HORIZON 2020: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE CALL FOR ERC ADVANCED GRANTS

ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Due to the current political context involving the EU,  the SNSF has decided to extend its transitional measures, thus enabling researchers at Swiss research institutions to submit applications for Advanced Grants to the SNSF.

With reference to that, please note that, due to the ongoing negotiations with the EC, the SNSF is not publishing its Advanced Grant Call in August as foreseen, but will decide on the publication by mid-September.

The deadline for ERC Advanced Grants is October 21, whereas the deadline for the SNSF Advanced Grants temporary backup scheme will probably be in November. Since the outcomes of negotiations are still unclear, Euresearch advises researchers to still prepare to submit by 21 October.

For more information, contact Mrs. Nancy-Lara Millàn.

Submission deadline: 21st Ocotber 2014

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AFTERMATH OF THE VOTE OF 9TH FEBRUARY ON HORIZON 2020: UPDATE EVENT IN LUGANO

Euresearch Lugano is pleased to invite you to an information event on Horizon 2020, which will be held at Università della Svizzera Italiana on Friday September 19 from 11:15 to 12:30 in room 250.

David Bohmert, head of the SwissCore office in Brussels, will share with us updates on the "Aftermath of 9 February for Swiss research and innovation in Horizon 2020".

SwissCore is the Brussels-based liaison office of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), monitoring the latest developments in European research, innovation and education programmes.

Click here for more information and registration (mandatory).

Date of the event: 19th September 2014

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OPEN CALLS FOR PROPOSALS IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP)

Five Public-Private Partnerships (Joint Technology Initiatives: JTIs), launched the first calls for research projects. These partnerships, set up under the framework programme Horizon 2020, work in strategic areas such as medicines, fuel cells, air and rail transport and electronics. Here below, the list of specific calls and deadlines:

• Electronics (ECSEL): 17th September 2014
• Clean Sky 2 (CS2): 15th October 2014
• Bio-based Industries (BBI): 15th October 2014
• Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 (FCH2): 6th November 2014
• Innovative Medicines 2 (IMI2): 12th November 2014

More information on each call is available here.

For more information contact Mrs. Nancy-Lara Millàn.

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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOREIGN SCHOLARS AND ARTISTS (ESKAS)

The Swiss Government, through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), awards various postgraduate scholarships to foreign scholars and researchers. Submission deadlines and funding instruments available vary according to each country. Please, visit the website to check what kind of funding instruments are offered for your country of origin and deadlines.

For more information contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

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ERA.NET RUS PLUS: CALL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS

The aim of ERA.Net RUS Plus is to enhance the coordination of joint research programmes between EU countries / associated countries and Russia.

Within this framework, a call for S & T projects has been launched. Topics of the call are the following:

• Nanotechnologies
• Environment/climate change
• Health
• Social sciences and humanities

Details on each topic can be found in the call announcement.

Consortia should involve at least three countries, one being Russia.

For more information contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline (for pre-proposals): 25th September 2014, 17:00 CET

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THEMATIC R4D MODULE "PUBLIC HEALTH": CALL FOR PRE-PROPOSALS

The overall goal of the programme is to support excellent scientific research that contributes towards the solution of global problems. The focus will be on reducing poverty and global risks as well as on making public goods available in developing countries.

The current call for pre-proposals focuses on the thematic research module Provision systems and financing mechanisms in the public health sector. Information on specific topics can be found here.

For more information, contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline (for pre-proposals): 16th October 2014

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PASC: CALL FOR PROPOSAL FOR FOCUSED AND EXPLORATORY PROJECTS

Within the context of the Swiss Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC), a call aiming to support a number of relatively short and focused projects has been launched. Two specific types of projects are envisaged:

• Focused projects: aimed at solving a specific challenge, which represents a bottleneck for the performance of existing or future codes
• Exploratory projects: aimed at preparing the ground for future larger co-design projects in emerging domains of computational applications

For more information, contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 31st October 2014

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HASLER FOUNDATION: CALLS FOR PROPOSALS

Hasler Foundation provides its support by financing or co-financing selected educational, research and innovation projects and undertakings in the field of ICT. Namely, the following funding schemes are available:

Innovation projects, targeting Master and PhD graduates

Standard projects, aiming to supplement the support for research available in Switzerland from the SNSF and the CTI

Small projects, whose funding request does not exceed CHF 50,000 and may be in connection to SNF or CTI projects

For more information contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 31st October 2014

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FUNDING LARGE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS (FLARE): CALL FOR PROPOSALS

FLARE is aimed at researchers who require funding for the construction and maintenance of equipment for large international research projects in particle physics, astrophysics and astroparticle physics.

For more information contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 15th November 2014

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BELGIUM – SWITZERLAND CALL FOR R&D PROJECT OUTLINES

Belgium and Switzerland are jointly announcing a bi-lateral Call for outlines for joint innovation projects under EUREKA and Eurostars. The Call especially focuses on health biotechnologies and medical technologies, manufacturing (advanced systems, sensors, automation, additive manufacturing) and aeronautic applications and systems.

For Swiss partners, the main funding agency of reference is the Commission for Technology and Innovation.

For more information contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 15th January 2015

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SWISS-SWEDISH INNOVATION INITIVATIVE: 4TH BILATERAL CALL FOR R&D PROJECT OUTLINES

The aim of this funding scheme is to fund market-oriented Swiss-Swedish R&D projects implemented by research consortiums consisting of Swiss-Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises, large industry, academia and research institutes.

The fourth bilateral Call is open to all topics of the Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative (SWII), but focuses on the development of innovative products and services within the life sciences as well as within smart materials. Click here for more information on specific topics.

For more information contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 15th January 2015

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