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ARIMNet2

Transnational Cooperation

ARIMNET2 - research coordination in mediterranean agriculture

ARIMNET2 is an ERA-NET project funded by the 7th frammework Programme, European Union (2013-2016). ARIMNET2 is a partnership of 26 research and innovation funding agencies across Mediterranean region, coordinated by the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France. ARIMNet2 has the following objectives:

  • to develop an integrated strategic research agenda (ISRA) describing key priorities for Europe and Mediterranean Partners Countries in the field of Mediterranean Agriculture Research and Innovation;
  • to consolidate the cooperation mechanism initiated in ARIMNet through the set up of two novel joint calls for transnational research projects and the elaboration of guidelines for monitoring the research projects funded inside joint calls;
  • to demonstrate the feasibility of joint activities in some areas relevant to the project and implement those that are jointly strategic. During ARIMNet2 some crucial issues have been identified in a perspective of capacity development;
  • to foster agricultural knowledge and innovation system in order to ensure that the agricultural research will impact the stakeholders of the Mediterranean basin and support their economies. Mainly focus on the integration of innovation specifically through the ideas about the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) that has been triggered inside the SCAR-SWG and will extend this reflection to the Mediterranean area.

Highlights

1st April 2016: Call Launch

1st June 2016: Deadline for submission of full proposals

Please consult this webpage on a regular basis for possible news/updates.

Call Documents

National Documents

Important Links

2nd JOINT TRANSNATIONAL CALL ARIMNET2 (2016)

The Guidelines for Applicants will contain detailed information on call topics, participating countries and funding commitments. Please consult the documents and selected links available in the yellow box on the right.

Call Research Topics

  • Topic 1: Promoting sustainable agriculture for socio-economic development;
  • Topic 2: Valorising local products through food value chains improvement

Through this call, ARIMNet2 partners are willing to support integrated and trans-disciplinary research projects aimed at leading innovations for enhancing the agricultural and food systems contribution to social and economic development in a sustainable way.

Participating countries

Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Marrocco, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey

Applicants from countries not participating in the call can be part of a consortium, as long as they are able to secure their own funding.

How to apply

  1. Please consult the "Guidelines for Applicants" on the yellow box on the right.
  2. Consult the Call documents available in the box on the right. Also read the specific National Documents of all participating countries involved in your consortium (including your own), available in the Guidelines for Applicants. Non-eligible partners may lead to the rejection of the whole consortium.
  3. Access the online submission tool Online submission system
  4. Each Portuguese partner and/or coordinator has to send to the National Contact Point a Statement of Commitment duly signed, dated and stamped by the Head of the Portuguese applicant organisation and by the Principal Investigator, until 10 days after the submission deadline. FCT may latter require the original of the statement of commitment.

FCT financial commitment and funding regulations (Portugal)

  • National funding commitment for the call: 250.000€
  • Maximum requested funding for a consortium coordinated by Portugal: 100.000 €
  • Maximum requested funding for a consortium with Portuguese participation: 50.000 €

Note: If more than one Portuguese institution participates in a given consortium, the budget has to be shared. Portuguese institutions must follow the National Regulation Regulamento de acesso a financiamento de projetos de IC&DT. The dedication (FTI) in transnational projects is not taken into account for the 100% (FTE) dedication to national projects.

Results of the 1st Call ARIMNET2 (2015) for Portugal

  • Mediterranean Extra Virgin Olive Oil Omics: profiling and fingerprinting (MedOOmics), project coordinator Maria João Cabrita, Univ. Évora, 102.406€, project partner Marco Gomes da Silva, NOVA.ID.FCT, 9.960€. Other countries in the consortium: PT, FR, TN, TR;
  • Salinization in irrigated areas: risk evaluation and prevention (SALTFREE), project coordinator Fernando Santos, Instituto Dom Luíz, Univ. Lisboa, 123.408€, project partner INIAV, I.P., 35.856€. Other countries in the consortium: PT, EG, TN, IT;
  • Improvement of epidemiological and serological tools for diagnosis and control of Brucellosis in the Mediterranean region (BrucMednet), project partner Maria Inácia Correia de Sá, INIAV,I.P., 64.700€. Project coordinator IT, other countries in the consortium IT, PT, GR, EG, TN;
  • Mediterranean Agricultural Soils Conservation under global Change (MAASC), project participant João Pedro Nunes, Univ. Aveiro, 36.000€. Project coordinator FR, other countries in the consortium IT, MA, PT, ES, TN.

Results on the Call for participation of young portuguese researchers "ARIMNET2 Young Researchers Seminar 2016"Montpellier, 29th May to 3rd June

  • Ana de Mira Geraldo, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Évora University
  • Erica Castanheira, Center for Industrial Ecology, ADAI/LAETA, Coimbra University

Contactos

Maria Maia
Maria.Maia@fct.pt
Tel: (+351) 213 911 543

FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Av. D. Carlos I, 126 - 7º
1249 – 074 LISBOA
Portugal

ARIMNET2 site

http://arimnet2.net/