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Professional acquisition and management of research funding is both a complex process as well as an overall new mindset! The Centre for Contract Research manages this process and assists in the further development of such a mindset.
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EU Funding: FP 7
• FP7 stands for Seventh Framework Programme for Research & Technological Development
• The EU’s main instrument for funding research in Europe
• Supports research in selected priority areas• Implemented by the European Commission (EC)• Running from 2007 to 2013• Total budget = 53,2 Euro• An important budget increase from FP6
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FP 7: Structure
• Made up of 4 main specific programmes
• Plus a specific programme on nuclear research (Euratom &JRC)
• Integration of the international dimension into all specific programmes
• The budget of the “Cooperation” specific programme is the largest one (around 60% of the total budget)
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Health
IDEAS
European Research Council
I nitial training Food, agriculture and
biotechnology Life-long training
I ndustry-academia
I nformation and communication
technologies
I nternational dimension
PEOPLE
Specific actions
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
production technologies
Research infrastructures
Research for the benefit of SMEs
Energy
Regions of Knowledge
Research potential Environment (including
climate change) Science in society
Coherent development of research policies
Transport (including aeronautics)
CAPACITIES
I nternational co-operation
Socio-economic sciences and the
humanities
COOPERATION
Security and Space
Non-nuclear actions by the J oint Research Centre
FP7 Main programmes and themes
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FP7 Budget outline
maximum EC financial participation € 50521 million (80389 million CAD)nuclear research and training activities € 2751 million (4377 million CAD)
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What types of FP 7 projects exist?
• Collaborative Projects (CPs)Research projects, Integrated Projects (IPs): ambitious, large scale projects, objective driven research
• Specific Targeted Research Project (STREPs): objective driven research more limited in scope than IPs
• Specific International Cooperation Action (SICAs): R&D projects with developing countries or emerging economies (ICPC)
• Networks of Excellence (NoEs)Instruments to overcome the fragmentation of the European research landscape in a given area
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What types of FP 7 projects exist? (2)
• Coordination & Support Actions (CSAs)
• Coordination Action (CAs): coordination of research activities (events / studies / expert groups etc.)
• Specific Support Action (SSAs): support to research activities and policies (designed to underpin the implementation of FP 7) (fact findings / feasibility studies / data dissemination etc.)
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(Minimum) conditions for participation
• At least 3 independent legal entities from 3 different EU Member States (MS) or Associated Countries (AC)
• provided this minimum has been achieved, any number of additional participants from other countries can be included
• interest organizations & entities established under Community law)
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Forming a consortium
• Minimum 3 partners from 3 member states• Academic, industry and NGO (DPO)• Small/medium or Large collaborative projects
• Visit FP7 meetings for networking purposes• Get in contact with yout NCP• Search the FP7 (and FP6) databases
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Participating countries in FP7Member States (blue):Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland,Sweden, United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Romenia
Associated Countries (white):Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein and NorwayCandidate Countries (green):Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.Potential candidate countries(yellow):Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo issues.
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Find your National Contact Point
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Find partners at the FP7 site
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Find a project in FP7
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Also look at FP6 projects
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Find a call
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Workpackages
Structure of an FP7 proposal
Tasks
Deliverables
Milestones
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WP 6: Dissemination and communication
Setting out the work packages
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Coordinator Others involved
Dividing the workload