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About Us DFG Office Latin America

In Latin America, scientific productivity has increased

significantly in recent years. This development is also
reflected in the rising number of German and Latin
American research collaborations. The DFG Office Latin
America is tasked with strengthening and enhancing
research cooperation.

The DFG Office Latin America in São Paulo

► serves as a contact point for researchers as well as

academic institutions and funding organisations in all
countries of Latin America.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German
► provides information and advises local and German
Research Foundation) is the central self-governing
scientists and research institutions about research
research funding organisation in Germany
opportunities in Germany as well as possibilities for
bilateral collaboration.
The DFG serves all branches of science and the humanities
by funding research projects and facilitating national and ► maintains and expands strategic partnerships with
international collaboration among researchers. Scientific Latin American funding organisations and develops
and academic excellence, the advancement of early career instruments for international collaboration.
researchers, interdisciplinarity and internationality, and
gender equality in research are key elements in the work ► initiates, organises and accompanies cooperation
of the DFG. promoting measures, such as international seminars,
workshops and conferences.
In organisational terms, the DFG is an association under
► provides special support to early career researchers
private law. Its members are German universities, research
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft institutions, non-university research institutions, scientific
through seminars, consultation and events in close
German Research Foundation associations and the academies of sciences and humani-
collaboration with important German and foreign
stakeholders.
ties.
The DFG in Latin America ► monitors research policy developments in Latin
The DFG receives an annual budget of about 3.3 billion American countries thereby stimulating the dialogue
euros, primarily from the German federal and state between German and Latin American researchers as
governments. well as research and funding organisations.

With its offices in São Paulo, Washington, Moscow (2003–

2022), New York, San Francisco, New Delhi and Tokyo,
as well as the SinoGerman Center for Research Promotion
in Beijing, the DFG seeks to strengthen its international
activities worldwide.
Partners in Latin America Funding DFG Liaison Scientists

Who can apply? Chile, Valdivia

Funding of excellent cross-national research projects in Any researcher holding a doctoral degree and wishing to Prof. Dr. Gudrun Kausel
all scientific fields requires partner organizations with perform research in Germany can submit a proposal. There Universidad Austral de Chile
compatible programmes and resources. are no restrictions on subjects. Doctoral researchers and Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences
postdocs may apply for available positions within projects Phone: +56 63221798, Mob.: +56 981377852
The DFG has agreements for the co-funding of research funded by the DFG. To find out more about the projects, E-mail: [email protected]
projects and researcher mobility in Argentina, Brazil, please consult the GEPRIS database (gepris.dfg.de/en).
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico. Mexico, Mexico City
What funding programmes exist? Prof. Dr. Christina Siebe
The DFG provides funds for a full spectrum of funding Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
programmes. It supports the initiation of collaborations and Institute of Geology
bilateral or multilateral research projects between individual Phone: +52 5622 4265, ext. 155
Online Ressources researchers as well as long-term collaborative programmes E-mail: [email protected]
involving various researchers, such as International Research
Training Groups (IRTG), Research Units or Collaborative
Research Centres (CRC).

How can I find potential partners for collaboration?

The DFG main website provides links to the GEPRIS
database, which contains information about current and
► www.dfg.de/latinamerica completed DFG funded projects. GERiT (www.gerit.org/en)
is a search tool with data on more than 29,000 German
research institutions.

How does the initiation of an international research

Contact Information

Design: Tim Wübben/DFG

Photos: Thomas Köster/DFG, DFG Office Latin America; June 2022
collaboration work?
Applicants in Germany interested in cooperating with an
international research partner may apply for funding for
trips and research stays abroad or for bilateral workshops. DFG Office Latin America
► www.dfg.de/pt Foreign partners should verify the availability of co-funding c/o German House for Research and Innovation
(in Portuguese) opportunities by their local or national agency. Dr. Christina Peters
Rua Verbo Divino 1488, Bloco D, térreo
How does the funding process work? 04719-904 São Paulo, Brazil
Generally, a bilateral research project is funded by the DFG Phone: +55 11 5189 8308
as well as the partner organisation, i.e. the German partner Mobile: +55 11 98124 3130
applies for funding to the DFG, and the Latin American E-mail: [email protected]
partner submits an application to his or her national funding
agency. Depending on funding agreements between the
agencies, the application and submission process may be
► www.dfg.de/es conducted jointly or independently. Information on
(in Spanish) agreements and joint funding opportunities can be found
on our website.