EIB-Universities Research Action consisting of three different programmes:

• EIBURS, the EIB University Research Sponsorship Programme.
• STAREBEI (STAges de REcherche BEI), a programme for financing young researchers working on joint EIB-University projects.
• EIB University Networks, a co-operation mechanism for university networks showing characteristics that are of particular relevance to support the objectives of the EIB Group.

EIBURS provides grants to University Research Centres working on research topics and themes of major interest to the Bank. EIB sponsorships, of up to EUR 100 000 per year for a period of three years, are awarded through a competitive process to interested University Departments or Research Centres, associated with Universities of EU, Accession or Acceding Countries, with recognised expertise in EIB-selected areas, so they can expand their activities in these areas.

In adition to our useful documents section, further informations, as well as relevant documents on EIBURS Call for Proposals can be found at the European Investment Bank website.

For the academic year 2010/2011, the EIBURS programme has selected three new lines of research:

1. Benchmarking European SME Credit Performance

The project may involve any additional activity that the University Centre would be ready to undertake with the sponsorship in the line of research, including:

• Organisation of courses and seminars
• Creation of additional databases
• Surveys.

2. The History of European Infrastructure Finance

In this context, the EIB invites research proposals which seek to:

• Explore the longer term macro trends in infrastructure finance, the outcomes in terms of sustainable public service improvements, and their relevance to contemporary policy debates
• Develop case studies of technological and financial innovation in specific infrastructure projects and sectors, particularly those of a pan-European nature
• Catalogue and analyse the history of different public, private and mixed financing schemes for infrastructure construction and operation across different sectors and within different legal and national policy frameworks.

3. The Economic Impact of Law: An Economic Assessment of the Impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

The research should target a representative sample of EU Member States.

The project may involve any additional activity that the University Centre would be ready to undertake with the sponsorship in the line of research, including:

• Organisation of courses and seminar
• Creation of databases
• Surveys

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 0,90 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 10 September 2010 - 14 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Official page of the Call

• EIBURS sponsorships within its EIB-Universities Research Action (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Universities

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)

Directorate-General for Research

• Call for proposals - Three new EIBURS sponsorships within its EIB-Universities Research Action
• EIBURS sponsorship in the framework of its EIB-Universities Research Action
• EIBURS sponsorship within its EIB-Universities Research Action
• Two EIBURS sponsorships within its EIB-Universities Research Action
• EIBURS sponsorships within its EIB-Universities Research Action