STINT has decided to invest 4,6 MSEK in eight research projects within the programme Joint Brazilian-Swedish Research Collaboration for the time period 2019–2022.
STINT’s Brazilian partner Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) will fund the Brazilian participants at a corresponding level.
After review and assessment by our respective expert groups, CAPES and STINT have selected the following project for funding:
| Swedish Applicant | Partner in Brazil | Project Title | |||
| Name | Department | University | Name | University | |
| Christine Bacon |
Inst f. biologi & miljövetenskap | Göteborgs universitet | Andrea Ferreira da Costa | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Evolution and diversification of bromeliads in the Neotropics |
| Mattias Carlström |
Inst. f fysiologi & farmakologi | Karolinska Institutet | Josiane de Campos Cruz | Universidade Federal da Paraíba | Modulation of Sympathoexcitation and Immune Cells by Dietary Nitrate in Cardiometabolic Disease |
| Ulrich Haussermann |
Inst. f material & miljökemi | Stockholms universitet | Alexandre Leitao | Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora | Putting pressure on clathrate hydrates – new insight into the hydration structure of small molecules |
| Markus Hennrich |
Fysikum | Stockholms universitet | Celso Jorge Villas Boas | Universidade Federal de São Carlos | Strong correlations in Cavity and Ion Quantum Simulators |
| Dominika Polanska |
Inst. f bostad- & urbanforskning | Uppsala universitet | Rita de Cássia Lucena Velloso | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Urban struggles for the right to the city and urban commons in Brazil and Europe |
| Liva Pupure |
Inst. f teknikvetenskap & matematik | Luleå tekniska universitet | Sandro Amico | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Material optimization for shape distortion minimization in composite manufacturing (OPTISHAD) |
| Per Sunnerhagen |
Inst. f kemi & molekylärbiologi | Göteborgs universitet | Elizabeth Bilsland | Universidade de Estadual de Campinas | Overcoming Plasmodium vivax drug resistance |
| Lisa Westerberg |
Inst. f mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi | Karolinska Institutet | Vinicius Cotta de Almeida | Oswaldo Cruz Institute | The role of thymic B cells and stromal cells on Treg differentiation in immunodeficiency and autoimmunity |