1. Advice for Applicants
Dr. Astrid-Christina Koch
Science Counsellor
EU Delegation to the United States
2. Advice for applicants
Analyse the work programme carefully
Apply if you see a clear opportunity that fits your strategy
Choose your partners carefully
Do not view EC grants only as a source of cash, but as a
means to access know-how & resources from partners.
Managing the project yourself is a major task – it needs
to be properly planned & resourced – but you have control.
Use support structures:
National Contact Points (NCPs), Fit-for-Health, …
3. Types of projects
• Small studies and coordination efforts:
• Coordination and Support Actions (CSA)
• With funding up to 100%
• Research and Development projects:
• Collaborative Projects (CP)
• Shared cost funding (50 or 75%)
4. Participation opportunity
• On basis of annual calls for proposals by
each of the different programme parts
• Published on web
• Cordis (= general web repository of FP7
material)
• FP7 Participants Portal
• Outlines specific areas and topics, the
budget available, max. project size and
further eligibility criteria/conditions
5. How to participate and submit
• Projects have minimum EU partner rules
• e.g. at least 3 independent partners from
different EU Member States and Associated States
• Establish close link to a EU consortium wishing to
submit a proposal
6. Step 1 – submission of proposal
• Coordinator assembles team and takes lead
• All participants have to register with Unique
Registration Facility (URF)
• Provides unique Participant Identification Code
(PIC) for all FP7 proposals and participations
• Drafting and submission through online
submission tool (Electronic Proposal
Submission System – EPSS)
• Allows for joint text preparation
• Coordinator responsibility to submit before
deadline
7. Step 2 – Independent Evaluation
• Performed by an independent panel put together
by the Commission
• Three steps – individual assessment, followed by
consensus finding, and overall ranking to use
available budget
8. Thank you
Contacts & Information:
FP7 web site: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal
To register as an Expert: https://cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/
FitForHealth: www.fitforhealth.eu
EC projects database: www.healthcompetence.eu
Editor's Notes
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