The Brazilian National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) announces PCI/CNPEM Call No. 01/2025 of the Institutional Training Program – PCI, whose objective is to select researchers who will contribute to the execution of research projects within the scope of CNPEM’s Institutional Training Program.
In this Call for Proposals, long-term scholarships will be considered, implemented from June onwards and with an initial duration of up to December 2025.
The following research projects will be supported within the scope of the Institutional Training Program (Details in Annex I):
- Project 1: New Frontiers in the Spectroscopy of Luminescent Materials;
- Project 2: Study of mutations in the MAOA aggressiveness gene in patients with Intellectual Disability.
Applications must be submitted using the application form.
Applications will be accepted until April 9, 2025, at 23:59, Brasília time. Proposals submitted after this time will not be accepted.
Documentation
- Call 01/2025: Institutional Training Program (PCI)
- Annex I: PCI Institutional Training Program Projects – 01-2025
- RN 026/2018: access the normative resolution
Important dates
- Date of publication: 03/04/2025
- Deadline for applications: 09/04/2025
- If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to pci@cnpem.br.
About CNPEM
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is home to a state-of-the-art, multi-user and multidisciplinary scientific environment and works on different fronts within the Brazilian National System for Science, Technology and Innovation. A social organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), CNPEM is driven by research that impacts the areas of health, energy, renewable materials, and sustainability. It is responsible for Sirius, the largest assembly of scientific equipment constructed in the country, and is currently constructing Project Orion, a laboratory complex for advanced pathogen research. Highly specialized science and engineering teams, sophisticated infrastructure open to the scientific community, strategic lines of investigation, innovative projects involving the productive sector, and training for researchers and students are the pillars of this institution that is unique in Brazil and able to serve as a bridge between knowledge and innovation. It is responsible for operating the Brazilian Synchrotron Light (LNLS), Biosciences (LNBio), Nanotechnology (LNNano), and Biorenewables (LNBR) National Laboratories, as well as the Ilum School of Science, which offers a bachelor’s degree program in science and technology with support from the Ministry of Education (MEC).
