December 16, 2013

Call for proposals: H2020-ICT-2014-1

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December 09, 2013

HORIZON2020 for ICT

  • HORIZON brings together three separate programmes/initiatives (FP7, CIP, EIT)
  • It includes all forms of innovation, from research to retail. 
  • It focuses of societal challenges facing the EU society
  • Simplified access and procedures are introduced
Goals

  • Growth, Jobs & Competitiveness
  • Better articulation of research and innovation
  • Seamless funding from idea to market

The ICT theme will be part of the three pilars:

1) ICT topics in Industrial leadership:
  1. A new generation of components and systems
  2. Advanced Computing
  3. Future Internet
  4. Content technologies and information management
  5. Robotics
  6. Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics
  7. Factories of the future
  8. ICT Cross-Cutting Activities
  9. Horizontal ICT Innovation actions 

2) ICT in Societal challenges:
  • Health
  • Food
  • Energy
  • Transport
  • Climate
  • Inclusive societies
  • Security

3 ICT in Excellence Science:
  • FET
  • e-Infrastructures

HORIZON2020 for ICT

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HORIZON2020 for ICT

  • HORIZON brings together three separate programmes/initiatives (FP7, CIP, EIT)
  • It includes all forms of innovation, from research to retail. 
  • It focuses of societal challenges facing the EU society
  • Simplified access and procedures are introduced
Goals

  • Growth, Jobs & Competitiveness
  • Better articulation of research and innovation
  • Seamless funding from idea to market

The ICT theme will be part of the three pilars:

1) ICT topics in Industrial leadership:
  1. A new generation of components and systems
  2. Advanced Computing
  3. Future Internet
  4. Content technologies and information management
  5. Robotics
  6. Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics
  7. Factories of the future
  8. ICT Cross-Cutting Activities
  9. Horizontal ICT Innovation actions 

2) ICT in Societal challenges:
  • Health
  • Food
  • Energy
  • Transport
  • Climate
  • Inclusive societies
  • Security

3 ICT in Excellence Science:
  • FET
  • e-Infrastructures

December 05, 2013

Where does the EU funding money come from?


Funded (99%) from the EU's own resources, supplemented by other sources of revenue. These include the following three

 1) Traditional own resources

  • mainly customs duties on imports from outside the EU and sugar levies (customs duties on imports of certain agricultural produce from non-EU countries (produce covered by an EU support regime, as well as levies (paid by producers) on sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup).
  • EU governments keep 25% to cover the cost of collection.

2) Own resource from value added tax (VAT)

  • A standard percentage is levied on the harmonised VAT base of each EU country. The VAT resource accounts for around €14bn. The VAT base to be taxed is capped at 50% of GNI for each country. This rule is intended to prevent less prosperous countries having to pay a disproportionate amount (in such countries consumption – and so VAT – tend to account for a higher percentage of national income).

3) Own resource based on gross national income (GNI)

  • A standard percentage is levied on the GNI (gross national income) of each EU country. It is used to balance revenue and expenditure, i.e. to fund the part of the budget not covered by other sources of income. 

Other Revenue

The budget also has other sources of revenue, e.g.:
  • taxes on EU staff salaries
  • contributions from non-EU countries to certain programmes
  • fines on companies for breaching competition laws, etc.

Where does the EU funding money come from?

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Where does the EU funding money come from?


Funded (99%) from the EU's own resources, supplemented by other sources of revenue. These include the following three

 1) Traditional own resources

  • mainly customs duties on imports from outside the EU and sugar levies (customs duties on imports of certain agricultural produce from non-EU countries (produce covered by an EU support regime, as well as levies (paid by producers) on sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup).
  • EU governments keep 25% to cover the cost of collection.

2) Own resource from value added tax (VAT)

  • A standard percentage is levied on the harmonised VAT base of each EU country. The VAT resource accounts for around €14bn. The VAT base to be taxed is capped at 50% of GNI for each country. This rule is intended to prevent less prosperous countries having to pay a disproportionate amount (in such countries consumption – and so VAT – tend to account for a higher percentage of national income).

3) Own resource based on gross national income (GNI)

  • A standard percentage is levied on the GNI (gross national income) of each EU country. It is used to balance revenue and expenditure, i.e. to fund the part of the budget not covered by other sources of income. 

Other Revenue

The budget also has other sources of revenue, e.g.:
  • taxes on EU staff salaries
  • contributions from non-EU countries to certain programmes
  • fines on companies for breaching competition laws, etc.

November 18, 2013
The overall objective of the Research Infrastructures part of the 'Capacities' specific programme is to optimise the use and development of the best research infrastructures existing in Europe, and to help to create in all fields of science and technology new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the European scientific community to remain at the forefront of the advancement of research, and able to help industry to strengthen its base of knowledge and its technological know-how.
This specific programme also aims to:
  • support the coherent development of policies;
  • complement the Cooperation programme;
  • contribute to EU policies and initiatives to improve the coherence and impact of Member States policies;
  • find synergies with regional and cohesion policies, the Structural Funds, education and training programmes and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP).

Budget: 2,5 million euro
Deadline: December 3, 2013

 For more information visit the website 

Call for proposals: FP7 - CAPACITIES - Research infrastructures - 2013

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The overall objective of the Research Infrastructures part of the 'Capacities' specific programme is to optimise the use and development of the best research infrastructures existing in Europe, and to help to create in all fields of science and technology new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the European scientific community to remain at the forefront of the advancement of research, and able to help industry to strengthen its base of knowledge and its technological know-how.
This specific programme also aims to:
  • support the coherent development of policies;
  • complement the Cooperation programme;
  • contribute to EU policies and initiatives to improve the coherence and impact of Member States policies;
  • find synergies with regional and cohesion policies, the Structural Funds, education and training programmes and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP).

Budget: 2,5 million euro
Deadline: December 3, 2013

 For more information visit the website 


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 13, 2013


IEE Build Up Skills Call 2013




The objective of the Intelligent Energy - Europe II Programme (“IEE II”) is to contribute to secure, sustainable and competitively priced energy for Europe, by providing for action:

  • to foster energy efficiency and the rational use of energy resources;
  • to promote new and renewable energy sources and to support energy diversification;
  • to promote energy efficiency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in transport.

The Programme in particular contributes to the EU Energy 2020 Strategy and facilitates the implementation of the Directive on energy efficiency and of the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.

Intelligent Energy – Europe builds on the experience gained from its predecessor, the first Intelligent Energy - Europe (2003-2006) Programme. This Programme has become the main EU instrument to tackle non-technological barriers to the spread of efficient use of energy and greater use of new and renewable energy sources. From 2007, Intelligent Energy – Europe has been included in the overall Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).


Deadline: 28 November 2013

For more information visit the application page 



Call for proposals: IEE Build Up Skills Call 2013

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IEE Build Up Skills Call 2013




The objective of the Intelligent Energy - Europe II Programme (“IEE II”) is to contribute to secure, sustainable and competitively priced energy for Europe, by providing for action:

  • to foster energy efficiency and the rational use of energy resources;
  • to promote new and renewable energy sources and to support energy diversification;
  • to promote energy efficiency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in transport.

The Programme in particular contributes to the EU Energy 2020 Strategy and facilitates the implementation of the Directive on energy efficiency and of the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.

Intelligent Energy – Europe builds on the experience gained from its predecessor, the first Intelligent Energy - Europe (2003-2006) Programme. This Programme has become the main EU instrument to tackle non-technological barriers to the spread of efficient use of energy and greater use of new and renewable energy sources. From 2007, Intelligent Energy – Europe has been included in the overall Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).


Deadline: 28 November 2013

For more information visit the application page 



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