Nature spotlights FAPESP in South American science

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Agência FAPESP* –Agência FAPESP – São Paulo, the richest Brazilian state, with a size approximately equal to that of the United Kingdom, publishes more than half of Brazil’s scientific articles and produces a substantial amount of cutting-edge research. One of the primary reasons for this success is FAPESP, which in 2013 invested US$512 million in science funding, “more than many nations in the region.”
This information was presented in the beginning of an article about scientific production in Brazil in the journal Nature’s issue on South American science, dated June 12, 2014.
“FAPESP directs 37% of its funding to basic research in fields ranging from climate change to particle physics. About 10% goes to infrastructure, and the rest is channeled to applied research. Nearly one-third of its total budget is devoted to medical research,” says the article’s author, Giuliana Miranda.
The report mentions the Long Latin American Millimeter Array radio telescope as the most recent large project approved by FAPESP. It is a joint project between Brazil and Argentina that received US$12.6 million from the Foundation and an equal amount from Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI).
“FAPESP is a very interesting model for us because São Paulo is one of the few states in the world where support of research is linked directly to gross domestic product (GDP),” says Martyn Poliakoff, vice-president of the Royal Society, in the journal Nature.
In the issue, FAPESP Scientific Director Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz emphasizes that what makes the work of FAPESP different is its large investments in basic research and its efforts to improve procedures and produce high-quality work.
The special issue also features articles about the type of international assistance South American researchers find helpful for science in the region, examples of efforts to repatriate scientists, maps and tables with scientific production indicators for South America along with statements from scientists in the region such as Carlos Nobre (MCTI), José Eduardo Krieger (University of São Paulo) and Sidarta Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte) about what needs to be accomplished politically to strengthen science.
Read more at: www.nature.com/news/stars-of-south-american-science-1.15392.

<p><b>Agência FAPESP</b> – São Paulo, the richest Brazilian state, with a size approximately equal to that of the United Kingdom, publishes more than half of Brazil’s scientific articles and produces a substantial amount of cutting-edge research. One of the primary reasons for this success is FAPESP, which in 2013 invested US$512 million in science funding, “more than many nations in the region.”</p>
<p>This information was presented in the beginning of an article about scientific production in Brazil in the journal <i>Nature</i>’s issue on South American science, dated June 12, 2014.</p>
<p>“FAPESP directs 37% of its funding to basic research in fields ranging from climate change to particle physics. About 10% goes to infrastructure, and the rest is channeled to applied research. Nearly one-third of its total budget is devoted to medical research,” says the article’s author, Giuliana Miranda.</p>
<p>The report mentions the Long Latin American Millimeter Array radio telescope as the most recent large project approved by FAPESP. It is a joint project between Brazil and Argentina that received US$12.6 million from the Foundation and an equal amount from Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI).</p>
<p>“FAPESP is a very interesting model for us because São Paulo is one of the few states in the world where support of research is linked directly to gross domestic product (GDP),” says Martyn Poliakoff, vice-president of the Royal Society, in the journal <i>Nature</i>.</p>
<p>In the issue, FAPESP Scientific Director Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz emphasizes that what makes the work of FAPESP different is its large investments in basic research and its efforts to improve procedures and produce high-quality work.</p>
<p>The special issue also features articles about the type of international assistance South American researchers find helpful for science in the region, examples of efforts to repatriate scientists, maps and tables with scientific production indicators for South America along with statements from scientists in the region such as Carlos Nobre (MCTI), José Eduardo Krieger (University of São Paulo) and Sidarta Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte) about what needs to be accomplished politically to strengthen science.</p>
<p>Read more at: <b><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/stars-of-south-american-science-1.15392" target="_blank">www.nature.com/news/stars-of-south-american-science-1.15392</a></b>.</p>
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