Joining the group.

For students

How you join the group.

There is no closed selection process. The usual path is to approach the coordination with a reasonably defined interest — a question, a species, a field problem — and build a work plan from there.

16 students today

GNAFOR currently has 16 students as of August 2026, across undergraduate research, final-year projects and extension. New places depend on fellowship quotas and on current work plans finishing. Registering interest is not a guarantee of a place — it tells the coordination who to contact when one opens.

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Undergraduate research

FAPEMIG fellowships and institutional quotas. Fellows take on a signed work plan, join field collection, and co-author what they produce.

  • Work plan and schedule agreed up front
  • Supervision meeting at least every 21 days
  • Co-authorship on abstracts and papers

Undergraduate thesis

Supervision of final-year projects in Agronomy, favouring topics connected to the group's lines that can become a publication.

Extension

Work with farmers and local government in west-central Minas Gerais: production-system diagnosis, field days and territorial articulation.