Most of the SAVNET project is funded by the Brazilian agencies Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and MACKPESQUISA. Additional support is given by the French and the international agencies Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and International Council for Science (ICSU).