Financial support of graduate programs in Brazil: quo vadis?

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

A.f. Helene¹  G.f. Xavier¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Biociências Departamento de FisiologiaSão Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: Graduate programs;    Scholarships;    Financial support;    PhD program;    Doctoral degree;    Master's degree;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X2006000700001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Graduate programs provide the highest level of formal education and thus are crucial for the development of any country. However, official Brazilian data clearly show a dramatic decrease in the number and values of scholarships available to graduate programs in Brazil over the last few years, despite the importance and growth of such programs. Between 1995 and 2004, investment by the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior (CAPES, subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Culture) in funding scholarships, corrected for inflation in the period, actually decreased by 51%. In addition, during the period between 1994 and 2004, there was a loss of about 60% in the purchasing power of the graduate scholarships provided by CAPES and the National Council for Science and Technology (CNPq). To reverse this trend, we propose the development of sectorial funding for Brazilian graduate programs to guarantee the availability and continuity of financial support for this strategic activity.

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