<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Gentilissime e gentilissimi,</p>
<p class="gmail-default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">vi informiamo che il <b><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Ministero degli Affari Esteri e
della Cooperazione Internazionale</span></b><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74)"> (MAECI)
ha emesso un invito a presentare proposte per progetti di ricerca congiunti
nell’ambito del <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Programma Esecutivo di Cooperazione
Scientifica e Tecnologica 2023-2025</span></b> tra <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Italia e Sudafrica</span></b>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)">. Le azioni
finanziabili devono collocarsi in una delle <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">cinque aree prioritarie di
ricerca</span></b>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Agricultural biotechnologies</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Artificial Intelligence and High
Performance Computing (HCP)</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Astrophysics and radio astronomy</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Environmental technologies for water
resources and/or integrated waste management</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Health research</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Renewable energy and community energy</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)">Le
proposte devono prevedere la partecipazione di <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">un
partner in Italia e uno in Sudafrica</span></b>. Per l’Italia, possono
partecipare <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">istituti di</span></b> <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">ricerca pubblici o privati no-profit</span></b>, mentre per
il <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Sudafrica</span></b> devono essere coinvolti <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">ricercatori</span></b> residenti nello Stato stesso affiliati
a un istituto di ricerca o di alta educazione, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">i progetti dovranno avere una durata di tre anni (2023-2025).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)">Due sono
le <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">linee di finanziamento</span></b> disponibili:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Joint Research Projects (JRP)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)">: prevede il cofinanziamento di almeno due partner (uno in Italia e uno in
Sudafrica) per <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">progetti collaborativi</span></b> che
prevedano ambiziose azioni di ricerca e <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">approcci innovativi</span></b> con
impatti potenziali oltre il mondo della ricerca. Il contributo atteso è pari
al <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">50% del costo totale</span></b> del progetto (circa 60.000
euro), per un totale di <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">5 progetti</span></b> finanziati;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 13.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(74,74,74)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Research Staff Exchange</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"> <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">(RSE)</span></b>: intende cofinanziare la <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">mobilità </span></b>dei ricercatori (soprattutto emergenti)
nel contesto di attività di ricerca bilaterali che ricevano fondi da altre
fonti di finanziamento. Verranno finanziati <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">10 progetti</span></b> per
un <b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">massimo di 1.500.000 euro</span></b> ciascuno.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">La scadenza per la presentazione delle proposte, redatte in
lingua inglese, è fissata per il giorno <b>31 maggio 2022 ore 17.00</b>, informazioni sui bandi e la relativa documentazione è disponibile sul sito <a href="http://shorturl.at/fqEQ8">shorturl.at/fqEQ8</a></p></div><div>Cordiali saluti,</div><div><i style="color:rgb(19,79,92);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Lo Staff della DRGM</i><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Divisione Research and Grants Management</b></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Università degli Studi di Siena</font></div></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Banchi di Sotto, 55, 53100<br>Siena, Italia</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:research.eu@unisi.it" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">ricerca@unisi.it</a> <br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.unisi.it/ricerca/supporto-alla-ricerca" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.unisi.it/ricerca/supporto-alla-ricerca</a> </font><br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/usiena-ricerca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/usiena-ricerca/</a><font color="#222222" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><img width="136px;" height="68px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sh3vNOtt-gupGd6W-prxdM9qSrBHqddUPuW_oHI1FcB93749KoS49G2qQrBL64DajVBWgnLpPaDmwUzJeJfayNgkBYrRIxy56uQ_rLFal2yCvgSGCbNdH5lP-2cPvKRGPx0xBlAyb2uE"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>