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First call
of proposals

39 research projects were selected across three major thematic axes: Territory, Peoples of the Amazon and Strengthening sustainable production chains

The first call for proposals of the Amazon Initiative +10 mobilized more than 500 researchers in 20 Brazilian states. 39 proposals were selected from 18 states and the Federal District, with investments from State Research Support Foundations (FAPs) totaling R$41.9 million.

In addition to investments from FAPs, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) announced the contribution of R$12 million in research grants for approved projects in the states that make up the Legal Amazon region.

The selected research projects are oriented around three main thematic axes: Territory, Peoples of the Amazon and Strengthening sustainable production chains.

1. Physiological parameters and risk analysis for zoonotic pathogens in Araguaia dolphins (Inia araguaiaensis) under environmental impacts in the One Health context
Alagoas: Abelardo Silva Júnior / Federal University of Alagoas (UNIFAL)
Pará: Frederico Ozanan Barros Monteiro / Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA)
Pernambuco: Rinaldo Aparecido Mota / Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE)

2. Epidemiological surveillance of acute febrile illnesses in border areas of the western Amazon: epidemiology, clinical and infectious aspects
Amazonas: Felipe Gomes Naveca / Fiocruz Amazônia (Leônidas and Maria Deane Institute)
Rio de Janeiro: Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (RJ)
Rondônia: Deusilene Souza Viera Dall'Acqua / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (RO)

3. Clean energy, sustainable life: promoting school education, transmission of traditional practices and income generation among the indigenous peoples of Baixo Oiapoque and Mapuera-Trombetas-Nhamundá (Calha Norte)
Amapá: Elissandra Barros da Silva / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Pará: Lilian Rebellato / Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA)
São Paulo: Artionka Manuela Góes Capiberibe / State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

4. Climate change and Amazonian socio-biodiversity: perspectives from herpetofauna
Amazonas: Fernanda de Pinho Werneck / National Amazon Research Institute (INPA)
Paraíba: Daniel Oliveira Mesquita / Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB)
Paraná: Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho Domingos / Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
São Paulo: Tiana Kohlsdorf / University of São Paulo (USP)
Tocantins: Thiago Costa Gonçalves Portelinha / Federal University of Tocantins (UFT)

5. PAMPA Network to assess the impact of environmental degradation on the dynamics of circulation of emerging and re-emerging viruses in the Amazon region
Amazon: Pritesh Jaychand Lalwani / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (AM)
Pará: Lívia Caricio Martins / Instituto Evandro Chagas
São Paulo: José Luiz Proença Modena / State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

6. Water sharing and resilience of a unique socio-ecological system in Volta Grande do Xingu
Amazonas: Camila Cherem Ribas / National Amazon Research Institute (INPA)
Pará: Janice Cunh / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
São Paulo: André Oliveira Sawakuchi / University of São Paulo (USP)

7. Integrating local knowledge and science in search of solutions for ecological restoration in the face of climate change in the Mato Grosso Amazon
Federal District: Isabel Belloni Schmidt / University of Brasília (UnB)
Mato Grosso: Pedro V. Eisenlohr / State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)
Rio de Janeiro: Maura da Cunha / State University of Norte Fluminense (UENF)

8. Inov’Açaí - Co-construction of knowledge, innovations and public policies for the sustainability of community production in the Amazon Bioeconomy
Amapá: Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Federal District: Janaína Deane de Abreu Sá Diniz / University of Brasília (UnB)
Pará: Hervé Louis Ghislain Rogez / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Paraíba: Eliane Superti / Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB)

 

9. Production chains of water and forest peoples: promotion and co-participatory cataloging
Amapá: Antonio Sergio Monteiro Filocreão / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Santa Catarina: Cristiane Mansur de Moraes Souza / Regional University of Blumenau (FURB)
Tocantins: Miguel Pacifico Filho / Federal University of Northern Tocantins (UFNT)

10. Socio-biodiverse territories in Maranhão and Pará: Environment, knowledge and sustainability
Maranhão: Benedito Souza Filho / Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)
Pará: Diego Martinez / Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA)
São Paulo: Emília Pietrafesa de Godoi / State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

11. Socio-environmental characterization, diagnosis of territorial management and analysis of sustainability potential in the region of Vale do Guaporé, state of Rondônia and Vale do Jari, state of Amapá: challenges for the development of sustainable tourism, water management and environmental education
Amapá: Nubia Deborah Araujo Caramello / Federal Institute of Amapá (IFAP)
Paraná: Irene Carniatto de Oliveira / State University of Western Paraná (UNIOESTE)
Rondônia: Nara Luisa Reis de Andrade / Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR)
São Paulo: Frederico Yuri Hanai / Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR)

 

12. Carbon Footprint and Impacts of Expansion of Aquaculture in the Amazon
Tocantins: Balbino Antonio Evangelista / Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture
Rondônia: Carolina Rodrigues Costa Doria / Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR)
São Paulo: Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto / National Institute for Space Research (INPE)

 

