Resarch funds for SMEs

European Contribution for SMEs’ Research and Innovation Activities

Deadline: 1st March 2012

The activities to be implemented include:

• Industrial research activities (planned research or critical investigations aimed at gaining new knowledge, which has to be exploited in order to develop new products, processes or services, or else to allow a significant improvement of the already existing ones).

• Experimental development activities (acquisition, combination, structuring and use of the existing knowledge and skills: these can have either a scientific, technological or commercial nature, in order to produce plans, projects or designs for new products, processes or services, amended or enhanced).

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European funds for research

Supporting the cooperation and coordination of research activities carried out at national or regional level

Deadline: 28th February 2012

Main areas of intervention:

Innovation for sustainable development

• Innovation in the forest based sector for increasing resource efficiency and tackling climate change with competitive customer solutions

• Strengthening cooperation in European research on sustainable exploitation of marine resources in the seafood chains

• Systems Biology

• Bioenergy: Demonstrations of the European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative

• Solar Electricity: Implementation of the Solar Energy Industry Initiative

• Transport III initiative

Eu funds in the energy field

European grant funds for transeuropean energy networks

Deadline: 29th February 2012

The 2012 programme for grants in the field of trans-European networks (TEN) - area of energy infrastructures (TEN-E) - will encourage the effective operation and development of the internal market, reinforce the security of supplies and the diversification of energy suppliers and routes, facilitate the development and reducing the isolation of less-favoured regions, contribute to sustainable development and protection of the environment, inter alia by involving renewable energies.

Furthermore, it will promote interconnection, interoperability and development of trans-European energy networks and access to such networks in accordance with current EU law.

Particular attention shall be given to projects of European interest that contribute to:

(a) The development of the network to strengthen economic and social cohesion by reducing the isolation of the less-favoured and island regions of the Union;

European funds for violence prevention

European funds for Prevention of violence against children, young people and women and protection of victims and groups at risk

Deadline: 29th March 2012  

The projects under this call for proposals shall focus on the following priorities:

• Rights of victims of violence
• Violence linked to harmful practices
• Children as victims and perpetrators of violence
• Perpetrator programmes and interventions
• Training programmes
• Empowerment work at grass-roots level
• Media violence, particularly violence linked to new technology and social networking tools

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EU contribution within the "Fundamental Rights and Citizenship” programme

European grant funds for fundamental rights of people

Deadline: 13th March 2012

MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

1. Informing on where the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights applies and where to turn to if fundamental rights are violated

2. Promoting the Rights of the Child

3. Combating racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism

4. Fighting Homophobia

5. Training and networking between legal professions and legal practitioners

CITIZENSHIP

Europeand funds for for sustainable employment

European funds to increase opportunities for sustainable employment of disadvantaged groups Deadline: 23rd January 2012 for concept notes

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to increase opportunities for sustainable employment of disadvantaged groups.

The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to support disadvantaged groups in their integration into the labour market by increasing their employability.

PRIORITY ISSUES

The priorities of the Grant programme will be as follows:

• To enhance the employability of disadvantaged groups in order to integrate them into labour market;

• To raise the awareness of general public regarding employment of disadvantaged groups and employers’ awareness on advantages in employing disadvantaged groups in order to achieve their equal participation in the labour market.

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New european 2014-2020 programme for culture

Creative Europe is the new EU programme dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors, proposed by the European Commission on 23 November 2011 that will run from 2014 to 2020. It would support tens of thousands of artists, cultural professionals and cultural organisations in the performing arts, fine arts, publishing, film, TV, music, interdisciplinary arts, heritage, and the video games industry, allowing them to operate across Europe, to reach new audiences and to develop the skills that are needed in the digital age. By helping European cultural works to reach new audiences in other countries, the new programme will also contribute to safeguarding and promoting Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity.
What will the programme achieve?

New European programme for 2014-2020

Erasmus for All is open to everybody, through any public or private body active in the areas of education, training, youth and sport. It will provide opportunities to learn and study abroad for up to 5 million people over the period 2014–2020.  It will also help improve the quality of teaching and education in the EU and beyond. The Commission proposes to invest €19 billion for the 2014–2020 budget period - an increase of around 70% compared to the current period, reflecting the importance the Commission attaches to education, training and youth.

What will Erasmus for all support?

European funds for Culture:international cooperation

European grants: Cooperation projects with South Africa
Deadline: 3rd May 2012

The aim is to help organisations, such as theatres, museums, professional associations, research centres, universities, cultural institutes and public authorities from different countries participating in the Programme to cooperate so that different sectors can work together and extend their cultural and artistic reach across borders

Projects must involve cultural cooperation with at least one partner from Republic of South Africa

Cultural organisations are given support for projects to work together across borders and to create and implement cultural and artistic activities.

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Eu funds for cancer research

Eu funds for cancer research

A preliminary announcement for the first Translational Cancer Research (TRANSCAN) joint transnational call for proposals has been published. The topic of the call will be 'validation of biomarkers for personalised cancer medicine'.

The call will seek to develop transnational innovative projects in oncology, clearly oriented towards a rapid application of new and more selective and effective tools and strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and early detection, as well as optimising therapy of neoplastic diseases.