ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban FuturesCall to open 15 December 2015

Overview

• Established by JPI Urban Europe and Horizon

2020

• Open December 15, 2015

• Application 2-step

• Call budget approx. 24.5 M€

• Countries 18

About the call

• In the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures call cities and civil society in Europe can address urgent and long-term challenges by co-creating ideas and projects.

• The fourth call from the JPI Urban Europe with financial support from Horizon 2020.

• JPI Urban Europe initiates joint transnational calls in research, development and innovation in the field of sustainable urban development.

Call topics

• Concepts and strategies for smart urban transformation, growth and shrinkage

• New dynamics of public services

• Inclusive, vibrant and accessible urban communities

Type of projects wanted

• New and innovative approaches: living labs, transdisciplinary co-creation, co-production of knowledge

• Smart inter-urban development, eCity and digital issues• Involving citizens and different groups• New forms of engagement• Practices - further developing of existing projects• Tackle the implementation gap

– spreading the knowledge to different stakeholders(research disciplines, citizens and decision makers, cities and consumers)

Who can apply?

• Researchers, practitioners, innovators, cities, municipalities, consumers, companies, NGOs, research institutions and other stakeholders dedicated to the development of European urban areas

• Project consortia consisting of at least three eligible applicants from at least three participating countries

• Partners from third countries are welcome in consortia but need funding from other sources

Time schedule

• Opening

December 15, 2015

• Pre-proposal deadline March

2016

• Invitations to submit full proposal May 2016

• Full proposal deadline September

2016

• Funding decisions announced December

2016

• Start of projects

Dec. 2016 – March 2017

Project partners and call budgets

Country Agency Funding2015-2018(3 years)

Austria FFG 2 M€

BelgiumF.R.S. – FNRSFWOInnoviris

0.2 M€0.4 M€0.6 M€

Cyprus RPF 0.2 M€

Denmark IFD 1 M€

FinlandTekesAKA

1 M€0.5 M€

France ANR 1 M€

Italy MIUR 0.5 M€

Latvia VIAA 0.3 M€

Lithuania LMT 0.2 M€

Project partners and call budgets

Country Agency Funding2015-2018(3 years)

Netherlands NWO 2 M€

Norway RCN 1 M€

Poland NCN 0.25 M€

Portugal FCT 0.33 M€

Romania UEFISCDI 1 M€

Slovenia ARRS 0.3 M€

SwedenFormasSwedish Energy AgencyVINNOVA

2 M€0.9 M€1 M€

Turkey TÜBITAK 0.35 M€

United Kingdom

AHRCEPSRCESRCInnovate UK

0.56 M€0.56 M€0.7 M€0.7 M€

Become a member of the JPI Urban Europe community

Network access– Researchers– Practitioners– Stakeholders– Experts in urban

development– Etc.

Programme activities– Programme seminars– Dissemination of results – A central programme

website– Etc.

JPI Urban Europe call secretariat

Johannes BocksteflFFG – Austrian Research Promotion AgencyTelephone: +43 5 77 55-5042E-mail: johannes.bockstefl@ffg.at

Joanna KomperdaNCN – National Science Centre PolandTelephone: +48 12 34 19 138 E-mail: joanna.komperda@ncn.gov.pl

Contact your national agency for further informationList of national funding agencies

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