NATURA IS A PARTNER OF THE SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS PROGRAM AND SEEKS TO FOSTER INNOVATION IN THE COUNTRY.
THE SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS PROGRAM (CsF)
The Science Without Borders program is a federal government initiative promoted by the Ministries of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) and Education (MEC), through their agencies CNPq and CAPES. The program aims to promote the consolidation, expansion, and internationalization of Brazilian science and technology, innovation, and competitiveness through exchange and international mobility. The project provides for up to 101,000 scholarships for study and research (2012 to 2014) abroad and the reception of foreigners in Brazil. Companies have joined the program with about 25% of the total number of available scholarships.
THE CsF PROGRAM AT NATURA
Natura was one of the first companies to join the program in April 2012, mainly due to its character of stimulating science and technology in areas of our interest, training employees, and forming research networks and partnerships. In this way, Natura is actively contributing to the construction of policies that encourage research and innovation within the scope of international cooperation.
Natura will select students who submit projects to CNPq that align with its research themes and will co-finance such scholarships abroad.
WHY CsF AT NATURA?
- Generation of knowledge;
- Technology prospecting;
- Acquisition of new skills;
- Creation and consolidation of international partnership networks.
ADVANTAGES FOR THE STUDENT
- Co-financed scholarship by Natura / CNPq;
- Possibility of future investment from Natura in the continuation of the project;
- Possibility of forming a Natura / ICT partnership involving the scholar's project;
- Opportunity for the scholar to get to know Natura.
RESEARCH THEMES ALIGNED WITH THE CsF PROGRAM
- Engineering and other technological areas;
- Biology, biomedical sciences, and health;
- Computing and information technologies;
- Sustainable agricultural production;
- Renewable energies;
- Biotechnology;
- Nanotechnology and new materials;
- Transition technologies for the green economy;
- Biodiversity and Bioprospecting;
- Marine sciences;
- Creative Industry (products and processes for technological development and innovation);
- New Engineering Technologies.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
INFORM NATURA ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT
*The information must be identical to that provided to CNPq.
Natura will send a confirmation of receipt to the email provided in the form and will subsequently contact the selected scholars.
Natura reserves the right not to provide individual justification for unsupported projects.
