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BRAZILIAN FEDERAL AGENCY FOR SUPPORT AND
EVALUATION OF GRADUATE EDUCATION
July 2009
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• IANAS Science Funding Landscape Workshop
• Guatemala City, July 26, 2009
• Plenary Session 3
• Funding Science in the Americas The Case of
  Brazil
• Jorge A. Guimarães, President of CAPES
• jguimaraes_at_capes.gov.br

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A SHORT BRAZILIAN HISTORY

• Portuguese sailors landed in April, 1500
• Thanks to Napoleonic wars, Portuguese court
• fled to Brazil in 1808
• Rio de Janeiro capital city of Portuguese
• Kingdom
• 1817 Pedro I, Heir to the throne, married
• Princess Leopoldina Habsburg-Lorena

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY

• She was the 6th daughter of Francis II of
• Germany (also Francis I of Austria)
• Colony of Portugal until 1822
• Independence Act signed by Princess
• Leopoldina, first Empress of Brazil
• Pedro II was Emperor from 1840 to 1889
• Brazil became a Republic in 1889

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BRAZIL as a Colony

• Natural resources exploitation Brazil wood,
• sugar cane, gold and precious stones, coffee
• First cultural and scientific institutions 1808
• First printing of books 1831
• First school of engineering 1876
• First University (USP) 1934

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Some Brazilian People Racial Melting pot

• Native indians very primitive
• Extensive miscigenation with Portuguese
• African slaves sugar cane and coffee
• Also extensive intermarriages with slaves

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Organized migrations
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Some Weaknesses

• Large inequalities (economic, social,
  educational)
• Poor child education in science
• Low innovation in many industrial sectors

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Some Education Indicators
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Higher Education Institutions

• Brazil 2,281 Institutions
• 249 Public (11)
• 106 Federal
• 82 State (Länder)
• 61 County (Statt)
  
• 2,032 Private (89)
• 1,594 Profit oriented
• 438
  Phylantropic

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Higher Education Teachers and Professors

• Brazil 317,041
• 108,828 Public (34)
• 59,156 Federal
• 41,709 State
  (Länder)
• 7,963 County
  (Statt)
• 208,213 Private (66)
• 127,410 Profit
  oriented
• 80,803
  Phylantropic

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Higher Education Students

• Brazil 4,880,381 (2.6 of Population)
• 1,240,968 Public (25)
• 615,542 Federal
• 482,814 State
  (Länder)
• 142,612 County
  (Statt)
• 3,639,413 Private (75)
• 2,257,321 Profit
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  1,382,092 Phylantropic

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Brazilian System for Support of STI, and
Development of Human Resources
Numbers indicate year of foundation of
agencies. Source J.A. Guimarães, M.C. Human
(1995) Human Resources in ST in Brazil
Scientometrics 34 101-119 MCT Ministério da
Ciência e Tecnologia, MEC Ministério da
Educação, CNPq Conselho Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico, CAPES
Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de
Pessoal de Nível Superior, FINEP Financiadora de
Estudos e Projetos, FAPESP Fundação de Apoio a
Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo e FAPES
Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa demais Estados.
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Brazilian Model for STI Development

• VIRTUOS CICLE OF BRAZILIAN SCIENCE
• INITIATION IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• STRONG POST-GRADUATION PROGRAM
• FORMATION OF RESEARCH GROUPS
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
• FULL ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL
• LITERATURE (VIRTUAL LIBRARY)
• EVERY COMPONENT OF THE CYCLE
• IS FINANCED

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BRAZILIAN FEDERAL AGENCY FOR SUPPORT AND
EVALUATION OF GRADUATE EDUCATION MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION
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CAPES

• Instituted in 1951
• Federal Agency Minister of Education
• Main objectives support human resources
• development for higher education
• 2009 scholarships
• - 49,000 Masters and Ph.D. degree scholarships
  in Brazil
• - 4,251 fellowships abroad

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MAIN GOALS

• Devise policies to improve the graduate system
• and create priorities
• Evaluate and Accredit all Brazilian graduate
  courses
• support development of higher education and
  science and technology research.
• Support academic qualification of professors and
  teachers for basic education (new mission)

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ACTIONS. And Financing

• Financial support to Graduate Programs in Brazil
  (institutional and individual grants and
  scholarships )
• Provide access to scientific information (Virtual
  Library)
• Promote international cooperation (international
  agreements)

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Enrolled Students 1987-2008
Source Capes/MEC.Coleta 2008.
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Masters and Ph.D. Degrees Awarded 1987-2008
Source Capes/MEC.Coleta 2008.
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National System for Graduate Studies - 2009

• 2.738 Programs responsable for
• 4.112 Courses
• - 2.454 masters (59,4),
• - 1.415 Ph. D. (34,4),
• - 252 professional masters (6,2)
• 44.055 Teaching

