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Workshop on EU FP7. Dimitra Koutsantoni John Montgomery. What is new in FP7? Programmes, themes, funding schemes Rules of participation/eligibility Funding opportunities for Social Scientists: New themes New programmes (ERC-Starting researcher grant) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Workshop on EU FP7
Dimitra KoutsantoniJohn Montgomery
Overview of workshop• What is new in FP7?• Programmes, themes,
funding schemes• Rules of
participation/eligibility• Funding opportunities for
Social Scientists: – New themes– New programmes (ERC-
Starting researcher grant)
– Changes in existing programmes (Marie Curie)
• Calls timetable and deadlines
• Making an application• Forms (electronic forms,
parts of the form)• Structuring a proposal-
what to include• Evaluation criteria-how to
address them• Where to go for
information (websites, etc)• Partners (where to find
them, paperwork needed)• Costing issues• Dos and Don’ts
What is new in FP7?• More money! (€54 billion vs. €19 billion in FP6)• New terminology• New programmes and themes• New costing rules • Simplified application guidelines and procedures• Fewer evaluation criteria (for example no
'relevance to Commission objectives' criterion, though they still need to be addressed!)
• Higher rates of reimbursement• Changes to reporting and audits
New terminologyFP6 FP7 What does this
mean?Instruments Funding Schemes Types of Project allocated by
Commission to a topic
Contract Grant Agreement Binding contract between Commission and participants
Participants/Contractors Beneficiaries All main participants in project, who sign grant agreement
Audit Certificate Certificate on the Financial Statements
Independent auditor certifies that the costs claimed are correct
Pre-Existing Know-how (PEKH)
Background Intellectual Property brought into project by participants
Knowledge Foreground New knowledge created by participants during project
The programmes• Cooperation (new theme: Socio-
economic sciences and humanities)• Ideas (new, European Research
Council-ERC)• People (Marie Curie-changes)• Capacities
• EURATOM • Joint Research Centre (similar to UK Research Councils)
FP7 Funding Schemes• Collaborative Projects (CP)• Networks of Excellence• Coordination and Support Actions (CSA)• Support for Frontier Research (ERC)• Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups• Support for Training and Career
Development of Researchers (Marie Curie)
• Combinations – e.g. CP and CSA
General eligibility criteria• Three independent participants from three different
Member States (MS) or Associated countries (AC)
• Additional conditions can be established by the work programme or specific programme
• Co-ordination and Support Actions/Training – at least one legal entity (no limit on place of establishment)
• Frontier research actions (ERC) – at least one legal entity established in a MS or AC
Member States (MS), Associated countries (AC), Third countries
EU-27Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,Cyprus, Czech Republic,Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia,Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Associated Countries (FP7)Croatia, Iceland, Israel,Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia,Switzerland, Turkey
Third Countries (not EU-27 or AC)low-income, lower-middle-income or upper-middle-income country, identified as such in the work programmes
Note: Industrialised third countries (such as Australia, Canada and the USA) can participate under the FP7 ‘Rules for participation’, but under their own funding, unless specifically set out differently in the relevant work programme
Funding opportunities for Social Scientists
• Cooperation:– Socio-economic
sciences and humanities
– ICT– Energy– Transport
• Read work programmes carefully to identify suitable research questions
• ERC-Starting Research Grant
• Marie Curie Actions– ITNs (International
Training Networks)– Industry Academia
Partnerships and Pathways (IAPPs)
• Capacities: – Science in Society– Research
Infrastructures
Cooperation: themes1. Health2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology3. Information and CommunicationTechnologies4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and
New Production Technologies5. Energy6. Environment and Climate Change7. Transport8. Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities
(new theme)9. Space10.Security Research
Socio-economic sciences and humanities: research questions to be addressed
• Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society(innovation, competitiveness and labour market policies; education and lifelong learning; and economic structures and productivity)• A combination of economic, social and environmental objectives in aEuropean perspective (socio-economic models within Europe and across theworld; economic and social and cohesion across regions, the social andeconomic dimensions of environmental policy)• Major trends in society and their implications (demographic change,reconciling family and work, health and quality of life, youth policies, socialexclusion and discrimination)• Europe in the world (trade, migration, poverty, crime, conflict andresolution)• The citizen in the European Union (political participation, citizenship andrights, democracy and accountability, the media, cultural diversity andheritage, religions, attitudes and values)• Socio-economic and scientific indicators (the use and value of indicators inpolicymaking at macro and micro levels)• Foresight activities (the future implications of global knowledge, migration,ageing, risk and the emerging domains in research and science).
