Innovative Research in Small Business (PIPE)

FAPESP Innovative Research in Small Business (PIPE) aims to support scientific and technological research carried out in startups and small innovative companies in the State of São Paulo.

PIPE objectives

1. To support research in science and technology as a tool to promote technological innovation, business development and competitiveness of startups and small companies.

2. To increase research contribution to economic and social development.

3. To enhance private investment in technological research.

4. To enable companies for the association with researchers from academic environment in research projects aimed at technological innovation.

5. To contribute to formation in research and technology development centers in companies and opportunities for researchers in the labor market.

Program features

Research proposals submission to PIPE:

Applications-oriented Research Programs (Business and Government)

Innovative Research in Small Business (PIPE)
Supporting Collaboration in Research between Universities/Institutes and Companies
Public Policy
Support of Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing (PAPI/NUPLITEC) (Program available from 2000 to 2021)

Research grants

Ongoing (most recent)

Abstract
The increasing demand for better animal-welfare index in livestock production makes it necessary to develop strategies that prioritize this parameter. Beside this, the products development, must be not only economically viable, but must be ecologically correct, too.In the swine industry, there is an urgent need to develop strategies that prioritize the biological and behavioral needs of p…
Use of Biodegradable and soluble polymers (BioNest) for the production of enrichment material for the expression of nest-building behaviour by crated female swine, AP.PIPE
Abstract
Tergos Pesquisa e Ensino (Bright Photomedicine) emerged in 2014, from a desire to undertake and transform the results that Marcelo Sousa obtained in his doctorate. Before that, the treatment with photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) did not consider the individual characteristics of the patients and the lack of predictability of its results was due to the lack of customization of light dosim…
Validation in relevant environment of customized photobiomodulation therapy stability, AP.PIPE
Abstract
This technological validation project aims to meet one of the biggest challenges faced by companies that have a field sales team as a sales channel for their products: the lack of customer knowledge and market feedback to prepare a good commercial plan or quickly adjust the sales strategy during its execution. The field sales team, also known as the sales force or Sales Force Automation (…
Sales intelligence with data mining, AP.PIPE

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(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

Completed (most recent)

Abstract
The cultivation of aquatic organisms is the agricultural sector that has grown the most in recent years, with Brazil being one of the world's leading producers of freshwater fish. Along with this increase in production, there is also an increase in the frequency and intensity of disease outbreaks, leading to serious economic losses. In an attempt to reduce such losses, management within f…
Development of a test to identify species of disease-causing bacteria in fish farms through environmental DNA (eDNA), AP.PIPE
Abstract
Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, popularly known as 3D printing, are one of the pillars of Industry 4.0; they have transformed the way products are manufactured. Different areas of research and industry sectors have benefited significantly from the use of AM. Among the main advantages of this technology, we have the possibility of manufacturing complex geometries, the efficient u…
Development of hardware and software tools compatible with desktop 3D printers aiming for customized drugs manufacture, AP.PIPE
Abstract
One of the renewable energy technologies that has been widely explored internationally is that of CSP Plants (Concentrated Solar Power). In these plants the concentration of solar radiation is used to generate heat and, with this thermal energy, to generate electricity and thermal use in cogeneration. However, the lack of continuity of solar radiation and the high cost of electricity prod…
Combustion chamber study for the Hybrid Power Block of biofuels and Solar Concentration Plants (CSP - Concentrated Solar Power), AP.BIOEN.PIPE

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(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

Scholarships in Brazil

Ongoing (most recent)

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Completed (most recent)

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FAPESP support in numbers * Updated May 27, 2023

Total / Available in English

331 / 330	Ongoing research grants
2,810 / 1923	Completed research grants
150 / 150	Ongoing scholarships in Brazil
1,684 / 1154	Completed scholarships in Brazil
4,975 / 3557	All research grants and scholarships

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