Overview

• Portaria nº 655/2025, published in the Diário Oficial, establishes a federal permanence scholarship for students enrolled in medicine courses authorized within the Mais Médicos framework.
• Eligibility requires active enrollment, CadÚnico status, per‑capita family income up to 1.5 minimum wage (R$2,277 in 2025), no previous higher‑education degree, and a full institutional scholarship for private‑university students.
• Applications run through the SISBP system using a Gov.br account, with proof of income and enrollment plus a signed term of commitment; institutions must join via a Termo de Adesão.
• Universities conduct selection prioritizing the lowest incomes, with preference among equal income bands for public‑school graduates, and federal institutions favoring entrants by social‑vulnerability quotas.
• FNDE will pay beneficiaries after monthly confirmation of enrollment by the institution, with the amount to be set later but not below roughly R$700, and cancellation can occur for factors such as enrollment suspension, loss of private aid, low academic performance, exceeding time to degree, overlapping federal permanence aid, or false information.