Technical Training

The Technical Training Program offers short-duration practical training in research laboratories. The objective is to develop specific technical skills, promote safe equipment use, and create a culture of continuous training in the program.

• Offer practical training focused on techniques, methods, and best practices
• Allow conversion to special credits according to regulations
• Encourage cascade training: those who learn, teach
• Promote safe, ethical, and standardized laboratory use
• Develop technical, didactic, and scientific communication skills
• Expand students’ network of contacts and increase interactions between research groups

Students regularly enrolled in Master’s, Direct Doctorate, and Doctorate programs.

External participants: for every 5 program students, the training can accept 1 special student.

The following can act as instructors:

• Doctoral students
• Postdoctoral researchers
• Laboratory technicians
• Faculty (preferably in a supervisory role)

The workload includes:

• In-person laboratory activities
• Complementary activities: reading protocols, reports, data analysis

Complementary activities can account for a maximum of 20% of the total training workload.

Considering the limit of 50% special credits in course credits:

If the number of credits in technical training exceeds the maximum allowed, the maximum value will be counted as course credits.

• Minimum: 15 hours (1 credit)
• Maximum per training: 30 hours (2 credits)
• Can be distributed over weeks, depending on laboratory availability

• Ideal: 2 to 5 students
• Maximum: 6 students
• Small classes ensure safety and training quality

• Minimum attendance of 75%
• Additional criteria defined by the group offering the training

There is no numerical grade.

• Reduces faculty workload
• Creates multiple students trained in each technique
• Strengthens the culture of continuous training
• Ensures continuity even with defenses and leaves

Laboratories should propose topics that:

• Are clearly defined
• Can be taught in 15-30 hours
• Have well-defined protocols
• Do not involve high-risk procedures without adequate supervision
• Can be reproduced by other students in the future

• Good safety practices in chemical laboratories
• Use and basic maintenance of equipment (HPLC, GC, UV-Vis, FTIR, NMR)
• Sample preparation and purification
• Basic organic synthesis techniques
• Physical-chemical characterization techniques
• Chemical waste treatment and disposal
• Data analysis with specific software
• Writing and organizing laboratory notebooks

Laboratories offering training receive resources for purchasing consumables and services:

The total resources allocated by the CCP for this program equal 15% of the annual PROEX budget.

Talent recruitment

• Period of mutual observation with potential advisees
• Selection based on real performance, not just curriculum

Operational efficiency

• Standardized and documented training
• Reusable teaching materials
• Less dependence on a single person to operate equipment

Institutional visibility

• Recognition as a technical reference
• Can be cited in reports and FAPESP, CNPq, CAPES projects

Safety

• Formal documentation of training
• Reinforcement of safety standards

• Designate a technical supervisor for the training
• Ensure adequate PPE and infrastructure
• Provide protocols and teaching materials
• Follow safety, environmental, and ethical standards

1. Fill out the proposal template (below)
2. Submit to the CCP for approval
3. After approval, announce dates and open registration

☐ I certify that we have the necessary infrastructure to offer the training and will provide adequate safety training for the activity.