Joint Workshop Vienna, December 11, 2014 Olaf Hartmann, FFG EUREKA NPC Austria „E!DI“ – EUREKA Danube Initiative
EUREKA Countries in the Danube Region Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Sensengasse 1 | 1090 Wien | Austria Bosnia and Hercegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Rep. Germany Hungary Montenegro Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine The vast majority of Danube Region countries are members of EUREKA. courtesy EUREKA secretariat
Motivation behind EUREKAs initiative propose EUREKA as a collaboration tool to support cross-border co-operative projects count on EUREKAs 30 years experience complement the efforts in the basic research sector by industrial research make use of a variable geometry within the EUREKA network to launch a multilateral call AT, BG, HR, CZ, DE, HU, RO, RS, SK have signalized to support participants by public funding Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Sensengasse 1 | 1090 Wien |
Multilateral Call 2015 the EUREKA Danube Region countries have agreed to launch a multilateral call in 2015 tentative time planning: call opening March 9, 2015 deadline project outlines April 30, 2015 submission deadline June 17, 2015 EUREKA sees the common call as an opportunity to promote industrial R&D projects in the Danube Region Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Sensengasse 1 | 1090 Wien |
Planned Procedure The check and the evaluation of applications are organised by the EUREKA national offices/national funding bodies If all involved E! countries have evaluated positively, the project is eligible for the EUREKA label (E! Meeting in 10/15) Projects could start from late 2015 Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Sensengasse 1 | 1090 Wien |
Dissemination Announcement via the EUREKA communication channels (website, EUREKA news, eZine, LinkedIn, …) Similar at national level for relevant events in the first half of 2015, the possibility to organize a matchmaking will be checked Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Sensengasse 1 | 1090 Wien |