The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) are pleased to announce the fifth call for proposals to fund joint German-Argentinean research projects in the following areas:

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Geosciences
• Neurosciences
• Molecular and Clinical Infectiology and Immunology 

Researchers in Germany and Argentina must submit their proposals to the DFG and CONICET respectively by 20 February 2026. Proposals that arrive late and/or do not fulfil the national requirements will not be considered. No legal entitlement can be derived from the submission of a project description.

Project Requirements

In addition to the guidelines of the DFG, the following considerations have to be taken into account:

• The scientific level of the projects should be high in international comparison.
• Although the scientific quality of the proposals is the decisive criterion, joint projects must also demonstrate a clear added value to the applicants’ cooperation beyond what could be achieved individually.
• There are no separate funds available for this initiative; proposals must succeed on the strengths of their intellectual merit and teams in competition with all other proposals in the funding programme “Sachbeihilfe/Research Grants”.
• Funding of the joint research projects is contingent upon positive assessment by both funding organisations. Joint German-Argentinean projects will be co-funded by the Argentinean funding organisation CONICET; unilateral funding of only one part of the project is not possible. 

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