Through the CAPES-Brazil Agriculture PhD Program that began in fall 2021, the Brazilian government and Purdue fund up to 10 doctoral students in Purdue’s College of Agriculture each year. The program aims to encourage scientific exchange and increase academic expertise of Brazilian professionals in the field of agriculture. Each year, CAPES issues a call for applications, and prospective candidates must first be selected through a rigorous CAPES pre-selection process. Finalists then follow the standard graduate admissions process for the Purdue department to which they are applying for final consideration. 

Each department within the College of Agriculture defines its own criteria. Candidates should access the page below for specific information:  

 

I - Agricultural and Biological Engineering 
II - Agricultural Economics 
III - Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication 
IV - Agronomy 
V - Animal Sciences 
VI - Biochemistry 
VII - Botany and Plant Pathology 
VIII - Entomology 
IX - Food Science 
X - Forestry and Natural Resources 
XI - Horticulture 

Fellowship Benefits from Capes: 

• Monthly Allowances, from the first to the third years of the Program 
• Health Insurance Allowance for a maximum of two dependents from the first to the fourth years of the Program 
• Two-way air tickets – economy class - for the grantee and one dependent 
• Settling-In Allowance 
• Additional Benefits (partial costs of grantee´s health insurance), fees and other administrative cost linked to the Program, from the first to the third years of the Program 

Fellowship Benefits from Purdue: 

• Forthe  fourth (and fifth year, if needed) : Monthly allowances, additional benefits (partial costs of grantee´s health insurance), fees and other costs related to the Program Duration 
• Up to 5 (five) years, depending on satisfactory performance of the grantee 

For more information about the program and the next open call for applications, click here.