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National / regional regulations
Risks posed to human health and the environment by pollutants
and pathogens present in water resources
Joint Call 2020
Publication Date: 17 February 2020
National/ regional regulations & regional contact points
Table of Content
BELGIUM .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
BRAZIL ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
CYPRUS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
CZECH REPUBLIC ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
DENMARK ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
ESTONIA .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
FINLAND ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
FRANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
GERMANY ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
GREECE .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
IRELAND .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
ISRAEL ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
ITALY......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
LATVIA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
MOLDOVA .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
NORWAY ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
POLAND .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36
PORTUGAL ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
ROMANIA................................................................................................................................................................................................ 40
SCOTLAND ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 42
SOUTH AFRICA..................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
SPAIN ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45
SWEDEN .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50
TAIWAN .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
TUNESIA .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 57
TURKEY.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
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BELGIUM
Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Koen Lefever koen.lefever@belspo.be
The eligible partners are the Belgian university institutions, university colleges, public
scientific institutions and non-profit research centres belonging to the list below:
http://www.belspo.be/belspo/fisc/wi_list_nl.stm (Dutch)
Eligible Institutions http://www.belspo.be/belspo/fisc/wi_list_fr.stm ( French)
The private sector and international research organisations based in Belgium are not
eligible.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible personnel costs (permanent/temporary)
Pre-tax wages associated with increases in the cost of living, employers’ social security
and statutory insurance contributions, as well as any other compensation or allowance
due by law and secondary to the salary itself and tax-free scholarships. Tax-free
scholarships refer to a grant subject to a tax exemption under the tax laws.
The staff costs are limited to a maximum amount of:
• 66.000 €/year for a scientist with a Master's degree (regardless of years of
experience)
• 90.000 €/year for a scientist with a PhD (regardless of years of experience)
Eligible Costs
• 50.000 €/year for a technician (regardless of years of experience)
Those amounts are not applicable to persons that are identified by name in the proposal.
Operating cost (Travel and consumables)
General operating costs (flat rate): this includes all current expenditures related to the
project’s implementation such as usual supplies and products for the laboratory,
workshop and office, documentation, travel and accommodation, use of IT facilities,
software, organisation of meetings, workshops and events, etc. The total amount of these
operational costs is set at a flat rate of 10% of the personnel budget or 15% of the
personnel budget if the Belgian partner is the coordinator of the project.
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Specific operating costs (invoices will be required): this includes specific operating costs
not covered by the general operating costs such as costs for analysis, maintenance and
repair of specific equipment purchased by the project, surveys.
Equipement
Purchase and installation of scientific and technical apparatus and instruments, including
computer hardware. Equipment needs to be purchased in the first half of the project.
Overheads
Institutions’ general overheads that cover, in one lump sum, administration, telephone,
postal, maintenance, heating, lighting, electricity, rent, machine depreciation, and
insurance costs. The total amount of this item may not exceed 5% of the total personnel
and operating costs.
Subcontracting
Expenses incurred by a third party to carry out tasks or provide services that require
special scientific or technical competences outside the institution’s normal area of activity.
The amount may not exceed 25% of the total budget allocated to the Belgian partner
concerned.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
500 000 EURO 250 000 EURO
The maximum amount that a Belgian partner can request is 250 000 EURO. In case
Other Funding Criteria there is more than one Belgian partner in a consortium than this amount should be
shared among the Belgian partners.
Relevant documents
Additional Info
Useful Links www.belspo.be
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BELGIUM
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
(FNRS)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Joël Groeneveld joel.groeneveld@frs-fnrs.be
Eligible Institutions
Eligible Applicants
All eligibility rules and criteria can be found in the PINT-MULTI regulations. This call is
co-funded by the European Commission (see article III.3).
Eligible Costs
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
€ 200,000 € 200,000
“Overhead” is not an eligible cost. If the project is selected for funding, these costs will
Other Funding Criteria be subject to a separate agreement between the institution of the beneficiary and the
F.R.S.-FNRS.
Relevant documents PINT-MULTI regulations
Applicants must provide basic administrative data by submitting an administrative
application on e-space for the same deadline as the consortium application is submitted.
Additional Info
Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative
application. Proposals invited to the second stage will be able to complete the pre-
proposal form and provide information for the full proposal upon validation by the F.R.S.-
FNRS.
Useful Links http://www.ncp.fnrs.be/index.php/appels/era-nets
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BELGIUM
The Research Foundation – Flanders
(FWO)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
eranet@fwo.be
Toon Monbaliu
+32 2 550 15 70
Eligible Institutions See ‘Eligible applicants’ section.
The FWO participates with its (junior/senior) ‘research projects’ funding channel, which
implies that these specific regulations apply:
Eligible Applicants
See articles 10-12 (in essence this comes down to holding an eligible ‘ZAP-position’ at a
Flemish, eligible main host institution.)
