international relations -promotion and funding-

International Bureau of BMBF April 2001

PD Dr. Lothar Mennicken

ASPERA Natonal Day 3, 22 June 2007

International Relations

-Promotion and Funding-

PD Dr. Lothar MennickenInternational Bureau (IB) of the

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the PT-DLR, Germany




• Who we are and our objectives

• Regional Call

• What is supported?

• Who can apply?

• What are the Conditions for funding?

• other forms of funding: Mobility Grants

• Marketing: Research in Germany

Content




Who we are and our objectives :

The International Bureau (IB) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the PT-DLR - “IB”provides access in R&D to about 40 countries,supports and provides funding for German research institutes and R&D companies at the initial stage of international research co-operation in key areas of BMBF and EU research programmesMarketing: Research in Germany




• strengthen cooperation and networking of German institutions with strategic European and international partners in order to explore knowledge, infrastructure and market opportunities

• support continuing integration of CEE/SEE institutions in European networks

• achieve synergies and improve competitiveness via opening and linking national funding programmes

• contribute to build the European Research and Education Area and to reach the EU‘s Lisbon target

Objectives of stimulating bilateral cooperation in Education and Research from the governmental perspective




(relevant topics presented ealier)

current calls for proposal:

http://www.bmbf.de

http://www.internationales-buero.de/de/2296.php

Key areas

of BMBF Strategic Funding Programmes




Nine Key Areas of the 7th Framework Programme of the EU

• Health• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology• Information and Communication Technologies• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies• Energy• Environment (including Climate Change)• Transport (including Aeronautics)• Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities• Security and Space




• awareness building for options of joint research within national and European programmes

• focussing the „classical“ government supported bilateral cooperation towards the initiation of complex projects, financed under the respective national or European programmes

• strengthening international cooperation in national programmes

• strengthening joint participation in European programmes

• supporting the preparatory phase of joint projects in strategic scientific areas

What is supported ?

Funding scheme: Regional Call




to fit in

Instrument to set-up and implement joint R+D projects with CEE/SEE

Regional Call: www.bmbf.de , www.internationales-buero.de

International Co-operation in Education and Research – Central, Eastern and South Eastern European Region

BMBF funding programme for

preparation of projectswith CEE/SEEparticipation

(Regional Call)

strategic nationalfunding programmes

of the BMBF

researchprogrammes of the

European Union


http://www.bmbf.de/

http://www.internationales-buero.de/




• expert meetings:

• travelling expenses of German experts

• costs of visits of foreign experts in Germany

• pilot investigations and investigations of feasibility

• maximal duration: 12 month

• staff costs

• physical resources (e.g. consumables for investigations)

• events (workshops, thematic conferences)

Maximum amount of funding: up to 50,000 € for preparation of particularly complex projects

What can be funded ?





Applications may be submitted by

• public and private institutions of higher education

• non-university research establishments

• hospitals

• commercial companies especially SMEs

Size of consortia

• German applicant and at least two further institutions, one of them from CEE/SEE country

Who can apply?





• prospects of the proposed project for receiving funding from national or European programme

• originality of the idea

• qualifications of the coordinator and the project partners

• potential for solving problems

• benefit of cooperation

• new partnerships

• commercial exploitation of the anticipated results

• promotion of young research talents

Evaluation Criteria





R&D Cooperation with other regions and other forms of funding: Preparation of joint research proposals: Germany with other countries under BMBF thematic programmes or EU programmes (+ third states),

e.g. with India, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brasil, Mexico, Argentinia, Chile, Russia, Israel, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Rumania etc.

Funding of preparatory workshops Individual mobility grants, e.g. exploring the potential for R&D cooperation

Cost sharing principle




Marketing: Research in GermanyInitiative of BMBF

1. Branding

2. Event marketing:- participation in lead exhibitions and congresses- integration of single activities in the general campaign- matchmaking events, symposia- preparation and follow up measures (domestic and abroad)




Marketing: Research in Germany

3. Communication marketing:

- unique selling proposition (Alleinstellungsmerkmale)- information (print publications, website, newsletter, ...)- press relations (subject oriented articles and talks,

travel for journalists)- addressing target groups (direct mailing, system information,...)

For further information:

www.research-in-germany.de

E-mail: [email protected]




Further Information:

www.internationales-buero.de

www.internationale-kooperation.de

or…




Contacts

Applications for regional call to

International Bureau of the BMBF at the DLRKönigswinterer Straße 522-524D-53227 BonnTel.: +49 (0) 228 4492-451, Fax:+49 (0) 228 4492-400Internet: www.internationales-buero.de desk officers responsible for the respective countryInternet: www.internationales-buero.de/das_ib/team/europa)

Specialist information and counselling on funding programmes of the BMBF:

Auskunftsstelle BMBF Förderung

(Information Bureau for BMBF Programmes)

Tel.: +49 (0) 800 2623008

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet: www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/index.php?index=15

Counselling on regional call

Dr. Stephanie Splett (Poland)Dr. Michael Lange (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)International Bureau of the BMBFTel.: +49 – (0) 228 - 4492 454 or 257Fax: +49 – (0) 228 - 4492 400Email: [email protected]@dlr.de

Responsibility for contents of regional call

Dr. Erika RostBMBFDivision Central and Eastern European CountriesTel.: +49 – (0) 228 - 57 3220Fax: +49 – (0) 228 - 57 8 3220 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.bmbf.de




Regional call contacts:Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia: Ralf Hanatschek, Tel. ++49 228 3821 482Croatia, Romania: Nadia Meyer, Tel. ++49 228 3821 411Czech Republic: Dr. Hans-Juergen Donath, Tel. ++49 228 3821 481Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland: Dr. Michael Lange, Tel. ++49 228 3821 485Hungary: Karin Wedde-Mühlhausen, Tel. ++49 228 3821 480Slovakia, Slovenia: Dr. Hans-Peter Niller, Tel. ++49 228 3821 468

Other countries: www.internationales-buero.de -> Team




Thank you and

successful cooperation!

contact: e-mail: [email protected]

+49 228 3821-407

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