BONUS Call 2012: Innovation
Closed on Tuesday, 12 March 2013
The BONUS call 2012: Innovation is arranged
in collaboration with the EU Strategy for the
Baltic Sea Region flagship project “BSR Stars”.

Materials:
BONUS call 2012: Innovation
Call fact sheet, BONUS briefing number 20
BONUS call 2012: Innovation
Guide for applicants
BONUS call 2012: Innovation
Guide for proposal evaluators
EPSS - Electronic Proposal Submission System
for preregistrations and proposal submissions
Model grant agreement the legally binding basis for BONUS funding
Guide for BONUS project participants
2012 Guide to reporting in kind infrastructure to BONUS
BONUS strategic research agenda 2011-2017
BONUS briefing number 1 (revised in November 2012) Executive summary of the BONUS strategic research agenda
Implementation agreement between BONUS EEIG and the European Commission
At a glance
Preregistration deadline: 12 February 2013 at 17.00 CETProposal submission deadline: 12 March at 17.00 CET
Budget: EUR 7 million with flexibility of 10%
Funding scheme: Collaborative projects
Funding threshold: Maximum requested BONUS contribution to collaborative project is limited to EUR 0.5 million, including contributions from both the EU and the BONUS participating states
Project implementation: Projects will start earliest in December 2013 and the total duration of projects will be no longer than three years
Themes addressed: Each proposal will be requested to identify one key innovation theme from those opened for this call and at least two other supplementary themes included in the BONUS strategic research agenda
Themes: The BONUS call 2012 will include the following from the BONUS strategic research agenda 2011-2017:
- Theme 2.4 Eco-technological approaches to achieve good ecological status in the Baltic Sea
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Theme 5.2 Developing and testing innovative in situ remote sensing and laboratory techniques
Theme 5.3 User-driven new information and communication services for marine environment, safety and security in the Baltic Sea area
Evaluation: Research
proposals addressing all call themes will be evaluated by one panel and
eventually ranked into one list
Announcement of the evaluation outcome: 13 June 2013
Call helpdesks and national contacts
for call related advice
for technical advice on proposal submissions
provide support concerning country‐specific questions and conditions of participation
Slideshow of call information for applicants
Calendar of national information days
Seeking for innovation project partners?
Would you like to join a consortium? Do you have a great research idea but lack partners to realise it? Please give a short description of your need in the innovation partners FORUM, give your contact details, and we hope you'll be contacted.

