New Partner Search Facility launched together with New Calls in Research Potential
The Research Potetnial Programme aims to help the convergence and outermost regions of the EU to realise their full research potential. The first call aims to enable the highest quality or the most promising research entities of significant size, (University Departments, Faculties, specialised Research Institutes or research laboratories with at least 10 permanent experienced researchers) based in the eligible regions, qualified in practically any S&T field to become actively integrated in the ERA. This will be realised through an Action Plan with a mandatory coherent set of 5 measures such as the exchange of experience, the recruitment of experienced researchers or the upgrading, development or acquisition of research equipment. The EC will fund a total of max. €4 million per project. Synergies with measures supported through ERDF funds are encouraged. The deadline for submission is the 17th December 2009. The second call aims to improve the Western Balkan Countries' (WBC) participation in FP7 and favouring brain-gain environments while accelerating the setting up of sustainable partnerships between WBC, MS and AS, to boost regional cooperation. It will also help reinforce their research infrastructure/equipment. Again, this will be done through an action plan that must include a coherent set of 4 measures very similar to those mentioned earlier. This call closes on the 15th October 2009. The ResPotNet site (www.respotnet.eu) provides access to information on research potential policies and initiatives, open calls and past funded project, news, events, useful links, etc. Visit the website and check the opportunities for collaborations, contacts in your country, success stories and much more. Preparation of successful project financed under Research Potential programme requires cooperation with European outstanding research "partnering organisations" in the same S&T domain or in a complementary field. Therefore ResPotNet supports potential participants in the process of finding partners by offering access to the Research Organisation Data Base. European research organisations interested to participate in the programme have the opportunity to submit their profile and project idea to the database, in order to promote their potential throughout Europe and to attract potential collaborators. Browsing the database enables finding suitable information on the potential of the research organisation with a special emphasis on the entities from the convergence/outermost regions, searching for partners for cooperation and responding to project ideas submitted by all organisations. Data Base will be available at the address: http://www.respotnet.eu/ps.html(opens in new window) starting from 7th of August 2009. For further information, please contact: Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), Karen Fiorini (e-mail: karen.fiorini@gov.mt), or the Coordinator of ResPotNet project: National Documentation Centre (EKT/NHRF), Georgia Tzenou (e-mail: tzenou@ekt.gr).
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