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The symposium commemorates the 50th anniversary of FAPESP, a public taxpayer-funded foundation with the mission of supporting research in all fields of knowledge within the state of São Paulo, Brazil. FAPESP receives 20,000 research proposals each year and grants funding through a rigorous peer-reviewing system. In 2010 FAPESP awarded more than 5,000 research grants and paid fellowships for 11,000 students and post-doctoral researchers.