[BRAZIL] Science without Borders program description

Science without borders:The new Brazilian scientific

international mobility program

Glaucius OlivaGlaucius OlivaCNPq/MCTICNPq/MCTI

Jorge GuimarãesJorge GuimarãesCAPES/MECCAPES/MEC

Science without Borders

Landscape of the Brazilian Higher Education System

Institutions (Universities and Colleges) 2,377

Undergraduate enrolments 6,4 million

Undergraduate conclusions per year 1 million

Graduate students (MSc+PhD) 180,000

MSc conclusions per year 40,000

PhD conclusions per year 12,000


Number of Enrolments in Higher Education(only undergraduates, includes distance education)

2001-2010

Fonte: MEC / Inep

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11,400 PhD in 2009

38,800 MSc in 2009

Masters and PhD Degrees awarded per year


National Development Strategy

• Invest in people: development of skills and competences needed to the full insertion in the knowledge-based economy

• Focus on the national strategic challenges− Engineering and other technological areas− Strategic areas

• Promotion of industrial R,D&I


Science Without Borders Program

• Boost Brazilian science, technology, innovation and competitiveness through the expansion of international mobility. (100.000 fellowships in 4 years)

• Increase the presence of Brazilian researchers and students of various levels in institutions of excellence overseas;Brazilian institutions will open similar opportunities for foreign scientists and students;

• Increase the innovative expertise of personnel from the technological industries;

• Attract young scientific talents and highly qualified researchers to work in Brazil.


Priority Areas•Engineering and other technological areas;•Natural Sciences•Health and Biomedical Sciences ;•Computing and Information Technology;•Aerospace;•Pharmaceuticals;•Sustainable Agricultural Production;•Oil and gas;•Nuclear Energy•Renewable Energy;•Minerals;•Biotechnology;•Nanotechnology and New Materials;•Technology for prevention and mitigation of natural

disasters;•Biodiversity and bioprospection;•Marine Sciences;•Technologies for the green economy;•New technologies for constructive engineering;•Capacity building for technical personnel.


“Sandwich” - Undergraduate 27.100

“Sandwich” – PhD 24.600

Full PhD abroad 9.790

Post-Doctoral Fellowship abroad 8.900

Sabbactical Fellowship abroad 2.660

Fellowships for industrial scientists and engineers 700

Young talents to Brazil 860

Visiting Leading Scientists to Brazil 390

Total 75.000

Modalities of Fellowships and Target Numbers (govt. only)


Company Additional Fellowships

Febraban 6.500

CNI 6.000

ABDIB 5.000

Petrobras 5.000

Eletrobras 2.500

VALE 1.000

TOTAL 26.000


Brazilians going abroad• Support the travel and scholarships for

living and installation expenses and health insurance;

• Undergraduate students for 6 months, or up to 12 months if an internship in laboratory or in industry is included;

• Support for doctoral degrees abroad, either in complete PhD programs or in 12 months “sandwich”stayssandwich”stays;

• Postdoctoral fellowships: For candidates with a doctorate, and accepted in leading international institutions abroad. Minimum of 6 months and maximum of 24 months.

• Sabbatical fellowships for senior researchers


Strategies (1)• Estimulation of spontaneous demand from

Brazilian students and researchers:

– SWG fellowships to Scientific Initiation Programs

– SWE fellowships to Post-graduate programs

– Regular calls for GDE, PDE and ESN fellowships

– Highly selective criteria

– Stimulate bilateral agreements between Brazilian and foreign universities


Strategies (2)• Agreements with Institutions and

Universities:– Define nr of places, tuition/bench fees,

selection processes

– Induced national calls for applications

– Identify ways to facilitate the sending of Brazilian students to American Universities (lodging, visas, etc..)

– Support for prior development of language skills


Young talents to Brazil(Brazilian or foreigners)

• Payment of fellowship and resources to 2 to 3 years of work in Brazil with a local group;

• The host research group receives funds, as a bench fee;

• International calls of proposals in leading international journals.

• Up to 200 young researchers per year.


Special Visiting Researchers(Brazilian or foreigners)• Senior researchers to perform joint projects with research groups in Brazil and to work in Brazil for one or two months every year;

• Doctoral students and post doctoral personnel will be supported to work in the project;

• Very attractive fellowship + funding for the local laboratory;

• Distinct ways of collaborating with Brazilian scientists may be proposed.

Science without borders:The new Brazilian scientific

international mobility program

THANK YOU !!!THANK YOU !!!

Glaucius OlivaGlaucius OlivaCNPq/MCTICNPq/MCTI

Jorge GuimarãesJorge GuimarãesCAPES/MECCAPES/MEC

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