INAF - Unit for International Affairs
	INAF - Unità Relazioni Internazionali

PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
(PICS)
Please see attachment for the program description

Call for proposals 2013
APPLICATION FORM TO BE SUBMITTED IN DUPLICATE TO INAF - UNIT FOR INTERNAZIONAL AFFAIRS BY 30 JUNE 2013

I – PROJECT TITLE	
in Italian	
in English	

Duration of the project (maximum 3 years):

II- PROJECT COORDINATORS

a) In Italy
Coordinator’s last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Telephone n.:
Email address:

INAF Research Structure:
Director:
Address:
Telephone n.:
Fax n.:
Email address:

b) In the country of the partner 
Coordinator’s last and first name:
Title and/or position:

Partner Research Structure name:
Director:
Address:
Telephone n.:
Fax n.:
Email address:
Home organization:
Address:

III– PROJECT PARTICIPANTS IN THE COORDINATORS’ RESEARCH STRUCTURE/LABORATORY

a) In Italy

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

b) In the partner country

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

IV– POTENTIAL PROJECT PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER RESEARCH STRUCUTRES/LABORATORIES

a) From other laboratories in Italy

INAF Research Structure:
Director:
Address:
Telephone n.:
Fax n.:
Email address:

Participants:
Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:
Email address:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:
Email address:

b) In a second partner country

Laboratory/Research Structure name:
Director:
Address:
Telephone n.:
Fax n.:
Email address:
Home organization:
Address:

Participants:
Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

Last and first name:
Title and/or position:
Full-time-equivalent in the project:

V- SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
jointly drafted by both project coordinators

Project summary (in less than 10 lines) specifying the distribution of research activities amongst the laboratories involved in the project (in Italian and English):

Detailed description of the research project (3 to 5 supplementary pages, as annex 1), specifying in particular:

	1.	the position of the research topic in both national and international contexts, the project goals, possible connections 
	2.	with other scientific disciplines or applications (technological or otherwise),
	3.	why this cooperation is necessary to accomplish the project goals, any work already carried out jointly (cite publications, theses, patents, etc.), 
	4.	the work plan and its timeline,
	5.	partnerships and external sources of funding already secured for the topic of the PICS,
	6.	if appropriate, the component of the project involving training of students.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The purpose of this section is to provide an estimate of the overall resources needed to pursue the research project.

1 - FUNDING CONTRIBUTED BY PARTICIPATING LABORATORIES (Excluding CNRS Additional Funding – See Project Budget)

Enter the overall amount of funding that the laboratories plan to provide on their own budget

	Estimate
Year One
(in k€ or FTE)	Estimate
Year Two
(in k€ or FTE)	Estimate
Year Three
(in k€ or FTE)	
In Italy (total)				
Staff (in FTE):

Amount allocated for:
	operation/equipment
				
Origin of funds:
		laboratory budget
		other:

In the partner country (total)				
Staff (in FTE):

Amount allocated for:
	operation/equipment
				
Origin of funds:
		laboratory budget
		other:
				
In the second partner country (total)				
Staff (in FTE):

Amount allocated for:
	operation/equipment
				
Origin of funds:
		laboratory budget
		other:

2 - USE OF A LARGE FACILITY

Equivalent funding allocated by the laboratories or the home organizations of the two coordinators (in kˆ)

	
Year One
	
Year Two	
Year Three	

Type of equipment facility

			

Period of use
(in days, weeks or months - specify)	

			

PROJECT BUDGET

FUNDING, REQUESTED FOR THE PICS (in thousands of Euros), supplemental to the amounts specified above (Financial Information)

Provide an estimate of projected expenditures. 

Append a one-page “Appendix 2” specifying the names of researchers travelling or being hosted, length of visits, and nature of “other expenditure” in the framework of the project.

In Italy  (provided by the INAF)	Request
Year One	Estimate
Year Two	Estimate
Year Three	
Total	
Travel in the partner laboratory(ies) 
					
Hosting (under condition of reciprocity)
					
Seminar organization
					
Other expenditure (specify in Appendix 2) within 20% of the total budget
					
Total

In Partner country 	Request
Year One	Estimate
Year Two	Estimate
Year Three	
Total	
Travel to France
					
Hosting (under condition of reciprocity) 
					
Seminar organization
					
Other expenditure

Total

In second partner country 	Request
Year One	Estimate
Year Two	Estimate
Year Three	
Total	
Travel
					
Hosting (under conditions of reciprocity)
					
Seminar organization
					
Other expenditure
					
Total

OPINION OF THE RESEARCH STRUCTURE/LABORATORY DIRECTORS
ON THE PROJECT

Detailed opinion of the Italian coordinator’s research strucutre/laboratory director on the scientific program, the funds available and the supplementary funds requested:

Place and date: ………………………………….., on ………………………………
Signature

First name, last name:

Opinion of the partner laboratory director on the scientific program, the funds available and the supplementary funds requested:

Place and date ………………………………….., on ………………………………
Signature

First name, last name