Jacob Paulsen

Opportunity: bilateral call opened aiming at Smart Cities, Health, Sustainable Mining and Bioeconomy!

Published April 6, 2021 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

Interested in participating in the bilateral cooperation between Brazil and Sweden but missed last year's Vinnova-Embrapii Call? Now you will have a new opportunity, a call between the two countries was launched this week. It is mandatory for the...

Schurmann Family

Voice of the Ocean – plastics in oceans and opportunities for innovative solutions

Published March 15, 2021 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

On August 15th, another ocean adventure of the Schurmann family will begin, but this time with the clear objective of studying, collecting data and disseminating information about plastic pollution. In the very year that begins the Unesco's decade...

Seeking new opportunities to cooperate with Brazil? Apply for the Staff exchange for applied AI-research 2.0 call

Published February 21, 2021 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

If cooperating with Brazil is part of your plans, we have some excellent news!! Vinnova has launched a call for proposals focused on the mobility of teams in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in industrial research or experimental development. Swedish...

How to approve international cooperation projects? Let’s learn from the two successful cases from the 2020 Vinnova-Embrapii call

Published January 31, 2021 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

Cooperating with other countries is not always easy, especially when language and distance are important limiting factors. However, it is always good to show success cases to prove that yes, cooperation exists and is possible. We talked with the...

Last post of a very challenging year

Published December 16, 2020 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

This is the last blog post from our Brazilian office for the year - a good opportunity to look back and see what we have accomplished during these challenging times in the shadow of Covid-19. Since Covid-19 entered Brazil with high impact in the...

The Sweden Brazil Innovation Weeks – Concluding the second week in style

Published December 2, 2020 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

Ten days of intensive meetings with more than 35 events, matchmakings, seminars, and connections with the mainly objective, to create and maintain long term partnerships. The second week of the Innovation Weeks was highlighted by the presence of...

The Sweden Brazil Innovation Weeks 100% digital! Some highlights from the first week

Published November 16, 2020 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

The first week of the Sweden Innovation Weeks in Brazil was very successful despite being 100% digital and all the events online due to the Covid19 pandemic. We had high-level meetings, online matchmakings, webinars, … The opening focused on the...