Following the signature on 11 September, 2013 of a cooperation agreement between the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and the French Embassy in Brazil, a "French Chairs at the UERJ" programme has been created.
This program allows to host professors and researchers of French Higher Education and Research institutions for a period greater than 60 days and less than one year.
Selected candidates will receive a monthly grant from the partner university (an amount corresponding to the salary of a visiting professor in the host university). The round-trip ticket will be supported by the French Embassy.
The submitted projects can be written in French, Portuguese or in English.
Priority areas are: Humanities and Social Sciences, Marine Sciences, Geosciences, Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Projects have to be sent before November 15, 2013 to:
- The UERJ : Professor Cristina Russi Guimarães Furtado : dci@sr2.uerj.br
- The General Consulate of France in Rio de Janeiro : Marine Le Corre : marine.lecorre@diplomatie.gouv.fr
On the Consulate's website you can download the full text of the call for applications.