Ideas: European Research Council (1)
Two funding schemes: ERC Starting Grant
attract & retain the next generation of researchers
ERC Advanced Grantattractive & prestigious grants for established leaders
Ideas: European Research Council (2)
Eligibility for ERC Starting grant:
• Applicants should have at least 2 years of experience after their PhD, but no more than 9 years
• This can be extended by up to 12 years after the PhD in special circumstances (maternity/paternity leave, military/civil service)
• No allowance for part-time work (e.g. 2 yrs half time=2 yrs full time)
• Preference for projects NOT to be collaborative
• Need for collaborators MUST be absolutely justified
People: Marie Curie actions (1): Funding schemes
Host actions Individual actions
Initial training of researchers (ITN) : 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 Scheme
International dimension: Outgoing International Fellowships; Incoming International Fellowships
International Cooperation Scheme; Reintegration grants
People: Marie Curie actions (2)
Host Actions-This means:– Host institutions/network applies for a number
of fellows/researchers– Host’s proposal is evaluated– Selected host/network advertises fellowship
position and selects fellows/researchers– Contract duration with host, usually 4 years– Fellows’ stay depending on Action (up to 3– years)
ITNs• Multi-site projects, mono-sites
or twinnings• At least at post-graduate or
equivalent level researchers, typically during the first five years (or full-time equivalent) of their careers in research (with some exceptions)
Typical Activities of an ITN:• Training activities• Networking• Visits and secondments• Visiting scientists• Organisation of international
conferences and other training events open to external researchers
• Recruitment procedure should be in line with the principles set out in the European Charter for Researchers and in the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. See: http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/europeancharter
• For a number of European policy links, see: http://www.grad.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Policy/European_policy/p!eFjlkal
Industry-academia partnerships and pathways
• Two-way partnership with at least one commercial enterprise and one academic organisation in two different Member or Associated Countries
Typical activities: • Staff secondments
between both sectors within the partnership
• Temporary hosting in both sectors of experienced researchers recruited from outside the partnership
• workshops and conferences
• As an SME specific measure: a contribution to small equipment related to their participation in the co-operation.
Marie Curie actions-Differences between FP7 and FP6
FP7 FP6ITN Research Training Networks, Host
Fellowships for Early Stage Research Training
Initial training of researchers Intra-European Fellowships, European Re-integration Grants
Industry-Academia Pathways and Partnerships
ToK-Industry Academia Strategic Partnerships
International Dimension Outgoing International Fellowships, Incoming International Fellowships, International Reintegration grants
Specific Actions Excellence Awards
Capacities (1)Science in Society: 3
action lines• Action Line 1: A more
dynamic governance on the science and society relationship
• Action Line 2: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
• Action Line 3: Science and society communicate
Action Line 2: • The evolving role of
universities– Defining better
conditions for university research
– Partnerships with the business sector
– Reinforcing knowledge-sharing
• Gender and research• Young people and
science
Capacities (2)Research Infrastructures • ‘soft’ tools
– databases– surveys– e.g. SHARE-Survey of Health, Ageing and
Retirement in Europe
Calls: timetable and deadlines
• 25 April: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant- Call identifier: ERC-2007-StG –A
• 7 May: Initial Training Networks-Call identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN
• 10 May and 29 November: Socio-economic sciences and humanities-Call identifier: FP7-SSH-2007-1
• 31 May: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways: FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP
Making an application (1)• Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS)
(available at least four weeks before the call deadline)• Co-ordinator must register on CORDIS and be
sent password and access details• Passes on access to other participants• Complete A forms• Upload .pdf file of Part B (10Mb limit)• Can revise up to deadline• Deadline strictly enforced • ‘Submission’ must be selected• EPSS user guide on:
http://www.ukro.ac.uk/subscriber_services/fp6/submission_evaluation/epss/050803_epss_user_guide.pdf
Making an application (2)The application forms• Part A
– Participant Identity Code (PIC) - a unique organisational identifier, not running for first calls
– Basic info – call details, title, summary, partners, budget…
• Part BCover Page, Table of ContentsS&T Quality (plus templates for work packages,
deliverables and milestones)ImplementationImpactEthical IssuesConsideration of gender issues
Writing the proposal-general guidelines (1)
• Take the steer from the Work Programme
• Understand the Commission’s objectives
• Be aware of Lisbon and Barcelona objectives and mention them!!!
