Egypt-Russia Cooperation Program for Scientific Research Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Egypt www.stdf.org.eg & Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Russia www.rfbr.ru Call for joint proposals.

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Egyptian Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) agreed to co-finance collaborative research projects.

The common commitment in promoting collaborative scientific research laid its foundation in 13 May , 2013 by signing the M o U on the Establishment of an
Egyptian - Russian Cooperation Program for Scientific Research.

Projects are conducted under the direction of an Egyptian and Russian Principal Investigator (PI) and therefore, must have partner institutions from Egypt and Russia .

Apart from being the Principal Investigators, each PI is responsible for coordinating the activities of the research project and his/her research team and is responsible for the submission of annual and final technical and fiscal reports. Work on joint projects may be performed at institutions in either or both countries, depending on the type of activity.

Mutually Identified Priority Topics:

The Egyptian and Russian sides , STDF and RFBR, respectively, identified the topics for their mutual cooperation and they agreed on the following areas:
- Fundamentals of sustainable and productive agriculture
- Prevention and treatment of the socially important diseases
- Solar
- terrestrial interactions
- Red Sea rift: biodiversity, ecological factors, geological models and recent geodynamic processes
- Theoretical basics of the electronic educational systems, networks and services

Call Deadline: 4-May-16

More informations: STDF