Research at Unicamp Award-Winning Claudio de Souza   PhD candidate gets the 2006 best dissertation award in research that brings good news for treatment of type 2 diabetes patients R&D Development Economic Subvention Program   Finep is analyzing the 1,075 projects submitted by 900 companies; a third edict, for funding Masters and PhDs, has just been launched R&D in Ethanol Technology for Ethanol   Capital goods manufacturer incorporates researcher, develops new process for anhydrous alcohol and gets 1/3 of the market in 6 years Oxiteno   Fapesp and Oxiteno have up to US$ 3 million to fund projects on hydrolysis and hydrogenolysis for sugarcane-based raw materials International Deal Tecsis-GE   Manufacturer of parts for wind-generating energy equipment signs a billion-dollar, 4-year contract to supply blades to US multinational   The Expert Speaks Heloisa Burnquist, Agronomy Engineer Researcher warns: short term demands resulting from fast production increase must not prevent Brazil from continuing basic research on biofuels Knowledge-Based Companies Bematech   With the acquisition of two companies and a new office in Berlin, Curitiba-based enterprise gears itself towards opening its capital to grow more HyTron   Equipment to extract hydrogen from ethanol and gas being developed by young company is seen as strategic for Brazil’s leading role in this area Orbys   Nanotechnology patent licensed from Unicamp is going to make possible for company to compete in a global market worth US$ 50 billion by 2020