Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)

Initial funding

pre-commitment

300.000€

Tentative number of projects to be funded: 2-3

National Contact Point

Luciana BRATU (+40) 21 3071935 ; luciana.bratu@uefiscdi.ro

Adrian ASĂNICĂ: adrian.asanica@uefiscdi.ro

Eligible institutions

Eligible entities for funding are universities, public institutions, R&D national institutions, joint-stock companies, SME’s and Large companies, NGOs (associations, foundations, etc.), others . We can fund only Romanian research teams.

Additional eligibility criteria

For universities, public institutions, R&D national institutions funding is 100%, and for SMEs and Large companies, financing is under the permit N 542/2007 of the European Commission

Eligible costs

For the fundamental research activities, industrial research and experimental development, according to HG 134/2011, types of expenses are eligible, as follow:

a. Staff costs;

b. Logistics expenses

§ Capital expenditure ;

§ Expenditure on stocks - supplies and inventory items;

§ Expenditure on services performed by third parties cannot exceed 25 % of the funding from the public budget. The subcontracted parts should not be core/substantial parts of the project work;

c. Travel expenses;

d. Overhead (indirect costs) is calculated as a percentage of direct costs: staff costs, logistics costs (excluding capital costs) and travel expenses. Indirect costs will not exceed 20 % of direct costs, excluding the cost for subcontracting.