[estiv] FW: ZonMw call online: Innovative Systems Toxicology for Alternatives to Animal Testing
- From: "Valk, J.B.F. van der (Jan)" <j.vandervalk@xxxxx>
- To: "'estiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' (estiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <estiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:35:28 +0000
Dear sir/madam,
We would like to inform you about a new initiative organized by ZonMw, German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Projektträger Jülich.
Together we are launching a new call on 'Innovative Systems Toxicology for
Alternatives to Animal Testing', in short InnoSysTox. More detailed information
about this joint call, can be found through the ZonMw website
http://www.zonmw.nl/nl/subsidies/subsidiekalender/detail/item/innovative-systems-toxicology-for-alternatives-to-animal-testing/.
A partnering tool is available through the Projektträger Jülich website
https://services.ptj.de/innosystox-partnering. All applications must be
submitted via the ZonMw website.
If you know others for whom the call might be of interest, please feel free to
forward this information.
In the Netherlands this joint call is part of the ZonMw More Knowledge with
Fewer Animals programme (MKMD). The application deadline is Tuesday December
16th 2014, 15:00h.
Aim of the joint call
- Development of innovative systems-biology-based 3R methods in toxicology
and/or
- Application of new and existing systems-biology-based 3R methods in toxicology
Who is eligible to apply?
Germany:
Applications may be submitted by universities, non-university research
institutes, Land and Federal institutions with research responsibilities, and
by commercial companies based in Germany, particularly small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs - in accordance with the European Union's definition[1]).
Research institutes which receive joint basic funding from the Federal
Government and the Länder can only be granted project funding for additional
expenditure under certain conditions.
Universities, independent research institutes and suchlike, and businesses,
especially SMEs, are eligible to apply. Up to 100% funding for research
institutes and universities will be awarded on the basis of full economic costs
as described on the BMBF website at the time of the call.
Industrial participants will receive up to 50% funding under standard BMBF
conditions on the basis of actual costs.
The Netherlands:
The call is open to researchers in the public and private sectors. Dutch
research institutes include the research universities, universities of applied
science (HBO), University Medical Centres, institutes of the NWO and the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Netherlands Cancer
Institute, the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
and TNO. Dutch research institutes must meet the following criteria:
- the institute must be based in the Netherlands;
- the institute must be tasked with conducting independent research;
- the institute must be not-for-profit;
- researchers must be free to publish in the international academic
literature.
Funding across borders is not permitted.
Sums available
A total budget of up to M€2.9 is available for the call. ZonMw will contribute
up to M€1.4 of this sum and will allocate grants to the Dutch groups. BMBF will
contribute up to M€1.5 and allocate grants to the German groups.
Each joint project consortium may apply for:
- a maximum budget of k€750;
- a joint project timescale of a maximum of three years.
If you have any questions, please contact the staff of the More Knowledge with
Fewer Animals programme at MKMD@xxxxxxxx<mailto:MKMD@xxxxxxxx>.
Kind regards,
Jessie Hofman-Verhave
Programme assistant ZonMw
Phone: 0031 70 34 95 364
Email: verhave@xxxxxxxx<mailto:verhave@xxxxxxxx>
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
Postbox 93 245
2509 AE The Hague
www.zonmw.nl<http://www.zonmw.nl/>
[1]
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts-figures-analysis/sme-definition/index_en.htm;
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/sme_definition/sme_user_guide_de.pdf
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