Deadline: 19 September 2017
The ERA.Net RUS Plus is inviting applicants for its Innovation Project that is a unique transnational research and innovation support instrument in the frame of the ERA.Net RUS Plus initiative.
The goal of the call is to create a long-term research and development collaboration in the field of innovation between EU Member States and Countries Associated to H2020 and Russia. Innovative research collaboration of a high standard between teams from EU Member States and/or Associated Countries and Russia will be supported through an open competition.
EU-Russia collaborative innovation projects can be funded in research areas thematically assigned to innovative technologies of high utilisation and with a high market potential and of particular importance for the EU as well as for Russia.
Funding Organisations
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG, Austria)
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Germany)
- General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT, Greece)
- Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI, Romania)
- Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE, Russia)
- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK, Turkey)
Eligibility Criteria
- Teams applying for funding must be eligible for funding by their respective national funding organisation. They can be research and higher education entities, research and innovation performing SMEs, or other entities eligible for funding according to respective national legislation.
- Eligible project consortia must comprise at least 3 project partners from at least 2 different countries, of which at least 1 team is from Russia. Consortia with at least 3 countries are preferred.
- Applicants who are non-eligible for funding can join any eligible consortium submitting a proposal on their own expenses.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via given website.
Eligible Country: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Moldova, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia, Georgia, Armenia and Russia.
For more information, please visit ERA.Net RUS Plus Call 2017.
