Objective

The participating national and regional funding organisations (NRFOs) have joined together to form the “Flagship ERA-NET” platform, or FLAG-ERA, with the goal of supporting the “Future Emerging Technologies” (FET) Flagship initiatives “Graphene” and the “Human Brain Project (HBP)”. The platform also aims to support the four non-selected pilots to continue to progress towards their goals. The main objective of FLAG-ERA is to pave the way for excellent European researchers, so they can collaborate across national borders on very ambitious research projects. The NRFOs coordinate the framework and align their thematic programmes with the needs of the initiatives. At least three partners from at least three different countries are expected to participate in the resulting transnational calls. The selected projects are then supported in the respective country by funds from both the NRFOs participating in the call and the EU. Besides combining synergies, ERA-NET also organises networking events, not just within the research community, but with other stakeholders such as industry, too. The French Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) is responsible for the coordination of FLAG-ERA.

Participating countries/organisations
(full members as well as associate members)

• Austria
  Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)
  
  
• Belgium
  Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT)
  Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS)
  Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)
  
  
• Bulgaria
  Българската академия на науките / Balgarska akademiya na naukite (БАН / BAN)
  Фонд „Научни изследвания“ / Fond „Nauchni izsledvaniya“ (ФНИ / FNI)
  
  
• Finland
  Suomen Akatemia (AKA)
  TEKES
  
  
• France
  Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)
  Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR)
  
  
• Germany
  Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  
  
• Greece
  Γενική Γραμματεία Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας / Geniki Grammateia Erevnas kai Technologias (ΓΓΕΤ / GGET)
  
  
• Hungary
  Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal (NKFIH)
  
  
• Ireland
  Entreprise Ireland (EI)
  
  
• Israel
  המועצה להשכלה גבוהה / HaMo'atza LeHaskala Gevoha / Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHE)
  המינהלת הישראלית למו"פ האירופי / The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate (ISERD)
  
  
• Italy
  Ministro dell’istruzione, università e ricerca (MIUR)
  
  
• Latvia
  Latvijas Zinātnu akadēmija (LZA)
  
  
• Luxembourg
  Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)
  
  
• Netherlands
  Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
  Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk  Onderzoek (NWO)
  
  
• Norway
  Norges forskningsråd (RCN)
  
  
• Poland
  Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (NCBR)
  Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN)
  
  
• Portugal
  Fundação para A Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
  
  
• Romania
  Ministerul Educației Naționale (MEN)
  Unitatea Executivă pentru Finanțarea Învățământului Superior, a Cercetării, Dezvoltării și Inovării (UEFISCDI)
  
  
• Slovakia
  Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej republiky (MINEDU)
  Slovenská akadémia vied (SAV)
  
  
• Slovenia
  Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije (ARRS)
  
  
• Spain
  Ministerio de Economìa y Competitividad (MINECO)
  
  
• Sweden
  Verket för innovationssystem (Vinnova)
  Vetenskapsrådet (VR)
  
  
• Switzerland
  Eidgenössisches Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung (WBF)
  
  
• Turkey
  Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (TÜBITAK)
  
  
• UK
  Engineering and physical sciences research council (EPSRC)

Status of the FWF

Associate member (since 2013)