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Romania: UEFISCDI

Name of Funding agency
Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development & Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Geographical coverage (national/regional)
National
Name of the programme/initiative
National Research, Development and Innovation Plan 2022-2027 (PNCDI IV)
Programme website
https://uefiscdi.gov.ro/parteneriate-si-misiuni-europene
Programme owner
MCID
Program manager (executing funding organisation)
UEFISCDI
Contact person(s) (e-mail, tel.)

Domnica Cotet: ; tel +4021 302 38 80;

Cristina Muscalu (Cotet): ; tel +4021 302 38 84;

Funding commitment
1.000.000 €
Anticipated number of fundable research partners

5-6

Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner

250.000 euro if the Romanian applicant is coordinators (no matter how many Romanian applicants there are). 200.000 euro if the Romanian applicant is partner (no matter how many Romanian applicants there are). Principal Investigators are not allowed to apply for funding in more than one proposal.

Type of research eligible for funding: eligible TRL range

TR2-TR8

Funding rates (approx.)

100% for public organisation; 75% for private organisation

Major eligibility criteria (e.g. types of organisations, thematic restriction, cost types and caps)

Eligible costs are:

  • Staff costs;
  • 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;
  • Travel expenses;
  • Overhead (indirect costs) is calculated as a percentage of direct costs: staff costs, logistics costs (excluding capital costs and cost for subcontracting) and travel expenses. Indirect costs will not exceed 25% of direct costs.

The aid intensity is applying in respect of type of organization and type of eligible activity (cf. link below). https://uefiscdi.gov.ro/parteneriate-si-misiuni-europene

Submission of the proposal at national/regional level (schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines, etc.)

Not the case

Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national/regional level

Yes, conforming with the contract agreement

Further guidance

www.uefiscdi.gov.fro