LATVIA: LZP

Name of Funding agency
Latvijas Zinātnes padome (Latvian Council of Science)
Geographical coverage (national/regional)
National
Name of the programme/initiative
Support for participation in European Union’s research and technology development programs
Programme owner
Latvian Council of Science (LZP)
Program manager (executing funding organisation)
Latvian Council of Science (LZP)
Contact person(s) (e-mail, tel.)

Maija Bundule

+371 26514481

Funding commitment
1.200.000 €
Anticipated number of fundable research partners

4-5

Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner

Maximum 100 000 EUR per project year per partner

Type of research eligible for funding: eligible TRL range

TRL1 - TRL8, basic research, applied research, experimental development

Funding rates (approx.)

The funding of RTD activities is provided pursuant in accordance with the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia No 259 on the procedure for providing support for participation in international cooperation programs for research and technology (adopted on 26 June 2015)

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

R&D institutions (research institutes, universities, higher education establishments, research centres etc.) must be listed in the Registry of Research Institutions operated by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia.

Private entity must be registered in the Registry of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia, has to provide most of its R&D&I activities in the Republic of Latvia and be able to submit its financial statements for the last two closed financial years.

No more than two partners from Latvia may participate in the project.                              

Project eligible cost types:

  • Direct costs: personnel costs, travels costs, subcontracts (up to 25% of total direct costs), other direct costs such as materials and consumables, equipment (only depreciation costs), and etc.;
  • Indirect costs: can reach a maximum of 25% of total direct costs, excluding subcontracting costs.
Submission of the proposal at national/regional level (schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines, etc.)

Submission of the project proposal at national level is not requested.

After the M-era.Net 3 consortium has recommended the project for funding and the project coordinator has received this decision, the project participant shall submit to the Latvian Council of Science “Application for granting support for the implementation of the project” and the project proposal.

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

Once a year the project partner should submit to LZP the periodic scientific report and financial report.