IAPP Application Workshop

1. IAPP Application Workshop Project Development Workshop 16 February 2012

2. Introduction • Marie Curie programme: background, objectives, priorities • Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways • Policy context • Overview and general • Part B – how to complete • Financial • EPSS – Submission process • Part A – how to complete • Final tips and suggestions • Lunch • 1-1 Support Programme

3. 4 Programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People, Capacities (+ Joint Research Centre + Euratom) FP7 Programme

4. Objectives and Policy Context: “The People Work Programme 2012 has been designed to support the implementation of the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives ‘Innovation Union’, ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘An Agenda for new skills and jobs’” (2012 Work programme) EU 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020/index_en.htm Innovation Union: http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovationunion/index_en.cfm Youth on the Move: http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/news2540_en.htm Marie Curie Actions

5. Objectives and Policy Context: • Make Europe more attractive to researchers • Structuring effect on the European Research Area through transnational and intersectoral mobility in order to create a European labour market for researchers • Strengthen human potential by: • Encouraging people to become researchers • Encouraging researchers to carry out their research in Europe • Trans-national and inter-sectoralmobility • €4.7 Billion Objectives: Marie Curie

6. “People” Programme

7. EU-27 Austria, 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) Albania*,Croatia*, Faroe Islands*, FYR Macedonia*, Iceland*, Israel*, Liechtenstein*, Montenegro*, Norway*, Serbia*, Switzerland, Turkey*,Bosnia Herzegovina* *except Euratom Eligible Countries

8. Yes All areas of scientific and techno logical research that are of interest to the EU No Areas of research covered by the EURATOM Treaty (peaceful use of nuclear energy) What research topics are supported?

9. Definition of researchers

10. Transnational Mobility Requirements • Must not have been resident in host country for more that 12 months in the last 3 years prior to date of recruitment or secondment • Researchers can return to the country of their nationality if the mobility rule is respected • For international organisations the country mobility rule does not apply – BUT the fellow must not have spent more that 12 months in the previous 3 years at the host international organisation.

11. IAPP Industry-academia partnerships and pathways

12. IAPPs – 2012 call info • Publication date: 19 October 2011 • Call deadline: 19 April 2012 17:00 CET • Indicative budget: €80 million (same as 2011) • Indicative timetable: • Results expected 4 months after deadline • Grants agreement signature from 9 months after deadline

13. IAPPs in context “In the context of the 'Innovation Union' flagship initiative, inter-sectoral mobility between academia and industry continues to be a priority as a means to improve cooperation between the two sectors and to eliminate cultural and other mobility barriers. At the same time it plays a structuring role by allowing researchers to acquire key skills which are equally relevant to the public and private sectors.”

14. What is an Industry–Academia Partnerships and Pathways? • It is a two-way partnership with at least one commercial enterprise and one academic organisation in two different Member or Associated Countries • Includes secondments, recruitment and networking activities • Project can be up to 48 months • Majority of researcher months should be secondments

15. Definitions of eligible organisations Each IAPP must involve at least one university/research centre in the non-commercial sector andat least on entity from the commercial sector. Commercial sector partners: • must be organisations operating on a commercial enterprise, gaining the majority of their revenue through competitive means with exposure to commercial markets. Non-commercial sector partners can include; • National organisations, e.g., universities, public non-commercial research centres; Non-profit or charitable organisations (e.g., NGOs, trusts, etc.), International European interest organisations (e.g. CERN)

16. Eligible organisations Commercial sector partners: • may include: incubators; start-ups; spin-offs; venture capital companies; etc. • may range in size from the smallest- micro-companies with research capacity to very large multi-national enterprises Non-commercial sector partners can include; • National organisations, e.g., Universities, public non-commercial research centres • Non-profit or charitable organisations (e g NGOs trusts, etc.) • International European interest organisations (e.g. CERN) • The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission • Other international organisations (e.g. WHO, UNESCO, etc.)

