Brazilian President Dilma Roussef Announces Plans to Extend Scholarship Program

 

At a ceremony at the Palácio do Planalto in Brasilia, Brazilian president Dilma Roussef announced plans to launch a second stage of the Ciência sem Fronteiras Scholarship program (known in the United States as the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program). Second stage would offer opportunities to 100,000 additional Brazilian students. "This program was created to guarantee conditions to generate new innovation here, to generate interests in the sciences and through the application of technology in all areas," the president explained.

IIE president Allan E. Goodman traveled to Brazil to attend the ceremony and meet with the Brazilian Government about the program, which IIE administers in the United States. "We are very grateful for the role that the U.S. colleges and universities have played in the success of the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program," Dr. Goodman commented. "The host campuses have shown great flexibility in working with us to accommodate the rapidly growing numbers of students from Brazil over the past three years." Dr. Goodman also shared about his trip a recent blog post "Letter from Brasilia: What 100,000 New Scholarships Mean for Brazilian and U.S. Students."