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Research Funding

European Funding at QM

RGA Support for Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

Reuben AlmeidaEuropean Projects Manager


Research Funding

European Funding Support at QM

Funding Opportunities resources

Web site: http://qm-web.finance.qmul.ac.uk/RGA/PA/EUhome.htm - Funding Opportunities link to ResearchResearch.com database on RGA home page (accessible via Staff intranet home page)- ERID database http://qm-web.finance.qmul.ac.uk/RGA/FormExpressionInterest.htm- Newsletter: Research QM produced by RGA Bi-monthly update on funding news, events, forthcoming deadlines and procedures- Email: Targeted emails to departments and individual researchers

UK Research Office in Brussels (UK research councils’ representative to the EU)www.ukro.ac.uk

http://qm-web.finance.qmul.ac.uk/RGA/PA/EUhome.htm

http://www.ukro.ac.uk/


Research Funding

European Funding Support at QM – Pre-Award

Dissemination of funding opportunities via email, dedicated RGA web pages (accessible via QMUL staff intranet) and departmental briefings;• One-to-one advice on developing research ideas into proposals along with funding and management (administrative) implications thereof;

• Registration of the proposal (if obligatory) on behalf of the PI if so requested;

• Providing written contributions to proposal, especially non-technical aspects such as management of project, added value of project to EU policy, justification for resources sought;

• Completion of supporting documents, e.g. administrative forms and legal documentation;

• Generation of internal costing and overall project budget (where QMUL is co-ordinator);

• Submission of the proposal on behalf of the PI by online submission (EPSS) or by post if so stipulated;

• If successfully evaluated, conducting contract negotiations on behalf of the PI and revision of the budget and work programme with the PI if required by the EC.


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Financial issues - Costings and cost models

A form of Full Economic Costs will be brought in under FP7 as is used for UK-funded research (with flat rate and lump sum financing for smaller projects) – but will not be fEC-based!

The conversion of fEC funding to fit in with EC regulations for FP7 funding is being conducted by Universities UK and exercise, which should have been completed by end January 2007.

For universities, 75% of direct eligible costs will be reimbursed with a flat rate of 75% applied for indirect costs – the indirect cost intervention rate may gradually decrease in later years of FP7. (COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS ONLY).

Full-cost funding will probably only affect larger-scale bids in the Co-operation Specific Programme (for consortium-based collaborative research projects). For Co-ordination and Support Actions, 100% of direct eligible costs plus 7% overheads funded.

Flat-rates will be applied to People programme projects (FP7 Marie Curie Actions) while lump-sum financing will be provided for European Research Council grants under the Ideas Specific Programme. (100% of direct eligible costs plus 20% overheads)

For information/advice please contact Reuben Almeida


Research Funding

What is FP7 for?

In order to realise these objectives, it is necessary to promote four types of activities:

• Trans-national co-operation in policy-defined themes (“Co-operation”)

• Investigator-driven research based on the initiative of the researcher (“Ideas”)

• Support of individual researchers (“People”)

• Support of research capacities (“Capacities”)


Research Funding

The Seventh Framework Programme – comprising four ‘Pillars’:

I. *Co-operation - Collaborative Research

II. *Ideas – Frontier Research

III. *People – Human Potential

IV. Capacities – Research Capacity

* Denotes those of possibly most interest to QM researchers


Research Funding

The Seventh Framework Programme

I. CO-OPERATION – Collaborative Research (€32 365 million)

Thematic Priorities• Health• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology• Information and Communication Technologies• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies• Energy• Environment (including Climate Change)• Transport• Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities• Security• SpaceCall URLs and Draft Work Programmes for above Thematic Priorities are

available to download from:http://qm-web.finance.qmul.ac.uk/RGA/PA/EUhome.htm

http://qm-web.finance.qmul.ac.uk/RGA/PA/EUhome.htm


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I. CO-OPERATION

Across all these themes, support for trans-national co-operation will be implemented through:

• Collaborative research; • Joint Technology Initiatives; • Co-ordination of research programmes; • International Co-operation (specific calls).


Research Funding

The Seventh Framework Programme: Collaborative Research

Small- or medium-scale focused research projects

(successor to FP6 STREPs)

6 -15 participants

Typical budget: €0.8 – 3 million (ave. €1.8 million)

Typical project duration: 18 – 36 months

Large-scale research integrating projects

(successor to FP6 Integrated Projects)

10 – 20 participants

Possible budget: €4 – 25 million (typical average around €10 million)

Typical project duration: 36 – 60 months

Networks of Excellence (NoE) 6 – 12 participants

Budget €4 – 15 million (ave. €7m)

5 – 7 years maximum

Work Programme – 2007 (1st call only)

1. Growth, Employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society - Changing Role of knowledge throughout the economy- Intangible investments and innovation in Europe;- Internationalisation and networking of research and innovation activities and systems;- The evolution of the service economy in Europe and its relations to productivity, growth, employment and welfare;- Globalisation and its effects on Europe's growth, employment and competitiveness;- The role of finance for growth, employment and competitiveness;- The impact of European demographic developments on growth, employment and competitiveness;- Macroeconomic policy, its interaction and co-ordination with other policies.


