Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences
An agreement between the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) and the Nederlands Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Netherlands)
After a successful first call in 2010, ANR, DFG, ESRC and NWO will relaunch a common call for proposals in 2011. The Open Research Area (ORA) scheme will provide for the funding of integrated projects in the social sciences by researchers coming from more than one of the four participating countries – in any combination of two or more countries.
The four funding organisations will prepare a common single submission point for electronic applications. For this purpose, an online platform will be open for applications under this scheme from the 1 July 2011 on. The deadline for the call will be 30th September 2011.
National agencies expect to communicate funding decisions by the end of June 2012. The earliest start date for successful applications will be 1 July 2012, with integrated projects from each country starting on the same date.
Please note this scheme replaces existing bilateral schemes between ESRC and ANR, ESRC and DFG, and ESRC and NWO. French-German bilateral projects will continue to be funded under the ANR-DFG scheme for Social Sciences and Humanities and are therefore excluded from this call.
The third Call
The third Call of the Open Research Area is planned to open in September 2012, subject to confirmation. Agencies will post the information as soon as possible on their respective websites.
