partner Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Individual researcher or teams of researchers, working in any kind of non-profit organisation: e.g. University, University hospital, research institute Eligibility of costs, types and their caps Only project-specific costs (see rules for FWF stand-alone project) No overhead allowed (according to national regulation there are 5% general costs) Submission of the proposal at the national level Only Proposals reaching 2nd stage (full proposal) of the call: PI has to submit one-page project summary in English and in German, application forms (application form, itemization of requested funding and forms for international research partners) and justification for the costs. Details please see AUSTRIA, FFG Country / Region Austria Funding organisation Oesterreichische Forschungsfoerdungsgesellschaft mbH / FFG http://www.ffg.at National contact person Dr. Corinna Wilken Phone: +43 (0)5 7755-1317 E-Mail: corinna.wilken@ffg.at Dr. Birgit Tauber Phone: +43 (0)5 7755-1305 Funding commitment 2 M € (funding is typically awarded by a mix of non-repayable subsidies and low-interest loans) Anticipated number of fundable research partners 4 companies Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner Generally no limitation; but a typical amount of (sub)projects would be approx. 0,5 M € for a three-year project Eligibility of project duration Up to 3 years. Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Legal bodies, private companies and sole traders are eligible to receive funding provided they are not part of the federal administration. Natural persons and partners from Academia can only be considered as subcontractors. However, subcontractors
Eligibility of principal investigator or other research team member Professors of an eligible university (regulation FWO research projects) Eligibility of costs, types and their caps No overhead allowed Submission of the proposal at the national level No parallel national application required Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national level Only following the requirements of the E-Rare regulations Further guidance BELGIUM, FNRS Country / Region Belgium (French Speaking Community) Funding organisation Fund for Scientific Research - FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS) National contact person Arnaud Goolaerts +32 2 504 93 28, Freia Van Hee, +32 2 504 93 09 Funding commitment 240.000 Euros Anticipated number of fundable research partners 1 research partner Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner 240.000 euros Eligibility of project duration 3 years Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Basic research (low Technology Readiness Level) carried out in a research institution from the “Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles” The FNRS will not fund industrial partners or any activity related to the private sector.
National contact person Health & Biology Department Agence Nationale de la Recherche –ANR- 7 rue de Watt - 75013 Paris, France Natalia Martin - E-mail : ; Phone : (33) (0) 1 73 54 81 33 Funding commitment 2 M€ Anticipated number of fundable research partners 8-10 research partners Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner The ANR has a maximum funding per partner for this call: Each research team can be funded with a maximum amount of 250 000 €.. There is a minimum amount per partner also: 15 000 € Eligibility of project duration 2-3 years Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Eligible institutions: - Public research institutes such as EPST, EPIC, universities, university hospitals, non-university research institutes (max. rate of support: 100% of marginal costs) - Enterprises: large & SMEs (max. rate of support: 45% of total costs for SMEs & 30% for larger companies) Eligibility of costs, types and their caps Personnel costs for temporary contracts; small equipment; consumables and animal costs; travel; and sub-contracting, if necessary to carry out the proposed activities (sub-contracting costs of max 50% of requested budget per partner). Please note that at the ANR « overheads » means « frais de gestion », and you must apply 4% of the total eligible costs if you belong to a public research organization or 68% of the total personnel costs if you belong to another category Submission of the proposal at the national level/ OTHER Only the submission of the joint proposal is required. Please see online the specific annexe document for research partners applying to this call for proposals for funding in France: http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr A copy of the signed consortium agreement established between the consortium partners must be provided to ANR before the first payment of the French researchers involved in the project selected for funding GERMANY, DFG and BMBF Country Germany Funding organisation German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) German Research Foundation (DFG) Management organisation Project Management Agency of the German Aerospace Centre (PT-DLR, for BMBF)
