European Programmes

Guide Association makes available websites links of the main European programmes and calls, which could be of possible interest for members institutions, universities or private and public bodies willing to establish useful partnerships for the development of global cooperation project.

Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundviting sub-programme
Grundtvig aims to provide adults with ways to improve their knowledge and skills. It not only covers learners in adult education, but also the teachers, trainers, education staff and facilities that provide these services.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries: the 27 Member States of the European Union (as of 1 January 2007), the EFTA-EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and candidate countries: Turkey.
Various deadlines: from 15 January 2010 to 15 September 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc86_en.htm

Lifelong Learning Programme, Comenius sub-programme
Comenius seeks to develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures, languages and values. It aims at improving and increasing the mobility of pupils and educational staff in different Member States and is focused on enhancing partnerships between schools with at least three million pupils taking part in joint educational activities by 2010.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries: the 27 Member States of the European Union (as of 1 January 2007), the EFTA-EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and candidate countries: Turkey.
Various deadlines: from 15 January 2010 to 15 September 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc84_en.htm

Lifelong Learning Programme, Transversal Programme
In order to ensure that the four sub-programmes of the Lifelong Learning Programme reap the best results, a transversal programme with four key activities complements them: a) Policy co-coperation: innovating and sharing good policy practices; b) Languages: breaking the language barriers; c) Information and communication technologies: innovative learning; d) Dissemination and exploitation of project results: spreading and implementing the results.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries: the 27 Member States of the European Union (as of 1 January 2007), the EFTA-EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and candidate countries: Turkey.
Various deadlines: 31 March 2010/15 October 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc90_en.htm

Seventh Framework Programme – Cooperation – Theme 3 - ICT - Information and Communication Technologies
The objective of this call is to improve the competitiveness of European industry and enable Europe to master and shape future developments in ICT so that the demands of its society and economy are met. ICT is at the very core of the knowledge-based society. Activities will continue to strengthen Europe's scientific and technology base and ensure its global leadership in ICT, help drive and stimulate product, service and process innovation and creativity through ICT use and value creation in Europe, and ensure that ICT progress is rapidly transformed into benefits for Europe's citizens, businesses, industry and governments. These activities will also help reduce the digital divide and social exclusion.
Calls title: FET Open scheme, "ICT for Green Cars"-2010, Cross-Thematic Call: Energy-efficient Buildings, Cross-Thematic Call "Factories of the Future", ICT Call 5.
Various deadlines: from 26 October 2009 to 24 May 2011
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage#Information%20and%20Communication%20Technologies

Seventh Framework Programme – Capacities - Theme 5 - Science in Society
In the terms of the 7th Framework Programme, activities in the field of Science in Society aim to "stimulate, with a view to building an open, effective and democratic European knowledgebased society, the harmonious integration of scientific and technological endeavour, and associated research policies in the European social web, by encouraging pan-European reflection and debate on science and technology and their relationship with the whole spectrum of society and culture".
Calls title: FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2010-NCP; FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2010-1, FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2010-CAREERS, The role of universities in the process towards a knowledge-based society.
Various deadlines: from 2 December 2009 to 29 April 2010
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage#Science%20in%20Society

Seventh Framework Programme – Ideas - European Research Council (ERC)
The European Research Council (ERC) has a unique position in European research funding to support the best science and scholarship and the fundamental principle for all ERC activities is that of stimulating investigator-initiated frontier research across all fields of research. Awards will be made and grants operated according to simple procedures that maintain the focus on excellence, encourage initiative and combine flexibility with accountability. Two types of ERC grant are available at present:
1. The ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grants (ERC Starting Grants). The objective is to provide critical and adequate support to the independent careers of excellent researchers who are at the stage of starting or consolidating their own independent research;
2. The ERC Advanced Investigator Grants (ERC Advanced Grants). The objective is to encourage and support excellent, innovative investigator-initiated research projects;
The ERC actions are open to researchers of any nationality who would like to establish their research activity up in any Member State as well as any Associated country. The Principal Investigator can be of any age and nationality and he/she can reside in any country in the world at the time of the application.
Call title: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant.
Various deadlines: from 24 February 2010 to 07 April 2010
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage 

