The Amazon Association receives R$30 million from the United Kingdom

thereResearch Promotion Initiative Amazon+10 The partnership was announced on Wednesday (December 13, 2023). UK Research and Innovation And this British Council, both from the United Kingdom, for a total of R$30 million. Both the organizations will provide financial assistance to the project. disclosure At the inaugural function of the National Forum of Confab (National Council of National Research Support Foundations).

The money comes from the International Science Partnership Fund, linked to the UK Ministry for Science, Innovation and Technology. The body encourages research and innovation initiatives and supports collaboration between British scientists around the world.

Amazônia+10 brings together researchers from 25 Brazilian states linked to research support foundations in research projects in the Legal Amazon region. The program has already allocated almost R$100 million to scientific projects.

The initiative is led by CONFAP and the National Council of Secretaries of State for Science, Technology and Innovation Affairs. It believes in partnership CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).

£4 million (approximately R$24 million) of funding will be made available through UK Research and Innovation. called scientific expeditions. Launched in November by the Amazon+10 initiative in partnership with CNPq, registration is open until April 29, 2024 ( more info on this website)

“The UK is very excited to be part of the Amazon +10 initiative. There is a strong history of cooperation between Brazil and the United Kingdom”said Rosa Camane, director of the Science and Innovation Network for Latin America at the British Embassy.

According to him, Amazonia+10 aligns with British policies regarding Brazil: “This £4 million is a new opportunity for British researchers to work with their counterparts in their own country, research in less well-known areas of the Amazon, and work in equity with traditional communities and tribes. It is fantastic to be a part of this important next step in the collaboration between the UK and Brazil.

The British Council will support scientific travel invitations between Brazil and the United Kingdom with a contribution of £1 million (approximately R$6.2 million) focusing on research projects lasting up to 2 years. Its aim is to document the socio-diversity of the Brazilian Amazon.

“For us, this is a unique opportunity as part of the Amazon+10 initiative”, Barbara Cagliari, head of government and foreign relations at the British Council, said:

The 19 FAPs involved in the CNPq and Scientific Expeditions announcement made R$59.2 million available to fund research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge of socio-biodiversity in little-known areas of the forest. With 2 contributions from the United Kingdom, so-called scientific studies now have a total funding of approximately R$88.2 million.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Council will also invest in other initiatives, such as an Early Career Scholarship scheme for legal Amazon researchers in the UK, in conjunction with the Amazon+10 initiative. There is £360,000 to fund 6 scholarships, about R$2.1 million.

“Through this project, we are thinking about training young researchers in the region and promoting the production of local content, which we understand is very relevant. We want to continue to strengthen these relationships”Reported by Barbara Cagliari.

Another initiative already underway is called the Amazonia BR/UK Workshops Grants, which aims to fund Workshops Scientific resources to support new research, projects and collaborations between Brazilian and British researchers on Amazon-related topics.

Each project can reach up to £53,200, making the call a total of £370,000 in funding – R$330,000 and R$2.3 million respectively. The deadline for submission of proposals is January 7, 2024 British Council website.

These investments aim to strengthen scientific cooperation between the United Kingdom and Brazil, promote research and seek innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the Amazon.

with the information that Fapesp Agency.