FP7 CALL 4

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FP7 CALL 4 BEYOND

• Dr John Dardis, National Contact Point KBBE
• UCC JUNE 17 2009

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WHY FP7 SALES PITCH!

• The only show in town.RSF FIRM
• Status . . . . You and your college
• Implications for career and future funding eg
  DAFF
• SFI ruling
• Movement to other institutions (outside coop)
• FP7 is not a cash cow, its more to do with
  building a research career

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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The Structure of FP7

• 4 specific programmes
• Cooperation 9 Thematic Areas/ Priorities
• Ideas Scientific Excellence Think SFI!!
• People Marie Curie
• Capacities - SMEs, regional potential, Science in
  Society and international cooperation.

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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2. KBBE - 3 ACTIVITIES

• 2.1 Sustainable Production and Management of
  biological resources from land, forest and
  aquatic environments
• 2.2 Fork to Farm Food, Health and Well Being
• 2.3 Life Sciences Biotechnology for sustainable
  non-food products and processes

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2.1 Sustainable Production and Management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Enabling Research
• Increased sustainability
• Animal Health, Production and Welfare
• Socio Economic Research and Support to policies

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2.2 Fork to Farm Food, Health and Well Being

• Consumers
• Nutrition
• Food Processing
• Food Quality and Safety
• Environmental Impacts Total Food Chain

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2.3 Life Sciences Biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Improved Biomass Plant based renewables
• Bioprocesses
• Environmental biotechnologies Use of waste and
  by-products

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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THE GOOD - 2007 IRELANDS PERFORMANCE IN FAFB

• Overall Success Rate 15
• 29 of Proposals with Irish partner successful
• Prof Mike Gibney 1st Irish co-ord in Theme
• 2 of total budget secured ie 3.7m
• 10 Irish Partners successful from
• UCD, Teagasc, TCD, Marine Institute
• CONFLICT FOR NATIONAL TARGETS!

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THE BAD - CALL 2B

• Call 2B 1 Stage Process
• Overall Success Rate 14
• 14 of Proposals with Irish partner successful
  (3/22)
• 0.78 of total budget secured ie 749g
• 3 Irish Partners successful from 2 from
  Marine Institute, 1 from UCC

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THE UGLY - CALL 2A

• Call 2A 2 Stage Process
• Overall Success Rate 22
• 18 of Proposals with Irish partner successful
  (2/11)
• 0.45 of total budget secured ie 492,476
• 2 Irish Partners successful from AFRC
• NASTY SURPRISE AT PC

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CALL 3 Finally getting there!

• Unprecedented interest
• Unprecedented assistance
• 58 Partners
• 15 successful 26
• 1/ 6 successful Co-ordinators
• 2 UCC, 5 Teagasc, 4 Aqua TT, 1 UCD, 1 Marine
  Institute, 1 TCD, 1 Treemetrics
• Food 1 UCD Co-ordinator
• If you want to learn FP get involved, evaluate

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UCC IN KBBE

• Total Irish Partners 137
• Total UCC Partners 16
• Total Successful Partners 42
• UCC 3
• Av Score 11
• UCC 10.7
• Success rate 31
• UCC 19

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Successful UCC projects to date
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LESSONS LEARNED

• Stick to the guidelines
• Read what they are looking for over and over and
  
• Stick to the budgets
• Partners for partners sakes gone due to money
  constraints
• Influencing Calls Food a bit different
• Two Stage evaluations Out??!!
• Watch out different themes have different rules

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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Infleuncing Calls
THE COMMISSION HAVE BUILT A STRUCTURE

• Advisory Committee
• Programme Committee
• SCAR
• Research Community
• EFSA JRC etc
• Expert workshops
• Conferences
• Ongoing Research analysis
• TPs
• Interservices in Commission
• International Agreements Russia, India, China,
  Canada, Former INCO
• LESS MONEY MORE SOURCES LESS INFLUENCE FOR PC

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Planning for the future

• UCC strategy
• Project Managers
• Reflection Paper Type of Roadmap
• Keep talking to me, use myself and Deirdre
• EU partners
• Lobbying
• Mentoring
• TPs, ERA NETs

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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CALL 4

• Opens in July
• Closes January 2010
• Topics available be discreet
• Talk to partners
• Co-Ordinate.
• Look at EI grants

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OUTLINE

• FP7 General Info
• Theme 2
• What we have seen
• A Strategy
• Call 4
• Getting Involved

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How to get into a partnership

• If new to Europe look at ways to get in..
• Get active early watch out for NCP info
• Network with potential partners - Travel
• Have a sales pitch on what you and your instit
  offer
• Pick up the phone
• There are a range of examples of what works

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Partner searching

• Go to the training
• Keep in contact with the NCP
• Watch partner searchesOur method..
• Cordis is an option
• NCP search
• KEEP TRYING

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Financial Assistance

• Coordinator - preparation of proposal up to
  25,000
• Run it by me or Deirdre first
• Other Assistance from EI
• Travel Support
• Feasibility Studies
• www.fp7-ireland.com
• Forms found at
• http//www.enterprise-ireland.com/FP6/Funding/Ente
  rpriseIrelandFunding.htm

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USE(FUL)/_(LESS) WEBSITES
Official Websites

• www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home.html
• www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_en.ht
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• Cordis News www.cordis.europa.eu/news/en/home.htm
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• www.fp7-ireland.com
• Expert Evaluators We can recommend
  you www.cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/index
• Do the training courses

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Contact Details

• Dr. John Dardis Dr Deirdre Corcoran
• FP7 National Contact Point for Food, Agriculture,
  Fisheries, and Biotechnology
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
• Kildare Street, Dublin 2,
• Tel [phone]
• John.dardis_at_agriculture.gov.ie
• Deirdre.corcoran_at_agriculture.gov.ie
• GET ON OUR MAILING LIST!!
• IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING LET US KNOW!!

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NATIONAL FUNDING Whos Who

• 1 RESEARCH STIMULUS FUND
• Dale Crammond
• Ciara Daly
• 2 FOOD INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH MEASURE Dr Pamela
  Byrne Dr Gearoid Sayers
• Dr Clodagh Whelan
• Inspectors v Administrators
• Richard Howell Head of Div

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