TTU-FAPESP SPRINT Program
Workshops
2017 SPRINT Workshop
This year, the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) has chosen Texas Tech University to host the renowned FAPESP Week. The conference will begin on September 21st and September 22nd, at the TTU International Cultural Center.
The goal of the conference will be to extend scientific cooperation between the two countries in research projects in all disciplines. Topic sessions will highlight Genomics, Environment and Sustainability, Human Health, Energy, Agriculture and Water, Bioinformatics, Biodiversity, and New Materials. Workshop attendees will include President Lawrence Schovanec, Provost Michael Galyean, Vice Provost for International Affairs Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Associate Vice Provost for International Programs Sukant Misra, multiple college deans, and TTU faculty.
TTU will also display a series of images on the Amazon Climate, on behalf of FAPESP and the country of Brazil.
This symposium represents the ongoing collaboration between TTU and FAPESP which is currently in its third cycle of grant proposal awards.
The SPRINT program provides seed funding for qualifying teams from both countries. Five teams were chosen for funding in 2015 and 2016, and two winners were chosen for 2017. The funded teams will present their work and research goals to date. The goal of the presentations and discussions will be to extend scientific cooperation between the two countries in research projects on Genomics, Environment and Sustainability, Human Health, Engineering, Agriculture and Water, Bioinformatics, New Materials, and Law and Social Justice. The meetings are part of FAPESP Week 2017, organized by the Foundation in partnership with the TTU, with support from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.
Dinner will be by invitation only, lunch is open to all participants.
TTU faculty, post-docs, and graduate students are invited and welcome to attend. Please RSVP to intl.rdd@ttu.edu.
FAPESP Week 2017 Agenda (pdf)
2016 SPRINT Workshop
"Stem Across Continents Workshop"
Seventeen colleagues from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in Brazil presented talks, heard colleagues from Texas Tech University, provided updates on ongoing work, and discussed possible collaborations on shared priority areas. Since they signed a Cooperation Agreement for Research in August 2014, researchers from Brazil and Texas working under the SPRINT program have collaborated on joint research projects in a diversity of areas.
The event was open to all academic disciplines but focused on the STEM Environmental Sustainability fields. Workshop attendees included President Lawrence Schovanec, Interim Provost Michael Galyean, Vice Provost for International Affairs Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Associate Vice Provost for International Programs Sukant Misra, multiple college deans, and TTU faculty.
The SPRINT program provides seed funding for qualifying teams from both countries. Five teams were chosen for funding in 2015 and 2016, and two winners were chosen for 2017.
The 2023 Cycle is closed.
Texas Tech University and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) have announced the 2023 Call for Proposals for the exchange of faculty and postdoctoral researchers under the São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration– SPRINT joint program.
Texas Tech will provide funding of up to the equivalent of $5,000 per proposal per year and FAPESP will provide funding of up to $5,000 per proposal per year, for the duration of the grant (up to 24 months) to cover research-related mobility expenses.
All tenure and non-tenure track faculty and research professors from Texas Tech are eligible to apply for this funding. Faculty awarded SPRINT funding in the last cycle are not eligible for funding under this current cycle. Preference will be given to first time applicants.
Funding under this call for proposals is available for faculty in ALL DISCIPLINES.
International Affairs is available to assist faculty in making connections with FAPESP to identify potential collaborators in São Paulo. Please contact Vice Provost of International Affairs, Dr. Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo and Senior Director of International Programs, Ms. Reagan Ribordy for assistance.
