2010 Joint Competition: RFBR – US National Science Foundation (NSF)

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2010 JOINT COMPETITION: RFBR – US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)

The RFBR and NSF have announced the 2010 joint Russian-American pilot project competition (Competition ‘NSF_A’) for obtaining financial support for the conduct of basic research in condensed matter physics, solid state and materials chemistry, polymers, biomaterials, metallic materials and nanostructures, ceramics, electronic and photonic materials, and condensed matter and materials theory.
A corresponding NSF announcement of the competition of the projects on research of materials to the extent of such program as ‘Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad’ (MWN), 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 MWN program.
Competition ‘NSF_A’ is conducted according to the rules for the pilot scientific project competition (Competition ‘A’).
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 Russian and American scientists – the Competition ‘NSF_A’ project participants – preliminarily come to an agreement as for the content of their applications. The project title must be the same for both Russian and American applications. The Russian scientists submit their applications to the RFBR and the American scientists – to the NSF simultaneously.
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 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 500 000 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 – 11 May 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 ‘NSF_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 1 September to 11 November 2009 inclusive.
After obtaining a registration number, the Project Manager must submit 1 printed application copy to the RFBR until 30 November 2009.
Address of the Foundation
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Department of Bilateral Foreign Programs
32A LENINSKIY PROSPEKT,
GSP-1, V-334, Moscow 119991
For additional information please contact:
RFBR:
MARIYA BAKTYSHEVA
Tel. : +7 495 938 56 24, E-mail: prokhor@rfbr.ru
NSF:
Daniele Finotello
Tel.: +1 703 292 46 76, E-mail: dfinotel@nsf.gov
Carmen Huber
Tel.: +1 703 292 49 39, E-mail: chuber@nsf.gov
The full text of this announcement is published on the Russian webpage at the RFBR website.

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