PROGRAMS

European Union

• EURYI - European Young Investigator Awards (International program)

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  Main title/name of the Program	EURYI - European Young Investigator Awards (International program)
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  Description	The European Young Investigators Awardsconstitute an initiative of European Union Research Organisations Heads of Research Councils (?UROHORCS) in cooperation with the European Science Foundation (ESF), and aim at encouraging young brilliant researchers from all over the world to work in Europe for the benefit of the development of European science and the building up of the next generation of leading European scientists. The awarded young researchers pursue the proposed innovative research in collaboration with the European host organizations. The criteria for the EURYI awards are: a) the scientific achievements of the young researcher and its potential to become a world class leader in the respective field, b) the originality and feasibility of the proposed research and its potential to improve the competitiveness of European research at world level, and c) the internationally recognized level of excellence of the host institution and its capability to host the applicant and the proposed research.
  Start year	2003
  Final year
  Budget
  Research area	All fields of science and humanities
  Country	International - European Union
  Sponsored by
  Leading institution
  Website	http://www.esf.org/esf_genericpage.php?section=8&domain=0&genericpage=1879 http://www.eie.gr/nhrf/institutes/tpci/euryi-2004-en.html
  Contact
  Name	Dr. Vera Herkommer Tel: +49-(0)228-885-2124 Kennedyallee 40 D-53175 Bonn Legal Officer
  Institution	Quality Assurance and Programme Development Division
  e-mail	Vera.Herkommer@dfg.de Anjana.Buckow@dfg.de

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• "European Young Investigator Award", European Science Foundation - www.esf.org/activities/euryi.html
• "Starting Independent Research Grant Scheme", European Research Council - erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&topicID=65
  
  
  Austria
  
• Thematic Programme "Life Sciences" Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und TEchnologiefonds (WWTF) - www.wwtf.at
  
  France
  
• "Programme PNANO - Nanosciences et Nanotechnologies", Agence Nationale de la Recherche - www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/documents/aap/2006/selection/pnano.pdf
• Programme Systemes Interactifs et Robotique, Agence Nationale de la Recherche - www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/documents/aap/2006/selection/psirob.pdf
• "Jeunes chercheuses et jeunes chercheurs", Agence Nationale de la Recherche - www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/?aap=jcjc
• "Blanc", Agence Nationale de la Recherche - www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/?aap=blanc
  
  Germany
  
• Adolf-Martens Fellowship Program Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) - www.bam.de
• Networks of basic research into renewable energy and energy conservation Projekttraeger Jülich, Website under construction
• Complex Materials: Cooperative Projects of the Natural, Engineering and Biosciences VolkswagenStiftung - www.volkswagenstiftung.de
• Innovative Methods for the Manufacturing of Multifunctional Surfaces VolkswagenStiftung, Germany - www.volkswagenstiftung.de
• Off the beaten track VolkswagenFoundation, Germany - www.volkswagenstiftung.de/index.php?id=140&L=1
• New conceptual approaches to modelling and simulation of complex systems, Volkswagen Stiftung - www.volkswagenstiftung.de/index.php?id+169&L=1
• German Space Program, DLR German Aerospace Prog, - www.dlr.de/rd/fachprog
• Wing - Materials Innovations for Industry and Society, Projekttraeger Juelich, - www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/wing/
• "Krupp-Förderpreis", Krupp von Bohlen und Halback Stiftung - www.krupp-stiftung.de
• "Humboldt Research Fellowships", Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp.htm
  
  Hungary
  
• JANOS IRINYI programme "Idea" Agency for Research Fund Management and Research Exploitation - www.nkth.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=2212&articleID=4897&ctag=articlelist&iid=1
  
  Ireland
  
• Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions Higher Education Authority - www.hea.ie
• Research Development Fund Teagasc - www.teagasc.ie/
• SFI Principal Investigator Programme Science Foundation - www.sfi.ie/PI
• Research Frontiers Programme Science Foundation - www.sfi.ie/rfp
• E.T.S. Walton Visitor Awards Science Foundation - www.sfi.ie/walton
• President of Ireland Young Investigator Award (PIYRA) Science Foundation - www.sfi.ie/piyra
  
