Legacy is not simply what we leave behind as a result of our actions. Above all, it is what resonates into the future; what remains relevant over time.
This is the kind of impact we seek as an organization: one that endures, inspires, and multiplies the transformations that will make Brazil a better country.
That is why what we've achieved so far makes us proud of what we do. We have consolidated a tangible legacy of hundreds of transformative leadership stories that are leaving unique marks in different sectors.
Our expertise lies in identifying potential, but even more so, we constantly dedicate ourselves to its development. Through the constant improvement provided by their participation in Fundação Estudar's programs, our talents become capable of impacting not only their own lives but also their surroundings and even the entire country.
Potential taken to the highest level.
ANAMAÍRA SPAGGIARI
Executive Director of Fundação Estudar
Precisely because of the multiplicity in which our impact branches out, understanding its full depth is a challenge. In this context, the Impact Measurement Survey conducted in 2018 and more recently initiated in 2023 and concluded in 2024, materializes the dimension of what more than 30 years of focused work, guided by measurable goals, is capable of achieving.
More than celebrating results and achievements, we choose to look at our history with persistent curiosity. How can we improve and transform our work into a driving force for those who benefit from our network, inspiring them to continually seek solutions to our society's complex problems?
Our focus is on achievers, people who restlessly move to materialize their legacy and promote true revolutions. We understand what has transformed the trajectory of those who are changing society today: access to cutting-edge knowledge, a high level of ambition, quality relationships with inspiring people, elevated self-awareness, and high performance in execution.
Carrying this knowledge reinforces the functionality of our operating model, but also allows us to be more efficient and focus on what truly makes a difference when it comes to developing talents in an era where technology is the source of innovation. We value our legacy of decades of work, which has been guiding the present and building the basis for the future. But for people like us the pursuit of excellence is a continuous commitment, driving the most significant and lasting transformations.
Since 1991, the Líderes Estudar program has been academically and professionally empowering talents so that they can be the source of positive transformations in their fields of work, communities, and the country.
These young individuals who paved their way into the world's best universities and Brazil's most respected institutions, receive scholarships that can cover up to 95% of the total cost of their studies. But beyond financial support, our program gives access to:
Acknowledgments
Líderes Estudar
The academic journey of our fellows covers approximately
of Líderes Estudar by
To concretely measure the results of the Líderes Estudar Program, we partnered with Plano CDE to conduct our 2024 Impact Measurement Survey. This process used a proven methodology to analyze the potential of the transformations we were able to achieve with our target audience. who joined the Líderes Estudar network, compared to the finalists of the selection process (control group).
2024 Impact Measurement Survey
Results
Líderes Estudar go further in their careers:
They are more proactive They have a greater influence
Líderes Estudar have a net advantage of They advance faster than the control group in reaching senior positions in large organizations. than the control group in holding senior positions in organizations with a broad reach in terms of customers or target audience. of Fellows take on leadership positions within 3 years after graduation. increase in remuneration, which can be statistically attributed to participation in the program.
They promote 3 times more systemic changes in their work.
Líderes Estudar drive positive transformations in the sectors they operate in: In the
Businesses Created by Líderes Estudar
Líderes Estudar launch disruptive businesses, becoming leaders in their fi elds
Our giveback culture inspires the Líderes Estudar not only to give back to this community that continuously supports them, but also to strengthen our mission of creating meaningful opportunities for other talented individuals to promote the necessary changes in Brazil's reality.
Líder Estudar Donor of the Year Award
Heitor Gonçalves 1994 FELLOW
Mechanical Engineering, UFRJ | International Affairs, École Supérieure de Commerce de Lyon
A recurring donor since 2017, he is among the top 10 historical donors of Fundação Estudar. Heitor is also a member of the Fundraising Committee.
Líder Estudar Most Engaged Award
Piero D'Avila 2002 FELLOW
Business Administration, FGV
Piero contributed by facilitating the Executive Leadership Transformative Program and Na Prática volunteer training (Multiplicadores), totaling 116 hours dedicated to Fundação Estudar.
The Biggest Jump-startings
Since 2005, we have taken great pride in recognizing the Líderes Estudar who most exemplify the realization of our work as an organization that seeks to change society through individuals with high transformative potential.
Líder Estudar Transformative Leader of the Year Award
A national reference in the field of Law, Ana Paula demonstrates through her journey what can be achieved with a career built on a leadership model that combines integrity with high execution capacity and a strategic vision of what one aims to achieve.
Ana Paula Martinez 2005 FELLOW Partner at Levy & Salomão | LLM, Harvard
A partner at the Levy & Salomão law firm since 2011, she is one of the creators of the Endowment for the USP Law School, which has raised over BRL $ 18.5 million and has garnered 100 donors since 2021. From 2007 to 2010, she served as Head of the Antitrust Division of the Secretariat of Economic Law at the Ministry of Justice in Brazil. She also serves as a Board Member at MASP since 2021, Director of the Biennial since 2018, Vice President of the Board of Fundação Estudar, and is part of Harvard's Advisory Board in Brazil.
Líder Estudar Outstanding Student Award
With 98% academic performance and a GPA of 3.90 at Harvard, the only Brazilian TED Talk speaker at the university, and VP of the Brazil Conference in 2023, Eduardo also dedicates himself to social impact initiatives.