FWO (sub)projects are capped at max. 350.000 EUR per project/consortium (incl. 6%
overhead). In total, the FWO foresees a budget of 700.000 EUR, which allows funding 2-
3 projects. For the overhead calculation the following method has to be respected: a 6%
structural overhead should be calculated on the direct costs. E.g.: the sum of all costs
(personnel, consumables, travel, etc.) amount to 300.000 EUR, then the overhead will
Eligible Costs amount to 18.000 EUR (6% of 300.000 EUR) and the total requested cost 318.000 EUR.
This total requested cost may never exceed 350.000 EUR.
Admitted costs
Only temporary personnel can be remunerated.
For the cost categories see chapters 7 and 8 of the regulations.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
350.000 EUR (incl. 6% structural
700.000 EUR
overhead)
One and the same researcher can participate in 2 different research projects/consortia
at maximum when applying for FWO funding, within the same call.
Other Funding Criteria
Researchers are asked to inform their central coordination unit, at their host institution,
about their participation.
Projects may last up to 36 months, which implies the funding has to be budgeted and
spent accordingly. Extensions are not allowed.
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Relevant documents
Make sure that all consortium partners go thoroughly through the call documents
and national regulations.
It is advised to contact the FWO before submission (see contact point
above), in order to avoid ineligible projects and consortia.
Additional Info ERA-NET participation does not interfere with the ‘regular’ project submission
framework, and is consequently not taken into account for calculating the max. available
number of new applications and running projects combined.
Useful Links
Call page for European programmes (ERA-NET)
https://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/european-programmes/era-net/
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BRAZIL
Conselho Nacional das Fundações
Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa
(CONFAP)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Elisa Natola elisa.confap@gmail.com
Public or private (non-profit) Higher Education and Research Institutions, Scientific
Eligible Institutions Institutions, Technology and Innovation Institutions, based in Brazilian States
corresponding to the Brazilian State Funding Agencies (FAPs) which participate in the call.
Applicants must have a doctoral or equivalent degree, and be linked to a Research
Eligible Applicants
Institution located in Brazilian States participating in the call, through their Respective
State Funding Agencies; have scientific or technological production evaluated by
Curriculum (Súmula Curricular).
As a general rule, Brazilian State Funding Agencies finance scholarships, mobility and
grants, related to scientific, technological and innovation projects.
Applicants must necessarily comply to the specific eligibility rules and financing
modalities, which shall be defined and disseminated in the respective websites of the
Eligible Costs
participating FAPs (Guidelines for the call).
Applicants must verify the specific eligibility rules and financing modalities, which shall
be defined and disseminated in the respective websites of the participating FAPs
(Guidelines for the call).
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Detailed for each participating FAP in
item below: Additional Info, which
Funding Commitment EUROS 1.883.000,00 indicates within the maximum budget,
Total TBC after final the maximum number of projects which
confirmation from possible may be supported.
other FAPs Applicants must verify with their
respective FAPs the maximum amount,
also in local currency.
Applicants must necessarily comply to the specific eligibility rules and financing
Other Funding Criteria
modalities, which shall be defined and disseminated in the respective websites of the
participating FAPs (Guidelines for the call).
Relevant documents Specific guidelines and orientations may be published by the participating FAPs.
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Brazilian State Funding Agencies supporting the call and details on funding,
maximum number of projects, contacts:
Please note that the list of supporting FAP is yet to be finalized.
State Budget Max. FAPs contacts
number of
Euros projects
FAP within the
max.