17. Non-ICPC Countries Non ICPC countries such as USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore etc and international organisation would be expected to fund their own participation

18. Industry–Academia Partnerships and Pathways aims • An IAPP aims to increase industry-academia co-operation by: • Supporting the creation, development, reinforcement and execution of strategic partnerships • Creating diverse career possibilities and experience for researchers • Knowledge sharing/cultural exchange, especially SMEs • Aiming for longer term co-operation between both sectors

19. What can you do with an IAPP? • Staff exchange (mandatory) – experienced researchers, early-stage researchers (and possibly technical staff and research managers!) for between 2 months and 2 years • Secondments at least 50% of researcher months • Recruit experienced researchers for between 12 months and 2 years (optional) • Organise common workshops/conferences/ training/networking activities • Inter-sectoral mobility, within framework of whole project, in same country up to a maximum of 30% of total researcher months • For SMEs, a contribution towards small equipment costs (up to 10% of project total)

20. Employment • To be eligible for secondment staff must have been active (work, studies, etc) continuously for at least one year full time equivalent • Employed under an employment contract (except for short stays or researcher continues on salary from home. Otherwise ‘fixed amount fellowship’) Flexibility • The partner will secure by contract the commitment of researchers for at least one year in order to further develop the knowledge

21. An IAPPat a glance

22. Statistics

23. Statistics 2011 Note: all apps which met threshold were on main or reserve list!

24. Industry–Academia Partnerships and Pathways aims A project that matches “their” objectives: “This action seeks to enhance industry-academia cooperation in terms of research training, career development and knowledge sharing, in particular with SMEs, and including traditional manufacturing industries. It is based on longer term cooperation programmeswith a high potential for increasing mutual understanding of the different cultural settings and skill requirements of both the industrial and academic sectors. The IAPP action supports the 'Innovation Union' flagship initiative by strengthening research and business performance and by promoting innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the EU. Stronger cooperation between universities and business via staff exchange will encourage entrepreneurship and help to turn creative ideas into innovative products and processes that canefficiently address European and global societal challenges.”

25. Evaluation by independent experts • Single stage • First checked for eligibility by REA (pg 28/29) • Need to address all of the issues to maximise scores • Overall threshold (70% or 3.5/5) • Evaluation scores awarded for 4 criteria and not sub-criteria • 3 out of 4 criteria have a threshold • Each area is weighted • Transfer of Knowledge – high weighting Evaluation of proposals

26. Evaluation criteria – pg 30/31

27. Indicative Timetable

28. Part B : Table of Contents

29. B2. S&T Quality

30. B2 S&T Quality • Introduction, describemain objectives and how achieved • Summarise the project and purpose and impact Ensure you keep the policy objectives in mind and what IAPP is trying to achieve in terms of objectives • Knowledge and cultural sharing • Career and skills development in the field(generic and transferable) • Longer term cooperation • Detailed description of S&T objectives • Highlight planned research collaborations • Emphasize interdisciplinarity(if applicable) and intersectoral aspects • State ethical and relevant issues • Explain in detail the current knowledge in the field / state-of –the-art. Who, when, what was done, what is the gap include references

31. B2 S&T Quality • highlight the originality and innovation – how your project is advancing the state of the art • Integrating different processes / expertise of academia and industry. E.g. developing new materials and combining design • Is this the first time of bringing together these kind of partnershup across thesectors and expertise? • Explain key elements of research methodology and ensure it is appropriate, comprehensive and well-planned • Intergrate with the knowledge transfer programme and training • Detail the synergies and complementarities that are being exploited and how • Define specific roles and expertise and why the partner is best suited for the role in the project and how they are complimentary • e.g Technical and scientific expertise, different disciplines etc • How ? – relate their expertise to the specific tasks/methods

32. S&T Quality – negative feedback • The research programme lacks a detailed list of workpackages, timetable and particular involvement of each partner is not specifically included. • The project is not very original since it is based on previous results obtained by academic partners. • The project research methodology is not properly developed and lacks details as regards risk assessment, milestones and outcomes. • Presents limited intersectoriality • No previous documented information – articles, scientific journals, conferences, and so on.

