NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program

January / February 2015 | Volume 14, Issue 1

The NIH and a major research foundation in Brazil have initiated a groundbreaking program that is expected to expand global health research by making it easier to fund scientific collaborations on valuable projects. The agreement was formalized recently by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Carlos H. de Brito Cruz, scientific director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

The two organizations will jointly fund projects involving international collaborative teams that cover any topic of mutual interest. NIH will perform the peer review. This is the first NIH parallel funding agreement establishing a science collaboration model with a foreign partner that covers such a wide range of potential research areas.

More Information

• FAPESP and NIH announce new [parallel funding] research opportunity to support research collaboration between investigators in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
  FAPESP news, February 2, 2016
  • Related NIH funding opportunity: Parallel Funding Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (NOT-TW-16-001) released Jan 12, 2016
  • Related FAPESP funding opportunity: FAPESP and NIH Collaborative Research Opportunity - Call for Proposals released Feb 2, 2016
• Read the related article, Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations, from the May/June 2014 issue of Global Health Matters.
• Learn more about Fogarty and NIH supported work in the Western Hemisphere region, including Brazil.

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