CONCERT-JAPAN to Fund 9 International Research Projects
7 June 2013
Switzerland
This call is funded by the national and regional contributions from 14 funding organizations from 11 different countries, namely: Japan, Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
A total of 96 projects were submitted by international consortia to the CONCERT-Japan Pilot Joint Call on Research and Innovation. 43 project proposals were submitted in the thematic area of Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution, involving 170 researchers from Europe and Japan, while in the thematic area of Resilience against Disasters, 53 proposals were submitted, involving 256 researchers from Europe and Japan. In total, 426 researchers from 19 countries have been involved in the Joint Call. The high level of interest in this call from the research community proves the potential for effective and meaningful cooperation in the selected thematic areas between European countries and Japan.
A total of 9 projects have been selected for funding, following the scientific evaluation process which involved external peer reviews as well as a Scientific Committee review for each thematic area. The majority of the project proposals submitted to this call were considered to be of high scientific quality by the members of the Scientific Committees. Of the 9 projects, involving 41 research teams/partners, to be funded in this framework within the limitations of budget available to the CONCERT-Japan funding organizations, 5 projects will be funded in the thematic area of Resilience against Disasters and 4 projects will be funded in the thematic area of Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution. In addition to the countries participating in the Joint Call, the funded project consortia also involve researchers from Austria and Denmark. A total budget of approximately € 2,8 million has been allocated to the funded projects for a period of 2 years.
Funded Projects:
Resilience against Disasters Theme
ROADERS:Road Networks for Earthquake Resilient Societies
INFILTIE: An Innovative Tie System for Improving the Monolithic Behavior of Masonry In-filled Reinforced Concrete Frames
RAPSODI: Risk Assessment and design of Prevention Structures fOr enhanced tsunami Disaster resilience
RAPIDMAP: Resilience against Disasters using Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Technologies for Rapid Mapping and Information Dissemination
URBIPROOF: Increasing resilience of urban planning
Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution Theme
iTHEUS: Fundamental investigations on Improved Materials and Storage Concepts for a Hydrogen based Integrated Total Energy Utilisation System
SolarFuel: Solar photocatalysis for generation of fuel
UMBLA: Understanding Mesoscopic Behaviour of Li ion in All-solid-battery
NASEMS: Nanoradiator-Equipped Adsorbents for Safe and Energy Saving Methane Storage
A total of 96 projects were submitted by international consortia to the CONCERT-Japan Pilot Joint Call on Research and Innovation. 43 project proposals were submitted in the thematic area of Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution, involving 170 researchers from Europe and Japan, while in the thematic area of Resilience against Disasters, 53 proposals were submitted, involving 256 researchers from Europe and Japan. In total, 426 researchers from 19 countries have been involved in the Joint Call. The high level of interest in this call from the research community proves the potential for effective and meaningful cooperation in the selected thematic areas between European countries and Japan.
A total of 9 projects have been selected for funding, following the scientific evaluation process which involved external peer reviews as well as a Scientific Committee review for each thematic area. The majority of the project proposals submitted to this call were considered to be of high scientific quality by the members of the Scientific Committees. Of the 9 projects, involving 41 research teams/partners, to be funded in this framework within the limitations of budget available to the CONCERT-Japan funding organizations, 5 projects will be funded in the thematic area of Resilience against Disasters and 4 projects will be funded in the thematic area of Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution. In addition to the countries participating in the Joint Call, the funded project consortia also involve researchers from Austria and Denmark. A total budget of approximately € 2,8 million has been allocated to the funded projects for a period of 2 years.
Funded Projects:
Resilience against Disasters Theme
ROADERS:Road Networks for Earthquake Resilient Societies
INFILTIE: An Innovative Tie System for Improving the Monolithic Behavior of Masonry In-filled Reinforced Concrete Frames
RAPSODI: Risk Assessment and design of Prevention Structures fOr enhanced tsunami Disaster resilience
RAPIDMAP: Resilience against Disasters using Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Technologies for Rapid Mapping and Information Dissemination
URBIPROOF: Increasing resilience of urban planning
Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution Theme
iTHEUS: Fundamental investigations on Improved Materials and Storage Concepts for a Hydrogen based Integrated Total Energy Utilisation System
SolarFuel: Solar photocatalysis for generation of fuel
UMBLA: Understanding Mesoscopic Behaviour of Li ion in All-solid-battery
NASEMS: Nanoradiator-Equipped Adsorbents for Safe and Energy Saving Methane Storage