The Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises, jointly with IB International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany, announces a call for joint German-Russian applied research projects focused at production and collaboration of small and medium enterprises in scientific and technical sphere.

The main objective of supporting actions is realization of joint German-Russian projects focused at the most priority future technologies.

German-Russian research projects are supported in the following thematic areas:
- biotechnology, health research and medical technology
- nanotechnologies
- information and communication technologies
- new materials and production technologies
- efficient use of energy resources, sustainable environmental technologies
- optical technologies

Deadline: 17 April 2009

For more details, see http://www.fasie.ru/anonses/Россииско-германскии_конкурс.aspx .