State Education Development Agency

Funding details

Call : Call for transnational, collaborative, inter-/transdisciplinary research projects on ICT-enabled agri-food systems

Country specific: Funding is restricted to organisations from Latvia

Funding: €400,000

Conditions full:

Eligibility criteria:

Following legal persons (as defined under the Latvian law) are eligible for funding, except natural persons:

  • R&D institutions - research institutes, universities, higher education establishments, their institutes and research centres etc.
  • Enterprises and companies
  • 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 entities must be registered in the Registry of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia and provide most of its R&D&I activities in the Republic of Latvia.

Eligible costs:

Direct costs:

  • Personnel costs,
  • Other direct costs such as consumables, equipment (only depreciation costs), materials and etc.,
  • Subcontracts (up to 25% of total direct costs),
  • Travels costs,
  • Indirect costs (can reach a maximum of 25% of the total direct costs).

Funding does not cover expenditures for activities before the project has been granted.

Other relevant documents/links:

  • 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);
  • National co-financing rate for project shall be determined in accordance with the Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation).

Maximum Amount per Proposal: Maximum of 70 000 euros per project year can be requested by each project participant.

 

National/regional topic priorities:

State Education Development Agency (VIAA) funds research projects within all topics of the call.

https://izm.gov.lv/lv/zinatnes-politika

 

More details in the national/regional call announcement:

http://viaa.gov.lv/lat/zinatnes_inovacijas_progr/era_net_proj/par_era_net/

 

Contact person(s):
Maija Bundule