The Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies – CONFAP and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) invite researchers from Brazil to pursue research collaborations with Principal Investigators already supported through EU-funded European Research Council (ERC) grants.
With this call, Brazilian researchers in a wide range of scientific fields have the possibility to carry out research visits and temporarily join ERC teams in Europe. Scientific exchanges may start in the first semester of 2024 and can be either performed on a more extended timeframe (i.e. lasting 6 to 12 months) or be divided in multiple and shorter visits (i.e. to perform joint experimentation or similar research activities).
Eligible researchers from Brazil will continue to receive their salaries and/or scholarship according to their institutional terms and conditions. The Brazilian State Funding Agencies participating in the present call or CNPq will provide support for travel expenses.
In 2022, 945 projects funded by the ERC expressed interest in receiving researchers from Brazil.
Visiting researchers from Brazil who shall be incorporated into the research teams of the ERC-funded Principal Investigators (at the Host Institution of the ERC project) for the duration of the visit may receive support from the ERC grant, and such funding shall be negotiated and defined by the ERC funded Principal Investigators and the researchers from Brazil.
Who may apply?
- Active researchers from Brazil holding a PhD who are implementing research activities within Brazilian universities, institutes or research centres.
- Additional eligibility criteria may be requested by the supporting Funding Agencies, which shall, in such cases, publish specific guidelines.
The following Funding Agencies joined the 2023 call*:
- 1. Fundação Araucária – Paraná
2. FAPEAM – Amazonas
3. FAPEG – Goiás
4. FAPEMA – Maranhão
5. FAPEPI – Piauí
6. FAPERGS – Rio Grande do Sul
7. FAPERJ – Rio de Janeiro
8. FAPES – Espírito Santo
9. FAPESB – Bahia
10. FAPESC – Santa Catarina
11. FAPESP – São Paulo
12. FAPESPA – Pará
13. FAPESQ – Paraíba
14. FAPT – Tocantins
15. FUNCAP – Ceará
16. FUNDECT – Mato Grosso do Sul
17. FAPERO – Rondônia
18. FAPDF – Distrito Federal NEW
19. FACEPE – Pernambuco NEW
*Other Funding Agencies still might join this call.
The Brazilian State Funding Agencies participating in the present call or CNPq will provide support for travel expenses.
How to apply?
Eligible researchers must register on the online portal here. They will then be able to access information about the ERC grantees that expressed interest in hosting scientists from Brazil in their research teams. The Brazilian researchers are responsible for agreeing on the details of their research stay with the ERC grantee and then submitting their formal proposal on the dedicated portal mentioned above.
The pre-selection of the scientists is done by the Brazilian funding agencies, without any ERC intervention (neither in the selection criteria nor in the selection procedure).
Deadline: 15 January 2024 (Postponed)
Chamada ERC IA-CONFAP-CNPq 2023
Additional resources:
- Contact for assistance and support: confap.erc.ia@gmail.com.
- This call is launched in the framework of the European Commission (EC) - Confap implementing Arrangement (2016) and includes the CNPq through the Administrative Arrangement signed between the institutions in November 2021. More about the legal framework here.
- More information on ERC grants, check out EURAXESS focus on ERC for Brazilian researchers here
- More information on "ERC teams open to the world": https://erc.europa.eu/managing-your-project/set-and-develop-your-team
Check Marcelo Sousa Silva's experience as visiting researcher in an ERC team
Check Tiago dos Santos' testimony about his research stay in the context of this call
Check Prof Barone's experience in an ERC team in Europe: