Postdoctoral Fellowship Application: Registration on the FAPESP Database

In order to get a postdoctoral fellowship from FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), the applicant should register and fill out all necessary information at FAPESP's SAGe database system. Instructions follows below.

SAGe System

• First go to www.fapesp.br/sage.
• Click on the "Sem cadastro?" ("No account?") link, as shown below:

• On the window that will open, insert your full name, country, birth date and, if you are not Brazilian, select "Estrangeiro" (Foreigner), as shown below:

The CPF is the number associated to IRS and it is an optional field for foreigners.

• After all the necessary fields are filled click on "Confirm" button

• On the next screen type your e-mail, username, password (twice, for confirmation) and then click on "Salvar" (Save) button, as shown below:

The password and identification must have from 5 to 10 characters.

Complete your Registration

• Go back to www.fapesp.br/sage and login with the identification and password you just created.

• After the login, go to the menu "Meus Dados" > "Alteração de Cadastro" (My Data > Update the Registration):

Personal Information

• Select the tab "Identificação" (Username) and fill the fields as follows:

• Under the marital status choose from
  • "Casado" = Married
  • "União Estável" = Unmarried Partnership
  • "Divorciado" = Divorced
  • "Separado" = Judicial Separation
  • "Solteiro" = Single
  • "Viúvo" = Widower.
• In the first two cases, please provide your spouse/partner information as follows:

Addresses

• Then in the tab "Endereço" (Address) click on "Incluir +" (Include) to add our business address:

• In the next window, fill the options/blanks as in the figure below. In the last field "Endereço no Exterior" (Address Abroad) include your address in your home country. Provide also your E-mail and Home Page in case you have one.

Employment Information

• On the tab "Vínc. Empreg / Credenciamento" (Employment Information), select "Não" (No), as shown below:

Academic Background

• Go to the tab "Formação Acadêmica" (Academic Background), select "Sim" (Yes) and click in "Incluir +":

• You will have to add a field for each academic level that you have attained. The levels are as follows:
  • "Graduação" = Under Graduation
  • "Mestrado" = Master Degree
  • "Doutorado"= PhD
  • "Pós-Doutorado" = Postdoctoral Position.

• After you click in "Incluir" fill the window as follows:

Areas of Expertise

• In the tab "Áreas de Atuação" (Areas of Expertise) click "Incluir +" and choose:
  • "Ciências Exatas e da Terra" (Hard Sciences / STEM) > "Física" (Physics) > "Física Das Partículas Elementares e Campos" (Particle and Fields).
• Insert at least four keywords in the fields under "Palavras Chave.

Adicional Information

• The tab "Dados Adicionais" (Adicional Information) fill out the fields as follows:

• In is not necessary to fill the last tab "Observações" (Remarks)

• Click on the "Salvar" (Save) button.

Adicional Documentation

• After you have finished this registration process at the SAGe system, please inform your supervisor so he/she can proceed with the fellowship solicitation. Be prepared to present in a .pdf format the following documents:
  • Master's/PhD School Record
  • Recommendation Letters
  • Certification of PhD completion
  • Curriculum Summary; following FAPESP instructions (in portuguese). English version provided by Google Translate.

For the Supervisor

• To register the proposal the supervisor will have to go to the menu "Propostas" > "Nova Proposta Inicial" (Proposals > New Initial Proposition) and select "Outras Linhas de fomento" (Other Lines of Fomentation) :

• And then select "Bolsas Concedidas como Itens Orçamentários em Auxílios" (Scholarships Granted as Budgetary Aid Items) and choose the scholarship:

• The following documentation is necessary to submit the Proposal:

• The following documentation may be attached at any moment, but is only required after approval of the Proposal:

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