Project Abstracts - FY 2001 Awards

P116M010020

Brazil-US Consortium in Agroecology: An Integrated Approach to Education, Research and Communication in Natural Resource Management

Urbanization, deforestation, and population pressure endanger environments both in Brazil and in the US. Through a comprehensive program of education, training and research, the Brazil-US Consortium in Agroecology seeks to address these issues by increasing the number of scientists, future scientists, and future policy-makers with combined expertise in agroecology, Portuguese and English languages, and a depth of understanding of Brazilian and US culture. Agroecology focuses on the complex relationships between the environment and production of agricultural commodities, such as cultivated plants, native vegetation, and livestock. Agricultural and ecological issues are often similar among different countries but are embedded in different cultures and situations and have global effects. All participating institutions have an agroecology focus that encourages the production of food and fiber in concert with environmental stewardship, prioritizing sustainable productivity and natural genetic diversity. Our cross-national agroecology program contains a framework for formal student exchange, internships and research experiences, and expansion of an existing Study Abroad program. This variety of opportunities will allow us to reach a broad range of students who will learn to make educated future choices based on long-term benefit to both agriculture and the environment.

Total US funding for 4 years: $207,431

US Lead Contact:

Edward T. Kanemasu
Regents Professor and Director of International Agriculture
University of Georgia
120 Four Towers
Athens, GA 30602-4356
Tel: 706-542-0812
ekanema@uga.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Dr. Em??dio Cant??dio de Oliveira Filho, Rector
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Rua D. Manoel de Medeiros
s/n - Dois Irm??
Recife PE, Brasil 52,171-900
Tel: 55-81-33021001
Emidio@hotlink.com.br

P116M010015

Bilateral Consortium in Social Science and Public Policy

The Bilateral Consortium in Social Science and Public Policy (BCSP) will establish collaborative agreements for student exchange, curriculum development, and policy research. The BCSP intends to contribute to the emerging intellectual, educational and public policy linkages between Brazil and the US. Despite the historical commonalties, such as European colonization, immigration, and substantial indigenous populations, and similar geographic, economic, and demographic proportions, and federalist governmental system, the two countries suffer a lack of mutual understanding. The BCSP will provide a fundamental element to this common agenda: the preparation of professionals and academics that are bilingual and have a deep appreciation of political systems and policy objectives of a hemispheric neighbor. The BCSP believes that the proposed program holds the promise of broad dissemination of its work to other universities engaged in public policy training in the two countries and elsewhere in the Americas through a consortium partner, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.

Total US Funding for 4 years: $208,640

US Lead Contact:

Robert H. Wilson
Director, Brazil Center
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Sid Richardson Hall 1.314
Austin, TX 78712
Tel: 512-232-2416 rwilson@mail.utexas.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Pedro Luiz Barros Silva
Director, NEPP Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Instituto de Economia - IE e N??cleo de Estudos de Pol??ticas P??blicas (NEPP)
Cidade Universit??ria "Zeferino Vaz" - Av. Albert Einstein, 1300
Campinas S??o Paulo, Brasil 13 083-970
Tel: 55 19 3289 3143/3901
pbar@nepp.unicamp.br

P116M010012

Partnership for Leaders in Social Progress

The Partnership for Leaders in Social Progress will develop a program of comparative study in the area of innovations to assist the poor in the United States and Brazil. Through a series of multi-disciplinary modules integrating experiential, classroom and web-based learning, this program will allow students from the United States and Brazil to develop a close understanding of how global economic change affects economically disadvantaged groups in an OECD country and a middle-income country. Particular attention will be given to successful efforts by social entrepreneurs and to opportunities to reduce poverty that emerge in each setting. Despite recent growth and vast differences in their economies, both the US and Brazil have pressing social needs. The four universities in this consortium contribute diverse expertise in social analysis and, through their locations, access to public and private agencies working with disadvantaged groups in diverse settings. This program will train students to think about promoting social progress in a global context.

Total US funding for 4 years: $208,760

US Lead Contact:

Christopher Welna
University of Notre Dame
Kellogg Institute
203 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5677
Tel: 219-631-3636
cwelna@nd.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Lucio Felix Frederico Kowarick
Universidade de S??o Paulo
Departamento de Ci??ncia Pol??tica
Rua Peixoto Gomide, 1769, apto. 13
S??o Paulo, SP, Brasil 01409-003
Tel: 55-11-3081-4790
kowarickk@usp.br

P116M010019

US Brazil Bio Tech Training Consortium (USABRIO)

The US Brazil Biotech Training Consortium (USABRIO) is an effort to promote scientific interchange between academic and biotech partners in Brazil and the United States. The consortium involves Wright State University, University of Iowa and Proctor and Gamble Inc. in the US and University of Sao Paulo, InCor Heart Institute and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The purpose of the program is to train US and Brazilian students in biotechnology with the aim of preparing them for careers in the global community of science. There is particular interest in the interchange between Brazil and the US because of the common health and environmental problems facing the Americas and the fact that each country has a strong commitment to biomedical research.

