The Slovak Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan) announces the launch of the 16th 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 is 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.
SAS eligibility conditions and procedures are available here. Financial rules and eligible costs are detailed here.
Other eligibility criteria are defined in the Call Text and Guidelines. Information for Taiwanese partners:
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 (project start January 2025)
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. 860 (8.2.2024), 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. Funding of 3rd project is possible in case a 3rd project is from social sciences and humanities areas.
Indicative timeline
| Call launch | 1 April 2024 |
| Application deadline | 24 May 2024 |
| Meeting of the SAS Committee for Evaluation of International Projects | September/ early October 2024 |
| Exchange of the evaluation results between SAS and NSTC (Recommendation for funding) | October 2024 |
| Results announcement | November 2024 |
| Start of the projects | 1 January 2025 |
All applications with attachments are submitted only via online submission module Calls of the Department of International Cooperation accessible at SAS Intranet. The project is considered submitted only after electronic approval by the statutory representative (or deputy) of the respective institute.
Call text and guidelines SAS NSTC 2024
Call 2024 Letter of Commitment
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