The international circulation of Brazilian scientists in the early years of CNPq (1951-1955)

Abstract

The central purpose of this article is to analyze the policy of international circulation of scientists developed in the first years of CNPq, by then President Álvaro Alberto, the first to chair the Council. This text is only a preliminary attempt to present the initial data collected on scholarships and grants awarded to Brazilian researchers towards the outside, or to make a doctorate, participate in scientific meetings or do internships in laboratories as well as foreign scientists who came to here to teach and conduct research at our institutions, train researchers or lecture. What interests us is the international circulation of scientists, and their formation to the development of science and technology in Brazil.