São Paulo Participation in the LHC Experiments

and FAPESP Support on Horizon 2020 Projects

Activities of the Collaborations

ALICE

Data Analysis

• Strangeness production
• Hydrodynamical description of the QGP
• Heavy quark production:
  • inclusive measurements
  • jets and correlations
  • two particle particles correlations
• Photon production

Detector Upgrade

• Development of a new front-end ASIC for the ALICE TPC and MCH systems
• Studies and optimization of the GEM operation in the ALICE TPC detector

Software and Computing

• Operation of the Tier 2 at USP
• Development of tools for distributed computing operation

Dissemination Activities

• Participation in the annual MasterClass activities

Collaboration Agreements

• Participation in Collaboration meetings for administrative discussions as well as physics analysis discussions

ATLAS

CMS

Data Analysis

• Physics Beyond the Standard Model
  • Search for new resonances in the VV, VH and HH channels
  • Search for Dark Matter in Mono-X events
• Heavy-Ion Physics
  • Bose-Einstein correlations of charged particles

Detector Upgrade

• Development of the Level 1 Trigger for the Tracking Detector using Associative Memory
• Development of the Data Source System (DSS) and Emulation of the front-end electronics.

Software and Computing

• Operation of the BR-SP-SPRACE Tier 2 of the WLCG
• Development of a library for the Software-Defined Network (SDN) controller OpenDaylight (Lithium).

Dissemination Activities

• Participation in the annual MasterClass activities
• Development of education tools
  • Distribution of the Elementary Particle Chat
  • Development of the SPRACE Gama
  • Translation of e-Book "The Particle"

Training Activity

• Organisation of the "SPRACE Spring School on Particle Physics" (S3P2)

Industrial Exploitation Linked Activity

• Intel Corporation
  • Paralellization and Vectorisation of HEP Software: GeantV
  • Code modernisation for multicore platforms
• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
  • R&D on Software-Defined Networking over WAN for Data-Intensive Science

Collaboration Agreements

• University of Southampton
• University of Edinburgh
• Texas Tech University,
• Imperial College of London (under preparation)

FAPESP Call for Proposals

1. Proposal preparation and submission

• H2020 proposals will be received at any time
• The proposal will be accepted for review only if it makes clear that the co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) in São Paulo had a relevant participation in the design of the complete research project submitted to H2020; i.e. being a leader of work packages and/or tasks, or whose participation is fundamental for carrying out specific activities described in the H2020 Proposal.
• The proposal submitted to H2020 must make clear that there is a co-PI from São Paulo who will lead a relevant part of the research effort.
• The proposal submitted to FAPESP must:
  • Clearly mention in the title as well as in the page and introductory section that it is part of a proposal submitted to H2020.
  • Name the title of the linked proposal submitted to H2020, details of the EU Project Coordinator/Manager (Name of the Coordinating institution and Name of the Project Manager, as indicated in the proposal, key staff section), his/her's Institution's Participant Identification Code - PIC Number, Call reference (Programme/Topic and number of the call), acronym and title of the Project.
  • Include a short section (maximum two pages) demonstrating why the participation of the PI from the State of São Paulo is relevant for the H2020 research project and how this collaboration will contribute to the scientific and technological development of the State of São Paulo.
  • It is very important that FAPESP’s reviewers and panel members clearly understand how the collaboration of the co-PI in São Paulo is scientifically relevant, integrated to the EU proposal, and determinant to the success of the whole proposal. It is also essential to clearly demonstrate that the co-PI in São Paulo participated actively in the conception, and in the preparation of the proposal.
  • Include as an Appendix a full copy of the proposal submitted to H2020 in the EU, including Part A (Details on Project Partners and on the Overall Project Budget) and Technical Annex Part B (description of the Project).
  • The requested budget must be compatible with the norms of the chosen FAPESP funding line. There is no obligation of 50% / 50% FAPESP-EC funding or any other percentage.

2. Proposal evaluation

• Neither FAPESP nor EU shall disclose or publish the confidential information of the other Party
• The proposal will be funded by FAPESP only if it is also approved by H2020.

3. Applicants in the State of São Paulo must submit to FAPESP through a customized path of the SAGe system ( please, see Annex 1 below, in Portuguese).

• Additional information can be obtained by sending a consultation to:
  • FAPESP: h2020-info@fapesp.br
  • Horizon 2020: DELEGATION-BRAZIL-CIENCIA@eeas.europa.eu

• SAGE
  • Nova Proposta Inicial;
  • “Incluir Proposta – Selecionar Linha de Fomento”, selecionar o link Outras linhas de fomento;
  • Ao expandir a opção Acordos de Cooperação:
  • EU/Horizon 2020 > Projeto de Pesquisa - Regular;
  • É necessário que o Pesquisador Responsável do lado europeu seja cadastrado no sistema SAGe;

Some Links

• União Europeia (Horizonte 2020)
• Guidelines for the preparation of research proposals for the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in collaboration with proposals submitted to EU Horizon 2020
• International Participation in Horizon 2020
• Horizon 2020 calls for proposals

-- novaes - 2015-11-25

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