Call for Proposals
Second call for proposals in the field of Self-Organised NanoStructures (SONS)
Following agreement with funding bodies from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom,* the European Science Foundation is launching the second Call for Outline Proposals for collaborative research projects to be undertaken within the EUROCORES programme SONS. The programme includes national research funding and a European networking component.
Proposals are sought for collaborative research projects (CRPs). Call for Outline Proposals DEADLINE: 23 June 2005
* Potential applicants should contact the participating national funding bodies to consult on their elegibility and any other particular rules for participation (see section on eligibility)
Assessment Criteria for Outline and Full Proposals
The application will include two steps, submission of outline and full proposals.
At both stages the Collaborative Research Project as a whole, not the individual components, will be assessed.
Assessment criteria for Outline Proposals
1. Suitability for the Call for Proposals
2. Originality and novelty of the proposal
3. Level of international and multidisciplinary collaboration (incl. “European added value”)
4. Feasibility
5. Qualification of the applicants.
Assessment criteria for Full Proposals
At the Full Proposal stage, the assessment will focus on the scientific quality of the research plan for a Collaborative Research Project.
1. Scientific quality of the CRP and IP proposals
2. Level of multidisciplinary integration within the CRP
3. Qualification of the applicants (suitability for this CRP; international standing)
4. Level of collaboration envisaged between the IPs in this CRP
5. Feasibility, incl. suitability of the methods selected
6. Overlap with existing projects (or projects applied for)
7. Suitability of budget items (“value for money”)
At the Full Proposal stage, however, referees and Review Panel may be asked to identify the weaker and not-essential components (IPs) of the proposal.
Full Proposal Application Guidelines
IMPORTANT: Before preparing your proposal, all partners should contact the funding agency from which funds are being requesting, in order to comply with their specific regulations and requirements. Please refer to the Call for outline proposals regarding the contact points within the organisations participating in the SONS Programme. Please note that your proposal submitted to the ESF will also be transmitted to those funding agencies from which funding is sought.
The application process consists of two steps:
STEP 1 (Online Form).- To access the online form you will be asked to enter the reference number and password that you received by e-mail. For your convenience, the data you provided at the Outline Proposal stage has been automatically transferred to this Full Proposal form – if necessary, you can edit all these data.
Before proceeding to the next step of the application process and in order to validate the information about each partner of the proposal, you will be asked to assign a IP number to each Principal Investigator (PI) and Associated Partner (AP). You will also have to specify the Start Date, Duration and Budget for each partner.
STEP 2 (Upload document).- You will be required to upload one single document containing the following
Section A - Collaborative Research Project (CRP)
1 - Description of the CRP, including: (5 pages max.)
a) A short description of the state-of-the-art at international level showing the context of this proposal
b) CRP aims & objectives (including vision)
c) Strategy and work plan
d) A short bibliography supporting the scientific case (2 pages max.)
e) Deliverables and/or milestones
f) Total overall budget (sum of TOTAL BUDGET over all Individual Projects), click here to download the template.
2 - Description of the Collaboration: (3 pages max.)
Please make sure to:
- Illustrate the scientific track record
- Elaborate on the expertise, objectives and contributions expected from each Individual Project and Associated Project
- Show how each group will contribute to the whole CRP stressing the European added value of the collaboration.
Section B - Individual Project (IP)
1 - Individual Project contribution to the CRP: (4 pages max.)
a) IP aims and objectives
b) Methodologies/experiments
c) Work plan
d) Deliverables and/or milestones
e) Justification for budget items, especially staff costs and equipment.
2 - Requested budget
click here to download the template.
3- Related Projects
Please give an overview of your related scientific activities (currently funded or applied for) and explain how these projects relate to this IP proposal; details can be listed in Annex 3.
4 - Overview of other ongoing international scientific relationships (outside the project collaboration, ½ page max.)
5 - Extra item (optional) for additional information required by a national funding agency.
Section C - Associated Project (AP)
1 - AP contribution to the CRP: (3 pages max.)
(Please explain here how the AP fits within the overall CRP)
a) Associated Project aims & objectives
b) Methodologies/experiments
c) Work plan
d) Deliverables and/or milestones
2 - Information on funding
(Please give information on the source and status (confirmed, applied for, etc.) of the funds you requested to participate in the CRP)
ANNEXES TO THE PROPOSAL
Each PI or AP should attach to the proposal the following information:
Annex 1 - A short CV of each Principal Investigator/Associated Partner. (2 pages max.)
Annex 2 - A list of the 10 most relevant publications of each Principal Investigator/Associated Partner during the last 5 years.
Annex 3 - List of applications on the same (or related) subjects (including funds requested/obtained in the last 5 years)
Annex 4 - Summary of the requested budgets - click here to download the template
already supported by or submitted to other funding institutions, if any.
Please ensure that your document is ready before proceeding. Note that:
You should comply with the page limit for each part of the proposal.
The document should be in pdf, doc or rtf format and should not exceed 8MB in size and should not be password protected.