The Department of International Cooperation is delighted to announce the 11th Joint Call of the European Interest Group CONCERT-Japan (EIG CONCERT-Japan) on the topic of “Digital Transformations and Robotics in Sustainable Agriculture”.
The call brings a step forward in the field of multi-functional advanced materials design and development for multiple social and industrial applications by inviting Japan and Europe-based researchers to develop new designs of material with atomic precision.
Each project consortium submitting an application should consist of at least 3 eligible beneficiaries (project partners), 1 from Japan and 2 from two different European countries participating in the Joint Call.
List of participating countries and respective funding organisations:
- Bulgaria: Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF)
- Cyprus: Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)
- Czech Republic: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
- Czech Republic: Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Estonia: Estonian Research Council (ETAG)
- France: French National Research Agency (ANR)
- Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Hungary: National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDIO)
- Italy: National Research Council (CNR)
- Japan: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Poland: National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)
- Slovakia: Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS)
- Spain: Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)
- Türkiye: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBITAK)
In its resolution no. 888 (14.3.2024), the SAS Presidium allocated for this call an indicative budget of up to 40,000€ per project per year (of which 15,000 € per per project per year is an in-kind contribution of the SAS applicant’s organisation). The maximum project duration is 3 years. The SAS expects to fund 1 project in this Call.
More information and relevant documents are available in the attachment and on the Joint Call’s official website https://concert-japan.eu/open-call/2024/
Submission deadline: 23 July 2024, 10:00 CEST (17:00 Japanese time)
CONTACT PERSON:
Ing. Silvia Kecerová, PhD.
T:+ 421 2 57510 118