Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa - FUNAPE

What Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa - FUNAPE does

Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa (FUNAPE) is a Brazilian private nonprofit foundation established in 1981 by researchers from the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Headquartered in Goiânia, Goiás, FUNAPE provides administrative and financial management services for research, teaching, extension, institutional development, and technological innovation projects executed by federal universities (IFES) and scientific/technological institutions (ICTs). It acts as an intermediary between academia and funding sources, handling procurement, scholarship administration, travel authorization, compliance reporting, and financial transparency for projects funded by government agencies, parliamentary amendments, and other sources. The foundation employs 154 staff under Brazil's CLT labor regime and is overseen by the Ministério Público Estadual (MPE), Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), and Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU). It maintains statutory ties to UFG and authorized support relationships with more than fifteen institutions including UnB, IFG, IFGOIANO, EMBRAPA, UFRA, UEG, ACCG, ENAP, UNIFESSPA, UFCAT, UFJ, IPEA, CASNAV, UNIR, SENAI, and FUNBIO.

FUNAPE's technology stack centers on a suite of interconnected web portals rather than a single monolithic platform. The core modules include the Conecta relationship-management tool for project coordinators, the Portal de Eventos for event registration and boleto issuance, the Portal da Transparência for public financial and governance disclosure, the Projetos em Foco showcase platform, the Edital de Fomento funding program portal, the Contracheque Online payroll system, the LGPD data-protection portal, and an Ouvidomia ombudsman channel. Each supported project receives a dedicated bank account and a dedicated FUNAPE collaborator for oversight. Standardized operating procedures (POPs) and document templates govern procurement, scholarships, daily allowances, advances, and reimbursements. The transparency portal is built to W3C/WCAG accessibility guidelines.

FUNAPE's revenue model is the DOA (Despesas Operacionais e Administrativas) administrative and operational reimbursement, applied as a percentage levy on the budgets of projects it manages. These reimbursements cover personnel costs, labor obligations, professional consulting, and basic operating expenses. FUNAPE does not publicly disclose pricing or revenue figures, and as a nonprofit support foundation it has no equity holders or external investors. MEC/MCTIC accreditation, renewed on multi-year cycles for statutory partners and annually for authorized support institutions, is the regulatory gatekeeper for the business; loss of accreditation would terminate the foundation's ability to operate project management for any given partner.

Name

Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa - FUNAPE

Legal name

Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa - FUNAPE

Website

https://funape.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FUNAPE is a Brazilian nonprofit foundation established in 1981 that provides administrative and financial management for research, teaching, extension, and innovation projects at federal universities and scientific institutions, operating across more than fifteen accredited partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Project Management Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Scholarships, Grants & Donor-Funded Awards Management (EDALAJAB), Financial Aid Compliance, Verification & Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) (EDALAJAH)

Keywords

• Research project management
• Academic administration services
• Financial management services
• Scholarship administration
• Institutional compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Goiânia, Goiás

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, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Administrative and Operational Reimbursement (DOA): Revenue is generated through DOA (Despesas Operacionais e Administrativas) reimbursements from project budgets. These cover operational expenses including personnel costs, labor obligations, professional consulting services, and basic expenses (office supplies, fuel, energy, telephone, water, rent).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FUNAPE is a private nonprofit support foundation that provides outsourced administrative and financial management for research, teaching, extension, institutional development, and technological innovation projects of Brazilian federal universities and research institutions. Services encompass project formalization, dedicated bank accounts per project, procurement, scholarship processing, daily allowances, reimbursements, contract management, import tax exemptions for research equipment, regulatory compliance reporting, and public transparency disclosures.

Product overview

FUNAPE operates as a unified platform of interconnected web-based services for research project management, financial administration, and institutional governance. The core offering consists of the main institutional website serving as the central hub, complemented by specialized portals including: Portal da Transparência for public financial oversight; Projetos em Foco for project visibility; Conecta for coordinator relationship management; Portal de Eventos for event registration; Contracheque Online for payroll management; Edital de Fomento for funding programs; Ouvidoria for citizen feedback; and LGPD Portal for data protection compliance. Additional services include Trabalhe Conosco for recruitment and a Downloads repository for standardized documents. These modules share a common governance framework and are designed to work together within FUNAPE's institutional ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Research, Teaching, Extension and Innovation Project Management Services End-to-end administrative and financial management of research, teaching, extension, institutional development, and technological innovation projects for Brazilian federal universities and ICTs. Includes project formalization through the Captação Service, dedicated project collaborators, dedicated bank accounts per project, compliance oversight, and final accountability.
• Financial Administration Services for Research Projects Management of project funds including dedicated bank accounts, financial controls, payments, reimbursements, advances, and accounting for each project. Operates under standardized POPs (Procedimentos Operacionais Padrão) and aligned with CGU/TCU and MPE oversight requirements.
• Procurement Services (Purchases, Contracts, Import Tax Exemptions) Procurement of goods and services for research projects, management of contracts, and processing of import tax exemptions for research equipment. Uses standardized solicitation forms and POPs.
• Scholarship and Daily Allowance Administration Administration of scholarships (bolsas) and daily allowances (diárias) for research project participants, following each supported institution's internal norms and Article 37, XI of the 1988 Federal Constitution limits.
• Event Registration and Management Services (Portal de Eventos) Event registration, agenda management, and boleto (payment slip) issuance for technical-scientific events supported by FUNAPE.
• Edital de Fomento (Funding Program for Technical-Scientific Events) Financial support program providing funding for the realization of technical-scientific events, enabling institutions and researchers to obtain financial backing for academic activities.
• Compliance, Transparency and Accountability Reporting Services Public transparency reporting through Portal da Transparência covering governance, revenues, expenses, projects, parliamentary amendments, scholarships, daily allowances, procurement, contracts, HR, and LGPD compliance. Aligned with CGU, TCU, and MPE audit oversight and WCAG accessibility standards.

