German Chancellor Fellowship for Marinna Pivatto

May 13, 2024

Marinna Pivatto from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil has been awarded a prestigious German Chancellor Fellowship for prospective leaders from Brazil from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. HI ERN has supported the application.

Marinna’s research at the university concerns the circular economy for solar energy, and specifically a second life for PV modules. Marinna is also the Business Development Manager for SunR, a solar recycling company operating from São Paulo. As part of her scholarship, Marinna will join HI ERN for a one-year research stay later in 2024 to make solar even more sustainable.

German Chancellor Fellowship

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship Programme is targeted at university graduates from Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, India, the Russian Federation, South Africa and the USA who have an international outlook and initial leadership experience. It addresses prospective decision-makers, multipliers and thought leaders from a broad range of professional fields such as politics, public administration and business as well as society and culture. This fellowship programme is intended to give them the opportunity to spend a year in Germany exploring new solutions to the global issues of our times and widening their networks. With this programme Germany aims to create a lively, continuously expanding network of international decision-makers, multipliers and thought leaders who maintain lasting ties with Germany, thereby acting as intermediaries between their countries of origin and Germany. (more)