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The following project proposals were prepared and submitted for International project calls:

  1. Call: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020, Call deadline: 12.05.2020. Project Proposal No.: 101007706, Proposal Title: "Research Beyond the "State-of the-Art" Using Negative Ion Beams and Theoretical Modelling to Contribute to Knowledge Base in Atomic and Molecular Physics, Astrobiology and Ion Implantation", Acronym: Challenge of ions, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A.Ubelis), Partners: Sweden (2), Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Latvia, Budget: about EUR 1.2 million, Duration of the project: 4 years, Project scope: The project aims to realize scientific visits among partners, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  2. Call: H2020-FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020, Call deadline: 03.06.2020. Project Proposal No.: 964441, Title: "Nanoplasmonic Detectors and Emitters for Portable Spectroscopy in Terahertz Range", Acronym: ComfortTera, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A.Ubelis), Partners: Germany (2), Ukraine, Greece, France, Budget: about EUR 3 million, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: The project aims to develop new technology. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  3. Call: European Space Agency project call (Latvia). Call deadline:  15.01.2021. Title: Satellite and space debris photometry capability development for SLR station Riga. Coordinator: University of Latvia (K. Salmins); Budget: 63 000 EUR. PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING: Contract No. 4000135730/21/NL/SC. Implementation period: 10.2021.-07.2022.
  4. Call: ERC-2021-ADG (ERC Advanced grant), Call deadline: 31.08.2021., Project Proposal No.: 101054219, Title: "Laser ablation spectroscopy with high-order harmonics offers new potential in materials science", Acronym: LAIHOHGS, Coordinator: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Budget: about EUR 3.5 million, Duration of the project: 5 years, Project scope: The project aims to develop the specific field under the leadership of R. Ganeev. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  5. Call: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-two-stage (Teaming for Excellence), Call deadline: 05.10.2021. (Stage 1), Project Proposal No.: 101059672-1, Title: "Center of Excellence in Photonics and Knowledge Transfer FOTONIKA-LV", Acronym: FOTONIKA-LV, Coordinator: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Partners: Sweden, Germany, Budget: EUR 15 million from European Commission and EUR 15 million from local funds, Duration of the project: 6 years, Project scope: The project aims to develop un sustain the center of excellence. Project status: project passed Stage 1 evaluation and was invited to submit Stage 2 project proposal (submission deadline: 08.09.2022.). 
  6. Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 (postdoctoral fellowship), Call deadline: 12.10.2021., Project Proposal No.:  101064416, Title: "Efficient formation of structured lights with multifunctional devices for advanced optics and material processing applications", Acronym: andra Host: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: postdoctoral work at the host institution. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  7. Call: EU EIT HEI Initiative Call 2022, Call deadline: Nov 2021.  Title:  Increasing space innovation and technology transfer by connecting space academia, industry and startups, Acronym: EuroSpaceHub, Coordinator: Vilnius Gediminas Technical university (LT), Partners: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES), Collabwith Group BV (NL), ISU (FR), Lunar Explorers Society (NL), Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Educational and Scientific Complex 'Institute for Applied System Analysis' of the National Technical University of Ukraine 'Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (UA), Associated Partners: 12 partners (1 BE, 2 LV, 1 ES, 1 GE, 1 UK, 3 LT, 2 NL, 1 PL), including University of Latvia (LV). Budget: EUR 0.3 million (Phase 1) + EUR 0.9 million (Phase 2), Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: collaboration for space innovation development. Project status: PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING (associated partners do not get funds from EIT). Implementation period: July 2022 – June 2024. https://eit-hei.eu/projects/eurospacehub/ ; https://www.eurospacehub.com/
  8. Call: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03 (Twinning) Call deadline: 18.01.2022. Project Proposal No.:  101079241, Title: Towards Frontiers Research in Photonics Sciences and Technology at the University of Latvia, Acronym: ATOMSPHERES, Coordinator: University of Latvia (J. Alnis, U. Berzins) Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: collaboration with foreign partners to increase the research excellence. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  9. Call:  HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-82, HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 (STRATEGIC AUTONOMY IN DEVELOPING, DEPLOYING AND USING GLOBAL SPACE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURES, SERVICES, APPLICATIONS AND DATA 2022) Call deadline: 16.02.2022. Project Proposal No.:  101082489, Title: (due to confidentiality not shown here), Acronym: (due to confidentiality not shown here), Coordinator: NL (due to confidentiality not shown here), Partners: FR, ES, LV (University of Latvia), NL, Duration of the project: 3 years. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  10. Call: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01 (ERA Chairs) Call deadline: 15.03.2022. Project Proposal No.:  101087207, Title: ERA Chair in Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Ground Segment Technologies and Space Photonics at the University of Latvia, Acronym: SPACE-LV, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis) Duration of the project: 5 years, Project scope: The Development of Space Photonics capacity at the University of Latvia by the help of ERA Chair B. Foing and his team. Project status: project received above threshold score, but was not funded. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE REFUNDED BY ERDF IN 2024.
