Call for Applications: Joint projects of Russian and Nordic Higher Education Institutions

11:45, March 15, 2016

The Nordic-Russian Cooperation Programme in Education and Research supports joint cooperation projects between higher education and research institutions in Russia and the Nordic Countries

The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) issued a new call for applications for funding of joint projects between higher education institutions in the Nordic countries and Russia. SIU is a Norwegian public sector agency that promotes international cooperation in education and research.

The general objective of the programme is to promote multifaceted contacts in the fields of education and research, in the interests of sustainable social and economic development in the Nordic countries and Russia. The programme aims to initiate long-term partnerships that will improve the direct links between the involved institutions.

Application deadline: May 3, 2016.

All applications must include at least three partners; one partner in at least two different Nordic countries and at least one partner in Russia.

Eligible partners in the Nordic countries are higher education institutions that are defined as such in their respective countries.

In Russia, eligible partners are all accredited institutions of higher education, which is providing education programmes at a level equivalent to that offered at the Nordic participating institutions, and limited to the following types of institutions:

•          National universities (Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University)

•          Universities participating in project 5-100.

•          Any other higher education institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

•          Private higher education institutions with documented partial public funding, i.e. grant allocations from Russian public funding agencies

Research institutes, non-governmental organisations, public agencies, private companies or other formalised organisations in the Nordic countries and/or in Russia may participate as network partners.

More information is available on SIU website and in the newsletter.