Eduardo Goyanna 2021 FELLOW Economics and Government, Harvard
He was the creator and coordinator of the Educational Program Young Leaders for Peace, which trains public school students to address the crisis of violence in schools, with which he won the Light in Education Award, bringing BRL $ 200,000 to the project. He is a member of the Intersectoral Commission for Peace in Schools of the Government of the Federal District and a member of the G10 Favelas Council.
Government, Public Management, and Third Sector Roger Koeppl 2012 FELLOW Global Leadership Development Experience, Babson | Founder and Director of YouGreen Cooperative
YouGreen, a cooperative of waste pickers focused on environmentally responsible waste management, has set multiple records in its niche: it pays three times the average income of a waste picker, has twice the productivity, and an average monthly volume four times that of other cooperatives. With 75 clients, the brand expanded through the consolidation of the Green Franchises initiative, which raised BRL $ 1MM in its first seed funding round. Its franchisees saw a 35% increase in revenue between 2022 and 2023.
At Fundação Estudar, we refer to progress made towards a major transformative goal as 'Jump-starting'.
Entrepreneurship and Private Management Rodolfo Chung 2005 FELLOW CEO of Memed | Investor and creator of value creation theses at LTS Investments | Founder of startups Digui and Vizi | Former CEO of Zé Delivery
Awarded for the most significant leap in Entrepreneurship and Private Management, Rodolfo applies cutting-edge knowledge, his values, and vision to contribute to the sectors in which he operates, leaving an undeniable legacy. He created the venture thesis for Zé Delivery at Ambev, which became a case study in Harvard's MBA program, and executed a growth strategy that delivered a platform with a GMV of BRL $ 5 billion, over 70 million orders, 10 million users, and was responsible for moving 5% of Ambev's volume. In 2023, he joined LTS Investments, developing new investment theses and acting as an advisor/board member for portfolio companies. Rodolfo also founded two startups, Digui and Vizi, teaches at Startse, and serves as an advisor to companies such as Rappi, Nuu, and Mottu.
Líderes Estudar 2024
Although the personal and professional development of Líderes Estudar is amplified upon joining our network, they already distinguished themselves with a collection of tangible and meaningful results of their work through the years prior. For this reason, the fellowship's admissions process involves several carefully executed stages, which assess behavioral factors, each candidate's background, and their concrete achievements.
Which Universities They Attend
Líderes Estudar
Harvard University
Graduating first in her class from the University of São Paulo Law School, she contributed to the founding of the Center for M&A Studies, the largest think tank on mergers and acquisitions in Latin America, and helped create the Corporate Law and M&A Journal, published by Reuters, where she serves as Executive Editor, coordinating publications by renowned professionals. She also practices Corporate Law, contributing to the development of significant legal theories in the sector.
LL.M.
Gustavo
Manicardi Schneider
Postgraduate
Harvard University
25 years old
30 years old
Graduating from University of São Paulo, he transitioned from a traditional legal career to the nonprofit sector, seeking social impact. He co-founded the ID Global Program, focused on research and intervention in a just energy transition in Brazil, for which he raised $ 180,000, allowing him to work on climate change initiatives at COP 28. He also coordinates the Law and Poverty Group, where he led a research project that resulted in expanded access to medicines in Brazil during the pandemic.
MBA
Columbia University
Passionate about philanthropy, Henrique works at Bain & Company and founded the Instituto Reditus, an endowment project at UFRJ. There, he increased donations from BRL $ 70,000 to BRL $ 18 million, enabling over 1,000 students to be impacted by the contributions of more than 700 alumni. His experiences competing in soccer tournaments, teaching in community college prep courses, and founding an NGO were crucial to his development.
PHD IN MATERIALS
ENGINEERING/SCIENCE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
With two degrees from Northwestern University, she completed research internships in Germany and at Johns Hopkins University. She was the first Brazilian to win 1st place in Materials Science at the world's largest science fair, which inspired her to create the Brazilian Young Scientists Fair (FBJC) so that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds could have the same opportunity. Today, FBJC is the third largest fair in Brazil and has the best diversity indexes.
Juliana Davoglio Estradioto 24 years old
Henrique de Oliveira Duarte
Giulia Ferrigno 26 years old
LL.M.
Leela Morena
28 years old
Líderes Estudar
Harvard University
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
From the countryside of Pernambuco state and a graduate of a public school, Leela is a doctor and researcher. She began her research career studying the health of indigenous populations. She was accepted into a graduate program at Harvard Medical School's hospital, where she participated in the world's first animal-to-human kidney transplant. She is the author of articles published in renowned international scientific journals. She coordinated and published research that contributed to the creation of a prophylaxis protocol against Covid-19 for transplant patients.
Matheus Farias
26 years old
Leonardo Vieira de Oliveira
29 years old
MBA Stanford University
Lúcia Mees
26 years old
From Queimados, in the Baixada Fluminense, he traveled the world with scholarships and led TODXS, which has already invested in over 2,000 social entrepreneurs. He was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he received the global award for people who positively impact the world. As an innovation leader at Ambev, he helped reopen establishments after the pandemic. Later, he worked in China and Brazil, building Zé Express, Zé Delivery's autonomous store business.
