The Health Science Platform congratulates Prof Yanjun Zhao and Professor Hans Lischka, and their respective collaborators in Brazil, Professor Simone de Fátima Medeiros Sampaio and Professor Francisco Bolivar Correto Machado, for been successfully awarded the Tianjin University Health Science Platform (TJU HSP) and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grant under the first 2017 SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative (Link to http://fapesp.br/en/11137) .

The purpose of TJU HSP - FAPESP SPRINT Program is to promote the engagement of researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad in order to: further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects and work cooperatively, aiming at the elaboration of joint research projects for medium and long term.

The next Call for proposals will open January 30, 2018 and submissions will be due on April 23, 2018.