<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">The Master’s and PhD Program in Modeling and Quantitative
Methods at the Federal University of Ceará (Fortaleza, Brazil) has been awarded
3 MSc and 1 PhD scholarships through the Brazilian CAPES PEC-PG Program, aimed
at attracting foreign graduate students to Brazil.</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">Scholarships available for students from eligible countries:</font></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">3
     Master’s scholarships</font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">1
     Doctoral scholarship</font></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1"><b>Application deadline:</b> September 29, 2025 – 5:00
p.m. (Brasília time)<br>
<b>Application link:</b> <a href="https://inscricao.capes.gov.br/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://inscricao.capes.gov.br/</a></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">The full call for applications and applicants’ guide
(available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish) can be found here:  <b><a href="https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-bridgetown/postgraduate-student-agreement-programme-pec-pg-for-admission-in-2026" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">PEC-PG Program Information</a>.</b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">For further information about the Master’s and PhD Program
in Modeling and Quantitative Methods, please contact: <b><a href="mailto:mmq@dema.ufc.br">mmq@dema.ufc.br</a>. </b></font></p></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Best regards, Juvêncio. </font></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">--</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">Juvêncio Santos Nobre, PhD</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">Full Professor</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">Federal University of Ceará</div><div><font color="#222222">Center of Science </font><br></div><div><font color="#222222"><div>Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics</div><div>Campus do Pici, Bloco 910, Pici<br></div></font></div></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">FONE: 55+8533669155</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">FAX: 55+85+33669836</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/dema.ufc.br/juvencio/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/dema.ufc.br/juvencio/</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">ORCID : </font><font color="#0000ee" face="georgia, serif" size="1"><u><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-3221" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-3221</a></u></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">ResearcherID : <a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/N-3380-2017" target="_blank">http://www.researcherid.com/rid/N-3380-2017</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">ResearchGate : <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juvencio-Nobre" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juvencio-Nobre</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">Google Scholar : <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MecqwJIAAAAJ" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MecqwJIAAAAJ</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">Lattes (CV portuguese) : <font color="#000000"><a href="http://lattes.cnpq.br/4610025058115796" target="_blank">http://lattes.cnpq.br/4610025058115796</a></font></font><br></div><div><br></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">"I turn away in fright and horror from this lamentable plague of sequences </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">random variables which do not satisfy the CLT"</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">Juvêncio S. Nobre (2007)</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>