MBA
30 years old
27 years old
Stanford University
Graduating first in his class in Aerospace Engineering at UFMG and in the top 5% at McKinsey & Company, Lucas was accepted into the MBA programs at Harvard and Stanford. With a path marked by achievements and resilience, he is proud to have led a senior technology team in the development and launch of SOFIA, an AIbased travel assistant from Decolar that has garnered thousands of interactions and over 80% response accuracy.
MBA
MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Starting work with his father at the age of 13, he became the first in his family to attend university, graduating from UFRJ. Despite becoming a father at 19, he managed to move to Rio de Janeiro with his family and fulfill his dream of working at McKinsey & Company, where he was in the top 5%. He also worked at Alvarez & Marsal and structured the customer experience area at TIM S.A. Currently, he is doing his MBA summer internship at J.P. Morgan (NY).
PHD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Harvard University
Stanford University
Graduating in Engineering from Duke University and accepted into Stanford and MIT, Lúcia is the VP at IPM, a govtech company with solutions that impact 150 million services annually and save BRL $6 billion in public funds. She led the go-to-market strategy for Dara, an AI that helps predict school dropout rates, demand for public school placements, heart attacks, and strokes.
The youngest participant in discussions on Tax Reform in the Senate, she was elected President of the Class of 2020 at Duke.
Graduating in Electronic Engineering from UFPE, he learned dedication through sports and a love for books. He has won four awards for artificial intelligence projects, including smart traffic lights and a gunshot shooter locator. He was the leader of the Brazilian team in the 2023 Physics World Cup, achieving Brazil's best historical result. He is currently the President of Social Impact at Brazil Conference 2025.
Lucas
Soares de Carvalho
Lucas Fernando Barbosa Mendes
Líderes Estudar
Naira Sathiyo Ferreira Silva 27 years old
Otávio do Amaral Gurgel Carneiro de Oliveira
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
University of Georgia
A lawyer with specialization in Public Administration, she attended public school until earning a scholarship to a private school through ISMART Institute. An athlete on the Brazilian Fencing Team, she competed in over 20 countries. She worked as a parliamentary advisor, contributing to the crafting of the "Educational ICMS" Law and the School Dropout Prevention Law, which has been replicated in other municipalities. She ran for city council in São Paulo, raising BRL $ 600,000 in donations and receiving nearly 16,000 votes, securing the first alternate position.
Bianca Gajardoni Bearare
Undergraduate
19 years old
31 years old
JOINT DEGREE MPA-ID/MBA
Harvard University
A Business Administration graduate from FGV foundation, he graduated in the top 2% of his class. He worked for six years in the financial market, specializing in M&A and private equity at Advent International. Seeking social impact, he co-founded and served as CFO of Galena Educação, a startup that raised BRL $ 115 million in investments. He left his position at Galena to dedicate himself fully to the field of Public Policy, pursuing a career focused on reducing inequalities and increasing social justice in Brazil.
Stanford University
A top 2% consultant at Bain & Company and nominated as the best consultant in South America, she participated in a university competition for solar-powered boats (national champions for two years) and in the creation of a pre-university program in the Vidigal community (Rio de Janeiro), helping over 30 young people gain college admission. This project evolved into the founding of the Navegar Institute. She left Bain to start Marsalgado, an ambitious venture focused on decarbonizing the naval sector.
23 years old
Johns
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Part of a world-champion team in robotics and innovation, she has been involved in projects such as Tocando em Frente, where she serves as vice president, impacting 10,305 young people in 19 schools. She also helped create Fi-Glove, an alternative teatment for fibromyalgia syndrome, in partnership with USP. The most significant moment in his journey was the transition from public to private school, gaining access to crucial resources for her learning.
Hopkins University
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA)
As Director of CASDvest, a preparatory course for university entrance exams for people in socioeconomic vulnerability, he led the best results in recent years, with 207 admissions, making the course a national reference. He established partnerships with six other popular courses, providing CASD materials and reaching even more young people. He also works to expand opportunities for students through other projects and academic competitions, such as the International Young Physicists' Tournament.
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
Georgia Institute of Technology
A fourth-year student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he was the only undergraduate student involved in a research project that led to a discovery about subatomic particles, neutrinos, and gamma rays. The work was published in The Astrophysical Journal, a highly reputable publication, where he was one of the four primary authors. Earning his black belt in karate after many years of dedication inspired his belief that the future can be transformed.
Bismarck Moreira Ramos de Vasconcelos Filho
Carlos Márcio de Oliveira e Silva Filho 23 years old
Renata de Marsillac Garcia 28 years old
MBA
Fernandes Mello Ferreira 19 years old
Líderes Estudar
Undergraduate
Micaela Melissa Simplicio Silva 20 years old
Guilherme Beyruti Suranyi 20 years old
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
Shanghai
New York University
At 16, he developed the first microplastic filter for water treatment plants and became the first Brazilian to win the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. With this project, he won three awards at FEBRACE and participated in the UN's CAMP 2030. For over three years, he has been working at Ambev, where he conducted a differential NPS data analysis using heat maps, creating a successful case study that was replicated nationwide by the company.
