The number of applications handed in for the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Call was 190 in total. Out of those, 163 were eligible and evaluated by two evaluators. Finally, after consultation with the Scientific Council composed of renowned scientists of all 14 SEE-ERA.NET PLUS countries, 75 project consortia are invited to hand in a full proposal until the 15th of March 2010. The final funding decision will be taken by the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project consortium together with the European Commission in June 2010. The funded projects will start shortly after the decision and are expected to run for one to two years.
Information on the results of the call will be published in mid-2010.