Maria da Conceição Tavares receives Award Almirante Alvaro Alberto
The Award Almirante Alvaro Alberto, 2011 edition, was delivered on Thursday (17) to the teacher and economist Maria da Conceição Tavares. This is the second time a woman receives the award, which celebrates 30 years and seeks to recognize Brazilian researchers for their work throughout his career for the advancement of science and knowledge transfer from academia to the productive sector.
Innovation and technology should be treated as prerequisites for development, defends President of FINEP
The Brazilian business sector has underinvested in innovation. Nevertheless, the president of the Financier of Studies and Projects (FINEP), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Glauco Arbix expressed in Rio de Janeiro, his surprise at the demand for resources for the Program Inova Brazil, focused on research related to ethanol.
Brazil and Argentina leading publications in Latin America
Brazilian universities produced the greatest number of scientific publications in Latin America, more than other institutions in the region than in the quality of research, according to the latest ranking of scientific activity in Latin America (April 16).
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