28/08/2023

IMPA opens public call for PCI research grant.

IMPA opened this Monday (28) a public call for the selection of four scholarship holders for the Institutional Capacity Building Program (PCI) . There are three scholarships to work at Visgraf (IMPA's Computer Graphics Laboratory) – Media Frontiers and one for the FLUID Laboratory – Conservation Laws: Theory and Application in Petroleum Reservoirs.

Applications must be submitted by completing and sending the application form and consent form to pci@impa.br by September Tuesdays . Applications can be made at this link .

The openings for Visgraf are in modality D, at levels C and D, and one in modality E, at level 1. For the FLUID Laboratory, the opening is in modality D, at level B. For more information, access the notice .

The scholarships 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).

It is mandatory that the candidate be Brazilian, a foreign resident in Brazil with regular immigration status in the country, or a non-resident foreigner with a temporary immigration visa. It is also necessary to have 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.

A list of all applications reviewed, approved, and not approved will be published on the IMPA Institutional Capacity Building Program page , according to the schedule.