Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED)

The Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) is now accepting applications for Call Proposals, with a deadline for submission of May 21, 2022.

This year, the Call seven thematic areas, namely: health, agri-food, industrial development, sustainable development, ICT, science and society, and energy.

The Thematic Networks that can join the program are research and development (R&D) teams from public or private entities and companies in the member countries of the CYTED Program, whose scientific and/or technological activities are related within a scope of common interest and fall within one of the areas of the Program. Their main objective is to promote the exchange of knowledge between R&D teams and to foster cooperation as a working method. A minimum of six teams from six different Ibero-American countries, members of the CYTED Program, with proven capacity and activity in R&D&I actions.

The Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) was created in 1984 through an inter-institutional agreement signed by 21 Ibero-American countries. Since 1995, the CYTED Program has been formally included among the Cooperation Programs of the Ibero-American Summits of Heads of State and Government.

Participation in this Cooperation Program is monitored in Portugal by the FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology, enabling the establishment of scientific and technical cooperation programs with teams from a large number of Latin American countries.

Further information is available on the Ibero-American Science and Technology for Development Program (CYTED) page on the FCT website.