The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the New Calls for Proposals “STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES/1222” and “SMALL SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES/1222”.
The budget of the call STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 is €12,500,000, with a minimum funding of €1,500,000 and a maximum funding of €2,500,000 per project.
The budget of the call SMALL SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 is €5,000,000, with a minimum funding of €500,000 and a maximum funding of €700,000 per project.
The submission of proposals is done through the IRIS portal of the RIF.
The closing dates for the Invitations are set as follows:
SMALL SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 – 31 March 2023
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 – April 4, 2023
The Call “Research Infrastructures of Strategic Importance” concerns the financing of projects aimed at the creation of new research infrastructures of large scope which will be used for the implementation of a research project by the Cooperation Network (CNN). The new research infrastructures will implement cutting-edge high-level research and the proposed Projects will focus on objects falling under selected thematic priorities, which are listed below.
- Health
- Environment (incl. Renewable Energy Sources and advanced materials).
- Shipping – Sea Transport
- Agriculture – Food
- Information and Communication Technologies (incl. space technologies)
The “Small-Scale Research Infrastructures” Call concerns the financing of projects aimed at creating new or upgrading small-scale research infrastructures that will be utilized for the implementation of a high-level cutting-edge research project.
The Program will be co-financed by the Republic of Cyprus and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the framework of the Political Cohesion Program “THALEIA 2021-2027”.
Research Organizations (A.1, A.2), Businesses (B.1, B.2, B.3) and Other Bodies (C.1, C.2) have the right to participate in this program.
More information is presented in the documents below:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS (EN)
PART B – TECHNICAL ANNEX (EN)
GUIDE FOR EVALUATORS
GUIDE FOR SUBMISSION FOR THE “RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES” PROGRAMME (it will be published soon)
For information regarding the open calls for proposals of the Research and Innovation foundation as well as information for useful documents and guides applicants can visit the portal IRIS.
For further information, interested parties can contact the RIF’s Partner Service Center on the following phone 22205000 and send to the following email support@research.org.cy.
