Embedded in a joint row of events, which marked the start of the EU-Russia Year of Science 2014, the ERA.Net RUS Plus initiative was launched on 27 November in Moscow.

  The project will implement a Single Joint Call for excellent transnational research projects in the fields of NMP, Health, Environment, SSH and Innovation. ERA.Net RUS Plus is a follow-up to the current ERA.Net RUS action that was set up from 2009 to 2013 to link Russia to the European Research Area. ERA.Net RUS was the first joint call activity in which prominent Russian Funding Parties participated in a multilateral funding scheme.

  The ERA.NET PLUS initiative, which will run from November 2013 to October 2018, aims at enhancing the coordination of research programmes between the EU Member States (MS)/ Associated Countries (AC) and Russia.

  Topics of the Single Joint Call

  1. Nanotechnologies

• Advanced nano-sensors for Environment and Health
• Novel functional nanomaterials based on design and modelling
• Nanomaterials for efficient lighting

  2. Environment/Climate Change

• Increasing the reliability of regional climate projections: models and measurement
• Environmental impact and risk of raw materials extraction and transportation
• Extreme climate events and their impact on the environment

  3. Health

• Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Function and Pathology
• Regenerative Medicine and Biomaterials
• Drug Discovery for Cancer, Cardiovascular and Infectious Diseases

  4. Social Sciences and the Humanities

• Understanding Conflict, Identity, and Memory: Past and Present
• Demographic Change, Migration and Migrants
• Opportunities for and Challenges to Regional Development and Social Cohesion

  5. Innovation

• No sub-topics pre-defined

  For more information see official site of ERA.NET PLUS: http://www.eranet-rus.eu/