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Central European Science Partnership – CEUS: preannouncement of the first international call for proposals within the multilateral scheme of Lead Agency – provisional publishing date of the call: 22 February 2020 |
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Founding members of the Central
European Science Partnership – CEUS and signatories of
Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on establishment of the multilateral Lead Agency
(June 17 2019 in Vienna) have agreed upon launching the first
multilateral call for proposals operating on the basis of Lead Agency
procedure.
Partnership CEUS, including ARRS,
FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der
wissenschafltichen Forschung - Austria),
GA ČR (Grantová Agentura České Republiky – Czech Republic) and
NCN (Narodowe Centrum
Nauki - Poland), makes an announcement on publishing the first multilateral
call for proposals which will allow researchers from four countries to apply for
bilateral or trilateral joint projects, whereby the employment of the Lead
Agency scheme shall significantly reduce the administrative burdens on research
teams.
CEUS is the very first agreement of this kind in Europe
signed by more than three research funding agencies. By signing the MoU, the
four agencies reconfirmed mutual recognition of individual evaluation
procedures' standards as a basis for introduction of principle of trust, as
stepping stone of the Lead Agency cooperation. At the time of the starting date
of the first call, the more specified common rules shall be introduced. Up until
then, the Austrian-Slovenian bilateral proposals can be submitted within
existing Lead Agency
Scheme.
Provisional date of the first CEUS multilateral call for
proposals is 22 February 2020 and will be introduced by FWF and GA ČR in the
role of lead agency. The call whereby ARRS operates as lead agency will be
published in 2020 as part of annual Public call for the (co-)financing of
research projects. NCN is going to launch the call in autumn 2020.
Some key remarks from the preannouncement of the first CEUS
multilateral call:
- Proposals of basic research projects from all areas of scientific
research are eligible;
- Proposals of either bilateral or trilateral joint research projects are
eligible;
- Joint proposal has to be submitted to Lead Agency and in line with
itsapplication guidelines;
- The Lead Agency conducts the evaluation procedure in accordance with its
standard procedures, whereas the partner agencies agree on its decision;
- In case of a positive funding decision, each partner funding
organization provides the amount of its contribution according to its
applicable rules;
- The position of Lead Agency can be held only when the funding
organization’s financial part of total project costs reach the specific
percentage of either bilateral or trilateral project proposals, 40% and 25%
respectively.
Related information on CEUS members:
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