The FUNDEP/IEAT Short-Term Chair Program aims to foster the presence of internationally renowned foreign researchers at UFMG, promoting interaction with local research groups, encouraging the transdisciplinary nature of studies, and thereby promoting the internationalization of both the Institute and the University.
Applications for the program may be submitted from August 18 to October 18, 2026.
The program will select up to three researchers for 30-day visits, which may take place between May 2027 and April 2028.
Nominations must be submitted by active UFMG faculty members holding a doctoral degree and a proven track record in areas with transdisciplinary potential. If approved, the nominators will serve as hosts for the chairholders during their stay at the University.
Important dates:
Application period: August 18 to October 18, 2026
Preliminary application results: October 21, 2026
Appeal period (applications): October 21 to 25, 2026
Ratification of applications: October 27, 2026
Preliminary results: December 4, 2026
Appeal period (preliminary results): December 4 to 8, 2026
Ratification of final results: December 15, 2026
[2026] CALL SHORT TERM CHAIR FUNDEP IEAT UFMG
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT FORM CATEDRAS
FUNDEP/IEAT CHAIR
The FUNDEP/IEAT Chair is focused on the three main areas of knowledge – Life Sciences; Natural Sciences and Technologies; Humanities, Letters and Arts and funded by the Research Development Foundation of UFMG.
Angelo Soares - University of Quebec in Montreal (2025) Alan Sher – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2025) David Lovinger - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2017) Steve Williams - King's College London (2011) Douglas Golenbock - University of Massachusetts Medical School (2011) Scott Kelso - Florida Atlantic University (2011) Diego Garzón-Alvarado - National University of Colombia (2024) Richard Walton - Universidade de Warwick (2023) Søren Wichmann - Universidade de Leiden (2019) José Nelson Amaral - Universidade de Alberta (2019) Jacques Theureau - IRCAM (2017) Maurizio Serva - Universidade de L'Aquila, Italia (2016) William Wang - Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013) António Coutinho - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (2011) Rafael Laboisière - Universidade de Lion 1 (2011) Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson - University of British Columbia (2009) Harry Collins - Universidade de Cardiff (2008) Marie-José Mondzain - Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (2025) Stefano Osnaghi – University of Vienna (2025) Christian Schmid – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH Zurich (2025) Selen Ercan – University of Canberra (2025) Matteo d’Alfonso – University of Ferrara (2025) Silvia Melo-Pfeifer - University of Hamburg (2025) Gustavo Fondevila - Autonomous University of Barcelona (2025) Marita Rainsborough - Leuphana University of Lüneburg (2024/2025) Roger Chartier - Collège de France (2024) Alfredo Falero - Federal University of Pelotas (2024) Magda Fontana - University of Turin (2024) Sílvia Quinteiro - University of Algarve (2024) Jean-Michel Beaudet - University of Paris Nanterre (2024) Roger Keil - York University (2023) Gary Anderson - New York University (2022) Marina Garone Gravier - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2019) Christophe Olivier Douville - Université Paris Nanterre (2019) António Costa Pinto - Universidade de Lisboa (2019) Armando Malheiro - Universidade do Porto (2018) Christian du Tertre - Université Paris Diderot – Paris VII (2018) Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos - Universidade de Westminster (2018) Sam Turner - Newcastle University (2018) Graham Fairclough - Newcastle University (2018) Cristina Parente - Universidade do Porto (2018) François Sauvagnat - Université de Rennes II (2018) Denis Laborde - École des Hautes Études em Sciences Sociales (2018) Carl Steinitz - Havard Graduate School of Design (2017) Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli - Universidade de Bolonha (2017) Ernesto Venturini - Università degli Studi dela Repubblica di San Marino (2017) Lupicinio Íñiguez-Rueda - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2017) Claus Clüver - Indiana University, Bloomington (2017) Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho - King’s College London (2016) Jørgen Bruhn - Universidade Linnæus (2016) Claudia Storti - Università degli Studi di Milano (2016) Augustin Holl - Universidade de Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense (2016) Yves Schwartz - d’Aix-Marseille Université (2016) John van Breda - Universidade de Stellenbosch (2016) Antonio Pinelli - Università degli Studi di Firenze (2015) Tukufu Zuberi - Universidade da Pensilvânia (2014) José da Silva Horta - Universidade de Lisboa (2013) Esteban Castro - Universidade de Newcastle (2013) Ash Amin - Universidade de Cambridge (2013) Davi Kopenawa - Hutukara Associação Yanomami (2013) John McCombie - Universidade de Cambridge (2012) Rainer Guldin - Università della Svizzera Italiana (2012) Marcelo Wanderley - Universidade McGill (2011) Jean Lave - Universidade da Califórnia (2011) François Hartog - École de Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (2011) Maria Manuela - Universidade de Chicago (2011) Timothy Ingold - University of Aberdeen (2011) Lauren Weingarden - Universidade do Estado da Flórida (2010) Christopher Glyn Sinha - University of Portsmouth (2009) Ann Marilyn Strathern - Universidade de Cambridge (2009) Ann Markusen - Universidade de Minnesota (2008) Marc Leman Universidade de Ghent (2007) Life Sciences
Natural Sciences and Technologies
Humanities, Letters and Arts
CALAS-IEAT CHAIR
The CALAS-IEAT Chair is a program promoted by the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) and the Institute of Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies (IEAT) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
Agustín Lao-Montes - University of Massachusetts Amherst (2024) Ana Paula de Brito - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2023) Horacio Aráoz - National University of Catamarca (2022) Ailton Krenak - Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2021) Roberto Briceño-León - University of Central Venezuela (2020) Crisis in Latin America
SANTANDER IBERO-LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CHAIR
The Santander Ibero-Latin American Studies Chair is financed by the Santander group and operated by the IEAT and FUNDEP.
Bernarda Marconetto - Universidade Nacional de Córdoba (2018) Claudio Maíz - Universidade Nacional de Cuyo (2017) Benjamin Alberti - Framingham State University (2017) Mario Elkin Ramírez - Universidade de Antioquia (2017) Luis Miguel Carvalho - Universidade de Lisboa (2016) Martin Lienhard - Universidade de Zurique (2015) Joachim Michael - Universidade de Bielefeld (2015) Alfredo González-Ruibal - Instituto de Ciências do Patrimônio (2015) Berta Queija - Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos (2010) Nuno Monteiro - Universidade de Lisboa (2010) Reinaldo Funes - Universidade de Havana (2009) Ana Irene Pizarro - Universidade de Santiago do Chile (2009) Ibero-Latin American Studies
FORD FOUNDATION CHAIR
The Ford Foundation Chair had as its theme: criminality, violence and public policies. Funded by the Ford Foundation, these chairs had the support of the IEAT, FUNDEP and indications from the CRISP – Center for the Study of Criminality and Public Security at UFMG.
David Vlahov - Universidade de Columbia (2007) Dominique Duprez - Universidade de Lille (2007) Spencer Chainey - University College of London (2007) Serge Gruzinski - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris (2007) Fiona Macaulay - University of Bradford (2007) Crime, Violence and Public Policy