Advising

The Bylaws establish general rules for advising graduate students at USP:

Minimum requirements for advisors:

• Doctoral degree
• Excellent scientific, artistic or technological production
• Participation in funded research projects

Statutory limits:

• Full advising: maximum 10 students per advisor
• Co-advising: maximum 10 students per co-advisor
• Total (advising + co-advising): maximum 15 students

Accreditation validity: From 3 to 5 years, renewable upon evaluation.

Change of advisor:

• Requires consent of current advisor and new advisor
• CCP approval
• If there is no agreement from the current advisor, the student may appeal to the CPG

Co-advisor:

• Complements the work of the main advisor
• Specific accreditation per student
• Must hold a Doctoral degree (exceptions approved by the Congregation and CoPGr)

The JIF Percentile (impact factor percentile) indicates the relative position of a journal in its field of knowledge. A journal with JIF Percentile ≥ 50% is among the top 50% in its field. This indicator:

• Is calculated by Journal Citation Reports (JCR), from Clarivate Analytics
• Allows fairer comparison of journals from different fields
• Is updated annually

See how to check a journal’s JIF Percentile.

For full accreditation, the faculty member must meet the following criteria:

1. Scientific production: Have at least 3 articles in journals classified in the top three tiers of QUALIS/CAPES, in the last 4 years
2. Funding: Participation in a current or completed project or agreement in the last 5 years, proven by grant letter or coordinator’s letter
3. Infrastructure: Justification specifying the location of main equipment, techniques or materials needed for project execution

For accreditation renewal, the faculty member must meet the following criteria:

1. Scientific production:
   • At first re-accreditation: 3 articles in the last 4 years with graduate students from the program as co-authors, in the top 3 QUALIS/CAPES tiers
   • At subsequent re-accreditations: 5 articles in the top 3 QUALIS/CAPES tiers, with graduate students from the program as co-authors
2. Funding and infrastructure: same criteria as for accreditation
3. Advising: Have completed or ongoing advising of a Program student
4. Courses: Have participated as responsible or collaborator in Program courses taught at least 2 times in the last 4 years
5. Institutional participation: At least 4 participations in qualification, dissertation, thesis committees or ad hoc assessment in the last 4 years

Specific accreditation allows advising of a single student and is valid for the duration of that student’s course. Requirements:

1. Scientific production: Have at least 3 articles in journals in the top 3 QUALIS/CAPES tiers, in the last 4 years
2. Funding: Participation in a current or completed project or agreement in the last 5 years
3. Infrastructure: Justification about available equipment and resources
4. Experience: Prior advising of at least 1 undergraduate research student or graduate student
5. For repeat applicants: Contribution to at least 1 graduate course and committee participation

Note: Regulation 2020 does not establish a specific limit for specific advisors, only for full advisors.

To apply for full accreditation, the candidate must:

1. Institutional affiliation: Be an active faculty member at a Higher Education Institution or researcher affiliated with a Research Institute

2. Scientific production: Have published, in the last five years, at least 5 articles in JCR-indexed journals with JIF Percentile ≥ 50%

   • Publications must be related to the Program’s research areas
   • Alternative: Demonstrate work in research on Chemistry education and outreach with regular technical or scientific production

3. Infrastructure: Present a grant letter or documentation indicating the capacity to provide material conditions for developing research projects

4. Teaching: Present a graduate course proposal

External candidates must present additional documents:

• Letters of recommendation from 2 full advisors in the program, highlighting the potential contribution and academic history
• Fit of the profile to the Program’s research lines, as assessed by the CCP

Full accreditation is valid for 5 (five) years.

Request accreditation through Sabiá System: Access System

To renew full accreditation, in addition to accreditation requirements, the faculty member must demonstrate effective participation in the Program:

• Postdoctoral researchers
• Young researchers
• Other candidates without employment ties, but with ongoing projects at the Institute of Chemistry

1. Have published, in the last five years, at least 3 articles in JCR journals with JIF Percentile ≥ 50% in Program areas

   • Alternative: Demonstrate work in research on Chemistry education and outreach

2. Present a grant letter or infrastructure documentation for research

3. For repeat applicants: Those who have previously served as specific advisors must have published at least 1 article co-authored with a student or alumnus