practical tips to participation in eu rtdi projects how to get started? Ömer ceylan stella...

Practical tips to participation in EU RTDI ProjectsHow to get started?

Ömer CeylanSTELLA Consulting, Belgium

The context: What’s the catch?• Success rates - 10 – 20% (FP7, CIP, etc.)• Funding - Co-funding (50-75%)• Eligibility - Partnership, financial and technical

capacity, types of activities, budget• Application procedure - Fully conform +

excellent proposal + patience & flexibility

Advantages?

Typical features of Community Programmes (FP7, CIP, etc.)

• Transnational projects implemented by multinational and interdisciplinary consortia

• Projects and activities of Community interest • Calls Mostly “top-down” definition of topics• Competition at the EU level• Evaluation in Brussels

How to begin?

• Project idea vs. call for proposal (or vice-versa)• Surf and read

Official documents (Work Programme, Guides, etc.) Previously funded projects (project databases) State of the art Policy background and Commission’s priorities

How to succeed?

• Applicability and replication potential• European added value / Contribution to the EU• Sensible partnership – clear roles, synergies,

balance (geographical, institutional, disciplinary)• Innovation / going beyond the “state of the art’• Evaluation criteria and the evaluation process• Subcontracting – never for any activity/work

that is core part of the project!

Final tips

• Keep regular track of calls (e.g. make a database)• Identify your (organisation’s) role and capacity• Create a “partner profile” (and distribute it)• Register yourself as an evaluator (FP7, CIP, etc.) • Check also other programmes: LIFE+, LLP, e-TEN,

TEN-T, and many more• Don’t give up!

Thank you for your attention&

Good luck with your projects!