1 CIRCE and other alternative funding opportunities Miroslav Polzer Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana Centre for Social Innovation.

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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

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Thank you for your attention

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www.aso.zsi.at