Competition of Russian-Austrian research projects in 2009
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Austrian Science Fund (ANF), on the basis of an agreement concluded between them, announce the 2009 competition of joint Russian-Austrian research projects (ANF_a competition) in the following fields of knowledge:
(01) mathematics, mechanics, computer science;
(02) physics, astronomy;
(03) chemistry;
(04) biology and medical science;
(05) Earth sciences;
(07) information and telecommunication systems;
(08) fundamentals of engineering sciences.
Terms of the competitionAll types of support for fundamental scientific research are carried out by the RFBR on a competitive basis, regardless of age, academic rank, academic degree or position held by a scientist.
A scientist has the right to submit only one application to the ANF_a competition as a supervisor and, accordingly, become, at the end of the competition, the head of only one joint project on the ANF_a competition, which has received financial support from the RFBR.
Attention! It is prohibited to submit the same initiative project simultaneously to various RFBR competitions (for example, if the project is submitted to the “a” competition, it cannot be submitted to an international or regional competition; if the project has already been supported by any competition, it is prohibited to submit it to any other competition in the future). Only the organization in which the project is being implemented or the organization that is the main place of work of the head can act as a financing organization; financing through other organizations is not allowed. The name and content of the project should not coincide with the name and content of any planned topic carried out in a Russian organization and funded from the federal budget.
The duration of each project is three years. After this period or in case of early completion of the project, you can participate in a new competition "ANF_a " on a general basis (submit a new application).
Russian and Austrian scientists participating in the ANF_a competition project pre–coordinate the content of their applications among themselves. The name of the project should be the same for the Russian and for the Austrian application. Russian scientists send applications to the RFBR, and Austrian scientists at the same time – to the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The competition is not allowed:– projects submitted by only one party;
– projects received after the deadline for submission;
– projects prepared without following the rules of registration.
All applications admitted to the competition are subject to an independent examination in parallel: applications of Austrian scientists – to the ANF, applications of Russian scientists – to the RFBR. Consideration of applications is carried out by each of the parties independently in accordance with its own rules. Information about the examination is strictly confidential. The results of the competition will be announced in November 2008. After the results are agreed, the list of projects supported by both sides will be published on the RFBR website. The start of project financing is the 1st quarter of 2009.
RFBR notifies project managers through the Grant-Express system about:
– registration of the project and its acceptance for consideration;
– support or rejection of the project.
Reports of Russian scientists on initiative projects within the framework of the "ANF_a" competition are drawn up according to the rules of reports on the "a" competition (see this website – the rules of reports for the corresponding year of submission of reports).
The following deadlines are set for the submission of reports by Russian project participants:
a) interim reports – after 12 months and 24 months for the 1st and 2nd year of work, respectively, after the start of financing;
b) the final report – 36 months after the start of financing.
Financial conditionsThe financing of projects supported by both sides is carried out as follows: the RFBR pays the costs associated with the implementation of the project by Russian scientists, the ANF – Austrian.
Accommodation and per diem of the seconded scientists are paid by the sending party. Travel from the place of work of a seconded scientist to the place of work by a foreign partner is paid by the sending party.
The amount of annual financing of the supported project from the RFBR is up to 500,000 rubles.
Attention! The Russian organization, on the basis of which research on the joint project will be carried out, can use no more than 15% of the total funding, minus the costs of sending Russian project participants to Austria, to reimburse the costs of organizational and technical support for the implementation of the project.
The decision to continue financing the project for the next year will be made based on the results of the examination of interim reports.
Procedure for registration and submission of applications to the RFBROnly those applications that are processed using the interactive (via the Internet) Grant-Express system will be accepted for consideration.
The registration cycle consists of the following stages: registration of the applicant's person (if this was not done earlier), preparation of the application, registration of the application. After receiving the registration number, the project manager must print out and submit to the RFBR 1 (one) printed copy of the application, fastened with brackets.
Detailed rules of operation in this system are presented on the server http://grant.rfbr.ru or http://grant.rffi.ru . If necessary, requests related to the operation of the remote application registration system should be sent to grant@rfbr.ru .
When making applications through the Grant-Express system, the signature date of the application is from March 1 to April 31, 2008. Printed copies must be received by the Fund by May 15, 2008.
The application consists of a title page (Form T) and 4 sections prepared according to Forms 1, 2, 3 and 35. In the title page and form 1, in the column "type of competition", "ANF_a" is indicated. The printed version of the application is submitted to the Fund in an envelope, on which are marked: the mark "RFBR – ANF_a Competition", the application number received as a result of registration through the Grant-Express system and the type of competition. For example: "RFBR Contest" – No. 09-02-91000 ANF_a.
Printed copies of applications should be sent by simple letter (without declared value) to:
119991, Moscow, V-334, GSP-1,
Leninsky Prospekt, 32A,
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Department of International Relations
In addition, printed applications can be dropped directly into the mailbox of the Foundation installed in the building at the specified address on working days from 10 to 17 hours.
Contact information:
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Leninsky Prospekt, 32A, Moscow,
Department of International Relations
Guskina Raisa Ivanovna
Tel. (495) 938-52-69
e-mail: gouskina@rfbr.ruAustrian Science Fund
Head, International Programs
Dr. Reinhard Belocky
tel.: +43 1 5056740 8701, fax+43 5056739
belocky@fwf.ac.at – http//www.fwf.ac.at
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