Joint Calls 2014/2015

Cooperation in innovation, research and development is a key dimension in the relations between the European Union and Russia. In 2014/2015 ERA.Net RUS Plus implemented the first Joint Call for transnational and scientifically excellent research projects in two funding lines: one for 'Innovation projects', and one for 'S&T projects' . Fields supported for 'S&T projects' were Nanotechnologies/Materials/Production Technologies, Health, Environment/Climate Change, and Social Sciences/Humanities.

Call for Innovation Projects (closed ) |  Call for S&T Projects (closed)

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Joint Call for Innovation Projects

Call opened: 31 March 2014 | Call closed: 28 May 2014

The 2nd round (submission of full proposals) ended on 2 December 2014.

The goal of the call was to create a long-term research collaboration in the field of innovation between EU Member States/Associated Countries and Russia. Innovative research collaboration of a high standard between teams from EU Member States and/or Associated Countries and Russia were supported through an open competition.

EU-Russia collaborative innovation projects can be funded in research areas thematically assigned to innovative technologies of high utiliza-tion and with a high market potential and of particular importance for the EU as well as for Russia.

By innovation projects are meant joint R&D projects designed to lead to innovative products, services or processes of significant econo-mic and/or societal value. Compared to the rather advanced cooperation between the EU and Russia in the field of basic research, the coop-eration in the field of innovation still bears a lot of potential to be exploited. Against this background this joint activity shall also address applied research and technology development implemented by small sized innovative research performing enterprises in Russia in partnership with universities and/or non-university public or private research performing institutions/companies from EU.

Downloads

• Call Annnouncement
• Terms of Reference
• Guide for Applicants

Contact

For any questions related to this call please get in touch with the contact person in your country.

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Joint Call for S&T Projects

Call opened: 25 June 2014, 12:00 CET | Call closed: 25 September 2014

The 2nd round (submission of full proposals) ended on 28 April 2015.

Call documents:

• Call Announcement
• Special Guidelines for Russian Applicants (updated 9 April 2015)
• Terms of Reference (updated 31 March 2015)
  
  National Funding Rules for:
  
  
  • Austria (FWF)
  • Belgium (FWO)
  • Estonia (ETAg)
  • Finland (AKA)
  • France (AMBAFRAN, CNRS, INRA, MENESR)
  • Germany (BMBF)
  • Latvia (LZA)
  • Moldova (CIP)
  • Poland (NCBR)
  • Romania (UEFISCDI)
  • Russia (FEB-RAS, RFBR, RFH, UB-RAS, MON (updated 31 March 2015))
  • Slovakia (SAS)
  • Switzerland (SNF)
  • Turkey (TUBITAK)

Call Topics:

The Single Joint Call covered Science and Technology projects regarding the following S&T topics and subtopics:

1. Nanotechnologies
   • 1.1 Advanced nano-sensors for environment and health
   • 1.2 Novel functional nanomaterials based on design and modelling
   • 1.3 Nanomaterials for efficient lighting
2. Environment/climate change
   • 2.1 Increasing the reliability of regional climate projections: models and measurement
   • 2.2 Environmental impact and risk of raw materials extraction and transportation
   • 2.3 Extreme climate events and their impact on the environment
3. Health
   • 3.1 Molecular mechanisms of brain function and pathology
   • 3.2 Regenerative medicine and biomaterials
   • 3.3 Drug discovery for cancer, cardiovascular and infectious diseases
4. Social sciences and the humanities
   • 4.1 Understanding conflict, identity, and memory: past and present
   • 4.2 Demographic change, migration and migrants
   • 4.3 Opportunities for and challenges to regional development and social cohesion

By S&T projects are meant joint Research and Development (R&D) projects undertaken by a partnership of institutions (‘consortium’) designed to produce new knowledge through fundamental, experimental and/or theoretical scientific research, whereby each team of the partnership actively pursues specific objectives with a view to pooling the results to contribute to common, well-defined objectives.

Contact:

For any questions related to this call please get in touch with the contact person in your country.

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