CELSA ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** a new CELSA challenge will be opened after the summer holidays. Successful projects will start as always on 1.10. next year, i.e. 2023. The deadline for submitting project proposals is 15/12/2022 / faculty deadline 8/12/2022 CELSA official wesite [ URL "https://celsalliance.eu/"] . CELSA is expected to support 10-12 new collaborative projects between CELSA researchers. C will support two to three projects in this call, and RUK will contribute a maximum of EUR RUK does not limit in any way what can be paid (everything that the researchers in the pro apart from investment costs and refreshments. If you are thinking about submitting a project, we would like to inform you that this year organize a matchmaking exercise in order to achieve more effective involvement and increas submitted projects. Terms of elligibility If you want to join, you have until 21.9. express your interest by filling in the English- forms on this rectorate link [ URL "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-jhg5eTb3f8 Blrnj89OF8qVgZln_hz57Mlflw_w/viewform"] . Subsequently, individual scientists will be conn be informed about the result by 6.10. Each year, CELSA awards one to three CELSA Service to Society Awards. • the academic worker must be nominated by professors of at least two CELSA member univers • the nominee must be an academic worker1 of one of the CELSA consortium members of the un • nominees are, in principle, individual persons; exceptionally, the prize may be awarded number of people. 10.11. then a personal meeting should take place in Leuven. RUK is ready to reimburse the 10 researchers who want to participate in the matchmaking exercise. Internal instructions - we ask all interested parties to send complete project proposals a form [ URL "PEDFEN-423-version1-anotace_vonkova.docx"] no later than 8 December 2022 to th ivana.metelkova(zavinac)pedf.cuni.cz [ MAIL " ivana.metelkova(zavinac)pedf.cuni.cz"] If yo finalizing the project at that time, please send at least the budget and draft project, co project proposal after its submission to the rector's selection process. ****************************************************************************************** * Conditions ****************************************************************************************** • Any scientific discipline qualifies for funding by the CELSA Research Fund. • The application is submitted by at least one KU Leuven researcher who meets the conditio the  Internal Funds General Regulations [ URL "https://www.kuleuven.be/english/research/ doc/if/documents/regulations.pdf"] and at least one researcher from at least one other C Eligibility of  researchers of the CELSA partners must be verified within each CELSA par the specific conditions. • The project funding can be used freely by the researchers involved, as long as the activ research, strengthen the collaboration within the CELSA network, and can lead to a high application for any of the European competitive funds as mentioned. Preferably research be appointed on the project’s budget (for KU Leuven: ‘Wetenschappelijk medewerker’ barem ‘bursaal’) (‘science worker’, PhD student or postdoc). • Within 3 years of the start of the project, the applicant consortium (including addition has to jointly apply for a call for proposals for a European competitive funding program collaborative research project in Horizon Europe (including Marie S. Curie innovative tr FET Open, Societal Challenges, …). Applicants are aware of legal aspects [ URL "https://www.kuleuven.be/english/research/supp celsa-legal-aspects/"]  regarding the CELSA collaboration (ownership of results, dissemina access rights, authorship, ethics and research integrity and some specific arrangements). this can be addressed to the EU support office [ URL "mailto:EU-info@kuleuven.be"] Time schedule for the 2022 call for proposals • Publication call: July 2022 • Deadline for submission: December 15, 2022. • Evaluation of project proposals: December 2022 – May 2023 • Announcement of the results: July 2023 • Start of the projects: October 1st, 2023 The project proposal has to contain the following parts: • Cover page (max. 1p): title, name, affiliation, and e-mail address of the researchers in indication of who will be the leading scientist of the project (coordinator, either from partner university), a non-confidential and public-friendly abstract or summary (max. 20 and up to 5 key words. Please use this template [ URL "https://www.kuleuven.be/english/r if/documents/celsa-cover-page/"] . • Attachment 1: the project description (max. 4p): problem statement & objectives, envisag beyond the state of the art, methodology, anticipated results, managerial aspects and ti • Attachment 2: Resources (max. 1p): clear indication of the budget applied for at each si side and partner university side) and the proposed use of the project budget to acquire linked to the methodology. Please add a description of the available resources (incl. in equipment). • Attachment 3: Added value of the collaboration (max. 1p): description of the consortium focusing on the added value of the collaboration to the envisaged research activities. • Attachment 4: Potential towards a future EU funding application (max. 1p): description o towards a future joint application as well as the linkages to a call for proposals of a research funding program, specifying the future call (e.g. Marie S. Curie network, Horiz area or draft call topic, ERA-Net call, cPPP call, …); description of the relevance of t for that call, program, or European research & innovation policy or focus area (this may of innovation and potential future impact of the research or collaboration, if relevant European call); proposed timelines and planning towards the future European application perhaps specifying types of additional partners outside CELSA required for the collabora identification of possible third parties and societal and/or industrial stakeholders or partners in future EU applications • Attachment 5: CV of the involved applicants (PI and co-PI’s, not the collaborating resea (max. 1p per participating researcher): short description of the expertise, 5 most impor publications relevant to the proposal, indication of previous (most important) European collaborations.