allocated
budget
1 FACEPE Pernambuco TBC TBC marcelo.cordeiro@facepe.br
Federal 200.000 3 cootec@fap.df.gov.br
2 FAPDF
District
3 FAPEAL Alagoas 50.000 2 antonio.carvalho@fapeal.br
4 FAPEAM Amazonas 400.000 4 gabinete@fapeamam.gov.br
Additional Info
5 FAPEG Goiás 50.000 1 comunicacao.fapeg@goias.gov.br
6 FAPEMA Maranhão 43.000 2 mauricio.sa@fapema.br
Minas 100.000 2 dpi@fapemig.br
7 FAPEMIG
Gerais
Rio Grande 60.000 3 gabinete.fapergs@gmail.com
8 FAPERGS
do Sul
Rio de 100.000 5 assessoria.internacional@faperj.br
9 FAPERJ
Janeiro
Espírito 100.000 2 parcerias@fapes.es.gov.br
10 FAPES
Santo
Santa 50.000 2 internacional@fapesc.sc.gov.br
11 FAPESC
Catarina
chamada-JPI-2020@fapesp.br
12 FAPESP São Paulo 600.000 5
fapesq@fapesq.rpp.br
13 FAPESQ Paraiba 30.000 2
14 FUNCAP Ceará 100.000 2 vivian.nobre@funcap.ce.gov.br
Links to FAPs websites – for more details on eligibility rules:
1. FACEPE – http://www.facepe.br
2. FAPDF – www.fap.df.gov.br
3. FAPEAL – http://fapeal.br
Useful Links
4. FAPEAM – http://www.fapeam.am.gov.br
5. FAPEG – www.fapeg.go.gov.br
6. FAPEMA - https://www.fapema.br
7. FAPEMIG - https://fapemig.br/pt/
8. FAPERGS - https://fapergs.rs.gov.br
9. FAPERJ – http://www.faperj.br
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10. FAPES - www.fapes.es.gov.br
11. FAPESC - www.fapesc.sc.gov.br
12. FAPESP - http://www.fapesp.br/
13. FAPESQ - www.fapesq.rpp.br
14. FUNCAP - https://www.funcap.ce.gov.br
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CYPRUS
Research and Innovation Foundation
(RIF)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
amchristoforou@research.org.cy
Anna Maria Christoforou
+357 22 205043
Please check National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy Eligible for participation are
organizations, such as research organizations, higher and tertiary education institutions,
Eligible Institutions scientific and professional associations, enterprises, associations of enterprises, non-
governmental organizations, public services and public benefit organizations.
Please check National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy
Legal entities established and based in the areas, which are under the effective control of
Eligible Applicants the Republic of Cyprus.
Please check National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy
Research & Development Cost Categories (Personnel Cost, Costs for Instruments and
Eligible Costs
Equipment, Costs for External Services, Foreign Travel Costs, Consumables, Other
Specific Costs, Overheads).
Please check National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
€ 200 000 (if the Coordinator of the
Funding Commitment transnational project is from Cyprus)
€ 400 000 €175 000 (if all Cypriot participants
participate as Partners in the
transnational project)
Other Funding Criteria Please check National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy
Relevant documents
National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy
RESTART 2016-2020 Programmes «Work Programme Document»
Additional Info Please check National Regulations at: www.research.org.cy
Useful Links
RIF Website: www.research.org.cy
IRIS Portal: https://iris.research.org.cy
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Technologická Agentura České Republiky
(TAČR)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Michaela Kriklanova michaela.kriklanova@tacr.cz
Enterprises (according to Annex 1 of the Regulation)
Research organizations (according to Article 2 paragraph 83 of the Regulation)
Eligible Institutions
Enterprises who act as natural persons according to Annex 1 of the Regulation
engaged in an economic activity pursuant to Act no. 455/1991 coll. on Trades (Trade
Act).
Enterprises (according to Annex 1 of the Regulation)
Research organizations (according to Article 2 paragraph 83 of the Regulation)
Eligible Applicants
Enterprises who act as natural persons according to Annex 1 of the Regulation
engaged in an economic activity pursuant to Act no. 455/1991 coll. on Trades (Trade
Act).
Eligible costs are:
- personnel costs (including scholarships)
- subcontracting costs (max. 20% of total eligible costs throughout the whole
project period)
- other direct costs (write-offs, protection of intellectual property, operating
expenses, travel costs, consumables)
Eligible Costs
- indirect costs (overheads) - full cost/flat rate 25% (indirect costs in the
respective year are calculated as 25% of the sum of the personnel costs and
other direct costs in the same year.)
These specific categories of eligible costs are defined under Article 17 of the General
Terms & Conditions.
Investment costs are NOT eligible in this joint call.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
€ 1 mil. € 0.5 mil.
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Eligible projects for TACR
- the project meets the definition of applied research and innovation
- the research results correspond to the national rules and are applicable /
exploitable. (The project proposal has to include a clear description of the
exploitation plan and results.)
- the aim of the project has to be relevant to the overall aim of the EPSILON
programme
- the industrial research and experimental development share corresponds to
the activities of the Czech partner described in the project proposal
- the applicants are eligible (based on the rules stated above)
- the costs are eligible (based on the rules stated above)
- the requested funding meets the national regulations for aid intensity
- the applicants have published the financial statements for the years 2016,
2017, 2018
Funding rates
The aid intensity for each Czech applicant in the project is determined based on the
type of entity according to the Regulation (see the table below) and at the same time
must not exceed the maximum permissible aid intensity for the Czech part of the
project, which is 85 % of the total eligible costs.
