FAPEMIG

FAPEMIG
Name	FAPEMIG
Native name	Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
Formation	1985
Type	Funding agency
Headquarters	Belo Horizonte
Region served	Minas Gerais
Language	Portuguese

FAPEMIG is the state research funding foundation of Minas Gerais that supports scientific and technological development through grants, scholarships, and programmatic initiatives. It operates within Brazilian public research ecosystems, interacting with universities, research institutes, industry associations, and cultural institutions to foster innovation and academic production. The foundation has influenced regional research networks, doctoral training, applied research, and technology transfer across multiple sectors in Minas Gerais and beyond.

History

FAPEMIG traces its administrative and legal origins to state-level legislative acts and executive decrees interacting with institutions such as Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerais, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Embrapa, Fiocruz, Instituto de Pesquisas Eldorado, and Centro de Tecnologia Mineral. Early governance involved collaborations with actors like Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, Secretaria de Estado de Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (SECTES), and regional bodies such as Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Minas Gerais and Sistem Minas. Throughout its history, FAPEMIG engaged networks including CAPES, CNPq, FINEP, BNDES, Banco do Brasil, Fundação Lemann, Gerdau, Vale S.A., Usiminas, Magnesita, Petrobras, Embraer, Anglo American, and Mosaic Company. Major milestones referenced collaborations with Conselho Estadual de Ciência e Tecnologia, interactions with municipalities like Belo Horizonte, Uberlândia, Juiz de Fora, and Governador Valadares, and participation in forums alongside Associação Brasileira de Reitores, Confederação Nacional da Indústria, and Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas.

Mission and Objectives

The foundation’s mission articulates support for research capacity building in concert with institutions such as Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, and technical partners like Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da UFMG, Instituto de Geociências da UFMG, Faculdade de Medicina da UFMG, Faculdade de Engenharia da UFMG, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, SENAI, SENAC, SEBRAE and Agência Brasileira de Inovação. Objectives reference promoting doctoral programs linked to Programa Nacional de Pós-Doutorado, fostering translational projects connected to Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, supporting agricultural research with Embrapa Milho e Sorgo and Embrapa Gado de Leite, and enhancing areas aligned with Observatório Nacional, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, and heritage partners such as Museu da Inconfidência and Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico da UFMG.

Funding and Grants

FAPEMIG administers instruments similar to those used by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CAPES, FINEP, and BNDES, offering scholarships and grants comparable to programs run by Science Foundation Arizona, Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, National Science Foundation, and Horizon 2020. Funding lines target investigators associated with Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da USP, and industry consortia involving Siemens, IBM, Microsoft Brasil, Intel Brasil, Samsung Research Brazil, GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthineers, and Bayer. Grant categories include exploratory grants, project grants, doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, innovation vouchers, and institution strengthening awards paralleling models from John Templeton Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Ford Foundation.

Governance and Organization

The governance structure involves boards and councils interacting with legal frameworks established by state assemblies and ministries, drawing parallels to governance seen at Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho, Fundação Araucária, and international entities like National Institutes of Health and Max Planck Society. Administrative units collaborate with academic departments at Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Centro Universitário UNA, and research centers such as Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Regional Minas. Oversight involves stakeholders from Secretaria de Fazenda do Estado de Minas Gerais, Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Minas Gerais, Procuradoria Geral do Estado, and representatives of Associação Nacional dos Dirigentes das Instituições Federais de Ensino Superior.

Major Programs and Research Priorities

Programs prioritize thematic areas linked to partner organizations like Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas, Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Paraná, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, and health networks including Rede Brasileira de Pesquisa em Tuberculose, Rede Nacional de Métodos Alternativos ao Uso de Animais, Rede de Pesquisa em Câncer. Priority topics include energy and mining related to Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Agência Nacional de Mineração, environmental science with Instituto Estadual de Florestas, water resources tied to Agência Nacional de Águas, biodiversity connected to Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, and agricultural innovations with Embrapa Agrobiologia and Embrapa Instrumentação. Social science and arts projects have engaged Museu dos Inconfidentes, Biblioteca Pública Estadual Luiz de Bessa, Fundação Cultural do Estado de Minas Gerais, and educational initiatives with Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Minas Gerais.

Impact and Evaluation

Impact assessments draw on metrics similar to those used by Scimago Institutions Rankings, Web of Science, Scopus, Currículo Lattes, and evaluation frameworks practiced by OCDE and UNESCO. Outcomes attributed to funded projects appear in journals such as Revista Brasileira de Geociências, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Journal of Applied Crystallography, and in patents filed with Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial. Economic impacts reference spin-offs linked to Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, technology incubators like SEBRAE Lab and startups connected to Cubo Itaú, Startup Farm, and accelerators operated by ACE Startups and Wayra Brasil. Social and cultural impacts involve partnerships with Museu Mineiro, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, and community health projects in partnership with Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte.

Partnerships and Collaborations

Collaborations span national and international partners such as Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, FINEP, BNDES, European Commission, Horizon Europe, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, Max Planck Society, Institut Pasteur, CERN, NASA, ESA, CSIC, CNRS, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of São Paulo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Butantan, Fiocruz, Embrapa, FIESP, and sectoral associations like Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa.

Category:Research funding bodies in Brazil