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December 16, 2013

Call for proposals: H2020-ICT-2014-1

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November 18, 2013



The RDI Programme aims to support the Egyptian government's efforts to enhance research, development and innovation performance facilitating Egypt's move towards a knowledge-based economy.
Global Objective of EU-Egypt Innovation Fund: To support research-based innovation in Egypt through the development of closer and long-term links between the different actors in research, industry and business sectors relevant to national and EU research and innovation priorities.
The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:
  • Support networking initiatives to reach critical mass capable of making an impact in the business sector at both national and international (particularly EU) level by facilitating sustainable research-based innovation through the establishment of multidisciplinary and public-private partnerships comprising all actors involved in the innovation process
  • Increase return on investment, enhance technological and non-technological innovation and improve competitiveness in Egypt, by building upon the outcomes of collaborative projects funded under public programmes, particularly the RDI, and ensure their sustainability
  • Provide a tool to better channel resources to Egypt’s innovation priorities, through exchange of ideas, know-how, knowledge, and research and innovation capabilities between public and private stakeholders for identification of business opportunities and future demands from the industry and society, and of the appropriate actors for meeting these through applied collaborative research
  • Strengthen cooperation with European and regional counterparts and hence enable the transfer of technology, know how, and best practices to Egyptian institutions, in particular in areas aligned with the objectives of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation – Horizon 2020, to facilitate future links with the EU
  • Strengthen the industry competitiveness within each cluster particularly SMEs that could gain access to advanced research and technologies, which they could not afford on their own.
Deadline for submission of full application: February 3rd, 2014

Relevant documentation can be found here (documents are in English)

Call for proposals: EU-Egypt Innovation Fund – Innovation Cluster

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The RDI Programme aims to support the Egyptian government's efforts to enhance research, development and innovation performance facilitating Egypt's move towards a knowledge-based economy.
Global Objective of EU-Egypt Innovation Fund: To support research-based innovation in Egypt through the development of closer and long-term links between the different actors in research, industry and business sectors relevant to national and EU research and innovation priorities.
The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:
  • Support networking initiatives to reach critical mass capable of making an impact in the business sector at both national and international (particularly EU) level by facilitating sustainable research-based innovation through the establishment of multidisciplinary and public-private partnerships comprising all actors involved in the innovation process
  • Increase return on investment, enhance technological and non-technological innovation and improve competitiveness in Egypt, by building upon the outcomes of collaborative projects funded under public programmes, particularly the RDI, and ensure their sustainability
  • Provide a tool to better channel resources to Egypt’s innovation priorities, through exchange of ideas, know-how, knowledge, and research and innovation capabilities between public and private stakeholders for identification of business opportunities and future demands from the industry and society, and of the appropriate actors for meeting these through applied collaborative research
  • Strengthen cooperation with European and regional counterparts and hence enable the transfer of technology, know how, and best practices to Egyptian institutions, in particular in areas aligned with the objectives of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation – Horizon 2020, to facilitate future links with the EU
  • Strengthen the industry competitiveness within each cluster particularly SMEs that could gain access to advanced research and technologies, which they could not afford on their own.
Deadline for submission of full application: February 3rd, 2014

Relevant documentation can be found here (documents are in English)



The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have decided to launch a joint call for research proposals on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”, planned to be launched in November 2013, with a closing date in mid-February 2014. 
The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have joined efforts to organise and fund a pan-European call for research projects on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”,

Scientific teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with partners from minimum 3 countries participating to the call, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

The call addresses two themes:

1) To what extent can biodiversity better support agro-ecosystems and agricultural production systems in terms of multi-functionality and outcomes in a global change context and 2) Which policies and governance systems can promote the emergence an support of agro-ecosystems/agricultural production systems benefiting from and beneficial to biodiversity and ecosystem services?

The research proposals will be evaluated across criteria of scientific excellence and policy relevance/stakeholder engagement. It is also expected that the European scope of the projects will provide added value to the research carried out.

Applicants have to pre-register and submit information about the partners and the project through the Biodiversa/FACCE Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS) before the 16th of December 2013. Then, as a second step, applicants have to submit their full proposal through the EPSS before the 14thFebruary 2014.

More detailed information on the time schedule and the call description is available here.

