Ciência sem Fronteiras Scholarship Program

Through the Ciência sem Fronteiras scholarship program, CBIE offers Brazilian doctoral students access to hundreds of academic programs and cutting-edge scientific research projects at Canadian universities. There are two scholarship options.

To be considered for a scholarship, candidates must:

• Be Brazilian citizens or have a Brazilian permanent resident visa
• Reside in Brazil, except in exceptional circumstances previously authorized by the Ciência sem Fronteiras Program (justification must be submitted along with the proposed project)
• Be proficient in English or French
• Not be retired
• Possess a Master’s degree or equivalent
• Not already hold a PhD degree

Not hold a Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF) scholarship simultaneously with any other scholarship offered by a Brazilian government agency

This PhD visiting student program will be an opportunity for current Brazilian PhD students to deepen their theoretical knowledge, and collect and/or process research data contributing to the development of their thesis to be defended in Brazil.

To be considered for a scholarship, candidates must:

• Be a Brazilian citizen or have a Brazilian permanent resident visa
• Reside in Brazil, except in exceptional circumstances previously authorized by the Ciência sem Fronteiras Program (justification must be submitted along with the proposed project)
• Be proficient in English or French
• Not be retired
• Be currently enrolled in a recognized PhD program in Brazil
• Have consent of course coordinator and supervisors in Brazil;
• Not have exceeded the total period of the doctorate, in accordance with the PhD deadline for the thesis, and have at least six (6) months of the PhD period remaining after returning to Brazil to finalize and defend the thesis
• Be able to participate in the Canada-Brazil CsF visiting student doctoral program without increasing the time it takes to complete the PhD program at their Brazilian institution

Students seeking admission into a Canadian university will be selected based on merit. Candidates must have an excellent academic record and demonstrate language proficiency in English or French, depending on the language of instruction at the university where they wish to study. Click on the tabs of this webpage to access more information about the various components of this program.

The CsF Doctoral Scholarship Program involves a two-step application process:

1. Online application to CBIE who will assist in obtaining a conditional letter of acceptance from a Canadian university
2. Online scholarship application to CNPq

There are no current opportunities.