The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) of the EU, administered by the GD “Migration and Home Affairs”, has published a new Call for Proposals. Deadline for the submission of project proposals is February 29, 2016 at 5 pm (CET).

On January 19, 2016 the Joint Technology Initiative on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH JU 2) has published the Call for Proposals 2016. The deadline for proposal submission is May 03, 2016.

The new research network for microelectronics named PENTA ("Pan European Partnership in micro- and nano-technologies and applications") has launched its first call for proposals. The deadline for the submission of project outlines is 15th March 2016.

With the fourth call, Infect-ERA aims to fund transnational and translational research, bringing together basic, applied and technology-driven research approaches of a broad variety of research topics regarding human infectious diseases (ID).

SOLAR-ERA.NET has launched its fourth set of transnational calls PV4 (photovoltaics) and CSP4 (concentrating solar power) on 8 December 2015. 14 countries and regions participate in these calls with an overall funding budget of some 10 MEUR. Deadline for pre-proposal submission is 11 April 2016.

In line with the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017, Chapter 19 ("Dissemination, Exploitation and Evaluation"), point 6, the European Commission is setting up an expert group on evaluation methodologies for the interim and ex-post evaluations of Horizon 2020. If you are interested in participating in this expert group, please register and send an email confirming your interest by 31 January 2016.

An update of the Directive „ESF-Technology Funding 2014-2020“ (8.12.2015) opens for universities amongst others the way to apply for so called „ESF-InnoTeams“ and „ESF-Transfer Assistants“. The submission of proposals is possible with immediate effect irrespective of deadlines.

The ERA-NET Sustainable Animal Production (SusAn) has launched the first call for transnational research proposals on January 04, 2016. Deadline for submission of pre-proposals is March 29, 2016.

Shift2Rail, the Joint Undertaking backed by the European Commission and the rail industry, has published its first calls for proposals, endowed with €170 million to support innovation in railways. The deadline for submission of proposals is March 17, 2016.