13. Advances in the treatment of snakebites: preclinical and clinical studies, alternative treatments and decentralization of the distribution of antivenoms to remote areas of the Amazon
Amazonas: Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro / Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD)
São Paulo: Ana Maria Moura da Silva / Butantan Institute
Acre: Paulo Sérgio Bernarde / Federal University of Acre (UFAC)

 

14. Generation and integration of biomass and photovoltaic energy with strengthening production chains in isolated communities in the Amazon River estuary
Amapá: Werbeston Douglas de Oliveira / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Rio de Janeiro: Fábio David Alves Aarão Reis / Fluminense Federal University (UFF)
São Paulo: Hilton Thadeu Zarate do Couto / University of São Paulo (USP)

 

15. Scientific and technological prospecting for the sustainable development of antimicrobial bioactives from Amazon plant residues
Pará: Sydney Santos / Federal University of the South and Southeast of Pará (UNIFESSPA)
Paraná: Gerson Nakazato / State University of Londrina (UEL)
Rio de Janeiro: Helena Keiko Toma / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

 

16. Agronomic strategies for sustainable recovery of the cocoa chain in the southwestern Amazon
Amazonas: Douglas Marcelo Pinheiro da Silva / Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)
Rondônia: Sylviane Beck Ribeiro / Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR)
São Paulo: Renato de Mello Prado / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

 

17. Polycentric governance, climate change and sustainable development in the Pan-Amazon
Tocantins: Cynthia Mara Miranda / Federal University of Tocantins (UFT)
Rio de Janeiro: Fabiano Guilherme Mendes Santos / State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Amapá: Ivan Henrique de Mattos e Silva / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Rondônia: João Paulo Saraiva Leão Viana / Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR)
Acre: Luci Maria Teston / Federal University of Acre (UFAC)
Mato Grosso: Maria Cristina Martin de Figueiredo Bacovis / State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)
Amazonas: Marilene Corrêa da Silva Freitas / Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)
Pará: Rodrigo Dolandeli dos Santos / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)

 

18. Innovation for Creating Sustainable Values: Understanding Global Value Chains in the Amazon
Amazonas: João Vitor Campos e Silva / Instituto Juruá
Pará: Cláudio F. Szlafsztein / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Rio de Janeiro: Yan Vieites / Fundação Getúlio Vargas (RJ)
São Paulo: José Antonio Puppim de Oliveira / Fundação Getúlio Vargas (SP)

 

19. Assessment and monitoring of alternative initiatives to deforestation in the southwest of the Brazilian Amazon
Acre: Fernando Augusto Schmidt / Federal University of Acre (UFAC)
Pará: Grazielle Teodoro / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
São Paulo: Ademar Ribeiro Romeiro / State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

20. BIORE-AMAZONIA - Biorefinery of Amazonian fruit chains: an approach to intensify the recovery of essential oils, bioactive molecules and high-value products to increase the economic and social return for producers in Pará
Pará: Luiza Silva / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Rio Grande do Sul: Cesar V. Rombaldi / Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL)
Santa Catarina: Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira / Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
São Paulo: Rosiane Lopes da Cunha / State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

 

21. Innovation and technology transfer network for sustainable production of Amazon shrimp
Amapá: Jô de Farias Lima / Embrapa Amapá
Pará: Cristiana Ramalho Maciel / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Paraná: Eduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester / Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
Rio de Janeiro: Dália dos Prazeres Rodrigues / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (RJ)

 

22. Bioconversion of Amazonian lignocellulosic waste by macrofungi from this region as an innovative and sustainable platform for the production of mycoproteins enriched in vitamins and bioactive polysaccharides
Amazonas: Ceci Sales da Gama Campos / National Amazon Research Institute (INPA)
Goiás: Elaine Rosechrer Carbonero / Federal University of Catalão (UFCAT)
Rio Grande do Sul: Marli Camassola / University of Caxias do Sul (UCS)

 

23. Going beyond the first harvest cycle in the tropical forests of the Brazilian Amazon
Mato Grosso: Samuel de Pádua Chaves e Carvalho / Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT)
Pará: Ademir Roberto Ruschel / Embrapa Amazônia Oriental
São Paulo: Edson José Vidal da Silva / University of São Paulo (USP)

 

24. Innovation and sustainable transition: basket of goods and services in Amazonian territories
Maranhão: Itaan Santos / State University of Maranhão (UEMA)
Pará: Monique Medeiros / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Paraná: Sandra Mara de Alencar Schiavi / State University of Maringá (UEM)
Santa Catarina: Ademir Antonio Cazella / Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

 

25. Strengthening the Brazil nut value chain: an approach focused on the Vale do Amanhecer Farmers Cooperative (Juruena/MT)
Mato Grosso: Katiuchia Pereira Takeuchi / Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT)
Paraná: Lúcio Cardozo Filho / State University of Maringá (UEM)
Rio de Janeiro: Nádia Rosa Pereira / State University of Norte Fluminense (UENF)
São Paulo: Eduardo Augusto Caldas Batista / State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

 

