Accreditation of Advisors

X – ACADEMIC ADVISORS AND CO-ADIVSORS

X.1 A decision as to the accreditation or re-accreditation of an academic advisor (internal or external) will be made by the CPG after submission by the CCP, outlining excellence in their scientific, artistic or technological area and in the coordination and/or participation in funded research programs, pursuant to the minimum criteria outlined in this Regulation.

The Professor will be evaluated for their capacity to conduct a research project and generate publications in peer-reviewed journals. Participation in conferences and Postdoctoral periods will also be taken into consideration. Particular weight will be placed on the Professor’s participation in research projects.

X.2 Academic advisors can have a maximum of 10 (ten) students. Additionally, academic advisors can co-advise a maximum of 3 (three) students.

X.3 Accreditations can be either full or specific. Specific accreditations are for advising a specific student.

X.4 Full accreditations for academic advisors are valid for a period of 4 (four) years.

X.5 For accreditations or re-accreditations, the requester must submit a formal detailed request to the CCP objectively indicating their qualifications for assuming or continuing this function. The request must include an updated copy of a Lattes C.V. or an updated Curriculum Vitae (for foreign candidates, a Lattes C.V. is not necessary) and the email addresses registered on ReasearcherID and ORCID.

X.6 Full Accreditations for Academic Advisors

X.6.1 Full and specific academic advisors are required to submit the following:

a) a defined line of research compatible with the interests of the program;
b) adequate laboratory conditions for developing the research work, including direct (primary researcher) or indirect (associated researcher, collaborator) participation in funded research projects;
c) proposed course to be offered to the program in English;
d) a minimum of 5 (five) articles in ISI-indexed journals (Web of Science) in the last 5 (years) as a first or last author;
e) proved funding for research, as the head or principal collaborator, ongoing and with a duration of at least 12 (months) as of enrollment of the student.

X.7 Re-accreditation of Academic Advisors

X.7.1 The following will be required of full or specific academic advisors for the purpose of re-accreditation:

a) a defined line of research compatible with the interests of the program;
b) adequate laboratory conditions for developing the research work, including direct (primary researcher) or indirect (associated researcher, collaborator) participation in funded research projects;
c) proposed course to be offered to the program in English;
d) a minimum of 5 (five) articles in ISI-indexed journals (Web of Science) in the last 5 (years) as a first or last author. At least 1 (one) of these publications should include the student being advised by the requester. One of the 5 publications should be classified within the top three Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) classification levels for journals in the area of Biological Sciences III. For subsequent re-accreditations, starting with the second request, it is required that the student under advisement of the requester participated in at least 30% of the articles published by the requester for the period during which the advisement is registered at the program.
e) contribution to committees for preliminary exams, theses and dissertations;
f) advised at least one student who completed a Master’s or PhD degree;
g) be responsible or jointly responsible for course(s) within the program administered at least 2 (two) times in the last 4 (four) years, equal to an individual average of at least 2 credit hours/year;
h) submit a history of funding that demonstrates the advisor’s ability to secure funding over the past 5 (five) years, preferably with funding for research, in the role of the responsible researcher or primary collaborator, ongoing and with a duration of at least 12 (twelve) months as of the student’s enrollment.

X.7.2 Provided the criteria above have been satisfied, CCP will evaluate the requests for accreditation or re-accreditation, which may be approved or denied, in view of the interests of the program.

X.8 Specific Accreditation for Academic Advisors

X.8.1 The first accreditation should preferably be specific.

X.8.2 PhD degree holders that do not satisfy the minimum requirements for accreditation outlined in item X.6 may obtain a specific accreditation at the discretion of the CCP.

X.8.3 The requester of the specific accreditation is permitted to advise a maximum of 2 students in the Master’s program. The request for specific accreditation for advising PhD candidates requires that the requester advised at least one Master’s degree student to completion. If granted, no more than one PhD candidate can be advised with a specific accreditation.

X.9 Accreditation of Co-Advisors

X.9.1 The period for accrediting co-advisors in the Master’s program is 15 (fifteen) months.

X.9.2 The period for accrediting co-advisors in the PhD program is 27 (twenty-seven) months.

X.9.3 The period for accrediting co-advisors in the Direct PhD program is 33 (thirty-three) months.

X.9.4 The following criteria must be met for accrediting co-advisors:

a) a defined line of research compatible with the interests of the program;
b) adequate laboratory conditions for developing the research work, including direct or indirect participation in funded research projects;
c) regular publications in international indexed journals in their area of expertise;
d) a minimum average of 3 (three) articles in journals indexed by ISI with an impact index equal to or greater than 2 (two) in a period of 5 (five) years.
e) detailed justification demonstrating the complementarity of the co-advisor’s area of research in relation to the academic advisor involved in the student’s research project to be presented.

X.10 External Academic Advisors

X.10.1 External collaborators should preferably hold a specific accreditation.

X.10.2 Requests for the accreditation of academic advisors outside of USP, including junior researchers, visiting professors, intern researchers and others, must satisfy the requirements for academic publications outlined in item X6.1 along with the following points:

detailed justification from the requester regarding the innovative contributions of the project to the Graduate program;
identification of the connection of the requesting party (e.g.: junior researcher), mentioning the duration of the program and the line of research;
demonstration of the existence of related infrastructure (physical, material and/or equipment);
demonstration of the existence of financial resources for funding the proposed project for Graduate-level advisement;
declaration from a professor at the institution or an academic advisor, with approval from the head of the department or the equivalent, expressing their agreement to the use of space for development of the requested supervised project and the maintenance of adequate conditions for conducting the Graduate-level project;
the Curriculum Vitae of the requesting party should include, if applicable, other supervised students who have concluded or are ongoing at USP or at other institutions. Demonstration of the current function or institutional connection of the requesting party (if the requesting party does not have a stable institutional affiliation, the period they spend at an USP institution should be at least 75% of the maximum period allotted for submitting the thesis or dissertation).