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.

The call topics of the 5^th EU-LAC Joint Call will be published on this webpage on February 24.

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.

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	Germany-BMBF, Poland-NCBR, Peru-CONCYTEC, Brazil-CNPq, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CONFAP, Spain-AEI
Bioeconomy	Topic 2: Bioeconomy and Nature-based Solutions	Germany-BMBF, Poland-NCBR, Portugal-FCT, Uruguay-ANII, Argentina-ICT, Peru-CONCYTEC, Brazil-CNPq, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CONFAP, Spain-AEI
Health	Topic 3.1: Global health	Germany-BMBF, Poland-NCBR, Argentina-ICT, Brazil-CNPq, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CONFAP, Spain-ISCIII
Health	Topic 3.2: Infectious diseases	Germany-BMBF, Poland-NCBR, Uruguay-ANII, Peru-CONCYTEC, Brazil-CNPq, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CONFAP, Spain-ISCIII
Energy	Topic 4: EU-LAC Cooperation for energy transition	Germany-BMBF, Poland-NCBR, Portugal-FCT, Argentina-ICT, Peru-CONCYTEC, Brazil-CNPq, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Austria-BMBWF, Brazil-CONFAP, Spain-AEI
Open Science	Topic 5: EU-LAC Cooperation in Open Science	Portugal-FCT, Uruguay-ANII, Brazil-CNPq, Türkiye-TÜBITAK, Dominican Republic-MESCyT, Brazil-CONFAP

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
Bolivia	Ministerio de Educación - Vice Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología	MINEDU
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
Panama	Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación	SENACYT
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
Romania	Executive Agency for Higher Education, RD&I	UEFISCDI
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