On the 18 May 2007 upon decision of the Steering Committee the amendments to the Regulations on Grants awarding to the ENVITECH-Net Members came into force.

The major changes were made in the procedure of evaluation and the evaluation criteria. The Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to all the ENVITECH-Net Members who hold their status for at least 6 month since the date of application and who pay the annual membership fee.

The annual fund is unchanged (20.000 PLN / ca. 5.200 EUR). However, means unused in previous years add up to the current amount. For 2007 it makes over 38K PLN (10K EUR).

The maximum amount of a Grant is 1.500 PLN (ca. 390 EUR), but there is a bigger availability of Grants, as all the Applications scored over 6 by 10 points by the Evaluation Committee qualify for funding.

The deadlines are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July and 31 October and the decision shall be know to the Applicant in 30 days from the deadline. Grants will be available throughout the year 2007 and 2008.

All the necessary documents, including the Regulations in a full version are available below:

Total amount of funds for 2007:
38.574,59 PLN / ca. 10.100 EUR

Currently available funds for 2007:
34.074,59 PLN / ca. 8.740 EUR

Date of the next evaluation of Grant Applications:
31 July 2007

Number of applications for the next evaluation:
1

Number of applications currently under evaluation:
1

Number of applications currently approved for realization:
4

Number of Grants realized in 2007:
1

Structure of the Evaluation Commission:
Dr. Jan Skowronek, Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Chairman
Prof. Krzysztof Warmuzinski, Institute of Chemical Engineering PAS
Prof. Barbara Gworek, Institute of Environmental Protection
Prof. Wladyslaw Kaminski, Technical University of Lodz
Prof. Maciej Maciejewski, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management