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SDG 17 Partnerships to achieve the Goall

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SDG 17 Partnerships to achieve the Goall

FAPESP will select projects that contribute to public policies for recovery from COVID-19
SDG 3, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 17
FAPESP will select projects that contribute to public policies for recovery from COVID-19

A total of BRL 18.5 million will be allocated to funding for collaborative projects by researchers in the state of São Paulo with colleagues in other countries. Proposals must be submitted not later than July 10.


Brazil’s biodiversity law needs to be adapted to the Nagoya Protocol
SDG 2, SDG 10, SDG 12, SDG 13, SDG 17
Brazil’s biodiversity law needs to be adapted to the Nagoya Protocol

The law disciplines Brazil’s actions as a provider but not as a user of genetic resources from other countries, researcher Bráulio Dias noted during an online seminar held by FAPESP.


Scientists attend the First Meeting of the Brazilian ST&I Diaspora in Germany
SDG 17
Scientists attend the First Meeting of the Brazilian ST&I Diaspora in Germany

Brazilians are working in more than 60 scientific fields in over 50 German cities. An online event hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin featured researchers and representatives of institutions.


COVID-19 evidences the need for advances in scientific data management, specialists insist
SDG 17
COVID-19 evidences the need for advances in scientific data management, specialists insist

There is no universally adopted system or standard for collecting, documenting and sharing the massive amount of data from research on the disease, noted an expert who took part in the Second Latin American and Caribbean Scientific Data Management Workshop.


Online platform offers reference gene database for biomolecular research
SDG 17
Online platform offers reference gene database for biomolecular research

Open-access atlas created by researchers at the University of Campinas provides information on 2,176 human and 3,277 mouse housekeeping genes that can be used as calibrators in experiments designed to measure variations in gene expression.


Global Research Council discusses the role of funding agencies in the pandemic
SDG 16, SDG 17
Global Research Council discusses the role of funding agencies in the pandemic

Fast-track project selection and the capacity to make efficient use of resources and cross-border partnerships have made funders fundamental to the response to the challenges of COVID-19 in the Americas, according to participants in the GRC’s regional meeting.


UN mobilizes researchers to pursue solutions to the socio-economic crisis triggered by COVID-19
SDG 8, SDG 17
UN mobilizes researchers to pursue solutions to the socio-economic crisis triggered by COVID-19

Roadmap proposes 25 research priorities in strategic areas to build a more equitable, resilient and sustainable future.


The importance of open data and data sharing in fighting COVID-19
SDG 17
The importance of open data and data sharing in fighting COVID-19

In an online seminar held by FAPESP, researchers from France, the US and Brazil discussed how data repositories can be made secure and easily accessible to accelerate the development of responses to the pandemic.


Consortium of Brazilian researchers completes sequencing of native stingless bee’s genome
SDG 15, SDG 17
Consortium of Brazilian researchers completes sequencing of native stingless bee’s genome

Frieseomelitta varia is a docile species of economic interest as a pollinator. Its workers are sterile, and some of its genetic sequences are identical to those found in other eusocial bees, pointing to the conservation of ancestral traits.


FAPESP joins UN global committee to support postpandemic recovery
SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 16, SDG 17
FAPESP joins UN global committee to support postpandemic recovery

Scientific Director Luiz Eugênio Mello is taking part in a group charged with providing scientific support to the United Nations Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery.


Specialists discuss contact tracing as a tool to plan action against COVID-19
SDG 3, SDG 17
Specialists discuss contact tracing as a tool to plan action against COVID-19

Researchers from Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria and the US took part in a webinar organized by FAPESP to discuss privacy and data security and how people’s behavior shapes the pandemic


Brazilian COVID-19 patient data repository becomes fully operational
SDG 3, SDG 9, SDG 17
Brazilian COVID-19 patient data repository becomes fully operational

Platform created by FAPESP in partnership with University of São Paulo, Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Hospital Sírio-Libanês and Fleury Group begins providing access to data for more than 177,000 patients, 5 million clinical examinations and 9,600 outcomes.


