Purpose and scope of aid
twenty-one. The special actions of R + D are intended to cover the scientific objectives requiring any specific action, special interest and relevance to the research activity that develops within the system of science, technology and innovation in the Balearic Islands. The scientific objectives to be achieved are:
- a) To promote the exchange and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
- b) Consolidate research activities, complementing the realization of research projects that have received funding in other competitive calls.
- c) Integrating research of the Balearic Islands, encourage the exchange and transfer of knowledge between research groups in the Balearic Islands and between them and the company, and promote interdisciplinarity among research groups and in the same groups.
- d) To promote increased scientific and technological potential of the Balearic Islands.
2.2. They may be subject to aid the types of actions or funding following lines:
- a) Line A: performances preparing proposals for the participation of research teams in international projects, especially in the «Horizon 2020» program.
- b) Line B: specific actions of scientific and technological policy to present an emergency or special interest. Is expected to finance both specific actions under national or international programs like any others, because of the issue or opportunity, help improve the development of the objectives of the strategy for smart specialization in research and innovation in the Balearic Islands (RIS3) or Plan of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Balearic Islands 2013-2017. It should be noted the need are concrete actions; in this line, no proposals for large and great scientific scope, own research projects features are accepted.
- c) Line C: performances of collaboration between research groups of scientific-technical (networks, interdisciplinary groups, agendas, etc.). all actions which are designed to collaborate and exchange knowledge between research groups in the science, technology and innovation in the Balearic Islands, and encourage the start of new actions concerted with groups from different institutions of the Balearic Islands or included research groups outside the Balearic Islands.
- d) Line D: dissemination and exploitation of results of R + D + I, as publications of results in scientific journals, books, publications, dissemination of results in the press, etc. Excluded are travel and attendance at fairs, patents, advertising technology and other actions which aim to improve the sales and marketing of a product or a technology.
- e) Line E: actions strengthening technological and infrastructure needs for research equipment and electronic documents (pages, portals) that can contain text, sound, video, programs, links, images, etc.
- f) Line F: organizing conferences, seminars and general meetings of scientific and technological issues.
- 3. The themes of special actions have to be integrated mainly in some of the initiatives envisaged in the RIS3 of Balears. Also, are also present actions by its thematic match the thematic areas of the Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Balearic Islands 2013-2017 and are the following:
- a) marine science and technology.
- b) Biomedical sciences and health sciences.
- c) Tourism: social sciences applied to tourism and information technology and communications.
- d) Environment: water resources, food and agriculture and energy.
- e) Digital content based on knowledge.
In this regard an explanatory report on the adequacy and integration of the proposal submitted to the Balearic RIS3 necessary or adequacy in the thematic areas of IETC Plan.
Amount: The maximum grant that can be given to each special action is 25,000.00 euros.
Date application: until 15 July 2016.