Special Visiting Research Grant CNPq – Science without Borders Dr. Fabio Boylan (M.Pharm., M.Sc., Ph.D., M.A.) Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy

Special Visiting Researcher The scholarship program for "Special Visiting Researcher" aims to attract a senior foreign researchers recognized internationally as leadership in priority areas of Science Without Borders program, to conduct projects with Brazilian research groups and visit Brazil for up to three months each year over two to three years. The program also provides scholarships for Brazilian students to doctoral and postdoctoral keep projects in Brazil and abroad. The benefits of this fellowship include support for living expenses when the researcher is in Brazil as well funding for the local laboratory.

- Engineering and other technological areas - Pure and natural sciences - Health and biomedical sciences - Information and communication technologies - Aerospace - Pharmaceuticals - Sustainable agricultural production - Oil, gas and coal - Renewable energy - Biotechnology - Nanotechnology and new materials - Technology for prevention and mitigation of natural disasters - Biodiversity and bioprospection - Marine sciences - Minerals - New technologies for constructive engineering - Formation of technical personnel

Benefits The fellowship will cover the period from 12 to 36 months and the benefits are: R$ 14,000.00 (fourteen thousand reais, about seven thousand five hundred US dollars) per month for living expenses; Research grants in maximum amount of R$ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand reais, about twenty eigth thousand US dollars) per year; Flight tickets; post-doctoral scholarships in Brazil for the maintenance of the research during the absence of the visiting researcher PhD scholarships (sandwich) abroad to Brazilian researchers to follow the visiting researcher in his country.

Submission The proposal to receive a Special Visiting Researcher must only be submitted by the host researcher in Brazil, exclusively by internet, through the Online Application Form available in the website. It is necessary to attach a file with the research project and the candidate's Curriculum resume into Lattes Platform or the summary of the candidate's resume. New Public Call will be released in March, 5th 2015. 

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INCT

The National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCT) should promote the advancement of the country's competence in their respective areas of expertise and are expected to create attractive and stimulating environment for talented students of different levels, from high-school to post-graduate. The program is also directly responsible for (a) training young researchers, (b) supporting the installation and operation of laboratories in educational institutions and research centers, (c) establishing programs that contribute to the improvement of science education and dissemination of science to ordinary people, and (d) qualifiying the country in their priority areas for regional and national development.

http://estatico.cnpq.br/portal/programas/inct/_apresentacao/ (in Portuguese)


Lattes Platform

An integrated database that enables the search for individuals, research groups and Research & Development institutions into a single Information System. Presently, the Platform has more than 135,000 investigators' CVs stored.

http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/busca.do;jsessionid=32BD518043824C27262993DDBFFDA867.node7 (in English)

Research Groups Database

Research groups formed by personnel from different institutions but regularly working together as a web can also be assessed in the Directory of Research Groups.

http://dgp.cnpq.br/buscaoperacional/ (in Portuguese)

 Institutions of Science and Technology

It is also possible to search for Brazilian institutions actively involved in the country´s Science & Technology system at the Directory of Institutions.

http://di.cnpq.br/di/cadi/consultaInst.do (in Portuguese)

Outcome of this grant so far: 2014 - 3 publications - 1 co-supervision in Brazil - 1 co-supervision in Ireland - Building proof of concept for another grant application