09/02/2022

PICME 2022 is now open for registration.

The Scientific Initiation and Master's Program (PICME ) opened, this Wednesday (9), the registration for the selection process of university students from any area who stood out in the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad for Public Schools (OBMEP) or in the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad (OBM). The program is intended for undergraduate students in public or private institutions who have been medalists in at least one of the editions of OBMEP or OBM. The calendar is available on the program's website.

The PICME program offers university students the opportunity to pursue advanced studies in mathematics concurrently with their undergraduate studies. The program is offered at institutions with academic master's programs accredited to participate in PICME. Selected participants receive a CNPq Scientific Initiation scholarship of R$ 400 (four hundred reais).

How to register

To participate, you must apply through the PICME website . Those selected through this process will be contacted by email or phone using the information provided during registration and will receive instructions on how to proceed with their application. 300 new participants are selected annually in Brazil.

Participation in PICME begins in the second semester, except for multi-medalist candidates and/or undergraduate students in mathematics who may participate from their first semester. All participants apply through the same selection process, with two intakes into the program. The first intake is in March and the second in August 2022.

Registration began on February 9th and will continue until June 9th, with the deadline for first-time applicants being April Wednesdays.

Who can apply for the first entry?

a) Undergraduate students in the field of mathematics and/or who have obtained at least 4 medals (multi-medalist in OBMEP and/or OBM) entering Higher Education in the first semester of 2022.

b) Students who entered Higher Education before 2022 and have won at least one medal in the OBMEP and/or OBM from any undergraduate course.

c) Candidates who were not selected in previous years and former scholarship recipients.

Who can be selected for the Mondays entry?

a) All students regularly enrolled in undergraduate programs, at least in the second semester of 2022, with at least one medal in the OBMEP and/or OBM;

b) Eligible students not selected for the first intake.

c) Undergraduate students in mathematics and/or who have obtained at least 4 medals (multi-medalist in OBMEP and/or OBM) entering Higher Education in the second semester of 2022 (other students must wait for the 2023 selection process)

d) Students who are not multi-medalists or who are enrolled in a mathematics course starting their second semester after September 2022 should wait for the 2023 process.

PICME is coordinated nationally by the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) and offered by graduate programs in mathematics at various universities across the country. For more information, visit the PICME website .