EUROPE / LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN 4TH MULTI-THEMATIC JOINT CALL 2022

OPEN: 24TH JANUARY 2022

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 28TH APRIL 2022, 5 PM CEST

An initiative supported by the EU-LAC[1] Interest Group towards the CRA[2]

Call documents are available at:

https://www.eucelac-platform.eu/joint-call/4th-eu-lac-joint-call-sti-2022

The EU-LAC Interest Group (IG) is a group of funding agencies from LAC, EU Member States and Associated Countries wishing to cooperate in bi-regional science, technology and innovation (STI) collaboration.

The following Funding Parties are providing funds and assistance by their national and/or regional call contact points to support national beneficiaries in collaborative projects:

1. Austria:           Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, BMBWF
2. Bolivia:            Ministerio de Educación - Vice Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, MINEDU
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. Italy:                Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR
8. Panama:         Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, SENACYT
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. Spain:              Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII
13. Spain:              Agencia Estatal de Investigación, AEI
14. Turkey:            Turkiye Bilimsel vê Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu, TUBITAK
15. Uruguay:         Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, ANII

TOPICS IN THE 4TH MULTI-THEMATIC JOINT CALL 2022

Transnational consortia are invited to submit proposals related to the following 6 topics in the thematic fields of Global Challenges, Health, Biodiversity, and Energy. It is one of the specificities of this joint call that it includes four topics based on sharing large Research Infrastructures:

1. GLOBAL CHALLENGES
   1. Global Challenges I - Interactions and integration between the climate science, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and other communities

Participating funding agencies from: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil (CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Germany, Panama, Poland, Spain (AEI), Turkey, Uruguay.

1. Global Challenges II - Cross-cutting digital research infrastructure

Participating funding agencies from: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil (CNPq, CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Germany, Panama, Spain (AEI), Turkey.

1. HEALTH
   1. Health I - Personalised Medicine

Participating funding agencies from: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil (CNPq, CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Panama, Poland, Spain (AEI and ISCIII), Turkey.

1. Health II - EU-LAC Regional Hubs: Integrating research infrastructures for Health and Disease

Participating funding agencies from: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil (CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain (AEI), Turkey, Uruguay.

1. BIODIVERSITY
   1. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Infrastructures

Participating funding agencies from: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil (CNPq, CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Panama, Peru, Spain (AEI), Turkey.

1. ENERGY
   1. Interoperability of energy data spaces for an optimized exploitation by producers and prosumers / Research Infrastructures

Participating funding agencies from: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil (CONFAP), Dominican Republic, Germany, Panama, Spain (AEI), Turkey

Find research partners via the EU-LAC RTI Networking & Matchmaking Platform

Applicants searching for potential European and / or Latin American & Caribbean partners are invited to register for free at the online ENRICH in LAC Matchmaking platform. This new platform enables virtual direct contacts and project initiation among RTI focussed researchers, start-ups, companies, soft landing hubs, and other organizations between the LAC region and Europe at any time.

• Proposals must be submitted online in English, via an Electronic Submission System accessible at https://ptoutline.eu/app/eu-lac-2022