Applications are now open for the Second Joint Fellowship Call under the Research Collaboration Program between the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM).
The initiative offers up to 20 PhD fellowships and 8 postdoctoral fellowships, each with a duration of two years (renewable), aimed at collaborative projects between research groups from USP and CNPEM. Proposals must address shared research interests in areas such as Exact and Earth Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Health Sciences, strengthening integration between the two institutions in scientific and technological fields of national relevance.
Each proposal must include two principal investigators—one from USP and one from CNPEM—both actively affiliated with their respective institutions. The names of the fellowship recipients (PhD and postdoctoral) do not need to be defined at the time of submission, only upon the implementation of the fellowships.
Applications are open until November 28, 2025, and fellowships must be implemented by April 8, 2026, according to the timeline outlined in the official call.
Further information, including the full call document and the submission form, is available on the USP website (www.usp.br) and the CNPEM website (www.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. CNPEM’s research and development activities are carried out through its four National Laboratories: Synchrotron Light (LNLS), Biosciences (LNBio), Nanotechnology (LNNano), Biorenewables (LNBR), as well as its Technology Unit (DAT) and the Ilum School of Science — an undergraduate program in Science and Technology supported by the Ministry of Education (MEC).
