18.11.2025

UNAM-DFG: Mexican-German Joint Call for Proposals 2025/2026

Deadline: 25 February 2026

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) are pleased to announce the fourth call for proposals to fund joint German-Mexican research projects in all fields of research (including social sciences and the humanities). This initiative aims to bring together relevant and competitive researchers from Germany and from UNAM to design and carry out jointly organised research projects of outstanding scientific quality.

Proposals for joint German-Mexican projects have to be submitted in parallel by the researchers in Germany and at UNAM to their respective funding organisation according to the organisations’ respective format and regulations.

Key Information for Eligible Researchers:

• Deadline for submission of proposals at UNAM and the DFG: 25 February 2026.
• Researchers may apply for a funding period of up to three years.
• The DFG and UNAM use their standard programmes for proposals within this initiative:
  • DFG: Research Grants (“Sachbeihilfe”)
  • UNAM: PAPIIT
• Principal investigators (PIs) at UNAM submit their documents to UNAM, PIs based in Germany to the DFG.
• All documents must be written in English.
• Funding of the joint research projects is contingent upon positive assessment by both funding organisations. Unilateral funding of only one part of a project is not possible.

Timeline and Notification of Results:

• Call opening: 6 November 2025
• Call closure: 25 February 2026
• Evaluation of proposals expected until October 2026
• Communication of results: from November 2026 onwards
• Approximate beginning of funding: from January 2027 onwards

The DFG strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness. With regard to the subject-specific focus of this call, the DFG encourages female researchers in particular to submit proposals.

Further information:
https://news.dfg.de/a/a.aspx?AysDJKITZsV1Ka8JjuwxSFh79A2