• Also mention recent relevant communications from the European Commission (e.g. White and Green Papers)
• Be aware of the outcome of previous programmes and the nature of ongoing projects
• Understand the funding schemes
• Know what the evaluator is looking for (read evaluation criteria in work programme)
Writing the proposal-general guidelines (2)
• Involve all partners• Think about the impact of
the project– European or Regional
Economy– Impact on European
Policy or Legislation– Social Impact
• Ensure that ALL aspects are addressed (science, management, integration, training, technology transfer, dissemination….)
• Pay attention to layout• Follow the guidance• Stick to the guidelines e.g.
page and budget limits• Address ethical, safety,
regulatory and gender issues
Cooperation: Evaluation criteria(1)
Relevance
S/T Quality Excellence
Impact
Overall threshold 10/15
3/53/5
Implementation
3/53/5 3/53/5 3/53/5
Cooperation: Evaluation criteria (2)
Addressing ‘S & T Quality’:
• Have you explained the concept of the project?• Have you clearly identified your objectives?• Are your objectives achievable within your project?
• Have you addressed the state-of-the-art?• Do you have improvement or innovation?
• Have you clearly described your aims and methodology?• Have you described your overall strategy of the work
plan?• Have you used Gantt Charts ?• Are the work packages explained?
Cooperation: Evaluation criteria (3)
Addressing ‘Implementation’:
• Have you described the management structure?
• Do you have an information management strategy?
• Do you have a knowledge management strategy?
• Its it matched to the complexity and scale of the project?
Individual Participants and the Consortium as a whole:
• Have you identified the role of the co-ordinator?
• Have you described individual participants?
• Have you explained the consortium structure?
• Do you have the appropriate personnel/is it well balanced?
• Can you demonstrate relevant management experience?
• Do partners have the appropriate equipment?
• Can they illustrate integrated financial planning?
• Can they illustrate integrated project planning?
Cooperation:Evaluation criteria (4)
Addressing ‘Impact’:
• Have you described how your project will contribute to the expected impacts in the Work Programme?
• Does the project have suitably ambitious goals?• Can you illustrate a contribution to economic
competitiveness?• Can you illustrate impact on quality of life?• Can you illustrate the effect of shaping research in the field?• Have you elaborated on your dissemination strategy?• What about exploitation of results, IP (if appropriate) and
knowledge management?
ERC-Starting Grant: Evaluation criteria (1)
(1) Potential of applicant (?/5)(2) Quality of project (?/5)(3) Research Environment ("pass/fail" and
commented but not scored)
ERC-Starting Grant: Evaluation criteria (2)
(1) Principal Investigator: Potential to become a world class research leader
a. Quality of research output• Has the Principal Investigator published in high quality peer
reviewed journals or the equivalent?• To what extent are these publications ground-breaking and
demonstrative of independent creative thinking and capacity to go significantly beyond the state of the art?
b. Intellectual capacity and creativity• To what extent does the Principal Investigator's record of
research, collaborations, project conception, supervision of students and publications demonstrate that he/she is able to confront major research challenges in the field, and to initiate new productive lines of thinking?
ERC-Starting Grant: Evaluation criteria (3)
(2) Quality of the research proposal a. Ground-breaking nature of the research• Does the proposed research address important challenges in the field(s)
addressed?• Does it have suitably ambitious objectives, which go substantially beyond
the current state of the art (e.g. including trans-disciplinary developments and novel or unconventional approaches)?
b. Potential impact• Does the research open new and important, scientific, technological or
scholarly horizons? c. Methodology• Stage 1: Is the outlined scientific approach (including the activities to be
undertaken by the individual team members) feasible?• Stage 2: Is the proposed research methodology (including when pertinent
the use of instrumentation, other type of infrastructures etc.) comprehensive and appropriate for to the project? Will it enable the goals of the project convincingly to be achieved within the timescales and resources proposed and the level of risk associated with a challenging research project?
ERC-Starting Grant: Evaluation criteria (4)
(3). Research Environment a. Transition to independence
Will the proposed project enable the Principal Investigator to make or consolidate the transition to independence?
b. Host institution [normally applicant legal entity] Does the institution hosting the project have most of the
infrastructure necessary for the research to be carried out? Is it in a position to provide an appropriate intellectual
environment and infrastructural support and to assist in achieving the ambitions for the project and the Principal Investigator?
c. Participation of other legal entities If it is proposed that other legal entities participate in the
project, in addition to the applicant legal entity, is their participation fully justified by the scientific added value they bring to the project?
