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CIRCE and other alternative funding opportunities
Miroslav Polzer
Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana
Centre for Social Innovation ZSI, Vienna / Austria
CIRCE and other alternative funding opportunities
Miroslav Polzer
Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana
Centre for Social Innovation ZSI, Vienna / Austria
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CIRCE
Cooperation in Innovation and Research
with Central- and Eastern Europe
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Objectives of CIR-CEObjectives of CIR-CE
Establish and extend
transnational, business-driven
innovation networks (particularly
SME) between Austria and
Central- and Eastern Europe for
the creation and implementation
of innovation and for
strengthening of technology
transfer
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Further Objectives of CIR-CEFurther Objectives of CIR-CE
• Improvement of the innovative capabilities of
companies (especially of SME) and their ability to
assimilate and implement external knowledge
• Enhancement of the cooperative capability of
companies (in particular SME); creation of
sustainable cross-border innovation networks
and cooperation structures
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ApplicantsApplicants
• Intermediary Organisations –Technology- and Innovation Centres,
Incubators etc. –Clusters–Competence Centres–Cooperative research institutes
• Research institutes with a focus on technology- and
knowledge transfer • Companies with the role of a network-coordinator
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NETWORK-Projects and
INNOVATION-Projects
NETWORK-Projects and
INNOVATION-Projects
NETWORK-Projects (NP) Innovation-Projects (IP)
Focus:
Transnational network
Result:
Established and intensified cross-border co-operation
Focus:
Ambitious element of RTDI
Result:
Developed/optimised product, process or service
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Maximum Public Funding /
maximum Duration
Maximum Public Funding /
maximum Duration
NETWORK-
Projects
INNOVATION-
Projects
Up to 75 % Up to 45 %
Up to
150.000 €
Up to
400.000 €
1,5 Years 3 Years
Result of First Call: 40 proposals submitted 14 projects funded
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Albania
Bosnia and Herzegowina
Bulgaria
Estonia
Croatia
Latvia
Lithuania
Mazedonia
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungary
Czeck Republic
Possible Partner Countries CEEPossible Partner Countries CEE
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Example – Network-Project:
ELSEPIM= Utilisation of PIM
for electronics, sensors and actuators
Example – Network-Project:
ELSEPIM= Utilisation of PIM
for electronics, sensors and actuators
• Applicant: • FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH• Partners: • 9 SME and 1 University from Austria, Serbia, Montenegro and
Bosnia • Aim: • Develop and evaluate concrete product ideas in the fields of
electronics, sensors and actuators utilising the innovative technology of powder injection moulding (PIM)
• Realise long-term relationships between the project partners and further partners
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Example – Network-Project: ELSEPIM ctd.Example – Network-Project: ELSEPIM ctd.
•Results: •Know-how of every partner increased •Long-term relation within the network established with regard to customer-supplier-relation •Joint product development •Technology and know-how transfer •Two technical feasibility studies carried out •Follow-up innovation project defined
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Important DatesImportant Dates
•6 December 2006: opening second call for proposals
with kick-off event in Vienna
•11 April 2007: Proposer’s Day
•24 May 2007, 12 o’clock: deadline
•June 2007: Evaluation panel
•July 2007: announcement of projects to be funded
•September 2007: Kick-off meeting with future
contractors
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Programme Management
and Controlling
Programme Management
and Controlling
BIRGIT BAUMANN E-mail: [email protected]: *43 (0)5 77 55 – 2401
ULRIKE KAINZ-FERNÁNDEZ DE LA REGUERAE-mail: [email protected] Phone: *43 (0)5 77 55 – 2403
www.cir-ce.atEine Initiative des
MARTINA AMON
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: *43 (0)5 77 55 – 2602
ROMANA BOHNENSTINGL
E-mail:[email protected]
Phone: *43 (0)5 77 55 – 2607
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Aso-Ljubljana and Sofia Call on
„Information Society in SEE countries“
Aso-Ljubljana and Sofia Call on
„Information Society in SEE countries“
Austrian Science and Research Liaison Offices Ljubljana/Slovenia and Sofia/Bulgaria (ASOs) announce a Call for proposals for projects in
Research Cooperation and Networking between institutions (universities and not-for-profit non-university research institutions) in Austria, the ASO countries Slovenia and Bulgaria and South Eastern
Europe (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia, including Kosovo).
The call wants to intensify the short-term cooperation in the scientific field of "Information Science and Society in SEE countries" with the aim to support the development of long-term scientific collaboration. Funding is provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk) in the framework of its South Eastern
European science cooperation initiative.This call is open to 9 February 2007 (date of post mark).
http://www.aso.zsi.at/en/all/aktuelles/2069.html
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SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call
for Research and Thematic Network Projects
as well as Summer Schools in/with the Western Balkan Region
SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call
for Research and Thematic Network Projects
as well as Summer Schools in/with the Western Balkan Region
Thematic areas:• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology: sub area “Sustainable production and
management of biological resources from land, forest and aquatic environments” • Information and Communication Technologies: sub area “Applications Research” • Environment: sub area “Environmental Technologies”
Research projectsThese projects shall be conducted by a project consortium with at least three participants from three different countries and at least one of them must be from a Western Balkan country.
Network projectsThe thematic network projects are preferably aiming at the co-ordination and co-operation of scientists in one specific scientific area based on mutual visits and small Workshops.
Funding provided primarily for costs of mobility of researchers (comparable to bilateral S&T cooperation agreements), but also for events and feasibility studies
• Further information: http://www.see-era.net/pjc