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary statutory partner; foundation was created by UFG researchers and maintains permanent institutional link. UFG researchers serve on the Deliberative Council representing knowledge areas. Support accreditation renewed every 5 years.
• Universidade de Brasília (UnB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuthorized support partner with annual renewal. FUNAPE provides research project management services under UnB's regulatory framework (Conselho Universitário Resolution 17/2013).
• Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuthorized support partner with annual renewal. FUNAPE provides project management under IFG's reaccreditation framework.
• Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano (IFGOIANO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuthorized support partner with annual renewal. Governance regulated by accreditation standards and Conselho Superior Resolution 63/2017.
• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported through specific instruments. FUNAPE provides administrative and financial management for agricultural research projects.
• Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport authorization in process. Regulated by CONSUN/UFRA Resolution 185/2017.
• Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported through specific instruments. State university partnership expanding FUNAPE's regional reach.
• Associação de Combate do Câncer de Goiás (ACCG)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport through Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (IEP). Healthcare research and education project management.
• Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic administration training institution supported through FUNAPE's governance framework.
• Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerHigher education institution in Pará supported through specific instruments.
• Universidade Federal de Catalão (UFCAT)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal university in Catalão supported through FUNAPE's institutional framework.
• Universidade Federal de Jataí (UFJ)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal university in Jataí supported through specific institutional instruments.
• Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerApplied economic research institute supported through FUNAPE's ICT framework.
• Centro de Análise e Sistemas Navais (CASNAV)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNaval systems analysis center supported for defense-related research projects.
• Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal university in Rondônia supported through specific instruments.
• Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial training service supported through FUNAPE's institutional framework.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fundação de Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa (FUNDEP): UFMG-anchored support foundation providing identical administrative, financial, and project-management services for research projects. Most direct comparable in business model, customer type (federal universities), and MEC/MCTIC support-foundation accreditation.
• Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (Funbio): Brazilian nonprofit executing biodiversity and environmental research project management. Already listed as a FUNAPE-supported institution partner, but itself operates as a peer-sized support foundation with comparable administrative/financial services to federal research clients.
• Fundação Coppetec: UFRJ/COPPE-anchored support foundation managing research, innovation, and technology-transfer projects. Direct peer in the federal-university support-foundation niche with comparable MEC accreditation and DOA reimbursement model.
• Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) - Fiotec: Fiocruz's support foundation delivering administrative and financial project management for federal health-research institutions. Direct peer serving the same MEC-accredited support-foundation segment with overlapping governance and transparency requirements.
• Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento (FAPED): Brazilian support foundation providing project management services to research institutions. Operates in the same MEC-accredited support-foundation niche with overlapping administrative/financial services and DOA-style reimbursement model.

Regional players

• Fundação Araucária: Paraná state support foundation for science and technology, providing project-management and grantmaking services for the state's universities. Comparable in support-foundation model but regionally focused on Paraná rather than competing in FUNAPE's territory.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás (FAPEG): Goiás state research foundation (FAP) operating in FUNAPE's primary geography. While a state-level funding agency rather than a project-management foundation, it competes for the same researcher relationships and R&D budget pool in Goiás.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG): Minas Gerais state research foundation offering grantmaking and project support. Comparable in mission and Brazilian nonprofit structure, but operates as a state funding agency rather than a university-anchored support foundation.

Broad incumbents

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES): Federal agency that funds graduate programs and scholarships — many of which FUNAPE administratively processes. Acts as both a partner and an upstream determinant of FUNAPE's scholarship-management volume.
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq): Federal R&D funding and grants agency that channels much of the project funding FUNAPE administers. Functions as an upstream counterpart rather than a competitor, but its policy and budget decisions directly determine FUNAPE's addressable project flow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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