Select the right funding schemes

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Select the right funding schemes call topic for
a project. Interactive session.  

• Dr. Nastasia Belc

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• FP7 Cooperation Work Programme Theme 2 Food,
  Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology

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• Call identifier1 FP7-KBBE-2007-1
• Date of publication 22 December 2006
• Deadline 2 May 2007 at 17.00 hrs (Brussels local
  time)

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Projects Funding Schemes

• Activity 2.1 3 LCP 27 SCP 11 CSA
• Activity 2.2 6 LCP 1 NoE 12 SCP 1 CSA
• Activity 2.3 5 LCP 1 NoE 3 SCP 5 CSA

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Funding schemes

• Small collaborative projects (small or
  medium-scale focused research actions) - SCP -
  are projects with a requested Commission
  contribution up to 3 million
• Large collaborative projects (large-scale
  integrating projects) LCP, Networks of
  Excellence (NoE) between 3 million and 6
  million
• Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) up to 1
  million.
• It is important to note that the above mentioned
  funding thresholds will be applied as eligibility
  criteria and that the proposals not fulfilling
  these thresholds are considered as ineligible.

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Annex 2 of the 2007 'Cooperation' Work
Programme -Eligibility criteria

• It is received by the Commission before the
  deadline given in the call text.
• It involves at least the minimum number of
  participants given in the call text.
• It is complete (i.e. both the requested
  administrative forms and the proposal description
  are present)
• The content of the proposal relates to the
  topic(s) and funding scheme(s), including any
  special
• conditions, set out in those parts of the
  relevant work programme

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Annex 3 of the 'Cooperation' Work ProgrammeForms
of Grant and Maximum Reimbursement Rates for
Projects Fundedthrough the Cooperation Work
Programme

• The FP7 'Rules for Participation' propose three
  potential forms of grant for the Community
  financial contribution reimbursement of eligible
  costs, flat rate financing including scale of
  unit costs, and lump sum financing
• Research and technological development activities
  - 75
• Demonstration activities 50
• Coordination and support actions 100
• Management, audit certificates and other
  activities (training, coordination, networking
  and dissemination)

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GUIDES FOR APPLICANTS

• Check that is the right guide for you by
  consulting the work programme, the call fiche
  (both posted on CORDIS), and the description of
  the funding scheme.
• The Guide and the work programme are essential
  reading.
• Guide, together with all information related to
  the call for proposals, can be downloaded from
  the web-site cordis.europa.eu/fp7/calls

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First steps

• Reading the topics (in Work Programme)
• Take the right guide for applicants NoEs,
• CSA, collaborative projects (small and
• large)
• Selection of topics according with your
  competence and expertise.

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Study case Collaborative Projects (CP)

• Purpose Developing new knowledge, new
  technology, products, including scientific
  coordination, demonstration activities or common
  resources for research.
• Specific Programmes concerned Cooperation,
  Capacities
• Participation Minimum conditions - at least
  three legal entities established in different EU
  Member States or Associated countries. The
  entities must be independent of each other
  Target audience - Research institutes
  Universities, Industry, including SMEs, Potential
  end-users

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• Size Resources
• The number of participants and volume of
  resources should be compatible with overall
  objective and manageability of the whole
  endeavour.
• A distinction between different forms of
  collaborative project - from small or
  medium-scale focused research actions to
  large-scale integrating projects for achieving a
  defined objective.
• Indicative Average Duration 24-60 months
• Activities Research, Demonstration, Management
  of the consortium, Other activities such as
  dissemination, training.

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• Form of Reimbursement
• Real indirect costs a simplified method of
  calculation of its full
• indirect eligible cost
• A participant may opt for a flat-rate of 20 of
  its total direct eligible costs
• Non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher
  education
• establishments, and research organizations and
  SMEs, which are
• unable to identify with certainty their real
  indirect costs for the project, when
  participating in funding schemes which include
  research and
• technological development and demonstration
  activities may opt for a flat-rate of 60 of the
  total direct eligible costs.
• Lump sum cost
• The participant shall apply the method chosen in
  all grant agreements under the Seventh Framework
  Programme.

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KBBE-2007-2-2-02 Impact of diet on ageing

• The objective of this topic is (in WP)
• to address nutritional issues that affect the
  ageing process in the hope of improving the
  health and quality of life of the ageing
  population.

• The objective of this
• topic is
• to address nutritional issues that affect the
  ageing process in the hope of improving the
  health and quality of life of the ageing
  population.

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Specific issues/needs linked to

• the degree of dependency (nursing homes, patients
  at home)
• malnutrition status
• dietary patterns leading to pathologies in the
  elderly
• comparison between existing epidemiological data
  from different population groups (elderly with
  different diets)
• dietary recommendation and nutritional European
  policies for the elderly.

The degree of dependency (nursing home, patients
at home) and increasing malnutrition will be
addressed. Inadequate dietary patterns leading
to pathologies in the elderly will be further
studied. Existing epidemiological data from
different population groups (elderly with
different diets) will be compared and new data
will be provided in view of developing European
dietary recommendation and nutritional policies
for the elderly.
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KBBE-2007-2-2-02 Impact of diet on ageing

• Working program
• Expected impact To advance
• the state of the art in the field of food and
• the ageing process. Enhancement of the
• cooperation and excellence in the relevant
• area between researchers in Europe and in
• other geographic regions to develop
• dietary recommendations for healthy
• ageing and well being of the elderly based
• on sound knowledge. New food will be
• designed to satisfy nutritional needs, e.g.
• nutrient-dense, tasty, familiar foods,
• available in convenient, easy-to-open
• packaging, and reasonably priced. To
• provide sound scientific data to
• substantiate health and nutrition claims
• and to contribute to the European
• Commission Health and Consumer
• Protection Directorate General policy in

• Expected impact
• - To advance the state of the art in
• the field of food and the ageing
• process.
• - To enhance the cooperation and
• excellence in the relevant area
• and in other geographic regions
• - To develop dietary recommendations
• for healthy ageing
• - To design new food to satisfy
• nutritional needs, e.g. nutrient-dense,
• tasty, familiar foods, available in
• convenient, easy-to-open packaging,
• and reasonably priced.
• - To contribute to the European
• Commission Health and Consumer
• Protection Directorate General policy
• in this area.

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• If you have the competence and expertise in
• several issues presented in the last 2 slides
• then you have 2 options
• Finding a coordinator or,
• Finding a consortium.
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• Using Partner profile forms
• Bio NCP support

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As partner

• Choose the right WP and activities that you can
  work with
• Be active in writing proposal
• Participate to the consortium meetings
• Be informed about the containing of both parts of
  the proposal (A and B)
• Choose the type of cost model
• Be close to all coordinator requests.

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As coordinator

• Choose the partners with expertise in the
• field for all the activities (research in
  nutrition, research in food development,
  training, dissemination, IT, packaging etc.)
• The consortium (number of partners) has to
• be established taking into account
• The work packages that were planned
• The budget of the project.

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• WPs are established within the consortium
  (initial one)
• For the budget is consulted each partners
  according with their effort (person month)
• A team of at least 2 persons will collect all the
  information from the partners and write entire
  proposal
• A first draft of the proposal is discussed within
  the consortium
• It is necessary to have a consensus between
  partners concerning the budget and the
  activities.

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• To have a good proposal (collaborative project or
  NoE) it takes at least 2 months
• It is necessary that the communication ways to be
  available and work very well (e-mail or phones or
  messenger program so on)
• Be in touch with Bio NCP to have support for any
  problems that can occur

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After submission