{"id":4869,"date":"2024-06-03T18:31:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.cnpem.br\/rau\/?page_id=4869"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:10:31","slug":"assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.cnpem.br\/rau\/assistance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Rules and Criteria for the Assistance Program for Participation in the 35th LNLS Annual Users Meeting (RAU)&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To apply for assistance to participate in the 35th LNLS Annual Users Meeting (RAU), applicants must complete the designated fields in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.cnpem.br\/rau\/registration\/\">registration form<\/a> and attach the required documents, listed below, in PDF format.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Selected assistance request notification: From September 15, 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is important to distinguish between applying and being awarded assistance. Those not awarded aid can still participate in the event at their own expense.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><p><strong>Eligibility Criteria\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To apply for financial assistance, applicants must meet <strong>all<\/strong> the following requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate program; be a postdoctoral researcher or early-career scientist<span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reside in Brazil (outside the state of S\u00e3o Paulo), Latin America, or the Caribbean<span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants must<strong> not<\/strong> hold a research productivity scholarship from CNPq or an equivalent agency;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate students <strong>must<\/strong> provide a <strong>letter of recommendation from their supervisor<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><p><strong>Exclusion Criteria<\/strong><br \/>\nApplications will be <strong>automatically disqualified<\/strong> if the candidate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently holds a research productivity fellowship from CNPq or an equivalent agency;<\/li>\n<li>Resides in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo or outside Latin America\/Caribbean;<\/li>\n<li>Is a graduate student who fails to submit a supervisor\u2019s recommendation letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><p><strong>Documents Required for Evaluation<br \/>\n<\/strong>The following documents must be submitted in <strong>PDF format<\/strong> through the registration form:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Extended Abstract<\/strong> \u2013 Required for all applicants; this document is for evaluation only and will not be made public;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supervisor\u2019s Recommendation Letter<\/strong> \u2013 Mandatory for master\u2019s and doctoral students;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong> \u2013 In Lattes format or equivalent;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Justification for Assistance Request<\/strong> \u2013 To be filled in the designated text field of the form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Affirmative criteria such as regional background and gender may be used during the evaluation process, especially in case of tie-breakers.<br \/>\nThe committee selecting participants may require awardees to give an oral presentation of their work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Criteria Descriptions&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Each application will be scored across three categories, with scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest):<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 61.3387%;height: 84px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 30.8668%;height: 21px\"><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.96078%;height: 21px\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 30.8668%;height: 21px\">Extended abstract<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.96078%;height: 21px\">1 &#8211; 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 30.8668%;height: 21px\">Young researchers<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.96078%;height: 21px\">1 &#8211; 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 30.8668%;height: 21px\">Curriculum Vitae<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.96078%;height: 21px\">1 &#8211; 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For each criterion, a detailed breakdown of how scores are assigned is provided below:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Extended abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 66px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"height: 22px\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px\">\n<td style=\"height: 44px\"><strong>Scientific Content<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Poor Content<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Regular Content<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Good Content<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Excellent Content<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;text-align: center\">Exceptional Content<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young researchers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 66px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"height: 22px\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px\">\n<td style=\"height: 44px\"><strong>Ph.D. completion time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">\u00a0More than 10 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Between 10 and 7 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Between 7 and 5 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2\">Between 5 and 2 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;text-align: center\">Less than 2 years or not yet completed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 90.082%;height: 66px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"height: 22px;width: 21.6127%\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 11.0114%\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 13.9996%\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 11.6588%\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 14.2421%\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 22px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 16.8724%\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px\">\n<td style=\"height: 44px;width: 21.6127%\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 11.0114%\">Poor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 13.9996%\">Regular<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 11.6588%\">Good<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;width: 14.2421%\">Excellent<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 44px;background-color: #f5f2f2;text-align: center;width: 16.8724%\">Exceptional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><p><strong>Assistance Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation Support\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The program covers travel expenses according to the following guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reimbursable costs<\/strong> include airfare, ground transportation, or mileage, up to the limits listed below;<\/li>\n<li>Participants are responsible for purchasing their own tickets, and eligible expenses will be <strong>reimbursed after the event<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>For <strong>international participants<\/strong>, CNPEM\u2019s User Office will handle ticket purchases directly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Eligibility Table<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 65.2029%;height: 84px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.57913%;height: 21px\"><strong>Beneficiaries<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.5499%;height: 21px\"><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.57913%;height: 21px\">From Brazil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.5499%;height: 21px\">Non-residents of the state of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.57913%;height: 21px\">From abroad<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.5499%;height: 21px\">Latin America and the Caribbean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Limits for Airfare Reimbursement\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 63.4257%;height: 197px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 23px\"><strong>Brazil\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 23px;text-align: center\"><strong>R$<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 21px\">Southeast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 21px;text-align: center\">R$ 1.000,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 21px\">South<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 21px;text-align: center\">R$ 1.300,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 22px\">Central-West<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 22px;text-align: center\">R$ 2.000,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 22px\">Northeast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 22px;text-align: center\">R$ 2.500,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 22px\">North<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 22px;text-align: center\">R$ 3.000,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 22px\"><strong>Latin America and the Caribbean<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 22px;text-align: center\">US$ 700.00 &#8211; 1.000,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ground Transportation Reimbursement\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 63.4257%;height: 44px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 23px\"><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 23px;text-align: center\"><strong>Maximum Amount<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.2692%;height: 21px\">Per distance traveled (km)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.8598%;height: 21px;text-align: center\">R$ 1.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Rules and Criteria for the Assistance Program for Participation in the 35th LNLS Annual Users Meeting (RAU)&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] To apply for assistance to participate in the 35th LNLS Annual Users Meeting (RAU), applicants must complete the designated fields in the registration form and attach the required 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