Source Courses recommended and recognized.
Disponível em http//www.capes.gov.br/cursos-reco
mendados. Date of update 04/07/2009. Source
Coleta 2008. Source Cadastro Discente.
Date of update 11 /05/ 2009.
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National System for Graduate Studies

• 60,000 New Students Enrolled per year
• Year 2009
• 160,000 Registered Students
• - Two third Master and Professional Master
• One third Ph. D.
• 49,081 scholarships
• - 31,528 Master Students
• - 17,553 Ph. D. Students

Source Coleta 2008. Source Cadastro Discente.
Date of update 11 /05/ 2009.
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Distribution of Programs by Areas - 2009
Source Courses recommended and recognized.
Disponível em http//www.capes.gov.br/cursos-reco
mendados. Date of update 04/05/2009
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Regional Distribution of the Courses for Level -
2009
Source Courses recommended and recognized.
Disponível em http//www.capes.gov.br/cursos-reco
mendados. Date of update 04/05/2009
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VIRTUAL LIBRARY PORTAL DE PERIÓDICOS CAPES
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• Portal

• Established in 2000
• Online access to full text of 13,000 most
• qualified international scientific journals
• and to 126 international data banks
• High cappilarity free access trough any
• terminal connected to the Internet
• (268 authorized institutions )
• Objective Reduction of regional disparities

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Journal Titles 2000-2008
Maio 08
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Portal
Contents

• 13,015 periodical titles
• 126 referential data bases available

Public

• 268 Higher Education Institutions.

Use 2008

• 21 million full texts downloaded/year
• 39 million referential base accesses/year
• More than 166,000 accesses and downloads per day

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Collection Profile
June 08
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
GOALS

• Avoid in-breeding
• Facilitate access to the international scientific
  community
• Improve the visibility of Brazilian research
  groups abroad
• Establish new research partnerships
• Promote academic mobility

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International Cooperation Programs

• Scholarships abroad (individual fellowships)
• Bi-National Doctoral Colleges
• Joint research projects and University
• Partnerships
• Visiting Professorships
• Outstanding Visiting Professorships
• General International Cooperation Program

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JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS (2008)
Source CAPES/MEC
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JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS 2008
Source CAPES/MEC
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JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS 2008
Source CAPES/MEC
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CAPES / FINEP / DFG

• BRAZILIAN - GERMAN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
  INITIATIVE ON MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
• - BRAGECRIM
• Main motivation
• Strategic State of the Art Research
• on Production Technology

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• BRAGECRIM - Manufacture Technology
• Essential to competiveness and sustainable
  development
• Objectives
• Short term product life cycle
• Medium term Productive chain x
• sustainable development
• Long term World Class Production

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BRAGECRIM (CAPES, FINEP, DFG)
21 Universities 10 in Brazil, 11 in Germany 30
Research Institutes, including Fraunhofer
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Scholarships abroad - 2008

• 4,251 scholarships in several countries
• Ph.D. courses
• Sandwich or Split Ph.D.
• Post-doctoral fellowships
• Undergraduate Sandwich
• Others

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Scholarships abroad - 1996 to 2008
Fonte Capes/MEC
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Scholarships abroad-2008
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Scholarships awarded - 2008
Source CAPES/MEC
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Visiting Professorships

• Foreign or Brazilian Professors with permanent
  positions abroad
• 4 months up to 2 years
• Research and teaching
• Tax free allowance US 40,000.00 to
• US 60,000.00 per year

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Outstanding Visiting Professorships

• Distinguished Foreign Professors (Nobel Prizes,
  Field Medal, etc.)
• Generous allowance
• Short credit courses and conferences for graduate
  students
• Include virtual (on-line, via Internet
  conferences)

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General International Cooperation Program

• Open for proposals any time
• Brazilian Graduate Program (levels 5)
• Qualified counterpart in any country
• Simmetries of funding and mobilities of
• graduate students (undergraduate in
• selected areas)

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PEC-G Scholarships for Latin America Students -
2008
Total Number of PEC-G scholarships among Latin
American in 2008 132
Source MRE
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PEC-G Scholarships among Latin America countries
- 2009
Total Number of PEC-G scholarships among Latin
American in 2009 143
Source MRE
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PEC-PG Scholarships for Latin Americans Master
and Ph.D. Students - 2008
Total Number of PEC-PG scholarships in 2008 66
Source Capes e CNPq
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PEC-PG Scholarships for Latin Americans Master
and Ph.D. Students - 2009
Total Number of PEC-PG scholarships in 2009 101
Source Capes e CNPq
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CAPES BUDGET
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BUDGET 2001 2009 (US Million)
Source Capes/MEC
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BUDGET (US Million) 2005/2009
Exchange rates 2005 R2.43
2008R1.83 2006 R2.17 2009R2.30 (january
and february average) 2007 R1.94
Source CAPES/MEC
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CAPES EVALUATION OF GRADUATE COURSES A TWO
STEPS SYSTEM 1 - EVALUATION OF NEW
PROPOSALS 2- CONTINUED EVALUATION OF
APPROVED COURSES
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National System of Graduate Studies December,
2008
4,111 Programs
2,696 MSc Courses 253 Professional Master 1,415
Ph.D. Courses
160,000 total enrollment (2009)
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National System for Graduate Studies - 2009

• 2.738 Programs responsable for
• 4.111 Courses
• - 2,696 masters (59,4),
• - 1.415 Ph. D. (34,4),
• - 253 professional masters (6,2)
• 44.055 Teaching and advisors
• 160,000 Students (2009)
• - 2/3 master and professional master,
• - 1/3 Ph.D. Degree
• 49.081 Capes scholarships
• - 31,528 master and professional master,
• - 17,553 Ph. D.

