The main objective of this call is to stimulate cooperation in joint proposals within the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme between R&I actors from the EU and Ukraine.

Under RI-LINKS2UA, the first call of the “Horizon 2020 Project Preparation Grant” offers financial support of 1200 EURO (lump-sum), for 10 selected applicants from Ukrainian institutions preparing Horizon 2020 proposals.

The RI-LINKS2UA call for H2020 projects preparation grant supports Ukrainian applicants, who address the H2020 open calls in the 2016-2017 Work Programmes H2020, Open Calls 2017 (closing by 31.10.2017).

Eligible activities under this call:

• Organisation of preparatory H2020 proposal writing workshop related to the H2020 call in Ukraine
• Participation in the H2020 proposal writing workshop in EU countries (invitation from the proposal coordinator from the EU country)
• Participation in international brokerage events related to the selected H2020 call in EU countries 

Eligible Budget per Applicant:

10 selected Ukrainian applicants will be supported with Grants of 1200 Euros.

 The Grant can cover the following expenses:

• Travel expenses (air/economy and train/2nd class)
• Accommodation
• Technical and/or logistical support for the preparation of meetings or workshops

 The grant budget will not cover staff costs.

Eligible Applicants:

• Research Institutes
• Universities
• Companies with RTDI activities (including SMEs)
• NGOs with RTDI activities

Timeschedule

Publication of the first Call:	14 February 2017
Deadline for applications:	15 March 2017
Applications evaluation and selection of the 10 best applicants	15 April 2017
Payment (first instalment)	30 April 2017
Payment (second/final instalment)	After submission of the project proposal to H2020 and received final report  (no later than 31.10.2017)

Submission of Grant Applications

The grant application must be submitted via e-mail to the NIP:
Olena Koval
National Information Center for Ukraine-EU S&T cooperation
Gorkiy street, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
tel/fax: 380+44 529-03-32
e-mail: nip@fp7-ncp.kiev.ua

Source - https://ri-links2ua.eu/object/call/309