Applicant Industrial Industrial Experimental Experimental
research research with development development
a bonus for with a bonus
effective for effective
Other Funding Criteria
collaboration collaboration
Small
70 % 80 %*** 45 % 60 %
enterprises*
Medium-sized
60 % 75 %*** 35 % 50 %
enterprises*
Large
50 % 65 % 25 % 40 %
enterprises
Research
Organisations 100 %*** 100 %*** 100 %*** 100 %***
**
* Note: An SME is defined in Annex 1 of the Regulation
** Research organisations must satisfy the definition in the Act and the Framework.
*** While respecting the maximum permissible aid intensity of 85 % per project.
Supported results
Projects that achieve at least one of the following types of results can be supported in
this Call. The type of the result has to be clearly described in the project proposal:
P - patent
G - technically realized results - prototype, functional sample
Z - pilot plant, proven technology
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R - software
F - results with legal protection - utility model, industrial design
N - Certified methodologies and practices, treatment, conservation methods,
procedures and specialized maps with professional expert content
O - Miscellaneous
Results not to be recognized by the programme manager as a single result of a given
project, but only in combination with at least one other result listed in the list of
result types above:
H - results reflected in non-legislative directives and regulations binding within the
competence of the respective provider and results reflected in the approved strategic
and conceptual documents of the state or public administration.
Mandatory forms to be submitted
- A Sworn Statement of the Applicant
- Completed “TACR Application Form” Excel file
- if the applicant plans to achieve the “NmetS” type of result, the
"Confirmation of the Certification authority for NmetS results" needs to be
attached
- if the applicant plans to achieve the “Patent” type of result, patent search
must be substantiated
All documents proving the eligibility of the Czech applicant (mentioned above) shall be
submitted via the TACR data box (TACR data box ID: afth9xp) within the same
deadline as the project pre-proposals.
Please fill in the subject line as: „Horizon2020 - AquaticPollutants Call 2020 - prokázání
způsobilosti - akronym projektu“.
National Regulations
Relevant documents EPSILON Programme (only in Czech)
definitions of supported outcomes (only in Czech)
Intellectual Property Rights
The applicants are required to enter into a contract with their foreign partners (sign a
so-called Consortium Agreement) which will define the conditions of cooperation on
Additional Info the project where, among other things, they specify the method of allocating rights to
the research results, as well as adjustment and management of the rights imported or
created during the project's implementation, which are necessary to address the
project.
TACR website (only in Czech)
Useful Links Funding rules for the Czech applicant (available on the TACR website)
Guide for the Czech applicants (available on the TACR website)
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DENMARK
Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Martin Kyvsgaard, martin.kyvsgaard@innofond.dk
International Coordinator +45 61905081
Innovation Fund Denmark can invest in all Danish organisation. Please find funding rates
below and in our read more in our General Terms and Conditions for International
Projects.
Eligible Institutions Innovation Fund Denmark's (IFD) purpose is to advance research, development, testing
and validation of innovative solutions for the benefit of growth and knowledge in
Denmark, as well as to solve societal challenges. IFD encourage all types of partners to
participate in international projects.
Eligible Applicants
SME’s, Large Enterprises, GTS, Universities & University Colleges, Public Hospitals, Other
public institutions
Eligible cost-categories are: Salary, Travel, Subcontracting, Materials, Communication
and knowledge sharing and ‘Other expenses’.
Eligible Costs
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
€1.000.000 €500.000 per project, €300.000 per partner
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Other Funding Criteria
Danish applicants must, no later than two weeks after the deadline for submission,
register individually in the national e-grant system. Please find a guide here.
National Regulations:
Relevant documents https://innovationsfonden.dk/sites/default/files/2018-10/general-terms-and-
conditions-for-international-projects-approved-after-1-feb-2018.pdf
IFD’s funds are paid based on actual expenses and can be reimbursed on a quarterly
Additional Info
basis to SME’s and a semi-annual basis for other participants.The progress report must
be submitted every six months.
The auditor's statement must be submitted annually (unless organization is state-audited).
Useful Links
Innovation Fund Denmark:
https://innovationsfonden.dk/en/programmes/international-collaborations
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ESTONIA
Eesti Teadusagentuur (ETAg)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Margit Suuroja Margit.Suuroja@etag.ee
Eligible Institutions See National Requirements
Eligible Applicants See National Requirements
Eligible Costs See National Requirements
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
100.000 € 100.000 €
Other Funding Criteria
Relevant documents National Requirements
If in one project participates several Estonian partners the total requested
Additional Info
Estonian budget is 100.000€.
Useful Links ERA-NET ühiskonkurssidega seotud toetused
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FINLAND
Academy of Finland (AKA)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Vesa Yli-Pelkonen vesa.yli-pelkonen@aka.fi
Please check AKA’s Regulations at:
Eligible Institutions http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/liiteet/rahoitusehdot_2019-2020_en.pdf
http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-for-funding/az-index-of-application-guidelines/
In this call the eligibility criteria is according to the Academy Project funding criteria.
