Joint Call of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic for joint projects 20162017   
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATONS:  The call is open for ten weeks after its publication. Applications therefore have to be submitted by July, 24th 2015 at the latest in the manner detailed below.

 
This call is based on the Joint declaration of intent concerning scientific cooperation between the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic signed 3rd July, 2014 and published in accordance with the Czech ACT No. 130/2002 Coll. on the Support of Research and Development from Public Funds and on the Amendment to Some Related Acts (the Act on the Support of Research and Development) - complete amendment announced as Act. no 211/2009 Coll. 
Intentions of the call: 
The intention of this call is to enhance scientific cooperation between the Czech Republic and Bavaria. Academics and scientists from the Czech Republic and Bavaria are encouraged to submit joint applications for bilateral projects. 

Maximum funding amount per project and per year: 20,000 Euro 

Guidelines for applications: 
1. Program’s focus 
The program’s focus is put on research and development. Financial support is available to cover mobility costs and for cooperation support activities with special accent to long-lasting effects such as preparation of HORIZON 2020 projects, bringing several universities/academic levels/junior and senior researchers together, publications, creating lasting cooperation structures etc. Furthermore, support can be granted to tools for promotion of mutual cooperation such as workshops and/or seminars organized by joint teams.   
Nanotechnology/materials sciences and ICT are chosen as priority areas for this call. Besides, the call is generally open to all scientific fields.   
In analogy to the European Research and Innovation Programme Horizon 2020, projects, workshops and seminars can focus both on fundamental research as well as/or on applied research as defined according 
Joint declaration of intent concerning scientific cooperation between the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic  Joint Call of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic for joint projects 2016/2017   
 

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