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I. PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION
The competition encourages young people to get involved in research in topical areas of science and technology.
The main objective is to increase the international scientific visibility of young researchers by stimulating the publication of original scientific results in journals of wide international circulation, with significant impact factors, as well as the filing of patents to prove the associated technological procedures.
The competition also aims to establish scientific collaboration between young researchers and members of the Romanian Academy of Scientists (AOȘR).
II. COMPOSITION OF THE RESEARCH TEAM
The research team is composed of academics, research scientists or research assistants, doctoral or master’s students, aged 35 years or less. The team leader, having a doctoral degree, may be up to 40 years old. Ages must be reached after 01.04.2025. The team includes the Director and at least one member.
Research team members can only apply to one project. Members of winning and funded teams from the previous AOȘR-TEAMS-III 2024-2025 competition are not eligible to submit projects.
Each approved paper will be monitored by an AOSR member.
III. PROJECT DURATION AND CONTRACTING
The duration of the project is a maximum of 20 months from the date of signature of the contract. The contract will be made on the basis of copyright assignment to the AOȘR. Project members will mention on the articles published based on the results obtained and the additional affiliation:
“Academy of Romanian Scientists, Ilfov 3, 050044 Bucharest, Romania”
IV. PROJECT BUDGET
The budget allocated to a project is a maximum of 50 000 lei, spread over two years.
V. STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT PROPOSAL
The project proposal will have the following structure, divided into two files:
BeșThe V.A
A.1. Project Manager
Signed Curriculum Vitae (max. 3 pages), indicating previous research projects
Contact email address and phone number
Link to personal page (optional)
Link to the Google Scholar papers/citations page https://scholar.google.ro/citations
A.2. Research team
List containing, for each participant:
Full name, Date of birth, Professional position, Place of employment.
For master and doctoral students, please indicate the institution where they work.
Link to personal page or Curriculum Vitae, Link to Google Scholar papers/credentials page.
VB file
B.1. Project proposal (max. 10 pages in Romanian)
1. Title, indicating one scientific field from the list of 12 fields in Section VI
2. Keywords
3. Objectives, indicating their importance
4. Methodology, indicating the degree of originality
5. Estimated intermediate/final results with indication of timetable of activities
6. Articles estimated to be developed, indicating the estimated impact factor of the journal where they will be submitted for publication. Possible patent proposals
7. Bibliography
8. Amount requested (do not specify types of expenditure).
B.2. Title and summary in English (max. 10 lines)
VI. SCIENTIFIC AREAS PROPOSED FOR COMPETITION
The research topics will be oriented towards the use of IT&C in addressing the themes of the AOSR projects – Romania of Knowledge and RO-SCUD.
- ROMANIA OF KNOWLEDGE
1. Education, Research, Innovation;
2. Communications, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence;
3. Efficient and Sustainable Development; Reindustrialization;
4. Efficient and Organic Agriculture;
5. Health;
6. Culture, civilization, spirituality;
7. Energy and mineral resources;
8. Human Resources; Social Policies;
9. Ecology, Environment, Climate Change;
10. Defence, public order and national security.
- RO-SCUD
The projects submitted for the RO-SCUD (Science, Culture, Diplomacy) program will be oriented towards the objectives of the program specified HERE
VII. EVALUATION PROCESS
The projects will be evaluated by teams of 2 evaluators from home or abroad. The evaluators will be selected among AOȘR members, members of other academies, academics, researchers from home and abroad, with recognized scientific merit. Evaluators and their relatives cannot have projects in competition. Evaluators are selected and validated by the Scientific Council of AOȘR
The project proposal can accumulate after evaluation max. 100 points.
If the individual evaluations of a project differ by more than 15 points, the project will be re-evaluated in a panel with the participation of the evaluators and a member of the AOSR Scientific Council, appointed by the AOSR President. The final score will be determined after the panel discussion.
The total number of projects accepted will be within the competition budget. For one area 1-3 projects will be accepted for funding in order to cover all areas of the competition.
Evaluation criteria
A.1. The director’s experience in the field, established on the basis of the projects led or in which he/she has participated and international scientific visibility, as demonstrated by the papers published in the field and their citations (max. 20 points)
A.1. Scientific visibility of team members (max. 10 points)
B.1. Fulfillment of the research areas set for the competition (eliminatory)
B.2. Timeliness and importance of the project theme (max. 15 points)
B.3. Clear definition of research objectives, methodology and plan of activities leading to their achievement (max. 30 points)
B.4. Originality of proposed solutions (max. 20 points)
B.5. Staging of research activities (max. 5 points)
Proposal disqualification criteria
C.1. Non-compliance with the scientific fields of Section VI
C.2. Failure to meet the age criteria
C.3. Project proposals containing at least one joint participant
C.4. Proposals for projects that have been financed from other funds.
VIII. SUBMISSION OF THE PROJECT PROPOSAL
The V.A file signed by the project director and the V.B file, both in pdf format, should be sent by email to: secretariat.aosr@gmail.com or secretariat@aosr.ro.
Receipt of projects will be confirmed by an entry number sent to the sender’s e-mail address. Any objections as well as questions related to the competition can be sent to the above addresses.
IX. COMPETITION CALENDAR
2025
15.02 – Publication of the competition on the institution’s website www.aosr.ro
15.02-15.03 – Submission of project proposals, at 16:00
16.03-23.03 – Analysis of proposals and publication of competition results
24-27.03 – Submission of applications
27-30.03 – Analysis of applications and publication of final results
31.03 – 4.04 – Contracting of projects accepted for funding
2026
01.01-30.11 – Research work
01-10.12 – Evaluation of final research reports and papers/papers submitted for publication.
X. FINAL CLARIFICATIONS
In order to be funded on a rhythmic basis, signed interim reports in pdf format (max. 10 pages) will be emailed to
July 31, December 5, 2025,
June 30, 2026 and the final report on December 4, 2026
on the basis of which the acceptance committee decides the payment of the respective phases. Milestone results will be reported at conferences organized before the reporting dates. The results of all projects will be published on the AOSR website.
Payments will be made in four instalments and the Project Manager will report on how the money will be spent.
The December reports for each year will contain manuscripts of papers submitted for publication and editorial acknowledgements of receipt, as well as patent proposals.
The final report will mention at least three papers based on the results of the project published in Web of Science journals with mention of affiliation to AOȘR.
PRESIDENT OF THE AOSR
Prof. univ. dr. eng. DOINA BANCIU