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BRAZIL, IT´S SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS
PROGRAM, UFRPE AND WHAT´S IN IT FOR LSUMario Andrade Lira Junior
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Research and Graduate Studies Faculty (best translation of the
administrative structure)
AN UPDATE ON BRAZIL AND SOME OF IT´S
CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALS
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WORLD POPULATION
WORLD POPULATION
Australia
Canada
Spain
South Korea
Italy
UK
Holand
Germany
France
India
Mexico
Japan
Niger
Paquistan
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Russia
US
Brazil
China
Area> 4 milion km2
Population> 100 million
GDPUS$ higher
Source: Investe Brasil*Nominal GDP
BRAZILIAN POTENTIAL
BRAZIL TAKES OFF
BRAZIL'S CHALLENGE
EDUCATION CHALLENGE
BRAZIL'S MODEL OF EDUCATION
BRAZIL'S EDUCATION CHALLENGE
197,500 public and private schools
BRAZILIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SOME
OF ITS CHALLENGES
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BRAZIL'S EDUCATION CHALLENGE
Natural sciences , human sciences and language
Brazilian Entrance Exams: Vestibular – Higher Education National Examination
(ENEM)
BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION
2300 Educational institutions
BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
Undergraduate Courses
3.600 /yearAgronomyBiological ScienceBiological SciencesBusiness and AdministrationChemistryComputer ScienceComputer ScienceDomestic EconomyEconomic ScienceEnvironmental and Agriculture EngineeringFishing EngineeringFood EngineeringForest EngineeringGastronomy and Food SecurityHistoryInformation SystemsLanguage and LiteratureMathematicsPedagogyPhysical EducationPhysicsSocial ScienceVeterinary MedicineZootechny
BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
DISTANCE EDUCATION.
BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE44 courses: 29 Master’s degrees
15 PhD degrees
• • Agricultural Engineering• • Agricultural Entomology• • Agricultural Production• • Agronomy (Genetic Improvement)• • Agronomy (Soil Sciences)• • Animal Biosciences• • Animal Sciences and Pastures• • Applied Computer Sciences• • Applied Physics• • Biometry and Applied Statistcs• • Botany• • Chemistry• • Crop Production• • Ecology• • Education Management and Technology• • Ethnobiology and Nature conservation• • Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture• • Food Science and Technology• • Forest Sciences• • Phytopathology• • Ruminants Health and Reproduction• • Rural Administration and Development• • Rural Extension and Local Development• • Science Teaching• • Social History of Regional Culture• • Tropical Animal Sciences• • Veterinary Medicine• • Zootechny
BRAZILIAN ENROLLMENTS
PROFESSIONAL
54 million students
2 million teachers
6.4 million students
345,000 professors
187,000 students
65,000 professors
BRAZIL'S EDUCATION
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42.830 MSc in 2011
12.217 PhD in 2011
Source: Capes/MEC
MSc and PhD DEGREE– 1987-2011
BRAZIL'S PAPERS CHALLENGE
BRAZIL'S PAPERS CHALLENGE
Colaborações entre 2005 e 2009Por Oliver H. Beauchesne - Science Metrix, Inc.
BRAZIL'S INTERACTIONS
SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS GOALS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
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BRAZIL'S INTERACTIONS
CONSOLIDATION OF ADVANCES AND NEW
CHALLENGES
Reducing the regional differences;
Graduate and Research Infrastructure Improvement;
Faculty exchange and internationalization of Graduate courses.
SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – OUTGOING OVERALL
GOALS
101000 scholarships to promote Exchange andinternational mobility in STEM fields
10000 full PhD
25000 sandwich (up to one year abroad for PhD students in Brazilian programs)
27000 undergraduate sandwiches
12000 post-doc fellowships (including for sabaticals)
Overall goals – promote policies changes in Universities to strengthen internationalization efforts
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SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – INCOMING OVERALL
GOALS
Hosting 1250 foreign researchers in the Braziliansystem
Special Visiting Researcher
Travel and living expenses (US$ 7000 per month, for up to threemonths a year, for up to three years – not taxed under Brazilian law, business class tickets)
Research laboratory funding in Brazil (US$ 75000 – no overhead charged by the Brazilian university, all fellowships NOT from thisresource)
Up to three years of one-year PhD students
Up to three years of one-year post-doc positions in Brazil
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SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – INCOMING (CONT.)
Young Talents (preferably, but not necessarily Brazilian)
Travel and living expenses (US$ 3500 per month, for up to threeyears – not taxed under Brazilian law, business class tickets)
Research laboratory funding in Brazil (US$ 10000 – no overhead charged by the Brazilian university, all fellowships NOT from thisresource)
Settling-in allowance (US$ 4000)
Usually allowed to participate in research funding proposals
Further information
www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/web/csf-eng/opportunities-for-individuals-from-abroad
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SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – ALREADY EXECUTED11
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30674 undergraduate students
4528 PhD sandwiches
2284 post-doctorate fellows
860 full PhDs
624 Young Talents/Special
Visiting Researchers
Main destinations
Main destinations
USA UK Canada France
Portugal Spain Germany Australia
Italy Netherlands Other
CURRENT SITUATION OF THE UFRPE RESEARCH
AND GRADUATE STUDIES
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HOW MANY ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?
