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Framework Programme 7

Overview

Arian Zwegers

DG Information Society and Media Software & Service Architectures & Infrastructures

FP7 seminar, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 15 January 2007

Questions

• Who has ever written a successful proposal?

• Who has ever been in a European research project?

• Who has ever been involved in a proposal?

• Who knows what European research is about?

• Who does not know anything about European research programmes?

Overview

Framework Programme,Specific Programmes

Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing

Evaluation of proposals

“Rules and Funding Schemes”

Context

R&D Expenditure as % of GDP

Source: Eurostathttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NS-05-002/EN/KS-NS-05-002-EN.PDF

0.33

0.97

1.11

1.31

1.35

1.87

1.93

1.99

2.19

2.50

2.68

2.76

3.15

3.51

4.27

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

Cyprus

Hungary

Spain

China

Czech Republic

UK

EU25

EU15

France

Germany

Korea

US

Japan

Finland

Sweden

• Other regions spend more on R&D than Europe• Large differences within Europe

R&D expenditure by industry

Source: Financial Times, 21 March 2005

• EU’s R&D by businesses• Top 50 spenders in the world

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ICT R&D expenditure

• Europe is spending less than other regions in ICT R&D

• Public ICT Spending is Fragmented across Europe

Framework Programmes

29.2

93.3

48.8

European Union USA Japan

0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2%

France

Germany

United Kingdom

Spain

The Netherlands

Sweden

Finland

European Union

United States

Japan

Annual ICT R&D Expenditure (% GDP)Comparative spending on ICT R&D in 2000

(Billion Euro)

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Budgets of the EU Framework Programmes (1984-2013)

NB: Budgets in current pricesSource: Annual Report 2003, plus FP7 revised proposal

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What’s new?

• Main new elements compared to FP6:– Duration increased from four/five to seven years– Annual budget increased significantly– Basic research (~ €1 billion per year)– New structure: cooperation, ideas, people,

capacities– Flexible funding schemes– Joint Technology Initiatives– Simpler procedures– Logistical and administrative tasks external

structures

Overview


Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing



Context

International Co-operation

Science in Society

Research Potential

Regions of Know- ledge

Research for the benefit of SMEs

Research Infrastruc- tures

CAPACITIES

Marie Curie ActionsPEOPLE

European Research CouncilIDEAS

9. Security &

Space

8. Socio-econom

ic Research

7. Transport

6. Environment

5. Energy

4. Nano, M

aterials, Production Techn.

3. ICT

2. Food, Agriculture

Biotechnology

1. Health

CO

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7th Framework Programme (2007- 2013)

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

€ 32 B

€ 7.5 B

€ 4.7 B

€ 4.2 B

FP7 2007-2013 ‘Cooperation’ budget

I. CooperationBudget

(€ million, current prices)

1. Health 6 1002. Food, agriculture and biotechnology 1 9353. Information and communication technologies 9 0504. Nanotechnologies, materials and

production3 475

5. Energy 2 3506. Environment 1 8907. Transport 4 1608. Socio-economic research 6239. Security and space 2 830Total 32 413

* Not including non-nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre: €1 751 million

*

Cooperation European Technology Platforms

http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/home_en.html

What are they Industry-led public-private partnerships that bring together industry, research community and public authorities in areas of strategic economic importance for Europe

Objective World class performance in research and innovation in ICT by closing the gap with Europe’s leading competitors

Focus on user value and end-to-end solutions, on convergence, innovation, standards, interoperability, spectrum, IPRs, international cooperation

www.nem-initiative.org

www.emobility.eu.org

www.isi- initiative.eu.org/

www.nessi- europe.com

Large Scale EU Partnerships

joining the future

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Cooperation Joint Technology Initiatives

May take the form of joint undertakings – Article 171 of the Treaty

‘The Community may set up joint undertakings or any other structure necessary for the efficient execution of Community research, technological development and demonstration programmes’

