The RFBR and the Byelorussian Republican Foundation for Basic Research (BRFBR) have announced the 2010 competition for the joint Russian-Byelorussian research projects (BEL_A) on the following sciences:
(01) Mathematics, Information Science and Mechanics;
(02) Physics and Astronomy;
(03) Chemistry and Material Sciences;
(04) Biology and Medicine;
(05) Geosciences;
(07) Information Technologies and Computer Systems;
(08) Basic Principles of Engineering Sciences.
Competition ‘BEL_A’ is held in compliance to the rules of the pilot research project competition 2010 (Competition ‘a’).
The duration of each project is 2 years. Both Russian and Byelorussian scientists – the participants of the project on Competition ‘BEL_A’ – preliminarily agree upon the content of their applications. The project title must be the same for both the Russian and Byelorussian applications. The Russian scientists send their applications to the RFBR and the Byelorussian scientists simultaneously – to the BRFBR in compliance to the application submission rules adopted by the RFBR and the BRFBR, correspondingly.
The rules for drawing-up and the forms of the applications for the Byelorussian scientists are placed on the BRFBR website: http://fond.bas-net.by/.
All applications allowed for the competition are at the same time to be independently examined: the Byelorussian scientists’ applications – at the BRFBR and the Russian scientists’ applications – at the RFBR. The consideration of the applications is carried out by each party independently in compliance to its own rules. The competition results are to be jointly summed up by the parties at least within the 1st quarter of 2010 based on the examination results and in accordance with the competition budget. The list of the projects supported by both parties is to be published at the website.
Only those applications are to be accepted for consideration drawn up with the help of the interactive (via the Internet) ‘Grant-Express’ system from 1 August to 30 September 2009. After obtaining a registration number, the Project Manager must print out and submit one printed application copy to the RFBR until 1 October 2009.
The financing of the projects supported by both parties is to be carried out in 2010-2011 as follows: the RFBR pays the costs related to the project implementation by the Russian scientists and the BRFBR – by the Byelorussian scientists.
The decision on continuing the project financing for next year is to be taken by the results of the interim report examination. The fixed periods and the rules for drawing-up the reports are to be announced later.
Address of the Foundation
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
32A LENINSKIY PROSPEKT, GSP-1, V-334, Moscow 119991
Contact information:
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Phone: +7 495 938 52 32, E-mail: kuzya@rfbr.ru
Byelorussian Republican Foundation for Basic Research
Phone: (375-17) 287-36-86, E-mail: fond@it.org.by
BRFBR website: http://fond.bas-net.by/
The full text of this announcement is published on the Russian webpage at the RFBR website.
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