The Call for Proposals is now CLOSED.
Deadline for submission of Outline Proposals was
Thursday 8th April 2010, 12:00 p.m. (noon) CET
Summary
The thematic programme “Understanding and Misunderstanding: Cognition, Communication and Culture (EuroUnderstanding)” addresses a set of inter-related questions of major current theoretical and practical importance, such as: How do communicative processes give rise to shared understandings, and how do these processes vary between cultures? How do intercultural misunderstandings arise, and what are their consequences? How do cultural and historical processes, and cultural-cognitive models, impinge on individual cognition, cognitive development and the development of personal identity? How can intercultural communication be made more effective in diverse cultural contexts?
Scientific Objectives
Understanding and misunderstanding can and should be investigated at differing levels of analysis, from neural to cultural processes. However, a comprehensive explanatory account of these phenomena requires the integration of the different levels in a non-reductionist framework. The Humanities disciplines, with their focus on meaning, are crucial to this explanatory integration. EuroUnderstanding provides opportunities for Humanities-based researchers to collaborate with each other, and with researchers from life and social science disciplines, in advancing the science and scholarship of understanding and misunderstanding.
Call for Outline Proposals (pdf)
Amendments to Call (pdf)
- corrected contact details Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- second contact person National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
- the National University Research Council of Romania (CNCSIS) has confirmed its participation
- the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) has confirmed its participation
- new contact person at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS - FNRS)
- new contact person at the Academy of Finland (AKA)
A multi-disciplinary research programme towards Understanding the social generation of (mis)understandings
Following agreement with funding organisations in Austria, Belgium (FWO and FNRS), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey, the European Science Foundation is launching a Call for Outline Proposals for Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) to be undertaken within the EUROCORES Programme Understanding and Misunderstanding: Cognition, Communication and Culture (EuroUnderstanding). The programme aims to support high quality multidisciplinary research in Europe, with involvement of leading scientists from outside Europe when approriate.
The research phase of EuroUnderstanding will run for three years and includes national research funding as well as support for networking and dissemination activities. The research grants are provided directly to the eligible and successful Principal Investigators by their respective national funding organisations. The networking and dissemination support, also financed by the national organisations, is centrally managed by the ESF.
Eligibility
Proposals from researchers eligible for funding from one of the participating funding agencies will be accepted for consideration in the EUROCORES programme EuroUnderstanding. Proposals must involve, as a minimum, three eligible Principal Investigators (PIs) from three different countries.
Applicants should contact their national funding agencies in order to verify their eligibility and to ensure compliance with the relevant agencies’ current granting rules and regulations. A list of all funding agencies participating in EuroUnderstanding - and their contact details - can be found here.
Most of the funding agencies participating in the EUROCORES Scheme have provided information on their national requirements. General information can be found here (pdf). Please note that this general file includes requirements of funding agencies that may not be participating in EuroUnderstanding.
Scientists not eligible for funding from one of the participating funding agencies can be associated with a proposal by contributing additional scientific value to the team. Their contribution must be fully self-supportive. In the context of eligibility, these Associated Partners do not count towards the “three nation requirement”.
Funding Information
The funding agencies participating in EuroUnderstanding have indicated the maximum funding available. You will find this information here (pdf).
Submission
Click here to enter the submission page; you will need to complete five steps:
Step 1: Outline proposal details (title, start date, duration, total budget etc.)
Step 2: Personal data of Project Leader
Step 3: Personal data of Principal Investigators and Associated Partner(s)
Step 4: Upload file with CRP details (download proposal template)
Step 5: Submission
Should you experience any difficulties, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions or contact the ESF office at eurounderstanding[at]esf.org.
**Deadline for submission of Outline Proposals: Thursday 8th April 2010, 12:00 p.m. (noon) CET**
Application Procedure - Full Proposals
Successful applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals in the week of Monday 3rd May 2010.
Full Proposal Application Guidelines can be downloaded here.
As part of the proposal, applicants will be asked to provide the overall budget of the Collaborative Research Project (CRP) (Template A), a specification of the budget per Individual Project (IP) (Template B), and the sum of the requested IP budgets per year (Template C).
**Deadline for submitting Full Proposals is Tuesday 22nd June 2010, 12:00 p.m. (noon) CET.**
The assessment form to be completed by external referees is available for consultation.
Programme Structure and Management
The programme will be overseen by a Management Committee formed by one representative of each of the participating funding organisations and the EUROCORES Programme Coordinator.
An independent international Review Panel formed of leading experts in the field, with a mandate from the funding agencies, will oversee the scientific aspects of the programme.
Once the selection phase has been completed, the Scientific Committee - consisting of Project Leaders of the funded CRPs and the EUROCORES Programme Coordinator - will be responsible for the networking and dissemination activities.
Networking
The theme of EuroUnderstanding has been selected because of the demonstrated need for collaboration in this field. The funded Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) will collectively establish and streamline this new collaboration. To this end, the CRPs are expected to engage the programme participants and, when of clear benefit, colleagues from outside the programme in joint activities such as:
- Programme-wide meetings or conferences;
- Working group meetings for the exchange of information and results across the CRPs;
- Joint scientific meetings or summer schools;
- Short term visits;
- Development and delivery of joint training programmes;
- Seminars, workshops, symposia, invited sessions either stand-alone or as part of other larger events;
- Common web-facilities and publications.
Funds for networking between the CRPs will be centrally managed by the ESF through contributions from the participating funding organisations.
Please note that the travel costs for meetings within your own CRP should be budgeted in your proposal.
Additional Information
ESF Contact
Dr. Eva Hoogland
EUROCORES Coordinator for the Cognitive Sciences
eurounderstanding[at]esf.org
Ms. Claire Rustat-Flinton
EUROCORES Programme Administrator
eurounderstanding[at]esf.org
ESF provides the scientific, administrative and technical secretariat
for COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).