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10 startups will receive support | 26.03.24 – 12:28
The launch of the notices took place at Hu Goiás, in Goiânia (Photo: publicity)The essay
Goiânia – The Government of Goiás launched two new notices to strengthen innovative entrepreneurship and scientific research led by women in Goiás, this Monday (25/3). The two notices are part of the Goianas na Ciência e Inovação program and, together, add up to almost R$1.3 million in resources: one will have R$782 thousand for scientific initiation scholarships; the other, R$500,000 to support up to 10 women-owned startups.
The program is an initiative of the State Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation of Goiás (Secti). “We believe in science and we want everyone to be in it. Therefore, we want to correct the distortions that make women a minority in the area. To change a culture, we need new stories, but sometimes those stories already exist. What we need is to shed light on them. So, we are here to help show these stories, which are often invisible, and to form others, guaranteeing more opportunities for the people of Goiás”, says José Frederico Lyra Netto, head of Secti.
One of the notices launched this Monday concerns the Goiás Women’s Initiation Project in Innovation and Science (Pimic), carried out in partnership with the Goiás State Research Support Foundation (Fapeg). The notice aims to support research projects developed by female students, under the guidance of PhD professors, in priority and strategic areas in the State of Goiás.
Pimic offers scientific initiation scholarships worth R$800 per month, in addition to a technical reserve for expenses related to the scholarship recipients’ work plans. Research proposals can be submitted from April on the website. In total, R$782,000 will be available.
Entrepreneurship
The second notice, called Eleve, is aimed at supporting and promoting the innovative entrepreneurship of women from Goiás, made in partnership with Hub Goiás. Interested entrepreneurs can register until May 5th, submitting their business proposals using the form available on the website hubgoias.org.
The program will select up to 50 new businesses that meet the established prerequisites, offering training, specialized consultancy and connection events over three phases. At the end, a total prize pool of R$500,000 will be divided among the 10 startups that perform best during the acceleration phases.
Eleve’s main objective is to promote the evolution of startups led by women, enabling them to become mature companies, with a scalable business model, fostering the development of the ecosystem of startups founded by women and promoting business acceleration, connection and belonging in the market.
With the two new notices, Goianas in Science and Innovation has already contributed almost R$5 million in just 10 months, of which approximately R$3 million in 2024 alone to attract girls to careers in the areas of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Computing , in addition to supporting the execution of research and extension projects for women in these areas.
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