Juan Julio Nascimento de Andrade Teles 18 years old
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Stanford University
Gustavo
Zotin
Gomes de Oliveira 18 years old
Since high school, he has consistently demonstrated involvement in STEM projects that create a positive impact. He won 1st place in Engineering at FEBRACE and represented Brazil at ISEF with a submarine drone for coral monitoring, inspired by a visit to the Abrolhos Archipelago. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he produced a low-cost 3D-printed respirator. Currently, at Stanford, he is working on the development of IoT (Internet of Things) devices and the application of robotic solutions.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Yale University
At 15, he developed a project to print 3D prosthetics using sustainable materials, which were distributed across the country, leading a team of 45 students. He raised BRL $ 60,000 in equipment and was invited to present his work at renowned universities. He established a partnership with Santa Casa Hospital for the treatment of "brittle bone" disease, developing 3D replicas for surgeon training. He also created a car from scrap parts and an innovative hybridization system, winning awards at FEBRACE and MOSTRATEC.
years old
PHYSICS
Brown University
ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY
Dartmouth College
Throughout his participation in science olympiads, he has won more than 20 medals. He received the bronze medal in the European Physics Olympiad, being one of five selected from 10,000 students to represent Brazil, after six years of preparation. He founded the TOPE project, where he teaches other young people for knowledge olympiads. Through a partnership with another NGO, he managed to expand his reach to over 7,600 students in 17 schools. COMPUTER
A former SESI school student, he earned the prestigious King's Scholarship at Dartmouth. The first Afro-Brazilian to receive a full scholarship from the School of The New York Times, he also studied on scholarships at Yale University, in Argentina, and in Poland. He founded a project in Porto das Sardinhas, driving community development for 30,000 residents and securing over BRL $ 150,000 in investment. The project was recognized as one of the top 30 most inspiring ideas in Brazil by the National SESI Council.
SCIENCE & ECONOMICS
New York University
From a low-income family, Micaela redefined the challenges she faced, such as domestic violence and cancer, to create solid projects. She learned three languages online, and to provide more young people from underprivileged areas with the same opportunity, she created Globalizando, which teaches seven languages to Brazilians in socioeconomically vulnerable situations and has already served over 1,700 people. She also developed initiatives on sexual education and menstrual poverty, earning her a recommendation from the Global CEO of Girl Up.
João Gabriel Pepato de Oliveira 18
Gabriel
Líderes Estudar
Victórya Leal Altmayer Silva 20 years old
MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY - BS/MS TRACK
Yale University
During the pandemic, at 15, he joined his first research lab to work on developing a smartphone-integrated biosensor to make disease diagnosis more accessible. He contributed to the pioneering elucidation of a biological mechanism involved in liver injury in Covid-19. In high school, he received various awards in Brazil and abroad. He collaborates occasionally with researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and is dedicated to tissue engineering and evidence-based medicine.
Princeton University
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
After pausing her studies to help support her family, she earned a dance scholarship to a Community College, where she created a state robotics competition, the first of its kind for such universities in Kansas, in partnership with a space museum. This achievement led to her selection for transfer to Princeton. With internships at MIT and SpaceX, she aims to expand aerospace development in Brazil. She also interned at Stanford, where she contributed to the first multirobot lunar system.
Vitória Bezerra Nunes 18 years old
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Johns Hopkins University
Since the age of 15, she has been developing circular economy projects, winning 89 awards. The first Brazilian on the global list of ESG leaders by the Global Good Awards, she was the only person to represent the country twice at ISEF in Social Sciences. During the pandemic, she created an app for 65 thrift stores. Self-taught in programming, she developed a unique mathematical model and created a game that engaged 1,000 people. She was the only student invited to discuss the Legal Framework for Education at the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul.
Yale University
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
From the outskirts of Rio, at 13, she achieved 10th place in the Air Force exam and became a military cadet in Minas Gerais state. At 14, she earned a scholarship to a prestigious school in Fortaleza due to her medals in science olympiads. She is the President of the NGO Ampulheta do Saber, which offers free classes for science olympiads, and created a project to implement these classes in over 499 schools in Rio, impacting more than 5,000 young people. She interned at the National Congress, the Department of Education, and the Rio City Hall, receiving an honorable mention at ALERJ. Selected by the president of the Rio G20 Committee, she became the youngest member of the main organizing group of the world's largest forum for international economic cooperation.
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Sabrina Nicacio Gomes 24 years old
Paulo Henrique Souza Marazzi Diniz 19 years old
Through its power of scale and innovation, technology is a powerful tool to transform the way we seek improvements in our society.
Investing in Brazilian talents with the ambition to lead these transformations is also investing in a more promising future for our country.
This is the idea that led to the creation of the Tech Fellow scholarship program.
Young talents who impact the country through technology.
Tech Fellows impacted since the program's inception in 2020. 62
70.3%
of our undergraduate scholars abroad are in top U.S. universities. 73%
of our undergraduate scholars in Brazil are in top brazilian universities for computer science
A COMMUNITY STUDYING IN THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN BRAZIL AND AROUND THE WORLD, SUCH AS:
In 2023, there were more than applicants
8700
Tech Fellows were selected in 2023.
980 11 BRL $ ,000 invested in scholarships for the 2023 Tech Fellow Cohort.
Scholars selected for the Tech Fellow program will:
Experience a culture of excellence.
Access cutting-edge knowledge.
Gain access to relevant career opportunities.
Become part of a lasting and highquality network.