  11. Call: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-two-stage (Teaming for Excellence), Call deadline: 08.09.2022. (Stage 2), Project Proposal No.: 101059672-2, Title: "Photonics and Knowledge Transfer Excellence Centre FOTONIKA-LV", Acronym: FOTONIKA-LV, Coordinator: University of Latvia (J. Alnis), Partners: Lund University (Sweden), University of Muenster (Germany), Budget: EUR 15 million from European Commission and EUR 15 million from local funds, Duration of the project: 6 years, Project scope: The project aims to develop and sustain the center of excellence. Project status: project included in the reserve list. Finally, project was not approved for funding. Seal of Excellence was received.
  12. Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 (postdoctoral fellowship), Call deadline: 14.09.2022. Project Proposal No.:  101110347, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues) Acronym: CLEAR-RIGA-AIR, Post-doc: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues), Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: postdoctoral work at the University of Latvia, NSP FOTONIKA-LV, laboratory of Atomic Physics, Atmosphere Physics and Photochemistry (supervisor - A.Ubelis). Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  13. Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 (postdoctoral fellowship), Call deadline: 14.09.2022. Project Proposal No.:  101107245, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues) Acronym: FeS-PREDICT, Post-doc: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues), Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: postdoctoral work at the University of Latvia (supervisor - B. Foing). Project status: project was not approved for funding. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE REFUNDED BY ERDF IN 2024.
  14. Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 (postdoctoral fellowship), Call deadline: 14.09.2022. Project Proposal No.:  101107650, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues) Acronym: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues), Post-doc: (not exposed due to confidentiality issues), Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: postdoctoral work at the University of Latvia (supervisor - R. Ganeev). Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  15. Call: ERC-2023-COG (ERC Consolidator), Call deadline: 02.02.2023. Project Proposal No.:  101124394, Title: Towards frontiers in developing optical fiber tips integrated with multifunctional metasurfaces and photonic structures for generating high-quality structured light fields, Acronym: Meta-Optics 4 future, Principal Investigator: Naresh Kumar Reddy Andra (India, Latvia), Coordinator: University of Latvia (N. Andra), Budget: about 2.438 million EUR, Duration of the project: 5 years, Project scope: advanced research under the leadership of principal investigator. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  16. Call:  HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, Call deadline: 07.03.2023. Project Proposal No.:  101129813, Title: Future Terahertz Wave Technology based on Nanoplasmonics for Optoelectronic Applications, Acronym: THz-WAVES4FUTURE, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Partners:  UA, DE (x2), GR, FR, LT, Budget: about 3 million EUR, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: the development of new technologies by the consortium. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  17. Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01 (MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022), Call deadline: 08.03.2023. Project Proposal No.:  101131608, Title: Contribution to knowledge base in materials physics through research of high-order harmonics generation in laser-induced breakdown plasma, Acronym: LIBS 4 FUTURE, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Partners: DE, IL, UZ, IN, Budget: about 1.435 million EUR, Duration of the project: 4 years, Project scope: networking and research development under joint topic. Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  18. Call: Teaming for Excellence (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01) Call deadline: 12.04.2023. (Stage 1) Project Proposal No.:  101136283-1, Title: National Centre of Excellence in Quantum Sciences and Photonics in Latvia, Acronym: FOTONIKA-LV, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Budget: EUR 15 million from European Commission and EUR 15 million from local funds, Duration of the project: 6 years, Project scope: The project aims to develop and sustain the center of excellence. Project status: Project was not invited to Stage 2 submission.
