AAA/SWITCH Info Day 2010

1. AAA/SWITCH Info Day 2010 Project Handling Petra Kauer-Ott petra.kauer@switch.ch

2. Outline • AAA - Objectives and Criteria • Project Submission • Reporting • Financial Transfers • Next Deadlines • FAQs • Information and Contact

3. AAA - Objectives and Criteria e-Infrastructure for e-Science implement key components for teaching and research through cooperative projects in the domains AAA, Grid, E-Learning and VO • Criteria: • Innovation • Cooperation • Sustainability • Thematic suitability • Benefits for users • Project management • Matching funds (no prioritization)

4. Project Submission: Steps • Note first ideas, contact possible partners 2. Contact: • Contact person of your institution • SWITCH: • Christoph Witzig: AAA / Grid • Petra Kauer-Ott: E-Learning / VO • Christoph Graf: Project responsible • Submit a draft project description (read the project guidelines and the criteria carefully) ⇒ check of criteria and funding (University or Competition project? )(feedback by contact person and SWITCH) 4. Submit thefinalproject description

5. Project Submission Common part • Competition

6. Project Submission Common part: • Same for all projects • Attendance by contact person and SWITCH

7. Project Submission Competition: • Evaluation by PWEG • Fixed deadlines • Involvement of external bodies (CRUS, SUC, SBF, KFH)

8. Project Submission: Approval / Rejection • University projects:usually 2-3 weeks after submission of a final version • Competition projects: answer within ∼3 months (after formal decree by SER, ETH Board or OPET) For project approval the contact person must first confirm the matching funds!

9. Reporting

10. Annual Reporting: Content

11. Annual Reporting: Finance

12. Financial Transfers

13. Next Deadlines • Competition Spring 2010: March 31to SWITCH (2 weeks before to contact person & SWITCH) • Competition Spring 2010: September 30to SWITCH (2 weeks before to contact person & SWITCH) University projects can be submitted continuously

14. FAQs • Who can submit a project? • When should I come up with my project idea? • How to submit a project? • How many university partners should participate in a project? • What size and lenght should a project have? • How is a project financed? • What are "university" and "competition" projects? • When is a project approved? • First steps: What steps should be done once my project is approved? • What responsibilities do I have as a project leader during the project? What documents do I have to submit before, during and after a project? • What feedback should I receive from SWITCH? • Can a project change its objectives, milestones or deliverables? • Can a project be prolongated? • Last steps: What is to do at the end of a project? Use the FAQs section at http://www.switch.ch/aaa/faq/ !!!

15. Information and Contact • Website: http://www.switch.ch/aaa • Mailing lists: aaa-announce@switch.ch : for everybody: register on the AAA website • special mailing lists for project leaders and contact persons • Contact: aaa@switch.ch

16. Questions?