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Eu China Partnerships Briefing
Eu China Partnerships Briefing
For the period 2018-2020, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) will reserve an annual budget of
200 million RMB (more than €25 million per year) for the benefit of China-based entities that will participate in
projects with European partners under Horizon 2020. The EC has reserved a budget of over €100 million for the
benefit of Europe-based entities in Horizon 2020 projects with Chinese participants. The CFM will be primarily used
for EC-MoST Flagship initiatives and other Horizon 2020 topics targeting China (see: ‘flagged topics’ below) but it will
also be open other areas of Horizon 2020. The per-project ceiling of MoST grants under the CFM is 5m RMB and the
project duration should normally be no more than 3 years. Details of the CFM can be found here. The EU budget for
MSCA Global Fellowships has also increased from €30m to €48m per year.
Flagship Initiatives
• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnologies (FAB) Flagship Initiative
With the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Total
Total
Chinese
Topic Title Deadline 1 Deadline 2 European
Funding
Funding (€)
(RMB)
SFS-37-2019: Integrated approaches to food 23 January 4 September
8,000,000 60,000,000
safety controls across the agri-food chain 2019 2019
SFS-38-2018: Highly efficient management of 13 February 11 September
5,000,000 40,000,000
soil quality and land resources 2018 2018
CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic fertilisers
N/A 23 Jan 2019 5,000,000 40,000,000
from biogas digestate
SFS-40-2020 - Healthy soils for healthy food
2020 2020 N/A N/A
production
Total
Total
Chinese
Topic Title Deadline 1 Deadline 2 European
Funding
Funding (€)
(RMB)
SC5-13-2018-2019: Strengthening
international cooperation on sustainable
urbanisation: nature-based solutions for
27 Feb 2018 04 Sep 2018 10,000,000 80,000,000
restoration and rehabilitation of urban
ecosystems. a) Strengthening EU-China
collaboration (2018)
SC5-25-2020: Strengthening EU-China
cooperation on sustainable urbanisation: 2020 2020 N/A N/A
Enhanced natural treatment solutions for
OFFICIAL
water security and ecological quality of water
in cities
• Surface Transport
With MoST
Total
Total
Chinese
Topic Title Deadline 1 Deadline 2 European
Funding
Funding (€)
(RMB)
LC-MG-1-1-2018: InCo flagship on reduction of
transport impact on air quality C) Sensing and
30 Jan 2018 19 Sep 2018 30,000,000 230,000,000
monitoring emission in urban road
transportation system (China)
• Biotechnologies
Co-funded by NSFC – 15m RMB total matched funding per competition.
Total
Total
Chinese
Topic Title Deadline 1 Deadline 2 European
Funding
Funding (€)
(RMB)
CE-BIOTEC-04-2018: New biotechnologies for 31 October
25 Apr 2018 10,000,000 80,000,000
environmental remediation 2017
CE-BIOTEC-05-2019: Microorganism 16 October
24 Apr 2019 10,000,000 80,000,000
communities for plastics bio-degradation (RIA) 2018
NMBP-21-2020: Custom-made biological
scaffolds for specific tissue regeneration and 2020 2020 N/A N/A
repair (RIA) (Information to be published soon)
• Aviation Flagship Initiative ECDG Research and Innovation (DG RTD), co-funded by Chinese Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
Total
Total
Chinese
Topic Title Deadline 1 Deadline 2 European
Funding (€)
Funding
(RMB)
LC-MG-1-6-2019: Aviation operations impact on
climate change
Because China is so important for H2020 (and vice versa, see this recent op-ed for the EU Observer by China’s
ambassador to the EU Zhang Ming), colleagues from DG RTD of the Commission often prepare their own analysis of
calls targeting China. See here for more information.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
MoST:
Mr. Dai Qian, Email: daiq@most.cn or hzs_ozc@most.cn Tel. +86 10 58881358
UKRO:
European Advisors at UKRO: ukro@bbsrc.ac.uk Tel: +32 2230 5275