FP7 search for funds
•
HOW THE EU BUDGET IS FORMED AND DISTRIBUTED ? ...............................2
•
WHO MANAGES THE EU FUNDS ?.................................................................................3
•
WHAT ARE THE EU FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS ?..............................................3
THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION .....................................................................................4
THE EUROPEAN UNION’S AGENCIES: ................................................................................................4
•
HOW THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DISTRIBUTES THE EU FUNDS ?
COMPETITIVE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH. .......................................................................5
•
WHAT IS “EUROPEAN RESEARCH” ?..........................................................................5
•
WHAT IS A WORKPROGRAMME ?.................................................................................6
•
HOW WORKPROGRAMMES ARE DRAFTED ? HOW TOPICS APPEAR IN
THE WORKPROGRAMMES ? ......................................................................................................7
•
WHAT IS A CALL FOR PROPOSALS ?..........................................................................8
•
WHAT IS FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 7 (FP7) ? ..................................................9
•
WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES CAN BE FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION IN FP7 ? ...............................................................................................................9
•
WHAT IS FP7 FUNDING ? .................................................................................................9
•
HOW TO MAKE A GENERAL SEARCH FOR CALLS FOR PROPOSALS IN
FP7 ?....................................................................................................................................................10
I. SEARCH ON CORDIS DATABASE: ..............................................................................................10
II. SEARCH ON EUROPEAN COMMISSION DATABASE: ...................................................................17
•
HOW TO MAKE A CUSTOM – TAILORED SEARCH FOR CALLS FOR
PROPOSALS IN FP7 ?.................................................................................................................18
I. SEARCH ON THE COMMISSION’S GENERAL DATABASE: .............................................................19
II. SEARCH ON THE CORDIS DATABASE: .....................................................................................19
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• How the EU budget is formed and distributed ?
The European Union has its own resources to finance its expenditure.
Legally, these resources belong to the Union. Member States collect them
on behalf of the EU and transfer them to the EU budget.
There are three sources for the EU budget:
™ Traditional own resources (TOR) - they mainly consist of duties
that are charged on imports of products coming from a non-EU state.
They bring in approximately 15% of the total revenue.
™ The resource based on value added tax (VAT) is a uniform
percentage rate that is applied to each Member State’s harmonised
VAT revenue. The VAT-based resource accounts for 15% of total
revenue.
™ The resource based on gross national income (GNI) is a uniform
percentage rate (0,73%) applied to the GNI of each Member State. It
has become the largest source of revenue and accounts for 69% of
total revenue.
EU spending is limited by a multi-annual agreement between members of
the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers, and the European
Commission. This agreement contains a multi-annual financial framework.
The current financial framework covers spending plans for the seven years
period from 2007 to 2013.
The total EU revenue for 2007 was EUR 116,4 billion. The budget for 2008
is EUR 129,2 billion.
EU funds flow out to the Member States in accordance with the priorities
that the Union has identified. Actions and projects funded by the EU
budget reflect the priorities set by the EU countries at a given time.
These EU priorities are grouped under thirty different policy areas:
Agriculture
Audiovisual and Media
Communication
Competition
Conference interpretation
Consumers
Culture
Development
Economic and monetary affairs
Education, training and youth
Employment and social affairs
Energy
Enlargement
Enterprise
Environment
External Relations
External Aid
External Trade
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Fisheries
Fighting fraud
Freedom, Security and Justice
Humanitarian Aid
Human Rights
Information society
Public Health
Regional Policy
Research and Innovation
Sport
Statistics
Transport
Related links:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/budget_glance/index_en.htm
***
• Who manages the EU funds ?
The ultimate responsibility for the implementation of the EU budget lies
with the European Commission (which acts as funding agency).
The European Commission and its executive agencies are the only
European funding agencies managing EU funds.
***
• What are the EU funding organizations ?
There are 2 types of European funding bodies for research:
™ European associations of national organizations: they manage
national funds coming from members contributions. For example: the
European Science Foundation (ESF).
™ European Commission: manages EU funding (public money) coming
from the EU budget.
The difference between the 2 types of organizations can be seen from the
following example:
Example:
A consortium with 5 partner organizations from 5 different Member States
wants to submit a research proposal:
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Evaluation
Funding
Case 1. Call for proposals Case 2. Call for proposals
opened by the European opened by the European
Commission (EC)
Science
Foundation
(ESF)
The
evaluation
of
the The
evaluation
of
the
proposal is made by experts proposal is made by experts
evaluators selected from evaluators selected from
different
European
or different
European
or
international countries.
international countries.
The consortium as a whole is Each partner organization in
granted funds from the EU the
consortium
must
budget (“common basket”). receive funds from its
The
funds
are
then national funding agency
distributed among partners.
member of the ESF, within
the limits of this agency’s
contribution. A partner from
Finland,
for
instance,
cannot receive funds from
the funding agency of its
partners but only from the
Academy of Finland or
Tekes (members of the
ESF).
The role of the European Commission
The European Commission is responsible for distributing the EU funds
across EU policies (priorities).
The European Commission ensures that the EU money is spent only for
implementing the EU priorities and policies. It is for this reason why any
request (proposal) for EU funding must show how it responds to the EU
needs.
