OECD Co-operative Research Programme’s call for applications for funding research fellowship grants in 2027 is now OPEN (Travel allowance + 650 EUR per week Subsistence Allowance)

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Closing Date: 10 September 2026

OECD Co-operative Research Programme’s call for applications for funding research fellowship grants in 2027 is now OPEN (Travel allowance+ 650 EUR per week Subsistence Allowance)

CRP Applications for Fellowships

Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries who would like to conduct research projects abroad, in another member country of the Co-operative Research Programme from 6 to 26 weeks. The aim of the Research Fellowships is to strengthen the international exchange of ideas and increase international mobility and co-operation among scientists working in these areas.

General information

> Applicants must be residents in one of the countries participating in the Programme. Please consult the files for general information on the country’s research institutes and universities.

Applications relevant to the work of the OECD Committee for Agriculture and other bodies are particularly welcome:

Sustainable and resilient productivity growth and food security and nutrition
Climate risks, reducing emissions from agriculture and food systems, carbon sequestration in agriculture, forestry and land use
Halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation
Reducing the negative environmental impacts of livestock production and practices harmful to animal health and welfare, investigating the positive contribution livestock can make to soil quality and management, biodiversity and livelihoods
Biodiversity, enhancing ecosystem services
Improving soil health and water and air quality, including through agro-ecological and other innovative, context specific approaches
Innovations in the transfer and development of agricultural knowledge, including Indigenous and traditional knowledge
Fisheries and aquaculture productivity, sustainability and resilience

Who is eligible to apply for a CRP Research Fellowship?

Applicants must be working in an institution located in a country that currently participates in the OECD Co-operative Research Programme (CRP), and the collaborating host institution must be located in another participating country.

Countries participating in the CRP:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye*, United Kingdom and United States.

Please note that Türkiye is a member until 24.12.26 and will not participate in the call for applications for events and fellowships to be funded in 2027.
Brazil will become a member of the CRP on 1 July 2025, so Brazil is eligible too.
Ukraine is on ACCESSION STAGE. Please contact [email protected] to be updated on its status.
Scientists already holding a position in a foreign laboratory are not eligible to apply to remain in that laboratory.

Applicants should have 4 years of postdoctoral training. The programme is not targeted at PhD students. In exceptional circumstances, consideration will be given to applicants who, although not having a PhD, have the equivalent expertise and have been extensively published. For all applications, priority is given to the overall scientific quality of each application considering its relevance to the Programme’s Research Themes and the Programme’s multi-disciplinary focus.
Applicants should have a contract with their present employer that ensures their continued employment after completion of the fellowship. If the contract is less than 3 years, applicants are requested to ask their institution to certify that there will be a continued on-going scientific affiliation with the host laboratory once the fellowship ends, as this ensures that the relationships established during the fellowship are put to beneficial use.
Before submitting an application, candidates should have their employers’ agreement to the application and to the take up of the fellowship should they be successful.
A candidate who has already been the recipient of a CRP fellowship may apply for a second award, but only 5 years after the year of their first fellowship.

To apply for a research fellowship award

1. please consult the following documents:

Guidelines and Conditions for CRP Research Fellowship Awards
Selection Criteria for CRP Fellowship Awards
Action Areas of the Co-operative Research Programme
Sample fellowship applications: Example 1; Example 2
Sample CV
Sample invitation letter
PDF Fellowship Application form

2. complete the following document:

Online application form for CRP Research Fellowships

Selection criteria for fellowship award applications

Applications are assessed on their relevance to the CRP’s objective and the selection criteria explained below. It is therefore highly recommended that these be addressed in any Fellowship award application:

The extent to which the proposed visit and project provides a significant and relevant contribution to the achievement of the aims of the CRP and to the Action areas.
Scientific excellence and innovation – the need for clearly defined and focussed objectives, and the promise of innovative outcomes which can be achieved within the planned study.
Host and Fellow’s potential collaboration in the long term – the proposal demonstrates that the capabilities of the Fellow and the Host are complementary and that the infrastructure available in the host location will support success with the work proposed.
The feasibility of achieving the goals set in the proposed work – the extent to which the proposal demonstrates that the outcomes of the proposal are achievable within the timeframe requested.
The scientific record and achievements of the proposer – judged for example by contributions to science and the scientific literature published.
Crossing disciplines – the extent to which the proposed study involves interactions between scientific disciplines, and a readiness to engage with those beyond the research community to explore wider societal implications.
Dissemination – the project’s plans for appropriate dissemination of the accomplishments to optimise the benefits to society.
Potential impact – what practical outcome the research project will result in and how it will influence or advance the field or work.
Policy relevance – how and the degree to which the research proposal will inform policy makers in the development of their national and international agro-food, fisheries or forestry policies.