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SCOPES 2000 - 2003 SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION BETWEEN EASTERN EUROPE AND SWITZERLAND

Commissioned by the Swiss Government, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has been promoting co-operation with scientists from Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and from the New Independent States (NIS) since 1990, by implementing a scientific co-operation programme in three consecutive phases. This commitment, which is part of a wider effort to strengthen economic, scientific, and cultural ties between Switzerland and Eastern Europe was renewed in 1999 when the SNSF launched a fourth programme phase entitled SCOPES - Scientific Co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland 2000 - 2003. In line with Swiss foreign policy, the programme aims at strengthening science and research in the following partner countries:

Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria
Croatianew Georgia Macedonia Moldova Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
Romania Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan

New: Conference Grants will be open also for scientists from the following countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia

With the current second call for proposals all partner countries of SCOPES 2000 - 2003 have the opportunity to participate in the co-operation programme, but not every action line is open for each partner country.

Conference Grants shall enable scientists from Eastern European to participate in scientific international conferences taking place in Switzerland. Proposals must be submitted by the Swiss conference organiser. Conference Grants are open new for all the countries of Eastern Europe and the New Independent States.

Preparatory Grants shall facilitate the elaboration of full proposals (Joint Research Project and Institutional Partnership). Future partners receive funding for travel and subsistence in order to visit each other and to discuss and elaborate a common proposal for a Joint Research Project or an Institutional Partnership. Trips must be undertaken before submission of a full proposal for a Joint Research Project and an Institutional Partnership.

Joint Research Projects shall enable the support of excellent research teams in the partner countries. At least one research team from Eastern Europe and one from Switzerland must participate in a JRP. The research is carried out at the concerned research institutions, but mutual visits and short-term stays are possible. This action line is not open any more for all the partner countries.

Institutional Partnerships shall contribute to the development and modernisation of institutional aspects in research and teaching and increase the attractiveness and the international competitiveness of Eastern European research and education institutions by improving the framework conditions. Institutional Partnerships are not directly concerned with research (no financial support of research projects), but implies following activities: reorganisation and/or administrative restructuring of research institutions; new teaching initiatives (e.g. improvement and modernisation of teaching methods, elaboration of new curricula and text books); improvement of training activities (e.g. organisation of summer schools, exchange of scientists); renewal and/or enlargement of infrastructure and further needs for research and teaching (e.g. equipment, infrastructure, computers, literature). On one hand, all countries may participate in an Institutional Partnership, on the other hand at least two different countries must participate in an IP.

The current call for proposals will be open for Joint Research Projects and for the Institutional Partnerships Mb>until 31 March 2001 at the latest. Preparatory Grants must be submitted by the end of February 2001 at the latest. At the end of July 2001 applicants will be informed of the results of the selection procedure.

Further information to the programme and to the current call for proposals can be found in the Information package, which is available in electronic form via the SNSF-Website as follows:

http://www.snf.ch (under Calls/International Research Co-operation/Eastern Europe = SCOPES)

The Information package (containing General Information, Application Forms, Guidelines) can also be obtained on written request (post, fax or e-mail) from:

Swiss National Science Foundation, SCOPES , P.O. Box 8232, CH-3001 Berne, Switzerland

Fax: +41-31-301 30 09 / e-mail: scopes@snf.ch

Proposals must be sent to the same address.

Contacts at SNSF secretariat/International relations (phone: +41-31-308 22 22):
Evelyne Glaettli, Programme Manager
Annette Kimmich, Assistant


   
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