The Brazilian government wants to increase scientific cooperation with the United States, and wants scholarships with American universities and companies granted through Science Without Borders to make up a fifth of the program. The government’s intention is to place 100,000 professionals and researchers in various countries over the next four years: 20,000 in the United States alone. The government promises to fund 75,000 scholarships and expects the private sector to sponsor a further 25,000. The program includes everything from undergraduate sandwich courses to post-doctorates in 18 areas of technology, engineering, biomedicine and biodiversity.

“The United States will be the principal destination for Brazilian scientists. By 2014, some 20,000 exchanges will have taken place”, Brazil’s Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Marco Antonio Raupp, told Agência Brasil. “We want to stimulate a new agreement between MIT and the Institute of Aeronautical Technology [ITA] in São Jose dos Campos [interior of São Paulo State]” informed the Minister, confirming the government’s intention to double the Brazilian Institute’s capacity with the presence of more North Americans.