FIBRA grants are meant to jump start new collaborations or projects with Brazilian research centers and to enhance integration of research between Europe and Brazil .
The grants are linked exclusively to the FARB feasibility study Call launched by the University of Bologna. The project duration is 24 months from July 1st, 2013.
Winning Projects
Cultures, immaterial heritage, and interdisciplinary networks
SMART CITIES
The potential of the Smart City by comparing existing experiences under development in Brazil and Italy.
CEBRAL
Shared Semantics for a Conceptual Euro-Brazilian Lexicon.
Economy, development quality, safety and social cohesion
TAXATION NEUTRALITY
Taxation neutrality for businesses and economic integration in regional markets.
Improving health and environment
HPV
Identification of animal models for papillomavirus cancerogenesis.
SYSTEM BIOLOGY OF AGING
Systems biology of ageing and age related disease combining multiple "omics" data and a socio-ethnical perspective.
Technology and contexts of sustainable growth
CAFE
use of agriCultural wAstes For powEr generation.
POROUS MEDIA
Applications include the dispersion of liquid pollulants in the soil and the thermal treatment of liquids for the food industry.