Välkomna till informationsmöte inom

”Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative”

2020-05-05
Agenda
• Introduktion
• Årshjul för aktiviteter inom Sweden Brazil Innovation
Initiative
• Innovationsveckorna i Brasilien (nov. 2020)
• Handlingsplaner för svensk-brasilianska sub-groups
• Finansieringsmöjligheter från Vinnova, Vetenskapsrådet,
STINT och EU
• Q&A
International
Innovation Initiative
Neutral plattform to strengthen Sweden’s
strategic promotion of innovation

Based on:
• areas of importance for Sweden
• interest of actors in the Swedish innovation
system
• the inclusion of different actors
• the interest of the partner country
Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative in
Sounding board

S T R A T E G I C C O U N C I L

ACADEMY INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT

Vinnova International OFFICE

Innovations Series
Vinnova

India Canada Japan China Germany Swizerland

Brazil Israel France South Korea US

G E O G R A F I C I N N O VAT I O N I N I T I AT I V E S
Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative in

SMART BIO- MINING AERONAUTIC

HEALTH
CITIES ECONOMY

OFFICE
CISB
(in collaboration with RISE)

Join our
LinkedIn Group EXECUTIVE
INNOVATION
and visit TEAM
www.cisb.org.br/
sbii
 Visit SBII hotsite:
SBII – Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative

• Platform supporting long-term relationships that

can enable collaborations and foster co-creation of
innovation ecosystems;

• R&D Areas:
• Sustainable Mining;
• Life Science;
• Smart Cities;
• Bioeconomy;
• Aeronautics.

• Support EIT (Executive Innovation Team) in Brazil.

SBII team:

sbii.contact@gmail.com
contact@cisb.org.br
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 2020
Innovationsveckorna
i Brasilien, 9-20 DEC JAN SBII möte på Vinnova, 4 Februari
November NOV FEB
• Innovation Days, 10-12
November, Sao Paulo OKT MAR

SEP APR EIT i Sao Paulo, 1 April

VINNOVA-EMBRAPII utlysning,
2 april-30 november
AUG MAJ
SBII möte, förhoppningsvis på JUL JUN Webbsänt SBII möte, 5 maj
Vinnova, 25 augusti Matchmaking event , 20 maj
Innovation weeks, 9-20 nov.
Co-Creation for Innovation, 10-12 nov.
Theme: How can we collaborate better to achieve the SDGs? Is a
mission oriented approach possible in a bilateral collaboration?

Activities focusing on: Health, Smart Cities, Bioeconomy and Mining.

- Roundtable discussions
- Seminars
- Paneldiscussions
- Workshops
- Matchmaking
Common action plans with Brazil
• Yearly action plans
• More synchronized work with clear priorities
• Presented for the Executive Innovation Commitée in
June 2020
• Deadline for 2020 is May 8th
• Thank you for all the input so far!
Swedish sub-groups PoC 2020
Ämnen Organisation PoC
Bioekonomi SIP BioInnovation Anna Wiberg
RISE Tomas Anderson
Hälsa SIP Swelife Heather Marshall
SIP Medtech4 health Jonas Sareld
RISE Peter Kjäll
Gruvor SIP Strim Jenny Greberg
RISE Karin Willquist
Smarta Städer RISE Claus Popp Larsen
IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet Staffan Filipsson
Bio-economi
Themes/Areas of interest: Activities:
• Biorefineries • Workshop and panel discussions
during the Innovation weeks in Brazil
• Sustainable use
• Ongoing projects:
- Bio-based materials from Kraft lignins
(LIGNOMAT)
- Ligno-nanocellulosic hybrids as multi-
functional ingredients in cosmetics
formulations
- Resource Efficient Paper Making
Based on Hardwood Pulps (SWEBRA)
Health
Themes/Areas of interest:
• Biosensors for tropical disease
detection
• Technologies for Neuro,
Rehabilitation, Prevention
• Healthcare at distance
• Childhood obesity research
Activities:
• Put together a working group around initial
collaboration focus areas:
1. Implementation and Change Management
2. Biosensors
3. Innovation Mechanisms
4. Digital/Distance healthcare
5. (e-health, software & organisation) Merging
Expertise in e-science with digital health solutions
(KI-Sao-Paolo)
6. Prevention of pediatric obesity
7. Data sharing
Health
Activities:
• Describing and facilitating obstacles and challenges in implementing new
products and solutions within health and healthcare (adjacent to following areas)
• SME Health Tech Acceleration
• Present the concept of Prevention of pediatric obesity of a high-level meeting 3
Sept at KI.
• Present e-health Digital/Distance health research and solutions at high level
meeting 3 Sept at KI.
• Workshops during the Innovation weeks in Brazil
Mining
Themes/Areas of interest:
• Reduced waste from mining
• Sustainable water management
• Fossil free mining
• Post processing and remediation
• The digital mine
• Dam safety
• Rock Mechanics and seismicity
Activities:
• Ongoing projects
• Workshops
• Knowledge transfer event in Brazil
• Knowledge transfer event in Sweden
• Innovation weeks
• Identifiy new collaboration projects
Smart cities
Themes/Areas of interest:
• Waste and circular economy
• Waste to energy
• Smart water management
Activities:
• Work meetings during the year
• Workshops during the Innovation
weeks in Brazil

