CO-REACH: Coordination of Research between Europe and China

CO-REACH (Co-ordination of Research between Europe and China) is a network of 16 European S&T policy and funding organisations involved in promoting research co-operation with China. It is supported by the European Commission as an ERA-NET Co-ordination Action. The network is intended to improve coherence and synergy in Europe’s S&T relations with China. One way it will achieve this is by launching a multi-lateral research-funding programme with China: the CO-REACH Social Science Collaborative Research Programme between Europe and China.

The CO-REACH Social Science Programme aims to bring together Chinese and European researchers, working in the social sciences and (to some extent) the humanities, to collaborate on a joint topic of mutual interest, and thereby explore the possibilities of future co-operation in these areas.

Twelve partners from the following seven countries will fund the programme:

• Austria (Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research, BMWF)
• China (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, CASS)
• Finland (Academy of Finland, AKA)
• France (French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, MAEE, and French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, MESR)
• Germany (Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
• The Netherlands (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO, and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW)
• United Kingdom (British Academy, BA, Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, AHRC)

Each of the funding partners has contributed a sum of money to a virtual common pot. The total budget for the call is € 1.75 million. The maximum award for one project is approximately € 100,000 – € 200,000. Successful applicants will receive funds from their national funding organisation(s). Projects should run for no longer than two years from June 2009.

Who can apply

Dutch proposals may be submitted by professors or researchers with a PhD who are associated with a Dutch university institution, or an institution of NWO or KNAW. Each joint research proposal should involve a minimum of two researchers / research groups from two different participating European partner countries, as well as a minimum of one researcher / research group from China. Researchers / research groups from other countries may participate in projects so long as they have secured their own funding. Please note: the Principal Chinese Investigator should be based in one of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ institutes.

Applicants are invited to submit proposals in the following five research areas:

• Demography, Family and Welfare
• Cultural Heritage
• Law, Governance and Policy Making
• Participation, Co-determination, Employment and the Quality of Life
• Labour Market Change, Migration and Social Cohesion

What can be applied for

Dutch applicants may apply for one, or several, of the following funding modalities:

• Mobility
• Workshops, summer schools, seminars
• Minor research costs (small-scale fieldwork, data sets, consumables, small equipment, some personnel costs).

NWO and KNAW will contribute € 300,000 to the total budget. NWO and KNAW anticipate to fund approximately three to six Dutch proposals, in the range of € 50,000 to € 100,000 per project.

When can be applied

There is a two-stage application process:
Pre-registration submission deadline: 28 October 2008, 12.00 noon CET (submission period 20 August – 28 October 2008)
Full proposal submission deadline: 10 December 2008, 12.00 noon CET (submission period 3 November – 10 December 2008)

Extra Information

For documentation, please consult the CO-REACH website: www.co-reach.org

Procedure

For further information on the CO-REACH network and details of the Call, and access to the electronic application process, please consult the CO-REACH website: www.co-reach.org

Financiers

See the above-mentioned funding partners from the following seven countries: Austria, China, Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Contacts

• Dhr. mr. drs. B.J. Bonenkamp
  phone: +31 (0)70 344 09 50, e-mail: b.bonenkamp@nwo.nl

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