The Program

Published in Jul 06, 2023 03:30 PM Updated in Nov 22, 2023 02:28 PM

Biomedical and biological sciences are two rapidly expanding areas in the 21st Century, proving highly stimulating opportunities for innovative findings. This Program aims at selecting exceptional Brazilian students for a Full PhD at the BBS Yale Program ( Biological and Biomedical Sciences Joint Program).

The BBS Program aims primarily at the qualification of future leaderships in Biological and Biomedical sciences; it also aims at long-term changes in the quality of the Brazilian scientific production in a world led by intense competivity.

Candidates can find below the eight tracks of the BBS Program:

The selected candidates will join the BBS Program, which is significantly different than post-graduation courses in Brazil. In the first year of the Program students will take two or three subjects each semester, taking from two to four turns at laboratory activities. Then, he/she will select a laboratory doctoral thesis supervisor, according to the options listed in the Public Notice of the Program.

Type of Program

Individual Scholarship

Modality

Full PhD

Objectives

These are the objectives of the CAPES/YALE Doctorate Program in Biomedical Sciences:

To select and qualify Brazilian students in the BBS University of Yale Program
To encourage the qualification of leaderships who might significantly to the research areas of the Program, both in Brazil and abroad
To strengthen areas of knowledge in process of consolidation in the Country
To broaden levels of collaboration and joint publications among researchers both in Brazil and abroad
To broaden Access of Brazilian researchers to international centers of excellence
To allow wider international visibility to the Brazilian scientific, technological and cultural production