The Pilot Call is now closed
Introduction
MARTEC started a trans-national pilot call from 17.09.2007 - 31.01.2008 for collaborative research projects in different areas of maritime technologies. This pilot call is initiated by seven partner institutions from different European partner countries from the ERA-NET MARTEC consortium. Each country has own national maritime programmes and the financial support will be awarded by the national funding institutions for project duration of up to 36 months. Priority funding is for projects which include at least two independent industrial participants from two partner countries.
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Pilot Call Flyer
Next steps - time table and procedures
A two stage application procedure is planned to limit the expenditure for applicants. At the first stage, consortia should send only the MARTEC pre-proposal form, in addition to any further information required by the relevant national funding institution (see specific regulations). Pre-proposals will be evaluated at national level. Priority funding is for projects which include at least two independent industrial participants from two partner countries.
| Time table | |||
| Date | Action | ||
| 17. Sep. 2007 | start of common call | ||
| 31. Jan. 2008 |  | latest submission of pre-proposal | |
| 01. - 29. Feb. 2008 | national evaluation | ||
| Mar. 2008 | decision; who can send full proposals | ||
| 01. Apr. - 30. May 2008 | writing of full proposals by positive notification | ||
| Summer 08 | evaluation of full proposals by international experts | ||
| Aug./ Sep. 2008 | common evaluation and ranking | ||
| Sep./ Dec. 2008 | funding decision; contract negotiations | ||
| Jan. 2009 | start of high ranked projects | ||
1. The different areas of maritime technologies
This announcement represents the first call (pilot call) and it is meant to establish transnational collaborative research projects in seven European countries on maritime technology areas within:
- Shipbuilding
(new ship types, structures, ship design and construction, production processes and technology) - Ship and port operation
(vessel traffic services, manoeuvring, cargo handling, waste & ballast water facilities) - Maritime equipment and services
(bridge systems, information and communication technologies, telematic applications, engine and propulsion systems, automation systems, cargo handling, maintenance) - Inland water and intermodal transport
(shipbuilding, maritime equipment and services, ship and port operation, transport chains, hinterland connections, short sea shipping, traffic management, transport logistics, intermodality, interoperability) - Offshore industry/offshore technology
(new structures, design and construction, production processes and technology, equipment and services, maintenance and decommissioning of offshore structures, offshore operations, underwater process technology, underwater technology, underwater robotics (AUV, ROV)) - Offshore structures for renewable energy
(water power (wave, tidal and current energy technology), wind power (wind energy technology, installation technologywater power (wave, tidal and current energy technology), wind power (wind energy technology, installation technology) - Polar technology
(arctic sea transport, shipbuilding, equipment and services for polar regions, operation of ships, offshore structures) - Fishing/aquaculture
(development of platforms and devices, fish farms in open sea, new generation of fish-farms, teledetection, applications for analysis’s, information and communication technologies, automation and monitoring)
There are also additional topics, which can be included in several priority areas.
- Safety and security
ship safety (collision, grounding, evacuation, fire safety, search and rescue, manoeuvring, cargo handling and lashing, tracking and tracing, first aid), Ship and port security (preventive measures against terrorism, piracy) - Environmental impact
(reduction and improvement of the efficiency of fuel and energy consumption, anti fouling, ballast water handling, wash waves, waste management, recycling, monitoring, reduction of emission, prevention of contamination, noise and vibration) - Human elements
(training aspects, education, improvement of working conditions, intellectual property rights (IPR))
2. The partner institutions
The research projects initiated by this call will be financed by the following funding organisations from the ERA-NET MARTEC consortium:
- Denmark – Danish Maritime Authority (DMA)
- Finland – Tekes, the National Technology Agency of Finland (TEKES)
- France – Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning (MEDAD)
- Germany – Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
- Norway – Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- Spain – Industry, Tourism and Trade Ministry (MITYC)
- Poland – Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MSHE)
A further French funding agency, who is not a partner in MARTEC, will also finance national participants.
- France - OSEO
Hereafter called PARTNERS. Participants from these countries can be funded by the MARTEC PARTNERS according to their respective national rules. The MARTEC pilot call is an call with a limited number of projects.
3. MARTEC Pilot Call Documents
Call Text
The call text comprise the call preamble, time schedule and the common regulations. The regulations within this document are the same in all PARTNER countries.
Download Call text (common regulations)
Pre-Proposal Form
The pre-proposal form has to be completed in English and requires some project information (e.g. project summary, brief project description, state of the art in R&D, technological foreseen, etc.) The pre-proposal form has to be uploaded from the MARTEC website by the applicant's project coordinator. It has to be submitted by 31 January 2008 (17:00 CET).
Download pre-proposal form (common form) Download manual - The electronically submission
Upload pre-proposal form
National regulations
The specific regulations are individual according to the national funding rules and only related to potential applicants from the respective countries. In all PARTNER countries, the call will be published within a limited time period (17 September, 2007 – 31 January, 2008). The announcements are supplied in the sequence of publication within the partner countries. Please consult your national contact point for further details.
Download national-regulations (see under the related country in table below)
4. National Regulations and Contact Persons
| National Contact Person | National Regulations |
| France | |
| Mr. Patrick Vidal (MEDAD) Email: patrick-l.vidal@equipement.gouv.fr Tel.: +33 14 08 11 46 8 | contact Mr. Vidal |
| Norway | |
| Mr. Sigurd Falch (RCN) Email: SF@RCN.NO Phone: +47 22 03 73 02 | national regulations |
| Germany | |
| Mr. Ralf Fiedler (PtJ) Email: r.fiedler@fz-juelich.de Phone: +49 381 5197-282 | national regulations |
| Denmark | |
| Mr. Mogens Schrřder Bech (DMA) Email: MB@dma.dk Phone: +45 39 17 45 01 | national regulations |
| Finland | |
| Ms. Merja Salmi-Lindgren (AFMI) Email: merja.salmi-lindgren@techind.fi Phone: +35 89 19 23 38 5 | national regulations |
| Poland | |
| Mr. Leszek Wilczynski (CTO) Email: leszek.wilczynski@cto.gda.pl Phone: +48 58 30 74 21 4 | contact Mr. Wilczynski |
| Spain | |
| Mr. Carlos Sánchez Lafuente (INNOVAMAR) Email: csanchez@innovamar.org Phone: +34 91 74 72 11 6 | national regulations |
