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Projects have a duration of two (2) years. Funding for the French teams is
provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France (MEAE) and the Ministry
for Research, Higher Education and innovation (MESRI). Teams in Malaysia
are supported by a matching grant provided by the Malaysian institution in
which the PI holds a permanent or fixed-term (2 years minimum) position.
The call for projects is open to all research teams of both countries, from
research institutes or from public or private companies having started joint
research.
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2. Objectives
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3. Areas of priority cooperation
4. Selection process
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5. Admissibility and evaluation of projects
When selecting joint scientific research projects, the following conditions will
be observed:
c. Each proposal must include a formal letter from the Malaysian institution
indicating that a matching grant (minimum of 2500 euros/year) will be
awarded to the PI in charge of the submitted project in Malaysia,
provided the project is funded by France. This commitment should be
firm for the first year of the project (2023) and subject to extension of the
funding by France in the second year (2024).
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e. Perspectives for valorisation of the project and structuration of the
partnership.
f. The decision between projects of equivalent quality/merit will be made
taking into account gender balance. Projects submitted by younger
researchers (<40 years old) will also be favoured.
6. Agreements
Collaboration Agreement
Arrangements for collaboration and/or exploitation must not prevent the future
progression of academic research and the dissemination of research results in
accordance with academic custom and practise and the requirements of the
funding bodies. A temporary delay in publication is acceptable in order to allow
commercial and collaborative arrangements to be established.
Intellectual property
Ownership of intellectual property (IP) generated during the project and rights
to exploitation, as well as any costs regarding management of IP, are expected
to be agreed between the collaborating research organisations before the
research begins. Details of this agreement should be included in the
Collaboration Agreement (as above).
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Agreements must not conflict with French and Malaysia terms and conditions.
Any agreements in place between a research organisation and their respective
funding organisation must be adhered to, including the sharing of IP costs or
benefits. Any IP sharing agreements in place between a research organisation
and their national funding body would be expected to apply only to the IP share
of that research organisation.
7. Financial issues
The costs on the French side should be clearly justified - please refer to the
Annex 2 for eligible costs and financial regulations for French applicants. For
applicants in Malaysia: please refer to Annex 1 but keep in mind that most
eligibility and reporting rules will be established by the Malaysian funding
institution.
8. Reporting
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according to Embassy funding guidelines. Malaysian based costs will be
funded according to funding institution’s guidelines.
ii. An activity report is sent to the Committee within three (3) months after
the end of the projects, which specifies all the resources used by the
institutions and partner laboratories. This final report will also pay
particular attention to the scientific publications, communications and
events carried out as part of the project, and to prospects for further
collaboration.
9. Dissemination of results
The protection of intellectual property rights and the use of research results,
as well as their possible exploitation, are defined by convention by the
research teams in accordance with the laws and regulations applied in both
countries, before the launch of each selected project.
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10. Calendar
Date Action
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8 July 2022 Launch of the call
1st Aug 2022 Deadline for submission of proposals
20th Oct 2022 Funding decisions confirmed and announced
24th Oct - 10 Nov 2022 Grant agreements are signed and the projects start
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The Principal Investigator (PI) is expected to carry out and conduct the research
which will impact quadruple helix (Society, Academia, Industry and Government).
Thus, under this call, the research project must contribute to the achievement of
these outputs:
i. Human capital/Talent
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ii. Publications
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Annex 1
1. Principal Investigators (PI) may only submit one application to this scheme
as Principal Investigator, but may be involved in more applications if listed
as a Co-Investigator.
10. Applicants with active MATCH 2021 projects will not be considered for this
call.
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Eligibility of Applicants in France
Présentation du programme
Objectif du programme
Conditions d’éligibilité
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La participation de jeunes chercheurs et doctorants est fortement
encouragée.
Critères d’évaluation
• Qualité scientifique du projet et des équipes
• Faisabilité du plan de travail
• Compétence et complémentarité des équipes
• Participation active de jeunes chercheurs (doctorants ou post-
doctorants)
• Perspectives de structuration ou de valorisation du projet
L’égalité de genre sera prise en compte dans le processus de
sélection et en particulier pour départager des projets de qualité
scientifique équivalente
Modalités de financement
La durée des projets étant de deux années, le financement est accordé sur
une base annuelle, pour deux années consécutives.
Dépenses éligibles
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1- Les consommables
2- Les équipements
3- La sous-traitance
Les frais de transport et les per diem sont éligibles au financement. Les
procédures de réservation et de remboursement des dépenses en vigueur
au sein de l’organisation doivent s’appliquer.
Les autres dépenses, telles que les frais de visa, les vaccins ou les
traitements antipaludéens ne sont pas éligibles.
Document justificatif : devis, factures, cartes d’embarquement, tickets,
ordres de mission, demandes de remboursement
Propriété intellectuelle
Il appartient aux responsables de projets de prendre toutes les
dispositions utiles quant à la protection de la propriété intellectuelle.
Les projets soumis à cet appel à candidatures peuvent faire l’objet d’un
examen au titre de la PPST (Protection du potentiel scientifique et
technique et intelligence économique).
Pour plus d’information sur ce dispositif : https://www.enseignementsup-
recherche.gouv.fr/cid27031/protection-du-potentiel-scientifique-et-
technique-et-intelligence-economique-p.p.s.t.html
Calendrier
Procédure
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