  19. S19. Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01), Call deadline: 13.09.2023. Project Proposal No.:  101150156, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Acronym: FeS-PREDICT, Post-doc: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Host: University of Latvia (B. Foing), Budget: about 0.15 million EUR, Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: postdoctoral work at the host institution. Project status: project evaluation pending.
  20. S20. Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01), Call deadline: 13.09.2023. Project Proposal No.:  101153119, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Acronym: LASER4Mg, Post-doc: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Host: University of Latvia, Budget: about 0.15 million EUR, Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: postdoctoral work at the host institution. Project status: project evaluation pending.

The following project proposals were prepared and submitted for National project calls:

  1. Call: ERDF competition of 4th round of Activity 1.1.1.1, Call deadline: 12.08.2020. Project proposal No.: 1.1.1.1/20/A070, Title: "Next Generational Technology for High Purity Crystal Growth Using MHD Pseudo Levitation", Budget: about EUR 540 000, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Partners: "AGL TECHNOLOGIES", Ltd.,  “CRYOGENIC AND VACUUM SYSTEMS”, Ltd., Project status: THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING. Project is being implemented in the period 01.04.2021.–30.11.2023.
  2. Call: Latvian Council of Science call, individual grants, Call deadline: 28.09.2020., Application No.: lzp-2020/2-0387, Title: "The Exploration of Technology of Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Inductively Coupled RF Plasma to Obtain New Knowledge About Iodine and Bromic Spectroscopy and Its Fundamental Properties, and to Contribute to Atmospheric Research", Coordinator: Univeristy of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Budget: about EUR 100 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  3. 3. Call: Latvian Council of Science call, individual grants, Call deadline: 28.09.2020., Application No.: lzp-2020/2-0105, Title: "Absorbtion Cells for the Stabilization of Blue and UV Frequencies with 11 Digit Precision", Coordinator: University of Latvia (U. Berzins), Budget: about EUR 100 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  4. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0296, Title: "Optical nonlinearities of large molecules, clusters, quantum dots and nanoparticles", Coordinator: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Partners: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  5. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0576, Title: "Use of lasers to obtain non-spherical nanoparticles and to form nanostructures on surface of materials", Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Partners: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  6. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0541, Title: "Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for environmental monitoring of dust, industrial waste, soil, plants and geological materials", Coordinator: University of Latvia (J. Iqbal), Partners: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  7. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0197, Title: "Optical whispering gallery mode microresonator sensors improved by neural networks", Coordinator: University of Latvia (A.Atvars), Partners: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  8. 8. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0016, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  9. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0496, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: University of Latvia (U. Berzins), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  10. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.:lzp-2021/1-0498, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality) (leader A2), Partners: University of Latvia (J.Alnis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  11. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0577, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality) (leader A1), Partners: University of Latvia (J.Alnis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  12. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0019, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality) (leader B1), Partners: University of Latvia (J.Alnis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  13. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 06.09.2021., Application No.: lzp-2021/1-0062, Title: (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality) (leader B2), Partners: University of Latvia (J.Alnis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  14. Call: State Research Program “Innovation Fund - sectoral research program”, Call deadline: 15.08.2022., Application No. VPP-EM-FOTONIKA-2022/1-0001, Title:  “Smart Materials, Photonics, Technologies and Engineering Ecosystem”, Coordinator: Institute of Solid State Physics (A. Anspoks), Partners: University of Latvia (LU), Riga Technical University (RTU), Rezekne Academy of Technologies (RTA), Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI), Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC), Latvian Sate Institute of Wood Chemistry (KKI), University of Latvia Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (LU MII). Budget: EUR 5.7 million (University of Latvia – 1.2 million EUR), Duration of the project: 2 years, Project scope: fundamental and applied research, establishment of research and innovation ecosystem. Project status: THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING. Implementation period: 01.12.2022.-30.11.2024. ERA Chair team participates in the project with the Quantum Optics Lab of J. Alnis.
