The cognitive sciences and technologies development headquarter and Sao Paulo Research Foundation of Brazil have published the seventh call for proposal for a research project at the Cooperation Desk of Iran and Brazil (SPRINT 2018).

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the cognitive sciences and technologies development headquarter and Sao Paulo Research Foundation of Brazil (FAPESP) have issued a call for proposal for a research project at the Cooperation Desk of Iran and Brazil in the form of Sprint. The main goal of this call is identifying the potential for international cooperation in the field of cognitive science and technology among Brazilian researchers in Sao Paulo and Iranian researchers.

Within this framework, the exchange of prominent scholars between Iran and Brazil (Sao Paulo) is intended to expand cooperation and target the development of joint research projects. The call for proposal for a research project at the Cooperation Desk of Iran and Brazil has been uploaded and enthusiasts of the field can refer to the website to cooperate with the project.

According to this report, the proposed project must be in the form of a joint project between Iranian researchers (faculty members of universities or CEO of a domestic knowledge-based company, preferably principal investigator) and Brazilian researchers from Sao Paulo state in FAPESP and within the frameworks introduced in the call.

In addition, the proposals must be adjusted by Iranian and Brazilian parties and be confirmed by both. After that, the Iranian party will upload the relevant forms on the website of CSTC and the Brazilian party will upload the forms of FAPESP. Proposals will be accepted until October 29^th 2018. In total, five projects will be financially supported in this call. However, prioritization in this regard is assigned to teams with a history of research cooperation with the headquarter or being from the pioneering groups of the headquarter.