Total US funding for 4 years: $210,095

US Lead Contact:

Mariana Morris
Wright State University
Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Tel: 937-775-2463
Mariana.morris@wright.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Lisete Michelini
Universidade de S??o Paulo
Instituto de Ci??ncias Biom??dicas
Departamento de Fisiologia e Biof??sica, ICB-USP
Avenue Professor Lineu Prestes
S??o Paulo, Brasil 05509-900
Tel: 55-3818-7213
lisete@bmb.icb1.usp.br

P116M010013

Consortium for International Advancement and Achievement: Global Precision Agriculture

The Consortium for International Advancement and Achievement will bring together agricultural students and faculty of educational institutions, farmers, agribusinesses, and service organizations to share technology and curriculum, and train a new generation of students in the field of precision agriculture. The program will respond directly to the real-time needs of the agricultural industry. The Consortium is organized to share technology, develop new curriculum, and train a new generation of students in precision agriculture - the future of global agriculture. This project is enhanced significantly through the partnership with John Deere and Rotary International. The universities in this consortium were chosen not only for their expertise in precision agriculture but also for their geographical diversity. The locations provide a variety of situations with regard to climate, crops, and land and soil types.

Total US funding for 4 years: $208,602

US Lead Contact:

Danny E. Terry
Western Illinois University
Dept. of Agriculture
Knoblauch 145
Macomb, IL 61455
Tel: 309-298-1080
DE-Terry@wiu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Ulisses Antuniassi
Universidade Estadual Paulista - Botucatu
Faculdade de Ci??ncias Agron??micas
Botucatu, S??o Paulo, Brasil 18603-970
Tel: 55-14 6802-7118
ulisses@fca.unesp.br

P116M010029

US-Brazil Consortium on Mineral Technology and the Environment

A major challenge which faces the mining industry is how producers of raw materials on which the world industrial base depends can maintain their economic profitability while meeting the ever-stringent environmental quality and health objectives expressed in laws and policies of government and other agencies. The objective of the Consortium on Mineral Technology and the Environment is to provide opportunities for students to experience the application of professional skills in the area of mineral technology and environmental stewardship in a different cultural, social and academic environment. The Consortium brings together the expertise of faculty from internationally recognized academic institutions in mining and top-ranked mining companies as associate partners to address problems that have both national and international implications. The Consortium will develop inter-institutional projects and curricula that are beneficial to the student participants, the industrial partners, and the minerals industry at large. Students participating in this project will be advanced undergraduates, mostly juniors and seniors, and graduate students in a specific area of mineral technology and environmental protection. The pre-professional preparation that students receive through this Consortium will have great value and impact upon the quality of their future professional activity as well as permit them to become skilled in a very crucial aspect of engineering that relates to sustainable development and economic growth.

Total US funding for 4 years: $208,196

US Lead Contact:

Catherine T. Aimone-Martin
Mineral Engineering Department
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801
Tel: 505-835-5346
caimone@nmt.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Claudio Pinto
Departamento de Engenharia de Minas
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Rua Esp??rito Santo, 35 -Sala 702-Centro.
Belo Horizonte, MG-Brasil 30160-030
Tel: 31-2381863
Fax: 31-2381966
cpinto@demin.ufmg.br

P116M010004

Preparing Veterinarians to Deal with Global Issues in Animal Health, Trade and Food Security

Current trends in integration and globalization of animal agriculture have led to huge increases in international trade of animals and animal products, with resulting veterinary and public health problems emerging to cause economic devastation in a variety of places throughout the world. In this program, a bi-national curriculum aimed at training veterinarians to respond to global issues in animal health will be developed. During the preparatory year, an internet-based course will be devised, consisting of multiple modules (in two languages) on intercultural communication competence, transboundary diseases, agricultural economics, agroterror, and various transboundary diseases. In the three subsequent years, 60 students (30 from each country) who have successfully completed the internet course will take part in an exchange with the partner country, participating in academic, government or industry courses and externships. Selected experiences will be incorporated into the internet course to keep it current and relevant.

