Experiences from FP7 projects

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Experiences from FP7 projects university
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Masaryk University Rectors Office - CEITEC
Project Team Ondrej Hradil
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Experiences from FP7 projects

• POSTBIOMIN Program developing interdisciplinary
  research potential for the studies of
  biomolecular interactions
• FP7-Research Potential-2007-1
• Coordinator Masaryk University, NCBR National
  Center for Biomolecular Research
• Partners no
• Funding scheme Coordination and support action
• Budget 1,05 million
• Project duration 36 months
• Project status first project year finished,
  progress report submitted to the Commission

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• POSTBIOMIN
• Project Goal improving research potential
• Exchange of know-how and experience with other
  top tier research teams incoming and outgoing
  stays
• Recruitment of researchers reintegration of
  experienced Czech scientist, new PostDoc
  positions
• Organisation of workshops and conferences PhD
  course, lectures by excellent scientists,
  workshops
• Thematic focus
• Life sciences - Biomolecular interactions

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• POSTBIOMIN experiences
• First project coordinated by Masaryk University
• New instrument - low competition in the first
  call?
• No consortium needed, just a single entity
• easy to apply but big competition
• succes rate in the call 258 projects above
  tresholds, 23 funded
• Evaluation summary report 14,5 points
• Help of external consultant or internal
  expertise?
• Excellent project proposal
• Knowledge of university environment
• How to pay for it?

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• SynBIOsis - Maximizing synergies for Central
  European Biotech Research Infrastructures
• FP7-Regions of Knowledge-2008-1
• Coordinator South Moravian Innovation Centre
  (JIC, www.jic.cz), first ever RoK project
  coordinated from Czech Republic
• Partners South Moravia region, Czech Republic
  and Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Italy
• Funding scheme Coordination and support action
• Budget 1 million
• Project duration 36 months
• Project status waiting for signature of Grant
  Agreement

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• SynBIOsis
• Project Goals
• To design a functional and collaborative model
  between academia and bussines for effective use
  of existing and planned research infrastructures.
• To enhance integration into ERA in order to
  ensure sustainability of large infrastructure
  projects participation in FP7

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• SynBIOsis infrastructures concerned
• South Moravian Region
• MediPark new Masaryk University Campus
• ICRC International Clinical Research Center
• CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology
• Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
• Area Science Park Trieste
• ELETTRA - sincrotrone
• FEL Free Electron Laser
• BINASP nanotechnology applied to biology and
  medicine

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• SynBIOsis experiences
• Consorcium building
• Conditions 2 research driven clusters from 2
  countries, clusterat least 3 entities (regional
  government coordinator, university, companies)
  difficult to achieve
• In certain stage 4 regions involved, finally only
  2 participate
• Success rate in the call
• 15 projects above tresholds, 11 funded
• Evaluation summary report 12 points
• Administrative aspects
• Use of third parties (possible but more
  difficult)
• Too many partners/third parties registration
  and validation in URF takes a long time
• Negotiations finished in October 2008, bud Grant
  Agreement still not signed be flexible ?

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• General remarks
• Consorcium building
• Minimum rules usually 3 organisations from 3
  member states, but this is usually not enough
• Additionality complementarity
• Geographical coverage
• Trust and reliability of partners (long term
  partnerships)
• FP7 projects is not just science, although
  science is important 3 main evaluation
  criteria
• Scientic Technological Excellence
• Quality and efficiency of management and
  implementation
• Potential impact
• Bureaucracy? much less than with structural
  funds projects

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Experiences from FP7 projects

• Does it make sence to participate in FP7
  projects?
• Yes,
• If you want to conduct excellent research on EU
  and international level
• If you want to network with the best research
  teams
• No,
• If you want to get easy money for nothing

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Forum 4 Maximizing synergies of FP7, Structural
Funds and Collaboration of Academia and Industry
for Central European Biotech research

• Contacts
• CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology
  Žerotínovo nám. 9
• 601 77 Brno
• Czech Republic
• E-mail info_at_ceitec.cz
• Web www.ceitec.eu
• Ondrej Hradil, Deputy Project Director
• tel [phone], e-mail
  ondrej.hradil_at_ceitec.cz