Annual Report FAPESP 2020

This Annual Report on FAPESP’s activities in 2020 details the results of its investment in scientific and technological research using funds transferred by constitutional mandate from the São Paulo State Treasury, and from other sources. It highlights FAPESP’s contribution to the advancement of science and innovation in São Paulo, and to the solutions to many economic and social challenges. The framework for the Report comprises two funding instruments – research scholarships/fellowships and research grants – awarded by FAPESP to further six funding strategies: (1) Training of Human Resources for S&T; (2) Research for Knowledge Advancement; 3) Research for Innovation; (4) Research on Strategic Themes; (5) Support for Research Infrastructure; and (6) Knowledge Diffusion. These six strategies translate respectively into (1) scholarships/fellowships in Brazil and abroad to support the training of human resources for academic and technological research; (2) support for long-term research, and regular research grants; (3) research conducted in partnership with companies; (4) strategic projects in areas such as biodiversity, bioenergy, climate change, and public policy; (5) support for modernization and conservation of research facilities; and (6) dissemination of scientific and technological research findings. The indicators of the results of funding instruments are amounts disbursed, numbers of active projects, and numbers of projects contracted for between January and December. These results are presented in the report in connection with the funding strategies. The classification of funding instruments (scholarships/fellowships and research grants) by funding strategy provides insight into the objectives of FAPESP’s investment in research by accounting for all types of funding linked to approved projects, and distinguishing among support for long- and short-term research projects, projects selected in calls for proposals and projects submitted spontaneously, support for human resource training, and support for scientific exchange and research infrastructure, among others. The report includes the “COVID-19 Special”: an outline of the measures taken by FAPESP to fast-track funding for research on ways of combating the COVID-19 pandemic, distributed along a timeline highlighting some of the scientific discoveries made in the period and media coverage in Brazil and abroad; and the operational measures taken to maintain its other activities, including support for the scientific community and protection for its staff during the pandemic. FAPESP Management: Marco Antonio Zago (President); Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (Scientific director); Carlos Américo Pacheco (Chief executive); Fernando Dias Menezes de Almeida (Administrative director); Luiz Eugênio Araújo de Moraes Mello (Scientific director).

Autoria: FAPESP

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