CNPq opens call for research productivity fellowships, with submissions until January 7

Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) has Call No. 33/2026 open for Research Productivity fellowships (PQ), Senior Research Productivity fellowships (PQ-Sr), and Technological Development and Innovative Extension fellowships. Submission is online and runs until January 7, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. (Brasília time).

The call is relevant to doctoral-level researchers, including nurses, who carry out research with a formal link to an institution and want recognition and funding from CNPq. The Nursing committee evaluates under its own rules, which are worth reviewing before deciding on the level and timing of the application.

Who can apply

Applicants need a doctorate, a Lattes CV updated by the deadline, and a formal link to an institution, recorded in the Lattes. For PQ and Technological Development, the call requires a doctorate obtained by 2024. Applicants cannot hold a PQ, PQ-Sr, or Technological Development fellowship running beyond 2027, or be in default with CNPq. People living abroad cannot receive the fellowship, and the Senior PQ requires 20 years of PQ or Technological Development fellowships. Only one proposal per person is allowed.

Rules of the Nursing committee

The call has separate committees for Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health and Nutrition, each with its own criteria, which prevail over the general ones. In the Nursing committee, the doctorate must have been obtained at least 6 years ago for levels A and B and at least 2 years ago for level C. Scoring considers articles (by Scimago or JCR), publications in journals with Cuiden RIC or SciELO, and the h-index. Level C also requires 10 articles in 5 years and a minimum number of supervisions. Qualis is not mentioned in the committee’s text.

Fellowship amounts

According to the official news item of October 27, the PQ fellowship includes a monthly stipend and a research allowance: at level A, R$ 1,500 plus R$ 1,560; at level C, R$ 1,100 plus R$ 1,000. For level B, the news item lists R$ 1,320 plus R$ 1,320, but CNPq’s value table (updated in July 2025) shows R$ 1,300 as the monthly amount, so please confirm the figure with CNPq. The Senior PQ pays R$ 1,500 with no allowance.

Dates

• Submission: until January 7, 2027.
• Review: March 1 to April 2, 2027.
• Preliminary results: May 5, 2027; appeals until May 17.
• Final decision: June 30, 2027.
• Duration: from August 1, 2027, for three years at level C, four at level B, and five at level A and for the Senior PQ.

Two corrections have been published (October 13 and November 9). Neither changes the Nursing committee, and there is no extension.

How to submit

Proposals are submitted online only, through the Proposal Form on the Carlos Chagas Integrated Platform. Only one proposal per person is allowed, and the Lattes CV must be updated by the deadline.

Go to the Carlos Chagas Platform →

See CNPq’s fellowship value table

Information checked in the call, in the annex with the committee criteria, and on CNPq’s official pages on November 12, 2026. The number of fellowships per committee was not in the sections reviewed. Please check the official pages for any updates. This is an independent announcement by Enfermagem Pesquisadora, with no link or partnership with CNPq.