5th EU-LAC Joint Call in STI 2025

The EU-LAC Interest Group towards the Common Research Area launches a new Joint Call to enhance the bi-regional cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation.

The aim of the Joint Call is to initiate sustainable and multilateral research cooperation between researchers from Europe, Latin-America and the Caribbean countries. Transnational consortia are invited to submit proposals related to six topics in the thematic fields of Global Challenges, Bioeconomy, Health, Energy and Open Science: (see call topics below). Projects will be funded for up to 36 months.

 

Proposals

Proposals must be submitted online in English following the Guide for Applicants.

The application consists of two parts, the Project Description Template  form and the online submission form accessible at https://ptoutline.eu/app/5eulac_call2025

Link to the partner search tool: ENRICH in LAC Matchmaking platform.

News

AEI's New National Contact Point: Estefanía Muñoz (eranetlac@aei.gob.es)

CNPq will announce the 5th Joint Call at national level following internal budget confirmation, expected by mid-March.

 

Online submission

Online submission form

Topics in the 5th EU-LAC Joint Call in STI 2025

Transnational consortia are invited to submit proposals related to the following 6 topics in the thematic fields of Global Challenges, Bioeconomy, Health, Energy and Open Science:
Thematic Topic Participating funding agencies
Global challenges Topic 1: Biodiversity including Agriculture and Food Security Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CNPq, Brazil-CONFAP, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Germany-BMBF, Peru-CONCYTEC, Poland-NCBR, Spain-AEI, Türkiye-TÜBITAK
Bioeconomy Topic 2: Bioeconomy and Nature-based Solutions Argentina-ICT, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CNPq, Brazil-CONFAP, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Germany-BMBF, Peru-CONCYTEC, Poland-NCBR, Portugal-FCT, Spain-AEI, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Uruguay-ANII
Health Topic 3.1: Global health Argentina-ICT, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CNPq, Brazil-CONFAP, Germany-BMBF, Poland-NCBR, Spain-ISCIII, Türkiye-TÜBITAK
Health Topic 3.2: Infectious diseases Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CNPq, Brazil-CONFAP, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Germany-BMBF, Peru-CONCYTEC, Poland-NCBR, Spain-ISCIII, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Uruguay-ANII
Energy Topic 4: EU-LAC Cooperation for energy transition Argentina-ICT, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CNPq, Brazil-CONFAP, Germany-BMBF, Peru-CONCYTEC, Poland-NCBR, Portugal-FCT, Spain-AEI, Türkiye-TÜBITAK
Open Science Topic 5: EU-LAC Cooperation in Open Science Brazil-CNPq, Brazil-CONFAP, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Portugal-FCT, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Uruguay-ANII

Funding Organisations in the 5th EU-LAC Multi-Thematic Joint Call 2025

The following programme owners confirmed their participation in the Group of Funding Parties (GPF) and their readiness to pledge financial contributions for funding the proposals selected through the Joint Call:

Country Name of Organization Acronym
Argentina Jefatura de Gabinete de ministros - Innovación, ciencia y tecnología ICT
Austria Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung BMBWF
Brazil Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico CNPq
Brazil Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa CONFAP
Dominican Republic Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología MESCyT
Germany Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BMBF
Peru Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica CONCYTEC
Poland Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju NCBR
Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia FCT
Spain Agencia Estatal de Investigación AEI
Spain Instituto de Salud Carlos III ISCIII
Türkiye Türkiye Bilimsel vê Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu TÜBITAK
Uruguay Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación ANII

Contact

Sabina Guaylupo & Laura Bonora

Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
uecelac@fecyt.es

Anneken Reise & Uta Kiwitt-Lopez

German Aerospace Center (DLR-PT)
Anneken.Reise@dlr.de /  uta.kiwitt-lopez@dlr.de