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Second Celtic-Plus Call - Submission deadline 10 October 2011 New UK funding scheme for SMEs in EUREKA projects

1) Reminder: Second Celtic-Plus Call - Submission deadline 10 October 2011

We kindly remind you that Celtic-Plus is currently running its second Call for Proposals 2011-2 (Autumn Call). New proposals can be submitted until 10 October 2011. Thanks to the new, accelerated call process submitted and accepted (labelled) projects are expected to start already in early 2012.

Possible research items are listed in the Celtic-Plus Purple Book 2011 (http://www.celticplus.eu/PurpleBook+/Purplebook.asp).  Additional call details are indicated at:  http://www.celticplus.eu/Project-calls/Call-2011/call-2011-information.asp

Experts and organisations interested to join a potential proposal or to search for potential project partners are advised to:

- check the already presented project ideas and contact the proposers  (see below)

- to indicated their interest at the partner search we page (http://www.celticplus.eu/Projects/Find-a-partner/find-a-partner.asp) or

- to start a conversation at the Celtic-Plus LinkedIn page (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/CelticPlus-3875389?home=&gid=3875389&trk=anet_ug_hm )

Detailed call information is give at: http://www.celticplus.eu/Project-calls/Call-2011/call-2011-information.asp. Please note that only fully described project proposals are accepted!

Please check also our contact page for related information about national contacts and public funding requirements at country level (http://www.celticplus.eu/Countries-PA/public-authorities.asp).

2) New UK funding scheme for SMEs in EUREKA projects

There is now a funding mechanism for UK companies which are SMEs to participate in a EUREKA project.  It is the Grant for R & D scheme, a single company scheme with a grant level between £25,000 and £250,000. Further details and contact information can be found at the Celtic UK page (http://www.celticplus.eu/Countries-PA/united-kingdom.asp).

In case you have any additional question related to the call, your proposal, or funding aspects please do not hesitate to contact the Celtic Office.

with best regards

Heinz Brüggemann
Director Celtic Office
Wieblinger Weg 19/4
69123 Heidelberg/ Germany
Tel: +496221989210
Mobile: +491713309452
www.celticplus.eu

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7 October 2011