📋 Tender Overview
Registration is now open to submit proposals to the Brazil-China Program for Future Leaders in Scientific and Technological Innovation, an unprecedented partnership between the Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), with the University of Beihang, located in Beijing. Up to 24 projects from Brazilian higher education institutions will be selected to carry out training in the Asian country for four weeks. The registration period runs until April 15th.
The selected institutions will be able to nominate 160 postgraduate students (masters and doctoral students) and 24 Brazilian professors to participate in the program. Through Capes, R3.9 million will be invested in scholarships (or daily allowances, in the case of teachers) and in health and travel aid. Beihang University will provide structure for academic activities, such as access to laboratories and libraries, in addition to tuition fee exemptions.
The program covers the areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, artificial intelligence, green aviation, aerospace engineering, geomaterials, aeronautics and biomedical engineering. Public or private non-profit institutions that have a cooperation agreement, joint publications and effective research and mobility actions with Beihang University can participate.
Each institution can nominate between five and 20 postgraduate students, who must have completed at least 50% of the credits, be developing their dissertation or thesis and be fluent in English. Of the total, 70% must be doctoral students and at least four must be women. If it is impossible to comply with the requirements, the teacher must present a justification to Capes.
Proposals must be submitted via the website https://inscricao.capes.gov.br. The results of the selected projects will be announced by May 29th, and activities in China are scheduled to begin on July 9th this year. Beihang University will also nominate up to 160 of its students to participate in the program. All details of the selection process for Brazilians are contained in Notice no 4/2026.
MEC Social Communication Advisory, with information from Capes
