Call for participation

Supporting Women Researchers

Results are out: 10 grants of R$ 2,000 awarded for women to attend BRACIS 2026 in person, in Cuiabá. Selected applicants must confirm acceptance by October 3, 2026.

Results are out

Congratulations to the selected researchers — confirm your acceptance by October 3, 2026. And thank you to all 289 applicants. See the selected applicants 

Official result (PT-BR, PDF)

Important dates

  • Applications Sep 22 – 29, 2026
  • Results announced October 1, 2026
  • Acceptance deadline October 3, 2026

01

About the call

BRACIS 2026 is launching a call for financial support aimed at expanding and strengthening the participation of women in scientific and technological research. The initiative seeks to encourage women’s leadership in the production and presentation of scientific work, contributing to greater participation of women as authors and presenters at the conference. Financial support of up to R$ 2,000.00 will be provided to cover travel, accommodation and/or registration for BRACIS 2026 — October 19–22, 2026, in Cuiabá, MT.

Undergraduate and graduate students with active enrolment, as well as early-career researchers who obtained their master’s or doctoral degree within the past three years, are eligible to apply. Applications are open from September 22 to 29, 2026, and the selection considers, among other criteria, authorship and presentation of papers accepted at BRACIS 2026 and the region where the applicant’s institution is located. The results will be announced on October 1, 2026.

02

Who can apply

Women affiliated with a teaching or research institution, in one of the following categories:

Undergraduate students

Enrolled in an undergraduate programme, with active registration at the time of application.

Graduate students

Enrolled in a master’s or doctoral programme, with active registration at the time of application.

Early-career researchers

Researchers who obtained a master’s or doctoral degree no more than three years before the application deadline.

03

The grant

  • Each selected researcher receives a fixed amount of R$ 2,000.00, to be used for travel, accommodation and/or registration, as she sees fit.
  • Applicants living in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande receive an amount equivalent to the BRACIS 2026 registration fee in their category.
  • No proof of expenses is required. The grant is formalised through an SBC receipt and a commitment term for attending the conference, both signed by the recipient.
  • The grant cannot be combined with another form of support covering the same expense.
  • Payment is made after the receipt and the commitment term are signed, in the form and within the deadline informed by the organisation.

Number of grants

Grants are awarded according to the budget available to the BRACIS 2026 organisation, each one worth up to R$ 2,000.00. Any remaining balance may be redistributed between categories and used for applicants on the waiting list.

04

How to apply

  1. Fill in the application form

    The whole application lives in a single electronic form. Incomplete forms are not eligible.

  2. Submit by September 29, 2026

    Applications are open from September 22 to September 29, 2026. Submission time is also the last tie-breaker, so do not leave it to the final hours.

  3. Declare and commit

    By submitting the form you declare that you have read this call, that the information given is true and that, if selected, you will sign the receipt and the commitment term and attend the conference in person.

Applications closed on September 29, 2026.

05

Selection criteria

Only applicants who meet the eligibility categories above and complete the whole form are considered. If there are more eligible applicants than grants, they are ranked separately within each category and split into two groups:

Group 1

Applicants who are authors of a paper accepted at BRACIS 2026. Grants go to this group first, by score.

Group 2

Applicants without an accepted paper. They are only awarded if grants remain after every eligible applicant of Group 1 in that category has been served.

Scoring

  • 5 pts Applicant is one of the authors of an accepted paper Group 1
  • 4 pts Applicant will present the paper Group 1
  • 3 pts Institution located in the North, Northeast or Central-West regions Groups 1 and 2

Authorship and presenter data are checked against the official list of accepted papers.

Tie-breakers

In case of a tie within a group, the following are applied in order:

  1. Applicant is the first author of the paper.
  2. Applicant is affiliated with an institution in the North, Northeast or Central-West regions.
  3. Date and time the form was submitted.

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Obligations

Researchers awarded a grant must:

  • Sign the SBC receipt for the grant and the commitment term for attending the conference.
  • Register for the conference within the deadlines announced by the organisation.
  • Attend the conference in person — attendance is verified through on-site check-in.
  • Present the paper, when that condition was used in the selection.
  • Report any withdrawal immediately and return the full amount received. The same applies if you do not attend the conference, except in cases of force majeure accepted by the organisation.
  • Provide basic information after the conference for the outcome report of this initiative.

False statements lead to disqualification and the return of any amount received. Cases not covered by this call are decided by the BRACIS 2026 organisation.

Results

Official result (PT-BR, PDF)

The BRACIS 2026 organisation announces the results of the call for financial support for the participation of women researchers. The call received 289 applications and, according to the budget available to the organisation (item 4.1), 10 grants of R$ 2,000.00 each were awarded.

Confirm by October 3, 2026

Selected applicants must confirm acceptance of the grant by October 3, 2026, by sending the commitment term for attending the conference — filled in and signed, with full name, CPF and bank details — to eunice@ufmt.br. The term is available at this link.

Selected applicants

  1. 1 Paulina Irene Velasquez Ferrufino Universidade Federal do Ceará
  2. 2 Ana Beatriz Prudêncio de Almeida Rebouças Universidade Federal do Ceará
  3. 3 Márcia Rodrigues Campos Universidade de Brasília
  4. 4 Amanda Sammer do Nascimento Brandão Universidade Federal da Bahia
  5. 5 Maryane de Castro Lima Instituto Federal do Ceará
  6. 6 Ricaelle Nascimento Teixeira Pontes Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco
  7. 7 Ingrid de Araújo Felix Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  8. 8 Paula Manoella Mesquita de Brito Universidade Federal do Pará
  9. 9 Letícia Maria Bandeira de Lucena Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido
  10. 10 Lara Vitória da Costa Bezerra Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido

Waiting list

  1. 1 Márcia Martins Leite de Sousa Instituto Atlantico
  2. 2 Yara Rodrigues Inácio Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  3. 3 Sthefany do Socorro Souza da Silva Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
  4. 4 Jéssica de França Lima Universidade Federal do Piauí
  5. 5 Mariana Timbó de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  6. 6 Gabrielly Alves Gomes Universidade Federal do Piauí
  7. 7 Rita de Cássia Caldas Teixeira Carvalho Universidade Federal do Pará
  8. 8 Rita de Cássia Rodrigues da Silva Universidade Federal do Piauí
  9. 9 Elisama Santana Freitas Universidade Federal da Bahia
  10. 10 Andressa Freitas de Arruda Universidade de Pernambuco

How applicants were ranked

Demand far exceeded the number of grants available. Based on item 10.2 of the call, the organisation therefore adopted a single ranking across categories. The priority for Group 1 applicants (authors of an accepted paper), the scoring in item 6.4 and the tie-breakers in item 7 were kept. Authorship and presenter data were checked against the official list of papers accepted at BRACIS 2026.

Accepting the grant

  • If a selected applicant does not confirm by the deadline, her grant is offered to the next applicant on the waiting list.
  • The waiting list is used in case of withdrawal, no confirmation within the deadline, or remaining budget. Applicants are contacted by email, in ranking order, and have 24 hours to confirm acceptance.
  • Applicants living in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, if called from the waiting list, receive an amount equivalent to the registration fee in their category, as set out in item 3.1.

Questions can be sent to eunice@ufmt.br.