New technologies, new trends and monitoring safety performance
4th joint call
SAF€RA has launched its fourth joint call for transnational, collaborative research projects. The call aims to foster collaboration between researchers from different countries in Europe and from different scientific disciplines, in order to improve safety and the management of technological risks. The call topics are:
T1: New technologies and the effects of major changes in industry
T2: Measuring and monitoring safety performance
The total available budget for the 2018 call is approx. 1.6 M€. Two forms of funding are available:
research grants for researchers from universities, institutes, research organizations and public firms;
person-months for personnel from certain participating institutes and research organizations.
Most projects funded within this call will include 2 to 4 partners, for a duration between 12 and 36 months and funding between 20 and 150 k€ per project partner. The call aims to fund mainly applied research carried out in universities or research institutes, though contributions from industry are also eligible. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged. Cooperation and joint activities between different consortia funded within the call will be encouraged.
The 2018 joint call will use a two-stage application process with a pre-proposal mechanisms for the first stage. The calendar of the various stages is shown below.
Publication of the call - November 20, 2017
Deadline for submissions of pre-proposals - January 25, 2018
Information sent to applicants on results of the first stage. Requests for full proposals are sent to selected applicants, and collaborations proposed to single-nation applicants - January 31, 2018
Deadline for submission of full proposals - March 22, 2018
National funding decisions transmitted to applicants - September to October 2018
Projects start - October to December 2018
The following documents are available:
The Guidelines for proposers contains a description of the topics covered by the 2018 joint call, information on the participating funding organizations and the budgets available, and other important information for researchers wishing to submit a proposal.
The Guidelines for evaluators are written for the experts who will evaluate the projects, but will be useful to researchers who wish to understand the evaluation criteria.
The pre-proposal form is available in Microsoft Word (.doc) or OpenOffice/LibreOffice (.odt) formats.
Templates for the SAF€RA progress reports, which must be sent to the SAF€RA Call Secretariat by the project coordinator on behalf of the project consortium. The mid-term reporting template should be submitted halfway through your project, assuming the project has a duration greater than 18 months. A final administrative report should be sent by all projects, within three months of the end of the project. (This report is distinct from the final scientific report which most projects will be producing as one of their deliverables.)
A web-based matchmaking facility is available to help researchers wishing to submit projects as a consortium to find partners.
For general queries concerning the 2018 joint call, please email the call secretariat at call-secretariat@safera.eu. Make sure you read the call documents above and check the list of frequently asked questions first.
If you have questions concerning the eligibility criteria of specific funding organizations, please check the contact information provided in the Guidelines for proposersdocument, which can be downloaded above.
News
February 2019: Five research projects will receive funding from SAF€RA partners in the context of the 2018 call. The total funding level is approximately 1.2M€. Details of the projects can be found in the SAF€RA project database.
June 2018: Some statistics concerning SAF€RA's 2018 joint call: Overall, there were 26 preproposals in the first stage of the call, and 11 of these were selected for the second stage of the call, based on eligibility and relevance criteria. At the end of the evaluation process, 6 proposals were judged to be of good or high scientific quality and have been recommended for national funding. They represent a total budgetary request of 1.5 M€ total budget, from approx. 1.6 M€ available from funders.
Research projects will be able to start as soon as funding contracts have been established. Thanks to all the researchers who participated in the call.
March 22 2018: the deadline for full proposals in SAF€RA’s 2018 joint call on New technologies, new trends and monitoring safety performance.
January 25 2018: the deadline for pre-proposals in SAF€RA’s 2018 joint call on New technologies, new trends and monitoring safety performance.