EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Webinar: Thursday 8th February 11.30 hrs.

The Science Foundation Ireland Science Week call invites applications for:
a. Science Week Festivals
Three-year funding up to a maximum of €30,000 per annum, to organise, manage and deliver a Science Week Festival, in conjunction with the national Science Week campaign managed by Science Foundation Ireland for festivals which have received SFI support for three consecutive years or more.
NOTE: Festivals funded under this category will receive an annual letter of offer confirming funding and terms and conditions subject to successful review and budget availability.
or
b. One-year funding to a maximum of €35,000 to organise, manage and deliver a Science Week Festival,
in conjunction with the national Science Week campaign managed by Science Foundation Ireland if an
applicant is proposing to run a new festival or existing festival which has been funded by SFI for less
than three consecutive years.
c. Science Week Events
One-year funding up to a maximum of €8,000
d. Dublin Science Week Family Day
One-year funding up to a maximum of €20,000

Deadline: 13/03/2018

Aim of the call:

support  Pan-European civil society partnership(s) to:
- become a critical actor that advisesthe long-term financial programming, governance and practical implementation of EU funding for migrant integration and community cohesion as well as its translation at the national level, in particular in the context of the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework negotiations;
- engage with EU and national decision-makers in evidence-based and solutions-oriented discussions (i.e. by referring to existing good practices);
- ensure that funding priorities and their translation into practice are coherent, coordinated, needs based, migrant-focused and socially impactful and shift from a top-down to whole-of-community approaches to migrant inclusion that foster community cohesion.

Organisations from all EU Member States can apply for this call for proposals. Non-EU-based organisations can apply as partners but not as lead applicants. The selected project(s) can run up to 24 months starting in May 2018. 

Deadline: 16 March 2018

The specific objectives pursued by the Erasmus+ Programme in the field of sport are to:

• tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport, such as doping, match fixing and violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and discrimination;
• promote and support good governance in sport and dual careers of athletes;
• promote voluntary activities in sport, together with social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity, through increased participation in, and equal access to sport for all.

Deadline: 05/04/2018 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

Reminder today: Info session: New call for proposals Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
The development activities for the following audiovisual works are eligible:
- Feature films, animations and creative documentaries of a minimum length of 60 minutes intended primarily for cinematic release;
- Fiction projects (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 90 minutes, animation (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of television;
- Fiction projects of a total duration or user experience of minimum 90 minutes, animation of a total duration or user experience of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries of a total duration or user experience of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of Digital platform exploitation. For projects presenting a user experience in a non-linear format (e.g. Virtual Reality), these minimums do not apply.

The digital platform is addressing the following types of projects: animation, creative documentaries and fiction projects intended for multiple screen-based devises, interactive projects, linear and non-linear web-series and narrative virtual reality projects.

Deadline: 

The call for proposals has two deadlines. To be included in the 1st deadline, the application for support must be submitted and received between the date of the publication of the call for proposals and 23/11/2017, 12.00 noon (midday Brussels time). To be included in the 2nd deadline, the application for support must be submitted and received between 01/12/2017 and 19/04/2018, 12.00 noon (midday Brussels time), the date of
closure of the call for proposals.

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
The eligible activities of a co-production fund including the provision of financial support to eligible third parties for eligible projects conforming to the following criteria:
- Production of feature films, animations and documentaries of a minimum length of 60 minutes intended primarily for cinema release.
- Implementation of concrete distribution strategy aiming at the better circulation of the supported works. The film should be distributed in at least 3 territories out of which at least
one participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme and at least one third country
The action must start on 01/09/2018 and end on 30/06/2021

Deadline:06/03/18

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
Only the activities relating to the development phase for the following projects are eligible:
- Narrative storytelling video games regardless of platform or expected distribution method.
In all cases the video game must be intended for commercial exploitation.

Deadline: 08/03/2018

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
The Promotion of European Works Online scheme shall provide support to:
- Action 1: Actions such as digital promotion, marketing, branding, tagging and development of new offers by existing VOD services offering a majority of European works. The aim of the action is to improve the visibility, discoverability and global audience of European audiovisual works.
- Action 2: Support to the development of "Online Ready" packages;
- Action 3: Innovative strategies for distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works, including audience development initiatives focusing on innovative and participatory strategies
reaching out to wider audiences with European films.
Applicants submitting projects for different actions should provide separate applications for each action.

Deadline: 05/04/2018

The general objective of this call for proposals is to establish an Innovation Procurement Broker that will bring together and facilitate commercial links between public buyers, suppliers of innovation (with a special focus on SMEs and start-ups), investors, and researchers.

In order to achieve the objectives of this call for proposals, the applicant shall act as Innovation Procurement Broker. In the proposal, applicants must describe the following activities to be carried out:

• Define the role and fine tune the tasks of the Innovation Procurement Broker
• Promote and manage two networks of stakeholders in the European innovation eco-system
• Advise public buyers on the definition of their actual procurement needs
• Define innovative products or services that tackle actual needs of the public buyers
• Propose recommendations, provide advice and strengthen knowledge sharing

Deadline: 04/01/2018

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Regione Lombardia

Open call for SME Instrument Phase 1 Seal holders
The Region of Lombardy renewed its scheme for SME Instrument Phase 1 Seal of Excellence holders who were awarded between the September 2016 and September 2017 cut-off. SMEs can apply under the regional R&I Call Innodriver (Misura B), submitting the same Horizon 2020 SME Instrument proposal, the Seal certificate and the Evaluation Summary Report provided by the European Commission. The proposal will not be re-evaluated but will have to comply to the criteria set in the call. The grant of 30.000€ is intended to support the further development of the business plan and related feasibility activities.

Deadline for application is October 31st. More information(in Italian)

The specific objectives of the programme are:
— to raise awareness of remembrance, common history and values and the Union's aim that is to promote peace, its
values and the well-being of its peoples by stimulating debate, reflection and development of networks (strand 1),
— to encourage democratic and civic participation of citizens at Union level, by developing citizens' understanding of
the Union policymaking-process and promoting opportunities for societal and intercultural engagement and volunteering
at Union level (strand 2)

Deadline:18/10/2017 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)