• JTIs aim to: – establish long-term public-private partnerships in

research at European level in fields of high industrial and policy relevance

– co-ordinate research efforts and respond to industry needs

– lead to flagship projects for European competitiveness

Cooperation Joint Technology Initiatives

• JTIs build on European Technology Platforms (ETPs):– in a small number of cases, scale and scope of Strategic

Research Agendas of ETPs require implementation through dedicated legal structure

– normal FP instruments not sufficient

Other possible themes to be identified later…

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for a Sustainable Energy

Future

Aeronautics and Air Transport

Global Monitoring for Environment

and Security

Embedded systemsInnovative Medicines

for the Citizens of Europe

Towards new Nanoelectronics

Approaches

Ideas – Frontier Research

• Key driver to innovation and economic performance

• European Research Council (ERC)– Autonomous scientific governance (Scientific

Council)• Support investigator-driven frontier research

over all areas of research– Support projects of individual teams– Excellence as sole criterion

• European added-value through competition at European level

• Budget ~ €1bn p.a. (2007-2013 ~ €7.46)

People – Marie Curie Actions

• Initial training of researchers– Marie Curie Networks

• Life-long training and career development– Individual Fellowships– Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes

• Industry-academia pathways and partnerships– Industry-Academia Knowledge–sharing Scheme*

• International dimension– Outgoing & Incoming International Fellowships– International Cooperation Scheme– Reintegration grants; – Support to researcher ‘diasporas’

• Specific actions– Mobility and career enhancement actions– Excellence awards

Capacities – Research Capacity

• Research infrastructures• Research for the benefit of SMEs• Regions of Knowledge• Research Potential• Science in Society• Coherent development of policies• Activities of International Cooperation

1. Research Infrastructures

• Support to existing research infrastructures:– Integrating activities– Research e-infrastructures

• Support to new research infrastructures:– Construction of new research

infrastructures and major updates of existing ones

– Design studies

2. Research for the benefit of SMEs

• Research for SMEs• Research for SME associations• Encourage and facilitate SME

participation across FP7

• + under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP):– Support services provided by networks to

encourage SME participation in FP7 (awareness, identification of needs, assistance)

3. Regions of Knowledge

• Through the development of regional ‘research-driven clusters’

Two objectives for all European regions:

Strengthen their capacity forinvesting in RTD and carrying

out research activities

Produce research strategies that contribute

to regional economic development

4. Research Potential

• Two objectives for EU’s convergence and outermost (RUP) regions

• To fully realise the European Research Area in the enlarged Union

• Through:– Transnational two-way secondments and recruitment of

staff– Development of research equipment and the material

environment – Workshops and conferences for knowledge transfer– ‘Evaluation facilities’

Unlock and develop their research capacities

Foster an increase

in their participation to

Community research activities

5. Science in Society

• Strengthening the European science system (inc. scientific advice)

• Broader public engagement on science-related questions• Promoting better science through ethics research

and ethical review• Science and technology and their place in society• Gender research, gender dimension, and the role of women

in research• Science education – curiosity and the participation

of young people• Policy for the role and engagement of universities• Communication between scientists, policy-makers, media

and the public

6. Coherent Development of Research Policies

• Monitoring and analysis of research related public policies/industrial strategies:– Information and intelligence service (ERAWATCH)– Industrial research investment monitoring– Indicators on research activity and its impact on the

economy

• Coordination of research policies:– Implementing the Open Method of Coordination– Bottom-up initiatives undertaken by several

countries and regions (OMC-NET)

7. Activities of International Cooperation

• ‘Horizontal’ support actions and measures not carried out in the Cooperation or People programmes

Two interdependent objectives:

Support competitivenessthrough strategic partnerships with third countries in selected

fields

Address specific problems that third countries face or

that have a global character,on the basis of mutual interest

and mutual benefit

Overview


Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing



Context

Preparation of Work Programmes

01/2006 04/2006 10/2006

ProposedOrientations

(IST Dirs)

