The Federal Govermenment will continue its policy of consolidating and broadening support for scientific and technological training in Brazil. Its aim is to balance and link support for teaching and research institucions with technological and innovative training in the business sector. These efforts aimed at increasing companies ability to innovate will not be carried out in such a way as to compromise existing infraestructure and research support actions. On the contrary, they will be implemented basead on the understanding that strengthening teaching and research institutions and their interaction with other elements is essential to create, acquire and spread knowledge within the country, especially in terms for the frontiers of knowlegde.

The increase in scientific production and consolidation and opening up of new lines of research and new postgraduate courses, as well as exploring new and diversified sources of advanced training in Brazil and in its best academic centres, will be vital patyhs for strengthening STI. The training of qualified human resources was and will continue to be one of the main elements sustaining STI policy, In the last four years there has been a marked increase in the number of scholarships granted by CNPq and Capes in all disciplines.