Applications are now open for the second evaluation round of the Research and Innovation Projects (RIPs) call. The authors of the 79 PIP applications that have reached the qualification threshold in the first round of evaluation are invited to submit their full project applications for scientific evaluation by the expert panel of the Latvian Science Council.
Applications must be submitted by 11 July 2025 in the section "Open call for research and innovation projects 2025 of the Platform "Biomedical and Photonics Research Platform for Innovative Products" (BioPhoT)", (No IVPP-EM-Innovation-2024/1-0002) of the National Information System for Scientific Activities.
The second round of the call for proposals offers up to €200 000 per PIP. The duration of the projects is 12 months, with the possibility to extend the duration for a further 3 months without additional funding. Total funding of €6 million. In the event of a significant number of highly rated applications, the BioPhoT Platform Project Steering Group may decide to award additional funding of up to €2 million.
The competition rules are available on the BioPhoT website: https://biophot.lv/zinatniekiem/#nolikums
BioPhoT is coordinated by the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, implemented by the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, the University of Latvia, the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, the Scientific Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR", Riga Stradins University and Riga Technical University.
The project "Biomedical and Photonics Research Platform for Innovative Products" or "BioPhoT" is implemented under the National Research Programme "Innovation Fund - Long-term Research Programme". Platform number: IVPP-EM-Innovation-2024/1-0002.
