Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship (Brazil)

In 2013, the Brazilian research funding organisation Capes (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation launched the Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme. As a fellow, you will benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and the diverse sponsorship portfolio.

Funding Information

• The Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship allows you to conduct your own research at various stages of your career in collaboration with a host at a German research institution of your choice. Host institutes will generally receive a subsidy towards research costs.
  • Postdoctoral Researchers:
    • The fellowship is worth 2,500 EUR per month. Capes will pay 2,100 EUR of the monthly fellowship rate for postdoctoral researchers, as well as a subsidy towards the cost of medical insurance, an initial lump sum and a travel allowance. The Humboldt Foundation will pay the remaining difference to the fellowship amount of 2,500 EUR.
    • Fellowships may last from 6 to 24 months.
  • Experienced Researchers:
    • The fellowship is worth 3,000 EUR per month. Capes will pay 2,300 EUR of the monthly fellowship rate for experienced researchers, as well as the subsidy towards the cost of medical insurance, an initial lump sum and a travel allowance. The Humboldt Foundation will pay the remaining difference to the fellowship amount of 3,000 EUR. If a research fellowship has been approved for a stay divided up into as many as three blocks, the travel lump sum for the second and third block will be granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
    • Fellowships may last from 6 to 18 months and can be divided into up to three stays within three years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Postdoctoral Researchers:
  • Doctorate in Brazil or abroad with an official revalidation in Brazil completed less than four (4) years prior to the date of application. PhD diplomas and, for diplomas obtained abroad, also the revalidation in Brazil, must be submitted with the application to both organizations.
  • Academic publications reviewed according to international standards and printed in journals and/or by publishing houses.
• Experienced Researchers:
  • Doctorate in Brazil or abroad with an official revalidation in Brazil completed less than twelve (12) years prior to the date of application. PhD diplomas and, for diplomas obtained abroad, also the revalidation in Brazil, must be submitted with the application to both organizations.
  • The candidate’s own research profile documented by a comprehensive list of academic publications reviewed according to international standards and printed in journals and/or by publishing houses
• For Both:
  • Confirmation that research facilities are available and mentoring agreement and a detailed expert’s statement by an academic host at a research institution in Germany.
  • Necessary language skills: Humanities or social sciences and medicine: good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the research successfully; otherwise a good knowledge of English; natural sciences and engineering: good knowledge of German or English. Brazilian nationality or permanent residence visa in Brazil. Potential applicants of German nationality are eligible to apply provided that their habitual place of work and residence has been located in Brazil on the assumption of permanence for at least five years. Potential applicants who have completed their school education and one university degree or one university degree and their doctorate in Germany are subject to the regulations governing German citizens.
  • Applicants must reside in Brazil at the time of application.
  • Eligible applicants must have lived outside Germany for a minimum of 12 months in total in the 18-month period prior to submission of the application. Any person who, regardless of their country of residence, has supported themselves for more than six out of the last 18 months with financing from a German institution or who has worked on a doctoral project at an institution in Germany in the last 18 months also is not eligible to apply.
  • Identical applications have to be submitted to the Humboldt Foundation’s and Capes online systems in time (whereas the host’s documents have to be submitted only to the Humboldt Foundation); Capes may request additional documents from the applicants. If the application is only submitted to one of the two organizations, it will be formally rejected.

For more information, visit Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.