U.S. and Brazil: An Education Partnership for the 21st Century

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"Brazil-U.S.: Partnership for the 21st Century," a daylong conference hosted by The Embassy of Brazil in Washington, DC, took place on April 9, 2012. The program focused on relations between Brazil and the United States in a number of strategic areas, including trade and investment, energy, and higher education. Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, attended the event.

Dr. Allan Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education, spoke on a panel that highlighted the Brazil-U.S. partnerships in higher education and the new Science Without Borders Program, a scholarship program for Brazilian students focusing on the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to study at the world's best universities.

IIE has been working closely with CAPES, the Brazilian federal agency Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, and with CNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, an organization within the Ministry of Science and Technology, to place the Science Without Borders undergraduate students at U.S. universities. Approximately 650 Brazilian undergraduate students arrived in the United States beginning this January, to study at U.S. campuses with funding from Science Without Borders. IIE expects the number of host campuses to double in the coming year, when an additional 1,500 students arrive for programs beginning in summer or fall 2012.

For more information, please click here. Related materials issued during the visit of President Dilma Rousseff to the United States include the White House Fact Sheet and the Department of State Fact Sheet.