The RFBR and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine have announced the 2010-2011 competition for the joint Russian-Ukrainian basic research projects (Ukr_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;
(06) Human and Social Sciences;
(07) Information Technologies and Computer Systems;
(08) Basic Principles of Engineering Sciences.
Competition ‘Ukr_a’ is held in compliance to the rules of the pilot research project competition 2010 (Competition ‘a’).
On the Ukrainian side, the projects of those scientists who work at the institutions of the NAS of Ukraine are to be allowed for the competition.
The rules for drawing-up and the forms of the applications for the Ukrainian scientists are placed on the website of the NAS of Ukraine: http://www.nas.gov.ua/.
The Russian and the Ukrainian scientists – the participants of the project on Competition ‘Ukr_a’ – preliminarily agree upon the content of their applications. The project name must be the same for both the Russian and Ukrainian applications. The Russian scientists send their applications to the RFBR and the Ukrainian scientists simultaneously – to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS of Ukraine) in compliance to the application submission rules adopted by the RFBR and the NAS of Ukraine, correspondingly.
All applications allowed for the competition are at the same time to be independently examined: the Ukrainian scientists’ applications – at the NAS of Ukraine and the Russian scientists’ applications – at the RFBR. The consideration of the applications is to be 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 RFBR website.
The Foundation notifies the Project Manager via the ‘Grant-Express’ system of the following:
- Registration of the project and its acceptance for consideration;
- Support or refusal of the project.
The procedure for drawing-up and submission of the applications to the RFBR
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 bracketed application copy to the RFBR until 15 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 NAS of Ukraine – by the Ukrainian scientists.
The decision on continuing the project financing for the next year is to be taken by the results of the interim report examination.
The interim report submission period is December 2010, and for the final reports – December 2011. 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: bumagina@rfbr.ru
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
54 VLADIMIRSKAYA St., Kiev 30, Ukraine
Phone: +38 044 239 65 96, E-mail: atamanenko@nas.gov.ua
Website of the NAS of Ukraine: http://www.nas.gov.ua
The full text of this announcement is published on the Russian webpage at the RFBR website.
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