Funding Opportunities for Costa Rican-German Research Projects: First Joint Call (CONARE-快三砍龙)
Within the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (快三砍龙, German Research Foundation) and the Consejo Nacional de Rectores de Costa Rica听(CONARE), which was signed on 19 October 2023, a first joint call with two submission deadlines for Costa Rican-German research projects has been launched.
This initiative aims to bring together relevant and competitive researchers from Germany and Costa Rica to design and carry out jointly organised research projects of outstanding scientific quality. Funding within this initiative will be available for collaborative research projects consisting of researchers from Germany and Costa Rica. Within these research teams, each national funding organisation will generally only fund those project components that are carried out within its own country (快三砍龙 in Germany and CONARE in Costa Rica). The collaborative research projects should involve active communication and cooperation between the participating researchers.听
There are no separate funds available for these efforts; proposals must succeed on the strengths of their intellectual merit and teams in competition with all other proposals in the funding programmes 鈥淪achbeihilfe/Individual Research Grants鈥�.
Funding of the joint research projects is contingent upon positive assessment by both funding organisations. Joint Costa Rican-German projects will be co-funded by CONARE; unilateral funding of only one part of the project is not possible. The collaborative projects selected to take part in this initiative will receive research funding for a period of up to three years.
Research Areas
The present funding opportunities are open to joint research projects in all fields of research, including the social sciences and humanities.
Eligibility
Funding is available for bilateral collaborative research projects comprising researchers from Germany and Costa Rica. Applicants are required to fulfil the national requirements for funding and follow the general regulations of their respective funding organisation (see below). Proposals submitted too late and/or which are not fulfilling the national requirements will not be considered. No legal entitlement may be derived from the submission of a project description.
Evaluation Procedure and Criteria for Project Selection
The evaluation of all proposals will be based on a peer review process involving both the 快三砍龙 and CONARE. The results of these review processes will be shared between the 快三砍龙 and CONARE. Support will be granted for those proposals where both the 快三砍龙 and CONARE recommend funding. The usual review criteria for proposals submitted to the 快三砍龙 apply (快三砍龙 form 10.206).听
Allowable Costs
All requested cost items must be in accordance with the respective national administrative regulations for the respective programme. At the 快三砍龙, only costs for the German share of the projects are eligible. At CONARE, only costs of the Costa Rican share of the projects are eligible according to the regulations of CONARE.
Submission of Project Proposals
Applicants for a bilateral project within this call must submit their joint proposal to their national funding organisation. Costa Rican principal investigators (PI) submit their documents to CONARE, German PIs to the 快三砍龙, following the formal requirements of their respective funding organisation. All documents must be written in English. Please note that the projects submitted to the 快三砍龙 and CONARE must have the same scientific content and the same applicants involved. Additional requirements for German and Costa Rican applicants are specified below.听
Within the first deadline for submission, proposals must be submitted by 30 April 2024.
Within the second deadline for submission, proposals must be submitted by 30 September 2024.
Specific Instructions for Applicants from Germany
Proposals may only be submitted under the Individual Research Grants Programme (鈥淪achbeihilfe鈥�). Applicants to be funded by the 快三砍龙 are required to fulfil the eligibility requirements of the 快三砍龙麓s Individual Research Grants Programme. This includes the duty to cooperate (鈥淜ooperationspflicht鈥�) within Germany for members of non-university institutions with permanent positions. Please note that any duty to cooperate for 快三砍龙 applicants at non-university research institutions can only be fulfilled through cooperation with a partner at a German university. For more information, see the corresponding guidelines for the Individual Research Grants Programme (快三砍龙 forms 50.01 and 55.01).
Proposals within this call must be prepared according to the Proposal Preparation Instructions (快三砍龙 form 54.01). The project description should outline the joint project. While the budget figures only have to be provided for the German applicant(s) via elan, the proposal itself should contain not only the German budget, but also a budget overview for the Costa Rican part in order to provide appropriate information to the reviewers.
