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NEW! EU-LAC Joint Call in STI 2025

The EU-LAC Interest Group, an alliance of funding agencies from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), EU Member States, and Associated Countries, proudly announces the launch of its 5th Multi-thematic Joint Call in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).

Call opening date: 24 February 2025

Submission deadline: 22 May 2025 at 5:00 PM CEST

With this Joint Call, interested project consortia composed of partners from the countries listed below are invited to submit proposals. Participating funding agencies will provide funds and guidance through national/regional call contact points to assist national beneficiaries in collaborative projects. The selection of projects will be carried out jointly.

The duration of a project may not exceed 36 months.

Topics of the 5th EU-LAC Joint Call 2025


1. Biodiversity including Agriculture and Food Security

 Participating funding agencies from: Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Peru, Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain (AEI), Türkiye.

2. Bioeconomy and Nature-based Solutions 

Participating funding agencies from: Argentina, Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Peru, Uruguay, Austria, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain (AEI), Türkiye.

3.1 Global Health

Participating funding agencies from: Argentina, Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain (ISCIII), Türkiye.

3.2 Infectious Diseases

Participating funding agencies from: Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Peru, Uruguay, Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain (ISCIII), Türkiye.

4. EU-LAC Cooperation for Energy Transition

Participating funding agencies from: Argentina, Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Peru, Austria, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain (AEI), Türkiye.

5. EU-LAC Cooperation in Open Science

Participating funding agencies from: Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Portugal, Türkiye.

Useful info and links

  Call documents

Proposals must be submitted online in English, via an Electronic Submission System accessible here.

How to publish your interest in the call topics?

If you are already a member of this platform and interested in collaboration under these topics, you are kindly invited to update your profiles as indicated below:

1) Indicate which of the 6 topics you are interested in
Thus, other organisation can identify you.

Please select those topics you are interested in

2) Publish your Partner search related to these call topics via the Marketplace

Add a "EU-LAC Joint Call 2025" Partner Search Project

If you are new to this platform (and not registered yet), you will be able to make the selection during the registration process.

Participating funding organisations:

  1. Argentina: Secretaría de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología, SICYT
  2. Austria: Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung BMBWF
  3. Brazil: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico, CNPq
  4. Brazil: Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa, CONFAP
  5. Dominican Republic: Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología, MESCyT
  6. Germany: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF
  7. Peru: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, CONCYTEC
  8. Poland: Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju, NCBR
  9. Portugal: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT
  10. Spain: Agencia Estatal de Investigación, AEI
  11. Spain: Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII
  12. Türkiye: Türkiye Bilimsel vê Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu, TÜBITAK
  13. Uruguay: Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, ANII
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    Participants
    Brazil 182
    Spain 99
    Germany 99
    Türkiye 88
    Argentina 44
    Portugal 40
    Colombia 34
    Peru 31
    Italy 28
    Uruguay 24
    Poland 22
    Dominican Republic 21
    Austria 20
    Ecuador 20
    Costa Rica 10
    Chile 10
    Bolivia 9
    France 9
    Greece 7
    Netherlands 7
    Mexico 6
    United Kingdom 6
    Sweden 5
    Guatemala 5
    Panama 5
    Finland 4
    Belgium 4
    Trinidad And Tobago 3
    Nicaragua 3
    Hungary 3
    Paraguay 3
    Romania 3
    Slovenia 3
    United States 3
    Honduras 2
    Ireland 2
    Israel 2
    Ukraine 2
    Bulgaria 2
    Venezuela 1
    India 1
    Luxembourg 1
    South Korea 1
    Malta 1
    Cuba 1
    Norway 1
    Switzerland 1
    Barbados 1
    El Salvador 1
    Jamaica 1
    Total 881
    Participants
    University 391
    R&D Institution 187
    Other 73
    SME 70
    Start-up 55
    Association/Agency 39
    Authority/Government 38
    Industry 28
    Total 881
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