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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 pre-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

Call documents will be available from 24 February at: eucelac-platform.eu

With this Joint Call, interested project consortia composed of partners from the countries listed below will be 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 Multi-Thematic Joint Call 2025

1.BIODIVERSITY

1.1 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

2.1 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.HEALTH

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.ENERGY

4.1 EU-LAC Cooperation for Energy Transition
Participating funding agencies from: Argentina, Brazil (CNPq and CONFAP), Peru, Austria, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain (AEI), Türkiye.

5.OPEN SCIENCE

5.1 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 (available from 24 February)

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

Pre-Announcement:5 EU-LAC JointCall

How to publish your interest in the call topics via this platform?

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) 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.

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

  1. Argentina: Secretaría de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología, SICYT
  2. Austria: Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung BMBWF
  3. Bolivia (participation still tbc): Viceministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, VCyT
  4. Brazil: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico, CNPq
  5. Brazil: Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa, CONFAP
  6. Costa Rica (participation still tbc): Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones, MICITT
  7. Dominican Republic: Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología, MESCyT
  8. Germany: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF
  9. Peru: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, CONCYTEC
  10. Poland: Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju, NCBR
  11. Portugal: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT
  12. Romania (participation still tbc): Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a CDI, UEFISCDI
  13. Spain: Agencia Estatal de Investigación, AEI
  14. Spain: Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII
  15. Türkiye: Türkiye Bilimsel vê Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu, TÜBITAK
  16. Uruguay: Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, ANII
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    Brazil 202
    Türkiye 135
    Italy 66
    Spain 52
    Germany 49
    Dominican Republic 38
    Portugal 37
    Colombia 33
    Ecuador 33
    Peru 28
    Argentina 24
    Uruguay 22
    Austria 19
    Poland 16
    Bolivia 16
    Costa Rica 16
    Chile 13
    France 11
    United Kingdom 10
    Panama 8
    Belgium 7
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    Hungary 6
    Nicaragua 6
    Greece 6
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    Trinidad And Tobago 3
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    South Korea 1
    Namibia 1
    Jamaica 1
    Cyprus 1
    Luxembourg 1
    Malta 1
    Cuba 1
    Norway 1
    Total 924
    Participants
    University 389
    R&D Institution 153
    Other 88
    SME 86
    Start-up 73
    Authority/Government 49
    Association/Agency 45
    Industry 41
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