• In addition to their doctorate, the applicant must have other significant scientific
merits. Usually they are a professor or docent level researcher.
• If the applicant does not have an employment relationship with, for example, a
university or research institute, they must give an account of how their own
salary will be covered during the funding period.
Eligible Applicants • Only one application per researcher will be considered (incl. a consortium
subproject) in this call
Please check AKA’s Regulations at:
http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/liiteet/rahoitusehdot_2019-2020_en.pdf
http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/20arviointi-ja-paatokset/liitteet/2019/poytakirjan-1-liite-
1-trp-hallituksen-paatos-11.4.2019.pdf (in Finnish)
http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-for-funding/az-index-of-application-guidelines/
The call is implemented under the full cost model. Academy funding can be used to
cover both direct project costs (e.g. direct salaries) and indirect costs (e.g. costs for
Eligible Costs
premises). Both types of costs are covered with the same percentage. Please check
AKA’s regulations at:
http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/liiteet/rahoitusehdot_2019-2020_en.pdf
http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-for-funding/az-index-of-application-guidelines/
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
€250,000 per consortium partner
Funding Commitment €350,000 per consortium coordinator
€850,000,00 If there are several Finnish partners in the same
consortium, the maximum total commitment from
AKA is €400,000 per consortium.
Other Funding Criteria
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National Regulations:
http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/liiteet/rahoitusehdot_2019-2020_en.pdf
Relevant documents http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/20arviointi-ja-paatokset/liitteet/2019/poytakirjan-1-liite-
1-trp-hallituksen-paatos-11.4.2019.pdf (in Finnish)
http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-for-funding/az-index-of-application-guidelines/
Only the submission of the joint proposal is required. There is no need to submit any
Additional Info documents directly to AKA. However, applicants are requested to contact AKA’s
contact point (see above) before submitting the proposal.
Useful Links
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FRANCE
Agence National de la Recherche (ANR)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP) anrteam-
Simon Coulet
aquaticpollutants@agencerecherche.fr
Armelle Montrose +33 1 78 09 81 20
ANR may finance Partners that have their primary establishment in France and/or
Partners established in the EU and that can prove that they have a secondary
establishment in France. To be eligible, the consortium must include at least one
French public research organization (EPA, EPSCP, EPST, EPIC).
Eligible Institutions
The involvement of an enterprise is encouraged but not mandatory. If a non-French
enterprise is involved in a project, it is mandatory to involve a French enterprise;
otherwise the French partners will be declared ineligible.
Eligible Applicants See above
Eligible Costs
Please check the National Funding Regulation at:
https://anr.fr/fr/rf/
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
The maximum amount which can be requested by
Funding Commitment each proposal with French applicant(s) is limited
€2,000,000 to:
• €300,000 (if French Coordinator)
• €250,000 (if French Participants)
The funding requested from ANR for a project must be between 15 000 € and 250
000 €. If there are several partners requesting funding from ANR, the 250 000 €
have to be shared. If a partner requesting funding from ANR is coordinator of a
Other Funding Criteria proposal, the maximum amount of funding requested can reach 300 000 €.
Please check the National Funding Regulation at:
https://anr.fr/fr/rf/
Relevant documents
National Funding Regulations
https://anr.fr/fr/rf/
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Additional eligibility criterion:
To be eligible, the proposals must not be judged as similar with another
proposal.
The similarity between two Projects is established when these Projects (in their
entirety or in part) describe identical main objectives or result from a simple
adaptation.
Project partners’ commitment:
Access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with
genetic resources
Pursuant to the Nagoya Protocol, ANR must obtain documentary evidence of Due
Diligence Declarations (DDDs) for all research projects that it funds. Projects funded
will be asked to make a declaration on potential utilisation of genetic resources during
their projects.
DDDs for research work can be submitted online using the special application on the
Additional Info MESRI website. Credentials to access the application can be obtained from the
director of the host institution. For full details, go to: http://www.enseignementsup-
recherche.gouv.fr/pid37627/utilisation-ressources-genetiques-associees.html
Open Science
As part of the contribution of the ANR to the promotion and implementation of an
open science, and in connexion with the National plan for an open science, the
applicants formally undertake, if they receive funding, to: (1) post the full texts of all
scientific publications resulting from the research project in an open archive (either
directly in HAL or via a local institutional archive); and (2) to provide a data
management plan (DMP) within 6 months of the project start, as per the ANR Funding
regulation (Règlement financier) and the arrangements communicated in the act
allocating the grant. Besides, the ANR recommends that publications be made in
reviews or books in native open access.
Terms and conditions and important recommendations for partners
requesting funding from ANR will be published on ANR website.
