A symposium celebrating 50 years of FAPESP and the Scientific Partnership between Brazil and the United States

该奖项将为2011年10月24日至26日在华盛顿举行的为期三天的研讨会提供资金，使巴西和美国共同感兴趣的重要领域的领导人聚集一堂。这些领域包括生物能源、气候变化、生物多样性和亚马逊研究、植物基因组学、城市和区域研究、光学和光子学、疫苗和药物发现、干细胞和热带疾病。该活动庆祝圣保罗研究基金会成立50周年（Fundação de安帕罗à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo，FAPESP）。巴西在科学技术以及金融、农业和能源市场都是一个新兴的参与者。除了这些进步，作为一个大的民主国家，巴西是美国之一？世界上的重要伙伴。联合科学会议是适当的纪念FAPESP，而且，巩固美国的未来？巴西伙伴关系。

This award will fund a three-day symposium in Washington, DC, October 24-26, 2011, bringing together leaders in important fields of mutual interest to Brazil and the United States. These fields include bioenergy, climate change, biodiversity and Amazon studies, plant genomics, urban and area studies, optics and photonics, vaccines and drug discovery, stem cells, and tropical diseases. The event celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, FAPESP). Brazil is an emerging actor in science and technology as well as financial, agricultural, and energy markets. In addition to these advances, as a large democracy, Brazil is one the United States? critical partners in the world. A joint scientific meeting is fitting to commemorate FAPESP and, moreover, to solidify the future of the US ? Brazil partnership.