SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE IN THE NETHERLANDS RECEIVES APPLICATIONS

Research teams interested in carrying out scientific exchange between Brazilian and Dutch higher education institutions have up to the day April 30 to register projects in the Capes/Nuffic notice.

Partnership of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) with the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic), the notice selects joint research projects in all areas of knowledge, with a focus on the areas of Applied Social Sciences, Humanities, Biological Sciences, Medical (Health Sciences), agriculture, as well as Engineering and Arts. Check the notice.

To participate, proposals must be linked to a graduate program evaluated by Capes, preferably with grades 5 to 7.

Another requirement is that the project includes the training of graduate students and the improvement of professors and researchers linked to the aforementioned programs. It is also important to present an innovative character, which takes into account the development of the area in the national and international context, so that the advantages of an international partnership are made explicit.

Each proposal must plan activities considering that the maximum duration of project funding will be four years, with the initial funding grant being one year. Extensions are subject to approval of activity reports, rendering of accounts and justifications.

Support
Teams will be entitled to two work assignments per year per project. They consist of financing travel for the team's PhD professors, with a maximum duration of 60 days. In addition to the round trip air ticket.

Groups can also undertake two study missions per year per project. It involves granting study abroad scholarships to students participating in the projects, in the sandwich doctorate and postdoctoral modalities. Study missions also have health insurance, installation assistance and round-trip airfare.