Deadline: 22 September 2017
Nuffic, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education, and Capes, the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Postgraduate Education have jointly announced a Seventh Call for Proposals for joint research projects 2017.
The cooperation between Capes and Nuffic foresees scientific exchange between the Dutch and Brazilian HEI and the formation of high level human resources in both countries. The programme Capes/Nuffic aims to support institutional partnership projects at the undergraduate (mobility of professors and students) and PhD level (PhD Sandwich and Postdoctoral).
Principles
- The call for proposals, the applications and the verification of the projects on the Dutch side are organised and done by Nuffic.
- The call for proposals and the applications on the Brazilian side, and the selection of the joint proposals are organised and done by Capes.
- The cooperation between Dutch and Brazilian HEI is based upon reciprocity. The investment of the projects and the sending of students, researchers or professors, are also linked to this principle, with the understanding that for the Brazilian partner institutions the finances are covered by Capes.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Dutch higher education institutions can send in proposals for projects, considering that they have signed the Code of Conduct.
- The Dutch higher education institution should find a Brazilian cooperation partner to send in a joint proposal. The proposal is sent in simultaneously in Brazil and in the Netherlands: the Brazilian HEI sends the proposal to Capes, the Dutch HEI sends the proposal to Nuffic.
- The Brazilian partner can be any higher education institution (private or public) in Brazil that is evaluated by CAPES, which offers a PhD course in the proposed area of cooperation. Capes aims at PhD courses that have achieved a score of 5, 6, or 7 in its evaluation with concepts, but does not exclude programmes which are listed with the minimal possible score, being a score with the concepts 3 or
- The proposal should include and foresee the sending and receiving of researchers/ students to contribute to their development and formation within the context of the joint research. The Brazilian partner researchers/ students to the Netherlands in accordance with the Dutch partner and vice versa (at least one Dutch PhD/ student should do a part of its research or study in Brazil per project year). Work missions and other forms of personnel exchange are optional.
- The project should have an innovative character, taking in consideration the development of the proposed area in its national and international context.
- The proposal should foresee the joint publication of scientific articles and include the scientific development of the involved research groups into its objectives.
- The project proposal should be written planning 4 (four) years of activities in annual modules, considering the duration of up to 2 (two) years of the project. The project will be able to be extended with two more years, after evaluation by Capes.
- The project proposals may include other partners, also from other countries.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must download the application form via given website.
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.