The KORANET Pilot Joint Call aims to bring together European and Korean researchers and scientists to do joint research in the area of life-long health. It tries to approach the topic of life-long health from a multi- and interdisciplinary point of view to ensure optimum synergies and networking options.

Thus, project proposals are welcome as long as they aim to overcome the current constraints on the quality of life of older people in our society and to help them enjoy better quality lives as they age.

The three main sub-categories of the KORANET Pilot Joint Call will be:

* Health (gerontology, medicine, genetics, biology)

* Technology (biotechnology, material science, ICT engineering, robotics, nanotechnology)

* Social sciences (sociology, political science, demography, statistics, psychology, economics).

The KORANET Pilot Joint Call will fund 'Mobility' (travel and accommodation costs, costs for organising smaller events, smaller other costs) for up to a maximum of 1 year. Project consortia must consist of a minimum of two partners from two different European countries participating in the KORANET Pilot Joint Call (Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, Turkey) and one Korean partner. A maximum of 20,000 Euro in funding is available for each consortium partner. The KORANET Pilot Joint Call will be open for proposal submission in February/March 2010.

Source: http://www.koranet.eu/