Useful Links https://anr.fr/fr/appels/
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GERMANY
German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
ptj-aquapollut.call@fz-juelich.de
National Contact Point (NCP) Stefanie Pietsch
+49 30 20199-3152
Christian Stolle
+49 381 20356-275
Applications may be submitted by German institutions of higher education and non-
university research institutions as well as by commercial companies, particularly small
Eligible Institutions and medium-sized enterprises (SME) which are headquartered and exploit their results
primarily in Germany. Also local authorities, non-profit organizations or associations
are eligible for funding.
For information regarding the EU's standard definition of SMEs, please visit
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en.
Eligible Applicants Research institutions, which receive joint basic funding from the Federal Government
and the Länder, can only be granted project funding supplementary to their basic
funding for additional expenditure under certain preconditions.
Personnel cost, Travel cost, Sub-contracting, Equipment, Consumables, Overheads
(Not included: Building investments)
Eligible Costs
Richtlinien für Zuwendungsanträge auf Ausgaben/Kostenbasis(AZA/AZK)
https://foerderportal.bund.de/easy/easy_index.php?auswahl=easy_formulare
Projektpauschale: Universities should consider cost for the “Projektpauschale” already
in the preparation of the proposal.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
The maximum budget per German partner per
proposal is 250,000 €. If a German partner is
Funding Commitment coordinator of a proposal, the maximum amount
€ 3,000,000 of funding requested can reach 450,000 €. If there
are several German partners in the same
consortium, the max. total commitment from
BMBF is 600,000 € per consortium.
Only two German partners in a consortium are eligible. The prerequisite for
two German partners in a consortium is that at least one partner can be classified as a
Other Funding Criteria stakeholder or end user (e.g. companies, SMEs, municipalities, authorities, associations,
etc.). If there is no German stakeholder or end user in the consortium, only one
German partner per consortium can participate - either as a coordinator or partner.
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National Regulations: Research for Sustainable Development, www.fona.de
Relevant documents
The funding procedure will follow the national criteria of the funding of the Federal
Ministry of Education and Research
http://foerderportal.bund.de/easy/easy_index.php?auswahl=easy_formulare
Funding quota:
• Universities, Research organisations, Associations and local authorities: up to
Additional Info 100%
• Companies: up to max. 50 %
• SMEs: Up to max. 80% (incl. bonus)
Useful Links
https://www.fona.de/de/themen/wassermanagement.php
https://www.ptj.de/projektfoerderung/mare-n
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GREECE
General Secretariat for Research &
Technology (GSRT)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
s.dimitropoulou@gsrt.gr
Sofia Dimitropoulou
00302131300187
GSRT potentially supports all private and public legal entities namely: private
Eligible Institutions
enterprises (such as SMEs, large-companies etc), research organizations, higher
education institutions, and other public organizations with R&D activities). Individuals
as well as individual enterprises are not eligible under this scheme.
Applicants may submit in the current call, if they are enterprises, up to two (2)
Eligible Applicants
proposals from the same enterprise and for Public research Institutes and Universities
up to (2) proposals at the level of the same Laboratory or School or Institute or
Department.
(a) personnel costs: researchers, technicians and other supporting staff to the extent
employed on the project.
(b) costs on fixed assets i.e. b1) costs of instruments and equipment to the extent
and for the period used for the project. Where such instruments and equipment are
not used for their full life for the project, only the depreciation costs corresponding
to the life of the project, as calculated on the basis of generally accepted accounting
principles are considered as eligible and b2) costs for buildings and land, to the
extent and for the duration period used for the project. With regard to buildings,
only the depreciation costs corresponding to the life of the project, as calculated on
the basis of generally accepted accounting principles are considered as eligible. For
land, costs of commercial transfer or actually incurred capital costs are eligible.
Eligible Costs (c) costs of contractual research, knowledge and patents bought or licensed from
outside sources at arm's length conditions, as well as costs of consultancy and
equivalent services used exclusively for the project.
(d) additional general costs and other operating expenses, including costs of
materials, supplies, travel expenses, organization of meetings, dissemination/publicity
costs, audit costs, incurred directly as a result of the project implementation.
(e) indirect costs = flat rate 15% of personnel costs. Indirect costs are eligible for all
legal entities and include costs that do not incur directly as a result of the project
implementation (e. g. administrative and management costs, utility costs).
Note: -Please bear in mind that scientific management costs are eligible under
category (a) whereas administrative and financial/legal management costs fall under
eligible categories (e) or (d)-audit costs only.
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- Subcontracting is allowed. This will be clarified in the guidelines of the national call.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Upper funding limits for the eligible costs
Upper limit of the total public funding will be
200.000 € per project (including indirect costs).
Funding Commitment The maximum state aid intensity will be
1Μ€ calculated according to the provisions of the
European state aid rules and regulations in
force (type of research activity, size of the
participating enterprise, collaborative
research).
