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| Embrapii | |
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| Name | Embrapii |
| Type | Nonprofit research and innovation agency |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Area served | Brazil |
| Key people | *Guilherme de Oliveira (former president) *Sergio Rezende (former minister) |
Embrapii is a Brazilian institution created to foster technological research and innovation in industry through applied research centers and public–private partnerships. It connects industrial firms with research institutions to translate academic work into commercial products across sectors such as Aerospace industry, Automotive industry, Petroleum industry (Brazil), Pharmaceutical industry, and Agribusiness. Embrapii operates within the ecosystem that includes institutions like FAPESP, CNPq, BNDES, and Finep to leverage national innovation capacity.
Embrapii was established by decree in 2013 amid policy debates involving Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Brazil), Presidency of Brazil, National Congress of Brazil, and stakeholders from Confederação Nacional da Indústria and state research foundations such as FAPESP and FAPERJ. Its creation followed precedents in technology institutions like Fraunhofer Society and drew comparisons with programs from United States Department of Energy, Innovate UK, and Agence nationale de la recherche. Early agreements incorporated Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, and private firms such as Embraer, Petrobras, Vale S.A., and BRF S.A..
Embrapii is governed by a board that includes representatives from industry federations, academia, and federal agencies, with oversight links to Ministry of Economy (Brazil), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Brazil), and state development banks like Banco do Nordeste and Caixa Econômica Federal. Its operational model uses accredited Technology and Innovation Centers associated with universities and research institutes such as Instituto Butantan, Fiocruz, LNCC, and Embrapa. Governance structures emphasize partnerships with entities like Sebrae, Apex-Brasil, and regional development agencies including Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios.
Embrapii's mission centers on accelerating industrial innovation by funding applied R&D projects that link companies to accredited centers including Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, and private laboratories tied to Braskem, Gerdau, and Natura. Objectives include increasing industrial productivity in sectors represented by Chemical industry, Steel industry, Electronics industry, Biotechnology industry, and Renewable energy in Brazil through translational research, skills development involving institutions like Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and technology transfer with multinational partners such as Siemens, General Electric, and Bosch.
Embrapii finances projects via a matching funds scheme where federal resources combine with company contributions and state funds from players like BNDES, Finep, and state foundations including FAPERGS and FAPEMIG. Partnerships often involve multinational corporations such as Shell, TotalEnergies, Scania, and domestic leaders like JBS S.A. and Embratel working alongside research centers accredited from universities including Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The model echoes mechanisms used by European Commission programs and Horizon 2020 while incorporating tax and procurement rules under Brazilian law such as instruments managed by Receita Federal do Brasil and regulatory frameworks from ANVISA and ANP.
Embrapii has supported projects across aerospace with partners like Embraer and Airbus, automotive collaborations with Volkswagen do Brasil and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, energy projects with Petrobras and Eletrobras, and health technology initiatives involving Fiocruz and Instituto Butantan. Notable programmatic lines include additive manufacturing efforts with Siemens, battery and electric mobility projects with BMW and BYD, agroindustrial technologies with Embrapa and BRF S.A., and digital transformation initiatives linked to IBM and Microsoft Brazil. Centers have delivered prototypes, patents filed with INPI (Brazil), and startup spin-offs engaging with accelerators such as Cubohub and incubators tied to SEBRAE.
Impact assessments cite increased industry-led R&D, patents, and workforce training measured against baselines from institutions like IPEA and IBGE. Independent evaluations reference performance indicators used by OCDE and benchmarking with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft metrics, reporting project completion rates, private investment leverage, and revenue growth for participating firms including SMEs supported via BNDES Garagem. Embrapii-accredited centers report collaborations with international universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Imperial College London, and EPFL.
Critics from media outlets like Folha de S.Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo and commentators in forums such as Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico have questioned selection transparency, concentration of resources among large firms like Petrobras and Vale S.A., and dependency on federal budgets influenced by shifts in cabinets including Ministry of Economy (Brazil) leadership. Debates involve intellectual property allocation disputes referencing Lei de Inovação (Brazil) and concerns over regional imbalances between states like São Paulo and Norte Region, Brazil that affect participation from institutions such as Universidade Federal do Pará and Universidade Federal do Acre.