Total US funding for 4 years: $179,002

US Lead Contact:

Corrie Brown, Professor
University of Georgia
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Athens, GA 30602-7388
Tel: 706-542-5842
Fax: 706-542-5828
corbrown@vet.uga.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Claudio Barros, Professor
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Departamento de Patologia
Santa Maria 97105-900 Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Tel: 5555-220-8168
Fax: 5555-220-8284
cslb@sm.conex.com.br


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P116M010011

The Environment, Economic Development and Quality of Life Nexus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Undergraduate and Graduate Education

Lead Institution		Partners
US	Washington and Lee University	Fairfield University
Brazil	Universidade do Amazonas	Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

Subject Areas:

Environmental Studies

Sustainable Development

The US-Brazil Consortium for Environmental Studies will focus on the study of the relationships among the environment, economic development and the quality of life. Our primary goal is to use the different experiences and perspectives in Brazil and the United States to improve environmental studies curricula through the development of a better understanding of the relationship between the environment and economic development. The development of a common curriculum and shared perspectives from the North and South can not only contribute to the field of environmental studies, but help to move us closer to global resolution of environmental problems. The universities in this consortium were chosen for their expertise in environmental studies, a shared vision of the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies, and with a view towards geographic and socio-economic diversity. Students who participate in this program will develop the ability to understand environmental problems from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a global view that incorporates the importance of differing ecological, economic, political and cultural contexts.

Total US funding for 4 years: $208,000

US Lead Contact:

James R. Kahn
Director of Environmental Studies
Professor of Economics
Washington and Lee University
218 Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Tel: 540-463-8036
Fax: 540-463-8639
Kahnj@wlu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
Diretor Centro de Ci??ncias do Ambiente e Professor da Economia
Universidade do Amazonas
Av. General Rodrigo Ot??vio Jord??o Ramos 3000
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universit??rio
Manaus Amazonas CEP 69077-000 Brasil
Tel: 55-92-644-2384
Fax: 55-92-644-2384
alex_mau@argo.com.br

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P116M010005

The US-Brazil Consortium for International Business Management

Lead Institution		Partners
US	San Diego State University	University of Florida
Brazil	Universidade Federal do Paran??	Pontificia Universidade Cat??lica-Rio de Janeiro

Subject Areas:

International Business

Management

The US-Brazil Consortium for International Business Management seeks to strengthen US-Brazilian commercial ties through the development of three joint academic programs: the exchange of US-Brazilian students and faculty, the offering of virtual programs to Consortium students and US-Brazilian firms, and the promotion of joint business and management research. The project will focus on the development of competent US and Brazilian businesspeople to conduct business effectively in each other's country. The program will enable students from the US and Brazil to pursue business and management certificates or a transnational dual degree at the undergraduate or graduate levels. US and Brazilian students will complete an internship in addition to their studies.

Total US funding for 4 years: $206,107

US Lead Contact:

Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, BAM 430
San Diego, CA 92182-7732
Tel: 619-594-3008
loughrin@mail.sdsu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

J. Amaro dos Santos
Universidade Federal do Paran??
Rua Dr. Faivre 405
Curitiba, Paran?? 80060-140
Tel: 55-41-272-7571

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P116M010022

U.S.-Brazil Consortium in Marine Policy: Development of a Training Program and Exchange of Best Experiences on Integrated Ocean and Coastal Management between Brazil and the United States

Lead Institution		Partners
US	University of Delaware Center for the Study of Marine Policy	University of Miami U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Brazil	Funda????o Universidade do Rio Grande	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Minist??rio de Meio Ambiente (Brazilian Ministry of Environment) SerConsiente, Rio de Janeiro

Subject Areas:

Coastal and Ocean Management

Environmental Management and Policy

This collaborative project between Brazil and the United States will be an essential instrument for marine policy students and professors to learn and interact on how the two countries are approaching common issues related to marine policy and integrated coastal management. Both countries have similar federal government systems with states playing an important role in the management of coastal resources, and share similar problems related to the use of ocean and coastal resources. The goal of the project is to develop common curriculum and teaching materials on integrated coastal management (ICM) among the partner universities and to establish a series of exchanges between students and academics of both countries. This will be carried out with the participation of national ICM programs and non-governmental organizations in the United States and Brazil. The overall strategy of the exchange program includes laying the groundwork for permanent cooperation among the partners. Students will have an opportunity to participate in a work/internship assignment with a governmental or non-governmental consortium partner. The program also seeks to enhance the language, culture, and comparative experiences of future ICM professionals in both countries. The consortium involves eight partners (four universities, two governmental institutions, and two non-governmental institutions) in Brazil and the United States. The lead partners are pioneers in the area of marine policy in their respective countries and have a long tradition of training and research in the area of integrated coastal management.

Total US funding for 4 years: $207,401

US Lead Contact:

Biliana Cicin-Sain, Director
Center for the Study of Marine Policy
University of Delaware
301 Robinson Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716
Tel: 302-831-8086
Fax: 302-831-3668
bcs@udel.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:

Dr. Milton L. Asmus
Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Funda Universidade do Rio Grande
Av. Italia Km.8, Cx.P.474
Rio Grande do Sul (RS) 96201-900, Brasil
Tel & Fax: +55-53-233-6560
docasmus@super.furg.br