Deadlines
  • Mandatory pre-registration: 16th December 2013
  • Proposal submission: 14th February 2014


Call for proposals: Joint FACCE/BiodivERsA

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The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have decided to launch a joint call for research proposals on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”, planned to be launched in November 2013, with a closing date in mid-February 2014. 
The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have joined efforts to organise and fund a pan-European call for research projects on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”,

Scientific teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with partners from minimum 3 countries participating to the call, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

The call addresses two themes:

1) To what extent can biodiversity better support agro-ecosystems and agricultural production systems in terms of multi-functionality and outcomes in a global change context and 2) Which policies and governance systems can promote the emergence an support of agro-ecosystems/agricultural production systems benefiting from and beneficial to biodiversity and ecosystem services?

The research proposals will be evaluated across criteria of scientific excellence and policy relevance/stakeholder engagement. It is also expected that the European scope of the projects will provide added value to the research carried out.

Applicants have to pre-register and submit information about the partners and the project through the Biodiversa/FACCE Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS) before the 16th of December 2013. Then, as a second step, applicants have to submit their full proposal through the EPSS before the 14thFebruary 2014.

More detailed information on the time schedule and the call description is available here.

Deadlines
  • Mandatory pre-registration: 16th December 2013
  • Proposal submission: 14th February 2014


November 14, 2013

FI-CONTENT 2 is glad to announce the launch of its “Open call“. With an available budget of 1,35 million €, the “Open call” of the FI-CONTENT 2 initiative will select new beneficiaries to be included into the present FI-CONTENT 2 partnership and be involved in developments and experimentation planned in 2014-15.
It is expected that these new partners will complement the three advanced platforms that the FI-CONTENT 2 project is building, for Social Connected TV, Mobile Smart City services, and Pervasive Games, by creating new applications or providing missing technologies to extend the platforms' capabilities.
For further information about the call and guidelines, please visit the Open call section of the FI-CONTENT 2 website.
Deadline: 8 January 2014

Call for proposals: FI-CONTENT 2

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FI-CONTENT 2 is glad to announce the launch of its “Open call“. With an available budget of 1,35 million €, the “Open call” of the FI-CONTENT 2 initiative will select new beneficiaries to be included into the present FI-CONTENT 2 partnership and be involved in developments and experimentation planned in 2014-15.
It is expected that these new partners will complement the three advanced platforms that the FI-CONTENT 2 project is building, for Social Connected TV, Mobile Smart City services, and Pervasive Games, by creating new applications or providing missing technologies to extend the platforms' capabilities.
For further information about the call and guidelines, please visit the Open call section of the FI-CONTENT 2 website.
Deadline: 8 January 2014

WP2014-15 Web Entrepreneurs Challenge


This objective calls for projects to create an environment in Europe that encourages more web entrepreneurs to start a business in Europe and scale it up. The focus of this topic is on entrepreneurs who use web and mobile technologies as main components in their innovation with a positive impact across the continuum of actors for entrepreneurship


The forthcoming €10M funding will be allocated to projects to accelerate web entrepreneurship in Europe by using new cross-border services co-developed by several local web entrepreneurship ecosystems and hubs working together. Coordination activities to strength the environment for web entrepreneurship in Europe and that exploit synergies across stakeholder communities will also be funded.
The expected impact is to support the emergence of dynamic European ecosystems for web entrepreneurs that also contribute to shaping future web entrepreneurship specific policies, in particular for the implementation of Startup Europe EU initiative
For full details of the legal text of the call 
Deadline: 23 April 2014

Call for proposals: WP2014-15 Web Entrepreneurs Challenge

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WP2014-15 Web Entrepreneurs Challenge


This objective calls for projects to create an environment in Europe that encourages more web entrepreneurs to start a business in Europe and scale it up. The focus of this topic is on entrepreneurs who use web and mobile technologies as main components in their innovation with a positive impact across the continuum of actors for entrepreneurship


The forthcoming €10M funding will be allocated to projects to accelerate web entrepreneurship in Europe by using new cross-border services co-developed by several local web entrepreneurship ecosystems and hubs working together. Coordination activities to strength the environment for web entrepreneurship in Europe and that exploit synergies across stakeholder communities will also be funded.
The expected impact is to support the emergence of dynamic European ecosystems for web entrepreneurs that also contribute to shaping future web entrepreneurship specific policies, in particular for the implementation of Startup Europe EU initiative
For full details of the legal text of the call 
Deadline: 23 April 2014
COST - European Cooperation in Science & Technology