Acknowledgments
We extend our gratitude to the partners who make the Tech Fellow scholarship program possible and support it:
2023
2024
2023 e 2024
Gustavo Gabriel Grancieiro Ramalho
21 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Carnegie Mellon at Qatar
Winner of an international hackathon, he created a cybersecurity community with thousands of members at the age of 14 and has already identified a flaw in a government application.
Guilherme Simioni Bonfi m
19 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS ENGINEERING Stanford University
With his project from the Brazilian Satellite Olympiad, he became the top-ranked Brazilian at a Latin American science fair and was approved for a data collection flight in the stratosphere.
Guilherme David Santos Silva
25 years old COMPUTER SCIENCE Stanford University He conducts research in threedimensional computing and cybernetics to develop chatbots that convert language into commands.
Ana Vitoria Gouvea de Oliveira Freitas
23 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of São Paulo (USP)
With internships at big tech companies, she is building a career dedicated to UX and cybersecurity.
Jean Patrick Ngandu Mamani
19 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of São Paulo (USP)
Growing up in a context marked by financial instability, he developed a website for online game strategies that has 15,000 users per month.
Juliano Dantas Portela
20 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Yale University
Passionate about computational linguistics, he created a digital keyboard for indigenous languages that is used throughout Brazil and in five other countries.
Rafael Moreno Ribeiro
19 years old
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Winner of more than 15 medals and the first Brazilian to win international Olympiads in Physics and Chemistry in the same year.
Rafael Sampaio
Doria Fox
19 years old
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Carnegie Mellon University
Creator of a type of electrocardiogram that is seven times cheaper than conventional ones, a project awarded at FEBRACE and Mostratec.
Rodrigo Salgado
Domingos Porto
20 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Princeton University
A mental athlete in Mathematics, he created a traffic light prototype for visually impaired people, which was presented at Columbia University and FabLearn Maker Faire.
Sofhia De Souza Gonçalves
22 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of São Paulo (USP)
An award-winning programmer with experience at big tech companies like Meta and Palantir and a promoter of STEM for women, she seeks to make a difference in education.
Thomas Frank Dresbach Filshill
21 years old
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Georgia Institute of Technology
Developer of AI responsible for a statistical prediction platform for sports investments with over 500,000 accesses.
Through the Estudar Fora pillar, we bring cutting-edge knowledge and information about scholarships to young Brazilians, showing them that their dreams of studying abroad, at the best universities in the world, is actually a very real possibility.
Free, personalized guidance to help young Brazilians prepare successful applications and get into the best foreign universities.
Class
of 2023 of Prep students have been accepted at universities abroad. % admissions to top U.S. schools 31 90
3.4 MORE THAN million USD per year
Prep Program was crucial throughout my application. With the program's support, I received the largest scholarship in my class of 2023, as well as having a dedicated mentor to help me write my essays and an 'application specialist' who organized spreadsheets of dates and deadlines, which was essential to keeping me organized. The weekly classes covered various areas that were important to the application process. These sessions were complemented by meetings with former Prep students who had been accepted at American universities, who answered our questions and inspired us with their experiences.
distributed in 75 scholarships to 80% of accepted students.
Vitória Bezerra Nunes Accepted at Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Purdue University, and Syracuse University.
people applied
51 %
students selected 39 students prepared 119 total acceptances (average of 3.4 acceptances per student accepted)
*Early admission process. of students were accepted during the Early Application period.*
Of the 7 Brazilians accepted at Harvard in 2024, 3 are linked to Fundação Estudar.
1 from Prep Program 2023
Proven Impact:
1 from Prep Program 2024 1 from the preparation project in partnership with SESI
The 2024 Impact Measurement Survey showed that the Prep Program has a significant impact on application acceptance, especially at the best universities in the world.
Increased chance of getting admitted to a foreign university
Those selected become protagonists in preparing for their university applications. They receive mentoring from people who have studied abroad, detailed guidance on the application, and financial aid for the costs of the process in cases of proven need.
Grab your tissues and watch the 2023 class of the Prep Program receiving their acceptance letters from the universities they applied to.
Since Prep Program was created (2009)
Distribution by country in which they study or have studied: young people supported total acceptances
Acknowledgments
We extend our gratitude to the partners who make the Prep Program possible and support it:
Free online application preparation courses to help more Brazilians study abroad.
3,484
total registrations since launch in 2022.
Designed to enable more Brazilians to study abroad, the program offers content with the participation of representatives from the best institutions in the world, such as Harvard University and Yale University.
13,177 52.10 % 57 % 59.50 % 79.60 % 63 %
CC50
Harvard University
Computer Science course in an exclusive Portuguese version.
With 70 hours of free material, the Harvard University course, translated by the Fundação Estudar, provides an overview of Computer Science, as well as delving into programming languages.
Since CC50 became available (2020):
678,000 18,500 people impacted by the full content
people enrolled
Most accessed articles in 2023
120,000 sessions
From Harvard to Oxford: the best free online courses.
Created in partnership with the Fundação Lemann, this free, online course offers quality content, with the participation of experts from institutions such as Columbia University, the British Council and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to help young brazilians who wish to apply for postgraduate degrees abroad.
total registrations since launch in 2022. are Afro Brazilians. of participants have a per capita income of 2.2 minimum wages. of participants have a per capita income of 2.2 minimum wages. of students study at a school or private school with a scholarship. female students.
