New Calls for Proposals in Cooperation and Capacities programmes
 
On the 3rd of September, twenty two new calls for proposals were published under Framework Programme 7 in the cooperation and capacities programmes. The budget for these calls is above € 1.65 Billion. The following is a list of the new calls:

The following topics are examples of topics of interest for International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPCs) including Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs)

Cooperation:

Security: All the topics are open to ICPC countries, however there are no SICA

Space: SPA.2009.3.2.01 International Cooperation

Health:

• HEALTH-2009-4.3.1-1 (Single Stage): Discovery and development of new vaccines or drugs for helminth infections.
• HEALTH-2009-4.3.1-2 (Single Stage): Identification and development of vaccine candidates for neglected bacterial infections.
• HEALTH-2009-4.3.2-1 (Single Stage): Strategies and interventions for improving reproductive health.
• HEALTH-2009-4.3.2-2 (Single Stage): Access to medicines

Environment:

• ENV.2009.1.1.5.2 Climate induced changes in water resources in southern Europe and neighbouring countries as a threat to security (SICA - Mediterranean Partners)
• ENV.2009.2.1.3.2 Desertification process and land degradation (SICA - Mediterranean Partners)
• ENV.2009.2.2.1.4 Integrated Coastal Zone Management (SICA - Mediterranean Partners)
• ENV.2009.1.1.1.1 Climate dynamics and abrupt changes – analysis of the palaeo-record
• ENV.2009.1.3.1.1 Wild fires in the context of climate and social changes
• ENV.2009.1.3.2.2 Vulnerability assessment of buildings, lifelines systems and networks related to earthquakes
• ENV.2009.3.1.1.1 Adaptation of water supply and sanitation systems to cope with climate change
• ENV.2009.3.1.6.1 Innovative coastal defense technologies
• ENV.2009.3.2.1.1 Technologies for protecting cultural heritage assets from risks and damages resulting from earthquakes
• ENV.2009.4.1.1.1 Contribution to observing systems for seismogenic hazards
• ENV.2009.4.1.3.1 Contributing to observing systems for environment and health monitoring and modelling
• ENV.2009.4.1.3.2 Earth observation in support of a sustainable exploitation of mineral resources

Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology (KBBE):

• KBBE-2009-1-2-03 Irrigation water saving solutions for Mediterranean agriculture. (SICA – Mediterranean Partners)
• KBBE-2009-1-4-05 Policy and institutional aspects of sustainable agriculture, forestry and rural development in the Mediterranean partner countries. (SICA – Mediterranean Partners)
• KBBE-2009-1-4-11 Consolidate alliances with the Mediterranean in the field of aquaculture. (SICA – Mediterranean Partners)
• KBBE-2009-2-3-02 Sharing food technology research and development through international colla­bo­ration. (SICA)
• KBBE-2009-2-4-02 Risk-benefit assessment of food supplements. (SICA)
• KBBE-2009-2-5-01 International food trade: anticipating the impact of climate change on the safety of European and global food markets. (SICA)

Topics with an International Cooperation dimension:

• KBBE-2009-1-2-13 From capture based to self-sustained aquaculture
• KBBE-2009-1-3-02 Diseases caused by Orbiviruses: African horse sickness, bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease: development of new generation vaccines and accompanying tests.
• KBBE-2009-1-3-04 Tick borne diseases. Improvement of current vaccine and development of new vaccines for theileriosis and babesiosis through exploitation of genomic data.
• KBBE-2009-1-4-08 Agricultural Research for Development. (ERA-NET)
• KBBE-2009-3-1-04 Prospecting for novel plant-produced compounds.
• KBBE-2009-3-2-01 Novel marine bioactive compounds for European industries.
• KBBE-2009-3-2-03 Sustainable use of seas and oceans - Biomass from micro- and macro-algae for industrial applications

Energy:

• Topic ENERGY.2009.2.1.1 Efficiency and material issues for thin-film photovoltaics
• Topic ENERGY.2009.3.2.2 Biowaste as feedstock for 2nd generation
• Topic ENERGY.2009.5.1.1 Innovative capture techniques
• Topic ENERGY.2009.5.2.1 Safe and reliable geological storage of CO2
• Topic ENERGY.2009.5.2.2 Towards an infrastructure for CO2 transport and storage
• Topic ENERGY.2009.10.1.1 Trans-national co-operation among NCPs (3rd call)

Biorefineries:

A joint call between Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology theme, Environment theme, Energy theme and Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies theme.

• Topic ENERGY.2009.3.3.1: Sustainable Biorefineries

• Topic ENERGY.2009.3.3.2: Enhancing exchange of information, synergies and crossfertilisation between projects in the field of Biorefineries.

Socio-economic sciences and Humanities

• SSH-2009 - 2.1.2 Cities and Sustainable Development
• SSH-2009 - 4.2.1 Climate induced changes in water resources in Southern Europe and neighbouring countries as a threat to security, CP, Mediterranean and Middle East.  TOPIC COORDINATED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT WP (ENV.2009.1.1.5.2)

Capacities:

International Coopeartion (INCO)

Science and Socitey:

• All topics are open to international cooperation
• SiS-2009-2.2.3.2 International dimension of research on science education (SICA)