26. Forest restoration models: generating income, reducing deforestation and valuing forest remnants for family farmers and Amazonian indigenous communities
Acre: Evandro José Linhares Ferreira / Research Center in Acre (NAPAC/INPA)
Rondônia: Raimundo Cajueiro Leandro / National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA/RO)
Amazonas: Sonia Sena Alfaia / National Amazon Research Institute (INPA)

 

27. Full use of cupuaçu almonds, Amazon nuts and pracaxi: production of oils for food use and sustainable products with high added value
Amapá: Valéria Saldanha Bezerra / Embrapa Amapá
Pará: Fagner Sousa de Aguiar Brazil / Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA)
Rio de Janeiro: Otniel Freitas Silva / Embrapa (RJ)

 

28. Recovery of secondary phosphorus for ecological agriculture in Amazonian soils: evaluation of the fertilizer potential of struvite from aquaculture effluents
Amapá: Fernando Henrique Silva Garcia / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Maranhão: Adenilson Oliveira dos Santos / Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)
Pará: Rose Caldas de Souza Meira / Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA)

29. White rosin resin as a bioproduct platform: from fuel to sustainable polymers
Amazonas: Luiz Kleber Carvalho de Souza / Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)
Maranhão: Marcio Aurelio Pinheiro Almeida / Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)
Rio de Janeiro: Maria Inês Bruno Tavares / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

 

30. Eco-epidemiology of infectious diseases in landscapes in the Amazon region under the effect of deforestation: implications for Unified Health
Acre: Andreia Fernandes Brilhante / Federal University of Acre (UFAC)
São Paulo: Márcia Aparecida Sperança / Federal University of ABC (UFABC)
Rondônia: Moreno Magalhães de Souza Rodrigues / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (RO)

 

31. Environmental contaminants and multiple exposure risks in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon
Amapá: Alexandro Cezar Florentino / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Federal District: Carlos José Sousa Passos / University of Brasília (UnB)
Pará: Tânia Maria Pires Moraes / Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA)

 

32. Strengthening the production chains of babassu buriti and Brazil nuts through the sustainable production of protein concentrates, oils and bioactive peptides
Amazonas: Francisco Xavier Nobr / Federal Institute of Amazonas (IFAM)
Piauí: Edivan Carvalho Vieira / Federal University of Piauí (UFPI)
São Paulo: Emanuel Carrilho / University of São Paulo (USP)

 

33. Zoonotic risks in regions of environmental degradation in the Amazon biome: Understanding the Amazon microbiome and virome
Amapá: Emerson Augusto Castilho Martins / Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP)
Amazonas: Maria Paula Gomes Mourão / Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD)
Goiás: Mariana Pires de Campos Telles / Federal University of Goiás (UFG)
Paraíba: Eloiza Helena Campana / Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB)
Rio Grande do Sul: Fabricio Souza Campos / Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Rondônia: Juan Miguel Villalobos Salcedo / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (RO)
Santa Catarina: Glauber Wagner / Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
São Paulo: Camila Malta Romano / University of São Paulo (USP)
Tocantins: José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior / Federal University of Northern Tocantins (UFNT)

 

34. Amazônia+10 in the context of neglected diseases: entomoepidemiological characterization of Chagas disease in Amazonian border regions (Brazil-Bolivia and Brazil-Peru)
São Paulo: João Aristeu da Rosa / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Rio de Janeiro: Cleber Galvão Ferreira / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (RJ)
Acre: Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti / Federal University of Acre (UFAC)

 

35. Amazonian tidal waves: threats to spaces for the production of socio-biodiversity and guaranteeing worlds of life in the traditional fishing community of Jubim, Marajó Archipelago - Salvaterra/PA
Pará: Gustavo Moura / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Paraná: Thiago Zagonel Serafini / Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
São Paulo: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres / Federal University of the State of São Paulo (UNIFESP)

 

36. Resilience in riverside socio-environmental systems in the Amazon
Alagoas: Vandick da Silva Batista / Federal University of Alagoas (UNIFAL)
Amazonas: Flávia Kelly Siqueira de Souza / Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)
Paraná: Evanilde Benedito / State University of Maringá (UEM)

 

37. Access to medicines in the Amazon: influence of the Amazon factor on pharmaceutical assistance
Amazonas: Marcelo Campese / Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)
Pará: Wilson Sabino / Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA)
Santa Catarina: Mareni Rocha Farias / Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

 

38. Technological innovations for monitoring vector control and etiological agents of malaria and dengue in the Amazon
Amazonas: Rosemary Aparecida Roque / National Amazon Research Institute (INPA)
Maranhão: Joelma Soares da Silva / Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)
Paraná: João Antônio Cyrino Zequi / State University of Londrina (UEL)

39. Sustainable Amazon Project – Promoting social inclusion through access to electricity and quality water for local Amazonian communities
Pará: Samira Carvalho / Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Paraná: Samara Silva de Souza / Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR)
Pernambuco: Oswaldo Hideo Ando Júnior / Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Call result announcement event (11/17/2022): 

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