The European Investment Bank Institute

CALL FOR PROPOSALS — The European Investment Bank Institute proposes two new EIBURS sponsorships within its EIB-Universities Research Action.

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 3 years, are awarded through a competitive process to interested university departments or research centres associated with universities in EU, candidate or potential candidate countries, with recognised expertise in EIB-selected areas, so that they can expand their activities in these areas. Successful proposals entail the delivery of a variety of outputs (research, organisation of courses and seminars, networking, dissemination of results, etc.) that will be the subject of a contractual agreement with the Bank.

For the academic year 2013/2014, the EIBURS programme has selected two new lines of research:

• Smart City Development: Applying European and International Experience to the Mediterranean Region

• Administrative Capacity Building in Europe