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Alexandria University
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•Grants & Outreach Office
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•Technology Transfer & Industry Collaborative Office
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•Entrepreneurship Office
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•International Students Office
Grants & out reach office
Open calls for Grants & Projects in ICT
Element
What is ELEMENT?• ELEMENT is an EU funded project under the Erasmus Mundus Action 2
Strand 1 scheme.
• In accordance with the overall Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Strand 1 objectives, the Egypt-Lebanon-EU Mobility Exchange NeTwork (ELEMENT) aims to promote European higher education, to help improve and enhance the career prospects of students and to promote intercultural understanding through cooperation with Egypt and Lebanon, in accordance with EU external policy objectives in order to contribute to the sustainable development of Egypt and Lebanon in the field of higher education.
• The ELEMENT program facilitates student and staff mobilities between Egypt, Lebanon and the EU
EU PARTNERS (10)
Cardiff Metropolitan University - UK
Adam Mickiewicz University - Poland
City University London - UK
Freie Universitat Berlin - Germany
INPL – France
Sapienza University of Rome – Italy
Technishce Universitat Berlin - Germany
University of Granada - Spain
University of Graz – Austria
Vilnius University – Lithuania
EGYPT PARTNERS (5)
Alexandria University
Ain Shams University
Arab Academy of Science & Technology AAST
Beni Suef University
Sohag University
LEBANESE PARTNERS (5)
American University of Beirut
Beirut Arab University
Lebanese University
Modern University of Business and Science
Saint Joseph University
Third Country ScholarsTo be eligible, third-country undergraduate and master students as well as doctoral and postdoctoral candidates:
1. Must be a national of one of the third countries covered by the relevant lot;
2. Must have not resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than atotal of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries;
3. For Target Group 1 (TGI)4. For Target Group 2 (TGII)5. For Target Group 3 (TGIII)
6. Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languagescurrently spoken in the hosting countries.
• Deadline : 9-1-2012
ScholarshipsType of mobility Monthly Allowance Mobility Duration
Undergraduate 1,000 € per month 1 academic semester – 10 month (TG1)1 academic semester – 34 months (TG3)
Master 1,000 € per month 1 academic semester – 10 months (TG1 – EU) 1 academic semester – 24 months (TG1 – EG&LB) 1 academic semester – 24 months (TG2 & TG3)
Doctorate 1,500 € per month 6 – 36 months (TG1, TG2 & TG3)
Post-doctorate 1,800 € per month 6 – 10 months (TG1, TG2 & TG3)
Staff 2,500 € per month 1 month (TG1 only)
Web site : Em-element.eu
Basic & Applied research GrantsNo Deadline
• Basic and Applied Research Grants are directed towards any researcher/group of researcher at all ages and all disciplines whom are willing to participate in an innovative competitive research in Egypt
Eligibility Criteria:- Any researcher or group of researchers working in Egypt- This grant provides up to 1,000,000 Egyptian Pounds over three years and covers the following costs:· Principal Investigator & proposed staff salary.· Cost of Travel.· Equipment costs· Other Direct costs· Limited Indirect costs
Important Remarks & How to Apply:
- All proposals must be uploaded to the STDF website
proposals submitted by e-mail or send as hard copies will not be
considered.
- No project should be submitted simultaneously in more than one grant
- DO NOT submit proposals previously funded either by STDF or any other
funding agency
- Any publications produced as a result of STDF funded proposals, should
acknowledge STDF funding in the publication
- All proposals MUST be in English Language, Arabic is allowed only for
proposals in the field of Humanities
- No foreign partners are allowed in these grants.
Young Researchers Grant
No Deadline Eligibility Criteria:
A Principal Investigator whom satisfy the following criteria:
- He / She must be less than 40 years old at the date of proposal submission.
- He / She must have obtained PhD degree within the past ten years before the date of the proposal submission.- He / She must have published at least two papers in the most cited (international) journals/periodicals in his/her field within the past three years.
At least one assistant non PhD holders. The Only PhD holder A maximum grant of 500,000 Egyptian Pounds plus maximum
20% indirect cost
Web site : http://www.stdf.org.eg/
FP7 in ICT
Objectives and Overview
• The objective of ICT is to improve the competitiveness of European industry –
as well as to enable Europe to master and shape the future developments of
these technologies so that the demands of its society and economy are met.
• The EU Member States have earmarked a total of € 9.1 billion for
funding ICT over the duration of FP7 (with 64% of the total budget).
• FP7 research activities will strengthen Europe’s scientific and technology base
and ensure its global leadership in ICT, help drive and stimulate product, service
and process innovation and creativity through ICT use and ensure
that ICT progress is rapidly transformed into benefits for Europe’s citizens,
businesses, industry and governments.
Available Calls
Call Identifier Call Title Publication Date Deadline
FP7-ICT-2011-C FET Open 2010-07-20 2013-03-12
Themes
• 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
• 2: Cognitive Systems and Robotics
• 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
• 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
• 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
• 6: ICT for a low carbon economy
• 7: ICT for the Enterprise and Manufacturing
• 8: ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources
• 9: Future and Emerging Technologies
• 10 :International Cooperation
• 11 :Horizontal Actions
Future and Emerging Technologies
• It supports new and alternative ideas, concepts or paradigms of risky or
non-conventional nature. FET aims to go beyond the conventional
boundaries of ICT and ventures into uncharted areas, often inspired by
and in close collaboration with other scientific disciplines.
• ICT increasingly rely on deep synergies with other disciplines (Biology,
chemistry, nano science, neuro- science, social science, economics) and
with the arts and humanities.
the FET-Open scheme features the following objectives
objective Funding schemes Indicative budget distribution
Challenging current Thinking
STREP, CSA EUR 7.5 million
High-Tech Research Intensive SMEs in FET research
STREP EUR 9 million
FET Young Explorers STREP EUR 3 million
International cooperation on FET research
STREP EUR 3 million
1. Collaborative projects (CP)
• Support to research projects carried out by consortia with participants from different
countries, aiming at developing new knowledge, new technology, products, demonstration
activities or common resources for research.
a) Small or medium-scale focused research actions (STREP):
• Size and resources : There must be at least 3 ‘legal entities’ established in different EU
Member States or Associated countries. the number of participants in STREPs varied from 6
to 15 participants and the EU contribution is around EUR 2 million.
• Duration : 18 months to 3 years.
• Activities:
a) Research and technological development activities.
b) Demonstration activities (e.g. testing of product-like prototypes).
c) Management activities .
3. Coordination and support actions (CSA)• Support to activities aimed at coordinating or supporting research activities and policies
(networking, exchanges, trans-national access to research infrastructures, studies,
conferences,etc).
a) Coordination or networking actions (CA)
• Coordinating or networking actions will always have to be carried out by a consortium of
participants, normally3 from three different countries.
• Activities:
• The organisation of events - including conferences, meetings, workshops or seminars ,
related studies, exchanges of personnel, exchange and dissemination of good Practices.
b) Specific support actions (SA)• Specific support actions may be carried out by a single participant, which can be based in any
member state, associated country or a third country.
• Activities:
• Monitoring and assessment activities.
• Conferences, seminars studies, expert groups, high level scientific awards and competitions,
operational support and dissemination, information and communication activities .
• Support for transnational access to research infrastructures or preparatory technical work,
including feasibility studies, for the development of new infrastructures, support for
cooperation with other European research schemes, the use by the Commission of external
experts, management .
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