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RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS of FP6

RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS of FP6. METU – Office of EU Affairs. Instrument : specification of a type of project that can be financially supported Participant : a legal entity contributing to the project and having rights

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RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS of FP6

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  1. RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS of FP6 METU – Office of EU Affairs

  2. Instrument :specification of a type of project that can be financially supported Participant :a legal entity contributing to the project and having rights and obligations with regard to the Community under the terms of the contract. E.g. - enterprises - research institutions - universities - public administrations - organisations that possess specific competence in management - potential users or other stakeholders Legal entities will be primarily organisations active in the research and innovation fields.

  3. TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS • Specific Targeted Research Project(STREP) • Specific Support Action(SSA) • Coordination Action(CA) • Marie Curie Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------ • Integrated Projects(IP) • Networks of Excellence(NoE)

  4. SPECIFIC TARGETED RESEARCH PROJECT (STREP) Definition: Multipartner research, demonstration or innovation projects to support activities of a limited scope and ambition Aims and Objectives: • Increase European competitiveness • Meet the needs of society or the EU policies • Gain knowledge • Improve existing products, processes or services • Prove the suitability of new technologies Duration: 2- 3 years

  5. STREPNumber of Participants • Minimum three participants from three different Member States or Associated States (of which two must be Member States or Associated Candidate Countries) • Some calls may specify a higher minimum number of participants

  6. SPECIFIC SUPPORT ACTION(SSA) Definition: SSA’s are service type contracts that can be used to fund events such as workshops, small conferences, studies and expert groups Aims and Objectives: • To support the implementation of FP6 • To potentially help the preparation of future Framework Programme • To stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of - SMEs - Small research teams - Newly developed and remote research centers - Organisations from the Candidate Countries Duration: from several months to 2-3 years Number of Participants: one or more legal entities

  7. SSA Project Alternatives The projects may cover one or a combination of the following: • Conferences • Seminars • Studies and Analysis • Working and Expert Groups • Operational Support and Dissemination • Information and Communication

  8. COORDINATION ACTION(CA) Definition: Coordination Actions are instruments that can be used to bring together scientists to prepare for future cooperation Aims and Objectives: Fund the networking of researchers Reinforce the thematic networks by coordinating the activities that they involve Duration: 2-3 years Participants :minimum 3 participants from 3 countries

  9. CA Activities • Performance of studies, analyses, benchmarking exercises • Exchange and dissemination of information • Exchange and dissemination of good practices • Exchange of personnel • Organisation of conferences, seminars, meetings • Setting up of common information systems • Setting up of expert groups • Definition, organisation and management of joint or common initiatives

  10. MARIE CURIE ACTIONS(Mobility of Researchers) Definition: Providing broad support for the mobility of human resources to and from the European Research Area, to promote international dimension of research, networking and scientific collaboration Aims and Objectives: Provide a variety of options for researchers at all levels, as well as host institutions, to ease the way for cooperative research, sharing of knowledge and experience in all scientific areas Number of Participants:one or more

  11. MARIE CURIE ACTIONS • Host-Driven Actions • Individual-Driven Actions • Excellence Recognition • Return and Reintegration Mechanisms

  12. MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Host-Driven Actions • Research Training Networks (RTN) • Early-Stage Research Training (EST) • Transfer of Knowledge (ToK) • Series of Events (SCF) & Large Conferences (LCF)

  13. MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Individual-Driven Actions • Intra-European Individual Fellowships (EIF) • Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) • Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF)

  14. MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Excellence Recognition • Excellence Grants (EXT) • Excellence Awards (EXA) • Excellence Chairs (EXC)

  15. MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Return & Reintegration Mechanisms • European Reintegration Grants (ERG) • International Reintegration Grants (IRG)

  16. What else to know about different instruments...

  17. IMPLEMENTATION • Financial regime and funding model (FC, FCF and AC) • Participation/finance • Submission, evaluation and negotiation process • Consortium agreement • Preparation of the work packages • Reporting and screening process

  18. STRUCTUREOF PROPOSALS PART A: Administrative Information A1. General proposal info (e.g. proposal name, proposers’ names and addresses, brief description of the work) A2. Info on coordinator and partners A3. Cost breakdown for all consortium PART B: Project Details Section B1. Scientific and technical description Section B2. Information on partners and consortium

  19. STRUCTURE OFPROPOSALSPart B: Project Details Intro: Front Page Table of Contents (1 page) B1 Proposal Summary B2 S&T Objectives and the State of the Art (3 pages) B3 Relevance to the Objectives of the Related Priority (3 pages) B4 Potential Impact (3 pages) B5 Consortium and Project Resources (6 pages) B6 Project Management (3 pages) B7 Workplan (Gannt, PERT, DoW in terms of WPs) B8 Other Issues – ethical, gender related, EU policies, etc.

  20. Instruments in Comparison-1

  21. Instruments in Comparison-2

  22. EVALUATION CRITERIA STREP SSA CA IP NoE Relevance XXXXX Potential impact XXXXX S & T excellence XX Excellence of participants X Quality of the coordination X Quality of the support action X Quality of the consortium XXX Degree of integration & the JPA X Quality of management XXXX Organization & management X Mobilization of resources XXXX

  23. Which instrument to use?

  24. Why participate in FP6? A unique Europe-wide research program offering: • A range of scientific opportunities • Wide contacts • Productive partnerships • Enhanced mobility • An international benchmark • A growing and secure budget (17.5 billion Euro)

  25. RELATED WEBSITES http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/home.cfm http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/mobility.htm http://www.tubitak.gov.tr http://www.fp6.org.tr http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions http://www.fp6.org.tr/web/degerlendirme_sonuclari.htm

  26. TIPS-1 • It is always very practical and easier to start as a partner in a project (not coordinator) • In practice, the minimum number of partners given in the Call is never enough • Since there is limited experience in FPs, it is much easier for Turkish researchers to write proposal using STREP, SSA as instruments • MC activities are very suitable for mobility purposes, ranging from early researchers to the most experienced and well-known

  27. TIPS-2 • If you get an offer to join a consortium, do so. It is the best way to learn about the process • A very good way of being involved in the process (without even writing a proposal) is to become an evaluator • A project proposal can be 50-160 pages long! • Keep in mind: writing an FP6 project proposal is not easy, however, many people have been successful. YOU CAN DO IT, TOO!

  28. THANK YOU METU - Office of EU Affairs Middle East Technical University 06531 Ankara / Turkey Phone: 0 312 210 3834 Fax: 0 312 210 1348 http://www.euoffice.metu.edu.tr

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