SAF€RA has launched its third joint call
for transnational, collaborative research projects. The call aims to foster collaboration between
researchers from different countries in Europe and from different scientific disciplines, in order
to improve safety and the management of technological risks. The call topics are:
T1: Big data and intelligent prognostics for life extension of aging facilities
T2: Developing professional competencies and learning from experience
Funding countries participating in this call are the Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain (Basque country).
Funding available
The total available budget for the 2016 call is approx. 1.6 M€. Two forms of funding are
available:
research grants for researchers from universities, institutes, research organizations and
public firms;
person-months for personnel from certain participating institutes and research organizations.
Most projects funded within this call will include 2 to 4 partners, for a duration between
12 and 36 months and funding between 20 and 150 k€ per project partner. The call aims to fund mainly
applied research carried out in universities or research institutes, though
contributions from industry are also eligible. Interdisciplinary research is
encouraged. Cooperation and joint activities between different consortia funded within the call will
be encouraged.
Call timeline
The 2016 joint call will use a two-stage application process with a pre-proposal
mechanisms for the first stage. The calendar of the various stages is shown below.
Publication of the call
February 25 2016
Deadline for submissions of pre-proposals
20 April 2016
Information sent to applicants on results of the first stage. Requests for full proposals
are sent to selected applicants, and collaborations proposed to single-nation applicants.
29 April 2016
Deadline for submission of full proposals
27 June 2016
National funding decisions transmitted to applicants
September to October 2016
Projects start
October to December 2016, possibly early 2017
Project duration
2016 to 2019
Call documentation
The following documents are available:
The Call text contains the scientific
description of the topics concerned by the 2016 joint call.
The Guidelines for proposers contains
the most important information for researchers wishing to submit a proposal.
The Guidelines for evaluators are
written for the experts who will evaluate the projects, but will be useful to researchers wishing
to understand the evaluation criteria.
Templates for the SAF€RA progress reports, which must be sent to the SAF€RA Call Secretariat
by the project coordinator on behalf of the project consortium. The mid-term reporting template should be submitted
halfway through your project, assuming the project has a duration greater than 18 months. A final administrative report should be sent by all projects,
within three months of the end of the project. (This report is distinct from the final scientific
report which most projects will be producing as one of their deliverables.)
A web-based matchmaking facility is available to help
researchers wishing to submit projects as a consortium to find partners.
Contact information
For general queries concerning the 2016 joint call, please email the call secretariat at
call-secretariat@safera.eu. Make sure you read the call documents above and check the
list of frequently asked questions first.
If you have questions concerning the eligibility criteria of specific funding
organizations, please check the contact information provided in the Guidelines for proposers
document, which can be downloaded above.