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The international expansion of the Program has been considered an important strategy for the growth and evolution of PPG Ciências. As such, several actions have been developed/discussed with the faculty to foster collaborations with new international higher education institutions (HEIs) and promote specific initiatives that enhance the Program’s internationalization aspects.

The PPG Ciências faculty maintains collaborations and initiatives with various international HEIs for research projects, article publications, patent development, student exchange, faculty mobility, cotutelle degree programs, and participation in organizing events. These collaborations involve institutions such as:

– Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)

– Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain)

– University of California San Diego (USA)

– Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ (Italy)

– Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (Morocco)

– Université Rennes – CNRS (France)

– Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

– Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Mexico)

– Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)

– Universidad Tecnológica de México (Mexico)

– ITTLA-Instituto Tecnológico de Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

– Rutgers University (USA)

– University of Nairobi (Africa)

– Western New England University (USA)

– University of Mississippi (USA)

– Sorbonne Université – CNRS (France)

– Universidad Autónoma de Chile (Chile)

– Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)

– Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Intégrée Nantes Angers (France)

– Georgetown University (USA)

– Carnegie University (USA)

– Universität Bremen (Germany)

– Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina), among others.

Internationalization is not only a strategic element for maintaining and projecting the quality of research and human resource training in PPG Ciências but also reflects UNIFRAN’s commitment, as outlined in its Institutional Development Plan, to expand the university’s global presence. This institutional guideline reinforces the importance of internationalization within the university’s graduate programs.

International exchanges for students and faculty are primarily facilitated through grants from funding agencies and international cooperation programs, including:

– São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

– Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES; Sandwich Doctorate Program Abroad, PDSE)

– International Cooperation Projects through bilateral agreements such as:

– Brazil-France (FAPESP-CNRS)

– Brazil-Spain (CAPES-DGU)

– FAPESP Sprint Project

List of Funded International Cooperation Projects – 2021-2025

-“Conducting chemical, analytical, biological, pharmacological, and technological studies to address gaps in the development of the Brazilian propolis sector” (FAPESP 2017/04138-8) – International Cooperation: National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi (USA); Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL (Belgium); Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego.

– “Characterization of the antitumor potential of solamargine against human Glioblastoma” (FAPESP: 2022/00806-4) – International Cooperation: Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Université d’Angers.

– “Lanthanide ion-based nanothermometer: Applications in biology and microfluidics” (CAPES-COFECUB; Ph-C965/20) – International Cooperation: Centre d’Elaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales; Laboratoire des Interactions Moléculaires et Réactivité Chimique de Toulouse; Centre Inter-universitaire de Recherche et d’Ingénierie des Matériaux de Toulouse; Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoléculaire et Macromoléculaire; l’INU Champollion.

– “Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy on LaNbO4: Ln3+ nanoparticles” (CNRS – French National Center for Scientific Research; NanoX, ANR-17-EURE-0009) – International Cooperation: CEMES – Centre d’Elaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales.

– “Development of hybrid materials through valorization of aluminum recycling waste for water recovery” (International Research Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation).

– “Accelerating the identification and generation of novel and improved drug compounds for neglected tropical diseases (‘hit NTD goals’): An Integrated Drug Discovery Consortium for NTDs” (UK Wellcome Trust – 217812/Z/19/Z – SA1130XX) – International Cooperation: Calibr at Scripps Research; Aberystwyth University; University of California; University of Texas.

-“Effect of cis-trimethoxystilbene treatment after TP53 silencing by siRNA in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 tumor cell lines: A cellular and molecular approach” (FAPESP: 2018/16461-0) – International Cooperation: University of Illinois Springfield.