The proposals for German-Mexican research projects have to be submitted by the researchers from Germany to the DFG according to the following rules:
- Researchers may apply for a funding period of up to three years.
- Researchers in Germany must submit their proposals under the DFG’s Research Grants Programme in compliance with the guidelines outlined in DFG form 50.01. This includes the eligibility criteria for applicants to be funded by the DFG.
- The scientific content of the proposals submitted to the DFG and to UNAM should be identical.
- The joint proposal should contain an abstract, the scientific description, the goals and tasks as well as the justification of the requested cost items according to DFG form 54.01.
- Researchers in Mexico and Germany must submit their proposals to UNAM and the DFG, respectively, by 16 February 2024.
Applicants for a bilateral collaborative project under this call must submit their joint proposal to their respective funding organisation. Mexican principal investigators (PIs) at UNAM submit their documents to UNAM, German PIs to the DFG, following the formal requirements of their respective funding organisation. All documents must be written in English. Please note that the documents submitted to the DFG and to UNAM must not differ with regard to the scientific content of the proposal and with regard to the applicants involved. 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.
At the DFG, all proposals must be submitted through the DFG´s electronic proposal processing system elan by 16 February 2024.
