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 (max. 5 members) of scholars with a lead coordinator.
• The proposal should not be part of a doctoral thesis or a postgraduate thesis.
• Each coordinator and researcher can only participate in one study group and each group can submit only one proposal.

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 2011. The number of studies funded per scientific field will be determined during the evaluation process.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE - TIMELINE

Submission Start Date: 15 June 2010

Deadline: 30 June 2010

Note: Interested parties should only submit their application through the online system – the system will get activated on June 15th, 2010.

Announcement of Results: 29 October 2010

Project Start Date: 1 January 2011

Project End Date: 12 December 2011

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.