Associate Teams Program is one of the main tools offered by Inria International Relations Department to support bilateral scientific collaborations and promoting and strenghen Inria international strategic partnerships.
An Associate Team is a joint research project between an Inria project-team and a research team abroad eligible depending on the priorities of the Call (Inria-Brasil is among the priorities each year since its creation). The two teams jointly define a scientific roadmap with a clear added value for each of them and a program for bilateral exchanges and joint workshops.
The call for projects is published each year in June with a deadline in October. Successfull projects will last three years and receive a funding from Inria about 6 000 – 9 500€ /year.
Some projects are co-funded by FAPESP (FAP of Sao Paulo) though SPRINT program. The renewal of agreements with other FAPs is currently explored.
Each year, some slots are reserved to support strategic international partnerships and Inria Brasil is part of the priorities of last years. The post-doctoral student is recruited by an Inria team in France to work on a Franco-Brazilian project, during a period of 1 year up to 2 years, with visits to the partner abroad.
STIC & MATH & CLIMAT AmSud Programs
On the initiative of French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, STIC, MATH and CLIMAT AmSud are cooperation programs between France and South America created to promote and strengthen the research projects in the fields of Information and Communication Science and Technology (STIC AmSud Call) , Mathematics (MATH AmSud Call) and climate variability and change (CLIMAT AmSud). The projects have to involve at least one French research team and two South-Americans partners. The countries participating to these programs are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
The Call is usually launched in April of each year with a deadlie in May.
The French Committee for the Evaluation of University and Scientific Cooperation with Brazil (COFECUB) co-publishes joint calls with the Brazilian CAPES and the University of São Paulo to fund joint research and training activities.
Call for projects USP- COFECUB
The objective of this program is to initiate or develop scientific cooperation, promoting joint research and training activities between French researchers and teacher-researchers and their colleagues at the University of São Paulo. This joint program funds the mobility of researchers (including post-doctoral students) with a priority given to training at the doctoral level. Projects are selected for a period of two years (with the possibility of renewal).
This program funds research collaborations to train Brazilian and French PhDs supervised by permanent researchers, for a period of 4 years. Its objective is to initiate or develop scientific cooperation and relations between the research centers and universities of both countries through the support of joint research projects of excellence, involving the mobility of researchers with priority given to training at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels.
The Embassy of France in Brazil also offers mobility programs.
Franco-Brazilian Chairs
The Consulate General of France in Sao Paulo jointly with three universities of the State of São Paulo, the University of São Paulo (USP), the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the State University of São Paulo “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP) offers co-funding for Chairs.
Mobility program FAPERJ/France
The French Consulate in Rio de Janeiro with FAPERJ has initiated the “FAPERJ-France International Mobility Program” to support researchers and PhD mobility between France and the State of Rio de Janeiro.
The French national for research (ANR) in the frame of the annuel Call for projects offers each year joint tracks with some Brazilian agencies. For example in 2025, with FACEPE and FAPESP.
