Call for Proposals: Algeria-Tunisia Financing of Research and Development Projects

Areas of Research

• Joint research projects must focus on one of the following areas:
  • Artificial Intelligence and advanced technologies;
  • Energy;
  • Environment and circular economy.

Funding Information

• For Algerian structures: Each project will be financed up to 1,300,000 DZD per year for a maximum duration of three years (maximum total budget of 3,900,000 DZD).
• For Tunisian structures: Each project will be financed up to 30,000 TND per year for a maximum duration of three years (maximum total budget of 90,000 TND).

Eligible Expenses

• Travel expenses and daily allowances
• Small equipment, logistics and consumables
• Service contracts
• Organization and participation in scientific events
• Publication and patent filing costs
• Costs of analysis and sample processing

Eligibility Criteria

• Proposals must involve at least one research structure from each country.
• Proposal must include an Algerian principal investigator and a Tunisian principal investigator responsible for the technical and administrative coordination of the project, including the periodic scientific and financial reports to the respective authorities.
• The participation of industrial or socio-economic partners is required to promote collaborative research and optimize the valorization of scientific results. These partners can participate at their own expense.
• In Algeria:
  • The CP must be at least a lecturer/research professor,
  • The CP must sign an agreement with the DGRSDT/MESRS after selection,
  • The CP cannot be involved in more than one project as a CP during the same call to proposals,
  • The CP involved in two active DGRSDT projects, in the same capacity, is not eligible,
  • The research team must include five researchers (body A and B, and grades superiors),
  • The project must not have received funding or been submitted to any other funding agency, program or body in order to avoid double funding.
• In Tunisia:
  • The CP must be a University Professor or Lecturer,
  • The CP must be affiliated with a public research laboratory that is part of the partner institution/research center involved in the project,
  • The CP cannot be involved in more than one project during the same call for proposals,
  • The research team must include at least five permanent researchers (body A and B), including at least two members of professor or lecturer rank.

Application Requirements

• The application file must be written in French, jointly by the Tunisian and Algerian teams and must include:
  • Completed submission form
  • CVs of team members
  • Request for submission validated by:
  • The director of the research structure
  • The head of the establishment
  • The supervisory authority (University President, Director General of the research center)
  • Details of industrial or socio-economic partners (sector of activity and benefits expected).

For more information, visit DGRSDT.