 COST funds pan-European, bottom-up networks of scientists and researchers across all science and technology fields. These networks, called 'COST Actions', promote international coordination of nationally-funded research.
COST does not fund research itself, but provides support for networking activities carried out within COST Actions
Actions are networks centred around nationally funded research projects in fields that are carried out within of COST. Actions are bottom-up science and technology networks open to researchers and stakeholders, with a four-year duration and a minimum participation of five COST Countries. 
COST Actions are active through a range of networking tools, such as meetings, workshops, conferences, training schools, short-term scientific missions (STSMs) and dissemination activities. COST Actions are open to researchers from universities, public and private research institutions, as well as to NGOs, industry and SMEs. To learn more about participating in COST Actions, please visit the Participate page.


 Publication of results / Invitation for Full Proposals: Mon, 25 November 2013
Submission deadline for Full Proposal: Fri, 24 January 2014 @ 17:00

Call for proposals: COST OC-2013-2

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COST - European Cooperation in Science & Technology


 COST funds pan-European, bottom-up networks of scientists and researchers across all science and technology fields. These networks, called 'COST Actions', promote international coordination of nationally-funded research.
COST does not fund research itself, but provides support for networking activities carried out within COST Actions
Actions are networks centred around nationally funded research projects in fields that are carried out within of COST. Actions are bottom-up science and technology networks open to researchers and stakeholders, with a four-year duration and a minimum participation of five COST Countries. 
COST Actions are active through a range of networking tools, such as meetings, workshops, conferences, training schools, short-term scientific missions (STSMs) and dissemination activities. COST Actions are open to researchers from universities, public and private research institutions, as well as to NGOs, industry and SMEs. To learn more about participating in COST Actions, please visit the Participate page.


 Publication of results / Invitation for Full Proposals: Mon, 25 November 2013
Submission deadline for Full Proposal: Fri, 24 January 2014 @ 17:00

November 11, 2013

Call for proposal: Innovative Medicines Initiative


MI JU (Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking) is a unique pan-European public private partnership between the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations -EFPIA - has launched its 10th Call for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
This call for proposals aims to generate validated standardised serological assays and applicable supportive immunological assays that can be used in studies aimed at developing clinically relevant surrogate markers of protection for influenza vaccines.
Deadline: January 28, 2014

WHO CAN APPLY:
  • Research centres
  • Agencies Chambers
  • Development NGOs
  • SMEs
  • Universities
  • Associations
  • International Organisation

Maximum Budget: 12 200 000 euro
If you are interested visit the relevant website

Call for proposal: Innovative Medicines Initiative

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Call for proposal: Innovative Medicines Initiative


MI JU (Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking) is a unique pan-European public private partnership between the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations -EFPIA - has launched its 10th Call for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
This call for proposals aims to generate validated standardised serological assays and applicable supportive immunological assays that can be used in studies aimed at developing clinically relevant surrogate markers of protection for influenza vaccines.
Deadline: January 28, 2014

WHO CAN APPLY:
  • Research centres
  • Agencies Chambers
  • Development NGOs
  • SMEs
  • Universities
  • Associations
  • International Organisation

Maximum Budget: 12 200 000 euro
If you are interested visit the relevant website
Call for proposals on the Maritime approach



The very last call launched in the MED programme 2007-2013 is concentrating on a maritime integrated approach, inspired by the Commission’s Blue Growth strategy.

The MED programme has financed, during the 2007-2013 programming period, 144 projects, following the Operational programme priorities and objectives. 32 of these projects are (or have been) working with a maritime approach. Apart from 20 projects treating maritime transport, logistics and competitiveness of ports, a handful of other projects have chosen to work on integrated coastal zone management, waste and water resource management, maritime safety, and coastal tourism.

The Terms of Reference give you the detailed contents of this restricted call. Operational partnerships are asked to work on a limited number of topics in order to identify the most relevant transnational actions for the projects of the next programming period.

