The winners of the 2025 Award for Professionals Supporting Teaching, Research and Extension (Paepe) were celebrated on Monday morning (December 1st) at Unicamp. In total, 297 projects, with the participation of 1.103 professionals, competed for the award. In addition to the three best of the year, seven honorable mentions were given to projects ranked between 4th and 10th place, and 50 local awards were given.
The project “Cacia and AI API – Unicamp AI Services Platform”, developed by staff from the Executive Directorate of Information and Communication Technology (Detic), was the big winner of this edition. The group includes Edmilson Bellini Chiavegatto, Gabriel Ferrete, Leonardo Pires Trevisan, Ronie Ramos de Oliveira, and Thiago Takao. “We are very happy with the recognition. Today, Cacia is transforming Unicamp; we have more than 3 users. It's a living platform, implemented at the end of 2024, and offers several functionalities. And it's not just Cacia; there's also the API, which are routines that provide access to AI: each Unicamp unit accesses this routine to integrate artificial intelligence into its system,” explains Chiavegatto.
The Unicamp City Hall came in second place with the project "Monitoring and control of the drinking water distribution system on the Barão Geraldo campus – Campinas," and in third place was the project "Sepsis Protocol at HC Unicamp: Reducing risks, saving lives," from the Medical Health area.
The rector of Unicamp, Paulo Cesar Montagner, highlighted the initiatives presented in the projects. “These are proposals that improve our workflows and reveal a community that learns from its own experiences. The Paepe Award celebrates the commitment and innovation of our professionals; a hallmark that distinguishes our University is the daily dedication of those who sustain university life, making innovation a continuous process,” he emphasized.
The general coordinator of Unicamp, Fernando Coelho, added that the projects are examples of the high level of commitment of the professionals. “It is a great source of pride to participate in this ceremony; the proposals presented are already incorporated into the daily work of the people, and their commitment is the reason for the strength of this University.”
Created in 2011, the Paepe Award highlights projects by technical and administrative staff that contribute to the improvement of the University. The Director-General of Human Resources (DGRH) at Unicamp, Maria Aparecida Quina de Souza, emphasized the importance of the work. “It is an award that demonstrates our capacity and commitment, with the courage that is necessary for us. The results are worthy of great satisfaction.” Maria Fernanda Alonso Xavier and Jacques Gama, presidents of the Organizing Committee, thanked the members of the 39 local commissions that worked on evaluating the projects. The ceremony included a performance by the Zíper na Boca choir.
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Health Area – Administrative – 2 awards
- From time to efficiency: innovating patient transfer through digital communication.
- Inclusion of Unicamp as an executing unit for the Transferegov agreement for the acquisition of equipment (linear accelerator).
Healthcare field – Nursing – 6 awards
- Public health and early diagnosis: the relevance of rapid dengue testing in the Unicamp community and in differentiating febrile illnesses.
- Centralization and review of laryngoscope processing at the Unicamp Clinical Hospital.
- Outpatient PICC catheter insertion: speed and efficiency in cancer treatment.
- Prevention in Action Program: the impact of multidisciplinary involvement on the health system
- The impact of the positive experience with the removal of isolation for patients carrying carbapenemase-producing bacteria at the Unicamp Clinical Hospital.
- Innovation in intra-hospital transport management: efficiency, sustainability and resource optimization at the Hospital de Clínicas.
Healthcare field – Medical – 2 awards
- Sepsis protocol at HC Unicamp: reducing risks, saving lives.
- Dignity and quality of life at every stage: eligibility protocol for palliative care in the ICU at HC Unicamp.
Health Area – Technical and Services – 2 awards
- Development and application of robust quality control in the serological screening laboratory of the Unicamp Hemocenter: from the domain of production. en casa cost-benefit
- Monitor Unicamp: a pioneering system for longitudinal quality monitoring in computed tomography in Brazil.
Interdisciplinary Centers and Nuclei – 2 awards
- "Singing together, even apart: the legacy of the zipper over the mouth as an emotional anchor that transcends the pandemic"
- "Marcão's Tips": promoting the culture of HSE in a creative way.
Teaching and Research Units – 1 prize each
Technical College of Limeira
- Tutoring scheduling system – Stuck with questions? Ask for help.
Technical College of Campinas
- CIPA Smart: digital hub for CIPA records, documents, and communication.
Faculty of Applied Sciences
- Steps to well-being: awakening lifestyle change.
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Internal transportation request system
School of Medical Sciences
- Accelerating efficiency: transforming service management.
School of Education
- Commission for Integration and Social Welfare (CIBES) of the Faculty of Education
School of Food Engineering
- Controlled reagent purchase and distribution management system
School of Agricultural Engineering
- Application for the PPG selection process – Extranet/Intranet
School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning
- Waste settling tank
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Integrated and free system for activity management and operational support.
- School of Physical Education
- Unprecedented evaluation protocol for selecting firefighters.
School of Mechanical Engineering
- New FEM website
School of Nursing
- Extension Talk – dialogues that inspire and enhance knowledge.
School of Chemical Engineering
- Digital administrative processing system at FEQ.
Piracicaba School of Dentistry
- Diagnosis, strategy, and internationalization: a new model of laboratory infrastructure for FOP-Unicamp.
School of Technology
- Digital interfaces in human resource management – connecting areas and facilitating communication through dashboards
Institute of Arts
- Digital transformations and improved management of communication tools at the Institute of Arts.
Institute of Biology
- Redefining spaces and collections: purposeful change, innovation, and resource optimization at MDBio.
Institute of Computing
- Deployment of the open-source, self-hosted Stirling-PDF tool for PDF manipulation.
Institute of Economics
- 40th Anniversary of the Institute of Economics (1984–2024): Meeting of Staff Members
Institute of Language Studies
- The role of the 2030 Agenda in the actions of the Antonio Candido Library/IEL/Unicamp
Institute of Philosophy, History and Social Sciences
- AppSheet: Improving customer service at AEL with the creation of an app. no code
Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics
- Coaraci Cluster: high-performance, high-impact computing with 24/7 operation and modernized critical infrastructure.
Institute of Geosciences
- Implementation of the Digital Map Library at the Institute of Geosciences of Unicamp
Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing
- IMECC integrated key control system
Chemistry Institute
- Restructuring the institutional data network
Administrative Bodies
Dedic (Division of Early Childhood and Complementary Education (Dedic)– 1 prize
- University through the eyes of children.
General Directorate of Administration – 1 award
- E-commerce site for requesting services at DGA's Central Printing Department.
General Directorate of Human Resources – 1 award
- Occupational Safety Information Management System (GIST)
Executive Boards – 2 awards
- Cacia and AI API – Unicamp AI services platform
- Design of a methodology and regulation for the allocation of resources from the financial investments of the SES-SUS-Unicamp agreement, based on the creation of a management group.
CGU Bodies – 1 award
- Simple and inclusive language at Unicamp: standardization of acts, institutional guides, and an accessible portal.
GR Organs – 1st prize
- Creation and distribution of the Unicamp Protocols and Events Manual.
City Hall – 1 prize
- Monitoring and control of the drinking water distribution system on the Barão Geraldo campus – Campinas
Vice-Rectorates and their respective bodies – 2 awards
- Data panels for rankings
Modernization project storage For HPC: NFS/RAID migration to software defined storage