  Italy
  
• FIRB, MIUR Ministry of University and Research - firb.miur.it
  
  Israel
  
• FIRST - Track 1 - Special individual research grants, Israel Science Foundation - www.isf.org.il
• FIRST - Track 2 - Institutional grants, Israel Science Foundation - www.isf.org.il
• FIRST - Track 3 - post-doc awards, Israel Science Foundation - www.isf.org.il
• Excellence Program, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
• Joint TASMC - WEIZMANN Institute Fund, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
  
  Netherlands
  
• Experimental/high risk research, Dutch Arthritis Association - www.reumaresearch.nl
• Genomics Centers of Excellence, Genomics Technology Centres, Genomics Innovative Clusters, Netherlands Genomics Initiative - www.genomics.nl
  
• Open Technology Programme/Vernieuwingsimpuls, Technology Foundation STW - www.stw.nl/English/
  
  Spain
  
• EXPLORA-INGENIO 2010, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - www.mec.es/files/FolletoExplora2006.pdf
  
  Sweden
  
• The Green Car Project, VINNOVA - www.pff.nu
• Research & Innovatio in SMEs, VINNOVA - www.vinnova.se
  
  Switzerland
  
• CTI Discovery project, CTI-Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation - www.bbt.admin.ch/kti/projektfoerderung/00246/index.html?lang=en
  
  UK
  
• Sir Henry Wellcome Commemorative Awards for Innovative Research, Wellcome Trust - www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc%5Fwtd003289.html
• EPSRC 'Ideas Factory', Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Programmes/Cross-EPSRCActivities/IDEASFactory/default.htm
• Innovate biological imaging and signal analysis initiative, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - www.bbsrc.ac.uk
  
  USA
  
• NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program (DP1)

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  Main title/name of the Program	NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program
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  Description	The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is engaged in a series of initiatives, collectively known as the "NIH Roadmap for Medical Research" (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov), which promote clinical and translational investigation and aim to improve health and prevent disease. The NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program, a High-Risk Research initiative of Research Teams of the Future, is meant to complement NIH's traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research. This funding opportunity will use the DP1 award mechanism. Eligible organizations include for-profit organizations; non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories; units of State government; units of local government; eligible agencies of the Federal government ; foreign Institutions; domestic Institutions; faith-based or community-based organizations; units of State Tribal government; and units of Local Tribal government. Eligible principal investigators include U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents who are currently engaged in research. The research proposed need not be in a conventional biomedical or behavioral discipline; if the individual's experience is in non-biological areas, however, he/she must demonstrate a commitment to exploring topics of biomedical relevance. Investigators at all career levels are eligible. Those at early to middle stages of their careers, women, and members of groups underrepresented in biomedical research are especially encouraged to apply. Nominees and applicants who were not selected for an award in 2004 or 2005 may submit applications this year.
  Start year	2004
  Final year
  Budget	Approximately five to 10 awards of $500,000 in direct costs are anticipated for a total of up to $5 million per year for five years.
  Research area	Biomedical research - the biological, behavioral, clinical, social, physical, chemical, computational, engineering, and mathematical sciences.
  Country	USA
  Sponsored by
  Leading institution	National Institute of Health (NIH)
  Website	http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer/ http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-005.html
  Contact
  Name	Judith H. Greenberg, Ph.D. Director, Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology Phone: 301-594-0943 Fax : 301-480-2228
  Institution	National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institutes of Health Building 45, Room 2As25, MSC 6200 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6200
  e-mail	pioneer@nih.gov greenbej@nigms.nih.gov

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• "Investigator Program", Howard Hughes Medical Institute - www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/investigator2008/
• "21st Century Science Initiative", James S. McDonnell Foundation - www.jsmf.org/apply/index.htm
• "Georgia Tech Focused Research Program", Georgia Institute of Technology - www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/factbook/?page=137
  