The call has an indicative budget of 5M€ of ERDF and 250 000€ of IPA ( fund IPA exclusively for Priority 4 of the ToR). The Application Form, the evaluation grid, the terms of reference and the other elements of the Application Pack are available by following these links. 

The call will be closed on the 10 of January 2014 at 12.00 (noon) GMT + 1. 

The full applications are to be submitted by the Lead Partner via Presage monitoring tool, and sent in hard copy by ordinary mail. You will find detailed instructions on the submission of applications below ('Submission procedures').

For more information see the Terms of Reference document

Call for proposals: Maritime approach

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Call for proposals on the Maritime approach



The very last call launched in the MED programme 2007-2013 is concentrating on a maritime integrated approach, inspired by the Commission’s Blue Growth strategy.

The MED programme has financed, during the 2007-2013 programming period, 144 projects, following the Operational programme priorities and objectives. 32 of these projects are (or have been) working with a maritime approach. Apart from 20 projects treating maritime transport, logistics and competitiveness of ports, a handful of other projects have chosen to work on integrated coastal zone management, waste and water resource management, maritime safety, and coastal tourism.

The Terms of Reference give you the detailed contents of this restricted call. Operational partnerships are asked to work on a limited number of topics in order to identify the most relevant transnational actions for the projects of the next programming period.

The call has an indicative budget of 5M€ of ERDF and 250 000€ of IPA ( fund IPA exclusively for Priority 4 of the ToR). The Application Form, the evaluation grid, the terms of reference and the other elements of the Application Pack are available by following these links. 

The call will be closed on the 10 of January 2014 at 12.00 (noon) GMT + 1. 

The full applications are to be submitted by the Lead Partner via Presage monitoring tool, and sent in hard copy by ordinary mail. You will find detailed instructions on the submission of applications below ('Submission procedures').

For more information see the Terms of Reference document

November 06, 2013


The Global objective of this Call for Proposals is to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on poverty alleviation, as well as of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) objectives on energy, while helping to fight against climate change. The Specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to increase and improve access to modern, affordable and sustainable energy services for rural and peri-urban poor by focusing on renewable energy solutions as well as on energy efficiency measures.

1. Reduce Fragility, Post-conflict recovery: actions iwill specifically target areas affected by post-conflicts impacts and/or natural hazards (such as droughts, floods, etc.) impacts. Will be considered for funding only actions providing access to energy services to not less than 10,000 people by the end of the project duration whilst priority will be given to projects demonstrating higher efficiency through providing access to a higher number of people. 
2. Geographical Focus: concentrate on the target group, i.e. poor people living in scattered settlements, villages, rural areas of the following target countries: Burundi, Central African Republic, Liberia, Mali and Somalia. 
3. Ownership: anchor ownership of a project to the beneficiary and to ensure the coherence and alignment of the project with Local, National or Regional Development Plans and other sector-specific, poverty reduction and energy-related policies. 

Budget € 15,000,000. The initial planned duration of an action shall not exceed 48 months.

 Deadline 14th February 2014  

Call for proposals: Second Energy Facility

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The Global objective of this Call for Proposals is to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on poverty alleviation, as well as of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) objectives on energy, while helping to fight against climate change. The Specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to increase and improve access to modern, affordable and sustainable energy services for rural and peri-urban poor by focusing on renewable energy solutions as well as on energy efficiency measures.

1. Reduce Fragility, Post-conflict recovery: actions iwill specifically target areas affected by post-conflicts impacts and/or natural hazards (such as droughts, floods, etc.) impacts. Will be considered for funding only actions providing access to energy services to not less than 10,000 people by the end of the project duration whilst priority will be given to projects demonstrating higher efficiency through providing access to a higher number of people. 
2. Geographical Focus: concentrate on the target group, i.e. poor people living in scattered settlements, villages, rural areas of the following target countries: Burundi, Central African Republic, Liberia, Mali and Somalia. 
3. Ownership: anchor ownership of a project to the beneficiary and to ensure the coherence and alignment of the project with Local, National or Regional Development Plans and other sector-specific, poverty reduction and energy-related policies. 

Budget € 15,000,000. The initial planned duration of an action shall not exceed 48 months.

