The University of St. Gallen, through its Institute of Management in Latin America, has been mandated by the Swiss Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) to serve as the Leading House, driving joint research initiatives and providing incentives for collaboration with the Latin American region.
For an overview of funding opportunities and upcoming calls, please explore this website. For further details and updates on specific calls and funding instruments, we encourage you to visit our site regularly.
The Early-Career Grant specifically targets emerging researchers (PostDocs and PhD students). It allows for the integration of the next generation of scientists in international collaboration, helps to build new networks through personal contacts and mutual trust, and makes partnerships more sustainable. Furthermore, Early-Career Grants offer a possibility to encourage researchers to boost their studies with a stay and fieldwork in Latin America without being part of a team or academic group.
Call open from December 10, 2025 until March 06, 2026.
The Exploratory Public Health Research Mission’s objective is to approximate researchers from Swiss universities to the Cuban and Brazilian science and innovation landscape. It is an opportunity to visit laboratories, attend events, meet potential research partners, and get to know the local environment with the support of the Leading House for the Latin American Region in partnership with Swissnex in Brazil. The call is designed for researchers who already have or plan to develop bilateral collaboration with Latin American universities, working on health-related topics, and who want to create a network of contacts for future research projects.
Call open from December 10, 2025 until January 31, 2026
The Leading House model involves Swiss universities selected by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) to establish cooperation tools for seed funding and innovative pilot projects in bilateral programmes. This approach has effectively built valuable connections and tested new methods for research and innovation collaboration. The University of St.Gallen has been the Leading House Latin America since 2017, and has supported over 250 projects with the region.
As the Leading House for Latin America, the University of St. Gallen (i) represents the Swiss scientific community's interests with Latin American partners, (ii) advises SERI, (iii) develops and manages funding instruments to promote bilateral cooperation, and (iv) communicates collaboration opportunities within the Swiss research and innovation community, working with Swiss and Latin American embassies and the Swissnex network.
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