USP Graduate programs are funded by agencies of funding research and human resource training, namely: CAPES, CNPq and FAPESP, which offer scholarships for the enrolled students.
The Graduate Program counts on the support of scholarships from CAPES Social Demand (7 scholarships), CNPq (2 scholarships), as provided in their own criteria and requirements for granting and/or renewing scholarships Critérios_e_requisitos_para_concessão_e/ou_renovação_de_bolsas-cirurgia (pdf). The resources coming from the bench fee of CNPq scholarships may be used according to the Information for the use of bench fee (pdf).
Student should make their request for scholarship during the enrollment period using a specific form and deliver it at the Program office.
The Program Scholarship Committee is responsible for selecting, granting and following scholarship holders.
Scholarship holders from the Social Demand Program and CNPq must take the teaching internship, called Teaching Improvement Program (Programa de Aperfeiçoamento de Ensino – PAE), which is an integral part of the training of PhD students, aiming to prepare them for the teaching profession and to qualify undergraduate education. From the 1st request for scholarship renewal on, it will be confirmed if the student is taking the course and/or performing the teaching internship.
The scholarships offered by FAPESP are granted directly to the student, upon advisor’s request.
Through specific programs, CAPES and CNPq offer scholarships that enable PhD students to develop part of their thesis work in foreign institutions.
Among the specific programs, advisees will be able to perform the Institutional Program of Overseas Sandwich Doctorate (Programa Institucional de Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior, PDSE) from CAPES.
The University of São Paulo, through partnership with foreign institutions, enables its PhD students to prepare their thesis aiming to obtain a dual degree.