17/03/2005

Academic and public research institutes are invited to submit proposals to attract and employ researchers from abroad, within the frame of the "ENTER Programme 2004" that has been recently launched by the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology. The ENTER Programme, with a total budget that exceeds 3 million euro, is part of the Operational Programme "Competitiveness". The call will remain open until the available budget is exhausted but, in any case, no later than 31st March 2006.

The ENTER Programme is open to universities, Technological Educational Institutes, as well as to research centers and institutes supervised by GSRT or any other public organization. The integration of researchers from abroad to the Greek research system, for a period of 3 to 24 months, which may be extended up to 48 months, aims to enhance technology and know-how transfer from the international research community to Greek research entities and vice versa. As a result, the research bodies will further develop their scientific activities and they will improve their international networking.

The proposals should be submitted jointly by at least two institutions, the contractor (university, Technological Educational Institute, public research centre) and the co-financing body (production unit or services provider from the public or private sector) that must cover, at minimum level, 10% of the total budget. The call covers the following sectors:

- Information and Communication Technologies
- Life sciences (human, plant and animal production, food, marine biology-ecology)
- Environment, Water and natural disasters management
- Materials
- Renewable Energy Sources and Energy saving
- Economic development, regional development and competitiveness
- Employment and vocational training
- Culture, Sports, Leisure and Tourism
- Space Science and Technologies
- Other scientific or technological sectors, as long as the proposals are of high scientific quality and special interest (in this case, the co-financing partner(s) will cover at least 25% of the total budget).

For more information, please contact GSRT:
Ε. Simantira, Ι. Skounaki, R. Pournatzi
Τel.: +30 210 7709349, 7458157, 7458147
E-mail: rsim@gsrt.gr, isko@gsrt.gr, rpou@gsrt.gr
http://www.gsrt.gr/

Source: GSRT