Source Courses recommended and recognized.
Disponível em http//www.capes.gov.br/cursos-reco
mendados. Date of update 04/05/2009. Source
Coleta 2008. Source Cadastro Discente.
Date of update 11 /05/ 2009.
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Evaluation of Graduate Courses

• Monitored yearly Daily for individual
• information
• Evaluated every third year
• 2007 EVALUATION (2004-2006)
• 47 committees
• 800 peer reviewing members
• Grades 1 and 2 de-accreditation
• Grades 67 international standards

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Capes Evaluation System Software Package
1

• 1 Coleta Data gathering from graduate programs
  and transmission to Capes data base (user
  graduate programs)
• 2 Qualis Classification of publication media
  (user reviewers)
• 3 Criteria/Reports Define evaluation criteria
  for each area and provide reports for analysis
  (user reviewing committee)
• 4 Check Allows data base check and the
  generation of the evaluation report (user
  reviewing committee)

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3
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Classification of Journals by reviwer Committes
JCR X Median Impact Factor Last Evaluation
(2007) JCR 2005
bio
I
sau
II
III
II
fis
odont
III
ext
farm
I
s.col
quim
II
eng
geoc
ecol
IV
III
comp
mat
I
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Evaluation Scale
The courses are evaluated according to the
following scale 1 and 2 disapprove the
program 3 means a regular performance, meeting
the minimum demanded 4 is considered a good
performance 5 is the maximum grade to the program
with Master's only 6 and 7 indicate an
international high standard performance.
June 08
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Absolute numbers

Source CAPES/MEC
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Information on Graduate Studies Evaluation
The results are public(approved courses and
programs, grades, reports) All data is available
atWEB www.capes.gov.br
June 08
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Evaluation Legal Effect
Only diplomas and courses approved by the
evaluation process have NATIONAL APPROVAL
June 08
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Brazilian Post-Graduation The inseparable
components
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National System of Graduate Studies
RESULTS
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Scientific Production Brazil and World 1981-2008
Source SCOPUS. http//www.scopus.com/search/form.
url.
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Scientific Production Brazil and World 1981-2007
Source ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators, USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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Scientific Production 2008 Rank of Countries
Bases NSI-ISI and SCOPUS-Elsevier
Fonte SCOPUS. Disponível em http//www.scopus.co
m/search/form.url. Acesso em 7 jul. de 2009.
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World Scientific Production Select Country's
(Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland,
Israel, Norway, Poland, Scotland)
Source ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators, USA.
Data Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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ISI Journal Publications Brazil x England (1981
- 2007)
Fonte ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators,USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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Evolution of Scientific Production Brazil and
France
Fonte ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators, USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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ISI Journal Publications Brazil x Germany (1981
a 2007)
Fonte ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators,USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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ISI Journal Publications Brazil x Canada (1981
- 2007)
Fonte ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators,USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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Evolution of World Scientific Production BRAZIL
and USA
Fonte ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators,
USA. Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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BRAZIL Scientific Production Seven Most
Productive Areas
Source ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators, USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007)
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Brazilian Science in World Rank
(2003-2007)Fields in the Highest Positions
Source ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators, USA.
Base Deluxe - SCI (2007).
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Ranking of Scientific Production in the most
productive Countries in Engineering 2003 - 2007
Source ISI - Institute for Scientific
Information. National Science Indicators, USA.
Base Standard - ESI (2007).
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Ph.D. Degrees Granted X Published Articles 1987
- 2008
Source SCOPUS. http//www.scopus.com/search/form.
url.
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Brazil ( 1st in Football) 2.8 of the World
Population 2.6 of the World Scientific
Production 13th in the World ST
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Leadership in Research and Productive Fields

• Agriculture (orange, soy bean, cereals)
• Animal Production (beef, poultry, pork)
• Automation
• Banking since 15 years ago
• National elections results in hours
• Industrial plants
• Aircraft and Space Science
• Metal Mechanic industry
• Tropical Diseases and Public Health
• Dentistry
• BioFuels (ethanol and biodiesel)
• Petroleum (deep water extraction)
• Biological control of insects
• Cellulose production and paper industry

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Muchas Gracias!
Prof. Jorge A. Guimarães, Ph.D. CAPES,
President pr_at_capes.gov.br
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