The annual Call for Inria Associate Teams is open !
Among the priorities of this year every research project with a Brazilian research player (university or research fundation) (with the possibility of involving a company as a 3rd partner) are eligible, without thematic restriction.
Projects in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, HPC and Scientific Computing and/or in applications domains such energy, digital health and agroecology are particularly encouraged,
The full documentation of the 2026 call for proposals is available on Inria website: https://www.inria.fr/en/call-for-projects-international-partnerships-associate-teams-2026
The researcher from Inria team coordinating the project on the French side have to submit the online application form on the specific website: https://drisi.inria.fr/eaEquipeAssociee/new
General timetable:
October 16th, 2025: deadline for submission of joint proposals
October-December 2025: evaluation of the projects
January-February 2026: notification of grants and publication of results
