Understanding the scholarships

What is a scholarship? It is a monthly financial grant paid to the student so that they can dedicate themselves full-time to the master's or doctorate, without needing another job. It is not a loan — it does not have to be repaid.

CAPES — Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, a foundation of the Brazilian Ministry of Education that supports graduate education in the country. CAPES grants PPGEBM a quota of scholarships (the Demanda Social programme), distributed according to the internal rules described below.

UFABC — the Federal University of ABC, the federal public university where the programme operates, also offers a limited number of institutional scholarships with its own resources.

Limited number of scholarships — look for other agencies: PPGEBM has a limited number of CAPES and UFABC scholarships. For this reason, candidates are encouraged to also seek scholarships from other research funding agencies, notably:

• CNPq — Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), a federal research funding agency. See the CNPq scholarships and grants.
• FAPESP — Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Research Foundation), a state funding agency (especially relevant as UFABC is located in São Paulo). See the FAPESP scholarships.

Many of these scholarships require the application to be made together with the academic advisor and within each agency's own deadlines — it is worth planning ahead.

Duration: generally up to 24 months (master's) and up to 48 months (doctorate), subject to good academic performance and compliance with the course obligations (usually under a full-time dedication regime).

Amounts: the monthly amounts are set nationally by CAPES and adjusted periodically. In 2026, they are approximately R$ 2,100 (master's) and R$ 3,100 (doctorate), in Brazilian reais. Always check the official CAPES scholarship amounts table for the current values.

Combining with paid activity: since October 2023 (CAPES Ordinance No. 133, of 10 July 2023), it is allowed to combine the scholarship with paid work or other work income, provided this does not harm the development of academic activities and there is consent from the advisor and the programme coordination. The full rules are set out in CAPES Ordinance No. 133/2023.

Candidates from abroad: international students may also compete for CAPES and UFABC scholarships, on equal terms with other candidates, provided they are approved in PPGEBM's selection processes (held three times a year).

Rules for distributing PPGEBM's institutional scholarships

To compete for one of the institutional scholarships, the candidate must declare interest at the time of application to the PPGEBM selection process. Full-time dedication to the course activities is given priority.

In 2026, PPGEBM has 9 doctoral and 8 master's scholarships from CAPES, 3 doctoral and 1 master's scholarship from UFABC, in addition to scholarships from other funding agencies and research projects.

The distribution of scholarships is governed by PROPG Ordinance No. 3703/2023, published in Service Bulletin No. 1282, and its Amendment No. 238/2023, published in Service Bulletin No. 1297. The guidelines for this distribution are described below.

PPGEBM prioritises incoming students by reserving places in the distribution of graduate scholarships. Scholarship holders are ranked according to their position in the selection process. Candidates who expressed interest in the institutional scholarship are considered.

Once this criterion is met and a scholarship is available, the following ranking is adopted in descending order:

1. longer time of the student in the course;
2. position in the selection process;
3. scientific and technological output related to the programme.

If scholarships are still available, they are offered to students with paid activity or other work income, following the rules above. Thus, the order of allocation follows this sequence:

1. Current incoming students with exclusive dedication;
2. Senior students (veterans) with exclusive dedication;
3. Current incoming students with paid activities;
4. Senior students (veterans) with paid activities.

PPGEBM scholarship holders

In 2026.2, the following students hold CAPES or UFABC scholarships:

CAPES scholarship holders

Doctorate:

• Andressa Francine Martins
• Brenda Luciano de Sousa Silva
• Dalal Baddia Mohamed Al Attar
• Daniel Cavalcante de Oliveira
• Jackeline Suemi Katayose
• Natalia Cristina Borges de Lima
• Naynara de Souza
• Pedro Henrique Pires da Silva
• Tatiana Aparecida Francisco

Master's:

• Bruno Murakami
• Maiara Penteado Camalionte *
• Fernando Joaquin Sanchez Quispe
• Cristiane de Araujo Gomes *
• Livia Lemes Soares
• Mohammad Moualla
• Sarah Fernandes de Souza
• Gabriel Lusvarghi *

UFABC scholarship holders

Doctorate:

• José Carlos Gomes Junior *
• Angelo Romeu da Silva Júnior
• Fernanda Keli do Carmo Santos

Master's:

• Jurandir da Silva Junior

* students who entered in 2026.2

Ranking for new scholarships

In accordance with Ordinance No. 3703/2023 and its Amendment No. 238/2023, each four-month term PPGEBM publishes a ranking of students interested in receiving graduate scholarships, in case new scholarships become available during the term. The list is built from the students' expressions of interest and follows the order of priority described above.

This ranking was approved at the meeting of the Graduate Committee (CoPG) held on 14 May 2026.

Current ranking — 2nd term of 2026

Master's:

1. Vinicius Zacheo de Goes

Doctorate:

1. Júlio Gallinaro Maranho
2. Marcelo Montanha de Paiva

The ranking will be updated at the end of each four-month term. Students who did not express interest in this cycle may do so in the next call.

Page updated on June 23, 2026.