The European Union and Latin American countries have a long history of research collaboration. Programmes like Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 and funding schemes such as European Research Council (ERC) grants and Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions have fostered research projects by individual scientists and consortia formed by partners from both regions.<\/p>\n
In addition, Latin American countries have signed bilateral science and technology (S&T) agreements with the European Commission (EC). Within this framework, both parties participate in setting common principles, goals and conditions necessary to ensure a level playing field for researchers from both sides of the Atlantic. Brazil<\/a> and Mexico<\/a> recently signed new bilateral S&T agreements with the EC in November 2021 and March 2022, respectively. Co-funding schemes signed by the EC and their counterparts (Conacyt in Mexico; CNPq, FINEP and CONFAP in Brazil) support national partners participating in successful Horizon Europe projects.<\/p>\n These initiatives aim to encourage participation from Latin American entities in Horizon Europe calls, strengthening bilateral relations between the EU and Latin American countries, especially in research topics with a supranational scope (climate change, disease prevention, and renewable energies, for example).<\/p>\n