Researchers have developed a system to detect respiratory failure by analyzing voice samples
SDG 3, SDG 9, SDG 17
Researchers have developed a system to detect respiratory failure by analyzing voice samples

Project supported by FAPESP aims to help triage suspected COVID-19 patients.


FAPESP creates repository of clinical information to facilitate research on COVID-19
SDG 17
FAPESP creates repository of clinical information to facilitate research on COVID-19

The platform contains data on 75,000 patients, 6,500 sets of outcome data, and 1.6 million clinical examinations and laboratory tests. The University of São Paulo, Fleury Group, Hospital Sírio-Libanês and Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital are participating.


Study shows advantage of alternating quarantines in cities across the state of São Paulo
SDG 3, SDG 17
Study shows advantage of alternating quarantines in cities across the state of São Paulo

Strategy would maintain economic activity and protect healthcare services, according to system developed by a research center supported by FAPESP.


Academia-business partnership stimulates local production of inputs for key COVID-19 diagnostic test
SDG 3, SDG 17
Academia-business partnership stimulates local production of inputs for key COVID-19 diagnostic test

Researchers at the University of Campinas partner with biotech startups to promote local production of hitherto imported reagents. The goal is to increase Brazil’s capacity to perform RT-PCR tests, considered the gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis.


Face shield developed by the University of São Paulo is produced by industrial firms
SDG 3, SDG 9, SDG 17
Face shield developed by the University of São Paulo is produced by industrial firms

3D printed face shields are worn by frontline health workers over a conventional surgical mask.


Researchers join forces to combat coronavirus
SDG 3, SDG 17
Researchers join forces to combat coronavirus

Researchers at the University of Campinas are organizing professionals, supplies and equipment to test for COVID-19, understand how the virus works, identify existing drugs that are effective against the disease, and use 3D printing to produce parts for ventilators and personal protective equipment.


Laboratory infrastructure in the state of São Paulo forms COVID-19 diagnostic testing platform
SDG 17
Laboratory infrastructure in the state of São Paulo forms COVID-19 diagnostic testing platform

The initiative is coordinated by Butantan Institute and includes units in several cities accredited by Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), the regional reference laboratory. Short supply is the main bottleneck delaying the expansion of testing in the state.


FAPESP selects first projects in call to combat COVID-19
SDG 17
FAPESP selects first projects in call to combat COVID-19

One of the studies will evaluate the effectiveness of drugs that inhibit bradykinin against pulmonary inflammation in critical patients. The other will analyze the transmission dynamics of the novel coronavirus in a small town in Amazonia.


Collaboration among different knowledge areas is fundamental for increasing the impact of research
SDG 17
Collaboration among different knowledge areas is fundamental for increasing the impact of research

At an event organized by FAPESP and the UK’s Royal Society, researchers showed how partnerships are important in producing scientific results at the knowledge frontier.


International collaboration set to facilitate the measurement of results in psychotherapy
SDG 3, SDG 17
International collaboration set to facilitate the measurement of results in psychotherapy

This topic was discussed by specialists from several countries at the São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Mental Health and Evidence-Based Interventions, an event held with the support of FAPESP.


FAPESP signs collaboration agreement with Dutch university
SDG 17
FAPESP signs collaboration agreement with Dutch university

Eindhoven University of Technology focuses on innovation. Scientific and technological cooperation will be fostered by joint project funding.


International collaboration expands Brazilian biodiversity’s natural product database
SDG 15, SDG 17
International collaboration expands Brazilian biodiversity’s natural product database

Agreement between São Paulo State University and American Chemical Society facilitates the compilation of information dispersed across more than 30,000 scientific articles.


Big data in health and life sciences discussed by researchers from São Paulo and the Netherlands
SDG 3, SDG 17
Big data in health and life sciences discussed by researchers from São Paulo and the Netherlands

The meeting was organized by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in São Paulo and FAPESP with the aim of fostering collaborative research.


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