Grant to study in another countries

Doctoral Sandwich Abroad Program (PDSE)

PDSE is an institutional program of CAPES that aims to qualify high level human resources by granting sandwich doctorate scholarship quotas to Brazilian Higher Education Institutions (IES) that have a recommended and recognized doctorate course with a grade of 3 or higher.

PDSE was established in 2011 to replace the Doctoral Sandwich Branch and the Doctoral Program in Brazil with Internship Abroad (PDEE). The change was aimed at

increase the number of quotas granted to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and give more agility in the process of implementing scholarships for doctoral students abroad.

The Pro-Rectory of Post-Graduate Studies of IES, or equivalent body, is responsible for managing the quotas, approving the applications, disseminating the results and monitoring the scholarship holders and graduates, keeping Capes informed about the progress of the internship abroad and ensuring compliance with the rules of PDSE.

Type of program

Individual purse

Objective

Support the formation of high-level human resources through the granting of sandwich doctoral scholarship quotas abroad to Higher Education Institutions with Doctoral degree courses recognized by Capes. The internship abroad should contemplate, as a priority, research in areas of knowledge less consolidated in Brazil.

Types of scholarships and benefits
Modality:
Sandwich Doctorate
Benefits:
Monthly fee
Health insurance
Displacement aid
Installation aid
High Cost City Aid (according to Ordinance No. 60 of May 4, 2015)

Duration: minimum 4 (four) and maximum 12 (twelve) months.

Registration
Check registration calendar on this page.
The applicant must present a Research Plan and all the necessary documentation for the previous selection to the Candidature Selection Committee in his/her institution.
The Committee will make the analysis and selection and, if approved, the candidate must apply online at Capes website attaching the required documentation, in order to be approved by the Pro-Rectory. The Dean should verify the documentation pertinent to the application and validate the applications to PDSE, through Homologation on the website of Capes, given the quotas available at IES.
To implement the scholarship, the approved student must send the requested documentation, in .pdf file, through its electronic process, according to the guidance received.
Requirements and conditions must be observed according to the regulations for scholarships abroad and PDSE program announcement.
It is forbidden the accumulation of scholarship destined to the same purpose, when granted by a Brazilian promotion agency. Students / researchers who have already received the scholarship abroad may not be contemplated again, in the same modality, even after the fulfillment of the required interstitium, except for post-doctoral research scholarships.

How to participate in the Program
Students of qualified PhD courses must gather the necessary documentation for the previous selection at IES and forward it to the coordinator of the graduate program.
The coordination of the graduate program will compose a committee to analyze the proposals and choose the candidates suitable to participate.
The suitable candidate applies online at the CAPES website.
The Pro-Rectory approves and sends the list of candidates to CAPES.
CAPES issues the concession letter.
The Dean forwards the Letter of Concession to the student.
Approved student sends to CAPES the online documentation for the implementation of the scholarship.

The PhD student internship must be scheduled to begin at the beginning of the month or at the latest by the 15th day of the first month of the scholarship. As for the completion of the internship, classes should extend until the last day of the month of the grant.

The analysis of the merit of the application is the responsibility of the Graduate Program in which the student is enrolled. The granting of scholarships is conditioned to the existence of quotas in the Pro-Rectory of Graduate Studies.

Documents required for enrollment in the Graduate Service
Research plan abroad, approved by the Brazilian advisor and supervisor abroad, including the schedule of activities;
Lattes Curriculum updated;
Letter from the Brazilian supervisor duly signed in letterhead of the institution of origin containing the data below:
Justifies the need for the internship;
demonstration of interaction or technical scientific relationship with the supervisor abroad for the development of the proposed activities;
information of the student’s regulatory term for the defense of the thesis and that “the credits already obtained in the doctorate are compatible with the perspective of conclusion in due time, after the internship abroad”;
Declaration that the student has the necessary proficiency in the foreign language;
Letter from the supervisor abroad approving the research plan, informing the period of the internship and stating that the student has the necessary proficiency in the foreign language.

Resume of the foreign supervisor CV;
Term of PDSE application selection with the opinion of the external consultant (This document is issued by the Graduate Service itself, after the analysis of the Commission and only for those selected. );
Approval and Responsibility Term, duly filled out and signed by the Brazilian advisor (available on CAPES website);
To have passed the qualification exam.
Fill out the data in the System (personal data and other doctorate information) on the application form on the CAPES website;

IMPORTANT: The activities schedule must include the beginning and end date of the internship period (day, month and year), and the dates must be identical in the letter of the Brazilian advisor and the supervisor abroad.

Documents required for the implementation of the scholarship (the implementation is the responsibility of CAPES)

If the student is selected, he or she will have to arrange it:

Term of Commitment, duly signed. One copy must be sent by mail by CAPES and the other must be scanned through the candidate’s electronic file (The Document is sent together with the concession letter);
In case of employment, the candidate must present authorization for removal from the country published in the Official Gazette of the Union, the State or the Municipality, in the case of a public servant, or authorization from the head of the institution, in the case of a non-public servant, for the effective period of the scholarship, explaining in the wording the burden for CAPES;
Bank data in the country for the deposit of the assistance displacement, installation and health insurance in form;
Proof of bank account issued by the bank itself, which may be the header of the bank statement without personal debits and credits or bank statement.

For more information about the Program, please consult the CAPES page

Legislation

Ordinance No. 609 of May 2, 2013 – Approves the Regulation of the Doctoral Sandwich Abroad Program – PDSE
Ordinance 87/2016 – General Regulation of Grants Abroad