The Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) suspended the granting of master's and doctoral scholarships in the month of May. The total number of grants, the research areas affected and the frozen value have not yet been disclosed by the agency.
Capes decision prevents students selected for new research from receiving scholarships that had funds already provided for in 2019. Monthly fee per student is R$ 1,500 for the master's and R$ 2,200 for the doctorate.
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According to information gathered by G1, Capes scholarships appear to be zero for postgraduate studies at the University of São Paulo (USP), and in a first survey, Unicamp reports at least 40 scholarships collected.
According to the president of the National Association of Graduate Students (ANPG), Flávia Calé, at the Faculty of Education at the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) all scholarships were frozen and, at the State University of Londrina (UEL), 38 scholarships were retained.
Still according to Flávia, scholarship holders for the so-called “sandwich” doctorates, which are part of the program abroad, are also having problems with their scholarships.
Scholarships that had been stopped in the system for just 15 days were collected, awaiting the monthly opening of the Capes system for the indication of a new scholarship holder.
The portion of quotas that had not yet been allocated to new students selected for master's and doctoral degrees was also frozen.
According to Capes, partnerships with the business sector will be reinforced, so that investments in research can be expanded.
In addition to the freezing of grants in postgraduate programs, Capes also provides for:
(Source: G1)
