AsianScientist (Aug. 6, 2011) – Brazilian government officials will visit China in August to sign an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences for construction of a joint nanotechnology center. The center will be located at Campinas, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, within the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Technology Association (ABTLuS).
The initial investment of 10 million Brazil reais (US$6.3 million) will be split equally amongst the partners, said Brazil’s Minister of Science and Technology, Aloizio Mercadente.
During his visit, Mercadente will also arrange for 200 doctors, medical students and post-graduates from Brazil to be sent to the research centers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to take part in work in the areas of nanotechnology, space research, clean energy and biotechnology.
The Brazilian government also plans to sign agreements with the Chinese in the area of information technology, particularly in cloud computing, and photovoltaic, solar and wind energy. Brazil and China are already partners in satellite launches, such as Sibers 3, which is scheduled to be launched in 2012.
“We are going to expand our partnership in the space sector with China, now not only with the Chinese space agency but also with the Chinese Academy of Sciences,” Mercadente said.
This new nanotechnology center is one of the many pushes Brazil is making in science & technology. On July 26, an article in Nature reported that Brazil will invest US$2.02 billion by the end of 2014 in 75,000 scholarships for students as part of the government’s Science Without Borders program.
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Source: Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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