ERA.Net RUS Plus Call 2017 for Science & Technology Projects open: 2 May 2017 - 4 July 2017 (15:00 CEST)
Cooperation in innovation, research and development is a key dimension in the relations between the European Union and Russia. In this context ERA.Net RUS Plus has implemented a Joint Call for transnational and scientifically excellent research projects in two funding lines: one for 'Innovation projects', and one for 'S&T projects' between 2014 and 2016. The second call round, the ‘ERA.Net RUS Plus Call 2017’, will continue the support of ‘S&T projects’ in the fields of Nanotechnologies, Health, Environment/Climate Change, Social Sciences & Humanities and Robotics as well as the support of ‘Innovation projects’.
Call Topics:
The Joint Call 2017 will cover Science and Technology projects regarding the following S&T topics and subtopics:
- Nanotechnologies
1.1 Advanced nano-sensors for environment and health
1.2 Novel functional nanomaterials based on design and modelling - Environment/Climate Change
2.1 Impact of climate change and extreme climate events on the environment
2.2 Prevention and remediation of pollution of aquatic systems - Health
3.1 Regenerative medicine, biomaterials and organ-on-a-chip-systems
3.2 Drug discovery for cancer, cardiovascular and infectious diseases - Social Sciences and the Humanities
4.1 Demography, conflicts and security issues
4.2 Traditional and non-traditional cultural values
4.3 Opportunities for and challenges to regional development and social cohesion - Robotics
5.1 Robotics Design and Human-Robot Interaction
5.2 Robots in agriculture, medicine, industry, maritime and education
By S&T projects are meant joint Research and Development (R&D) projects undertaken by a partnership of institutions (‘consortium’) designed to produce new knowledge through fundamental, experimental and/or theoretical scientific research, whereby each team of the partnership actively pursues specific objectives with a view to pooling the results to contribute to common, well-defined objectives.
Eligible project consortia must comprise project partners from at least three different countries, of which at least one team is from Russia.
Participating countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey.
Further information on the Call, funding organisations per call line and national contact points can be found on the ERA.Net Rus Plus official website: www.era.net-rus.eu
ERANet_RUS_Plus_Call_2017_Flyer.pdf