Evaluation
Other Funding Criteria
At national level, only eligibility check is conducted and not a full peer review at pre-
proposals and full proposals stages. We rely on the evaluation made by the COFUND
Call Evaluation Committee and external reviewers
Relevant documents National Regulations
Funding Programme : “Operational Programme for Research, Entrepreneurship and
Innovation 2014-2020, National Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart
Specialization 2014-2020 (RIS3)”
Applicants are informed that this annex is for general guidance only. For more detailed
rules and regulations please refer to the national/regional call announcement and
contact the National/Regional Contact Point.
Additional Info Submission at the national level is required at a later stage. A national call will be
published to support the approved, at the transnational level, proposals only. Detailed
information on the procedure and the funding rules will be provided at the GSRT
website in the guidelines of the national call, during the submission period.
The duration of a funded project is 24 months without any prolongation
Useful Links https://www.espa.gr/el/Pages/ProclamationsFS.aspx?item=4383
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IRELAND
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Lisa Sheils l.sheils@epa.ie
EPA funding rules apply – All types of organisations are eligible – Please consult:
Eligible Institutions EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Applicants
EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Grantees
EPA Research 2019 Call - Terms and Conditions
EPA funding rules apply – Applicants from the Republic of Ireland are eligible. –
Please consult:
Eligible Applicants EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Applicants
EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Grantees
EPA Research 2019 Call - Terms and Conditions
EPA funding rules apply – Please consult:
EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Applicants
Eligible Costs EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Grantees
EPA Research 2019 Call - Terms and Conditions
Post-completion dissemination costs do not apply to Transnational Calls
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
The following will be used as national
eligibility criteria:
Maximum Budget Requested for Coordinator:
Funding Commitment € 300,000
€ 500,000 Maximum Budget Requested for Partners:
€ 150,000
Maximum of 1 Irish research organisation (e.g.
coordinator or partner) requesting budget from
the EPA within a consortium
Other Funding Criteria As detailed in “Maximum Amount Per Proposal”
EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Applicants
Relevant documents EPA Research 2019 Call - Guide for Grantees
EPA Research 2019 Call - Terms and Conditions
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Irish applicants are not required to send any documentation to the EPA in
Additional Info
advance of the pre-proposal & proposal submission.
The EPA will not respond to queries relating to the scope of the proposed
research.
Useful Links www.epa.ie
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ISRAEL
Ministry of Health –
Chief Scientist Office (CSO-MOH)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Dr. Irit Allon irit.allon@moh.gov.il
Mrs. Orly Spivak orlee.f@gmail.com
Eligible Institutions University, research center or hospital
Position in a university, research center or hospital. Research authority must approve
position prior to submission. PI should hold a Ph.D., M.D., D.M.D., D. Sc or equivalent
Eligible Applicants
degree and employed by an eligible institution. Research will not be funded
simultaneously by CSO-MOH on more than one grant (Era-NET or national).
Researchers can not apply for more than one grant from any ERA-NET funded by
CSO-MOH or submit more than one proposal for any programme.
Eligible Costs
Materials and consumables; Travel & hosting (up to 10%); No salaries for applicants;
No heavy equipment, Institutional overhead 10%.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
The following will be used as national
eligibility criteria:
Funding Commitment
Up to € 300,000, depending on Up to 140,000 € per partner
budget availability Additional 20,000 € for coordination
Maximum of 2 projects will be funded, up to 1
Israeli coordinator
Other Funding Criteria Submission of financial and scientific reports at national level is required annually.
Relevant documents Not applicable
Prior to submission, researchers will submit to CSO-MOH an abstract approved by
their research authority including budget distribution. No submission of abstract can
Additional Info result in declaration of the consortium as ineligible. If the application involves human
or animal experiments, bioethics approvals must be submitted with the application or
up to 4 months later.
Please see detailed instructions of application at the national level and reporting at
Useful Links
http://www.health.gov.il/research-fund
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ITALY
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione
dell’Ambiente Regione Siciliana (A.R.P.A.
Sicilia)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
National Contact Point (NCP)
Vincenzo Infantino vinfantino@arpa.sicilia.it
Eligible Institutions All institutions are eligible, providing that they have stable organization in Italy
The following entities are eligible, providing that they have stable organization in Italy:
enterprises, universities, research institutions, research organizations in accordance
with EU Reg. n. 651/2014 of the European Commission - June 17, 2014.
Any participant, in order to be eligible, must comply with the eligibility criteria listed
in the “ARPA Sicilia Funding Guidelines”: https://www.arpa.sicilia.it
Eligible Applicants
A maximum of two Italian participants per project proposal requesting funding to
ARPA Sicilia are admitted.
