1. Research funding opportunities
Olayan School of Business
AUB– January 27, 2017

2. Opportunities of Research funding within the CNRS-L
Grant Research Programme

3. Main Objective
Designed to support research projects fully or partially from various institutions in Lebanon (universities, national research institutions, CNRS research centers) in all fields of knowledge, in line with the priorities defined yearly in the call.
mainly in agricultural sciences, basic sciences, environmental sciences, medicine and public health, human and social sciences and science technology

4. GRP Accepted projects-Budget Distribution by University in Millions LBP (2016)

5. GRP- Number of Accepted Projects Distribution by University (2016)

6. GRP-Accepted Projects Distribution by Priority (2016)

7. GRP- What’s New in 2017! Joint Call for Proposals CNRS-AUB (2017-2018)
1,200,000,000 LBP From CNRS-L
1,200,000,000 LBP From AUB
Participation Rules
Full time staff (Min. two post-doctoral scientific publications including one pertinent to the proposal topic published in the last five years).
Possibility to participate in two projects (30% of time devoted for the 2nd project if applicable).

8. GRP-Priorities for 2016 Cultural Heritage (الارث الثقافي)
Arabic Language and History-(اللغة العربية والتاريخ)
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Finance-(إقتصاد ومالية)
Entrepreneurial university and innovation (الجامعة الريادية والإبداع)
Economy of conflict areas- (إقتصاد مناطق النزاع)
Lebanon as potential destination for offshoring (لبنان كوجهة محتملة في إعادة التموضع الإقتصادي العالمي)
Actuarial science and Financial risk management - (العلم الأكتواري وإدارة المخاطرالمالية) Mathematical and computer modeling applied to finance and economy (تطبيقات البرمجة الرياضية والمعلوماتية في العلوم المالية والإقتصادية)
Medical Sciences
Agriculture and Food
Environment, Natural Resources
Basic Science &Engineering

9. GRP-2017 Online submission Evaluation (CNRS-AUB ) Evaluation Criteria:
Originality & Objectives
Scientific and technical quality of the project
Research Project design
Methodology
Quality of the team
Human and financial resources
Ethics

10. Opportunities of Research Collaborations within the New EU Framework Programme
The following presentation was prepared using various sources, including EU Presentations on Horizon 2020 & MEDSPRING Project (NCP Training)

11. Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €80 billion of funding available
over 7 years (2014 – 2020)

12. Horizon 2020 - Three Priorities
Excellent science
Industrial leadership
Societal challenges

13. Priority 1. Excellent science
World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing
European Research Council (ERC)
Frontier research by the best individual teams
Future and Emerging Technologies
Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)
Opportunities for training and career development
Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)
Ensuring access to world-class facilities
Actions aimed at structuring training, mobility and career development for researchers

14. Priority 2. Industrial leadership
Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors
Need for more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEITs)
(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)
Access to risk finance
Leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation
Innovation in SMEs
Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

15. Priority 3. Societal challenges
Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Secure societies
Science with and for society
Spreading excellence and widening participation

16. International Cooperation
Openness: Horizon 2020 open to participation from across the world, meaning that (except where this is explicitly excluded) European researchers can cooperate with their counterparts in third countries on any topic of their choice.
INCREASED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
&
at heart an EU Programme!!

17. Increased Stress on Innovation & SME
Find your area
Agriculture & Forestry
Aquatic Resources
Bio-based Industries
Biotechnology
Energy
Environment & Climate Action
Food & Healthy Diet
Funding Researchers
Health
ICT Research & Innovation
Innovation
Increased Stress on Innovation & SME
International Cooperation
Key Enabling Technologies
Partnerships with Industry and Member States
Raw Materials
Research Infrastructures
Security
SMEs
Social Sciences & Humanities
Society
Space
Transport

19. A National Network of NCPs in Lebanon (2014) Nominated through the the support of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon
NCP Coordinator: National Council for Scientific Research – Lebanon (Dr. M. Hamze & Ms. R. Atweh;
Thematic NCPs: (New Pillars and Societal Challenges of Horizon 2020)
NCP for “Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy & Biotechnology” (Dr. M. Hamze, CNRS)
NCP for “Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies” (Ms. R. Atweh, CNRS)
NCP for “Health, demographic change and wellbeing” (Dr. F. Homeidan, AUB)
NCP for “Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials” (Dr. N. Oueini, USEK)
NCP for “Secure, clean and efficient energy” (Dr. I. Mougharbel, LU)
NCP for “Information and Communication technologies (ICT)” (Dr. N. Mansour, LAU)
NCP for “SMEs” (Dr. N. Rouhana, Berytech)

20. THANK YOU Elise Noujeim (Ph.D) Researcher
Director of the Grant Research Programme (GRP)
Coordinator of the CNRS-CNR Joint Research Programme (JRP)
National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Lebanon
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