EUROPA
CALL
IMI 9th Call The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has launched its 9th Call for proposals, giving researchers from diverse sectors the opportunity to participate in ambitious public-private partnerships that will pave the way for the development of the medicines of the future. Budget: € 135 370 000 Deadline:  09 October 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/call_FP7?callIdentifier=IMI-CALL-2013-9&specificProgram=COOPERATION#wlp_call_FP7

Clean Sky JTI 2013-02. The Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative launched a new call for proposals. Budget: € 22 027 500 Deadline:  22 October 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/call_FP7?callIdentifier=SP1-JTI-CS-2013-02&specificProgram=COOPERATION#wlp_call_FP7

3rd Call for Porposal PPP Future Internet. European Commission launched PPP Future internet 3rd Call for Proposal. The call (identifier FP7-2013-ICT-FI) addresses topics within Challenge 1 Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructure of the ICT work programme 2013. The total budget of the Call is 130 mil. € with the deadline on 10 Decembre 2013. http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/call_FP7?callIdentifier=FP7-2013-ICT-FI&specificProgram=COOPERATION#wlp_call_FP7

EIB and Intesa Sanpaolo lend over EUR 650 million for SMEs, renewable energy and the environment, social housing and student loans. http://www.eib.org/projects/press/2013/2013-101-eib-and-intesa-sanpaolo-lend-over-eur-650-million-for-smes-renewable-energy-and-the-environment-social-housing-and-student-loans.htm

Call for proposals under the 2013 work programmes of the seventh framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2013/C 187/11). ‘Cooperation’ specific programme: Theme Call identifier – Food, agriculture and fisheries and biotechnology FP7-KBBE-2013-FEEDTRIALS http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2013:187:0013:0013:EN:PDF

Call for proposals — DG ENTR No 83/G/ENT/SAT/13/7027. Support to international activities: Information, Training and Assistance Centre for the European  GNSS programmes in Israel (2013/C 205/08). The objective of this action is to continue to support activities related to providing visibility of the EU GNSS programmes in Israel and fostering closer contacts between EU and Israeli entities involved in GNSS. Budget EUR 200 000 Deadline 19 September 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/contracts-grants/calls-for-proposals/

Call for proposals — DG ENTR No 84/G/ENT/SAT/13/7028. Support to international activities: Information, Training and Assistance Centre for the European  GNSS programmes in Latin America (2013/C 205/09). The objective of this action is to continue to support activities related to providing visibility of the EU GNSS programmes in Latin America and fostering closer contacts between EU and Latin America’s entities involved in GNSS. Budget EUR 150 000 Deadline 19 September 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/contracts-grants/calls-for-proposals/

NEWS
European Commission provides €281.4 million for 248 new environment projects. The European Commission has approved funding for 248 new projects under the LIFE+ programme, the European Union’s environment fund. The projects have been submitted by beneficiaries in 26 Member States and cover actions in the fields of nature conservation, climate change, environmental policy and information and communication on environmental issues across all 27 Member States. Overall, they represent a total investment of some €556.4 million, of which the EU will provide €281.4 million.  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/news/newsarchive2013/july/index.htm#pressrelease

New rules for COST participation. Since June 28, 2013 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) has clarified and simplified the rules for participation in COST activities in order to make them more inclusive, user-friendly and responsive to scientists’ networking needs. New rules allow for a wider range of activities to be funded. In particular, the key innovations introduced by COST include; a harmonised set of four concise and coherent documents, which provide scientist with all the information necessary to obtain COST funding; emphasis on increasing inclusiveness and excellence; measures to increase participation by Near Neighbour Countries; and increased online processing meaning that most of the transactions relating to the networking activities supported by COST can now be processed fully online. http://www.cost.eu/media/cost_stories/COST-Simplifies-Participation

Call for SME-Researcher Partnership Grants “Connecting Australian-European Science and Innovation Excellence” (CAESIE) project offers priming grants to support potential SME-researcher partnerships in exploring the viability of an intended research and development (R&D) collaboration or technology solution. Priming grants are intended to reduce the financial risk on both sides to enter a collaboration proposal. CAESIE offers total funding of $10,000 payable in two stages to eligible SME-researcher partnerships for activities preparing cooperative, bi-continental R&D projects or facilitating technology solutions. Stage one and stage two priming grants will facilitate the initial stages of SME-research partnerships by offering modest funding associated with consortium meetings (travel-related costs) and assistance with minor project expenses. Priming grants are not designed to fund on-going research costs or to support existing collaborative activities. http://caesie.org/priming-grants-1

ITALIA
Regione Calabria – rischio sismico. Dipartimento 9 – Lavori pubblici e infrastrutture. Affidamento del servizio di progettazione e realizzazione del sistema di catalogazione del rischio sismico per gli edifici strategici e rilevanti in caso di collasso e per la sua integrazione nel sistema informativo regionale. Importo € 950.000 + iva. Scadenza 10 settembre 2013. http://www.geoforus.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2746:regione-calabria-rischio-sismico&catid=21:bandi-e-richieste-di-lavoro&Itemid=29

FONDI EUROPEI, RAGGIUNTO IL 40% DELLA SPESA CERTIFICATA. L’Italia tocca quota 40%, superiore di 1,3 punti rispetto al target nazionale. Stiamo parlando della spesa certificata al 31 maggio scorso presentata a Bruxelles nell’attuazione dei programmi finanziati dai fondi comunitari.  Nonostante il raggiungimento degli obiettivi prefissati, questo risultato, ha commentato il ministro per la Coesione territoriale Carlo Trigilia, conferma permanenti difficoltà nella realizzazione degli interventi programmati nonostante l’impegno di tutte le amministrazioni pubbliche, locali, regionali e centrali. http://www.incentivionline.mcc.it/

Geotag dei progetti Filas POR-FESR 2007-2013. Da oggi è possibile localizzare i progetti ammessi sugli Avvisi pubblici gestiti da Filas e finanziati dalla Regione Lazio attraverso il POR FESR 2017-2013. Nell’ottica di offrire una maggiore trasparenza, è stata creata una sezione ( Geotag ) all’interno del sito Filas , dove si può accedere alle informazioni principali dei Progetti sostenuti con i Bandi Co-Research, Startup/Spin-off, Microinnovazione, Voucher, Open Data PAL e Open data PMI. http://www.filas.it/Focus.aspx?ID=217