2010 Joint Competition within the Framework of the Program of the International Collaboration in Chemistry: RFBR – US National Science Foundation (NSF)

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2010 JOINT COMPETITION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN CHEMISTRY: RFBR – US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)

The RFBR and the NSF have announced the 2010 joint Russian-American pilot project competition (Competition ‘MCX_A’) in Chemical Synthesis, Chemical Catalysis, New Theoretical, Modeling and Computational Methods, Chemical Imaging and Measurement, Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms Macromolecular Supramolecular and Nanochemistry, Environmental Chemical Sciences and Chemistry of Life Process.
A corresponding NSF announcement of the competition of the projects to the extent of the program of ‘International Collaboration in Chemistry’ (ICC), along with a list of the scientific fields, the projects on which may be represented for this competition, is placed on the NSF website.
It is assumed that in the course of preparing the application the American Co-Manager of the project will advise the NSF software personnel to ensure that the scientific direction of the proposed research meets the criteria of the competition held within the framework of the ICC program.
To the extent of the competition the research is to be supported which are performed jointly by the Russian and American scientists and are of mutual interest.
Competition ‘MCX_A’ is conducted according to the rules for the 2010 pilot scientific project competition (Competition ‘A’).
The project title must be the same for both Russian and American applications and must not agree with the title of any scheduled subject executed at the organization and financed from the Federal budget;
The period of the joint pilot scientific project implementation is 3 years.
The condition for granting the financial support is the scientists’ obligation to bring the research results into the open, publishing them with mentioning such research as being supported by both the RFBR and the NSF. The authors must spend the allocated funds only for the purposes specified in the project.
The Russian and American scientists – the Competition ‘MCX_A’ project participants – preliminarily come to an agreement as for the research plan for the joint work.
The submission of applications on Competition ‘MCX_A’ is performed in two stages.
At the first stage, the American participants must submit their application to the NSF as for participation in the 2010 Competition ‘MCX_A’ from 10 September to 6 November 2009 for the pre-examination.
At the second stage, those joint project participants who passed the first stage submit their applications for final consideration: the Russian scientists send their applications to the RFBR (according to the RFBR forms) and the American scientists – to the NSF (according to the NSF forms).
All the applications accepted for the competition are to simultaneously undergo an independent examination: the American scientists’ applications – at the NSF and the Russian scientists’ applications – at the RFBR. The applications are independently considered by each of the parties in accordance with their own rules. The final decision on the project support is made jointly by the parties.
The competition results are to be summed up by 20 June 2010. The financing of the supported projects is to start from July 2010.
The project is financed only in case of being supported by both organizations. The financing of the projects supported by both organizations is performed as follows: the RFBR pays the expenses concerned with the project execution by the Russian scientists and the NSF – by the American scientists. The NSF may allow for paying the Russian scientists’ expenses for their stay in the USA to the extent of the joint project from its grant, if it is provided in the American application estimate. The RFBR funds may be used for paying the American scientists’ expenses for their stay in Russia for such projects, correspondingly, if it is provided in the Russian application estimate.
The maximum amount of the RFBR grant is 700 000 rubles per year.
The following periods of origination of the project and reporting by the Russian participants of the project:
a) Origination of the project – July 2010;
b) Interim Report for the first year – until 11 May 2011;
c) Interim Report for the second year – until 11 May 2012;
d) Final Report – until 11 May 2013.
The Russian scientists’ reports on the pilot projects to the extent of Competition ‘MCX_A’ are to be drawn up in accordance with the rules for the reports for Competition ‘a’ for the pilot projects (see the RFBR website – the Rules for the Reports for a Corresponding Year of Submission).
Only those applications are to be accepted for consideration drawn up with the help of the interactive (via the Internet) ‘Grant-Express’ system within the period from 30 November 2009 to 29 January 2010 inclusive. The printed copy must be received to the Foundation until 12 February 2010.
Address of the Foundation
The printed application copies must be sent with an ordinary letter (without declared value) to the following address:
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Department of Bilateral Foreign Programs
32A LENINSKIY PROSPEKT,
GSP-1, V-334, Moscow 119991
Contact persons:
RFBR:
MARIYA BAKTYSHEVA
Tel. : +7 495 938 56 24, E-mail: prokhor@rfbr.ru
NSF:
Dr. Zeev Rosenzveig
Tel.: (+1 703) 292 7719
E-mail: zrosenzw@nsf.gov
The full text of this announcement is published on the Russian webpage at the RFBR website.

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