EUROCORES

BASIC INFORMATION

The European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) Programme provides large-scale project funding for trans-national teams of researchers. The European Science Foundation (ESF) provides programme coordination and logistics. Research funding is provided by participating national funding organisations.

The member organisations participate in the proposed individually oriented sub-programmes according to their own decision on the basis of evaluation of conditions in the field of science and the conditions and prospects for further development in the relevant country. These organisations finance parts of projects resolved by individuals or scientific teams in the given country. Support is provided to each team directly in accordance with the legal regulations of the individual country and the internal rules and regulations of the relevant member organisation.

SCHEME OF THE EUROCORES

  1. Call for EUROCORES themes by ESF.

  2. International peer review process.

  3. ESF – publication of Call for Outline Proposals for selected EUROCORES programmes.

  4. GACR – publication of Call for Outline Proposal for selected EUROCORES programmes.

  5. The Czech applicant submits Czech part of the Outline Proposal to the GACR (together with a copy of the joint Outline Proposal submitted to the ESF).

  6. The main foreign applicant (the Project Leader) simultaneously submits the joint Outline Proposal to the ESF.

  7. Evaluation of Outline Proposals in the ESF.

  8. In case evaluation of Outline Proposal is positive, the Czech applicant submits Czech part of the Full Proposal to the GACR (together with a copy of the joint Full Proposal submitted to the ESF).

  9. The main foreign applicant (the Project Leader) simultaneously submits the joint Full Proposal to the ESF.

  10. Evaluation of Full Proposals in the ESF by an international Review Panel (RP).

  11. Announcement of the RP decision to the GACR.

  12. Decision on funding at national level and coordination with other foreign Funding Organizations.

  13. Decision of the GACR Presidium on grant awarding; positive evaluation on the part of the ESF does not guarantee grant awarding.

ECRP Programme

ECRP programme promotes research in the social sciences. Call for Proposals of ECRP Programme is one-stage. The Czech applicant submits the Czech part of the proposal to the GACR (together with a copy of the joint ECRP proposal submitted to the ESF).

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