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Recruit fully-funded PhD candidates - Science without Borders program (SWB/CsF)

Published: 12 August 2013

Dear Colleagues,

ÌýWe are writing to highlight a great opportunity to recruit fully-funded Brazilian graduate students in excellent academic standing, through the Science without Borders program (SWB) /Ciência sem FronteirasÌýÌý(CsF) program in cooperation with theÌýÌý(CBIE).ÌýÌýThis program provides full funding for PhD students to pursue their studies abroad for up to 4 years. ÌýPlease see the funding formula below for more details. More information on this program is also available at: www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/funding/international/csf and

To facilitate the application process, the CBIE has agreed to provide scholarship management services to SWB/CsF applicants. CBIE is accepting applications from Brazilian students and forwarding them to the universities of their choice. Additionally, SWB/CsF applicants may already be contacting faculty members in your departments before contacting the CBIE.

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If you have been contacted by a Brazilian applicant interested in attending McGill as a PhD student or conducting research as a visiting graduate student/postdoctoral fellow, please respond to this email with the following information:

  • The applicant’s name and contact information
  • Beginning term of study
  • Program of study
  • Name of potential supervisor

SWB/CsF funding model:

Full PhD (48 months):

  • Paid Tuition
  • Monthly living allowance: $1470 w/o dependents; $1740 with 1 dependent; $2010 with two dependents
  • 1 time installation allowance: $1470 w/o dependents; $1740 with 1 dependent; $2010 with two dependents
  • Monthly high cost city allowance per month: $452
  • Health Insurance: $1200 per year w/o dependents;Ìý $1740 with 1 dependent; $2160 with two dependents
  • Return airplane ticket

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Additional notes:

  • New student intake does not have to be at any specific date in the year.Ìý Offers of acceptance into a Doctoral Program (Full or Visiting) can be made to start at a date when your program would normally accept new students.
  • Nevertheless, after candidates have received a letter of acceptance from McGill, they need time to prepare and submit their scholarship application to CAPES; for CAPES to review applications and communicate their decisions; and finally to apply and secure a study permit to Canada.Ìý We estimate that 6 to 8 months are needed to complete all these steps.
  • CBIE aims to facilitate the Canada-Brazil Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF) Scholarship program student application and acceptance process.Ìý

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