Previous Winners
2021-2022
| Researchers | Project Title |
|---|---|
|
Naima Moustaid-Moussa William Tadeu Lara Festuccia |
Peroxisomes as Mediators of the Metabolic Effects of Fish Oil in Obesity and Associated Metabolic Diseases |
|
Bill Poirer Brett Carlson |
Riding Quantum Trajectories Beyond Born-Oppenheimer: Building Better Methods for Reaction Dynamics |
2018-2019
| Researchers | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Stephen Ekwaro-Osire TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Katia Lucchesi Cavalca Dedini UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (UNICAMP) |
Condition Monitoring and Prognostics of Bearings Considering Uncertainties |
| Naima Moustaid-Moussa TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY William Tadeu Lara Festuccia INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, USP |
Mechanisms underlying the anti-inflammatory and thermogenic effects of fish oil in obesity and associated metabolic diseases |
2017-2018
| Researchers | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Bradley Joseph Johnson TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Danilo Domingues Millen UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULSITA (UNESP) |
Evaluation of vitamin a status on sera metabolites, muscle fiber type and carcass characteristics of feedlot cattle. |
| Joilson de Oliveira Martins UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO (USP) Naima Moustaid-Moussa TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY |
Mechanisms linking angiotensins to obesity and diabetes: role of inflammation, endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy. |
| Jorge Salazar-Bravo TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO (USP) |
Experimental infection of neotropical bats with hantavirus. |
2016-2017
| Researchers | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Mahir Saleh Hussein UNIVERSITY SÃO PAULO (USP) Bill Poirier TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY |
Fermi Accelerators, Inverse Fermi Accelerators, Nonadiabatic Dynamics and Quantum
Trajectories: Towards a Method for Electron Dynamics FAPESP No. 2016/50485-9 |
| Monica Tallarico Pupo SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES OF RIBEIRAO PRETO- UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO Amanda M.V. Brown TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY |
Metabolic Processes in the Cooperative Microbial Symbionts of Brazilian Membracids FAPESP No. 2016-50492-5 |
2015-2016
| Researchers | Project Title |
|---|---|
|
Andrea Parolin Jackowski |
Incidence and effects of toxic stress on cognitive and socioemotional, neurodevelopmental
outcomes in children and adolescents: a cross national comparative collaboration |
|
Cassiana Montagner Carolina Raimund |
Determination of emerging contaminants and the comparison of efficiency of removal
by wastewater treatment in São Paulo State, Brazil and Lubbock, Texas, United States
of America |
|
AGENCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGOCIOS (APTA) |
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, global warming and reproductive health in fishes |
|
Sonia Jancar |
Mechanisms mediating anti inflammatory effects of omega 3 fatty acids in metabolic
disorders: role of lipid mediators and micro RNAs |
|
Sonia Marli Zingaretti |
Molecular mechanisms including micro RNA regulation of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance
in sugarcane |
2014-2015
| Researchers | Project Title |
|---|---|
|
Michelle Franz Montan Braga Leite |
EVALUATION OF PAIN AND ANESTHETIC EFFICACY AFTER TOPICAL APPLICATION OF MICRONEEDLES:
A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. |
|
Sergio Ferraz Novaes |
SPRANCE-UNESP AND TTU COLLABORATION IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS IN THE COMPACT MUON SOLENOID
EXPERIMENT AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER. |
|
Ivan de Godoy Maia |
THE AUTO-REGULATORY LOOP INVOLVING MIR828,TAS4, AND TARGET MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS:BASIC
AND APPLIED STUDIES. |
|
Francisco Bolivar Correto Machado |
HIGH-LEVEL QUANTUM CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DEFECT STRUCTURES IN MODEL GRAPHENE
SYSTEMS. |
|
Aparecido Carlos Goncalves |
PROBALISTIC DYNAMICS ANALYSIS AND LUBRICANT ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY OF GEARBOXES. |
BACKGROUND
In 2019, Texas Tech University (TTU) signed a Collaborative Agreement for Research with the prestigious São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in Brazil, aiming to implement scientific and technological cooperation between researchers from Texas Tech University, USA and from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, through the funding of joint research projects.
To promote scientific and technological collaboration, TTU and FAPESP have successfully co-sponsored five (5) rounds of proposals under the framework of the FAPESP SPRINT program with teams wining support for exchange of faculty and postdoctoral researchers in each cycle. Projects have ranged from the human and medical sciences to more traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) projects in biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics. Building on the success of the first two rounds, TTU hosted a STEM Across Continents Workshop for Brazilian partners in 2016 and FAPESP Week in 2017. Both workshops created opportunities to showcase previous work and network for potential future collaborations.
Download: Texas Tech University - São Paulo Research Foundation SPRINT Program (2014-2022)
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