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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST RUSSIAN-DUTCH RESEARCH COOPERATION 2000

Netherlands Organisation
for Scientific Research
Ministry of Science and Technology
of the Russian Federation

Ministry of General and Professional
Education of the Russian Federation

Dutch and Russian scientists are invited to submit an expression of interest for a joint project in the frame of the research cooperation between the Netherlands and the Russian Federation. This 2000 invitation is limited to joint projects in the following scientific fields:

  • a. Alternative sources of energy (including fusion)
  • b. Global change combined with biodiversity
    (climat change due to the enhanced greenhouse effect will cause shifts in climatic constraints for species and vegetation. Research on past climate changes and paleobiology forms a key to the response options of species in the future. In the Younger Dryas (11-10 kyr BP) the Northern Hemisphere experienced rapid climate changes with relatively well documented paleobotanical changes. Also more recent periods are of great interest. Proposals should by preference contribute to the IGBP project PAGES, Stream I).
  • c. Molecular physics, synchrotron radiation, Bose-Einstein condensation.
    This topic contains research on the interaction between radiation and atomic particles (i.e. atoms, molecules, ions, clusters and electrons) as well as between these atomic particles and the methodology to investigate these interactions, e.g. with synchrotron radiation. This topic also includes research on the production, behaviour and application of quantum gases.
  • d. Physics of polymers and nanocomposites
    This topic contains research on the relation between the electronic or molecular structure and the properties of (bio-)polymers, polymer melts or nano-composites.

A typical project will have a duration of 2 to 3 years and a budget amounting to some NLG 200.000 to NLG 250.000 for the total duration of the project. At least 70% of the budget is to be spent in the Russian Federation or to the benefit of RF researchers. The project has to start in early 2001.

The programme for research cooperation between the Netherlands and the Russian Federation is based on the following main points of departure, on which the expressions of interest will primarily be judged:

  • scientific excellence and originality;
  • the development of a lasting research cooperation between the Netherlands and the Russian Federation;
  • besides an obvious Russian scientific and/or societal relevance, also a substantial Dutch scientific and/or societal relevance; the cooperation needs to have added value for all parties concerned;
  • the proposed research projects should be a continuation or extension of prior research cooperation;
  • a substantial regional spreading of the Russian groups involved;
  • the formation of networks in the cooperation;
  • the involvement of young scientists aged under 35 in the cooperation.

The deadline for the submission of an expression of interest is 28 April 2000. The expressions should be done in the English language only and be submitted both in the Netherlands (for the Dutch scientists) and in the Russian Federation (for the Russian scientists) to the addresses listed below. It is expected that an initial technical selection be completed by June 2000. The applicants included in this pre-selection will subsequently be invited to submit a full research proposal to NWO by August 2000. The final selection of these proposals is envisaged for December 2000. It is important to note that in the selection new projects will be given preference over ones that have been supported by NWO before.

For the Dutch scientists:
for further information please contact:
Ms. Jeanne Zwart-Vanca
tel: + 31 70 3440855
fax:+ 31 70 347 2623
e-mail: zwart@nwo.nl

Address:International Relations Department
Netherlands Organization for Scienctific Research (NWO)
P.O. Box 93138
2509 AC The Hague
The Netherlands

For the Russian scientists:
for further information please contact:
Mr. V.V. KOVALEV
tel: + 7 095 938 52 53
fax: + 7 095 938 19 31
e-mail: Kovalev@RFBR.ru

Address: Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
32a Leninsky prosp.
Moscow 117334
The Russian Federation


   
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