  Canada
  
• Special Research Opportunity (SRO) Program

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  Main title/name of the Program	Special Research Opportunity (SRO)
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  Description	The Special Research Opportunity (SRO) program supports unique, emerging research opportunities that are timely, urgent, high-risk or have a strong potential for breakthrough that will be of substantial benefit to Canada. The program also supports pre-research activities to investigate and develop potential new collaborative projects necessary to respond to these national and international opportunities. A special research opportunity may be undertaken by an individual or by a team of researchers. It may be specific to one discipline or interdisciplinary. It can be national or international in scope. The SRO program supports projects involving any field of the natural sciences or engineering. The proposed project may range from fundamental knowledge creation to knowledge application.
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  Final year
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  Research area	The natural sciences or engineering
  Country	Canada
  Sponsored by	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada
  Leading institution
  Website	http://www.nserc.ca/professors_e.asp?nav=profnav&lbi=a4
  Contact
  Name	Sandra O'Conner or Diane Charles NSERC 350 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H5 Canada Tel: 613 992-5337
  Institution	National Scienece and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  e-mail	sandra.Oconner@nserc.ca diane.charles@nserc.ca resgrant@nserc.ca

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PROJECTS

• CREA - Creativity capabilities and the promotion of highly innovative research in Europe and the United States

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  Project Title	Creativity capabilities and the promotion of highly innovative research in Europe and the United States
  Acronym	CREA
  Description	The project aims to understand the production and emergence of highly creative and innovative research in Europe and the United States. Researchers from the Technology Policy and Assessment Center (TPAC) at Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy are collaborating with two highly recognized European partners, the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) and Sussex University's Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), in a new study to examine creative capabilities and the promotion of highly innovative research in Europe and the United States (CREA). In this project, the team of German, British and US partners is setting out to find the most creative researchers in genetics and nanoscience and to learn from them what makes for excellence in research. The study will probe not just the personal characteristics of the researcher, but also the environment in which he or she works. The findings are expected to hold important lessons for science and technology policy.
  Start year	2005
  Final year	2006
  Budget
  Research area	Nanoscience/-technology and human genetics
  Sponsored by	Newly Emerging Science and Technologies (NEST) program of the European Union
  Coordinator	The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation
  Countries involved	Germany, Britain and US
  Website	http://www.crea.server.de http://www.iac.gatech.edu/research/whatnew.htm
  Contact
  Name	Thomas Heinze
  Institution	Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung Breslauer Strasse 48 76139 Karlsruhe Germany
  e-mail	thomas.heinze@isi.fraunhofer.de

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• GoodNIP - Trans-Nordic research project on good practices in Nordic innovation policies

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  Project Title	Trans-Nordic research project on good practices in Nordic innovation policies
  Acronym	GoodNIP
  Description	The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies is to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to be used in the development of new or adjusted policy instruments on a national or Nordic level.
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  Research area	Innovation policy measures
  Sponsored by	Nordic Industrial Fund - Center for Innovation and Commercial Development
  Coordinator	Norwegian STEP-group
  Countries involved	Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden.
  Website	http://www.step.no/goodnip/ http://www.nordicinnovation.net/article.cfm?id=1-853-192
  Contact
  Name	Per M. Koch (Project Leader) Tel. +47 2286 8021 Fax. +47 2286 8049
  Institution	Stiftelsen STEP, Norway
  e-mail	per.koch@step.no

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• ARES - Assembling Reconfigurable Endoluminal Surgical system
• ELCAT - Electrocatalytic gas-phase conversion of CO2 in confined
• EMBIO - Emergent organisation in complex biomolecular systems
• PHARMAPOX - Chemistry, pharmacology and bioactivity of a novel apoptotic compound - a sex regulator in decapod crustaceans with promising environmental and medical applications
• PORGROW - Policy options for responding to the growing challenge from obesity: a cross-national comparative study
• TACT - Thought in Action
• VIMPA - Vibrating microengines for power generation and microsystems actuation
• WAYFINDING - Finding your way in the world - on the neurocognitive basis of spatial memory and orientation in humans