Due to the end of the funding period of the ERA-Net-LAC – “Network of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries on Joint Innovation and Research Activities” in December 2017, the EU-CELAC Interest Group was constituted to further strengthen the bi-regional partnership between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries in Science, Technology and Innovation. The members of the Group recently published the latest Call for Joint research activities within this partnership.

Funding will be provided for research and innovation projects focusing on the following topics: Biodiversity and Climate Change, Bioeconomy, Energy, Health as well as Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). The projects should achieve a high level of practical relevance and show strategies for the implementation of the projects’ results in politics, economy and society.

Funding will be provided for transnational projects only. Each consortium must involve a minimum of four eligible partners from four different countries with at least two countries from each region (EU and Latin America/Caribbean Countries).

The projects will be funded for a period of up to 36 months with a budget of up to 120 000 Euros. Projects which have been selected for funding will start between October 2018 and January 2019. Proposals must be submitted until 8 March 2018 to the Call Secretariat of the EU-CELAC Interest Group.

Please find the Call in full detail at https://www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/bekanntmachung-1522.html.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has appointed the following institution to be in charge of the management of the organizational aspects of the funding measure:

DLR Projektträger
Europäische und internationale Zusammenarbeit
Heinrich-Konen-Straße 1
53227 Bonn
http://www.internationales-buero.de.

In case you have any questions or would like to seek a personal consultation on the funding opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact the EPC staff.

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