Platform Estudar Fora
Democratizing quality information about studying abroad and scholarships.
The Estudar Fora Portal focuses on everything related to studying abroad - from the application process to actually living abroad and all the challenges that these situations involve. In addition, it offers a recurring selection of scholarships available in the most diverse areas and institutions around the world.
A national benchmark:
50 % 4
million
Estudar Fora concentrates almost For the first time since its creation, in 2023 the Estudar Fora Portal reached the mark of more than of the access to the 4 main portals on the subject in Brazil. single visitors in the year.
109,000 sessions
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84,000 sessions Best Scholarships of the Month.
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21,000 sessions
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Through the Na Prática pillar, we boost young people's careers by connecting them with large companies and by providing courses and digital content on personal and professional development for different career stages.
Over the last 12 years, more than 115,000 young people have taken part in Na Prática courses.
2024 Impact Measurement Survey
We observed that the students of our online courses, when compared to the control group*:
Have a greater internal locus of control, with a diff erence of 20%.
Become better prepared for the job market, with a difference of 7%, calculated from the assessment of personal characteristics using the Work Readiness Scale (WRS).
* People enrolled who missed the courses.
Liderança na Prática
The face-to-face course, which prepares young people at the start of their careers who want to leverage leadership skills or have a position as a leader in the future, impacted 87 participants between June 2023 and June 2024, with an NPS of 91. In addition to the content, it also offers great networking opportunities.
Na Prática Cases
Mariana Dias Gupy co-founder
At the Fundação Estudar Lab, Mariana prototyped the idea for Gupy, the HR Tech company she founded in 2015 and which has become one of the largest recruitment platforms in the country, with more than 36 million users.
Cutting-edge knowledge that reaches thousands of people looking to boost their development at different stages of their careers.
New free courses: High Performance Execution Do well in an interview Assertive Communication at Work
*We call people who complete 75% or more of the courses impacted. Learn more about the free courses. Free online courses registered since the launch 16,721 impacted* since launch 2,420
We Cancer founder César received a scholarship to attend three Na Prática courses. Impacted by the Leadership course, he started WeCancer, a business that has already helped more than 8,000 cancer patients monitor their symptoms and manage their treatment journey.
Multiplicadores Fundação Estudar
In Fundação Estudar's volunteer program, students who believe in our work promote the courses in person at their universities to encourage other young people and gain a series of benefits, such as sales skills development, mentoring opportunities, training and exclusive prizes.
249 volunteers of monthly dedication of each volunteer.
20 hours
between June/2023 and June/2024.
48 hours sales and self-leadership volunteers.
César Filho
Conferências
Na Prática
We promoted 4 themed editions from June 2023 to June 2024 with 44 partner companies participants and 990 young people present:
2024 Impact Measurement Survey
1 out of 5 young participants of the event end up receiving job offerings by one of our parter companies
45% of the young people taking part say that they decide on their career path at the event, by getting to know the companies and the possibilities. Events that bring
Liderança Transformadora Executive Program
Throughout the course, the values that underpin Fundação
and
Module 1: Self-knowledge and the values of Fundação Estudar Module 2: Team management and facilitation skills
Having a dream
Develop
Delegate
Evaluate and give feedback
An executive program, that gathers our knowledge on developing talents over the course of more than 30 years, to improve the performance of current and future leaderships. This methodology, based off what is taught in the best universities in the world, such as Stanford and Harvard, helps the development of those who lead teams or have great ambitions for their careers.
7 editions 207 participants 90 FROM JUNE 2023 TO JUNE 2024:
experience of Líderes Estudar who took part in Liderança Transformadora
Paula Morais – 2015 FELLOW, Co-founder of Intera, Founder and COO of InHire.
I took part in 'Liderança Transformadora' and the course was really good because it gave me lots of practical tools on how to form and lead teams. From facilitation techniques, conducting meetings, group decision-making, to evaluation, feedback and follow-up techniques. There is a very practical difference between managing teams and leading them and the course provides a lot of concept and practice on how to apply behaviors and skills in team leadership.
Vogel – 2012 FELLOW, Co-founder of Cuidas and current Growth Product Manager at LootRush.
It was very interesting to be in a course that not only gave me a very robust theoretical framework, but also applied in a practical way. And more than that, in a very diverse group, a diversity that I wasn't able to build around me in the institutions I worked in. What I thought was intuitive and organic in my leadership worked very well in my bubble, but not necessarily in this very different group. In practice, I saw my bottlenecks. It was a truly transformative experience.
João
Financial Sustainability
As a financially sustainable organization that operates in a hybrid system in terms of where its income comes from, we rely on donors and institutional partners who are fundamental to our work.
We have managed to save BRL $ 1 million in costs and expenses and have achieved one of the best results in terms of donations in recent years. However, the decrease in support from partner companies for our programs impacted our financial results, resulting in a difference of just over 1% to breakeven.
One of the ways to support Fundação Estudar is through the long-term donation pledge - a valuable commitment to contribute financially to our initiatives over the coming years that has guaranteed revenue of BRL $ 1.7 million for the beginning of 2023.
For the next few years, the pledge secures BRL $ 4 million for our work.
