Call for Research Proposals: Synthetic Biology for Biofuels and Bio-based Chemicals and Sustainability, Brazil Newest Scholarship 2011

Call for Research Proposals: Synthetic Biology for Biofuels and Bio-based Chemicals and Sustainability, Brazil Newest Scholarship 2011

September 3, 2011 by info

Filed under: Brazil Scholarships, Research Scholarships

Research Position in Synthetic Biology for Biofuels and Bio-based chemicals; and Sustainability funded by State of São Paulo Research Foundation and BE-Basic Consortium in Brazil

Study Subject(s): Synthetic Biology for Biofuels and Bio-based chemicals; and Sustainability

Course Level: Research

Scholarship Provider: The State of São Paulo Research Foundation and BE-Basic Consortium

Scholarship can be taken at: Brazil

The application requirements of this call for research proposals should be rigorously followed. Proposals must be submitted only to FAPESP by researchers based at institutions in the State of São Paulo.

b) The Proposal must be unique, i.e., written jointly by the BE-Basic and São Paulo researchers under collaboration. Proposals will only be eligible when both parties are involved.Proposals will only be eligible when both parties are involved and must be written in English.

-Each Proposal must have a Principal Investigator in the Netherlands and a Principal Investigator in the São Paulo State and must describe the work to be developed by each party.

The State of São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, and the BE-Basic Consortium (The Netherlands) make this Call for Research Proposals public and invite interested researchers that are associated to non-profit higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo to submit research proposals according to the FAPESP/BE-Basic Memorandum of Understanding and to the conditions described below. FAPESP has been supporting research projects relevant for the advancement of knowledge and technology in Bioenergy. For 48 years the Foundation has fostered, through its several research funding instruments, a large number of research projects in themes related to Energy and the Environment. Besides advancing fundamental and applied knowledge of Bioenergy, the FAPESP Research Program on Bioenergy (BIOEN) aims at contributing decisively towards the formation of scientific and technical personnel in the field of Bioenergy R&D.

How to Apply: By Post

Scholarship Application Deadline: October 17, 2011

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net

Postdoctoral Scholarship in Food Crops and Sugar Cane, Brazil Newest Scholarship 2011

Postdoctoral Scholarship in Food Crops and Sugar Cane, Brazil Newest Scholarship 2011

August 19, 2011 by info
Filed under: Brazil Postdoctoral, Brazil Scholarships, International Scholarships, Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral scholarship in food crops and sugar cane at the Nucleus of Studies and Researches on Food – NEPA and CEPAGRI Meteorological and, University of Campinas.

Study Subject(s): Generation of Alcohol Production Scenarios as Support for the Formulation of Public Policies Applied to the Adaptation of the National Sugar and Alcohol Industry to Climate Changes
Course Level: Postdoctoral
Scholarship Provider: FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change – RPGCC
Scholarship can be taken at: Brazil

Eligibility:
The candidate should have concluded a doctorate less than five years before the beginning of the PD scholarship.

The Thematic Project “Generation of Alcohol Production Scenarios as Support for the Formulation of Public Policies Applied to the Adaptation of the National Sugar and Alcohol Industry to Climate Changes” , supported by the FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change – RPGCC, has a postdoctoral position available for a period of 24 months, at the Nucleus of Studies and Researches on Food – NEPA and CEPAGRI (Center for Meteorological and Climate ResearchesApplied to Agriculture), University of Campinas (UNICAMP – www.unicamp.br/unicamp/en). The selected researcher will be responsible for the following activities: i) Assess the evolution of the sugarcane productive chain and the production of fuels since the 90s; ii) Assess the evolution of agribusiness in Brazil also since the 90s and the national production of feed cultures, import and export of food with a comparison with the energetic necessities to satisfy the recommendations to the Brazilian population; iii) Construction of a national agribusiness profile and national sovereignty with the correlation of these data with the feed and nutritional security of the Brazilian population; iv) Co-supervise a scientific initiation student and support the elaboration of research reports during the development of the Project and the publication of results. The candidate should have experience in rural issues, in its economic (production and distribution) and social (employment, demographics, social participation and others) aspects, and be able to multi and interdisciplinary work, as this will be needed for the development of the research activities. It should also be fluent for making oral presentations and write scientific articles in English.

How to Apply: documents should be sent in PDF format to Dr. Walter Belik (belik-at-eco.unicamp.br) with a copy to Dr.Jurandir Zullo Junior (jzullojr-at-gmail.com

Scholarship Application Deadline: 24 August 2011

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net