The new Brazilian Internationalization program: CAPES PrInt

In 2017 CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel ) announced a new program for the internationalization of higher education in Brazil. Unlike Science without Borders, this new program is focused on the internationalization of graduate studies and on the beneficial effects that this action will bring to the improvement of the quality of the science produced in the country. In the second half of 2018, the 36 institutions selected to participate in the initiative were announced.

This proposal aims to promote the discussion about the strategies used by a group of Brazilian HEIs to design their internationalization projects in order to participate in the institutional CAPES Call. For this, the presentation is structured in two parts. The first one will show the results of the application of a questionnaire to the 36 selected IES to highlight the structure and organization of the proposals, the internationalization strategy plans developed, and the international partnerships indicated. In the second, three of the selected institutions (state and federal), of different sizes, will present their internationalization strategies in light of the PrInt program.

It is intended that the national and international participants will know the strategies adopted by HEIs selected by CAPES. Those from Brazil to support its internationalization process and future applications to new CAPES calls and those from overseas to deepen the understanding of possibilities of cooperation through the financing offered by the program.