Proposed Priorities

Full text for discussion

with ISTC

CommissionDecision

Full text for opinion

Consul- tation ReportsDraft

ISTAG Reports

Marimon Panel Report

FP&SP text

Report National Directors Meeting

Cons. ISTAG Reports

10/2006 11/2006

WP published

Call(s) published

06/2006 07/2006

5 year Assess-

ment

IPPA reports

TP Roadmaps

http://cordis.europa.eu.int/fp7/roadmap.htm

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ICT Work Programme 2007-2008

Futu

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Cognitive systems, robotics andinteraction

Network and service infrastructures

Components, subsystems and embedded systems

Digital content and knowledge

ICT for health

Intelligent car and sustainable growth

ICT for independent living and inclusion

End-to-end systems for Socio-economic goals

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ETPs

i2010 Flagships

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Challenge 1 ‘Pervasive & Trusted Network & Service Infrastructures’

The Network of the Future • Ubiquitous network infrastructures and

architectures• Optimised control, management and

flexibility of the future network infrastructure

• Technologies and systems architectures for the Future Internet

ICT in support of the Networked Enterprise• Solutions for inter-enterprise

interoperability and collaboration• Supporting massively distributed

networked devices• Intra-enterprise collaboration

Service & Software Architectures, Infrastructures and Engineering

• Service architectures• Service/SW engineering approaches• Strategies and technologies enabling

mastery of complexity, dependability and behavioural stability

• Virtualisation tools, system software, middleware and network-centric operating systems

Networked Media • Interoperable multi-media network &

service infrastructures • End-to-end systems• Roadmapping and conference support

€ 200 M€ 30 M

€ 85 M

€ 120 MSecure, dependable and

trusted infrastructures • Security & resilience in network infrastr.• Security & trust in dynamic and

reconfigurable service architectures • Trusted computing infrastructures• Identity management and privacy

enhancing tools

€ 90 M

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Overview


Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing



Context

Terminology changes

FP6 ⇒ FP7IST ⇒ ICT

Contract ⇒ Grant AgreementContractor ⇒ Beneficiary

Proposer ⇒ ApplicantInstrument ⇒ Funding scheme

Financial Guidelines ⇒ Financial Rules

INCO ⇒ ICPC

Audit Certificates ⇒ Certificate on the financial statements

What’s new

• Increased funding rates• Flexible funding schemes• Rationalisation of Audit Certificates• The Unique Registration Facility (not yet)• The Joint Guarantee Fund• The Risk Sharing Financial Facility• Logistics and administrative tasks external

structures• Work Programmes & Call for Proposals

adopted at the same time each year• “Frontier research”, JTIs & ERANET+

Minimum conditions for participation

General:• 3 independent legal entities from 3 different Member

States (MS) or Associated countries (Ac)

Specificities• Collaborative projects for specific cooperation actions

(SICA) dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (ICPC) identified in WP: minimum 4 participants of which 2 in different MS or Ac and 2 in different ICPC countries unless otherwise specified in work programme

• Participation of international organisations and participants from third countries if in addition to minima

Consortia

• Consortium agreements obligatory unless exempted by call for proposals, Commission to publish guidelines

• Coordinator acts as efficient interface between consortium and Commission (verifies accession, monitors compliance, receives and distributes EC contribution, keeps financial records and ensures timely delivery of reports)

Specificities• Tacit approval for changes in consortium membership,

except if associated with other changes• Written approval for change of coordinator

Community financial contribution

Eligibility for Funding:• Legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries

or created under Community law (and the JRC)

Specificities• International European interest organisations• Legal entities established in international cooperation partner

countries (ICPC-INCO)

and

• International organisations• Legal entities established in 3rd countries other than ICPC-

INCO, if provided for in Specific Programme or Work Programme or essential for carrying out action; or if provision for funding is provided for in a bilateral agreement between Community and that country

Forms of grant

• Reimbursement of eligible costs

Specificities• Flat rates: a percentage for indirect costs or

scales of unit costs• Lump sum amounts• Combination of the above• Scholarships or prizes

Forms of grants to be used are specified in WP/calls for proposalsICPC participants may opt for lump sum financing

