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Current research funding announcements/deadlines (external)
- Research Council of Norway (Forskningsrådet NFR):
a) Preannouncement: ERA-NET TRANSCAN-2 will launch the Call “Minimally and non-invasive methods for early detection and/or progression of cancer”. That includes screening of the general population, risk stratification, surveillance of high-risk groups, minimally invasive methods.
Deadline: for pre-proposals is 13 February 2017
b) FORNY2020 announces funding for skills upgrading, structural improvement and networking. Søkere anbefales å sende inn skisser før 1. november. There is a need to establish or expand TTO function at the universities where this is lacking and projects of this kind will therefore be given priority in the upcoming announcement.
Deadline: 17 February 2017 (Applicants are advised to submit sketches before 1 November)
New c) Call open ERA-NET EuroNanoMed III cofund announcement supports projects that combine innovative research in basic, clinical and industrial nanomedicine. The announcement will have three themes:• Regenerative medicine • Regenerative Medicine • Diagnostics • Diagnostics • Targeted delivery systems • Targeted delivery systems
Deadlines:1. trinn søknadsfrist 16.01.2017 first stage 16 January 2017, second stage 9 June 2017
Selected H2020 deadlines 2017:
European Research Council (ERC) Frontier research grants
Consolidator Grant: is designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme.
Deadline: 9 February 2017.
Marie Sklodovska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Excellent and innovative research training plus attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility, no thematic priorities.
MSCA-ITN: The Innovative Training Networks aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit.
Deadline: 10 January 2017
Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA-RISE-2017): RISE gives support for mobility and exchanges of research and innovation staff, incl. managerial, technical and administrative staff between institutions in different sectors or with research institutions in countries outside of Europe.
Planned opening date: 01 December 2016
Deadline: 5 April 2017
Societal Challenges (SC): Collaborative breakthrough research and radical innovation
SC1-2017 Health, demographic change and wellbeing:
The headline goal of the programme ‘Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing’ is better health for all. Its main policy objectives are to improve health and wellbeing outcomes, to promote healthy and active ageing, to promote market growth, job creation, and the EU as a global leader in the health area.
Personalised medicine, single-stage
SC1-PM-15_2017: Personalised coaching for well-being and care of people as they age
SC1-HCO-17-2017: Support for large scale uptake of Digital Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing
Deadline: 31 January 2017
- SC1-PM-17-2017: Personalised computer models and in-silico systems for well-being
- SC1-PM-16-2017: In-silico trials for developing and assessing biomedical products
- SC1-PM-19-2017: PPI for uptake of standards for the exchange of digitalised healthcare records
Deadline: 14 March 2017
- SC1-PM-03-2017: Diagnostic characterisation of rare diseases
- SC1-PM-20-2017: Methods research for improved health economic evaluation
- SC1-PM-11-2016-2017: Clinical research on regenerative medicine
- SC1-HCO-03-2017: Implementing the Strategic Research Agenda on Personalised Medicine
- SC1-HCO-07-2017: Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
- SC1-HCO-08-2017: Actions to bridge the divide in European health research and innovation
Deadline: 11 April 2017
Important! Please contact Corina Guder (FA) or Faculty advisers Ramune Midttveit, Itana Sloper-Krivokapic. We urge you to start your proposal preparation work as early as possible. Advisors are at your disposal if you require assistance with topic interpretation, eligibility conditions, consortium building and other proposal preparation activities.
Horizon 2020 – Complementary Calls
a) COST Action: open Call – funding for research networks. Proposals should reflect the main characteristics of COST Actions, namely providing for knowledge sharing, creation and application, being open and output-oriented while aiming at strengthening the scientific and technological basis of the proposed topic(s).
