Ohio State University officials were in São Paulo, Brazil, recently to sign a $1.4 million funding agreement between the school and the state of São Paulo. Under the agreement, the school and the state will collaborate on new studies that "can help citizens in both countries and people around the world," according to the Gongwer Ohio Report. The two entities, which each contributed $700,000 to kick-start the five-year program, already collaborate in such areas as translational plant science. This new agreement will allow "researchers from any department and discipline at Ohio State and São Paulo" to apply for funds to "begin or expand joint projects," such as for short-term exchanges, conferences, and research into studies of drug discovery; energy production; advanced materials; food security; and culture and history, a press release from the university said. $20,000 awards will be offered during the first year of the program "to encourage the formation of research collaborations," the release said. For more, read the full press release.
Ohio State University and São Paulo, Brazil, announce new research partnership