Reimbursement of eligible costs

• Co-financing, no profit• Cost reporting models eliminated

– Participants charge direct and indirect eligible costs • Eligible costs

– Actual; – Incurred during the project; – Determined according to usual accounting and

management principles/practices; – Used solely to achieve project objectives; – Consistent with principles of economy, efficiency and

effectiveness; – Recorded in accounts (or the accounts of third parties);– Exclusive of non-eligible costs– Average personnel costs may be used if consistent

with above and do not differ significantly from actual

Indirect costs

All participants: • Actual indirect costs (participants may use a simplified

method of calculation) or• Flat-rate of direct eligible costs excluding

subcontracts and reimbursement of third parties’ costs – to be established by the Commission, currently 20%

Non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SMEs unable to identify real indirect costs:

• Flat-rate of 60% of total direct eligible costs (until end 2009)

• Flat rate of minimum 40%, to be established by the Commission (as of 2010)

Maximum funding rates

• Research and technological development activities: – 50% of eligible costs, but up to 75% of eligible costs for:– Public bodies (non-profit)– Secondary and higher education establishments– Research organisations (non-profit)– Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)

• Demonstration activities: – 50% of eligible costs • Other activities: – 100% including e.g. consortium

management• Coordination and support actions: – 100%

– Flat rate indirect costs: 7%

• Receipts are taken into account to determine the final Community financial contribution

• No more 7% limit of funding for management costs as in FP6

Guarantee mechanism

Replaces financial collective responsibility

• Commission establishes and operates a participant guarantee fund

• Contribution to guarantee fund of max. 5% of the EC contribution by each participant, to be returned at the end of the project

• If interests generated not sufficient to cover sums due to EC, retention of max. 1% of EC contribution

• Exemption of retention for public bodies, higher and secondary education establishments, legal entities guaranteed by a Member State / Associated Country

• Ex-ante financial viability checks limited to coordinators and participants requesting > EUR 500.000 (unless exceptional circumstances)

• Guarantee fund replaces financial guarantees

Risk-sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)

• The Community may award a grant to the European Investment Bank (EIB) to cover risk of loans [or guarantees] in support of research objectives set out under FP7

• The EIB shall provide these loans [or guarantees] in a fair, transparent, impartial and equal way

• The Commission may object to the use of the RSFF for certain loans on terms defined in the grant agreement in accordance with the work programme

Funding schemes

3 funding schemes – 5 “instruments”

• Collaborative Projects (CP)*– Small or medium scale focused research actions

(“STREP”)– Large Scale Integrating Projects (“IP”)

• Networks of Excellence (NoE)• Coordination and Support Actions (CSA)

– Coordinating or networking actions (“CA”)– Support Actions (“SSA”)

ICT Workprogramme – 2007/08: • budget pre-allocation to instruments !• *SICA – Specific International Co-operation Actions

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Classification of the instruments

Instrument Purpose Primary deliverable

Scale Funding

IP Objective-driven research

Knowledge Med-high 50-75-100%

NoE Tackle fragmentation

Structuring Med-high 100%

STREP Research Knowledge Low-med 50-75-100%

CA Coordination Coordination Low-med 100%

SA Support Support Low-med 100%

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Collaborative Projects – Integrating Projects

• Research aiming at developing new knowledge, new technology, products, demonstration activities or common resources for research

• Activities in an Integrating Project may cover – research and technology development activities– demonstration activities– technology transfer or take-up activities– training activities– dissemination activities– knowledge management and exploitation– consortium management activities– other activities

• An Integrating Project comprises– a coherent set of activities– and an appropriate management structure

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Collaborative Projects – Integrating Projects

Experience of IPs in FP6• Purpose: Ambitious objective driven research with a

‘programme approach’• Target audience: Industry (incl. SMEs), research

institutions, universities, and end-users

• Typical duration: 36-60 months• Optimum consortium: 10-20 participants• Total EU contribution: €4-25m (average €10m)

