The Department of International Collaboration pre-announces the next round of the bilateral call for project proposals organised by the Slovak Academy of Sciences and National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan) the 15th Call for SAS-NSTC Joint Research Projects.
Aim of the call
The aim of the call is to support bilateral projects in basic or applied research proposed jointly by researchers from SAS and from R&D institutions in Taiwan. It is envisaged that the funded projects will establish collaborations that should facilitate subsequent joint applications in other European and international funding schemes. The call will be open to researchers from all research fields, topics are chosen freely by applicants. Both funding organisations would like to particularly encourage proposals for projects in social sciences and humanities.
Eligibility criteria
Terms and conditions of participation in the call are determined for both project partners by legal and internal rules and regulations of their respective research funding organisations that will be specified in parallel call texts.
Only research institutes and/or centres of the Slovak Academy of Sciences are eligible organisations for funding by the SAS. The main applicant must have an employment contract with the SAS institute/centre on behalf of which the application is being submitted. If his/her contract is on a part-time basis, it must be for more than 50% of standard working time. All members of the applicant’s team except doctoral students must, too, have employment contracts with the same or another SAS institute/centre.
Duration of the projects
12 – 36 months
Indicative budget
SAS applicants can apply for funding up to 40,000 EUR per project per year in accordance with the SAS Presidium’s resolution no. 449 (10.11.2022), of which 15,000 EUR per project per year is an in-kind personnel contribution of the applicant’s organisation. The presidium has earmarked budget for funding of 2 projects. Furthermore, a scheme to support social sciences and humanities participation is planned, which will enable funding of a third project if the project falls within one of these areas. (Further criteria will be defined in the call text.)
Indicative timeline
| Call launch | 3 April 2023 |
| Application deadline | 26 May 2023 |
| Meeting of the SAS Committee for Evaluation of International Projects | September/ early October 2023 |
| Exchange of the evaluation results between SAS and NSTC (Recommendation for funding) | October 2023 |
| Results announcement | November/ December 2023 |
| Start of the projects | 1 January 2024 |
CONTACT PERSON:
Ing. Silvia Kecerová, PhD.
T: +421 2 57510118