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Israel-Jiangsu Joint R&D Fund Calling for Projects (New)Jiangsu province ( China) - Israel program for Industrial R&D 2nd Call for Proposals for Joint Industrial R&D projects This call is open to all projects based on merit that include science and technology (S&T) development leading to commercial success, social good and benefit to both countries. 1. Common Requirements The criteria to be followed in order to apply to the program call are: a) At least two science and technology companies from the respective countries should express a desire to cooperate in the research and development of a new product or a new process. b) The project may involve more than one company from each side; academic /research entities are eligible to join as sub-contractors only. c) The product should be highly innovative with significant commercial potential. The joint industrial R&D project should aim at development of products / processes leading to commercialisation in the global market d) The project partners should agree in advance on the IP rights and on the commercialisation strategy of the product or process. Note: For the submission phase, only a LOI, a preliminary agreement or draft MoU is required, however the final agreement has to be presented to the funding authorities. e) The project should demonstrate the contribution of the participants from both countries f) The project must be balanced between participants and significant to both partners. Any partner whose cooperative R&D project is consistent with the aforesaid criteria can 2. Eligibility In Jiangsu Eligible applicants will be R&D performing Jiangsu registered companies operates in Jiangsu. In Israel Eligible applicants will be R&D performing Israeli registered companies operates in Israel. . 3. Size of Investments and Matching Funds 1. Funding support will be given to each partner by its own Implementing Organisations (Jiangsu Science and Technology Department in Jiangsu province and MATIMOP/OCS in Israel) in accordance with the National Laws, Rules, Regulations and procedures in effect. 2. The total grant from the Government of Jiangsu under the Jiangsu-Israel R&D program financial support will not exceed 1.5 million US dollars each year. The government gives the support to subsidize the R&D expenditure of the project and will decide the amount of support for each project taking consideration of the total number of the approved projects and the available fund for the program each year. 3. The total funding from the Government of Israel via the OCS, under the Jiangsu-Israel R&D program financial support, will not exceed 50% of the eligible and approved costs of the R&D, in accordance with the national laws and regulations. 4. Submission of the project proposals A two stage application process will be followed; first the bi-lateral cooperation form. Only those applications meeting all basic criteria of the Call for Proposals will be invited to submit full project proposals in the National Format. The Common bi-lateral cooperation form must be submitted to both the Implementing Organisation simultaneously within the deadline of the particular call period. For approved applications, full project proposal in the program National Format should be submitted to the respective Implementing Organisations. The present Call is launched on October 12th, 2009 and invites applications in Common Application Format till February 12th, 2010. The eligibility of each application will be analysed by Jiangsu Science and Technology Department and MATIMOP. Acknowledgement and the results of project consideration will be notified to all the applicants by respective Implementing Organisations latest by February 26th, day, 2010. Partners meeting all eligibility criteria of will be invited to submit the National funding application using the procedures and according to the national rules that apply in Jiangsu Science and Technology Department and OCS in Israel respectively no later than March 31, 2010 Applications submitted after the deadline of call period would be considered eligible for the next call period. The complete joint project application (bi-lateral application form) must be sent in softcopy simultaneously to Jiangsu Science and Technology Department in Jiangsu province and MATIMOP in Israel in an appropriate official language (preferably in English) before the deadline of each call. The proposal (bi-lateral application form) must be signed by both Chinese and Israeli partners. The Israeli partner is required to submit the National Application form in accordance with the OCS regulations, through an online system www.moital.gov.il/madan/tfasim following these guidelines . The Chinese partner will be required to submit the National Application Form in accordance with JSTD regulations, through an online system upon further notice by JSTD. Bi-lateral form Common Application Format Application Guidelines & National Format – Israel
Jiangsu Science and Technology Department in Jiangsu province and OCS/MATIMOP in Israel will carry out an independent evaluation of the joint R&D application and will select the eligible project to be financially supported in accordance with their National Laws and Regulations. The successful projects will be jointly selected by the two implementing organizations based on the project criteria and requirements specified in the application form. 6. Repayments In Israel In Jiangsu
The Israeli and Chinese partners whose projects have been selected will be informed of 8. Pre-Implementation Requirements After the award of the project, project leaders on both the sides would be advised
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