Marie Curie: Evaluation Criteria (1)
(1) S & T Quality• Inter/multi-disciplinary, intersectoral and/ or newly emerging
supra-disciplinary fields• Scientific quality of the research programme • Appropriateness of research methodology• Originality and innovative aspect of the research programme • Knowledge of the state-of-the-art
(2) Training and knowledge transfer• Quality of the training programme• Several methods of training• Complementary skills offered: Management, Communication, IPR,
Ethics, Grant writing, Commercial exploitation of results, Research Policy, entrepreneurship, etc.
• Conferences and training courses part of training package
Marie Curie: Evaluation Criteria (2)
(3) Implementation • Infrastructure, work plan, feasibility of project• Adherence to principles of Code of Conduct of the Recruitment of
Researchers • Detailed management processes and plan
(4) Impact• Long-term collaboration prospects• Researcher professional development• For IAPPs: extent of SMEs’ participation, adequacy of infrastructure
Note: If you have received previous funding under the Marie Curie actions under the Seventh Framework programme or under similar actions under previous Framework Programmes, you have to clearly demonstrate the substantial added value of the new project in relation to the project previously financed.
Where to find informationCORDIS:http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html
ERC Home page:http://erc.europa.eu/index_en.cfm
UKRO:http://www.ukro.ac.ukhttp://www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecuriehttp://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc
EC’s Framework Programme Websites:http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfmhttp://cordis.europa.eu/en/home.html
Cass Research Support pages:http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/ressupport/secure/eu.html
Policy websitesInformation on green and white papers, reports & pressreleases: http://europa.eu/documents/comm/index_en.htm
EUR-Lex (EU legislation):http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
Official statistics agency of the EU - wide range of useful datafor your proposal: http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/
Lisbon Strategy:http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/et_2010_en.hml
European Research Area:http://cordis.europa.eu/era/concept.htm
Barcelona objectives:http://cordis.europa.eu/era/3percent.htm
PartnersWhere to find them:
CORDIS: http://cordis.europa.eu/partners-service/
Welcome Europe:http://www.welcomeurope.com/default.asp?id=1510
UKRO:(electronic system currently
down, but UKRO can put you in touch with partners)
Singleimage: http://www.singleimage.co.uk/index.html
Documentation needed: Consortium agreement (draft can be found on UKRO website)
Advice: • If you already have
contacts in other countries, use those (safer!)
• Network in conferences, seminars, etc.
Costing issues (1)Costs are eligible if:• Actual• Incurred during the project• Determined according to usual accounting
and management principles• Used solely for project objectives• Consistent with principles of economy,
efficiency and effectiveness• Recorded in accounts• Exclusive of non-eligible costs
Costing issues (2)Management costs include:• maintenance of the consortium agreement, if it is obligatory• the overall legal, ethical, financial and administrative
management including [for each of the beneficiaries] obtaining the certificates on the financial statements or on the methodology
• implementation of competitive calls by the consortium for the participation of new beneficiaries, where required by Annex I
• obtaining any financial security such as bank guarantees, when requested by the Commission
• any other management activities foreseen by the annexes, except coordination of research and technological development activities
• NB 7% limit of total costs in FP6 limit removed but….participants are expected to self-regulate
Dos!• Carefully read the text in
the work programme• Research previous and
current projects• Meet with consortium
partners (if applicable)• Register in EPSS• Make sure all forms are
completed correctly• Get someone to read
through your proposal• Discuss budget early with
us
• For ERC: Absolutely adhere to page limits-longer proposals WILL NOT be evaluated
• Submit before the deadline-STRONGLY advised!
• Register as an expert with CORDIS (evaluator, reviewer or monitor expert): https://cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/
• Contact us for advice and support
• Register with UKRO• Attend UKRO proposal writing
training events
Don’ts!• Do not undertake co-ordination of a consortium if
this is your first EU application• Do not submit a proposal without having obtained
approval from the university (this involves contacting us and having us cost and process your application)
• Do not submit proposals for collaborative projects to ERC
• Do not solely rely on CORDIS/UKRO etc. for finding partners-use existing contacts
• Do not submit on the last day of the deadline!!!
Any questions?
If you are thinking of applying
for EU funding…
We are here to help!We can give you detailedinformation on:• the work programme• how to apply• how to structure the
proposal• what documentation you
need• eligible costs
Call us on extensions: – 0140 (Dimitra)– 4193 (John)
E-mail us:[email protected]
Further training• UKRO (free):
http://www.ukro.ac.uk/subscriber_services/events/index.htm#0607_training_development
• Bluebell Research: http://www.bluebell-res.co.uk/