33. B3. Transfer of Knowledge

34. B3. Transfer of Knowledge • Need for knowledge transfer: • What will each partner gain and why through secondments and employed researchers? • E.g. Access to facilities, instrumentation and new methods • How will the KT will significantly increase the research quality and RTD capability and competitiveness of the partners • describe in detail the KT programme (Ensure there is consistency with the research programme described) • S&T • Broader training (e.g. Communication, ethics, language trainng and managerial skills) • How will the knowledge be imbedded back into their sending organisation – through what measures

35. B3. Transfer of Knowledge • Need for knowledge transfer: • What will each partner gain and why through secondments and employed researchers? • E.g. Access to facilities, instrumentation and new methods • How will the KT will significantly increase the research quality and RTD capability and competitiveness of the partners • Describe in detail the KT programme (Ensure there is consistency with the research programme described) • S&T • Broader training (e.g. Communication, entrepreneurship, IPR, project management, product development, marketing, ethics, language training and managerial skills) • Broader KT through conferences, workshops, groups for broader dissemination across sectors

36. B3. Transfer of Knowledge • How will the knowledge be imbedded back into their sending organisation – through what mechanisms • Describe how will the knowledge be imbedded back into their sending organisation – through what measures • Describe the roles of the secondments and recruitment • Explain the chosen mixture of researcher in terms of experience • Justify the recruitment of experienced researchers and what they will bring new to the project

37. B3. Transfer of Knowledge Table identical to A4

38. B3. Transfer of Knowledge

39. B3 KT– negative feedback • Secondments are only indicated in terms of person/month within a table, but are not described in detail and no additional explanations are given. • ToK referring to young researchers is not addressed in sufficient detail. • There is only a limited consistency between the research programme and ToK due to the vague description of the latter • Transfer of knowledge is unbalanced with too much emphasis on academic research • Importance of ToK in terms of intersectorial aspects is not demonstrated as the industrial partner has limited participation in research • The precise role in training of the industrial partner is not clearly described.

40. B4. Implementation

41. B4. Implementation

42. B4. Implementation Capacities: 1 table ½ page per full and associated partners

43. B4. Implementation • Additionally describe how infrastructure and human resource capacity of each organisationrelates to work-plan and schedule • Will evaluate the fit between capacity of host and size of support requested • Describesynergies and complimentarities • Provide details of the collaborations • Highlight involvement of participants from different sectors • Overview of WPs, deliverables and milestones (using tables) • Indicate how tasks are linked to the objectives

44. B4. Implementation

45. B4. Implementation

46. B4. Implementation • Describe management structure: • Demarcation of responsibilities • Project management; Administration; Management team;/steering board (S&T – work package leaders), IPR / exploitation manager • Decision making and process • Monitoring and reporting process ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/mariecurie-actions/docs/iapp-reporting-guidlines_en.pdf • Comment on gender balance of the management • Detail communications strategy • Briefly describe consortium agreement between partners • Detail IPR strategy for the consortium (issues) • Will you create an exploitation plan? • Detail potential of results created and describe ownership arrangements • Patents

47. B4. Implementation • Describe the Recruitment Strategy • How posts are published and where • Outline contingencies in case there are difficulties • Equal opportuntties (all partners have policies?; gender equality) • Conditions of employment • Provide some information on the conditions that researchers will be working under twill be in line with the ‘European Charter for Researchers’ and ‘Code of Conduct for the recruitment of researchers’ • Demonstrate scientific and organisational competence within the partnerships • Relevant project management experience • Experience of similar grants/projects and Marie Curie • Justification of Other Third Country Participation

48. Implementation – negative feedback • Secondments are not sufficiently specified • Some aspects of management structure are not described in detail • The management plan is scarcely defined in some points • Time commitment of the co-ordinator to project activities is limited • Recruitment strategy and its contribution to research activities is not detailed • The technical background of the academic partners is not clear • It is not sufficiently detailed on the point of capacities, specifically in regard to scientific expertise, facilities and infrastructures, to achieve a real experience and know-how exchange • IPR aspects are unclear.

49. B5. Impact

50. IAPP expected Impact Work Programme pg 23, 3.1.3: Expected impact of the action: “Research projects under this action are expected to structure effectively and significantly enhance the interaction at human resources level between research organisations in the public and private sector, in terms of knowledge sharing and broad skills development, bringing closer together their different cultures and expectation patterns, with a view to more effectively advancing the contributions of research to Europe's knowledge economy and society”