FranceResearch Institution, Public Institution

SRSEI 2025

Setting up European or International Scientific Networks - SRSEI 2025

Funding Amount

€17K - €17K

Eligible Organization Types

Research Institution, Public Institution

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What is the SRSEI 2025 Call?

Grant Description
Provides funding to French research laboratories to form European or international research networks aimed at preparing large-scale two- or three-step collaborative project proposals (e.g., Horizon Europe). The grant covers network setup activities and proposal preparation, not the research itself, to strengthen transnational collaborations and improve success in international funding calls.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

• Established and well-coordinated transnational research networks ready to submit their second-step proposals.

• Higher quality and competitiveness of applications to major European and international funding programmes.

• Strengthened international collaborations and increased success rates in securing Horizon Europe or other large-scale call funding.

• Enhanced strategic positioning of French laboratories within European and global scientific partnerships.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Eligible applicants: a single French research organisation (as Principal Investigator) representing the entire consortium.

• Networks must be composed of at least two (or more) partner institutions from different countries.

• Projects must be explicitly designed to submit a collaborative application to a specified large-scale European or international call structured in two or three steps, with clearly defined major scientific, technological or societal impacts.

• All scientific disciplines are eligible.

• Funding: fixed €17,000 grant over 12 months.

• Submission: continuous, opens 27 March 2025 at 09:00 CET.

• Applicants should liaise with National Contact Points for information on specific Horizon Europe calls.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• Funds may only be used for network setup and proposal-preparation activities, not for conducting research.

• Simplified application dossier and eligibility checks.

• A single beneficiary model: the French host organisation receives and administers the full grant.

• Selection is rapid and based on prior acceptance or eligibility of the network for the targeted European/international call.

• Continuous submission format with no fixed deadlines.

• Swift decision-making and rapid fund deployment guaranteed.
Important dates

Open from: 27/03/2025

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