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SIU
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N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Phone: +47 5530 8800
Fax: +47 5530
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siu@siu.no
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5014 Bergen, Norway
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Hanne Alver Krum
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Call for applications to the NUFU Programme 2007-2011
The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) hereby invites submission of project proposals/applications for The Norwegian Cooperation Programme for Development, Research and Higher Education (NUFU) for the programme period 2007 – 2011. The call for applications is presented with reference to the NUFU Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and SIU, signed 12 January 2006, and the NUFU Project Document 2007 – 2011.
The original signed letter from SIU-director Gunn Mangerud is available here [pdf, 1 mb].
The main component of the programme is cooperative projects lasting for five years, including joint research, education of new researchers and often establishment of new Master and PhD programmes at the partner institutions in the South.
Joint project proposals from one main partner in the South and one main partner in Norway must be submitted online to SIU no later than 1 June 2006.
The project proposals will be assessed by external evaluators, both from the South and from the North. Thereafter the applying institutions in the South and in Norway are obliged to carry out separate institutional assessments and make prioritised lists of their project applications. Assessments and prioritised lists must be submitted online to SIU no later than 1 October 2006.
Project proposals are developed jointly by researchers from each of the collaborating institutions. It is required that project proposals are signed by both Head of Department and Rector/Vice Chancellor of the main applying institutions.
Signatures by the Head of department guarantee that
- the proposed project is of relevance for the department’s research activities and staff development
- the department finds the quality of scientific activities in the proposed project to be acceptable
- the department commits itself to provide necessary core resources for administration and management of the proposed project
Signatures by Rector/Vice Chancellor (or other designated) guarantee that
- the institution finds the proposed project relevant according to the institution’s strategic plans for research, capacity and competence building, as well as international collaboration
- the institution commits itself to support the proposed project with necessary core resources (basic infrastructure, administrative services etc.) to secure the implementation of the project
Call is hereby made for applications to the following application categories:
- New bilateral projects
- Ongoing bilateral projects
- New network projects
- Ongoing network projects
- Supportive measures for sustainability and termination of projects (for NUFU supported projects that have run for two periods (app. 10 years)
Please find enclosed the following documents that provide further information and guidelines to applicants to NUFU:
1. Programme Document NUFU 2007 – 2011
2. Guidelines for applicants to NUFU. Multi-annual bilateral and network projects.
3. Guidelines for applicants to NUFU. Supportive measures for sustainability and termination of projects.
All the attached documents, as well as other documents relevant for applicants to the NUFU programme are available at the SIU web site, together with the electronic application form. Please see: www.siu.no/
Yours sincerely,
Gunn Mangerud
Director
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Last updated: 06.04.2006 15:52:49 |
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