The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Offices Ljubljana/Slovenia and Sofia/Bulgaria (ASOs) announce a Call for proposals for projects in Research Co-operation and Networking between institutions in Austria, the ASO countries Slovenia and Bulgaria and South-Eastern Europe.

The call wants to intensify the short-term co-operation in the scientific field of “Governance – Civil Society” with the aim to support the development of long-term scientific collaboration. Funding is provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk) in the framework of its South-Eastern European science cooperation initiative.

This call is open from 1. December 2004 to 31. March 2005 (date of post mark), the project activities must be implemented after signing the contract and before May 2006. The funding available is 122.000 Euro and it is envisaged to support around 10 projects following this call. The allowable funding per project depends on the content, duration and number of teams involved.

The funded activities shall enable scientists from Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria and other South-Eastern European countries to work together on mutually beneficial projects. The main goal is to promote networking, getting in contact with partners and the exchange of research results and know-how. Eligible participants are universities, non-university research institutions and tertiary education organisations.

Please find the complete call for proposal as attachment to this mail and further information on the call and the application form for the proposals to be downloaded.