National Contact Point for Life Sciences

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The National Contact Point Life Sciences (NCP L) by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research commissioned (BMBF) German counseling center for EU - research and innovation funding program Horizon 2020 for the areas of health , bio-economy and biotechnology . The NKS L combines the National Contact Point for Health, overseen by the DLR Project Management Agency , and the National Contact Point Bioeconomy, overseen by the Project Management Agency Jülich .

tasks

To support German participation in the EU's framework programs for research and innovation (currently Horizon 2020 , from 2021 Horizon Europe ), the Federal Government has established a network of National Contact Points (NCP). The National Contact Point for Life Sciences is responsible for the life sciences program parts. Your tasks include a. informing German institutions about current research policy developments, European calls for proposals and events, individual advice to applicants and project participants, as well as the organization of training courses and information days. In addition to these services for applicants, the National Contact Point for Life Sciences supports the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with questions and tasks in the life sciences EU - research and innovation funding .

Horizon 2020 program areas

The National Contact Point Life Sciences is particularly important for the Horizon 2020 program areas " Health , demographic change and well-being" (Social challenge 1) and " nutritional - and food safety , sustainable country - and forestry , marine, maritime and limnological research and bio-economy" ( bio-economy , social Challenge 2), as well as responsible for the field of biotechnology in the program area "Leading role in basic and industrial technologies (LEIT)". In addition to these calls for tenders carried out by the European Commission , the National Contact Point for Life Sciences also provides information on public-public partnerships (e.g. ERA-NETs and joint programming initiatives), the public-private partnerships Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI2) and Bio- based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home - NCP Life Sciences. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .