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How to prepare a successful proposal in FP6

How to prepare a successful proposal in FP6. Floriana Di Giacomo , NCP IST APRE Agenzia per la promozione della ricerca europea Napoli , 13 - 05- 2005. The good news. A lot of money is waiting for you in Brussels You can really work on an international scene

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How to prepare a successful proposal in FP6

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  1. How to prepare a successful proposal in FP6 Floriana Di Giacomo, NCP IST APRE Agenzia per la promozione della ricerca europea Napoli, 13-05-2005

  2. The good news • A lot of money is waiting for you in Brussels • You can really work on an international scene • Cooperate to create critical mass, while sharing risks • Work with the best in the field • Open up new markets using the latest technology • Positive for your image and reputation

  3. The bad news • The paperwork is killing • Running a large project is very complex • Writing a proposal is expensive • You never know if you will get the money • Badly performing partners spoil it for you • It’s not so easy to cooperate with those …

  4. “Good ideas will always get funding” NO!

  5. Basic Rule No. 1 To be successful in any funding scheme you need to fully understand the purpose of the granting agency and ACCEPT IT!

  6. Basic Rule No. 2 Participation in FP6 has to fit within the strategy of your organisation

  7. The Beginning • To see if your ideas fit FP6, read: • The Call Text • The Work Programme • The Guide for Proposers (the right one!) • FP6 in Brief • Talk to your National Contact Point • Consult your (international) network

  8. Building a consortium • Use your network, but not only your friends • Look for • Balance, Complementarity, Excellence, Commitment • Again check with NCPs • Partner search on Ideal-IST (www.ideal-ist.net) • Dedicated projects to help you: • EPIST (focus e-inclusion/e-health) • LINK (focus electronics) • Naomitech (focus micro & nano technologies)

  9. Writing a good proposal • Write for the evaluator • Friday afternoon principle • Paradox 1: Detail - Concise • Paradox 2: Realistic – Scientifically Interesting • Write in a clear, organised way • Provide a logical, gripping and correct summary • Check with the Guidance Notes for Evaluators

  10. Things to consider • Experience of the coordinating institution? • Letters of interest? • Length of the proposal? • Sound financial and organisational framework • Management structure should fit project size

  11. The Evaluation Criteria Integrated Projects will be checked on • Relevance 3/5 • Potential Impact 3/5 • S&T excellence 4/5 • Quality of the consortium 3/5 • Quality of the management 3/5 • Mobilisation of resources 3/5 • Overall threshold 24/30

  12. Relevance • Does the proposal properly address the objectives of the call? • If you fail this one, forget the rest… • Check all the levels of the work programme

  13. The Work Programme 1. Research into the conceptualisation and representation of digital cultural andscientific objects, of multiple forms and origin, to exploit the potential of theseresources for developing new forms of interactive or creative experiences. Thisrequires methods, systems, tools and enabling technologies to support indexing,retrieving, aggregating, using and creatively exploiting primarily non-textual andcomplex objects and their integration into sustainable digital library services. Work should apply leading-edge technologies (especially in knowledgetechnologies, VR, visualisation). Applications should clearly integrateheterogeneous resources, and address specific user communities and stakeholders,involving innovative scenarios of use. Instruments: STREPs will . Two levels of clues: 2.5.10 Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources Objectives Focus The aim is to develop systems and tools which will support the accessibility and use over time of digital cultural and scientific resources. This requires work to: – Support the emerging complexity of digital cultural and scientific objects and repositories, through enriched conceptual representations, and advanced access methods. – Explore how to preserve the availability of digital resources over time, through novel concepts, techniques and tools. .

  14. Potential Impact • Answers a very simple question: • Why spend European taxpayers’ money on this project? • Is it ambitious, does it solve anything? • Will anyone do anything with the results? • Is it beneficial to Europe or only to XX?

  15. S&T excellence • Are there clearly defined objectives? • Progress beyond state-of-the-art? • Does the S&T approach enable the project to achieve its objectives? • Means: can you give the evaluator the feeling that your methods really work • Threshold 4/5 means: YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD!!!

  16. Quality of the consortium • Can these people really do this? • Prove to the evaluator your: • Quality • Complementarity • Commitment • Describe all roles, even for future partners • Show SME / INCO involvement, but only when relevant!!!

  17. Quality of the management • Does the management structure match the complexity of the project? • Can these people really do it? • Is there a good IPR plan?

  18. Mobilisation of resources • Good plan, but can they find the people, money and machines to do it properly? • Is the financial plan adequate?

  19. Other issues • Ethical • Safety • Gender • Third Country participation • Only mention when relevant!!

  20. Finally • Submit your proposal on time!! • Electronically or on paper • Murphy’s Law applies unconditionally!!

  21. Information • General info on Cordishttp://www.cordis.lu • National Contact Points http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/ncp.htm • Information Society Technologies • http://www.cordis.lu/IST • Background on instumentshttp://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instruments.htm • Any documenthttp://www.cordis.lu/fp6/find-doc.htm#esdoc

  22. Find more help • EPIST www.epist.org • NAOMITECHhttp://www.airi.it/NAOMITEC • LINK http://www.link-eu.org/ • Consortium Agreementwww.ipr-helpdesk.org • Model Contractshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/model-contract/index_en.html

  23. Even more help SPORTELLO CAMPANIA c/o Consorzio TechnapoliVia Olivetti 180078 - Pozzuolitel. 081/5255182/3081/8046216fax 081/5255184e-mail : apre@technapoli.it APRE – AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA Piazza Marconi 25 – Roma Tel 06 59 11 817 – fax 06 59 11 908 IST team Floriana Di Giacomo & Daniela Mercurio (surname@apre.it)

  24. Grazie per l’attenzione!

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