KORANET Joint Call on Green Technologies open for proposals until 6 April 2012
In order to foster green growth and emphasize sustainable development, the proposal will mainly have to deal with one of the following sub-topics: • Reduction of carbon footprint • Technologies for a sustainable development • Renewable energies and energy efficiency The following funding institutions have agreed to participate in the KORANET Joint Call: • Austria – Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF) • Germany – Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) • Korea – Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) • Poland – National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR) • Slovakia – Slovak Academy of Science (SAS) • Sweden – Swedish Research Council (SRC) • Switzerland – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) • Turkey – The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) Project consortia should consist of at least one Korean partner and two European partners from two different European countries participating in the KORANET Joint Call. Partners from other countries may participate in a consortium if they secure their own funding. The KORANET Joint Call will fund networking and mobility (travel and accommodation costs, costs for organising small scientific events), costs for research material and small-scale research equipment and personnel costs. The funding is based on the regulations of the participating funding institutions. Proposals may be submitted by public and private research institutions, higher education institutions, SMEs and/or industries. The duration of the projects may be of 2 years maximum. The level of the funding may be up to 25.000 Euro per country per year. The overall budget of the KORANET Joint Call is 2.008.000 Euro and follows a strict juste retour principle. All Joint Call related documents (call text, guidelines for applicants, link to online proposal submission tool, profiles of researchers interested in forming a consortium with other researchers) are available at http://www.koranet.eu/en/229.php A Joint Call Partnering Event was organised in Seoul on 6/7 February 2012. For the event agenda please check the KORANET website at http://www.koranet.eu/en/232.php More information on the KORANET Joint Call is also available from the KORANET Joint Call Secretariat (celine.timmermans@cnrs-dir.fr) or the Joint Call National Contact Points.
Keywords
Green Technologies
Countries
Austria, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, Türkiye