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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PHC Programmes (Hubert Curien Partnership)
Countries involved:
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Greece, Hong-Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia Montenegro, Spain, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.
Financing:
Ministry of Research, Ministry of Education.
Annual financing for short missions and assignments (less than a month).
The projects must be innovative, involving young scientists. The projects must lead to applicable results or to the mounting of a consortium or European or international networks:
They must be registered by each of the partners. Certain programmes, considering the prospects of research in a European framework or potential applications in industry, may allow, in particular instances, the financing of a third year (one year for Norway).
Calls for applications, then the programmes themselves:
Egide (French Agency for International Mobility)
Service Recherche et Entreprises
28, rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 PARIS
tel: 33(0)1 40 57 50
Persons in charge at INRA/MRI:
Europe: Bernard Esmein, Aline Jeannel; mail: first name.name@paris.inra.fr
Mediterranea: Michel Ribard; mail: first name.name@supagro.inra.fr
Asia: Isabelle Bordier; mail: first name.name@paris.inra.fr
Africa: Bernard Cristofini; mail: first name.name@paris.inra.fr
ECO-NET Programme
Countries involved:
Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
Financing:
Funding is provided on an annual basis for one or two consecutive years. The programme supports regional initiatives involving at least two entities from two eligible countries. Strictly bilateral initiatives are thus excluded.
Two types of initiatives: Research and technological development projects which aim to generate scientific knowledge with a specific objective; initiatives to support the networking and coordination of research and innovation activities.
For more information: Egide
28, rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 PARIS
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 40 57 50
Persons in charge at INRA/MRI:
Bernard Charpentier, Aline Jeannel; mail: first name.name@paris.inra.fr
Network Research Programme
Countries involved:
Germany, China and Morocco; an agreement with Brazil is underway.
Origin and conditions:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The programme promotes the development of scientific and technological cooperation of excellence between research teams. It aims to strengthen scientific partnerships through the setting up of thematic research networks.
The thematic research networks are established with two to three partner research teams for each country (an average of four to six teams per network).
Each research project in a network is to be coordinated by two directors from each country involved.
In France, the applications must be delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the international relations departments of French research organisations, which commit to co-financing the projects. Applications directly submitted by research teams will not be eligible.
Applications must be sent in five copies to:
Sous-direction de la recherche
Direction de la coopération scientifique, universitaire et de recherche
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
244 boulevard Saint-Germain
75303 Paris 07 SP
Other sources of external financing
Projects in French speaking countries
Member countries of AUF, University Agency of French speaking countries
mail: luc.bernard@auf.org
Projects of young scientists from any French speaking country. Projects associating at least 3 institutions including one Southern country. Grants: 20,000 € maximum for a period of two years.
Information : AUF
Erasmus Mundus Programme
Countries involved:
EU (27), candidates countries, third countries.
Origin and conditions:
The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying at Partner universities throughout the world.
Four actions are concerned.
More information.
Publication of the Calls for Proposals for all Actions: February of each year.
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