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Writing a proposal … with particular attention to FP7. Maurizio Fermeglia. The Basics. You do not go to Brussels to „lobby” for your project You understand that FP7 is about trans-European cooperation You read and understand the Work Programme and the Guides - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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University of Trieste
PHD school in Nanotechnology
Writing a proposal
… with particular attention to FP7
Maurizio Fermeglia
The Basics
• You do not go to Brussels to „lobby” for your project
• You understand that FP7 is about trans-European cooperation
• You read and understand the Work Programme and the Guides
• You accept and play according to the rules – no special treatment for NMS and Candidate Countries
General Comments
• How do you get started?• Work Programme +
other official documents.– Consult before you
submit:– FP7 Helpdesk– Scientific Officers, other
FP6/FP7 contacts– NCPs– Get additional intel on
what the priorities are– Read the news, watch TV,
follow-up what’s going on in Europe
General Comments• FP7 proposals are evaluated in Brussels by
independent evaluators:– Background: academic, industry, consulting– Geographical representation of Europe– Gender balance
• Understand the human factor of the evaluation system!
General Comments• Cutting edge science: only in Ideas! The rest:
– Applied research + demonstration (good ideas + innovation)– Integration of EU research– Europe as a whole must benefit from it
• Trans-European collaboration is not a tool but an objective!
• Submitted proposals are all good or very good– Your proposal will need to be excellent– Competition is very high – Success rate: lower than with national programmes
• FP7 proposals are evaluated in Brussels by independent evaluators:– Background: academic, industry, consulting– Geographical representation of Europe– Gender balance
The Idea
• Initial idea: this is core!!!!• Core consortium – the rest is built
around it• Initial priorities may change: Work
Programme• Centre of gravity may change: new
partners• Project idea: summarised in 1 paragraph
- can be used to attract experienced project partners
University of Trieste
PHD school in Nanotechnology
The Proposal
The proposal• Download from Cordis
(complete package, always the latest version)
• Part A: administrative info• Part B: technical info• Electronic submission
only
The Proposal
Part B:0. Cover page1: Scientific/technical quality2. Implementation3. Impact4. Ethical Issues5. Consideration of gender aspects
The Proposal
1. Scientific/technical quality– 1.1 Concept and objectives– 1.2 Progress beyond the state-of-the-art– 1.3 S/T methodology and associated work plan
The Proposal
2. Implementation– 2.1 Management structure and procedures– 2.2 Individual participants– 2.3 Consortium as a whole
• Sub-contracting• Other countries• Additional partners
– 2.4 Resources to be committed
The Proposal
3. Impact– 3.1 Expected impacts listed in the work programme– 3.2 Dissemination and/or exploitation of project
results, and management of intellectual property
The Proposal• 4. Ethical Issues• 5. Consideration of gender aspects
The Proposal
Your proposal will have to be– Based around an interesting novel idea– Implemented using an appropriate
methodology– Structured and written in a clear way– Addressing the Work Programme and EU
priorities– Realistic in terms of resources (never
underestimate!)– Short
Description of the project
1. Scientific and/or technical quality, relevant to the topics addressed by the call1.1 Concept and objectives1.2 Progress beyond the state-of-the-art1.3 S/T methodology and associated work plan
2. Implementation2.1 Management structure and procedures2.2 Individual participants2.3 Consortium as a whole2.4 Resources to be committed
3. Impact3.1 Expected impacts listed in the work programme3.2 Dissemination and/or exploitation of project results, and
management ofintellectual property
4. Ethical Issues5. Consideration of gender aspects
dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST
Participate in the scientific ideas/evaluation during CREATION of the DoW
Summarize
Costs estimates
Description of Work: to be done ..
Evaluation Criteria
Two steps evaluation (NMP)
Typical research project
Typical research project in FP7
University of Trieste
PHD school in Nanotechnology
Planning the project management
Criteria 2: implementation• “Quality and efficiency of the implementation
and the management• “Appropriateness of the management
structure and procedures”
• Guide for Applicant: Cap. 2 Implementation• Parag. 2.1 “Management structure and
procedures “ – describe the organizational structure and decision-
making mechanism of the project – show how they are matched to the complexity and
scale of the project”• Maximum length for Section 2.1: five pages
Managing structure
Managing structure
Communication structures / Communication flows
• Meetings• Phone conferences• Web-based communication platforms
(extranet)• Internal newsletter,…• Reporting structures• Meetings:
Common mistakes in proposals
Case studies• MCUBE (Coordination Action) • MULTIPRO (FP6 STREP)• MULTIHYBRIDS (FP6 Integrated Project IP)• NANOMODEL (FP7 Collaborative project)