besides this program, students from other university years participate in undergraduate research programs with funding from organs such as the institutional program of scientific initiation, pic-ufabc and pibic-ufabc, financed with resources from the ufabc. there is also the pibic-cnpq, financed by cnpq and pibic-affirmative action a pilot program launched and funded in ufabc by cnpq that provides scholarships for research by undergraduate students who entered the university system by affirmative actions (social quota). students can also obtain research grants from organs such as fapesp.