Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

Applications for the MRE Merit Scholarship are open from 14 to 30 January 2022. The scholarship is destined for students of the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) at UFSC who have completed at least 2 semesters of study and have not failed any classes in the last semester.

Offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Merit Scholarship consists of a monthly financial assistance worth R$ 622.00, during the period of six months.

Read the rules carefully in the Call for Applications DCED no 1_2022 – DOU.

To apply, students must send the following documents, scanned in high quality and PDF format, separately, to pecg.sinter@contato.ufsc.br until 11:59 p.m. on 30 January 2022:

1) Application form,  properly filled in and signed;

2) Commitment Statement, properly filled in and signed;

3) Copy of the student’s passport page with the valid visa (VITEM – IV);

4) Copy of the current RNM or its updated protocol (don’t worry, the MRE is aware that the CRMN expiry dates are delayed due to the pandemic. However, if you have a renewal appointment scheduled, please attach the proof of appointment);

5) In case of participation in extracurricular research or outreach activities during the past two semesters, proof of student’s participation, indicating date of completion, duration and/or the workload (from the two previous semesters);

6) Individual letter of recommendation, written and signed by the instructor of a course taken in the last semester (2021.1).

The email must have as its subject “MÉRITO 2022 + APPLICANT’S NAME” (e.g.: MÉRITO 2022 ANA SILVA).

As published on the MRE website – Scholarships and Return Ticket, “PEC-G students may receive MRE grants in some specific cases. However, they should not create expectations, nor depend on this support, since one of the program’s requirements is that the student proves means of support in Brazil by a sponsor of their own”.

Attention: the Merit Scholarship cannot be accumulated with any other scholarship or aid. This is stated in the Commitment Statement. Students who are doing paid internships are not eligible for the scholarship.

We strongly suggest that all documents are digitally signed on the AssinaUFSC system: assina.ufsc.br