Postdoctoral Program

The PNPD/UFSCar, Postdoctoral National Program of CAPES, is an institutional program that funds post-doctoral internships in the Graduate Programs (PPG), stricto sensu academics, recommended by CAPES.

The PPGEc-So, Graduate Program, provides a postdoctoral scholarship. The selection is made annually in the months of October and November. The applicant announcement is published at the PPGEc-So/UFSCar webpage.

The PNPD's main objective is to promote high-level research; increasing the national research groups; renewing the Graduate Programs (PPG) in the higher education and research institutions; promote the insertion of Brazilian and foreign researchers in the postdoctoral internships, stimulating their integration with research projects developed by the Graduate Programs in the country.