Name of the programme and of the thematic/horizontal area:
WoodWisdom-Net and ERA-NET Bioenergy Joint Call for Sustainable Forest Management and Optimised Use of Lignocellulosic Resources

Information on funding

Programme:
FP7 Cooperation

Specification/themes:
KBBE

Budget for the call:
18.5 M€

Publication Date:
15/09/2010 00:00

Deadline:
01/12/2010 13:00

Short introduction to the programme / what is it about? How may WBC participate?:

In this call the European Research Area Networks (ERA-Nets) WoodWisdom-Net 2 and ERA-NET Bioenergy aim to step up the cooperation and coordination of research activities carried out at national and regional level by joining forces to promote innovative research and cooperation to help optimise the use of trees and forests.

Both ERA-Nets have launched several joint calls in the past, two within the WoodWisdom-Net Research Programme (on wood material science and engineering in forest-based value chains) and four within the ERA-NET Bioenergy (on small-scale combustion, on cleaning of product gas from biomass gasification, on short rotation coppice and on clean biomass combustion). This is the first joint call integrating both ERA-Nets.

This joint call should bring together partners along the whole innovation chain from basic and applied research to industrial development, as well as promoting the participation of researchers outside EU. The scope is broad, covering forest management, land use and innovative production in value chains, in addition to promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and involvement of stakeholders and bridging gaps between research disciplines, producers, consumers and society.

Call Topics:

Proposals for collaborative transnational projects on basic and/or applied research and/or industrial research and development are welcome. There is no funding available for industrial/commercial scale pilot projects.
The call covers the research topics listed below. Each proposal should address at least one or more of these topics. Innovative forms of cooperation are encouraged, e.g. interdisciplinarity (natural/technology sciences and social sciences, researchersusers), research and implementation, involvement of stakeholders.

1. Forest for multiple needs of society, including enhanced productivity and optimised use of forest feedstock.
2. Advanced products and technologies for primary wood processing and manufacturing of wood and fibre-based products.
3. Advanced biofuels and biorefineries.

Please refer to the full call text for a detailed description of the call topics and their focus areas.

WBC Participation

Western Balkan countries are not eligible for funding under this call. However, partners from WBC can be included in the consortium if they finance their activity from other sources.

More details on the call: Major information on administrative issues (e.g. type of entities which are eligible, consortium structure, budget for the call, etc. (a. 1000 characters):

Who is eligible to participate?
Proposals are invited for collaborative research and development from transnational consortia of industry, SMEs, stakeholder associations and research organisations that fulfill the following conditions:
1) consortium includes partners from at least three different countries from the list of participating countries (see table), and
2) consortium should combine basic and/or applied research and/or industrial research and development, preferably combinations of trans- and/or interdisciplinary collaboration, involvement of stakeholders, bridging gaps between research disciplines, producers and consumers.

Partners from third countries not officially participating in the call can be included in the consortium if they finance their activity from other sources.

Further information on the programme (e.g. links to programme website, Rules for Participation, Financial Guidelines, etc.):

The programme websites are as follows:
www.call2010.woodwisdom.net
www.eranetbioenergy.net

To view and download the Call Text, please click here.

Contact/additional support (e.g. Helpdesk, contact to NCPs in your country, partnering websites if available, further related links, etc.):

If you have questions on the general call process and proposal submission please contact the joint call office:

Mr Mika Kallio
WoodWisdom-Net Project Secretariat
e-mail: mika.kallio@woodwisdom.fi
phone: +358 (0)50 517 0390

Ms Karen Görner
ERA-NET Bioenergy Call Secretariat
e-mail: k.goerner@fnr.de
phone: +49 (0) 3843-6930-162