Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo - FAPES

What Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo - FAPES does

FAPES (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo) is a state government research foundation (autarchy) headquartered in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, established in 2004 under Complementary Law No. 290 and currently governed by Complementary Law No. 978 (2021). Operating under the Secretaria de Estado da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação e Educação Profissional (SECTI), the foundation administers the FUNCITEC state science and technology fund and operates across six core program streams: Scientific Career (Carreira Científica), Research (Pesquisa), Knowledge Diffusion (Difusão do Conhecimento), Extension (Extensão), Innovation (Inovação), and International Calls (Chamadas Internacionais), supplemented by strategic government programs (Conexão Inovação, Inovagro, CTC, PM&APP) and the Nossa Bolsa higher education scholarship program.

The foundation's core technology infrastructure is the SigFapes (Sistema de Informação e Gestão de Projetos de Pesquisa) online platform, which manages proposal submission, scholarship administration, financial reporting, and accountability across the research funding lifecycle. Supporting portals include Global FAPES for international collaboration and Nossa Bolsa for student scholarship applications. The foundation's business model is entirely non-commercial: it receives state treasury funding through FUNCITEC, supplemented by federal agency co-funding from CNPq, CAPES, Finep, and MCTI, plus international sources such as the Newton Fund and Horizon Europe. Scholarships are disbursed exclusively through Banco Banestes accounts, and scholarship values are regulated by CCAF resolutions published as fee tables.

FAPES serves researchers, students (from basic education through post-doctorate), entrepreneurs and startups, and state government agencies, with primary beneficiary institutions including UFES (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), IFES (Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo), INCAPER, IJSN, and SECTI. The foundation has 243 employees and operates with a four-director executive board (Diretor-Geral, Técnico-Científico, Inovação, Administrativo-Financeiro) under the governance of the Scientific-Administrative Council (CCAF). Customer concentration is effectively absolute on the funding source side (single state treasury channel) while beneficiary reach spans the entire Espírito Santo research and innovation ecosystem.

Name

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo - FAPES

Legal name

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo

Website

https://fapes.es.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FAPES is a Brazilian state government research foundation that administers the FUNCITEC fund and operates scholarship, research, innovation, and international collaboration programs for researchers, students, and institutions in Espírito Santo.

Ownership category

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Product category

Public Research Grants

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Educational Support Services (611710), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB) (EDADAKAH)

Keywords

• Research grant funding
• Scientific scholarships
• Innovation funding programs
• Research foundation services
• Technology development grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitória

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. State Government Funding (FUNCITEC): Core funding from the State Treasury managed through the Fundo Estadual de Ciência e Tecnologia (FUNCITEC), a special financial fund administered by FAPES for scientific and technological development projects.
2. Federal Agency Partnerships: Funding partnerships with federal agencies including CNPq, CAPES, Finep, and MCTI for joint programs and co-funded projects.
3. International Funding: International funding sources including Newton Fund for scientific collaboration and Horizon Europe participation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FAPES is a state-level public research foundation that administers grants, scholarships, and funding programs to support scientific research, technological development, and innovation in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Operating under the State Secretariat of Science, Technology, Innovation and Education (SECTI), the foundation channels public and partnered funds to researchers, students, startups, and institutions via structured calls and online platforms including SigFapes, Nossa Bolsa, and Global FAPES.

Product overview

FAPES operates as a platform-plus-programs architecture comprising core grant management programs (Carreira Científica, Pesquisa, Difusão do Conhecimento, Extensão, Inovação, Chamadas Internacionais) and strategic government programs (Programas Estratégicos including Conexão Inovação, CTC, Inovagro). Supporting infrastructure includes Nossa Bolsa (higher education scholarships) and SigFapes (project management system). The organization functions as a research funding foundation supporting the entire scientific research lifecycle from basic education scholarships through post-doctoral research, knowledge diffusion, innovation support, and international collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Grants Program
• Scientific Scholarships Program
• Innovation Funding Programs
• Nossa Bolsa
• Global FAPES

Quantifiable outcome

• State Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (PCTI-ES) established until 2035
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• MCTI - Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e InovaçãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal ministry overseeing national science and technology policy. FAPES coordinates state-level implementation of federal CT&I guidelines and participates in national programs.
• CONFAP - Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à PesquisacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational council coordinating all Brazilian state research foundations. Enables inter-state collaboration and joint programs.
• CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal research council providing national scholarship and research funding. Joint programs include PPSUS, PPP, and PRONEX.
• CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal agency for higher education personnel development. Coordinates graduate programs and scholarship programs at national level.
• SECTI - Secretaria de Estado da Ciência, Tecnologia e InovaçãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent state secretariat to which FAPES is linked. Sets state CT&I policy guidelines that FAPES implements through its programs.
• IJSN - Instituto Jones dos Santos NevesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState statistics and planning institute. Partner in PM&APP (Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies) program for policy analysis.
• UFES - Universidade Federal do Espírito SantocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState's primary federal university. Major beneficiary of research funding, graduate programs, and represented in CCAF governance council.
• IFES - Instituto Federal do Espírito SantocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal technical and technological education institution. Partner in research projects, technological innovation, and represented in CCAF.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES): Federal agency funding graduate programs and scholarships nationwide. Coordinates with FAPES through shared graduate funding mechanisms and joint programs, sitting one level above state foundations.
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq): Brazil's federal research council, providing national-level scholarships, research grants, and innovation funding. Co-funds joint programs with FAPES (PPSUS, PPP, PRONEX) and is the federal counterpart to state foundations.
• Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Finep): Brazilian federal innovation and research financing agency, providing financing for R&D and innovation projects. A core partner of FAPES for innovation co-funding and a broader-incumbent counterpart in research/innovation finance.

Others

• Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa (CONFAP): National council of all Brazilian state research foundations, coordinating inter-state programs like CONFAP Mobility. FAPES is an active member — comparable not as a funder but as the institutional umbrella for FAPES's network of state-foundation peers.

Direct peers

• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM): Amazonas state research foundation, supporting scholarships, research, and innovation programs in another Brazilian state. Same institutional category and CONFAP-affiliated funding model as FAPES.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP): Brazil's largest state research foundation, headquartered in São Paulo. Operates an analogous model — state-level FUNCITEC-equivalent funding, scholarships, research grants, and innovation programs — making it the most directly comparable peer to FAPES, though at much larger scale.
• Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE): Pernambuco's state research foundation, providing scholarships, research grants, and innovation funding. Operates within the same CONFAP network and shares functional overlap with FAPES in supporting regional science ecosystems.
• Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ): Rio de Janeiro's state research foundation, providing scholarships, research grants, and innovation support to state researchers. Operates the same mandate and program architecture as FAPES, only in a different state.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás (FAPEG): Goiás state research foundation with an analogous mandate to manage state science funding and operate scholarship, research, and innovation programs. Comparable in scope and institutional design to FAPES.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG): Minas Gerais state research foundation, managing FUNCITEC-equivalent state funding and supporting CT&I programs. Closely comparable to FAPES in mandate, governance structure, and program portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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