“The NIH and a major research foundation in Brazil have initiated a groundbreaking program that is expected to expand global health research by making it easier to fund scientific collaborations on valuable projects. The agreement was formalized recently by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Carlos H. de Brito Cruz, scientific director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
The two organizations will jointly fund projects involving international collaborative teams that cover any topic of mutual interest. NIH will perform the peer review. This is the first NIH parallel funding agreement establishing a science collaboration model with a foreign partner that covers such a wide range of potential research areas”