Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation disseminates information about  ERC advanced grants. Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. Advanced Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of  EUR 2 500 000  for a period of  5 years.  The maximum award is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter duration. This does not apply to ongoing projects. Deadline for submitting application is August 31, 2017. Detailed information on the call is available on ERC website and guidelines: European Research Council (ERC) Frontier Research Grants Information for Applicants to the Advanced Grant 2017 Call

On June 23, at 16:00, there was held the first group consultation meeting for the participants of the state scientific grants contest of 2017 in the conference hall of the SRNSF. Audience, who attended the first group consultation meeting was consulted about the terms and conditions of the grant project.

The Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation announces grant competition for mobility and international scientific events. The call covers the following three types of mobility support (previously administered by SRGNSF): -Short-term Individual Travel Grant Competition; - Conference Grant Competition; - Seasonal School Grant Competition. The aim of the competition is to enhance local scientific potential, to support the integration and co-operation of Georgian scientists in international scientific area through exchanging information and sharing experiences, through attracting new skills in science and raising the qualification of young scientists. competition also aims to support researchers in publishing scientific works in international peer review journals. Proposals for the mobility and international scientific events grant scheme can be submitted in the following scientific directions: Natural sciences; Engineering and Technology; Medical and Health sciences; Agricultural sciences; Social sciences; Humanities; Georgian Studies. In the framework of the competition, individual (mobility) and institutional (international scientific events) grants are available only through open competition.  An applicant of the mobility grant competition should be a citizen of Georgia and have MA, PhD or an equivalent degree, or has to be a  PhD, MA student or a resident. Leading and co-participating organization (if any) can participate in the competition to organize an international scientific event along with the key personnel of the project. call administration schedule: June 22, 2017 – Call announcement; June 26 - Beginning of E- Registration of the proposals; 28 June 16:00 - Group Consultation №1, the Foundation’s Conference Hall – attendance through preliminary registration Form; 6 July at 16:00 - Group Consultation №2, the Foundation’s Conference Hall - Registration Form; July 18, 16:00 - Group Consultation №3, the Foundation’s Conference Hall - Registration Form; July 19 - Deadline for sending questions through e-mail; July 24, 16:00 – Deadline of E-registration of the proposals; July 26, 16:00 - Deadline for proposal submission  at the SRGNSF chancellery; September 2017 – The announcement of the results of the competition. Individual consultations on the call procedures are not envisaged. The documentation presented in violation of the established terms, regulations and competition’s terms shall not be considered for competition.   For detailed information about the competition’s rules and conditions, please see the following documents: Decree No. 96 / n of June 9 th , 2017 of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia; Decree No. 78 of 22 nd of June of the Director General of the Foundation; Change in the Decree of the Director General Competition Conditions (Annex 1); Budget Classifier - within the scope of international scientific activities (Annex 11); Classification of Scientific directions;. Frequently Asked Questions: Call documents should be submitted  via e-mail - mgtravel@rustaveli.org.ge : Project Homepage and Abstract (Annex 2) Applicant's Curriculum Vitae (CV) (Annex 4) Notice of co-financing (if any) (Annex 6) See the list of additional documents in the Article 3 of the call terms, sub-paragraph bb of paragraph 5. After the electronic registration at the Mobility Grant Competition, the application for participation in the competition should be submitted at the SRGNSF chancellery of the Foundation (Annex 9) in accordance with the defined terms. Within the framework of international scientific activities, following documents should be submitted via e-mail: ise@rustaveli.org.ge Project coverpage and abstract (Annex 3) Project Proposal (Annex 5) Professional Biographies (CV-s) of the Project Head, Co-head (if any), Key personnel of the project, Basic and Plenary Speaker(s)/ Professor (s) of the Project (Annex 7) Professional Biographies of Foreign Citizens (Key personnel) (Annex 8) Letter of interest for the foreign key and plenary speakers / lecturer (s), or for the ones working outside Georgia, (original and a copy translated by the translation bureau) to participate in the project (Annex12) Professional Biographies (CV-s) of Foreign Citizens (key personnel) (Annex 8) Project Budget and Project Implementation Schedule (Annex 13) Notice of co-financing, (if any) (Annex 6) See the list of additional documents in competition terms (article 4, paragraph 6, sub-paragraph DB).   For further information, please contact the call coordinators: Mr. Tornike Skhirtladze skhirtladze@rustaveli.org.ge   Mr. Vazha Lomidze lomidze@rustaveli.org.ge          

On June 15th, the DAAD Deputy Secretary General Ulrich Grotus, German Ambassador to Georgia, Ms. Hayek Faych and the representtive  of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Giorgi Khishtovani, awarded the SRNSF-DAAD scholarships at the Goethe Institute. The program was announced for the first time this year, as Germany and Georgia aim to deepen scientific relations between the two countries.

Within the framework of the project EaP-Plus , a survey was conducted on EU and Eastern Partnership countries on scientific cooperation - EU-EaP International Cooperation Barometer. The purpose of the survey was to collect and analyze the information on scientific cooperation between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries. Respondents from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine were questioned in the survey. In total, 413 surveys were collected, from which 257 questionnaires were processed.  (The rest 156 questionnaires were submitted partially filled). It should be noted that 28% of the data was provided by Georgian participants. See the survey report on EU-EaP International Cooperation Barometer