Call for strengthening the science collaboration with developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region, Latin America and the Caribbean

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has published a call for fostering the collaboration in science and innovation with developing countries including ACP-countries of the Pacific.

The thematic areas of the call are:
- health (e.g. epidemiology)
- biotechnology including biodiversity
- environmental research with emphasis on environmental technologies, energy, water, climate and marine research
- engineering (e.g. manufacturing, architecture, logistics)
- information and communication technologies

The call could fund:
- exchange of scientific staff and experts (from Germany to ACP-countries of the Pacific and from ACP-countries of the Pacific to Germany)
- workshops
- consumables

Eligible applicants are German research institutes, universities and enterprises, specifically small and medium sized enterprises. In addition to the German applicant, at least one scientific institute or SME from the ACP-countries of the Pacific need to participate. The maximum possible funding amount is 40.000 € per project for two years.

Deadline for application is: July 31st 2013.

The call is published (in German) at http://www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/21884.php

For further information please contact PACE-Net partner Dr. Gerd Ruecker gerd.ruecker@dlr.de