1. AWEX Business Days September 2015 Julie Dumont Scientific Liaison Officer Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI)

2.  Wallonie-Bruxelles International : international relations department of Wallonia-Brussels  Research Platform – Scientific Liaison Officers located in partner universities  Partners and financing sources identification  Workshops, missions  Technology scouting WBI – Research Platform

3.  For companies  DG06-FAPESP agreement Innovative research projects between SMEs of SP and wallonia Areas: all – priority areas of Plan Marshall= privileged)  PERFORMA INVESTIMENTOS fund Start up creation/ acquisition of technologies Partners: BNDES, SFPI, AgeRio, private invests Area: environmental technologies FINANCING SOURCES

4.  All researchers  Memorandum FAPESPA – Wagralim Priviledged partnership – agribusiness  Memorandum AEB – Space Center of Liège  BEWARE FELLOWSHIPS (COFUND-EU / RW) Grants of 18 to 36 months in: SME (focus on innovation) Research centers (focus on innovation - prototyping) University + SME (focus on TT) Researchers with doctorate or equal experience Grant up to 90K Euros/year, mobility subsidy, health and civil liability insurance. FINANCING SOURCES

5.  Academic partners  FNRS – CNPq agreement 1 week to 1 month missions/ max. 2 years project Post-doctorate Intercambio, events, publications Areas: - Applied sciences - Biomedical sciences - Chemistry - Human and social sciences - Hard sciences and physics - Earth, ocean, atmosferic and space sciences FINANCING SOURCES

6.  WBI-CAPES agreement Work missions from 7 to 20 days Study missions: grants of 4 to 12 monthes for doctorate or post-doctorate students (18 if Phd sandwich) Research projects, grants, events, publications Areas: Plan Marshall Finances: - 1300 Euros / 2100 Euros per month grants - travel - health insurance - relocation subsidy - 10K Euros for consumables (Brazil only) FINANCING SOURCES

7.  America Latina – WBI mobility fund Staff mobility for superior education institutions de WB invited by a brazilian institution All areas (Plan Marshall areas priviledged) Teaching and research missions, scientific events…  Excellence grants of WBI (in and out)  FNRS grants  Universities grants FINANCING SOURCES

8.  BELSPO grants and research programs  BRAIN-be – Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks End of 2012 until 2017 (phase 1) Objectives: scientific support to federal government and federal research institutions (RBINS) P articipation of an international partner: co-financing with a 50/50 base with max. 20% of the total budget for the international partner. Budget for the program: 117 M EURO http://www.belspo.be/Brain-be http://www.belspo.be/Northsea FINANCING SOURCES

9.  MISCELANEOUS  EU Horizon 2020 Marie Slodowska Curie European Research Council Erasmus mundus  BRAZIL Ciências sem fronteiras CAPES CNPq FINEP/BNDES FINANCING SOURCES

10. Thank you! Julie Dumont als.brazil@gmail.com