Joint Russian-Finnish Research Project Competition 2010

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JOINT RUSSIAN-FINNISH RESEARCH PROJECT COMPETITION 2010

The RFBR, under the signed ‘Appendix to the Memorandum of Scientific Cooperation between the Academy of Finland (AF) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, has announced the 2010 competition for the Russian-Finnish research projects (Competition ‘AF_A’) on the following scientific fields:
- Optical Materials and Material-Radiation Interaction
- New Optical Imaging Methods
- Photonics (Optoelectronics) in Biosciences and Medicine
Competition ‘AF_A’ is to be held in accordance with the rules of the pilot project competition (Competition ‘a’). Both Russian and Finnish scientists come to a preliminary agreement as for the content of their applications. The project title must be the same for both Russian and Finnish applications and must not agree with the title of any scheduled subject executed at the Russian organization and financed from the Federal budget.
The period for the joint pilot scientific project execution is 3 years.
The Russian scientists send their applications to the RFBR and the Finnish scientists – to the AF, simultaneously. The number of participants for the Russian application is up to 10 people.
All the applications accepted for the competition are simultaneously to undergo an independent examination: the Finnish scientists’ applications – at the AF and the Russian scientists’ applications – at the RFBR. The applications are to be considered independently by either party in accordance with their own rules.
The competition results are to be summed up by 28 February 2010. After agreement of the results, the list of the projects supported by both parties is to be published on the RFBR website.
The origination of the project – 1 April 2010
The Russian scientists’ reports on the pilot projects to the extent of Competition ‘AF_A’ are to be drawn up in accordance with the rules for the reports on ‘A’ Pilot Project Competition (see the RFBR website – the Rules for the Reports for a Corresponding Year of Submission).
The following periods are to be established for the origination and reporting by the Russian participants of the project:
a) The Interim Report – until 1 March 2011 and 2012;
b) The Final Report – until 31 March 2013.
The financing of the projects supported by both parties is carried out as follows: the RFBR pays the costs related to the project implementation by the Russian scientists and the AF – by the Finnish scientists. The accommodation of the sent scientists, per diem expenses and traveling from the place of work of the sent scientist to the place of execution of work by the foreign partner are paid by a sending party.
The maximum amount of the yearly financing by the RFBR of the project supported by the latter is up to 600 000 rubles. The decision on continuing the project financing for next year is to be taken by the results of examination of the interim reports at the RFRB and the AF.
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 1 to 30 October 2009. The printed copies must be received to the Foundation until 15 November 2009.
The printed application copies must be sent with an ordinary letter (without declared value) to the address of the Foundation.
Contact Information:
RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH
32A LENINSKIY PROSPEKT, Moscow 119991
Department of Bilateral Foreign Programs
ASYA MIRZABEKOVA
Phone: +7 495 938 54 58
E-mail: asya@rfbr.ru
ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Vilhonvuorenkatu 6,
PO Box 99, FIN-00501 Helsinki, Finland
Academy of Finland
Programme Unit
Programme Manager
Dr. Anssi Mälkki
tel. +358 (0)9 7748 8300
firstname.lastname@aka.fi
The full text of this announcement is published on the Russian webpage at the RFBR website.

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