Shota Rustaveli National Science foundation of Georgia disseminates information about Starting and Consolidator Grant 2019 calls funded by European Research Council (ERC) . ERC Starting Grants – grants for young researchers to build their own careers. Funding for per grant - 5 million Euro ; The duration of the project is 5 years. Starting Grant 2019 Call opening: 14 September of 2018; Deadline: 17 October of 2018. ERC Consolidator Grants - are designed to back up researchers who want to establish their research teams and continue developing a successful career in Europe Funding for the Grant is 2 million Euro and the project duration is up to 5 years. Call for Consolidator Grant 2019 opens on 24 October 2018 and the application deadline is 7 February 2019. For the additional information, please see European Research Council (ERC) brochure .

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about the European Research Council (ERC ) working programme which is established by the Scientific Council of the ERC and subsequently adopted by the European Commission . The adoption of the 2019 ERC Work Programme, originally planned for mid-July, is expected in mid-September. An update on the expected opening date will be posted on this website on 4 September. The 2019 Starting Grant call , which was expected to be opened in mid-July, will open upon Work Programme adoption. The Starting Grant call will be open for a shorter time than usual, as the call closure date is expected to be 17 October 2018. The 2019 Synergy Grant call, which was expected to be opened also in mid-July, will open upon Work Programme adoption. The Synergy Grant call will be open for a shorter time than usual, as the call closure date is expected to be 8 November 2018. The ERC Work Programme 2019 has been established by the Scientific Council but not yet adopted by the European Commission. The Work Programme established by the Scientific Council is similar to the Work Programme 2018. However, the Scientific Council has decided on the introduction of some novelties.  For Scientific Council’s changes in programme, please see the file .  

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about European Research Council(ERC ) supported projects in the field of mathematical sciences. ERC has recently published brochure,, Mathematics Spotlight on ERC Projects ”.   As part of Europe’s Framework Programme for Research and Development,, HORIZON 2020”, ERC supports many fields of science including mathematics and the aim of this publication is to underline mathematics role in developing other discipline and more importantly in countries economy. To date, the European Research Council (ERC) has supported 377 projects in mathematics, representing more than EUR 600 million of investment in this research area. For the brochure and other additional information, please visit Era Portal Austria Webpage

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about the European Council published the attest update in Europe’s Framework Programme for Research and Development,, HORIZON 2020”. All Horizon 2020 work programme sections have been updated. For further details and download of all documents, please go to the  Participant Portal. A list of new topics can be found on  KOWI website .

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) which now launched its 15th and 16th Calls for proposals under IMI2. The Calls give researchers from diverse sectors the opportunity to participate in ambitious public-private partnerships that will pave the way for the development of the medicines of the future. innovative medicines initiative is a partner organization of European Union and their joint budget - 3.27 billion Euro (Between 2014 – 2020) is focused on funding innovative researches for medicines future development. Participants must send short proposals for taking part and the deadline is 24 October 2018. For Registration links, call conditions and other additional information (webinars and instructions) please see the attached file.

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education . Funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, this year’s Prize will recognize projects and programmes that leverage innovative technologies to ensure education for excluded vulnerable groups. This year the Prize will highlight projects that use integrated solutions that blend commonly used technology with frontier ICT applications, such as breakthrough technology to overcome infrastructure barriers; solutions to reduce the cost of access; online learning innovations; intelligent learning management systems; machine translation; big data; and imagery technology. Two awards will be granted, and each recipient will receive a monetary award of US$ 25,000 during the Award Ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Individuals, institutions and non-governmental organizations are invited to approach the National Commissions for UNESCO of their countries or NGOs in official partnerships with UNESCO and complete the online submission form . Further details about the call can be accessed via the link.  Deadline for submitting the candidates at the Minsitry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport is October 19, 2018.

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation Disseminates information about Professional courses which are offered annually in Israel in conjunction with professional and academic institutes. ​​ ,,Mashav” is Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation and annually, it provides professional courses in English, Russian, French and Spanish Languages. For Application forms, list of the curses and other additional information, please visit Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation - ,,Mashav” Website .  

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about European Research Council(ERC) Advanced Grant call 2018 as part of HORIZON 2020. The call 2018 is open from July 17 and the deadline is 30 August 2018 .   The call will be open to established, leading researchers of any nationality and from any field of research, with a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years. Legally the host institutions must be based in one of the EU member states or one of the associated countries, including Georgia. Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognized track record of research achievements. Advanced Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of  EUR 2 500 000  for a period of  5 years For detailed information about the call, please visit the Horizon 2020  Participants Portal. Additional information about the Grant Call 2018 is available on the ERC webpage .

Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia disseminates information about the European Commission Prize in contest, which aims the solution for launching light satellites into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). This contest runs under Horizon 2020, the EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programme and Prize value is 10 million Euro . The solution will enhance on European access to space and associated technological non-dependence and thereby will provide strategic and competitive advantages for European companies, SMEs, universities and research organizations. Small satellites are well-suited for most kinds of institutional and commercial use: wireless communications networks, Internet services, broader connectivity, scientific observation, data gathering, Earth imaging and positioning. The contest is open to all legal entities (i.e. natural or legal persons, including international organizations) or groups of legal entities established in an EU Member State or in a country associated to Horizon 2020. Contest opens on 12 June 2018 and the deadline is considered to be 1 June of 2021. Rules of contest and other additional information are available on the European Commission webpage .

Health NCP Net 2.0 together with the Research Council of Norway will organize an international brokerage event on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 1 “Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing” calls in Oslo, on 3&4 September 2018. This international brokerage event will help you to build your consortium for 2019 updated calls of the 2018-2020 Health work programme, which will be open until April 2019. Why participate? Get all information needed on the upcoming Horizon 2020 calls in the « Health, Demographic change and Wellbeing » work programme; Present your innovative project idea, or your competence, to an international audience and discover other participants’ solutions and technologies; Meet potential partners from Europe and beyond and start building your consortium. Any applicant eligible to Horizon 2020 calls: Companies, universities, research and technology organizations, public sector, NGOs and patients associations… Participation to the brokerage event is free of charge. The registration web-site is available.