Deadline: 7 December 2016
b) Pre-announcement IMI 2 (Innovative Medicines Initiative 2) – Call 10:
- Understanding hypoglycaemia: the underlying mechanisms and addressing clinical determinants as well as consequences for people with diabetes by combining databases from clinical trials
- How big data could support better diagnosis and treatment outcomes for prostate cancer
- Improving the care of patients suffering from acute or chronic pain
- Creation of a pan-European paediatric clinical trials network
- Biomanufacturing 2020: Development of innovative high throughput analytical tools and methods to characterize cell culture fluid during development and commercial cell culture processes
- Unlocking the solute carrier gene-family for effective new therapies
- Enhanced patient voice in medicines lifecycle
- Precision medicines approaches in autism spectrum disorders
Deadline: call is about to be launch
c) This is not a call but it is related to European Commission Scientific Committees and it is about Database of Experts. This database is open to scientists wishing to contribute to the work of the Scientific Committees on specific issues, on an ad hoc basis, as members of working groups or for scientific hearings and workshops. If interested, you can fill out the online application form, which is given on the above assigned webpage. This is very beneficial for every researcher!
d) The Third EU Health Programme is the main instrument that the Commission uses to implement the EU Health Strategy. Call for proposals for Pilot Projects on the following topics:
- PP-2-1-2016: Establishing a Registry of Rare Congenital Malformations (as part of the Rare Diseases Registry), drawing on the structure, organization and experience of the Registry of Congenital Malformations
- PP-2-2-2016: Mentally – access to mental health care and improving mental health literacy
- PP-2-3-2016: Severe mental disorders and the risk of violence: pathways through care and effective treatment strategies
- PP-2-4-2016: INTEGRATE: Development of integrated strategies to monitor and treat chronic and rheumatic diseases: the role of quality indicators and patient reported outcomes in addition to the physician evaluation of disease activity and damage
- PP-2-5-2016: Pilot project — Primary prevention courses for girls living in areas with higher risk of breast cancer
Deadline: 31 January 2017
Read more (information and routines for application): http://www.uib.no/en/horizon2020
- UiB
PES (Project establishment support) and POS (posisjoneringsmidler) for Horizon2020 applicants (Norges Forskningsråd/UiB): open-ended during Horizon2020 Call period. You can apply for PES support by filling in PES application form (which is given on the above linked page) and sending it to Kristin.Hansen@uib.no.
On the following page the local contact points are listed where every call has a responsible research advisor. You can contact them or faculty advisors, Ramune Midttveit, Itana Sloper-Krivokapic.
- EEA/Norway Grants
Norway – Bulgaria Scholarships
Deadline: 9 December 2016
- Nord Forsk:
New instrument for Nordic University Cooperation: Nordic University Hubs: The overall goal of the new funding instrument is to strengthen international competitiveness and facilitate the development of world leading research environments in the Nordic region.
Deadline: 3 May 2017
- The LEO-foundation: grants for dermatological research projects. The LEO Foundation supports international dermatological research projects and activities that address issues in disease understanding, disease treatment, disease awareness and patient wellbeing.
Deadline: several in 2017, starting on 3 February
- Pre-announcement Active and Assisted Living (AAL): aims to fund ICT based projects with a clear market orientation that support older adults to live healthy, independently and actively.
Deadline: call intends to launch in February
The AAL Central Info & Partnering Day is planned for the 6th of March 2017 in Brussels.
- Pre-announcement Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR): call for prevention and intervention strategies to control AMR infections. The primary aim is to compare prevention, control, and intervention strategies to prevent the development, transmission of AMR infections.
Deadline: call intends to launch in February
- Fund from The German-Norwegian study center in Kiel funds activities that identify and start collaborative projects in research and education. Funds may be allocated to travel, work meetings, workshops and symposia. Click here for application form
Deadline: 15 December 2016
- Regional research Vestlandet announced funding for regional researcher project. Regional research projects will contribute to new knowledge about issues relevant to the region and theme within regional development.
Deadline: 15 February 2017
- Centre for Advanced Study (CAS): Call for new exciting research projects for 2019/2020. Each year CAS hosts three international research groups yearly. Former participants often describe their stay at CAS as the best and most productive year of their career.