Donors and Partners
Through resources and strategic support, our donors and partners help us materialize our impact, while making it everlasting by strengthening the sustainability of our operation. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who makes Fundação Estudar's mission a reality.
We also give special recognition to our long-term donors, who have chosen to accompany us into the future.
10-year
3-year
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Scherer Schwening | Maurício Nogueira Soufen | Norberto Giangrande | Oscar Decotelli | Pedro Marcus Lira Palma | Piero Minardi | Thiago Freire Feijão Moreira e Viviane Teixeira Loiola de Alencar.
Mauricio Luis Luchetti
5-year pledge
| Cláudia Elisa de Pinho Soares | João Miranda de Oliveira Rebouças Brandão | Joaquim Pedro Andrés Ribeiro | Marcos Toledo | Patrick de Picciotto.
3-year pledge
| Amaury Martins Takaki | Ana Luiza e Ary Zanetta | Ana Paula Pereira | André Ferreira Peixoto | Bruno Levi D'Ancona | Carlos Fernando Vieira Gambôa | Caroline
Lundberg | Colin Butterfield | Edward Wygand | Fernando Mattar Beyruti | Gabriel
Carlos Fernandes Filho | Martha Campos de Castilho | Pedro Paulo Alves de Brito | Ricardo Pereira de Almeida | Rodolfo Aranha Alves Barreto | Rodolfo Chung | Rosiane Pecora | Thiago Picolo.
| Maria Fernanda Resende Quartiero | Stephanos e Licia Velissaropoulos.
Guimarães Barbosa.
5-year pledge
| Éder José Martins.
3-year pledge
| Augusto Alves Tannure
| Daniel Ibri | Felipe Mendes
dos Santos | Josue Bressane
| Lucas Niemeyer Carneiro
Messina de Assis
| Mateus Brum | Michael
Esrubilsky | Roberto Cossi
| Silvia Molinar de Almeida.
| Adelmo Hideyoshi Inamura | Alex Simon Lago | Alexandre Gurgel
| Ana Fernandes Kertesz | Antônio Vicente La Camera | Arnold Eugenio Correia
| Bianca Fischer de Moraes | Breno Toledo Pires de Oliveira | Carlos Watanabe
| Caroline and Carlos Medeiros | Christiana Lucena de Mello Pinheiro
| Cláudio Maurício Freddo | Cristina Artimonte Farjallat | Daniel Castilho de Oliveira | Danilo Gamboa | Edith Bertoletti | Fernando Augusto Paixão Machado
| Affonso Parga Nina | Alisson Massao Hirata | André Bernardes | André Luis Abram | André Luiz de Moura Marques | André Mendes da Silva | Andre Mocarzel de Maynart Ramos | Beatriz Vidal | Bruno Barbosa Martorella
| Bruno Brizida Dreux | Bruno Gonçalves Ferreira Santos | Bruno Morato Faria | Camilo Marcantonio Junior
| Carla Diniz dos Santos da Silva | Carlos Jun Yamamoto | Cauê Costa Moreira Amaral | Cristiane Taneze
| Cristina Haruko Kawamoto | Dafne Guisard Hefner | Dan Zylberglejd | Daniel Victor Assisi | Daniele Valadão Levy
| Diana Goldemberg | Diego Antônio Moreira | Eduardo Faria De Carvalho | Eduardo Henrique Souza Franca
| Milton Seligman | Nilo Martins Andrade Filho | Olav Henschel | Paulo Cezar Aragão | Paulo José Pinheiro
Lemgruber | Pedro L Fernandes | Pedro Maciel | Pedro Mariani | Pedro Montebello Milani | Pedro Thomas Vilela Hermann | Pierre Moreau | Rafael de Simone Martines | Renan de Paula Pereira Henrique
| Ricardo Gonçalves Melo | Ricardo Rolim Fontes | Roberto O C Perroni | Rodolfo Gomes Benevenuto
| Rodrigo de Almeida Pizzinatto | Rodrigo Perazzi Musiello | Ronaldo Rozenbaum Paiva | Ronaldo Veiga Fiorito
| Renato Mazzola | Jean Jereissati | Duda Falcão | André Street | Larissa Maranhão (for their years of dedication and significant contribution to Fundação Estudar)
Executive Director | Anamaíra Spaggiari
Managers | Erik Kenji Miyoshi | Miguel Andorffy | Patricia Silva Aguiar
Fundação Estudar Team | Ana Caroline Nunes Damiani | Ana Luisa Moraes | Anita Fernandes Andere
| Beatriz Nascimento | Beatriz Vilhena Alvarenga | Camila da Cunha Marques
| Carlos Eduardo Capella Dias Reis | Constança D'Amorim Machado Gonçalves
| Gabriela Matone Ejchel | Gabriele Pinto de Oliveira | Giovana Beatriz de Assis Santos
| Giovana Coelho Santana Leite | Isabelly Amaral Dias da Silva | Isabelly Cristina do Nascimento | Ivan Rocco Pacheco | Janaina Paixao das Chagas Silva | João Victor
do Carmo Terra | João Vitor Gonçalves Belli | Joyce Leylane Rocha Lima
| Juliana dos Reis Malagutti | Keyla Cavalcante Carvalho | Laura Sirimarco de Oliveira
| Lauren Rose Falcon Shapiro | Lorena Stephanie Silveira dos Santos
| Luana Moretti Pereira | Lucas Cabral | Lucas Cabral de Souza Ramos
| Lucas Prata Feres | Lucas Rodrigues Lomelino | Mariana Santos Castro Freitas
| Pedro Henrique do Espirito Santo | Pedro Salviato Detoni Araujo Freitas | Pietro Piumbato
Chaparro Rodrigues | Thais Cardoso de Oliveira | Thamiris Souza Tavares | Vitor Hugo
dos Reis Aparecida | Vitor Soares de Freitas | Yasmin Antunes Oliveira Sousa
| Yasmin Makhamid Makhamed
Updates on the Fundação Estudar Board
Giving young Brazilians the opportunity to do great things and change our country has always been Fundação Estudar's mission. We develop talents that can make a difference with each new generation of Brazilian leaders.
