CALL OPEN – V4-Korea Joint Research Projects

The Department of International Cooperation is delighted to announce the 2nd  Joint Call of the V4-Korea JRP on the topic of “Clean Energy” and “Bio and Material fields”.

For the Joint Call, each project consortium should consist of at least 3 partners: one from Korea and two from two different V4 countries participating in the Joint Call. Proposals eligible for the call are those that follow the models of Korea+2 countries (1+2), Korea+3 countries (1+3), and Korea+4 countries (1+4). Please note, that the bilateral model of Korea+1 country (1+1) is not eligible. Priority will be given to the 1+4 model projects in consideration of the concept of the V4-Korea collaboration.

List of participating countries and respective funding organisations:

  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, hereafter referred to as “MEYS”
  • National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary, hereafter referred to as “NKFIH”
  • National Centre for Research and Development, Poland, hereafter referred to as “NCBR”
  •  Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, hereafter referred to  as “SAS”
  • National Research Foundation of Korea, hereafter referred to as “NRF”

Each project should clearly demonstrate the added value of working together. In each project consortium, principal project leader shall be the Korean applicant who submits one proposal at the electronic submission system at Integrated R&D Information System.

Research Period: 3 years (36 months)

Deadline for proposal submission: 12th May 2023, 24:00 (CET)

Start of projects: End of July 2023

In its resolution no. 384 (8.9.2022), 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 2 projects in this Call.

More information and relevant documents are available in the attachment.

CONTACT PERSON

Ing. Silvia Kecerová, PhD.

T:+ 421 2 57510 118

@:kecerova@up.upsav.sk