and University of Texas at Austin announce new call for proposals Applications for joint research projects can be submitted until October 27th (photo: Wikipedia)

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the University of Texas at Austin (UTexas), United States, announce a new call for joint research projects under the scientific cooperation agreement between the institutions.

The aim is to strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with UTexas and researches affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo, in all fields of knowledge.

For the applicant researcher from the State of São Paulo, the collaborative proposal must be submitted to FAPESP as a Regular Research Award.

By UTexas, principal investigators should be tenured or tenure-track faculty from the College of Liberal Arts, Law School, School of Architecture or School of Social Work. All other UTexas faculty can participate in the proposals but not as principal investigators.

UTexas is prepared to fund the projects with a total of up to US$ 30,000 per project/per year. FAPESP is also prepared to fund for the equivalent amount of up to US$ 30,000 per project/per year.

The maximum project duration is 24 months, non-extendable, and the deadline for applications is October 27, 2014.

The call for proposals is published at: www.fapesp.br/8873.