European Tropical Forest Research Network

EC funding sources for forest research in the tropics, subtropics and Mediterranean
(focus on the first Call for Proposals of EC-DGRES, 6th FP)
By ETFRN and UK-DFID-FRP

Forest research opportunities within FP6:
Special Program 10.1. International Cooperation - Developing Countries

Specific Programme: Integrating and Strengthening the ERA
Area/Priorities: Specific measures in support of international cooperation - Developing countries
Call identifier: FP6-2002-INCO-DEV-1
Call period: 17 December 2002 - 11 September 2003
(http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=37)
Required for a consortium of EU-based institutions: min. 3 individual legal entities from 3 different member- or associate states
Required a consortium of a minimum of 3 EU-based institutions working in collaboration with developing countries: min. 3 individual legal entities from 3 different member- or associate states and 3 individual legal entities from 3 different countries from the same region

Target countries eligible for INCO-DEV, PDF (20 kb)

To prepare a proposal you need the following documents:

• Complete overview by ETFRN, Word (29 kb) and PDF (10 kb)
• Reading guide: Forest research possibilities by ETFRN, Word (27 kb) and PDF (8 kb)
• Call text full (PDF, 38 kb)
• Call text extract (PDF, 149 kb)
• Corrigendum to call (PDF, 74 kb)
• Work program Word (390 kb) and PDF (197 kb)
• Guide for proposers: co-ordination activities Word (374 kb) and PDF (202 kb)
• Guide for proposers: specific targeted research projects instrument Word (368 kb) and PDF (210 kb)
• FP6 in brief Word (283 kb) and PDF (144 kb)

*Note: the full call text is the same for SME, Global change and ecosystems, INCO-DEV, Policy-oriented research and ERA-NET.