Brazil – PhD Holders
Agricultural
Biological
Health
Exact and Earth
Humanities
Applied Social
Engineering
Linguistic, Language and Art
CNPq, 2012 – Data based on Lattes
databank, extracted on 21/06/2012
HOW MANY ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?
NE Brazil – PhD Holders
Agricultural
Biological
Health
Exact and Earth
Humanities
Applied Social
Engineering
Linguistic, Language and Art
CNPq, 2012 – Data based on Lattes
databank, extracted on 21/06/2012
HOW MANY ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?
UFRPE – PhD Holders
Agricultural
Biological
Health
Exact and Earth
Humanities
Applied Social
Engineering
Linguistic, Language and Art
CNPq, 2012 – Data based on Lattes
databank, extracted on 21/06/2012
GRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMS EVOLUTION 2006-2012
Language
Biological
Exact and Earth
Agricultural
Engineering
Multidisciplinary
Applied Social
Humanities
Health
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Brazil
GRADUATE STUDIES COURSES EVOLUTION 2000-2013
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UFRPE
Agricultural Biological Health Exact and Earth Humanities Applied social Engineering Multidisciplinary
PHD PROGRAMS NOT REPRESENTED IN THIS GROUP
Why aren´t all of them here?
How and why the programs included were chosen?
If a program isn´t here, why would it still be ofinterest?
How can we start a student exchange or Major research proposal if a program isn´t here?
BOTANY
18 professors and 59 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Citotaxonomy and molecular biology
Ecossystem ecology
Ethnobotany and applied botany
Physiology and Biotechnology
Angiosperm taxonomy and floristics
Cryptogram taxonomy and floristics
ETHNOBIOLOGY AND NATURE CONSERVANCY
21 professors and 17 PhD students (new PhD onlyprogram)
Major research lines
Cognitive systems and natural resources usage
Ecological and evolutive basis of man-nature relationship
Tropical region animal and plant conservation andmanagement
PLANT DISEASE
14 professors and 63 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Plant pathogen biology, ecology and taxonomy
Plant disease epidemiology and management
Seed and post-harvest pathology
Plant resistance to disease
CROP BREEDING
17 professors and 55 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines:
Tropical crops breeding
Tropical plants genetical and agronomical characterization
Tropical crop agricultural management
ENTOMOLOGY
10 professor and 56 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Biology, Taxonomy and Ecology of Insects and Mites ofAgricultural Importance
Integrated Pest Management
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SOIL SCIENCE
16 professors and 75 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Dinâmica de nutrientes em solos e plantas. Otimização agronômica e econômica de fertilizantes e corretivos ;
Metais pesados e poluentes orgânicos e suas interações no sistema solo-planta;
Organismos de solos e plantas e processos biotecnológicos.
Pedogênese, propriedades morfológicas, físicas, químicas e mineralógicas de solos e suas relações com sistemas agrícolas e ecossistemas naturais
Física aplicada ao sistema solo x água x planta
Mecânica da erosão e manejo do solo e da água
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FISHERIES RESOURCES AND AQUACULTURE
18 professors and 76 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Sustainable aquaculture
Fisheries resources and technology
Aquatical ecology
Sustainable fisheries
Aquatic animal health
FORESTRY
12 professors and 49 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Biometry and forestry management
Forest ecosystems ecology and conservation
Native and exotic forest species production technology
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
16 professors and 62 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Agricultural and degraded areas soil and environmentalmonitoring and recovery
Soil and water integrated management
Crop and agroindustrial residues and used water usage in agriculture
Protected environment agriculture management
BIOMETRY AND APPLIED STATISTICS
18 professors and 55 MS and PhD students
Major research lines
Multivariate analysis
Statistical inference
Linear models
Computational methods
ANIMAL BIOSCIENCE
15 professors and 77 MS and PhD students
Major research lines
Bioactive products
Applied microbiology
Animal pathology diagnostic product development
Animal basic cellular mechanisms and processes
Application mechanism of new products in pathologicalfunction processes
TROPICAL ANIMAL SCIENCE
24 professors and 43 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Tropical disease epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis andcontrol
Tropical environment germplasm conservation andreproductive control
Tropical disease microorganisms and vectorsgeoreferencing, ecotoxicology and ecobiology
SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION
21 professors and 53 MSc and PhD students
Major research lines
Teacher education and teaching practices in Math andSciences Education
Science and Math concept construction processes
MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATION
8 professors and 13 PhD students (new PhD onlyprogram)
Major research lines
Pharmaceutical product and process development
Analytical and productive technologies
Pre-clinical and clinical trials
