Capes PrIntInstitutional Internationalization Program

• To foster the use of internationalization by Brazilian Graduate Higher Education Institutions (HEI)

• Improvement in the impact of their postgraduate courses

Objective

• The HEI must submit an Institutional Internationalization of Postgraduate Courses Project aligned with the Institution’s Strategic Plan

HEI as the main actor within the process

• BRL 1,050 million or USD 350 million.

Projected budget

PrInt

Specific Objectives

Brazilian HEIs in

International research networks

More flexible and broaden

support

Mobility of Brazilian

academics;

Attraction of highly qualified

foreign professors, researchers and

students to Brazilian HEIs

International visibility of

Brazilian research;

Expected impacts

• Improve the quality of Brazilian academic publications, especially in internationally renowned scientific journals;

• Establish international postgraduate programs in Brazilian HEIs;

• Integrate Brazilian professors and researchers into worldwide research networks.

International partnerships

• In order to apply for financial support, the Brazilian HEI must show a clear commitment to using Internationalization through its policies and strategies in collaboration with foreign partners, creating strong institutional ties abroad.

Expected launch date

• Call for applications: November 2017

• Period for application: until December 2017

Items to be financed

Overseas scholarships for foreigners or for

Brazilians living abroad to carry out research or

teaching activities in Brazilian HEIs.

Support for International Cooperation projects

and publishing in high impact international

journals.

International travel for Brazilian professors,

researchers or students to carry out collaboration, research and teaching

activities abroad.

Necessary

Extensive strategies

Internationalization of Curriculum and learning purposes

Increase quality of research and education

Internationalization at home

Not Necessary

International Cooperation Agreements withouteffective actions

Plan

Why?

Where?

When?

How?

Capes

Guiding

Monitoring

Evaluating

Rules Language proficiency requirements for all scholarships

International curriculum

ORCID ResearcherID/ ResearchGate

Google Scholar

Evaluation via SciVal/InCites

PDSE – sandwich phd 6 months minimum

International collaboration

Return at least one semester before the end of the course

Provide quality information to CAPES

dri@capes.gov.br

assessoriadri@capes.gov.br

Thank you!