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EMBRC launches a competitive internal call for developing "Joint Development Activities" aimed at developing the next generation of scientific services, building on the extensive expertise of EMBRC Operators.
EMBRC is launching a competitive call to develop joint development activities (JDAs) among its Operators for the development of advanced services to be offered to the marine research community (researchers and companies). The services developed will be incorporated into the EMBRC service catalogue.
Proposals for new JDAs will be selected based on their alignment with EMBRC’s mission and Science Strategy, their innovation potential, uniqueness and potential for increased collaboration, and exchange of knowledge and know-how among EMBRC Operators. All scientific topics will be considered.
Operators are encouraged to join forces with other EMBRC Operators with similar and/or complementary competencies, in order to streamline and combine several existing services, and to establish standard operating procedures, joint protocols and standards to ensure homogeneity across services. Proposals from single Operators will also be considered, depending on their novelty and originality.
The selected JDAs are expected to generate a viable, costed service (where applicable) that will be available in the EMBRC for external users (it cannot be for exclusive internal use). The development of the JDA (setup, testing and implementation phase) will consist of a period of up to two years.
The budget available to develop and implement the JDA will be up to 100.000€, to be used for consumables, personnel, and travels. Projects involving single Operators will be capped at €35.000. Please note: the awarded Operator(s) will be asked to sign an agreement with EMBRC HQ for the successful delivery of the granted JDA.
The budget is not intended for the purchase of large instrumentation but exclusively for the setup of the new service. Small equipment necessary for the operations of the service can be considered but must be listed and justified in the application. Any hiring of personnel for the setup and deployment of the new JDA service shall be handled by the EMBRC Operator and will not be considered an EMBRC-ERIC employee.
Proposals must be submitted online by Saturday, September 30 - 23:50 CET.
Please follow the steps in the "How to apply" section further below.
The awarded JDAs will be announced to the applicants by email and through the EMBRC website.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for the call, a proposal must:
Evaluation process
Two members of the EMBRC General Assembly (GA) will evaluate applications applying a score (from 0-5, lowest-highest) for each evaluation criteria (see below). To avoid conflicts of interests, the GA evaluators reviewing applications will be from different countries than the country/ies of the EMBRC Operators involved in a proposal.
Evaluation criteria
The evaluation criteria for the proposals are the following:
How to apply
To submit an application, please follow these steps:
1. Register on the ARIA platform, clicking "Register Now" (right column of this page). You will receive a confirmation email of the creation of your ARIA account. If you have already an ARIA account registered for EMBRC, you can Login directly.
2. Once logged in, start your application by clicking on "Begin New Application"
3. Fill out the application form. Hover the mouse over the help text (?) for more details about each field of the form. You can include any collaborator in the proposal in the field "Application Team" (user registration required).
4. You can save your progress and continue the application afterward, clicking on "Save application" at the bottom of the form.
5. Once the proposal is ready for submission, click on "Continue to Next Step".
6. Click on "Submit Application" to finalise the submission. An application ID will be generated. There is no need to remember this code but you can keep it in case of further communications.
Questions or issues?
Please contact our access officer at davide.dicioccio@embrc.eu.