  15. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 18.08.2022., Application No.: lzp-2022/1-0327, Title: "Nonlinear optics of large molecules, clusters, quantum dots and nanoparticles", Coordinator: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Partners: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  16. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 18.08.2022., Application No.: lzp-2022/1-0449, Title: "Obtaining of laser-induced periodic surface structures on metals", Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Partners: University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  17. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 18.08.2022., Application No.: lzp-2022/1-0117, Title: "Optical microresonator sensors improved by neural networks”, Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Atvars), Partners: Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (K. Freivalds), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  18. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 18.08.2022., Application No.: lzp-2022/1-0143, Title: “The Laser Photodetachment Spectroscopy on Negative Ions” Coordinator: University of Latvia (U. Berzins), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  19. 18. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 18.08.2022., Application No.: lzp-2022/1-0387, Title: “Surface-functionalized WGMR light source for fiber optical communications”, Coordinator: 1 partner from Latvia (not exposed due to confidentiality), Partners: University of Latvia (J. Alnis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  20. 19. Call: Latvian Council of Science call,  Call deadline: 18.08.2022., Application No.: lzp-2022/1-0130, Title:  (not exposed due to confidentiality), Coordinator: University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  21. 20. Call: EU Recovery and Resilience Facility Program “Ensuring the acquisition of high-level digital skills” (Latvia), Call deadline:  Fall 2022, Application No.: 2.3.1.1.i.0/1/22/I/CFLA/001, Title: “Quantum Technology Initiative”, Coordinator: University of Latvia, Partners: Riga Technical University, Institute of Solid State Physics, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Budget: EUR 6.2 million, Duration of the project: 3.5 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, attraction of students and personnel, development of lecture courses. Project status: THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING. Implementation period: 01.01.2023.-30.06.2026. ERA Chair team participates in the project with the Quantum Optics Lab of J. Alnis.
  22.  Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: lzp-2023/1-0008, Title: “Studies of the optical nonlinearities of multi-atomic species for photonics applications", Coordinator:  University of Latvia (R. Ganeev), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  23. Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: lzp-2023/1-0172, Title: “Developing optical fiber tips integrated with free-form micro-optical elements and multifunctional metasurfaces for generating high-quality structured optical fields with unconventional propagation characteristics", Coordinator:  University of Latvia (N. K. R. Andra), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  24. Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: lzp-2023/1-0199, Title: “Laser Photodetachment Spectroscopy on Negative ions", Coordinator:  University of Latvia (U. Berzins), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status:  THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING .
  25. Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: lzp-2023/1-0391, Title: “A study of the properties of near-Earth asteroids", Coordinator:  University of Latvia (I. Eglitis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  26. Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: lzp-2023/1-0386, Title: “Geodetic network stability for SLR station", Coordinator:  Riga Technical University (J. Kaminskis),  Partner: University of Latvia (K. Salmins), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  27. Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: lzp-2023/1-0101, Title: “Studies of Visible, UV, and VUV atomic spectra in response to current needs of atomic physics, astrophysics and ozone layer photochemistry", Coordinator:  University of Latvia (A. Ubelis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status: project was not approved for funding.
  28. Call: Latvian Council of Science call on Fundamental and Applied Research projects (2023),  Call deadline: 15.05.2023., Application No.: , Title: , Coordinator:  Riga Technical University (S. Spolitis),  Partner: University of Latvia (J. Alnis), Budget: EUR 300 000, Duration of the project: 3 years, Project scope: fundamental or applied research, Project status: project was not approved for funding.

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