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Sponsor
European Parliament (Europarl or EP)
European Union (EU) – European Commission (EC) – Commission of the European Community (CEC)
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Horizon 2020
Societal Challenges
Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy
Sponsor ID: ISIB-10-2014
Amount
€500,000EUR
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU in the range of EUR 0.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude… more » submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. Coordination and support actions: Funding rate: 100%.
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Requirements
Academic Institution
Commercial
Government
Nonprofit
Small Business
Citizenship or Residency
Unrestricted
Activity location
Unrestricted
Abstract
Societal Challenge 2 addresses a wide range of key EU policy priorities aiming at fostering an ‘Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy’, in line with the Commission Communication ‘Innovating for sustainable… more » Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe’. This call includes actions aimed at supporting sustainable agriculture and forestry management processes providing public goods and innovative products for sustainable growth; fostering innovation (including social innovation) in rural areas for inclusive growth; and enhancing innovation in the bio-based industry for smart growth. Proposals are invited against the following topic: Networking of Bioeconomy relevant ERA-NETs. Type of action: Coordination and Support Actions.
More than 30 ERA-NETs have been set-up in the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes on a wide range of scientific subjects and disciplines relevant to the Bioeconomy. While focusing on different scientific areas, they all work towards achieving a common goal of the transnational networking and coordination of national research programmes and address a number of horizontal issues, such as the mapping of existing research potential and foresight activities, the launching of joint calls and addressing the challenges of IPR rules and bioethical concerns.
Proposals should build on the results expected by the PLATFORM network of Bioeconomy relevant ERA-NETs with the aim to further expand the network and strengthen the initiatives undertaken for mutual learning, maximising synergies and increased coordination. The activities of PLATFORM should be continued under Horizon 2020 in close liaison with Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) and Strategic & Collaborative Working Groups of SCAR, thus helping rationalising on limited resources for maximum impact.
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Eligibility
All activities are open to legal entities established in third countries and strong efforts are made to encourage them to seize this opportunity.
Coordination & support action: One legal entity established in a… more » Member State or associated country.
Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation:
Legal entities established in the following countries and territories will be eligible to receive funding through Horizon 2020:
– The Member States of the European Union, including their overseas departments;
– The Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to the Member States: Anguilla, Aruba, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Greenland, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn Islands, Saba, Saint Barthélémy, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, Wallis and Futuna;
– The Countries Associated to Horizon 2020: At the date of the publication of the work programme, there are no countries associated to Horizon 2020. All countries associated to the Seventh Framework Programme (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey) will in principle be associated to Horizon 2020 by the time the first grant agreements under Horizon 2020 are signed. This is, however, subject to the satisfactory conclusion of the respective procedures adopting the association agreements for each of the countries concerned.
– The following countries, except where this is explicitly excluded in the call text Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Re public, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Buissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic Republic), Kosovo , Kyrgyz Republic, Lao, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
– International European interest organisations will also be eligible to receive funding from Horizon 2020. These are international organisations, the majority of whose members are Member States or associated countries, and whose principal objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe.
Legal entities established in countries not listed above will be eligible for funding when such funding is explicitly foreseen in the relevant call text.
In addition, legal entities established in countries not listed above and international organisations will be eligible for funding:
– When funding for such participants is provided for under a bilateral scientific and technological agreement or any other arrangement between the Union and an international organisation or a third country;
– When the Commission deems participation of the entity essential for carrying out the action funded through Horizon 2020.
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Keywords
- Agricultural Planning or Policy
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Bioprocessing
Upcoming Deadlines
Date
What’s Due
Notes
26 Jun 2014
Confirmed
Application
Sponsor deadline – required
