Instruct-ERIC has a long history of international collaborations with institutions worldwide, formalised though Memoranda of Understanding (MoU). These agreements facilitate fundamental activities in structural biology, including training, development of best practices, and access to technologies through Instruct.

The Instruct-ERIC International Call is open to staff from all Instruct Centres, and from institutions holding an MoU with Instruct-ERIC or are in the process to sign an agreement in the next 12 months.
The Fifth International Call is also open to Ukrainian researchers affiliated with a Ukrainian Institution.

Funding is available to support staff exchanges. Successful projects will receive up to €5,000 to cover travel, accommodation, and access costs for the research project. It can also be used for the shipment of samples in the case of remote visits.

Call Submission Guidelines

For more information about the range of services available via this call visit the Instruct catalogue. Applicants must belong to one of the institutions listed below:

All Instruct Member Countries and Organisations

Latin America 

• lnstituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC), Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
• Centro Nacional de Resonancia Magnetica Nuclear (CNRMN), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Instituto de Química (IQ), Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
• Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnología (LNNano), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Brasil
• Fundacion lnstituto Leloir de Buenos Aires (FIL), Argentina
• Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
• Instituto de Química y Físico-Química Biológicas (IQUIFIB), Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• lnstitut Pasteur de Montevideo (IP), Uruguay
• Centro de lnvestigaciones Biomedicas (CEINBIO), Uruguay
• Núcleo de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (NIDTEC), Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay
• Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Médica (IIBM UC), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Laboratório de Estudos Estruturais de Macromoléculas (LEEM)/Laboratório de Cristalografia de Proteínas (LCP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), Universidade de São Paulo (campus Ribeirão Preto), Brasil
• Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC, CONICET), Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto (DQBRC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Argentina
• Escuela de Bio y Nanotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas (IIB), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina
• Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias (CIBION), Argentina
• Universidad de Concepcion (UdeC), Chile

Africa

• University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa

Other

• Other institutions in the process to sign an agreement in the next 12 months. Contact support@instruct-eric.org for more information on establishing an MOU for your institute, or your host institute.

Ukraine

• Ukrainian researchers based in any Ukrainian research institution

Funding

Funding covers travel, accommodation, and access costs. Funding does not cover subsistence.

Funding will be released once user and facility feedback has been provided in ARIA. Please contact support@instruct-eric.org with any questions about this.