Competiția vizează finanțarea de proiecte complexe de cercetare comune bilaterale, realizate de cercetători din România în parteneriat cu cercetători din Statele Unite ale Americii, având un subiect comun de cercetare, consolidarea colaborărilor și a rețelelor de cercetare.
All proposals are expected to fall within the published scope and funding parameters of both NSF/MPS and UEFISCDI. The proposals that do not fall within the missions of both funding organizations should not be considered.
There is a two-stage application process. Stage 1, Expression of Interest (EoI) submission, should be completed prior to Stage 2, full proposal submission.
The National Science Foundation of the United States (
NSF)
The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding of Romania (UEFISCDI)
The role of the agencies is to manage the preparation, submission, review, and awarding of proposals submitted collaboratively from U.S. and Romanian investigators as part of a Lead Agency Opportunity between the NSF and UEFISCDI.