FAPESP, Microsoft Award Approximately $500,000 in Academic Funding to Advance Research in Health, Education, Agribusiness and e-Government

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Nov. 13, 2007 — Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), also known as the State of São Paulo Research Foundation, and Microsoft Research today announced recipients of approximately $500,000 (U.S.) in funding for academic research focusing on how technology can meet the social and economic challenges of rural and urban communities in Brazil. The five winners represent the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas, IME in São Paulo and University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos.

The selected projects propose creative and multidisciplinary approaches for advancement in the areas of computer science, health and agrarian sciences, computer engineering and linguistics. In addition, these research projects are tied together by the thread of social impact, aiming to bring about change in their associated disciplines.

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