State Secretariat for Education and Research

BSJRP Call for JRP 2011 - 2012

Brazilian Swiss Joint Research Programme

BSJRP

Call for Joint Research Projects 2011 - 2012
Application form
Deadline for submission: May15th, 2011.

By e-mail to:

And by post to:

Swiss Brazilian Fund 2011-2012
Cooperation@epfl
CM 2303, Station 10
EPFL 1015 Lausanne

Summary

Project title
Name and address of the Swiss university
Name of person in charge / Name of contact person
(if different from person in charge)
Telephone number / Telephone number
Email address / Email address
Postal address / Postal address
Name and address of the Brazilian University
Name of person in charge / Name of person in charge
(if different from person in charge)
Telephone number / Telephone number
Email address / Email address
Postal address / Postal address
Short research summary (max. 5 lines)
Start date / Duration (months)
Total budget (in CHF):
Swiss part (in CHF) / Brazilian part (in CHF)
2. Research part

Minimum five pages A4 – Maximum fifteen pages A4

2.1.Project objectives

2.2.Project location

2.3. Academic discipline(s)

2.4. Activities and approach

2.5. Expected results and outputs

Action plans, articles, books, conferences, etc…

2.6. Collaboration concept (partnership)

Scientific and non academic partnership, history of relationships, reasons leading to the choice of these Brazilian partners, complementary skills of each group, benefits of cooperation…

2.7. Perspectives

Future plans beyond Swiss Brazilian funding, steps to be taken, relevance for society and industry, potential funding options from other sources…

Please note that projects with a potential for market-oriented add-on projects and a great potential for capacity building may be preferred.

2.8.Ethical, safety and regulatory issues

Does your proposed work raise ethical, safety or regulatory issues?

If yes, how will you deal with it? Please explain in detail.

3.Requested funding from BSJRP

The BSJRP is granted to the Swiss researchers, the Brazilian cooperation partners are funded by Brazilian sources.

3.1. Budget allocated to the Swiss University
Description / Amount (in CHF)
Personnel (details: name, costs)
Travel, visits and exchanges
Material costs
Others (to specify)
Total 3.1.
3.2. Budget allocated to the Brazilian University
Description / Amount (in CHF)
Personnel (details: name, costs)
Travel, visits and exchanges
Material costs
Others (to specify)
Total 3.2.
3.3. Total budget (in CHF)

(Please insert additional rows into the table).

NB: For the financial guidelines, please check on BJRP’s website.

4. Planned visits
Visiting project partner / Hosting project partner / Purpose of visit / Period & duration of visit

(Insert additional rows into the table if required.)

5. Additional documents

a)All applicants should submit a short CV (maximum one page A4)

The description shall include short Curriculum Vitae (CV) from the Swiss and Brazilian applicants (including basic information on education, past and present positions and membership of relevant organizations/associations).

The description should not be more than 1 page A4 each.

b)Plus, the Swiss and the Brazilian Principal Investigators should submit a full CV, a full publication list, a short list of the five most important publications highlighting their expertise in the proposed field of research.

c)And: Letter of the Dean, Chair or Head of involved institutes stating support for the proposed activities and certifying that no overhead charges and other indirect costs will be assessed to this project.

d)On a separate sheet of paper (1 page A4), you can write the name of minimum two, maximum four, acknowledged experts in the field of research that your proposal will focus on. Please give the name, title, home institute as well as full coordinates (address, telephone, email) of the expert you are suggesting. Please be aware that the BSJRP reserves the right to select one or other expert from the panel in addition to the independent experts mandated for the evaluation.

6. Signatures

We hereby confirm that all the information given in this application and the attachments is correct to the best of our knowledge.

Place, Date / Swiss university partner
Place, Date / Brazilian university partner