• Flexibility in implementation: – Update of workplan– Possibility for competitive calls for enlargement of

consortium

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Collaborative Projects – Focused projects

• Targeting a specific objective in a clearly defined project approach

• Fixed overall work plan with stable deliverables that do not change over the life-time of the project

• Two types of activity or combination of the two:– A research and technological development activity designed to

generate new knowledge to improve competitiveness and/or address major societal needs /or

– A demonstration activity designed to prove the viability of new technologies offering potential economic advantages but which can not be commercialised directly (e.g. testing of prototypes)

as well as– Project management activities (including innovation related

activities like protection of knowledge dissemination and exploitation

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Collaborative Projects – Focused projects

Experience of STREPs in FP6 • Purpose: Objective driven research more limited in

scope than an IP• Target audience: Industry incl. SMEs, research

institutes, universities

• Typical duration: 18-36 months• Optimum consortium: 6-15 participants• Total EU contribution: €0.8 - 3 m (average €1.9m)

• Fixed workplan and fixed partnership for duration

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Networks of excellence

• NoEs are an instrument to overcome the fragmentation of the European research landscape in a given area and remove the barriers to integration

• Their purpose is to reach a durable restructuring and integration of efforts and institutions or parts of institutions

• The success of an NoE is not measured in terms of scientific results – …but by the extent to which the social fabric for researchers and

research institutions in a field has changed due to the project,– …and the extent to which the existing capacities become more

competitive as a result of this change• Activities:

– Integrating activities– Activities to support the network’s goals– Activities to spread excellence– Management activities

Networks of excellence

Experience of NoEs in FP6 • Purpose: Durable integration of participants’ research

activities• Target audience: research institutions, universities, mainly

indirectly: industry – trough governing boards etc

• Typical duration: 48-60 months (but indefinite integration!)

• Optimum consortium: 6-12 participants• Total EU contribution: €4-15m (average around €7m)

• Flexibility in implementation: – Update of workplan– Possibility to add participants through competitive calls

Coordination or Networking actions

• Designed to promote and support the ad hoc networking and co-ordination of research and innovation activities at national, regional and European level over a fixed period for a specific purpose

• May combine the following types of activities– Organisation of events (conferences, meetings);– Performance of studies, analysis;– Exchanges of personnel;– Exchange and dissemination of good practice;– Setting up of common information systems– Setting up of expert groups;– Definition, organisation, management of joint or common

initiatives– Management of the action

Coordination or Networking actions

Experience of CAs in FP6• Purpose: Co-ordination of several research activities• Target Audience: Research institutions, universities,

industry incl. SMEs

• Typical duration: 18-36 months• Optimum consortium: 13-26 participants• Total EU contribution: €0.5-1.8m (average €1m)

• Fixed overall workplan and partnership for the duration

Support actions

• Designed to– underpin the implementation of the programme– complement the other FP7 funding schemes, – help in preparations for future Community research and technological

development policy activities and – stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of SMEs, civil society

organisations, small research teams, newly developed and remote research centres, as well as setting up research clusters across Europe

– Cover one-off events or single purpose activities

• May combine the following two types of activities – Organisation of conferences, seminars, working groups and expert

groups;– Performance of studies, analysis;– Fact findings and monitoring;– Carrying out preparatory technical work, including feasibility studies– Development of research or innovation strategies;– Organising high level scientific awards and competitions; – Operational support, data access and dissemination, information and

communication activities

Support actions

Experience of SSAs in FP6 • Purpose: Support to programme implementation,

preparation of future actions, dissemination of results• Target audience: Research organisations, universities,

industry incl. SMEs

• Typical duration: 9-30 months• Optimum consortium: 1-15 participants• Total EU contribution: €0.03-1m (average €0.5m)

• Fixed overall workplan and partnership for the duration

Overview


Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing



Context

Proposals - Call

• Publication in Official Journal (OJ)

• Cordis

• Information days

• National Contact Points

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm

Budget

• In each objective, the budget is pre- allocated per funding scheme

• For example– Objective 1.1 The Network of the Future– Collaborative projects €180m

• of which a minimum of €84m for IP and €42m for STREPs

– Networks of Excellence €14m– Cooperation and support actions €6m

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm

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Overview


Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing



Context

Proposals submission and selection Overview

• Information for proposers• Writing your proposal• Getting help• Submission of proposal• Eligibility check• Evaluation• Selection• Experts

Submission

Selection

Evaluation

Eligible?

