The Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology (BRAGFOST) Symposia are a series of interdisciplinary, binational conferences jointly conducted by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Funding on the German side is provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The conference brings together around 60 outstanding young researchers from Brazil and Germany working in different fields of sciences and engineering. They share knowledge across disciplines and take the opportunity to work on future Brazilian-German cooperations. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports such collaborative work with its special follow-up programme CONNECT which funds working visits in the partner countries for up to 30 days.
The scientific program of the symposium is designed by an organizing committee comprised of five Brazilian and five German researchers. Conference co-chairs for the BRAGFOST Symposium 2024 are Maria Carolina Quecine Verdi, University of Sao Paulo and Susanne Zibek, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Stuttgart.
This year’s symposium will frame the topic Entering a sustainable future.
Participation is by invitation only.
This symposium is part of the Frontiers of Research Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The Foundation regularly convenes bi- and tri-national Frontiers of Research Symposia in cooperation with its partner organisations in Brazil, China, Japan, India, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.