Science without Borders
Published on 3 January 2012
13 December 2011
Science without Borders
Glaucios Oliva, President of CNPq, Jorge Almeida Guimarães,
President of CAPES, Alan Charlton, British Ambassador and Joanna
Newman, Director of the UK HE International Unit. Photo by
Jaqueline Wilkins / Embaixada Britânica
Dr Joanna Newman, Director of the UK HE International Unit
represented the UK at the signing of the £170 million Science
without Borders scholarship programme on Monday 13th December
2011.
The agreement, brokered by UUK and the International Unit, funds
up to 10,000 Brazilian students to study STEM subjects at
undergraduate and postgraduate level over the next four years.
Science without Borders Programme
Students will spend 12 months in the UK on sandwich
undergraduate and sandwich PhD courses. This will include nine
months in a classroom studying a STEM subject at undergraduate or
postgraduate level and three months on an industrial placement or
being supervised by the university to undertake an industrial
project. There will also be approximately six hundred scholarships
for full PhDs available to Brazilian students.
The International Unit have negotiated a package of £15,000 per
student to be paid to UK universities. This package covers the
student's academic programme including fees associated with
coursework or tests, English language provision as appropriate,
student support, accommodation, an industrial placement or
supervised industrial project and administrative support within the
host university.
Students studying for full PhDs will receive £15,000 per year.
The Brazilian Government will pay travel and living costs directly
to students. Science without Borders in the UK will be administered
by the International Unit on behalf of Universities UK and in
partnership with CAPES and CNPq, the Brazilian higher education
agencies. UUK and the International Unit are investigating the best
way to manage and administer the scheme to give best value to the
Brazilian students and benefit both the UK and Brazilian higher
education sectors.
For further information about the programme please contact:
George Grayson, International Policy Officer, UK Higher
Education International Unit
george.grayson@international.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 207 419 5415