Applications for staff exchange are open until April 16.

The Espírito Santo Research and Innovation Support Foundation (Fapes) begins the year continuing its efforts to internationalize scientific, technological, and innovation research produced in Espírito Santo. The CONFAP – Marie Skłodowska-Curie (Staff Exchanges) 2026 Call is now open, inviting Brazilian researchers to participate in collaborative research and innovation projects aimed at strengthening international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary connections through staff exchanges and knowledge sharing. Applications are open until April 16.

The call is launched by the National Council of State Research Support Foundations (CONFAP), based on the Administrative Arrangement signed in 2021 between the European Commission (DG-RTD), CONFAP, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and the Brazilian Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (Finep). The agreement establishes mechanisms to support cooperation between the European Union and Brazil in research and innovation activities.

Fapes has joined the call and will support up to three collaborative mobility and research projects of scientific excellence, involving exchanges with countries of the European Union (EU) and those associated with Horizon Europe. A total of US$ 19,500 (nineteen thousand five hundred US dollars) will be allocated from the Espírito Santo State Fund for Science and Technology (Funcitec). Selected projects may last up to 36 months, and funding provided by Fapes will cover operational and capital expenses, excluding scholarships.

Collaborative projects must involve at least three EU Member States or countries associated with Horizon Europe and will be submitted by European coordinators through the Horizon Europe platform. To be eligible for funding by Fapes, researchers from Espírito Santo must be associated as principal investigators in a project selected under the Horizon Europe program.

Applicant researchers must submit their proposals as partners in projects filed on the Horizon Europe platform by European coordinators, and also directly through SigFapes under “open calls,” available at: https://www.sigfapes.es.gov.br/.

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To learn more about the MSCA Staff Exchanges 2026 Program: access here and here
Consult the MSCA Staff Exchanges information (in English): click here
Access Fapes guidelines: click here
Submission deadline: April 16, 2026
Inquiries: internacional.confap@gmail.com | parcerias@fapes.es.gov.br | parcerias1@fapes.es.gov.br

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