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I CO-OPERATION: Collaborative Research project types

Small- and medium-scale focused research projects:• Targeting specific objective in a clearly defined overall approach• Fixed overall work plan

Large-scale/ Integrating Collaborative projects:• Ambitious objective-driven research with a ‘programme approach’• Coherent, flexible and updateable set of activities• RTD activities, demonstration, Tech Transfer, training, dissemination, knowledge management and exploitation

Networks of Excellence:• Supports long-term durable integration of research resources and capacities• Jointly executed research to support integration• Joint training programme• Dissemination and communication plus coherent framework for management




Research Funding

I CO-OPERATION: Work Programme documentIdentifying research topic matching your own interest(s)

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of FP research funding, the work programmes aim to provide funding for projects involving a number of disparate specialisms so do not seek to identify an opportunity based on the name of the Thematic Priority alone. (Update your ERID entry!)

The Work Programme should list the “activity areas” for which proposals are called in the table of contents, though not always the case. Work Programmes for 2008/9 are expected to be published in late July. UKRO visit on 17th June will provide further information

Specific research topics: Content/scope: Specifications of research sought, activities to be fundedFunding scheme: Small-scale, large-scale or Network of ExcellenceSpecific features: Funding for projects with SMEs, industry-led or non-EU countries, e.g. USA, China, India, etc. Expected impact: Overall result, applicability to industry/policy, possibly societal valueOther information: Foreseen composition of consortia, likely budget per projectOpen in call: Call identifier, e.g. FP7-NMP-2007-1-RTD




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I CO-OPERATION: Work Programme document

Establishing key information for the call

Towards the end of the work programme document, there should be a section called “Implementation of calls” with a breakdown as follows (example):

IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLSCall title: Energy Call Part 1Call identifier: FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTDDate of publication: 22 December 2006Closure date: 2 May 2007 at 17.00, Brussels local time Indicative budget 110 M€ from the 2007 budget Topics called:

Activity/ Area Topics Called Funding Scheme

AREA ENERGY.1.1: FUEL CELLS

Topic ENERGY.2007.1.1.1: Basic research for materials and processes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC)

Collaborative Project (small or medium scale focused project)


Research Funding

The Seventh Framework Programme (cont’d)

II. IDEAS (€7,460 million)

* Focus on Frontier research* European added value – through competition managed by the European Research Council* Sole criterion for funding – excellence of research/ PI and team* Annual work programme for Starting and Advanced Independent Investigator grants

European Research Council (ERC) initiatives issued by an established Scientific Council independent from the EC


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II. IDEAS (cont’d)

Second call for Starting Independent Investigator Grants – Nov 2008?

- Bottom-up investigator-driven funding from EC for first time ever- Up-and-coming researcher in any field to set up own team free of EC strategic priorities but funded on scientific excellence only and with any combination of researchers- For researchers with ideally 2 – 9 years’ experience after obtaining PhD (with up to 12 years if maternity leave taken or other considerations such as national service taken into account)- To be based at one institution only with no transnational collaboration required but portability of grant guaranteed- Empower individuals to carry out excellent research free from administrative burdens- (Up to) 5-year grants with funding of €100,000 – 400,000 a year with annual increments possible of around €50,000- around €300 million available per call- If you have applied in the 2007 call, you cannot apply again until the 2009 call


Research Funding

II. IDEAS (cont’d)

Application procedure for Starting Grants:

- Two-stage procedure should continue from 2007 call

- An outline proposal of 8-10 pages is required for Stage 1; should you be invited to Stage 2, the proposal will be of 16-20 pages’ length (depending on appendices)

- For each stage, an expression of support from the College must be provided along with a completed table on any Ethical Issues pertaining to the project. PIs must contact Reuben Almeida for this as soon as possible.

Prior to submission, further advice can be sought from Caroline Wardle ([email protected]) on the final version of your proposal – please contact her in good time

mailto:[email protected]


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III. PEOPLE (€4,727 million)Follow-on from Marie Curie Actions in FP6

• Initial training and career development for Early Stage Researchers (pre-doctoral) via Marie Curie Networks

• Life-long training and career development to support the career development of experienced researchers through individual fellowships awarded directly at Community level and by co-financing of regional, national or international programmes.