 Deadline 14th February 2014  

Call for proposal – Delivering on skills for growth and jobs



Sector – Skills and Employment

Title – Delivering on skills for growth and jobs

Aim – The call for proposal was launched by European Commission within PROGRESS, the European programme for employment and social solidarity, and aims to encourage new forms of collaboration through partnerships between public and private actors in the labor market, to address persistent skills shortages and mismatches and to help fill the gap between labor supply and demand in the EU.

In line with the priority areas for job creation the call consists of four strands, which seek to:
• foster joint initiatives aimed at anticipating green skills needs for green jobs and supporting structural and sectorial adaption, with the sector focus on construction, recycling and  the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
• identify effective implementation measures, good practices and innovative approaches with a special emphasis on the employment potential of ITCs and Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
• identify effective implementation measures, good practices and innovative approaches with a special emphasis on personal and household services
• support the consolidation of European sector skills councils that are beyond the feasibility phase
The main objective will be to deliver specific employment services leading to sustainable placements in jobs and apprenticeships, to support labor mobility at national and European level, to provide analytical and specific evidence related to the form and working method of the partnership between organizations and to develop a concrete labor market intelligence tools.
The total indicative amount available is EUR 5.658.000. The European Commission may finance up to 80 % of the total eligible costs of the action. The maximum grant depends on the strand and varies between EUR 250 000 and EUR 900 000 according to the strand. The maximum project duration is 18 months.

Eligible applicants – Applicants must be legal person properly constituted and registered in one of the EU Member States or other PROGRESS participating countries. Applicants must fall within one of the following categories: social partners, public authorities, international organizations, non-profit making organizations, profit-making organizations, research centres, institutes and universities and civil society organizations.

How to apply – Applications should be submitted by 15 January 2014.

More Information: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=398&furtherCalls=yes 

Call for proposals: Delivering on skills for growth and jobs

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Call for proposal – Delivering on skills for growth and jobs



Sector – Skills and Employment

Title – Delivering on skills for growth and jobs

Aim – The call for proposal was launched by European Commission within PROGRESS, the European programme for employment and social solidarity, and aims to encourage new forms of collaboration through partnerships between public and private actors in the labor market, to address persistent skills shortages and mismatches and to help fill the gap between labor supply and demand in the EU.

In line with the priority areas for job creation the call consists of four strands, which seek to:
• foster joint initiatives aimed at anticipating green skills needs for green jobs and supporting structural and sectorial adaption, with the sector focus on construction, recycling and  the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
• identify effective implementation measures, good practices and innovative approaches with a special emphasis on the employment potential of ITCs and Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
• identify effective implementation measures, good practices and innovative approaches with a special emphasis on personal and household services
• support the consolidation of European sector skills councils that are beyond the feasibility phase
The main objective will be to deliver specific employment services leading to sustainable placements in jobs and apprenticeships, to support labor mobility at national and European level, to provide analytical and specific evidence related to the form and working method of the partnership between organizations and to develop a concrete labor market intelligence tools.
The total indicative amount available is EUR 5.658.000. The European Commission may finance up to 80 % of the total eligible costs of the action. The maximum grant depends on the strand and varies between EUR 250 000 and EUR 900 000 according to the strand. The maximum project duration is 18 months.

Eligible applicants – Applicants must be legal person properly constituted and registered in one of the EU Member States or other PROGRESS participating countries. Applicants must fall within one of the following categories: social partners, public authorities, international organizations, non-profit making organizations, profit-making organizations, research centres, institutes and universities and civil society organizations.

How to apply – Applications should be submitted by 15 January 2014.

More Information: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=398&furtherCalls=yes 

Identifier: FP7-2013-ICT-FI
Publication Date: 28 June 2013
Budget: € 130 000 000
Deadline:  10 December 2013 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

 Specific Programme(s): COOPERATION
Theme(s): Information and Communication Technologies

 For more information on the specific call, visit the FP7 Work Program - page 138 


Call for proposals - Future Internet-2013

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Identifier: FP7-2013-ICT-FI
Publication Date: 28 June 2013
Budget: € 130 000 000
Deadline:  10 December 2013 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

 Specific Programme(s): COOPERATION
Theme(s): Information and Communication Technologies

 For more information on the specific call, visit the FP7 Work Program - page 138 


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