Funding commitment EUR 150.000 Anticipated number of fundable research partners 1-2 Eligibility of project duration Up to 4 years Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution University or research institution Eligibility of costs, types and their caps All research-related costs Submission of the proposal at the national level Upon ERA-NET funding decision (to prepare a contract) Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national level Annually ISRAEL Country Israel Funding organisation Chief Scientist office, Ministry of Health (CSO/MOH) http://www.health.gov.il/ National contact person Prof. Avi Israeli, Dr.Irit Allon Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Health Phone: +972 (0)2 5082156/67; E-mails: , Funding commitment Up to 240,000 €, depending on budget availability Anticipated number of fundable research partners Up to 4 research partners Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner 60,000 € Eligibility of project duration Up to 3 years
Submission of financial and scientific reports at the regional level Yes Further guidance For further details and contacts: RER-ASSR Region-University Programme, describing our activities in terms of launching calls for research dedicated to Regional Institutions: University Hospital-AOU and Scientific Institutes for Health Research and Health Care-IRRCS: LATVIA, LAS Country / Region Latvia Funding organisation Latvian Academy of Sciences www.lza.lv National contact person Dr. Uldis BerKis Centre of European Programs Latvian Academy of Sciences 1 Akademijas laukums, Riga, 1050 Latvia Tel: +371 67409242 E-mail: uberkis@latnet.lv Funding commitment 0,21 M€ Anticipated number of fundable research partners 1-2 research partners Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner 210 TEUR Eligibility of project duration 3 years Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Teams of researchers, working in active research institutions registered in the Latvian Registry of Scientific Institutions, e.g. - Research Institutes - Universities Enterprises entered into the Latvian Commercial registry, assumed they are eligible to do the specific research. Limitations of EU legislation apply (R800/2008) together with financial reporting requirements.
Anticipated number of fundable research partners 2-3 Eligibility of project duration 3 years Maximum funding per awarded project Up to 200,000 € if the Applicant is the transnational project consortium coordinator. Up to 125,000 € if the Applicant is NOT the transnational project consortium coordinator. Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Higher education institutions, their institutes and R&D centres; Associate laboratories; State laboratories; Private non-profit institutes whose main objective is to carry out S&T activities; Companies provided that they participate in projects headed by public or private non-profit institutions; Other public and private non-profit institutions which carry out or participate in scientific research activities. Eligibility of costs, types and their caps Equipment, consumables, human resources, networks & consortium funding, mobility and overheads. Submission of the proposal at the national level YesOnly for proposals which are selected for funding. Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national level Yes. Submission of financial and annual scientific reports at national level is required according with the rules of FCT. Information available at NOTE: Portuguese teams need to send a statement of commitment to the National Contact Point from FCT (Anabela Isidro), duly signed, dated and stamped by the Head of the Portuguese applicant organization and by the Principal Investigator, available on FCT website http://www.fct.pt/apoios/cooptrans/eranets/erare/index.phtml.en, until the pre-proposal submission deadline. ROMANIA Country Romania Funding organisation Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding National contact person Simona Cristina STOIAN Phone: +40213023893 E-mail: Funding commitment 0.5 M€
Anticipated number of fundable research partners 1-6 Eligibility of project duration Up to 36 month Eligibility of a partner as a beneficiary institution Eligible entities for funding: universities, research institutes, large enterprises, SMEs, NGOs, public administration. Eligibility of principal investigator or other research team member Principal investigators must hold a PhD degree. This condition does not apply if the Romanian host institution is an enterprise in the sense of the state aid legislation. . The Principal Investigator must be permanently employed at host institution or fixed term employee covering at least the duration of the project. Eligibility of costs, types and their caps The following categories of expenses can be funded within this programme: personnel, logistics, travel, overheads. Submission of the proposal at the national level Not required Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national level Not required Further guidance www.uefiscdi.gov.ro SPAIN Country Spain Funding organisation The National Institute of Health Carlos III (Instituto de Salud Carlos III / ISCIII) National contact persons SG de Programas Internacionales de Investigación y Relaciones Institucionales (ISCIII-SGPIIRI) Mr. Eduard Güell; Email: ; Tel: (+34) 9182 22454 National programme Strategic Action for Health Research (AES / Acción Estratégica en Salud) Funding commitment Up to 0.5 M €