Common information
The European Commission supports European Research Area Networks (ERA-NETs) in different areas to strengthen the European research and development.
Several Ministries and research management organisations have established an open network in the area of maritime technologies, called MARTEC.
Funding in MARTEC should combine the advantages of European partnership and the use of national project management. To demonstrate such possibilities, a transnational call has been opened. Funding is available for collaborative research projects in a number of priority maritime areas. Proposals can be delivered up to 29th April 2011 via the MARTEC portal http://www.martec-era.net/opencall/. Priority funding is for projects which include at least two independent industrial participants from two partner countries. Only projects, which receive funds from at least two countries, will be supported by MARTEC.

Further Information can be found on the MARTEC web portal http://www.martec-era.net/opencall/.
 

Time table and procedure
The consortia should send the MARTEC proposal form; in addition to any further information required by the relevant national funding institution (see specific national regulations below). Proposals will be pre-checked on national level and finally evaluated at international level.

Specific National (Norwegian) information
The Norwegian partners involved in a proposal for the MARTEC Call 2011, shall in addition and at the same time (within 29th April 2011) submit an electronic application (eSøknad) to the MAROFF-programme at the Research Council of Norway. The standard information in the electronic application form shall be submitted. This shall include information about the Norwegian partners and the Norwegian part of the cost budget and the proposed financing. If there is more than one Norwegian partner, they must select one of the Norwegian companies to act as Contract partner to the Research Council of Norway.

In order for proposals with Norwegian partners to be evaluated positively they need to be eligible for support from the MAROFF programme.

Further information and link to the call and access to the electronic application system (e-søknad) can be found on the web-site of the MAROFF-programme at the Research Council of Norway: www.forskningsradet.no/maroff 

Further information and the call text for the Norwegian part of the project is under ”Funding” in the column on the right.