EU Research Management Unit

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• EU Research Management Unit Funding
  Opportunities, Project Management Support
  Participation in FP6 Challenges for FP7
• Siegfried Huemer
• ASO Sofia, 24 November 2006

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Vienna University of Technology TU Wien (TUW)

• 1815 k.k. Polytechnical Institute
• 1872 Technische Hochschule Wien
• 1975 Technische Universität Wien
• 2002 University Act 2002

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Organisation
University Act 2002 in full force since 2004
Rector and 3 Vice Rectors
Senate with 24 members
University Council (5 members), supervisory board
8 Faculties
15.800 students
1.440 scientists
850 administrative officers
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Vienna University of Technology

• Faculty of Architecture and Planning
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering IT
• Faculty of Informatics
• Faculty of Mathematics Geoinformation
• Faculty of Physics
• Faculty of Technical Chemistry

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Alumni
Christian Doppler (Doppler effect)
Viktor Kaplan (Kaplan turbine)
Fritz Lang (film director)
Josef Johann Strauß (composers)
Herbert Boeckl (painter)
Rudolf Steiner (anthroposopher)
Franz Viehböck (astronaut)
Luis Trenker (climber actor)
Richard Zsigmondy (Nobel Prize laureate)
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University Extension Centre

• EU Research Management Unit
• International Co-operation in Education
• e-Learning Centre
• Technology Transfer

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Austrian Network of Experts in EU Funding
Consultancy
FFG www.ffg.at Research Promotion Agency
(National Contact Point FP7)
ÖAD www.oead.ac.at Austrian Exchange Service
TU Wien EU Research Unit www.tuwien.ac.at/welcome
_eng.html

EU Commission DG Research
Austrian Delegates FP6 Programme Committees
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Funding Opportunities for European Co-operation
in S T

• Partnership Agreements with the Vienna University
  of Technology
• Bilateral Scientific Technological Co-operation
  Agreements with the Ministry
• Multilateral European Research Cooperation
  Initiatives (EU-FP6/FP7, COST, EUREKA)

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Project Management Support

• EU Research Information System
• Project Monitoring and Statistics
• Individual Proposal Consulting (calls,
  administrative forms, auditing)
• FP 6 project management (financial legal
  aspects)

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EU Project Consulting

• Identify the appropriate research area
• Create a complementary consortium
• Define the roles of participants (coordinator,
  partner, sub-contractor)
• Chooce of the cost model (AC/FCF/FC)

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EU Research Project Documents

• Proposal Submission Forms
• Contract Preparation Forms
• Model Contract/Grant Agreement for Cost
  Reimbursement
• Consortium Agreement
• Financial Statements
• Project Reports (periodic and final)

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EU Project live cycle
Call for Proposal
Draft for next 18 months
Proposal
Evaluation
Audit Certificate
Financial Statement Form C
Contract Prep. Forms EU Research Management Unit
EU Contract (Grant Agreement) Consortium
Agreement
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Participation in FP 6 (2002-2006)
EU Framework Programme 6 AUSTRIA TU Wien
EU Projects 1.225 118
Co-ordinators 195 17
Funding Mio. 347 27,4
Source 09/2006 PROVISO
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Projects of the TU Wien in FP 6
Status 30.9.06
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Opportunities and Challenges in FP7

• 54 bill. Euro Funding ( 60 p.a. c.t. FP6)
• 10 Research themes for EU cooperation
• International co-operation in S T
• Specific programme PEOPLE

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Challenges in FP7

• New Funding Schemes
• Simplified Methode of Calculation of Indirect
  Costs
• New Model Grant Agreement Consortium Agreement
• Fragementation (COST, EUREKA, CIP, eTEN et.al.

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Useful links

• CEEPUS http//www.ceepus.info/
• EU Community Research in FP7 http//cordis.europa.
  eu/fp7
• PEOPLE in FP7 http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people.h
  tm
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION in FP7
  http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm - 7
• COST http//www.cost.esf.org/
• EUREKA-NIP http//www.eureka.be/

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TU Wien Beyond Technology
two orchestras
Viennas oldest ball
public debate seriesStreitgespräche
soccer club(vice world champion!)
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Vienna University of Technology

• Dipl.-Ing. Siegfried Huemer, Head of EU Research
  Management Unit
• huemer_at_ai.tuwien.ac.atTel43 1 58801 41553
  Fax[phone]
• Gusshausstrasse 28/0155 - 1040 Wien AUSTRIA
• http//www.ai.tuwien.ac.at/eufm/eufm_home.html/
• http//www.tuwien.ac.at/welcome_eng.html