Deadline: 16 January 2017
New 12. Pre-announcement of AAL Call Challenge 2017 Packages integrating different solutions based on ICT to support active, healthy and independent living of older adults. The AAL Central Info & Partnering Day is planned for the 6th of March 2017 in Brussels.
Fellowships and Personal Grants
Research on the molecular mechanisms of life at all levels.
Deadline: throughout the year.
Deadline: 12 February
Deadline: 31 January 2017
- The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP):.
Senior Fellowships aims to support capacity development of potential African research leaders using the train-the-trainer.
Deadline: 1 February 2017
Clinical Research and Development Fellowships to support researchers and key members of clinical trial research teams from low- and middle-income countries
Deadline: 2 February 2017
Career Development Fellowships aims to provide funding to actions that aim to support junior to mid-career researchers (“fellows”) to train and develop their clinical research skills.
Deadline: 28 February 2017
Meetings/workshops/conferences
New 1. The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) will soon launch IMI2 – Call 10, and the information webinars on the Call topics and the rules start:
Biomanufacturing 2020: development of innovative high throughput analytical tools and methods to characterise cell culture fluid during development and commercial cell culture processes
9 December 14:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
Unlocking the solute carrier gene-family for effective new therapies (unlock SLCS) 13 December 11:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
Understanding hypoglycaemia: the underlying mechanisms and addressing clinical determinants as well as consequences for people with diabetes by combining databases from clinical trials 13 December 16:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
How big data could support better diagnosis and treatment outcomes for prostate cancer 15 December 14:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
Personalised medicine approaches in autism spectrum disorders 16 December 14:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
Creation of a pan-European paediatric clinical trials network 19 December 14:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
Patient perspectives in medicines lifecycle 20 December 14:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
IMI rules and procedures webinar 9 January 2017, 14:00 Central European Time (Brussels time) Registration open
- H2020 European Health Brokerage Event: This international brokerage event will help you to build up your proposal for final calls of the 2016 -2017 Health work programme, which will still be open in 2017. Zagreb, 19 January 2017.
New 3. Swiss Nordic Bio 2017 is organised by the Nordic countries in cooperation with Swiss partners. During this partnering and investor conference, Swiss and Nordic biotech, pharmaceutical companies and investors meet in one-to-one meetings and present themselves in plenum, 8 February 2017, Zürich
Info and registration until 20 February 2017
Funding for cooperation in higher education
DNSZ Såkornsmidler (DNSZ Seed Money)
Såkornsmidler fra Det tysk-norske studiesenteret i Kiel er nå utlyst. Utlysningen videreformidles på vegne av professor dr.juris Gudrun Holgersen som er UiBs representant i det norske hjemmestyret for Det tysk-norske studiesenteret i Kiel.
Hvem kan søke?
- Forskere ved Universitet i Bergen kan søke om midler for utvikling av samarbeidsprosjekter med Carl-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
Hva kan støttes?
- Aktiviteter som identifiserer og starter samarbeidsprosjekter innen forskning og utdanning. Såkornmidler kan tildeles reiser, arbeidsmøter, workshops og symposier.
Hvor mye i støtte?
- Det kan tildeles maks. EUR 6.000 (ca. NOK 55.000) i støtte per prosjekt.
Hvor sendes søknaden?
- Søknad sendes til Det tysk-norske studiesenteret i Kiel v/prosjektleder Andrea Hesse på e-post dnsz_buero@email.uni-kiel.de
- CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION FORM
Deadline: 15 December 2016
Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg – midler til faglig seminar
Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg ønsker økt aktivitet for å styrke forpliktende
norsk-russisk vitenskapelig samarbeid. Senteret utlyser derfor midler som støtte til to
seminarer/symposier ved senteret med inntil kr 125.000,- til hver. Seminaret må
gjennomføres senest innen utgangen av november 2017.
