Overview
The 2026 MAI/DAI call funds university–company research projects through master's, doctoral, business postdoctoral and technological/industrial initiation fellowships. Institutional proposals are open through 11 December 2026.
Complete fellowship details
Consolidated programmes may request up to 10 master's fellowships for 24 months, 10 doctoral fellowships for 48 months, 5 business postdoctoral fellowships for 12 months and 15 technological/industrial initiation fellowships for 12 months. Emerging programmes may request up to 5 master's, 5 doctoral and 10 technological/industrial initiation fellowships. Partner companies provide minimum counterparts of R$12,000 per master's fellowship, R$24,000 per doctoral fellowship and R$6,000 per business postdoctoral fellowship, at least 50% in financial resources.
Eligibility requirements
Universities or research institutes submit institutional proposals built with partner companies under the call's programme conditions. This is an institutional funding call; students do not apply as standalone individual applicants to the call.
Tips for this fellowship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified against CNPq's current Call 30/2026 page and 2026 programme notice. The current call gives a date-only closing date of 11 December 2026; no deadline time was inferred.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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