For more than three decades, our founders, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira, have dedicated themselves to this goal, which is now emerging as a robust, consistent and transformative legacy.
“For Fundação Estudar to endure, we hope that the scholarship holders will become more and more owners. And we, the founders, are still interested in getting involved by being close to the talent.”
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Now, after more than 30 years of achievements, we welcome a new generation of board members who will be the guardians of this legacy. Reflecting the changes of the times, Fundação Estudar's governance is also being updated with a new format and new members.
“Simpler and more efficient governance, with the best market
practices, will help Fundação Estudar to perpetuate itself.”
Marcel Telles
“We want an active and close board to have the knowledge and make the best decisions for the future.”
Beto Sicupira
From 14 members, the Board will now have 7, 3 of whom are direct representatives of the founders and 4 appointed - most of them Líderes Estudar.
The new members will have a shorter mandate: from 5 years to 2 years, with the possibility of renewing each mandate up to 3 times. Jorge Paulo Lemann will be joined by Lara Lemann, who has been a board member since 2018, Marcel Telles by Rodrigo Figueiredo, and Beto Sicupira will have his responsibilities taken over by Letícia Piccolotto.
Renato Mazzola, who for 10 years acted with great care and diligence as Board Vice-president, will hand over the position to Ana Paula Martinez, who, together with André Penha, will join the Board, which continues to have Florian Bartunek as President and Joyce Toyota as a member with a renewed mandate.
Functional Committees have also been created, replacing the Executive Committee, in which the Board and guests with one-year terms will support the Executive Director and Managers through groups focused on fronts and themes that are essential for the evolution of Fundação Estudar. João Brandão and Daniela Anderez, previously part of the Executive Committee, are now part of the Functional Committees, along with former board members Duda Falcão and Larissa Maranhão, who are supporting us with knowledge management. We also welcome André Abram, Paulo Passoni and Verônica Serra, who are active on the 2024 committees.
We are extremely grateful for the commitment and unconditional dedication of the former members of the Executive Committees and the Board in recent years: Jorge Paulo Lemann, Beto Sicupira, Marcel Telles, Cecília Sicupira, Renato Mazzola, Jean Jereissati, Duda Falcão, André Street and Larissa Maranhão.
Once again, Fundação Estudar is renewing itself to maximize its impact in the present and the future.
Message from the Board
Giving young Brazilians the opportunity to do great things and change our country has always been Fundação Estudar's mission. We develop talents that can make a difference with each new generation of Brazilian leaders.
For more than 30 years, Fundação Estudar has been dedicated to developing leaders for each new generation, guided by the conviction that there are talented young people all over Brazil who are extremely committed to making a change in our country .
Our credibility, in addition to all the experience we gathered while developing young people's potentials, is the result of a meticulous and powerful work that took place over these three decades, and is still making a difference in our reality.
When Fundação Estudar was created, the world was different. So it's no coincidence that year after year, our capacity to develop and offer transformative opportunities to those who will bring about change continues to evolve.
This is, in fact, the result of a strategy that is constantly renewing itself, adapting to new contexts, needs, internal and external challenges, while
drawing on the best in current technology to open up paths and build ever more solid bridges.
In a scenario of accelerating solutions based on artificial intelligence such as the one we are currently experiencing, this resource will increasingly permeate our efforts aimed at excellence, efficiency and sustainability. For the development of high-potential leaders, the core of what we do, AI will also be a powerful ally in building experiences of even greater quality and depth. We don't just replicate what we've already done best: here, the sky has never been the limit. A growth mindset is a value ingrained in everything we do.
To reflect the objectives of Fundação Estudar's next phase, the Board welcomed a new generation of board members hand-picked to be the absolute guardians of our “whys” and mentors of our “hows”. The governance format itself was updated with the aim of being even simpler and more efficient, in line with best corporate governance practices and the future of the organization.
We are deeply grateful to the members of the Executive Committees and the Board over the last few years. What we have paved so solidly over this period
is directly linked to the dedication of these great leaders who have closely monitored every decision.
The legacy built through our work is always a source of pride, but above all, it inspires us to aim even higher in terms of what we are capable of doing.
On a day-to-day basis, the support of our partners and the sparkle in the eyes of the talents that make up the network combine with the ability to execute a team that is like no other. And, above all, they reinforce the belief that, as memorable as our history has been so far, the greatest results are yet to come.
FLORIAN BARTUNEK Board President of Fundação Estudar.
