30/03/2023

IMPA opens public call for 2 PCI research grants.

IMPA opened this Thursday (30) a public call for the selection of two scholarship holders who will contribute to the execution of the project “Computer Graphics: Media Frontier” under the guidance of Luiz Velho, lead researcher of Visgraf ( Computer Graphics Laboratory of IMPA).

The research is being conducted within the Institutional Capacity Building Program (PCI), modality D, level B. Applications must be submitted by completing and sending the form to pci@impa.br by 11:59 PM on April 9th. It is also necessary to send the Consent Form for the Processing of Personal Data. Applications can be made at this link.

The scholarship will be managed by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and funded with resources from the budget of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI).

To apply, you must be Brazilian, a foreign resident in Brazil with regular immigration status in the country, or a non-resident foreigner with a temporary migration visa, in addition to having a registered and updated curriculum on the Lattes Platform and a profile and experience suitable for the PCI scholarship level of the application.

Candidates may not have received a PCI scholarship for a period equal to or greater than 60 months, nor have had a direct or indirect employment relationship or retirement from the same institution executing the project. Those wishing to apply may also not maintain an employment relationship with institutions or companies in Brazil, nor accumulate this aid with any other type of scholarship from any public or private funding institution.

Applications will be evaluated based on the candidate's prior experience in scientific, technological, or innovation projects in the field; the suitability of the candidate's profile to the project to be supported; and the alignment of the candidate's academic and professional background with the required skills and activities.

The list of all evaluated, approved, and unapproved applications will be published on the IMPA Institutional Capacity Building Program page , according to the schedule. Access more information about the public call here.