RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS of FP6

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RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS of FP6

• METU Office of EU Affairs

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• Instrument specification of a type of project
  that can be financially
• supported
• Participant a legal entity contributing to the
  project and having rights
• and obligations with
  regard to the Community under the
  terms of the
  contract.
• E.g. - enterprises
• - research institutions
• - universities
• - public administrations
• - organisations that possess specific
  competence in management
• - potential users or other stakeholders

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TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS

• Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP)
• Specific Support Action (SSA)
• Coordination Action (CA)
• Marie Curie Actions
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• Integrated Projects (IP)
• Networks of Excellence (NoE)

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SPECIFIC TARGETED RESEARCH PROJECT (STREP)

• Definition
• Multipartner research, demonstration or
  innovation projects to support
• activities of a limited scope and ambition
• Aims and Objectives
• Increase European competitiveness
• Meet the needs of society or the EU policies
• Gain knowledge
• Improve existing products, processes or services
• Prove the suitability of new technologies
• Duration 2- 3 years

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STREPNumber of Participants

• Minimum three participants from three different
  Member States
• or Associated States (of which two must be
  Member States or Associated Candidate Countries)
• Some calls may specify a higher minimum number of
  participants

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SPECIFIC SUPPORT ACTION (SSA)

• Definition
• SSAs are service type contracts that can be
  used to fund events such as
• workshops, small conferences, studies and expert
  groups
• Aims and Objectives
• To support the implementation of FP6
• To potentially help the preparation of future
  Framework Programme
• To stimulate, encourage and facilitate the
  participation of
• - SMEs
• - Small research teams
• - Newly developed and remote research centers
• - Organisations from the Candidate Countries
• Duration from several months to 2-3 years
• Number of Participants one or more legal entities

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SSA Project Alternatives

• The projects may cover one or a combination of
  the following
• Conferences
• Seminars
• Studies and Analysis
• Working and Expert Groups
• Operational Support and Dissemination
• Information and Communication

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COORDINATION ACTION (CA)

• Definition
• Coordination Actions are instruments that can be
  used to bring together scientists to prepare for
  future cooperation
• Aims and Objectives
• Fund the networking of researchers
• Reinforce the thematic networks by coordinating
  the activities that they involve
• Duration 2-3 years
• Participants minimum 3 participants from 3
  countries

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CA Activities

• Performance of studies, analyses, benchmarking
  exercises
• Exchange and dissemination of information
• Exchange and dissemination of good practices
• Exchange of personnel
• Organisation of conferences, seminars, meetings
• Setting up of common information systems
• Setting up of expert groups
• Definition, organisation and management of joint
  or common initiatives

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MARIE CURIE ACTIONS (Mobility of Researchers)

• Definition
• Providing broad support for the mobility of
  human resources to and from the European Research
  Area, to promote international dimension of
  research, networking and scientific collaboration
• Aims and Objectives
• Provide a variety of options for researchers at
  all levels, as well as host institutions, to ease
  the way for cooperative research, sharing
• of knowledge and experience in all scientific
  areas
• Number of Participants one or more

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MARIE CURIE ACTIONS

• Host-Driven Actions
• Individual-Driven Actions
• Excellence Recognition
• Return and Reintegration Mechanisms

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MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Host-Driven Actions

• Research Training Networks (RTN)
• Early-Stage Research Training (EST)
• Transfer of Knowledge (ToK)
• Series of Events (SCF) Large Conferences (LCF)

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MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Individual-Driven Actions

• Intra-European Individual Fellowships (EIF)
• Incoming International Fellowships (IIF)
• Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF)

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MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Excellence Recognition

• Excellence Grants (EXT)
• Excellence Awards (EXA)
• Excellence Chairs (EXC)

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MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Return Reintegration
Mechanisms

• European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
• International Reintegration Grants (IRG)

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• What else to
• know about
• different instruments...

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Financial regime and funding model (FC, FCF and
  AC)
• Participation/finance
• Submission, evaluation and negotiation process
• Consortium agreement
• Preparation of the work packages
• Reporting and screening process

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STRUCTURE OF PROPOSALS

• PART A Administrative Information
• A1. General proposal info (e.g. proposal name,
  proposers
• names and addresses, brief description of the
  work)
• A2. Info on coordinator and partners
• A3. Cost breakdown for all consortium
• PART B Project Details
• Section B1. Scientific and technical description
• Section B2. Information on partners and consortium

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STRUCTURE OF PROPOSALSPart B Project Details

• Intro Front Page
• Table of Contents (1 page)
• B1 Proposal Summary
• B2 ST Objectives and the State of the Art (3
  pages)
• B3 Relevance to the Objectives of the Related
  Priority (3 pages)
• B4 Potential Impact (3 pages)
• B5 Consortium and Project Resources (6 pages)
• B6 Project Management (3 pages)
• B7 Workplan (Gannt, PERT, DoW in terms of WPs)
• B8 Other Issues ethical, gender related, EU
  policies, etc.

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Instruments in Comparison-1
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Instruments in Comparison-2
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EVALUATION CRITERIA

• STREP SSA CA IP NoE
• Relevance X X X X X
• Potential impact X X X X X
• S T excellence X X
• Excellence of participants X
• Quality of the coordination X
• Quality of the support action X
• Quality of the consortium X X X
• Degree of integration the JPA X
• Quality of management X X X X
• Organization management X
• Mobilization of resources X X X X

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Which instrument to use?
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Why participate in FP6?

• A unique Europe-wide research program offering
• A range of scientific opportunities
• Wide contacts
• Productive partnerships
• Enhanced mobility
• An international benchmark
• A growing and secure budget (17.5 billion Euro)

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RELATED WEBSITES

• http//www.cordis.lu/en/home.html
• http//fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/home.cfm
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/mobility.htm
• http//www.tubitak.gov.tr
• http//www.fp6.org.tr
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-
  actions
• http//www.fp6.org.tr/web/degerlendirme_sonuclari.
  htm

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TIPS-1

• It is always very practical and easier to start
  as a partner in a project (not coordinator)
• In practice, the minimum number of partners given
  in the Call is never enough
• Since there is limited experience in FPs, it is
  much easier for Turkish researchers to write
  proposal using STREP, SSA as instruments
• MC activities are very suitable for mobility
  purposes, ranging from early researchers to the
  most experienced and well-known

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TIPS-2

• If you get an offer to join a consortium, do so.
  It is the best way to learn about the process
• A very good way of being involved in the process
  (without even writing a proposal) is to become an
  evaluator
• A project proposal can be 50-160 pages long!
• Keep in mind writing an FP6 project proposal is
  not easy, however, many people have been
  successful.
• YOU CAN DO IT, TOO!

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