Last month's activities
The next steps: Continue the consultation process on Malta’s current Smart Specialisation Strategy, as well as a new Strategy post-2020.
The Agenda included the overview of the objectives, structure, main programmes and Themes of Horizon 2020. Horizon’s 2020 collaborative projects include: (RIA, IA and CSA), SMEI and FTI, MSCA and ERC grants.
The Agenda also included tips and hints on how to write a successful proposal of RIA, IA, CSA and SMEI phase 2.
Angie Mifsud delivered a training on Writing Winning Grant proposals to PhD students enrolled at our Doctoral school. The workshops were well attended and generated lots of interest, whereby the students were introduced into the funding world and got them thinking about accessing funds in order to progress their research career.
Winners of funding during this month.
Congratulations to...
DG Justice and Home Affairs Action Grants:EQUAL - JosAnn Cutajar
Open Calls
Interreg MED
This call is intended to promote the Mediterranean innovative capacities to develop smart and sustainable growth, and also to protect and promote the Mediterranean natural and cultural resources.
An information session in relation to this call is envisaged to be held on Monday 26 November 2018.
Find out more.
Deadline: 31 January 2019
Internal deadline for submission to RSSD for consultation: 31 December 2018
ERC grants
Are you a researcher with an excellent scientific profile and with visionary research projects in mind that you want to realise in Europe? The European Research Council (ERC) has a funding scheme that will meet your needs.
Attention to all applicants: A new work programme is published with some minor changes to the programme.
Find out more.
Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, Synergy and Proof of Concept Grants
Advanced Grants - Call to open shortly. Deadline 29 August 2019
Proof of Concept Grants - Call open. Deadline 22 January 2019, 25 April 2019, 19 September 2019
Starting Grants - Call closed. Next call will be published soon
Consolidator Grants - Call to open shortly. Deadline 7 February 2019
Synergy Grants - Call closed. Next call will be published soon
COST
These are Europe-wide networking actions in various research areas.
Full details
Next collection date: 29 November 2018.
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA)
Would you like to learn more about the revamped Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions? Searching for bottom-up research funding and host a post-doc researcher? Are you a research institution/company looking for partnership with academia in third countries as well as industry? The following call for proposals are currently open:
MSCA Innovative Training Networks (ITN): This programme is designed 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. ITN will raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training in Europe, extending the traditional academic research training setting, incorporating elements of Open Science and equipping researchers with the right combination of research-related and transferable competences. It will provide enhanced career perspectives in both the academic and non-academic sectors through international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility combined with an innovation-oriented mind-set.
Further information available online.
Deadline: 15 January 2019
MSCA Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE): The RISE scheme promotes international and cross-sector collaboration through exchanging research and innovation staff, and sharing knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa). The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products, services or processes.
Further information available online.
Deadline: 2 April 2019
Various Horizon 2020 Calls in the Marine & Maritime field
Full details.
Deadline: 23 January 2019
Aarhus University MSCA COFUND Post-Doc positions
Aarhus University is pleased to announce that they have up to 15 AIAS-COFUND II Marie Curie fellowships available at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) for talented junior and senior researchers from all academic disciplines. Please note that mobility to Aarhus University is required in order to benefit from this opportunity.
More details.
Commencement date: 1 October 2019 / 1 February 2020
Deadline: 23 January 2019
Vision 2020 Network!
UM is a member of the Vision 2020 Network and leads the Marine & Maritime Helix! It is now possible to join winning consortia under Horizon 2020 through the Crowdhelix platform. We are pleased to announce that YOU as a University of Malta Academic / Researcher can now use this platform in order to:
- find partners to join you in a consortium for a proposal you wish to lead
- join a consortium applying under a particular call as a partner.
What are you waiting for? Registration is quick and easy, and is available through this link. It will also be possible to join thematic, or 'Helix events' with the aim of joining such consortia. Find out more.
SPIN - The New Research Funding Software.
As you begin thinking about your next research project, we encourage you to consider utilising SPIN, an extensive research funding opportunity database. Visit the website at infoedglobal.com.
SPIN contains over 40,000 opportunities from more than 10,000 sponsors. Training sessions are organised upon request for groups of 5 or more. For further information please contact Karen Cacciattolo.
For further information as well as support in the application process, get in touch with the Research Support Services Directorate today.