THIS CALL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS
The Women in Science: Gender Equality Partnerships Call 2022 is an initiative of the British Council that seeks to follow up on the work started in the first call of the series, launched in 2021.
This call aims at facilitating partnerships between British higher education institutions certified by the Athena Swan Charter and Brazilian ones to develop projects based on the guidelines of the Brazil Gender Equality Framework for Higher Education Institutions, seeking the development of institutional policies and practices that promote gender equality in the areas of STEM.
The call will fund four British institutions to work together with at least two Brazilian institutions each. The latter will benefit from the British expertise in this matter. Supporting documents for this call, as well as application instructions, are available for download below.
Background information
Launched in 2021, the first call of the series, Women in Science: Gender Equality Partnerships Call, had the goal to influence the development of institutional policies and practices that allow the establishment of gender equality in science and technology in higher education and research institutions in Brazil. Its initiatives collaborated to the creation of the Brazil Gender Equality Framework for Higher Education Institutions.
Results
Due to the excellent quality of proposals received, and with the aim of fostering gender equality in Brazilian institutions, nine proposals were selected bringing four additional project to this call. The selected projects are:
| UK Institutions | Athena Swan Award Level | Brazilian Institutions |
|---|---|---|
| University of the West of Scotland | Bronze |
Federal University of Espirito Santo - UFES Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro -UFRJ Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo – Ifes |
| University College London – Computer Science Department | Silver |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE |
| University of Wolverhampton | Bronze |
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro –UFRJ Universidade Estadual do Maranhão-UEMA Federal University of Alagoas-UFAL Tenetehar Tukan Knowledge Centre-CSTT |
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University of Manchester University of Glasgow Oxford Brookes University |
Bronze |
Universidade de São Paulo -USP Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFSP Universidade de Taubaté - UNITAU Centro de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres Naturais -CEMADEN Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP Universidade Federal do ABC -UFABC Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAR Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFSP Escola de Engenharia de Lorena of Universidade de São Paulo - USP-EEL Universidade de São PauloOffice for Gender, Ethnic Relations, and Diversities -USP, FED-PRIP |
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University of Essex University of East Anglia |
Bronze |
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR Federal University of São João Del-Rei - UFSJ Centro Universitário do Pará - CESUPA |
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King’s College London University College London Glasgow Caledonian University |
Silver |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS Pontifícia Universidade Católicado Rio Grande do Sul -PUCRS Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel Universidade Feevale |
Call timeline
| Activity | Deadlines |
|---|---|
| Call launch and start of application phase | 10 October 2022 |
| Submission of clarification questions | 10 November 2022 |
| Proposal submission deadline | 20 November 2022 (23:59 GMT-3) |
| Evaluation process | By 24 November 2022 |
| Publication of the results | By 28 November 2022 |
| Contracting phase – due diligence | By 02 December 2022 |
| Contracting phase – agreement signatures | By 08 December 2022 |
| Project implementation | January 2023 to 31 January 2024 |
| Interim Report Delivery Date | 30 June 2023 |
| Final Report Delivery Date | 30 November 2023 |