Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência - FATEC

What Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência - FATEC does

FATEC (Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência) is a private, non-profit civil foundation established on April 3, 1979, and headquartered on the UFSM campus in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It operates as the federally accredited Support Foundation for the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, providing comprehensive administrative and financial management services for the university's teaching, research, and extension projects. As of the most recent data, FATEC manages 157 active projects spanning education, agriculture, environmental research, energy, and social inclusion programs.

The foundation's service platform is built around five operational portals: a Transparency Portal for public disclosures, a Project Management Portal for coordinator coordination and financial oversight, a Procurement Portal for public bidding processes, an Income Reporting system for staff payroll and tax documentation, and a Petty Cash (Suprimento de Fundos) management module with limits updated per federal normative instructions (currently R$ 14,976.50 per fiscal year). Underlying capabilities include procurement processing, import management, personnel contracting, internal auditing, legal advisory, account rendering, and financial reporting — all designed to enable university researchers to focus on academic work while ensuring compliance with Brazilian federal regulations, particularly Lei 8.958/94.

FATEC earns revenue through administrative and professional service fees applied to the projects it manages, with pricing negotiated per project rather than publicly disclosed. Its customer base is anchored by UFSM and extends to federal agencies (INEP, IBGE), state-owned energy companies (CEEE-D for the R$ 13.77 million Rota Elétrica Mercosul project), and regional partners (Sicredi Alto Uruguai). Following a judicial recovery approved in July 2023 and re-accreditation in March 2026, FATEC operates as a stabilized turnaround entity with a 5-year regulatory horizon.

Name

Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência - FATEC

Legal name

Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência - FATEC

Website

https://fatecsm.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência (FATEC) is a federally accredited, non-profit support foundation providing administrative and financial management services for teaching, research, and extension projects of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and partner institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Administrative Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

IT Program/Project Management (PMO) & Delivery Assurance (BPAEAAAO), Public Sector & Government ERP (HDAEAEAG)

Keywords

• University project administration
• Research project management
• Public procurement services
• Higher education support
• Financial management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Maria

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Administrative Management Fees: FATEC earns fees for providing administrative and financial management services to research, teaching, and extension projects at UFSM and partner institutions. The foundation handles procurement, imports, personnel, auditing, legal support, and financial reporting.
2. Project Support Services: Services include conducting purchases, imports, personnel contracting, auditing, legal advisory, and account rendering for project coordinators, allowing them to focus on core project activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fundação de Apoio à Tecnologia e Ciência (FATEC) is a Brazilian private non-profit foundation that provides administrative-financial management services for research, teaching, extension, and innovation projects, primarily supporting the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and other public/private institutions. Its core services encompass budget execution, procurement/licitation, contract management, human resources administration for project teams, and financial accountability for externally funded projects.

Product overview

FATEC operates as a unified administrative-financial management platform for research, teaching, and extension projects at the Federal University of Santa Maria. The foundation provides integrated services including project management, procurement/licitation processes, transparency portals, human resources administration, and financial operations. The organization does not offer separate standalone products but rather functions as a service infrastructure supporting the university's academic mission through centralized administrative systems for managing projects, finances, and compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Administrative-Financial Project Management
• Public Procurement and Bidding Services
• Contract Management Services
• Human Resources Administration for Projects
• Income Tax Reporting Service (DIRF)
• Transparency Portal Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 157 active projects managed across diverse areas
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for SINAES (National System of Higher Education Evaluation) indicator identification and implementation project with UFSM Planning Department.
• Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for archival document recovery following the devastating 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul, managed through UFSM's General Archive Department.
• Sicredi Alto Uruguai RS/SC/MGmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership with UFSM Palmeira das Missões campus and FATEC for the Aceleração Regional program, presenting economic, social, and environmental profiles of 79 municipalities in the Sicredi service area across Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Minas Gerais.
• Companhia Estadual de Distribuição de Energia Elétrica (CEEE-D)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019CEEE-D, part of Grupo Equatorial Energia, partners with UFSM and FATEC for the Rota Elétrica Mercosul project - an ANEEL P&D initiative to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure across 905 km in Rio Grande do Sul, with total investment of R$ 13.77 million.
• Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 October 1979Primary partner institution since 1979. FATEC provides comprehensive administrative and financial management for all UFSM teaching, research, and extension projects. The partnership was formalized through Cooperation Agreement on October 29, 1979, and FATEC was recently re-accredited as UFSM's Support Foundation until March 2026.
• Ministério Público de FundaçõescoreOthersThe Public Prosecutor's Office for Foundations provides oversight and support for FATEC's judicial recovery process, playing a crucial role in enabling the foundation to continue operating and contracting with public institutions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fundação Christiano Rosa (FCR): Support foundation linked to UFRGS in Rio Grande do Sul — geographically proximate peer operating the same model of university project administration as FATEC.
• Fundação de Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa (FUNDEP): Support foundation for UFMG providing administrative and financial management of research, teaching, and extension projects — the closest functional analogue to FATEC at another major federal university.
• Fundação de Apoio à Universidade de São Paulo (FUSP): USP's designated support foundation handling administrative-financial management for research projects — directly comparable business model and regulatory positioning to FATEC.
• Fundação de Apoio ao Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão (FAEPEX): UNICAMP's support foundation managing research and extension project administration — same Brazilian support-foundation model and Law 8.958/94 compliance as FATEC.
• Fundação COPPETEC: UFRJ's support foundation, providing integrated project management, procurement, and financial administration for academic projects — operates under the same Law 8.958/94 framework as FATEC.
• Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa (FUNAPE): UFPE's support foundation providing financial-administrative management for federal university research projects — comparable scale and institutional function to FATEC.
• Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento (FAPED): Federal University of Viçosa's support foundation — another Law 8.958/94-compliant administrative-financial support foundation directly comparable in function and scale to FATEC.

Regional players

• Fundação Araucária: Paraná state research support foundation — operates a similar university-support mission in a different Brazilian state, providing a regional comparable for project funding and grant administration.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do RS (FAPERGS): Rio Grande do Sul state research foundation that co-funds many of the same academic projects FATEC administers — regionally proximate institutional counterpart with overlapping researcher relationships.

Broad incumbents

• FAPESP: São Paulo state research foundation — a much larger incumbent that funds and administers academic research across multiple institutions; broader in scope than FATEC but occupies adjacent ecosystem space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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