[ ERA-NET RUS Plus | Research funding for scientific collaboration with Russia ]

RUS Plus is an ERA-NET initiative aimed to create a long-term research collaboration in the field of research and innovation between EU Member States/Associated Countries and Russia. RUS Plus is co-financed until 2019 by the European Commission (FP7 and Horizon 2020) and 12 countries, including Switzerland (via the SNSF).
 
The 2019 and last call for ERA-NET RUS Plus focuses on the following topics:

• Nanotechnologies
• Health
• Social Sciences and Humanities
• Robotics

• Consortium: at least 3 applicants from 3 different participating countries (please check the national eligibility criteria), of which at least 1 from Russia. Only an applicant from participating countries can act as “Coordinator” of the consortium. Applicants from research and higher education entities, SMEs or other must be eligible for funding by their national funding organisations.
• Swiss-based applicants: natural persons employed at a Swiss university, a Swiss university of applied sciences or an institution of the ETH Domain. They must be eligible for SNSF Project Funding (EPFL Instructions for SNSF Project Funding). Project partners from commercially oriented institutions may be accepted under certain circumstances, provided they do not derive any pecuniary benefits based on their contribution or participation, and, in any case, they are not eligible for SNSF funding.
• Partners from EU MS/AC countries that are NOT listed may participate in the consortia, but must cover their entire budget.

• Maximum funding for Swiss-based applicants: EUR 185’000 (CHF 200’000) per consortium.
• Eligible costs for Swiss-based applicants: personnel costs (excl. PI’s salary) following SNSF salary scale and project-related costs (material of enduring value, expendable items, field expenses, travel costs, third-party charges, cost of computing time and data as well as providing open access to research data), infrastructure use costs, conferences and workshops, cooperation and networking activities. The SNSF does NOT cover research costs for SMEs and indirect costs.