IncoNet EaP and IncoNet CA, the 'STI International Cooperation Networks for Eastern Europe and Central Asia' will implement 'Twinning Grants' as a funding instrument – one of the core activities of these projects. Twinning Grants will support collaboration with partners to jointly participate in Horizon2020 calls.

With regard to IncoNet EaP and IncoNet CA the specific objectives of the twinning instrument are:

1. to increase the participation of CA countries in EU calls,
2. to reveal and select tandems of European and regional partners with the strongest collaboration potential and huge experience in the preparation and carrying out of EU projects,
3. to support the information exchange among partner (travel costs, staff exchange, preparation of workshops), and
4. to support the concrete preparation of thematic proposals.

Call information
Call Objectives
The main goal of the twinning action is to enhance mutual learning, to strengthen cooperation between the EU member states and the Eastern Partnership countries and to plant the seed for sustainable scientific, technological and innovation EU-EaP projects. This goal shall be practically implemented through granting projects of twinning teams (see below), which will ultimately support the preparations for proposals for EU HORIZON 2020 calls.

This call will embrace three innovation related topics on societal challenges which are:

1. Climate change

2.  Health

3.  Energy

Call Budget and Call Modalities
Twinning teams will be supported with up to 10.000 EUR per application.
The grant can cover the following expenses:

a.  Travel expenses (flight and transport in economy/2nd class)

b.  Daily allowance/ accommodation

c.   Technical and/or logistical support for event preparation (e.g. organisation of workshops, catering)

d.   Temporary staff (e.g. students, junior scientists for the event preparation, data analysis etc.)

Eligible Applicants and Project Consortium
Participants in the call can be:

· Project coordination and consulting organizations with experience in bilateral and multilateral cooperation between EU MS/AC and countries of the EaP

· Universities

· Research Institutes

· Companies with RTD activity and expertise related to the scientific fields of the 3 Societal Challenges (see above)

 The final call deadline is 31.03.2016. Applications will be accepted continuously as long as a funding budget in IncoNet EaP is available.

General Information

Application form

Fact Sheet

Source: Twinning Grants: IncoNet EaP supports “Clustering of Scientific Projects and Institutions”