Fondo ALMA-ANID

Fondo ALMA-ANID

Funds Chilean researchers through national scholarship-style research support to strengthen real-world implementation.

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Fondo ALMA-ANID 2026 is a specialized research grant administered by ANID — Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo — designed to support Chilean astronomers using or scientifically supporting the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observatory located in northern Chile. The fund operates within a broader ANID astronomy portfolio that includes the sibling programs Fondo QUIMAL (instrumentation development) and Fondo GEMINI (Gemini telescope-linked science), reflecting Chile's strategic position as host country to major international observatory partnerships involving ESO, NRAO, and NAOJ.

Eligibility is limited to individual researchers with a principal investigator appointment hosted at a Chilean institution; submission is in Spanish via the SPL portal (spl.anid.cl) with a deadline at 16:00 Chile time (approximately 20:00 UTC) and expected award decisions (fallo) in December 2026. Applications are restricted to Chilean nationals or foreign researchers holding permanent Chilean residence. The total funding pool, individual award amounts, scoring criteria, and payment schedules are specified in the bases concursales PDF, which was not available at the time of data collection.

Fondo ALMA-ANID is the primary mechanism through which Chilean-based astronomers can secure dedicated national grant support for research leveraging ALMA's millimeter and submillimeter capabilities, covering areas such as star formation, galactic structure, protoplanetary disks, and extragalactic molecular line science. The combination of host-country access rights and dedicated national funding makes this grant especially relevant to researchers at Chilean universities with existing ALMA observing programs.