Agreement between FAPESP and Peking University Versão em português
COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR RESEARCH BETWEEN SAO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND PEKING UNIVERSITY
The SAO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION - FAPESP, established by Law nº 5.918, of October 18th, 1960, with headquarters at Rua Pio XI, 1500, Alto da Lapa, São Paulo, SP, enrolled in CNPJ/MF under nº 43.828.151/0001-45, herein represented according to article 11, "a" of Law nº 5.918, combined with its General Rule approved by Decree n° 40.132, of May 23, 1962, represented by its President, Prof. Dr. Celso Lafer, designated by Act of the Governor of the State of São Paulo, published in the Official Gazette of the State, of July 30, 2013, hereinafter referred to as FAPESP, and the Peking University, established in 1898, represented by President, Prof. Enge Wang, hereinafter referred to as PKU and both to as "Parties":
CONSIDERING the importance of promoting cooperation in scientific and technological research between PKU and the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, wishing to strengthen this cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit;
Through this Cooperation Agreement, the Parties will implement scientific and technological cooperation between researchers from PKU and from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, through the funding of joint research projects.
c) Activities of scientific exchange that will help prepare the ground for the development of cooperative research projects between teams from the State of São Paulo and from Peking University, including but not limited to, scientific exchange visits, workshops and bilateral scientific seminars;
a. In case of scientific exchange, the Parties will appreciate proposals that contribute to prepare the base for a joint research proposal.
b) The Parties will appoint two representatives one from each agency, which will form a Joint Steering Committee responsible for the continuation of this Agreement and for drafting the call for proposals.
c) For the elaboration of the actions, the Parties may provide, by agreement, the most appropriate procedures including: mechanisms such as: delegation meetings, workshops, correspondence and other procedures.
e) The Parities may establish joint procedures for the submission and review of the proposals in case of mutual interest and the decision of the Steering Committee.
For each of the research projects that are approved, the Peking University will assume the funding of research teams from PKU and FAPESP of the research teams from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in all cases according to their national rules and regulations and budget availability.
The Parties will contribute with up to 200,000 US dollars (100,000 UD dollars from each side) for funding the projects selected under this Agreement.
a) This Agreement shall be valid for a period of 3 (three) years from the date of its signing and may be extended by mutual agreement between the Parties in a written amendment to this Agreement.
b) The Party may terminate this Agreement by written notice, with a period of six months in advance.
c) The termination of this Agreement shall not bring harm to the implementation of projects and programs already approved or which had already started, in which case the Parties should keep their budget for the projects and programs during the term of its validity.
(b) PKU:
Prof. Chenjian Li
Vice Provost
Vice Dean, School of Life Sciences
Email: li_chenjian@pku.edu.cn
Signed in three original copies in English, Portuguese and Chinese, being all versions equally authentic and with same contents.
Celso Lafer, President
Enge Wang, President
URL: https://fapesp.br/9143/agreement-between-fapesp-and-peking-university