Welcome to the 2026 Call for Proposals: "Cooperation and innovation to promote more productive, profitable, and competitive agri-food systems with a lower environmental footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean."

This is the schedule for applying under the “Single Phase” mechanism:

Single Phase - Dates

• Announcement of the Call for Proposals: December 2025

• Opening for Registration of Institutions and Submission of Projects: March 2, 2026

• Deadline for Project Submission (Single Phase): March 30, 2026, 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, Washington D.C.)

• Project Evaluation: April 1 to May 26, 2026

• Selection of Winning Projects: July/August 2026

Notes

The Terms of Reference for the 2026 Call will be publicly announced in December 2025. This means that interested Regional Research, Development, and Innovation (R&D&I) Consortia should begin the project design process and submit the final Word and Excel documents before March 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, Washington D.C.).

To officially register your project in accordance with the guidelines, you will have a timeframe from December 1, 2025, to March 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, Washington D.C.). Projects that have not been officially and completely submitted (Word + Excel) will not be considered.

This call mechanism will take place in a single phase. Teams should submit the final project with all sections completed without exception, in “Word” format and tables in “Excel” format, as specified in the guidelines. Winning projects will be announced between July and August 2026, or once the Board of Directors formally expresses the allocation of funding in a resolution.

It is requested that once the project is registered in the system, you send an email to fontagro@iica.int to request confirmation of receipt, and always before the closing date and time of the call. Confirmation requests on the same day as the closing of the call cannot be accommodated on that day.

Webinars Call 2026

Presentation and instruction webinars for the call will be held on the following dates:

- December 11, 2025: Access the broadcast here.

- January 29, 2026

- February 26, 2026

- March 5, 2026

The webinars will take place at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, Washington D.C., and will be announced in advance through FONTAGRO's social media channels.

Regulations, Forms and Instructions