Information for applicants

• Workprogramme 2007-2008• Guide for Applicants• Evaluation forms with notes• EPSS manual• Model grant agreement• Rules on submission of proposals, and

the related evaluation, selection and award procedures

When writing your proposal….1

• Divide your effort over the evaluation criteria– Many proposers concentrate on the scientific

element, but loose marks on project implementation or impact description

• Think of the finishing touches which signal quality work– clear language– well-organised contents, following the Part B

structure– useful and understandable diagrams– no typos, no inconsistencies, no obvious paste-ins,

no numbers which don’t add up, no missing pages…

When writing your proposal….2

• Make it easy for the evaluators to give you high marks. Don’t make it hard for them!

• Don’t write too little; cover what is requested

• Don’t write too much• Don’t leave them to figure out why it’s

good, tell them why it’s good• Leave nothing to the imagination

When writing your proposal….3 Available background documents

• Example ICT, Software Technologies– Strategies and Policies for Global

Leadership– The Effect of Allowing Patents on Computer

Implemented Inventions– The Effect of Public Administrations

Publishing Open Source Software– Impact Assessment

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/st/studies.htm

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When writing your proposal….4 Available background documents

• Example ICT, Software Technologies– The Software and Services Challenge– Service-Oriented Computing Research Roadmap– NESSI Strategic Research Agenda– The Networked Future Folder– The service engineering area (V2)– Enterprise Interoperability Research Roadmap– Future for European Grids: GRIDs and Service Oriented Knowledge

Utilities– Various workshop reports and other reports

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/st/reports.htm

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Getting help with your proposal

The ICT theme supports• An Information Desk at many events• Proposers’ days and briefings in Brussels and

elsewhere• ICT Proposers day in Cologne, 1 February 2007• Various specific information days in Brussels, e.g.

Challenge 1 Info Day, 26 February 2007 (tentative)• Partner search facilities• A Helpdesk for proposers’ questions, reachable by

email or phone (and a Helpdesk for electronic proposal submission)

• Cordis: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/• And a network of National Contact Points in Europe

and beyond: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp.htm

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Submission

• Fixed deadline calls*– 17h00 Tuesdays

• One stage submission*• Electronic submission only

• (*Special rules for FET Open scheme)

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See Work Programme at http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm

Electronic Submission

• EPSS - Electronic Proposal Submission System

• Online preparation only!

• Improved validation checks before submission is accepted

• FP6 Failure rate = ± 1%• Main reason for failure – waiting till the last

minute• Submit early, submit often!

Proposal Part A (online)

• A1– Title, acronym, objective etc.– free keywords– 2000 character proposal abstract– previous/current submission (in FP7)

• A2– Legal address/administrator address/R&D address– Clear identification as SME/Public body/Research

centre/ Educational establishment– Proposer identification code PIC (later calls)

• A3– More cost details (direct/indirect costs

distinguished)

Proposal Part B (pdf format only)

• Part B format directly linked to evaluation criteria– Summary– S&T quality (bullet points = sections)

• CP: Concept and objectives• CP: Progress beyond the state-of-the-art• CP: S/T methodology and associated work plan

– Implementation (idem)• CP: Management structure and procedures• CP: Individual participants• CP: Consortium as a whole• CP: Resources to be committed

– Impact (idem)• CP: Expected impacts listed in the work programme• CP: Dissemination and/or exploitation of project results, and

management of intellectual property– Ethics

• Section lengths recommended

Overview


Work Programme

Calls

Proposal Writing



Context

FUNDING FUNDING SCENARIO(s)SCENARIO(s)

