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!