Fapergs launches four notices that will invest R$39 million in innovation and research

The State Research Support Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul (Fapergs), linked to the Secretariat of Innovation, Science and Technology (Sict), has launched four notices to promote research and innovation, with a total value of R$39 million. The event took place on Friday afternoon (8/12), at the Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari (Caff) hall, in Porto Alegre.

At the opening, Sict’s Director of Innovation Environments, Everaldo Daronco, highlighted the importance of the partnership between the two institutions: “We are at a very good moment in terms of investing in the implementation of public policies. Moreover, these resources are beginning to spread within the state, with a more equal distribution.” Throughout Rio Grande do Sul.

Fabergus CEO, Odair Delagostin, recalled a bit of the history of the institution, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024, and celebrated the amount of public resources invested in research and innovation. “In the last two years, we have received the largest historical investment from Fapergs: R$96.2 million in 2022 and R$82.9 million in 2023,” he stressed.

Subsequently, Delagostin, together with Directors Mauro Mastella (financial administrator) and Rafael Rösler (scientific technician), presented the four notifications that were launched: the Gaucho Researchers Program, worth R $ 25 million; New/Newly Appointed Physician Grant worth R$5 million; Fapergs/Fapesp cooperative, R$7.5 million; and assistance in organizing scientific events in the amount of R$ 1.5 million (read more about the notices below).

At the beginning of next year, Fapergs should announce two new calls for proposals – Tecnova III and Doutor Empreendingor – which together will invest more than R$37.7 million in innovation projects.

Historical investment

In 2022, the state government’s Innovation Progress Program transferred R$112.3 million into innovation, science and technology projects, and was until then the largest public investment in history in the region. In 2023, a new peak was reached: R$131.9 million of resources from Sict and Fapergs.

“We have reached a new level of investments in innovation, science and technology in Rio Grande do Sul, with significant amounts in public notices and calls. Moreover, the recently approved projects have shown increasingly greater quality. “We are very satisfied, the challenge now is Maintaining this level of excellence,” says Secretary of State for Innovation, Science and Technology, Simon Stolpe.

About notifications

• Hey Gaucho Scholars Program It aims to support research projects in all areas of knowledge, being the most important in terms of volume of resources, with an offer of R $ 25 million, coming from the Fapergs budget. Each proposal will have a maximum funding amount according to one of the following ranges: A, up to R$90,000, B, up to R$45,000, for a project implementation period of 36 months, and the application period ranges from December 11, 2019, 2023 to March 27, 2024.
• Hey New doctor/new assistant It aims to support projects presented by young doctors and newly appointed doctors at institutes of science and technology in Republika Srpska. This notification provides opportunities for young doctors to stay in the state, with an investment of R$5 million, coming from the Fapergs budget, for projects implemented over a period of 24 months. The application deadline is from December 11, 2023 to March 8, 2024.
• a Call for cooperation between Fapergs/Fapesp It will provide R$7.5 million, R$3 million from the budget of Fapergs, and R$4.5 million from the budget of Fapesp. The goal is to provide the opportunity for research teams from the states of São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul to work together to implement projects in line with technologies considered useful for the future. The areas are agribusiness, agricultural technology, education, public health, energy, environment, urban development, inequality, poverty and social exclusion. The project implementation period is 24 months, and proposals can be submitted from December 8, 2023 to May 24, 2024.
• Hey Assisting in organizing scientific events R$1.5 million will be invested from Fapergs’ budget. This notice is intended to support the holding of conferences, seminars, workshops, seminars and other similar events, at regional, state, national or international level, related to science, technology and innovation related to postgraduate programmes, which aim to bring together professionals and students from a particular field of activity to disseminate Science and its dissemination. Events must take place from May 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, and will take place in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Submission of proposals is from December 11, 2023 to February 29, 2024.
• Link to all open notifications

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