FAPESP AWARDS

摘要

We would like to thank the congress ambassador Marisa Beppu for her efforts in securing significant grant support from FAPESP, allowing 25 scientists from Brazil to attend WBC 2016. Sao Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP - is an independent public foundation with the mission to foster research and the scientific and technological development of the State of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo has a population of forty million and generates 35% of Brazil's 6NP. The constitution of the State establishes that 1% of all state taxes belong to the foundation. The stability of the funding and the autonomy of the foundation allow for an efficient management of the resources that has had a sizable impact: while Sao Paulo has 22% of the Brazilian population and 30% of the scientists with a doctorate in the country, the state responds for 52% of the country's scientific articles published in international journals.