Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
In this section you can find information on all the approved Co-Financed programmes – projects announced by the Research and Innovation Foundation.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The “European Initiatives – National Development” Programme aims at enhancing the extroversion of the national Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) system which is one of the horizontal priorities of the Smart Specialisation strategy for Cyprus (S3Cy).
Cyprus, through the RIF, participates in a series of European Initiatives (Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET COFUND and Programmes under the Article 185 of the EU Treaty), which aim at coordinating the funding of research activity and the establishment of research priorities at a pan-European level, through the design and implementation of Joint Research
Programmes.
The “European Initiatives – National Development” Programme is the institutional framework
for announcing the Transnational Calls for Proposals, in which the RIF participates and their content being relevant to the S3Cy Priority Sectors.
Detailed Call Description
The PRIMA Joint Programme, by funding Research & Innovation through competitive calls, aims to build research and innovation capacities and to develop knowledge and common innovative solutions for agro-food systems, to make them sustainable, and for integrated water provision and management in the Mediterranean area, to make those systems and that provision and management more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and environmentally and socially sustainable, and to contribute to solving water scarcity, food security, nutrition, health, wellbeing and migration problems upstream.
This Call for Proposals concerns proposals submitted to the Call Section 2 of PRIMA Programme, specifically in the following thematic areas:
- Thematic Area 1-Water management
Topic 2.1.1-2023 (RIA) New governance models to define best practices for sustainable water management and conflict mitigation.
- Thematic Area 2-Farming systems
Topic 2.2.1 (RIA) A step toward carbon-neutral farms: coupling renewable energy sources with circular farming systems.
- Thematic Area 3-Agrofood chain
Topic 2.3.1-2023 (RIA) Assessing novel antimicrobial food packaging and coating materials to reduce food waste to improve safety in the Mediterranean food supply chain.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
None
€200,000 maximum grand per project.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Chambers
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The Host Organisation can be a Research Organisation, Enterprise, or Other Organisation. Research Organisations, Enterprises or Other Organisations may participate as Partner Organisations.
All general rules and procedures for the participation of organisations and individuals, the eligible activities and costs, as well as the specific information regarding the RESTART 2016-2020 Programmes, are included in the RESTART 2016-2020 Work Programme, which is the basic reference document and an important information source for interested parties and can be found on the Research and Innovation Foundation’s IRIS (Innovation Research Information System) Portal(https://iris.research.org.cy/#/documentlibrary).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research & Innovation Foundation
Partner Support Centre
Telephone: 22205000
Email: support@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 26/01/2023 only for internal use)