INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALL:

Project team: Composed of at least four and maximum six Principal Investigators, i.e. partners, eligible to receive funding from four or more different countries participating in the call

Project duration: 24-36 months

Funding per project: up to a maximum amount of 1 500 000 € (across all partners)

The goal of the Crisis call is to promote diversity in research. When building research consortia, applicants are strongly encouraged to take into account the following aspects:

• Gender balance
• Academic age balance
• Geographical diversity – inclusion of Widening countries participating in the Call*
• Knowledge exchange and impact

*Widening Countries participating in the call: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and outermost regions: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion Island and Saint-Martin (France), Azores and Madeira (Portugal) and the Canary Islands (Spain).

 

CALL TIMELINE:

Official call announcement and launch of the submission system: May 26th, 2023

Deadline for outline proposals: September 21st, 2023, 14.00 CET

Deadline for invited full proposals: March 26th 2024, 14.00 CET

Rebuttal stage: June 11th-21th 2024

Call results: October/November 2024

Funded project start: December 2024/ March 2025

 

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE CALL:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

The inclusion of Ukrainian researchers is encouraged, applicants should review the guidance within the national eligibility annex.

 

For general questions about the Call please contact:
[email protected]

For question related to national eligibility requirements please contact your national/regional contact point:

Country	Funding Organisation	Contact
Austria	Austrian Science Fund, FWF	[email protected]
Belgium	Fund for Scientific Research, F.R.S.-FNRS	[email protected]
Bulgaria	Bulgarian National Science Fund, BNSF	[email protected]
Croatia	Croatian Science Foundation, HRZZ	[email protected]
Czechia	Czech Academy of Sciences , CAS	[email protected] [email protected]
Denmark	Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, DAFSHE	[email protected] [email protected]
Estonia	Estonian Research Council, ETAg	[email protected]
Finland	Academy of Finland, AKA	[email protected]
France	France French National Research Agency, ANR	[email protected]
Ireland	Irish Research Council, IRC	[email protected]
Latvia	Latvian Council of Science, LZP	[email protected]
Lithuania	Research Council of Lithuania, LMT	[email protected]
Norway	Research Council of Norway, RCN	[email protected]
Poland	National Science Centre, NCN	[email protected]
Portugal	Foundation for Science and Technology, FCT	[email protected]
Romania	Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation, UEFISCDI	[email protected]
Slovakia	Slovak Academy of Sciences, SAS	[email protected]
Slovenia	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, MVZI	[email protected]
Spain	State Research Agency, AEI	[email protected]
Sweden	Swedish Research Council, VR	[email protected]
Switzerland	Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF	[email protected]
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Research and Innovation – Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI-AHRC	[email protected]