MEDIA 2007 - Call for proposals EACEA/19/09: Support for the transnational distribution of European films and the networking of European cinema distribution companies - System of 'selective' support
The aim of the ‘Selective’ scheme is to encourage and support the wider transnational distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non-domestic European films.
The scheme also aims to encourage the development of links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
— the 27 countries of the European Union,
— the EFTA countries, Switzerland and Croatia.
Various deadlines: 01 April/01 July 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/distrib/schemes/select/index_en.htm 

MEDIA 2007 - Call for proposals EACEA/24/09: “Promotion/Access to Markets”
The objectives of the call are: a) to facilitate and encourage the promotion and movement of European audiovisual and cinema works at trade shows, fairs and audiovisual festivals in Europe and around the globe, insofar as such events may play an important role in the promotion of European works and the networking of professionals; b) to encourage the networking of European operators, by supporting joint activities on the European and international markets by national public or private promotion bodies.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
— the 27 countries of the European Union,
— the EFTA countries, Switzerland and Croatia.
Deadline: 30 June 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/promo/markt/forms/index_en.htm 

MEDIA 2007— EACEA/18/09 – Funding for television broadcasting of European audiovisual works
This funding seeks to encourage independent European audiovisual production companies to produce work (fiction, documentaries or animated films) that involves the participation or cooperation of least three broadcasters -and preferably more- from several member states. One of the objectives of the programme is to promote the transnational broadcasting of European audiovisual works produced by independent production companies by encouraging cooperation between broadcasters on one hand, and independent producers and distributors on the other. This notice is aimed at European companies whose activities contribute to the attainment of the above objectives, and in particular to independent TV production companies.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
— the 27 countries of the European Union,
— the EFTA countries, Switzerland and Croatia .
Various deadlines: 05 March/28 June 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/producer/tv/index_en.htm 

MEDIA 2007— EACEA/23/09: Audiovisual festivals
The overall objectives of the call are: - facilitating and encouraging the promotion and movement of European audiovisual and cinema works at trade shows, fairs and audiovisual festivals in Europe and around the globe, insofar as such events may play an important role in the promotion of European works and the networking of professionals; - improve access to European audiovisual works for the European and international public.
The present notification is addressed to European organisations and to those registered in and controlled by nationals from the Member States of the European Union and countries of the European Economic Agreement participating in the MEDIA 2007 Programme (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), Switzerland and Croatia.
Deadline: 30 April 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/festiv/forms/index_en.htm 

MEDIA 2007 — EACEA/20/09: Support for the development of drama, animation and creative documentary - Slate funding and Slate funding 2nd stage
One of the objectives of the programme is to promote, by providing financial support, the development of production projects intended for European and international markets presented by independent European production companies in the following categories: animation, creative documentary and drama.
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
— the 27 countries of the European Union,
— the EFTA countries, Switzerland and Croatia.
Deadline: 12 April 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/producer/develop/slate1st/index_en.htm 

MEDIA 2007 — EACEA/21/09: Support for the development of on and off-line interactive works
One of the objectives of the programme is to promote, by providing financial support, the development of production projects intended for European and international markets presented by independent European production companies.
The activities for the following interactive works are eligible: the concept development (up to a first playable application) of digital interactive content complementing an audiovisual project (drama, creative documentary or animation) specifically developed for at least one of the following platforms:
— Internet,
— PC,
— console,
— handheld device,
— interactive television
Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
— the 27 countries of the European Union,
— the EFTA countries, Switzerland and Croatia.
Deadline: 12 April 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/producer/develop/interactive/index_en.htm 

Erasmus Mundus Programme - 2010 Call for proposals: EACEA/29/09
Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries. In addition, it contributes to the development of human resources and the international cooperation capacity of Higher education institutions in third countries by increasing mobility between the European Union and these countries.
This Call for Proposals aims to support projects under all three Actions of the programme:
Action 1: Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes
Action 2: Erasmus Mundus Partnerships
Action 3: Promotion of European higher education.
Deadline: 30 April 2010
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/higher_education_institutions_en.php