Deadline: 15 December 2016
Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg – midler til ph.d.-aktiviteter
Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg ønsker økt aktivitet for å styrke forpliktende
norsk-russisk vitenskapelig samarbeid. Ph.D.-er og unge forskere trenger å bygge
nettverk og etablere internasjonale kontakter, og bli oppmuntret til dette av seniorforskere
på sitt fagfelt. Senteret utlyser derfor inntil kr. 100.000,- til aktiviteter for Ph.D. og unge
forskere ved senteret. Aktivitetene skal ha til hensikt å stimulere til faglig fornyelse og
styrke faglig kompetanse både på norsk og russisk side. Aktiviteten skal som hovedregel
involvere både norske og russiske Ph.D.-er eller unge forskere. Dette kravet kan
imidlertid fravikes i særlige tilfeller, f.eks. i forbindelse med besøk ved museer,
samlinger eller arkiver. Aktiviteten(e) må gjennomføres senest innen utgangen av
november 2017.
Deadline: 15 December 2016
Erasmus + Global mobility allows Norwegian higher education institutions (HEI) to send and receive students and staff to / from partner countries outside the EU / EEA. The application must be submitted by a HEI in Norway. Individuals can not apply directly. Student and/or employees must apply to their home institution.
Deadline: 2 February 2017 (12.00)
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education 2017
This action which aims to support the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in the Partner Countries is to be carried out in the context of the priorities identified in the Communications “Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change” and “European Higher Education in the World”.
Deadline: 9 February 2017
Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg – midler til vitenskapelig nettverksbygging
Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg ønsker økt aktivitet ved senteret ved at nye
fagområder etablerer seg eller at fagområder som allerede har aktiviteter ved senteret, utvider
sin virksomhet. Senteret lyser derfor ut midler til igangsetting av faglig nettverksbygging og
nettverkssamarbeid. Vi søker etter en forsker eller et fagmiljø som ønsker finansiering til å
utvikle slik aktivitet. Det tildeles midler til opptil fire nettverk à inntil kr. 250.000,- for april 2017-desember 2018.
Deadline: 15 February 2017
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMD)
An EMJMD is a high-level integrated international study programme of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits, delivered by an international consortium of HEIs from different countries and. There is no limitation in terms of discipline. EMJMD proposals at application stage must present fully developed joint study programmes, ready to run and to be advertised worldwide immediately after their selection.
Deadline: 16 February 2017 (12.00 CET)
Knowledge Alliances between higher education institutions and enterprises aim to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, employability, knowledge exchange and/or multidisciplinary teaching and learning.
Deadline: 27 February 2017
Transnational Strategic Partnerships aimed to develop initiatives addressing one or more fields of education training and youth and promote innovation, exchange of experience and know-how between different types of organisations involved in education, training and youth or in other relevant fields. Certain mobility activities are supported in so far as they contribute to the objectives of the project
Deadline: 29 March 2017
Continuing deadlines
Nærings-ph.d. (Industrial PhD)
Forskningsrådet gir støtte til bedrifter med ansatte som ønsker å ta doktorgrad. Ordningens overordnede målsettinger er økt forskerrekruttering i næringslivet, økt langsiktig kompetansebygging og forskningsinnsats i næringslivet og økt samspill mellom akademia og næringsliv.
English: Click here for more information about Industrial PhDs
Deadline: Continuing
Utenlandsstipend for Nærings-ph.d.
Forskningsrådet ønsker å bidra til at norske forskere i større grad deltar i internasjonalt forskningssamarbeid. Nærings-ph.d. lyser ut tilleggsmidler for prosjekter som allerede finansieres av programmet. Det er satt av inntil 1 million kroner for 2015 til utenlandsstipend for prosjekter som mottar støtte fra Nærings-ph.d.-ordningen.
Deadline: Continuing
Program for forskning og innovasjon i utdanningssektoren (2014-2023) (FINNUT)
FINNUT skal utvikle kunnskap av høy kvalitet og relevans for politikkutforming, forvaltning, praksisfelt og den enkelte, bidra til fornyelse av forskningsfeltet og medvirke til innovasjon i utdanningssektoren.
Deadline other projects: Continuing