A. This announcement is made in accordance with the official document (code: 科部科字第1100072385號) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) dated 2021/10/5.

B. Introduction

(1) Please refer to the online announcement (in English) of the official Call for Proposals for authoritative information. Please refer to the attachments below for further details.

(2) Applicants from Taiwan must meet the eligibility requirements specified by MOST.

(3) A principal investigator may implement at most two MOST-sanctioned bilateral joint international cooperation programs.

(4) If it is necessary to allocate budget for administrative expenses, please refer to the relevant MOST procedure.

C. Application instructions and deadline applicable to NTU

(1) Please complete the pre-proposal application form according to the format specified on the website and upload it to the online project application system by Tuesday, 2021/11/30 15:00（CET）.

(2) Refer to the online announcement (in English) of the website for authoritative information.

(3) If approved by the EU, the applicant may apply to MOST for the Joint Call projects, which are international cooperation projects based on bilateral agreements and accepted on a rolling basis, in accordance with MOST regulations.

(4) Please download the MOST International Cooperation Project Application Form for NTU from the ORD website. Submit the completed form to the ORD Division of Strategic Planning by the NTU deadline.

D. For further information and related documents, visit the following websites:

(1) ORD website: https://pse.is/3pr87h

(2) MOST website: https://pse.is/3pyjyn

(3) BiodivERsA：https://www.biodiversa.org/1772

(4) Partner Search Tool：https://proposals.etag.ee/biodiversa/

(5) Information webinar on the Biodiversa+ Call： Tuesday, 2021/10/12 17:00-18:30（TST） ，Conference registration（https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uzsqA8iJRTWnl3xwQhogzw）。

(6) Contact person:

•    Consultation about application plans: 國立臺灣科技大學朱穎琳小姐（02-2737-6755，horizon2020europe@gmail.com）

•    MOST: 科技部科教國合司湯卿媺研究員，cmtom@most.gov.tw