Important documents
Funded activities
Types of action which may be financed under this call include:
- Lot 1. Academic research projects in the field of Humanities and Social sciences.
- Lot 2. Academic research projects in the fields of all other sciences.
Applicants
Eligibility of lead applicants:
- be a legal entity and
- be non-profit and
- be a specific type of organization such as: university or other academic institution (like institutes of National academy of sciences, etc.) be established in a Member State of the European Union and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and
- propose a research team.
Research team has to correspond to the following criteria:
- includes at least one present or former citizen of Belarus, who has left Belarus since no earlier than August 2020 due to repression or persecutions on political grounds and who is currently affiliated as researcher, PhD student and/or lecturer at European (EU, EEA, UK, EaP countries) university or research institution, including think tanks, or who had been affiliated as researcher, lecturer or PhD student in Belarusian university or research institution, and has lost his/her position because of political reasons and repressions no earlier than August 2020 (concerns both those remaining in Belarus and in exile). All things being equal in evaluation of the applications, priority in support will be given to teams having two or more such participants.
- includes at least one researcher that has worked in European academic institutions no less than 4 years before the application for this call of proposals.
- includes a leader of the research team who has a PhD or equivalent. Applicant (or, where applicable, its co-applicant(s) and (or) affiliated entity(ies)) and (or) research team members cannot receive funding from any other scheme in EU4BELARUS SALT, SALT II and SALT III programmes (scholarships, fellowships, grants, etc.) for the same action and/or research topic. The Contracting Authority leaves the right to request additional documents during the evaluation process in case of doubt. If such case is identified, applicant (or, where applicable, its co-applicant(s) and (or) affiliated entity(ies)) and (or) research team members may choose to cancel other funding sources if application under proposed Action is recommended for award. If applicant (or, where applicable, its co-applicant(s) and (or) affiliated entity (ies)) and (or) research team members are granted alternative funding from any other scheme in EU4BELARUS SALT, SALT II and SALT III programme (scholarships, fellowships, grants, etc.) for the same action and/or research topic during the implementation of the Action, the Contracting Authority must be informed in writing as soon as the fact becomes known. The Contracting Authority leaves the right to request additional documents and decide whether alternative funding is acceptable or acceptable with conditions, or not acceptable.
Objective
The global objective of this call for proposals is to support Belarusian academic staff to support their joint projects with academic staff from EU-based higher education institutions and/or Belarusians who have not left the country.
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to provide opportunities for consolidating and preserving the Belarusian academic community and its integration in the common European educational space by promoting international cooperation through academic research project grants.
Project grant rate
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount for Lot 1 and Lot 2: EUR 50.000 (for all sciences)
- maximum amount for Lot 1: EUR 80.000 (for Humanities and Social sciences)
- maximum amount for Lot 2: EUR 121.250 (for other sciences)
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum percentages of total eligible costs of the action:
- Minimum percentage: 80% of the total eligible costs of the action.
- Maximum percentage: 95% of the total eligible costs of the action.
Eligible direct costs
- Gross salaries including social security charges and other remuneration-related costs (excluding bonuses) of the research team members or service contracts with research team members assigned to the Action (section 2.1.5 of the Guidelines for Applicants) and project management and administration staff in charge for the implementation of the Action, e.g. project manager, financial manager, technical project coordinator and etc.;
- costs related to research team members’ participation in events:
– conferences, seminars, workshops and other fees;
– travel and subsistence costs for staff and other persons taking part in the Action not exceeding those normally borne by the beneficiary(ies) according to its rules and regulations. In addition, the rates published by the European Commission at the time of contract signature may never be exceeded);
– costs of events (seminars, workshops, and etc.) organised by the applicant and directly related to the awarded grant;
– costs of equipment, supplies, consumables and services needed for the implementation of the action (e.g. rent of equipment, acquiring of materials, supplies, etc);
– peer-review and editing costs of project results;
– publishing, translation, editing, visibility fees;
– software essential for project implementation;
– audit verification costs;
– duties, taxes and charges, including VAT related to the purposes of the action, paid and not recoverable by the beneficiary(ies), unless otherwise provided in the special conditions;
– financial services (bank guarantee costs, etc.).
Duration of the projects: the action must be between 6 and 18 months.
Submission of project applications
Applications must be submitted online via the electronic system “Submittable”.