The agreement between FAPESP and Citrosuco S/A Agroindústria, headquartered in Matão (SP), establishes the conditions to select and support a project for a CITROSUCO-FAPESP Research Center in Engineering, to be developed by researchers from one or more public or private Higher Education and/or Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo. The new center will contribute to scientific and technological capacity-building, and to stimulate strategic alliances, to promote the dissemination of knowledge and to provide potential results for innovative applications.