EIBURS provides grants to university research centres working on research topics and themes of major interest to the Bank. EIB sponsorships, of up to EUR 100 000 per year for a period of 3 years, are awarded through a competitive process to interested university departments or research centres associated with universities in EU, candidate or potential candidate countries, with recognised expertise in EIB-selected areas, so that they can expand their activities in these areas. Successful proposals entail the delivery of a variety of outputs (research, organisation of courses and seminars, networking, dissemination of results, etc.) that will be the subject of a contractual agreement with the Bank.

For the academic year 2013/2014, the EIBURS programme has selected two new lines of research:

• Smart City Development: Applying European and International Experience to the Mediterranean Region
• Administrative Capacity Building in Europe

Proposals should be submitted in English or French and the deadline for presentation of proposals is 13 September 2013 (by midnight, GMT time +1). Proposals submitted after this date will not be considered. Proposals should be sent to:

Electronic copy:

events.eibinstitute@eib.org

and

Hard copy:

EIB Institute

98-100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer

2950 Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG

For the attention of Ms Luisa Ferreira, Co-ordinator.

For more exhaustive information on the EIBURS selection process and on the other programmes and mechanisms, please visit the EIBURS page.