Italian applicants can participate as coordinator in only one project proposal requesting
funding to ARPA Sicilia.
Eligible costs are in accordance with EU Reg. n. 651/2014 of the European
Commission - June 17, 2014.
Eligible Costs Funding will be provided for the following categories: Personnel, Equipment
(depreciation costs if not used for their full life for the project), Subcontracting,
Other Costs and Overheads. Overheads (“Spese generali”) shall be calculated as a
maximum of10% of admissible costs.
Total Amount for the Call Maximum Amount Per Proposal
Funding Commitment
Maximum Budget Requested for all Italian partners
€ 100,000 (coordinator and/or partner): € 100,000
Aid intensity
Public institutions and research entities (public and private) will be financed at a rate
of 100% of admissible costs.
Other Funding Criteria Funding levels are based on Art. 25 of EU Reg. n. 651/2014 of the European
Commission and are determined in the following way for private entities :
The aid intensity for each beneficiary shall not exceed :
(a) 100 % of the eligible costs for fundamental research;
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(b) 50 % of the eligible costs for industrial research;
(c) 25 % of the eligible costs for experimental development;
The aid intensities for industrial research and experimental development may be
increased up to a maximum aid intensity of 80 % of the eligible costs as follows:
(a) by 10 percentage points for medium-sized enterprises and by 20 percentage
points for small enterprises;
(b) by 15 percentage points if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:
(i) the project involves effective collaboration:
— between undertakings among which at least one is an SME, or is carried
out in at least two Member States, or in a Member State and in a
Contracting Party of the EEA Agreement, and no single undertaking bears
more than 70 % of the eligible costs, or
— between an undertaking and one or more research and knowledge-
dissemination organisations, where the latter bear at least 10 % of the
eligible costs and have the right to publish their own research results;
(ii) the results of the project are widely disseminated through conferences,
publication, open access repositories, or free or open source software.
On request of applicants a pre-payment may be done, equal to:
50% of the total contribution for public entities and research entities;
50% of the total contribution for private entities with necessary financial
guarantee.
The remaining part of the contribution will be paid in instalments after each financial
and progress reporting period.
Funded participants will be requested to submit financial and scientific reports to
Arpa Sicilia.
“Avviso integrativo nazionale”, published on the ARPA Sicilia website
Relevant documents https://www.arpa.sicilia.it/
EU Reg. n. 651/2014 of the European Commission - June 17, 2014
Italian applicants are required to send specific documentation to ARPA Sicilia at
proposal submission stage (please see “Avviso integrativo nazionale” for requirements
Additional Info and submission mode).
ARPA Sicilia will not respond to queries relating to the scope of the proposed research
The complete list of criteria and provisions, which must be satisfied by all Italian
Useful Links participants, can be found in the “Avviso integrativo nazionale”, published on the
dedicated web page on ARPA Sicilia website https://www.arpa.sicilia.it/
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ITALY
Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca
(MUR)
Funding Organisation:
Name: Email and Phone:
aldo.covello@miur.it
National Contact Point (NCP) Aldo Covello
+39 06 5849 6465
valeria.cardia@miur.it
Valeria Cardia
+39 06 5849 7333
According to art. 60 of the Decree-Law n. 83/2012 and art. 5 of its implementing Ministerial
decree 593/2016, the following entities are eligible, providing that they have stable
organization in Italy:
- Enterprises, universities, research institutions, research organizations in accordance with
Eligible Institutions
EU Reg. n. 651/2014 of the European Commission - June 17, 2014. Eligible participants
must have a stable organization in Italy;
- Local and regional administrations and their investee companies (a more detailed
description will be given in the Avviso integrativo nazionale)
The participant must not be defaulting with regard to other funding received by the
Ministry.
The participant must not have requested/got any other funding for the same research
activities.
The participant must respect the Italian law "D.Lgs. n 159 del 6/09/2011 e successive
modificazioni ed integrazioni".
The participant must not be subject to bankruptcy proceedings as of art. 5, comma 4, letter
b) of DM 593/2016 or must not be a company in difficulty according to the definition under
number 18) of article 2 "Definitions" of Regulation (EU) no. 651/2014.
The participant must be in compliance with the obligations laid down in the contributory
and social security regulations (DURC).
Eligible Applicants
The judicial and pending records of the legal representative of the participant are negative.
For any participant, with the exception of public universities and public research
institutions (Enti pubblici di ricerca), the following financial criteria, calculated using the
data reported in the last approved balance sheet, must be fulfilled:
CN > (CP – I)/2
Where:
• CN = net assets (Capitale netto)
• CP = sum of the costs of all the projects for which public funding has been requested
by the participant during the year
• I = sum of the contributions received, approved or requested for the same projects
OF/F < 8%
Where:
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