CNPq Chamada Universal
Funds broad-discipline Brazilian research through national project grants to strengthen real-world implementation.
CNPq Chamada Universal is Brazil's largest and most widely attended general-purpose scientific research grant program, open to all knowledge areas and disciplines. The 2024 cycle — the most recently completed — funded 2,606 projects at a total of R$450 million, representing a 50% budget increase over the prior cycle. Co-funding came from CNPq's own resources (R$320 million) and FNDCT via the Minis…
Open-discipline scientific and technological research across all knowledge areas, available to PhD-holding researchers at Brazilian institutions, with per-project awards up to R$ 300,000 over 36 months.
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