BRL 900 scholarship for students: Understand how the Program works

The Ministry of Education (MEC) is responsible for Permanence Scholarship Program (PBP), which offers BRL 900 scholarships to quilombola and indigenous students enrolled in on-campus undergraduate courses at federal institutions. So, check out in this article how the program works.

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Permanence Scholarship Program – How does it work?

The PBP was instituted in 2013 in order to reduce social and ethnic-racial inequalities. In addition, it aims to contribute to the permanence of undergraduate students from federal institutions of higher education in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability.

Currently, the program receives applications from indigenous and quilombola students. As for the value of the aid, it is R$ 900, which is paid by the National Education Development Fund (FNDE).

PBP Applications in 2022

Applications for this year's PBP closed on February 28th. In this sense, candidates had to access the website of the Permanence Scholarship Management System (SISBP) to register and send the requested documents.

Institutions must review this documentation proving eligibility, as well as the approval of registration in the SISBP by March 31, 2022. The distribution of vacancies will be according to the number of students enrolled and students registered in the program by institution at the end of the previous year.

Requirements to participate in the PBP

1. Enroll in an on-site undergraduate course at a federal institution of higher education;
2. Not have more than two semesters of the regular time of the respective graduation course in which you are enrolled;
3. Prove that you are an indigenous or quilombola student, in accordance with item II, Annex I of MEC Ordinance No. 389/2013;
4. Having signed the Term of Commitment in Annex II of MEC Ordinance No. 389/2013;
5. Have a registration approved and homologated monthly by the federal institution of higher education in the field of the program's information system.

Required documentation

1. Declaration from your community regarding your condition of ethnic belonging with the signature of at least three recognized leaders;
2. Candidate self-declaration;
3. Declaration from the National Indian Foundation (Funai) if the indigenous student is a resident of an indigenous community, or proof of residence in an indigenous community;
4. Declaration from the Palmares Foundation informing that the quilombola student lives in a remaining quilombo community or proof of residence in a quilombola community.