• Establish and expand strategic cooperation in research funding
• Systematic further development of joint funding procedures with the partner organisations
• Systematic monitoring of countries with strong research potential and a high degree of self-interest in cooperation with research and funding partners in Germany
• Advise researchers and academics on the DFG’s international cooperation opportunities and funding programmes
• Organise and promote events which are important in terms of science strategy (seminars, workshops, conferences etc.) with the aim of enabling new cooperations and strengthening existing ones
• Support dialogue and the exchange of experience between researchers and institutions in Latin America and Germany

• “Building Links to Academic Research in Germany” – brochure
• Brochure Latin America
• Funding in an international context
• Funding opportunities with individual countries and regions
• Cooperation with developing countries
• International calls for proposals

• Act as contact persons for researchers in the respective country who are interested in cooperation with researchers in Germany
• Support the exchange of researchers in both directions
• Intensify contacts with local partner organisations
• Organise regular local information events on the DFG and Germany as a research location
• Seek to raise the profile of the DFG and Germany as a centre of research abroad, while also “advertising” the DFG’s funding opportunities and programmes

• Presentation of trusted researchers

Team management:

• Dr. Dietrich Halm

Head of DFG Office Latin America:

• Dr. Christina Peters

Latin America /Caribbean:

• Marina Hesse
  Tel: 0228 885-2585 
  E-mail: Marina.Hesse@dfg.de
• Martina Richtberg
  Tel: 0228-885-3178
  E-mail: Martina.Richtberg@dfg.de