• Sustainable Development Goals • Study visits

• Digitalization • Joint applications to the Vinnova-

EMBRAPII call
Resebidrag
Syfte: Bidrag till rörlighet och internationell samverkan
Målgrupp: SME och forskningsinstitut som ska delta på av Vinnova utpekade
möten och konferenser
Bidrag: Max 15 000kr (inom Europa) och 25 000kr (utanför Europa)
Vad: ekonomiklass flygbiljett (motsvarande), lokala transporter till och från flygplats,
deltagaravgift samt högst fyra hotellnätter på plats
Kontakt på Vinnova: Respektive landsansvarig
Utlysning med EMBRAPII
Syfte: Stärka bilaterala samarbeten med EMBRAPII institut & industri i Brasilien
Öppen: 2 april – 30 november 2020
Projekttid: 2-3 år
Bidrag: Projektmedel, högre TRL med kommersiellt potential
Villkor: Generella villkor plus parter från respektive land. Sökande måste vara
företag, forskningsinstitut och/eller universitet.
Vinnova budget: 6 msek
Utlysningar med
Brasilien 2019-2020

Vetenskapsrådet
Utlysning med CNPq

• Gästforskarbidrag
• Tema: TBD
• Utlysning innan sommaren
• Bidragsstart 2021

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- The aim of Joint Brazilian-Swedish Research Collaboration is to strengthen Swedish
research and higher education by developing and establishing international partnerships.
- Applicants should have obtained their PhD as well as be employed and active at a Swedish university.
- Projects may last for up to three years.
- In addition to the application to STINT a parallel application is to be submitted by the
Brazilian party to the Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
- The next call will be published during early summer 2020.

Contact:
Karin Forslund
+46 8 671 19 97
 Horizon 2020
Opportunities for collaborations with Brazil

Information meeting on cooperation with Brazil – 5 May 2020

 Country-specific document for Brazil
“Brazilian researchers, enterprises and institutions can team up with European partners
to develop together knowledge, research data and leading scientific teams and networks”

• Brazilian partners can have own funding

• Brazilian researchers are eligible for EU-funding under MSCA individual fellowships and ERC

• Funding provided for Brazilian partners in collaborative projects is provided by research foundations
in each Brazilian state

Focus areas are specified in the country-specific document

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/hi/h2020_localsupp_brazil_en.pdf
Priorities for EU-Brazil cooperation
Transport Energy
Marine research Health
(incl. aviation) (advanced biofuels)

Sustainable Nuclear fusion

Nanotechnology ICT
urbanisation (Euratom)
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions
(MSCA)
ERIK LITBORN NCP HORIZON 2020
Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)
Networking activities via secondment of staff (no recruitments)
Project build on joint research and innovation activities (max 4 years)
Minimum requirement:

Call deadline May 12, 2020: ”MSCA-RISE-2020”

May 2021 (HEU)
Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
Research programme for Early Stage Researchers (ESR) (max 4 years)
Consortium of organisations from different countries and sectors
Beneficaries recruit ESR 3-36 months (max 15 ESR)
Partners host secondments/provide training
Network activities between ESRs as well as involved organisations
Minimum requirement 3 MS (+ TC) Country 1
Academia
Academia Non-academia
Non-academia

Call deadline: Jan 2021 (HEU)

Academia Academia
Non-academia
Academia Non-academia
Non-aademia

Country 3 Country 2
 Individual Fellowships (IF)
European
Fellowships
”PostDoc”
PhD or 4 years experience 1 – 2 years

Global
Fellowships

2 – 3 years (incl. 12 months back in Europe)

Call deadline: Sept 9, 2020 ”MSCA-IF-2020”

 The role of an NCP
✓ Answers questions about H2020

✓ Helps navigating the work programme

✓ Legal and financial questions

throughout a projects lifetime

National EU node
NCP ✓ Disseminates information
National contact points
✓ Strategic meetings
mostly UoH

Information from the SE innovation system

to EC
via NCP networks, national experts and PC
Erik Litborn
Vinnova – Swedish Innovation Agency
NCP for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
and Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology

erik.litborn@vinnova.se
+46 8 473 31 98

Nadine Schweizer
Vinnova – Swedish Innovation Agency
NCP for societal challenge 1 (SC1), Health demographic change and wellbeing
and SC2 Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy

nadine.schweizer@vinnova.se
+46 8 473 30 99
More info
• Funding and Tenders – EU Commissions homepage for funding opportunities and applications

• Net4Mobility+ (Handbooks how to write proposals for MSCA)

• Search engine for National Contact Points by country and programme parts (Horizon 2020)

- Sweden, Brazil, Canada, …..

• H2020 Online Manual provides explanations, guides and guidelines for applications as well as information on the
evaluation and grant preparation process.

• The International cooperation subpage provides information on eligibility and country-specific documents by
country.

• Support for SME is provided by EUSME

• Euraxess provides open positions as well as useful info ”new” country

Contact
Alessandra Holmo, CEO, CISB, Sao Paulo
alessandra.holmo@cisb.org.br
Next
meeting:
Jacob Paulsen, Science and Innovation Counselor , Embassy Brasilia,
jacob.paulsen@gov.se

Ana Carolina Bussacos, Science and Innovation Advisor, Embassy Brasilia

ana.carolina.bussacos@gov.se
25 August
Michael Salter, RISE
michael.salter@ri.se

Regina Summer, VINNOVA,

regina.summer@vinnova.se
 Q&A
ida.berglund@vinnova.se
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