•Industry-academia pathways and partnerships – supporting longer term cooperation programmes between academia and industrial entities, in particular SMEs, through staff secondments and workshops for exchanging information and experience.

•The international dimension: FP7 aims to attract research talent from outside Europe, to foster mutually beneficial research collaboration with researchers from outside Europe and to improve the career development of European researchers by supporting international research cooperation.


Research Funding

III. PEOPLE – examples of possible funding

Initial Training Networks (ITNs)(First stage call deadline: 2nd Sept; second stage deadline: TBC)

Call URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=usersite.FP7DetailsCallPage&CALL_ID=121

This action is aimed at researchers with less than 5 years’ full-time equivalent experience in research at the time of recruitment (pre-docs essentially). The focus remains on the initial training of researchers, though this is considered up to five years’ full-time equivalent experience. ITNs can offer training of 3 - 36 months for Early Stage Researchers (pre-doc), and between 2 - 24 months for Experienced Researchers (post-docs). A researcher can spend up to 3 years on one network; • This action also supports multiple stays of at least one month, for visiting scientists. These would be expected to have an outstanding record in international research and training; • There is no limit on the number of researchers that can be recruited from Third Countries.


Research Funding

III. PEOPLE – Initial Training Networks

The base salary has been increased as follows for researchers with less than 5 years’ experience ONLY: Early-Stage Researchers/ESRs (<4 years or PhD): €33,800 on employment contract and €16,900 on stipend Experienced Researchers/ EXRs (4 - 10 years): €52,000 on employment contract and €26,000 on stipend

A limited number of Visiting Scientists (VS) may be appointed for an appointment of not less than one month:EXR – as abovevEXR (more than 10 years) €78 000 on employment contract and €38, 000 on stipendTopped up by 30% to reflect outstanding nature of Visiting Scientist


Research Funding

III. PEOPLE – ITNs cont.

General rules:• No more than 40% of the total EC contribution may be allocated to the benefit of organisations within one country in Multi-site ITNs• ICPCs are eligible for funding above minimum number of countries in a multi-site ITN (at least THREE Member/Associated Countries must be represented)• Multi-site ITNs may include teams based in a Third Country IF a bilateral agreement between the EC and that country is foreseen (i.e. very limited)• Possibilities for Twinning ITN and/or Mono-site ITN – limited• Industry participation is expected and seen in a wider scope other than just traditional manufacturing/production industries but comprising enterprises and organisations in the general sense of commercial or socio-economic actors• Minimum of 80% ESR researcher months• Researchers can be nationals of any country other than that of the host • Nationals of countries outside EU/AC can only be recruited by EU/AC hosts• Researchers cannot have been resident of host country for more than 12 months of 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment


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III. PEOPLE – ITNs cont.

Typical activities of ITN

• Training activities• Secondments (for duration of up to 30% of recruitment period)• Visiting scientists to improve skills and know-how of researchers• International conferences and other training events open to external researchers

No 2009 call therefore 2008 call will have an increased budget and is only chance before 2010

Outline proposal deadline: 2nd September 200830 pages maximum required for this stage


Research Funding

III. PEOPLE – examples of possible funding (possible call deadline: 19th Aug)

International Incoming/Outgoing and Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF)Researchers need to have a doctorate or at least 4 years’ full-time research experience at the deadline date to be eligible.

The base salary has been increased as follows: EXR:(4 - 10 years): €52,000 on employment contract and €26,000 on stipend vEXR (more than 10 years) €78 000 on employment contract and €38, 000 on stipend

FURTHER INFORMATION:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/index.htm


Research Funding

IV. CAPACITIES

•Research Infrastructuresto optimise the use of existing research infrastructures; help develop new research infrastructures, and upgrade existing ones.

•Research PotentialActivities will include encouraging the exchange of know-how and experience through secondments of staff; recruiting incoming experienced researchers and acquiring new research equipment. (MCToK)

•International Co-operation (INCO)develop strategic partnerships with third countries and enhancement of S&T agreements


Research Funding

RGA continuous support for FP7

FURTHER UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE UPCOMING VISIT TO QMUL BY UK RESEARCH OFFICE (UKRO) ON JUNE 17TH – DETAILS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY

RGA website – European pages under ‘re-construction’

Funding opportunities can be obtained from the general RGA page fot this (using ResearchResearch tool)

Alternatively use CORDIS official FP7 web site:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html


Research Funding

Collaboration outside EU

Other than specific calls under FP7 Collaborative Research/ Co-ordination and Support Actions, there is very little.

Potential for funding under Erasmus Mundus programme for 3-month visits from non-EU countries (e.g. Russia, Latin America) but funding restricted to €13,000

Grants for Masters courses and collaborative development of curricula/research strategies restricted to 75% of direct eligible costs


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