Researchers and candidates for undergraduate, master's, or doctoral scholarships interested in developing research projects with PAN should send their respective projects to the Institute in an attached file.

General conditions:

1) Wish to conduct research with Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) on the following topics:
• Synthesis of acrylonitrile
• Polymerization of acrylonitrile for the production of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and copolymers
• Chemical modification of PAN
• Spinning processes of PAN
• Plasticization of PAN
• Oxidized PAN fiber
• PAN-based carbon fiber
• Synthesis of PAN-based superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)
• Recycling of PAN and acrylic fibers
• Applications of PAN and PAN SAPs
• Characterization and determination of properties of PAN and PAN SAPs

2) Be a regular student at a college or university in an undergraduate or graduate program in the following areas: environment, chemistry, biochemistry, materials engineering, biomedical engineering, agriculture, or medicine.
3) Develop a project containing: objectives, methodology, and expected results, with a maximum of 20 pages in Arial 12 font and PDF format.
4) Submit the curriculum vitae of the applicant and the advisor in PDF format or via a link.
5) There is no deadline for submitting projects, but the start of scholarship payments should coincide with the beginning of the next academic semester.
6) The project evaluation and approval period is 2 months.
7) The project evaluation will consider: degree of innovation, student and advisor curriculum vitae, project quality, and course evaluation.
8) Students from other countries in Latin America and Africa may also apply.
9) Projects should be sent to igtpan@igtpan.com

Scholarship Amounts:

Undergraduate Research:
Amount: CNPq equivalent (Brazil)
Duration: 1 year, extendable up to 4 years after the end of the course

Master's Degree:
Amount: CNPq equivalent (Brazil)
Duration: 2 years (non-renewable)

Doctorate's Degree:
Amount: CNPq equivalent (Brazil)
Duration: 4 years (non-renewable)