CommissionCommission

••Official JournalOfficial Journal••CORDISCORDIS••NCPsNCPs

CALL FOR CALL FOR PROPOSALSPROPOSALS

Eligibility Check: CommissionEligibility Check: Commission EVALUATION:EVALUATION: Peer review principles/Peer review principles/

independent expertsindependent experts

MARKING AND MARKING AND PRIORITY ORDER PRIORITY ORDER OF PROPOSALSOF PROPOSALS

Panel (optional)Panel (optional)NEGOTIATIONNEGOTIATION

SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTSIGNATURE OF CONTRACT

INFORMATIONINFORMATIONProgramme CommitteeProgramme Committee

Proposal Selection Procedure

Evaluation criteria scoring

• Scale of 1-5 (and 0)• No weighting

– except FET Open

• Criterion threshold 3/5• Overall threshold 10/15

• (Post-evaluation review for any selected proposals which have ethical issues)

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Evaluation criteria 1. Scientific and technical quality

– Soundness of concept, and quality of objectives (ALL)

– Progress beyond the state-of-the-art (CP)– Contribution to long term integration of high quality S/T

research (NoE)– Contribution to the coordination of high quality research

(CSA)

– Quality and effectiveness of the S & T methodology and associated workplan (CP)

– Quality and effectiveness of the joint programme of activities and associated workplan (NoE)

– Quality and effectiveness of the coordination/support action mechanisms and associated workplan (CSA)

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Evaluation criteria 2. Implementation

– Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures (ALL)

– Quality and relevant experience of the individual participants (ALL)

– Quality of the consortium as a whole• (including complementarity, balance) (CP)• (including ability to tackle fragmentation of the research field and

commitment towards a deep and durable institutional integration) (NoE)

– Appropriate allocation and justification of the resources to be committed (budget, staff, equipment) (CP and CSA)

– Adequacy of resources for successfully carrying out the joint programme of activities (NoE)

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Evaluation criteria 3. Impact

– Contribution at the European or international level to the expected impacts listed in the workprogramme under the relevant activity (ALL)

– Appropriateness of measures for the dissemination and/or exploitation of project results, and management of intellectual property (CP)

– Appropriateness of measures for spreading excellence, exploiting results and disseminating knowledge through engagement with stakeholders and the public at large (NoE and CSA)

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Experts

• New calls for experts for FP7– to individuals– to organisations

• Current FP6 experts will be invited to transfer to FP7*– with a request to update their information

(*if your email address is up-to-date!)

To conclude …

Other Programmes CIP

• Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)– Downstream parts of research and

innovation• Technology transfer• Implementation and market take-up of existing

new technologies

– Budget: roughly 0.5 billion Euro per year – Priorities ICT Policy Support Programme

for 2007: eGov, eInclusion, eHealth

CIP: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/enterprise_policy/cip/index_en.htm

How FP7 and CIP complement each other

• Complementary and mutually reinforcing actions

• Competitiveness and dissemination remain key elements of FP7

• Designed to operate side by side in support of Lisbon objectives

• Close coordination

FP7: Dissemination of knowledge and innovation-

related activities (within projects)

CIP: Innovation support networks and take-up of

proven technologies

Other Programmes

• Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund – Objectives:

• to reduce disparities in development and promote economic and social cohesion in the European Union

• to improve the effectiveness of the Community’s structural assistance by concentrating the assistance,

• to promote economic and social cohesion and solidarity between Member States

– Budget: roughly 28 and 2.5 billion Euro per year

• Eureka

Structural Funds: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l60014.htm Cohesion Fund: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l60018.htm

Project Officers Before, during, and after the project

• Before a project– Dissemination of Strategic Objective, Work

Programme– Advice/feedback to proposers

• During a project– “Counselling” projects– Responsibility for tax payers’ money

• After a project– Closure– Impact assessment

Information

• EU research: http://ec.europa.eu/research

• FP7: http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7

• Information on research programmes and projects: http://cordis.europa.eu/

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