The European Commission published yesterday the "NMP orientation paper", a draft of the NMP work programme including the description of all topics to be called in July 2012.
You can download the paper here.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
FP7 Health - 2013 orientation paper published
In preparation of the HEALTH call 2013, the EC has published an orientation paper on cordis. You can download it here.
Friday, 17 February 2012
New guide to FP7 financial issues available
On 16 Jan 2012, the EC has released a new version of the "Guide to Financial Issues relating to FP7 Indirect Actions". The main modifications concern
- Conditions for the submission of Certificates on Financial Statements (CFS, "audits"),
- Interest on pre-financing,
- Further details on cost eligibility of bank charges, flat rate for daily subsistence and accommodation, parental leave, travel costs, bonus payments, recruitment costs etc,
- Clarifications on the activities which may be charged under the category "other costs", including "Management costs".
- Conditions for the submission of Certificates on Financial Statements (CFS, "audits"),
- Interest on pre-financing,
- Further details on cost eligibility of bank charges, flat rate for daily subsistence and accommodation, parental leave, travel costs, bonus payments, recruitment costs etc,
- Clarifications on the activities which may be charged under the category "other costs", including "Management costs".
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Horizon 2020
The European Commission (EC) has today presented the corner stones of its new framework programme Horizon 2020.
For the first time, Horizon 2020 brings together all EU research and innovation funding under a single programme. With Horizon 2020 the EC intents to turn scientific breakthroughs into innovative products and services that provide business opportunities and change people’s lives for the better. At the same time the programme is supposed to drastically cut red tape, with simplification of rules and procedures to attract more top researchers and a broader range of innovative businesses.
Horizon 2020 will focus funds on three key objectives. It aims to
- support the EU’s position as a world leader in science with a dedicated budget of €24.6 billion, including an increase in funding of 77% for the very successful European Research Council (ERC).
- help secure industrial leadership in innovation with a budget of €17.9 billion. This includes a major investment of €13.7 billion in key technologies, as well as greater access to capital and support for SMEs.
- with a budget of €31.7 billion address major concerns shared by all Europeans , across six key themes: Health, demographic change and well-being; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; and Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
Funding provided by Horizon 2020 shall be easier to access thanks to a simpler programme architecture, a single set of rules and less red tape. Horizon 2020 promises a drastically simplified reimbursement by introducing a single flat rate for indirect costs (20%) and only two funding rates - for research (100%) and for close to market activities (70%) respectively; a single point of access for participants; less paperwork in preparing proposals; and no unnecessary controls and audits. One key goal is to reduce the time until funding is received following a grant application by 100 days on average, meaning projects can start more quickly.
For more information please refer to the original EC press release and the official documents.
For the first time, Horizon 2020 brings together all EU research and innovation funding under a single programme. With Horizon 2020 the EC intents to turn scientific breakthroughs into innovative products and services that provide business opportunities and change people’s lives for the better. At the same time the programme is supposed to drastically cut red tape, with simplification of rules and procedures to attract more top researchers and a broader range of innovative businesses.
Horizon 2020 will focus funds on three key objectives. It aims to
- support the EU’s position as a world leader in science with a dedicated budget of €24.6 billion, including an increase in funding of 77% for the very successful European Research Council (ERC).
- help secure industrial leadership in innovation with a budget of €17.9 billion. This includes a major investment of €13.7 billion in key technologies, as well as greater access to capital and support for SMEs.
- with a budget of €31.7 billion address major concerns shared by all Europeans , across six key themes: Health, demographic change and well-being; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; and Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
Funding provided by Horizon 2020 shall be easier to access thanks to a simpler programme architecture, a single set of rules and less red tape. Horizon 2020 promises a drastically simplified reimbursement by introducing a single flat rate for indirect costs (20%) and only two funding rates - for research (100%) and for close to market activities (70%) respectively; a single point of access for participants; less paperwork in preparing proposals; and no unnecessary controls and audits. One key goal is to reduce the time until funding is received following a grant application by 100 days on average, meaning projects can start more quickly.
For more information please refer to the original EC press release and the official documents.
Monday, 25 July 2011
FP7 Calls for 2012 are published!
Finally they are there! The FP7 calls for 2012 have been published on 20 July 11. After some technical problems they are now all available - for the first time ever on the Research participant portal.
The Participant Portal has become the European Commission's single authoritative website for the publication of FP7 calls. The FP7 call-related information is no longer published on CORDIS. Users of the 'Find a call' section on CORDIS are redirected to the relevant pages of the 'FP7 Calls' section of the Participant Portal. Also the Electronic submission system (EPSS) is now hosted on this single entry portal.
The calls are worth € 7 billion - the biggest ever calls for proposals, up by 9 % from last year. Their focus lies on innovation and the promotion of SMEs. Projects are expected to tackle today's challenges, in particular climate change, energy and food security, the need for greater resource efficiency, health and our ageing population. To add two years of healthy life for the average European by 2020 is a major goal.
Struggling in the jungle of 11 thematic priorities and their work programmes, buzz words, and secret codes? Contact us, we will guide you through and support you in the preparation of your proposal - sichern Sie sich Ihren Teil am Kuchen, gagnez avec nous!
The Participant Portal has become the European Commission's single authoritative website for the publication of FP7 calls. The FP7 call-related information is no longer published on CORDIS. Users of the 'Find a call' section on CORDIS are redirected to the relevant pages of the 'FP7 Calls' section of the Participant Portal. Also the Electronic submission system (EPSS) is now hosted on this single entry portal.
The calls are worth € 7 billion - the biggest ever calls for proposals, up by 9 % from last year. Their focus lies on innovation and the promotion of SMEs. Projects are expected to tackle today's challenges, in particular climate change, energy and food security, the need for greater resource efficiency, health and our ageing population. To add two years of healthy life for the average European by 2020 is a major goal.
Struggling in the jungle of 11 thematic priorities and their work programmes, buzz words, and secret codes? Contact us, we will guide you through and support you in the preparation of your proposal - sichern Sie sich Ihren Teil am Kuchen, gagnez avec nous!
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
DESCA version 3 available
A revised version of the DESCA models for consortium agreements is now available on the DESCA website. You can find there
-DESCA 3.0 with elucidations
-DESCA 3.0 working document without elucidations
-Overview of modifications to DESCA 2.0
-DESCA report on the stakeholder consultation
and much more information and supporting documents.
We would like to cordially thank the DESCA team for all its efforts!
-DESCA 3.0 with elucidations
-DESCA 3.0 working document without elucidations
-Overview of modifications to DESCA 2.0
-DESCA report on the stakeholder consultation
and much more information and supporting documents.
We would like to cordially thank the DESCA team for all its efforts!
Sunday, 10 April 2011
NET4SOCIETY published "SSH experiences with FP7 - a Commentary"
How to improve conditions for SSH researchers in FP7 and beyond?
Last year NET4SOCIETY, a network of the 44 National Contact Points (NCPs) for Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH), carried out a survey about the experiences of researchers from the scoio-economic sciences and humanities with FP7.
The full results of the survey have recently been published and presented to the European Commission.
A summary of results and the report are available for download here.
Last year NET4SOCIETY, a network of the 44 National Contact Points (NCPs) for Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH), carried out a survey about the experiences of researchers from the scoio-economic sciences and humanities with FP7.
The full results of the survey have recently been published and presented to the European Commission.
A summary of results and the report are available for download here.
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