{"id":12887,"date":"2024-01-18T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/science-program\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:10:26","slug":"science-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/en\/science-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1643221979828{margin-bottom: 32px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-color: #435c2a !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bloco-destaques&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-programa-ciencia&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:40px|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a|line_height:40px&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program\u2019s mission is to finance scientists who seek excellence in their research, asking fundamental questions, with the risk and dream of offering great contributions to their areas of activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support excellent long-term research by young Brazilian scientists in natural sciences, computer science, and mathematics. Proposals must be bold, and risk is considered welcome. Proposals focused exclusively on applied science, with utilitarian questions and without a focus on knowledge production, are outside the program\u2019s scope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program also promotes training and integration events among supported scientists, encouraging transdisciplinary collaborations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it seeks to contribute to constructing an environment favourable to scientific research. We participate in and lead discussions on promoting a robust ST&amp;I system that combats brain drain and looks at diversity, open science, science communication and innovative selection and evaluation methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discover all the scientists and supported science projects <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/en\/pesquisadores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-programa-ciencia&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Annual calls&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through annual public calls, we select young scientists to be awarded funding ranging from R$200,000 to R$700,000, with flexibility in the use of resources. Once selected, scientists will also be able to compete voluntarily for extra resources to be invested exclusively in integrating and training people from underrepresented groups in their teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates can also be selected and receive support through partnerships that Serrapilheira established with the National Council of State Foundations for Research Support and with the Foundations for Research Support in some Brazilian states. Through co-financing, Serrapilheira and the FAPs jointly support scientists selected through the institute\u2019s public calls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check all completed calls <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/en\/public-calls\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-programa-ciencia&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Project risk&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Serrapilheira\u2019s science calls, risk is considered welcome and fundamental in bold projects. We ask the candidate to detail the risk of their project based on three proposed definitions: the design risk, related to the formulation of the project hypothesis; the risk of approach, which concerns the methodological choice; and the technical risk, linked to obtaining the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objective of the detail is to measure how the candidate\u2019s choices could go wrong and what the researcher intends to do if that happens. Find out more about our risk concept <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/risk_serrapilheira.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10592\" src=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1-133x75.jpg 133w, https:\/\/serrapilheira.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/serrapilheira_risco1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, 700px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The risky and successful project of a platypus. Illustration: L\u00edvia Serri Francoio<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-programa-ciencia&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Selection process&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The selection is divided into two phases: the pre-proposal and the full proposal. International reviewers make the selection of proposals from each area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In phase 1 (pre-proposal), the summarized proposal is analyzed based on the answers to these ten questions:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\">1 \u2013 What is your big fundamental question?<br \/>\n2 \u2013 What is your specific hypothesis to answer this question?<br \/>\n3 \u2013 What are the possible limitations of your hypothesis?<br \/>\n4 \u2013 What data do you need to test your hypothesis?<br \/>\n5 \u2013 Why might your approach to testing your hypothesis not be appropriate? What are alternative approaches to testing this hypothesis?<br \/>\n6 \u2013 By what methods will you obtain this data?<br \/>\n7 \u2013 What challenges do you anticipate in collecting data?<br \/>\n8 \u2013 Explain where the originality of your project lies. In the question? Hypothetically? In the approach? In methodology?<br \/>\n9 \u2013 Who cares? If you are successful in your project, what difference will it make to knowledge? For which fields?<br \/>\n10 \u2013 Where did the idea for the project come from?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candidate\u2019s CV and the scientific production indicated by them are also analyzed \u2013 two or more impactful articles in which the candidate was the main author, explaining how his contribution was made and why he considers them impactful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who pass phase 1 are invited to submit the full proposal, with the detailed project, and to participate in an interview in English with reviewers from around the world.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-programa-ciencia&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;In addition to the grant&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than offering resources, the Science Program promotes training, workshops and integration events between researchers, such as the <\/span><b>Serrapilheira Scientific Retreats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which takes place annually. The goal is to improve the training and career development of grantees, create spaces for transdisciplinary cooperation, and stimulate initiatives in diversity in science, scientific communication and open science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out more about Serrapilheira Scientific Retreats:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #415a28;\" href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/primeira-edicao-da-serie-encontros-serrapilheira-reune-65-cientistas-no-rio-de-janeiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018.1<\/a> |<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #415a28;\" href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/en\/news\/?_sft_category=encontros-2018-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018.2<\/a> |<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\"><a style=\"color: #415a28;\" href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/divulgacao-cientifica-ainda-e-um-desafio-para-pesquisadores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019.1<\/a> |\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\"><a style=\"color: #415a28;\" href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/en\/news\/?_sft_category=encontros-2019-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019.2<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\"><a style=\"color: #415a28;\" href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/en\/news\/?_sft_category=encontros-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a> |<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #415a28;\">\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #415a28;\" href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/6-encontros-serrapilheira-reuniu-a-comunidade-serrapilheira-para-celebrar-cinco-anos-do-instituto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/7-encontros-serrapilheira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serrapilheira.org\/8-encontros-serrapilheira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another example is the project <\/span><b>Serrapilheira Networks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: notices aimed at financing collaborations between scientists already supported by the institute. The idea is to leverage the usual calls for science by planting seeds of multidisciplinary collaboration between research groups through the mobility of people, especially those in the training phase.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1643229001664{margin-bottom: 24px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-color: #435c2a !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-programa-ciencia&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Investment since 2018&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"color: #415a00;\">R$ 97.127.647,40<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Projects supported: 267<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">December 2025 numbers<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; 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google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alef%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;S\u00e9rie de v\u00eddeos&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23435c2a&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alef%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;serrapilheira-bold-header&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Desafio Serrapilheira&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1643738485856{margin-top: 4px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Em 2018, desafiamos 65 jovens cientistas brasileiros a apresentar suas pesquisas para tr\u00eas p\u00fablicos diferentes: uma crian\u00e7a de 10 anos, um universit\u00e1rio e um pesquisador da mesma \u00e1rea. O objetivo? Mostrar como pensam e o que andam fazendo os jovens cientistas brasileiros.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=96VsHmIwoTo&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Perguntas Fundamentais&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O que s\u00e3o as perguntas fundamentais que mobilizam os cientistas em seus processos de descoberta? O Instituto Serrapilheira lan\u00e7ou em 2019 uma s\u00e9rie de v\u00eddeos para entender de onde v\u00eam essas grandes quest\u00f5es e qual \u00e9 o papel da intui\u00e7\u00e3o e da criatividade nas pesquisas. Conversamos com cinco jovens pesquisadores: Bruno Mota (f\u00edsica e neuroci\u00eancia), Marina Hirota (matem\u00e1tica e ecologia), Tiago Jalowitski (geologia), Rafael Chaves (f\u00edsica qu\u00e2ntica) e Rafael Silva (qu\u00edmica).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R9KFc-pdiQs&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Modos de ver&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cModos de ver\u201d \u00e9 a s\u00e9rie de v\u00eddeos lan\u00e7ada pelo Serrapilheira em 2021. Conversamos com 12 cientistas sobre seus trabalhos, m\u00e9todos e interfaces para mostrar que diferentes formas de fazer pesquisa constroem o que conhecemos como ci\u00eancia. Geologia e f\u00edsica, matem\u00e1tica e qu\u00edmica, biologia e oceanografia, todos podem se esbarrar em conceitos, hip\u00f3teses, questionamentos. 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