Within the scope of their Cooperation Agreement, the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) and theGerman Research Foundation (DFG) are pleased to announce a joint call for German-Brazilian research projects in the field of law. The call includes but is not limited to research areas such as Technology and Law, Digital Law, AI and Law, Data Protection and Law, Democracy and Law, Consumer Law, Criminal Law and Environment and Law.
At the same time, this initiative sets out to strengthen the network of legal cooperation between the two countries. It is therefore intended that annual meetings of researchers from this initiative take place alternately in Germany and Brazil (with the possibility to involve other interested researchers).
The proposals for German-Brazilian research projects have to be submitted to the DFG according to the following rules and requirements:
- German and Brazilian project partners should prepare joint integrated project proposals with complementary contributions of both sides.
- Researchers involved in the bilateral projects of the different research fields of law should collaborate by means of workshops, meetings or other collaborative activities.
- The added value of the cooperation in comparison to a proposal without international cooperation should be described. Applicants should demonstrate how bringing together researchers based in Germany and Brazil will add value and advance research. It is expected that each partner substantially contributes to the common project. Teams should ensure that there is a plan for effective delivery and coordination of research across the partners.
- A description should be provided of already jointly realised academic cooperation and exchange between the German and Brazilian partners on which the submitted proposal is based
- Researchers may apply for a funding period of two years with the possibility of a renewal for a period of two more years.
Proposals have to be written in English and must be submitted to both organisations in parallel in accordance with the proposal preparation requirements of each side, respectively. For German groups, this means submission via the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system elan. The proposal of the Brazilian partner has to be submitted as an annex to the DFG proposal.
The proposals have to be submitted to DFG and CAPES by 15 April 2026. There are no additional funds available and proposals must succeed on the strengths of their intellectual merit in comparison with other proposals.
