8th Call for PRIMA International Cooperation Grants (Egypt)

Thematic Areas

• Thematic Area 1: Water management
• Thematic Area 2: Farming systems

Funding Information

• Each project can receive up to:
  • Euro 1- 200,000.
  • Euro 2- 250,000 Euro (If the Egyptian Partner is the coordinator of the project).
• The amount of funding is divided into instalments, to be disbursed upon the acceptance of periodic technical and financial progress reports and it will be disbursed in the local currency (Egyptian Pounds).

Eligible Costs

• Incentives for the project’s team/Personnel cost
• Equipment, spare parts, expendable supplies and material
• Services
• Events
• Travel
• Daily subsistence (per diem) allowance
• Indirect cost

Eligibility Criteria

• Beside the original version of proposal submitted by a proposal coordinator on PRIMA platform, the Egyptian PI should submit another identical version on STDF website. It is a must in order to pass the eligibility stage.
• Research proposals may be submitted by an Egyptian PhD holder, affiliated to an Egyptian research institution (Universities, Research Centres).
• Proposal should include:
  • A scanned copy of the signed and stamped endorsement letter by the legal representative.
  • The president- of the PI’s institution stating the project title, the name, position and affiliation of the PI in charge of the proposal, that the project idea was not funded or submitted to another agency (national or international), or otherwise declare, and that the institution approves the project.
  • CVs, should be attached according to STDF template.
  • Budget table (in Euro), should be attached according to STDF template.
  • Budget table should be signed and stamped by the president of the University/research centre.
• An applicant, who is already participating as a principal investigator (PI) in two running STDF projects or participating as a team member in three running STDF projects, is not eligible for funding.
• The PI & Co-PI can`t contribute with a less than 40% of their time and the contribution of any team member can`t exceed 80% (in all the submitted/running projects).
• The PI should not participate in any other project in the same call.
• Conflict of interest should be avoided.
• STDF take issues of Infringement of Academic Integrity, plagiarism, similarity or other breaches very seriously. To verify originality, your Proposal may be checked by the originality detection service and Similarity Check.
• Accordingly, the proposal must be submitted in a readable PDF format (i.e., not scanned) to facilitate the plagiarism checks. By submitting your proposal to STDF you are agreeing to originality checks.

For more information, visit STDF.