• Humanities & Social Sciences:

1. Institutions and Markets
2. Institutions, Values, Beliefs and Behavior
3. Environment and Society
4. The Human Mind and its Complexity
5. Cultures and Cultural Production
6. The Study of the Human Past

• Applied Science:

1. Computer Science and Informatics
2. Products and Process Engineering
3. Geosciences

• Life Sciences:

1. Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health
2. Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology
3. Applied Life Sciences and Biotechnology

For more information on the above ranking of the scientific fields and to make sure that your proposal falls into one of them see here the categorization used for this call.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• The proposal should be submitted by a team of scholars with a lead coordinator.
• The proposal should not be part of a doctoral thesis or a postgraduate thesis and generally not be purely a research project.
• The proposal should not be part of a research project funded by another body.
• The studies will be carried out within max. twelve months since the date of announcements of results.

FUNDING

The funding of each study will be based on a detailed budget to be submitted with the rest of the required documents. The maximum available funding for each study amounts to twelve thousand euros (€12,000), including all kinds of charges such as deductions, taxes, etc.

EVALUATION - SELECTION

Proposals will be evaluated by a special Scientific Committee of the Foundation. The Foundation's Executive Board will consider the above-mentioned evaluation and will select at its discretion up to twenty (20) studies to be funded in 2010. The number of studies funded per scientific field will be determined during the evaluation process.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline for submission is 15 September 2009. Interested parties should submit their application through the online system – the system will get activated on September 2009.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

The results will be announced by November, 16th 2009.

For more information on how to apply, the composition of the study teams, the budget and funding terms, the evaluation process and the announcement of the results, please check the Frequently Asked Questions.