Hungary Israel 1st Call for Proposals for Joint R&d projects

Hungary - Israel 3rd Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects Deadline for Submission – December 31^st ,2013 Scope Following the signing and ratification of the bilateral cooperation agreement in joint R&D between Hungary and the State of Israel, the two parties are pleased to launch the third Call for Proposals for joint R&D projects. This call aims at developing innovative products and applications in all technological and application areas. Applicants are expected to develop ready to market solutions or projects which have strong market potential for both Hungary and Israel. Although this call invites projects in ALL thematic areas, special focus is given to the following domains: Sustainable and clean technologies Bio-Agro – agriculture and food technologies ICT – information and communication technologies Biotechnology and Medical devices ISERD and HEDC (Hungarian Economic Development Centre) provide access to public funding for joint projects provided by OCS (Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry & Trade and Labor, Israel) and by NDM (National Development Ministry, Hungary) respectively. The call is announced within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Government of the State of Israel on bilateral cooperation in private sector industrial research and development. Linkage will also be ensured with other supportive networks to which both countries participate with a special mention to Eureka-Eurostars programs and the EEN network. The budget of the call is 2 Million Euro in total and Hungary and Israel will earmark one Million Euro to fund their participants respectively. However, each country may decide to exceed this level of financing. ISERD and HEDC will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase. In addition, both parties will facilitate EUREKA/Eurostars application process and acquisition of the EUREKA/Eurostars label for accepted proposals.  Partnering Opportunities: Hungary-Israel Innovation Day will be held in Budapest on Thursday, October 3^rd 2013 with the participation of companies from both countries. B2B meetings will be organized in advance. Call Launch and Structure The Call is launched on September 30^th, 2013 by NDM and ISERD. Eligible participants from both countries are invited to submit joint project proposals for industrial R&D projects according to the following procedures: Qualifications The partners should include at least one Israeli and one Hungarian R&D performing commercial company. Participation of research institutes/universities is welcome as additional participants or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations. Companies from other countries may also participate, but they will not be funded by the OCS or by NDM. The project should evidence an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants from the two countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.). The project should demonstrate the equivalent contribution of the participants from both countries and must be equally significant to both participants. The participants are required to have preliminarily signed a partnership agreement on the commercialization of the product, process or service once the phase of research and development has been completed and the ownership and use of know how and IPR settlements (“Partnership Agreement”). Any partner whose cooperative R&D project is consistent with the aforesaid criteria can apply to the present announcement in accordance with the national Laws, Rules, Regulations and Procedures in effect. Submission and the approval procedures consist of two phases: In the first phase, partners will be asked to present a short project outline via the following Eureka Project Application Form: www.eurekanetwork.org/download-project-application-form The completed electronic forms for phase 1 should be submitted simultaneously to ISERD and HEDC by December 31^st 2013. The forms have to be legally signed by all participating companies. The signatures must be scanned and sent together with the form as an integral part of the application.  The forms must be filled in English, signed by both project partners and sent to the program managers. The outlines will be screened and evaluated by ISERD and NDM the results will be notified to the companies within one month. In the second phase, partners with approved outlines will be invited to submit their funding applications according to respective national procedures. Partners with outlines approved for phase 2 will be instructed by ISERD and HEDC on how to complete submission of their funding applications.  Financing Projects in the frame of this announcement will be financed by the respective national authorities in Hungary & Israel, in accordance with the national laws, rules, regulations & procedures in effect. Hungary : For information about financing of Hungarian participants please contact NDM or check the Hungarian call for proposal on: www.nfm.gov.hu Israel : An Israeli R&D performing company which initiates a single or multi-year program to provide know-how, processes or methods for the manufacture of a new product, application, technology base service or process. The product must have a sizeable potential for export sales. Research institutes or other participants may apply as a subcontractor to a company. The support is in the form of a conditional grant amounting generally up to 50% (+ regional incentives for companies located in designated "development zones") of the eligible R&D budget. Further details regarding grants and payment of royalties are available at the OCS web site. Publicity of the Results Project partners whose projects have been funded by its own authorities in accordance with the national regulations and procedures will be informed by means of email by the contact person mentioned below. For further information and partner search requests Hungary (HEDC): MAG Magyar Gazdaságfejlesztési Zrt., Tel: [phone] (green number), e-mail: [e-mail]     Israel (ISERD):  Mr. Uzi Bar-Sadeh, [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]