Transnational Cooperation

ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF)

ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) is the JPI Urban Europe’s fourth call supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme.

JPI Urban Europe is a joint programming initiative. Through JPI Urban Europe, member countries can generate European solutions by means of coordinated research. The aim is to create attractive, sustainable and economically viable urban areas, in which European citizens, communities and their surroundings can thrive. This initiative currently has 12 European members and 8 observers.

Highlights

30 November 2015: Pre-announcement of the call.

16 December 2015: Call announcement.

15 March 2016 (12:00h CET): Pre-proposals deadline.

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

Call Documents:

National Documents:

Important Links:

Smart Urban Futures Call page

SMART URBAN FUTURES CALL

The Call Announcement 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 Topics

A FCT financiará as participações portuguesas nos seguintes tópicos:

- Concepts and strategies for smart urban transformation, growth and shrinkage

- New dynamics of public services

- Inclusive, vibrant and accessible urban communities

Participating Countries

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania. Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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 (a signed statement of proof of own funding should be annexed to the proposal application).

How to Apply

1- Please consult the Call Documents on the yellow box on the right.

2- Call eligibility rules are available in the Call Documents. For this specific Joint Transnational Call, Portuguese applicants can submit more than one application as Principal Investigator. Consult the "National Documents" available in the yellow box on the right. Read the specific National funding regulations of all the participating countries you are involved with (including your own). Non-eligible partners may lead to the rejection of the whole consortium.

3- Access the online submission platform FFG Online submission platform, and proceed according to your role (Partner or Coordinator).

4- Each Portuguese partner (or coordinator) has to send to the Call National Contact Point a Statement of Commitment duly signed, dated and stamped by the Head of the Portuguese applicant organization and by the Principal Investigator, until 10 days after the deadline for submission of pre-proposals. FCT may latter require the original of the statement of commitment.

For this call a two-stage procedure will be adopted. In the first stage, consortia are invited to submit pre-proposals. After the submission of the pre-proposals, approximately 50 pre-proposals will be selected. The successful consortia will then be invited to elaborate their ideas to full proposals. The coordinator submits the pre-proposal using the form templates available in the yellow window and submits it via the Electronic Submission System (when available).

Besides, JPI Urban Europe provides a partner search page for submitting expressions of Interest by filling-in a template that can be downloaded or through a thematic LinkedIn group.

FCT financial commitment and funding regulations (Portugal only)

National funding commitment for the call: 400.000 €

Maximum requested funding for a consortium coordinated by Portugal: 250.000 €

Maximum requested funding for a consortium with Portuguese participation: 150.000 €

Note: if more than one Portuguese institution participates in a given consortium, the budget has to be shared. Portuguese institutions must follow FCT's Legislation, Regulations and Norms . The dedication (FTE) in transnational projects is not taken into account for the 100% (FTE) dedication to national projects.