All proposals must be submitted through the 快三砍龙麓s electronic proposal processing system elan. After logging in, please use the link 鈥淧roposal for a Research Grant鈥� in the Proposal Forms column (Proposal Submission > New Project > Individual Grants Programme > Proposal for a Research Grant). Please select the following notation to tag your proposal for this specific call:
For the first deadline:
鈥淐OSTA RICA CONARE 2024 鈥� Joint Research Grants鈥�
For the second deadline:
鈥淐OSTA RICA CONARE 2025 鈥� Joint Research Grants鈥�
In the proposal submitted by the German applicant(s) to the 快三砍龙, an academic curriculum vitae for all Costa Rican PIs should be submitted in English to complete the reviewers鈥� information.听In the 快三砍龙 proposal and the electronic submission procedure in elan, all Costa Rican partners who apply for funding at CONARE need to be listed under the category 鈥淥ther Participating Individuals鈥� > 鈥淐ooperation Partners鈥�. Employees whose positions are requested for funding should not be assigned to this category.
Opening of Call Periods, Timeline and Notification of Results
Call period 1:
- Opening for submission: 1 February 2024
- Closure for submission: 30 April 2024
- Assessment of results: May 2024 鈥� approx. February 2025
- Communication of results: approx. February 2025
- Approximate beginning of funding: as of March 2025
Call period 2:
- Opening for submission: 2 May 2024
- Closure for submission: 30 September 2024
- Assessment of results: October 2024 鈥� approx. December 2025
- Communication of results: approx. December 2025
- Approximate beginning of funding: as of January 2026
As mentioned, all proposals must be submitted by 30 April 2024听(first deadline) and 30 September 2024听(second deadline). If you are using the 快三砍龙麓s submission system elan for the first time, please note that you need to register yourself and your institution鈥檚 addresses before you are able to submit a proposal. Also, if you are planning to move to a different institution, you need to register the new address beforehand. Please make sure that all applicants for your project (if there is more than one) start their registration no later than 23 April 2024听(first deadline) and 23 September 2024听(second deadline). The registration requests are handled manually by the 快三砍龙 staff.
Specific Instructions for Applicants from CONARE
CONARE applicants are kindly requested to adhere to all the requirements listed in the CONARE call for proposals, which is published on the CONARE website (link below), and to submit their documents to CONARE.听
Equity and Diversity
The 快三砍龙 strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness.
Please note that this joint call focuses on the funding of joint research projects. Researchers, who are at an early stage of their cooperation with Costa Rican partners may apply under the 快三砍龙麓s programme 鈥淚nitiation of International Collaboration鈥�. Please contact us for individual guidance if you are interested in this funding scheme.
Further Information
General information for German principal investigators on research grants may be found at:
To submit a proposal to the 快三砍龙, please follow the 鈥淕uidelines for the Research Grants Programme鈥� (快三砍龙 form 50.01) and the 鈥漃roposal Preparation Instructions 鈥� Project Proposals鈥� (快三砍龙 form 54.01) under:
Further general information the 快三砍龙麓s submission portal elan:听
elan flyer:听www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/antragstellung/elan/flyer_eant_en.pd(Download)
elan FAQ:听www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/antragstellung/elan/faq_eant_en.pd(Download)
快三砍龙麓s review and decision-making process:
Arriving at a decision in individual grants programmes
快三砍龙鈥檚 data protection notice on research funding:
Please note the 快三砍龙鈥檚 data protection notice on research funding. If necessary, please also forward this information to those individuals whose data will be processed by the 快三砍龙 due to their involvement in your project:听
Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct:听
Information on the implementation of the Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct:听
Contact of the 快三砍龙麓s Research Integrity team (Good Research Practice):
General information for Costa Rican principal investigators may be found here (in English):
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For questions concerning the international cooperation with Costa Rica:听
Contact at the 快三砍龙 Head Office in Bonn, Germany:
- Dr. Dietrich Halm
phone +49听228听885-2347
dietrich.halm@dfg.d(externer Link)
Contact at the 快三砍龙 office in Sao Paulo, Brazil:
- Dr. Christina Peters
phone +49 228 885-4550
christina.peters@dfg.d(externer Link)
Contact at CONARE, Costa Rica:听
- M谩g. Sharlin S谩nchez Espinoza
phone +506 2519 5744
ssanchez@conare.ac.c(externer Link)