Fund: European Regional Development Fund
Operational programme: OP Competitiveness and Cohesion
Type of competition: Limited call for proposals (grants)
Status: open from 8.5.2017 to 21.6.2017
Competent authority: Ministry of Science and Education
Area: research, technological development and innovation
Applicantand: public higher education institutions, public scientific organisation, local self-government units, regional self-government units
Summary:
The purpose of Call 1a1.3 "Investing in organisational reform and infrastructure in the R&D&I sector" (hereinafter: Call) is the strengthening of research, development and innovation capacities (hereinafter: R&D&I) by supporting organisational reform/changes and development of R&D&I infrastructure. The organisational reform will enable the institutional reform of the R&D&I sector and improve the functioning of the informal and formal processes of the organisational structure with the aim of improving the quality, scope and relevance of research activities. Ultimately, the result of such a reform will be the transformation into internationally competitive scientific institutions that create new scientific, social and economic value.
The call is implemented in two project groups:
GROUP 1: Investment in organisational reform and procurement of equipment and construction works on existing IRI infrastructure facilities for the purpose of adapting the space for installation/installation of equipment procured by the project. It refers to project proposals from the indicative list of the Ministry of Science and Education for which it is not necessary to obtain a final building permit. The total amount of grants available for the award within Group 1 of this call is 304.000.000,00 kn.
GROUP 2: Investment in organizational reform, adaptation and/or reconstruction and/or extension and/or construction of the building and procurement of R&D&I infrastructure equipment. It refers to project proposals from the indicative list of the Ministry of Science and Education for which a final building permit needs to be obtained. The total amount of grants available for the award within Group 2 of this call is 456.000.000,00 kn.
Documentation:
Summary of the Call for Proposals
Frequently asked questions and answers:
Questions related to this Call for Proposals should be sent by e-mail to the following address: contracting@mzo.hr no later than 14 days before the deadline for submission of the project proposal. The question raised should contain the signature and a clear indication of the reference number of the Call for Proposals. The Ministry will send answers to the received questions to all applicants and publish them on the website where a summary of the PDP is published, no later than seven (7) days before the deadline for submission of the project proposal.
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