Published in Sep 12, 2022 03:50 PM
Updated in Sep 12, 2022 04:01 PM
After 200 years of Independence, Brazil became a scientific superpower responsible for 51.08% of scientific production in Latin America (SJR SCImago Journal & Country Rank) and a reference in several areas of knowledge, such as agriculture and tropical medicine.A measure of our innovation is the number of patents granted, which jumped from 3,623 in 2010 to 21,298 in 2020 (INPI). We also increased the amount of scientific articles published by SCOPUS from 48.5k in 2010 to 89.2k in 2020.
In health sciences the Brazilian government - through the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - built the largest vaccine factory in Latin America, supplying domestic and international demand.
Brazil also inaugurated Manacá, the first research station in use at SIRIUS, at the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS): the largest and most complex scientific infrastructure built in Brazil and one of the most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world.
After signing an agreement with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Brazil became the third non-European country to be part of this selective group of 30 members. Notably, its membership serves as recognition of the country's excellence in science.The Brazilian government has also extended its participation in the Gemini Observatory. Brazil is the country with the highest rate of scientific publication and training of new astronomers and technicians specialized in astronomical instrumentation of the Consortium.
Brazil also completed the Alcântara Space Center Technology Safeguards Agreement, which provides launch capability to companies - an addition to our Space Program that may result in a net gain of US$10 billion annually.Brazil also launched two new satellites, named Carcará I and Carcará II (after the bold Brazilian bird of prey), which make up the Lessonia Project, which aims to construct a constellation of low-orbit government satellites availablefor both civil and military use.
At the National Nuclear Energy Commission’s Nuclear Technology Development Center, Brazil launched GraNioTer, a technological hub of advanced material and strategic mineral sciences, aiming to further develop production chains based on graphene, niobium and rare-earth elements.Brazil inaugurated the Vitória-Regia Satellite Laboratory and the Providence Project in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, located in the Amazon. The reserve is now the 1st conservation unit in the world to have its biodiversity fully monitored in an automated manner.
Located deep in the Brazilian Amazon, the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (Torre ATTO) is a 325-meter tall research laboratory, a metallic structure equivalent to an 80-story building (taller than the Eiffel Tower).
The Brazilian government has increased the number of scholarships for master’s and PhD students by 5% in the last three years. Through CAPES, a Brazilian governmental institution that promotes the training of academic researchers, Brazil will provide 84,300 scholarships in 2022.Brazil, through the university scholarship program PROUNI, made available the highest number of offers ever at the beginning of 2022, totaling 273,001 scholarships. More than 1,000 undergraduate institutions in Brazil have joined the program.
Facing the problem of student loans, which afflicts undergraduate students around the world, the Brazilian government granted 86.5% debt forgiveness to more than 1 million students. The total may reach 92% for socially vulnerable students.