TIP: When requesting EU funds, you have to address a European problem,
need or priority.
TIP: When applying for EU funding, you should not expect that you get
funded only because you are good or because you have an interesting
idea. Your proposal for EU funds must prove that you are the best in
addressing a European problem, need, priority, interest.
The European Union’s agencies:
These are legally independent bodies but they are financially linked to the
Commission (they receive their funds from the Commission and
implement the Commission’s policies).
The Commission’s agencies can organize calls for proposals or calls for
tenders in their own field.
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You can find complete information
http://europa.eu/agencies/index_en.htm
on
the
EU’s
agencies
at
***
• How the European Commission distributes the EU funds ?
Competitive funding for research.
The European Commission (EC) distributes the EU funds only through
open competitions of proposals.
The Commission awards money in the form of grants in order to
implement project activities in relation to European Union policies. The
grants may be awarded following calls for proposals within fields as
diverse as research, education, health, consumer protection, environment,
humanitarian aid, etc.
The Commission also concludes public procurement contracts for the
supply of goods, implementation of works or provision of services. These
contracts are concluded following calls for tenders.
The public contracts can include for instance: carrying out studies,
consultancy, technical assistance, conducting information and awareness
campaign, organizing conferences, training courses, purchasing
publications or IT equipment, etc.
Any public or private organisation can apply for EU grants or public
contracts, provided they have the capacity to implement the project
concerned.
Related links:
http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/public_contracts/index_en.htm
***
• What is “European research” ?
The term “European research” usually refers to research topics of
European interest, involving European teams of researchers (consortia of
organizations).
The “European research” usually implies “excellent research”, “frontier
research”, “breakthrough research”, “bridging the gap (with USA, for
example) research”.
***
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• What is a Workprogramme ?
Grants are subject to annual programming. Each year, the European
Commission publishes the annual workprogrammes for all policy areas
which organize calls for proposals.
The workprogramme indicates the EU policy context in a specific area, the
objectives, the activities and topics which are going to be opened, the
timetable, the available budget, the participation conditions, etc.
The workprogramme is published once per year and it contains provisions
for one or several openings for calls for proposals during the following
year. By consulting the workprogramme you may identify the topics
where you can submit proposals.
In general, a new workprogramme maintains the areas of activity but has
different topics opened for calls for proposals each year. In other words,
you may find that the topic which interests you is opened for proposals in
the current year but disappears in the workprogramme for the next year.
Example:
The same scientific area was selected for exemplification: nano and
converging technologies. Note the differences in the topics called for
proposals under the same general area, from one year to another.
NMP WP 2007
NMP WP 2008
4.1.1 Nanosciences
and converging
sciences
4.1.2 Nanotechnologies
and converging
technologies
NMP-2007-1.1-1 Nanoscale mechanisms of
bio/non-bio
interactions
NMP-2008-1.2-1 Pilot lines
to introduce
nanotechnology-based
processes into the value
chain of existing industries
NMP-2007-1.1-2 Selfassembling and selforganization
NMP-2008-1.2-2
Nanotechnologies for water
treatment
NMP-2007-1.1-3
Support to networking
ICPC2 researchers in
nanotechnology and
creation of a free
NMP-2008-1.2-3
Development of
technologies for the
controlled combustion of
nanoparticles
and open electronic
archive of
nanosciences and
nanotechnologies
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scientific and technical
publications
NMP-2007-1.1-4
Development of
methodology,
collection and
elaboration of
scientific-technical and
socio-economic data
and studies on
nanosciences and
nanotechnologies,
including risk
assessment, and
establishment of an
observatory.
NMP-2008-1.2-4 Study
about best practices for IPR
and licence agreements for
collaborative research and
technological development
projects in nano and
converging technologies
NMP-2007-1.1-5
ERANET Plus in
nanosciences
***
• How Workprogrammes are drafted ? How topics appear in the
Workprogrammes ?
The responsibility of drafting a Workprogramme lies with the European
Commission.
The scientific topics are included in the Workprogramme following
extensive consultation by the Commission of the following:
™ European Technology Platforms (ETP):
European Technology Platforms focus on strategic issues where achieving
Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability depends upon
major technological advances. They are large consortia led by industry,
which define medium to long-term research and technological
development objectives and lay down markers for achieving them.
Technology platforms play a key role in better aligning EU research
priorities to industry’s needs.
They cover the whole economic value chain, ensuring that knowledge
generated through research is transformed into technologies and
processes, and ultimately into marketable products and services.
Related link:
http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/home_en.html
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™ Advisory Groups by the Commission:
The Commission has set up External Advisory Groups for scientific
assistance. Each specific programme of FP7 (Cooperation, Capacities,
People) has assigned an Advisory Group. For Ideas (the European
Research Council-ERC), the Advisory Group is represented by the Scientific
Council.
The Advisory Groups are made of representatives of academia and
industry, who act in their own capacity. The members of the Advisory
Groups are mainly involved in the drafting of the Workprogrammes and, if
necessary, assessment reports for the internal use of the Commission.
A list of the members of the Advisory Groups for FP7 can be found below.
Related link:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm?pg=eag
™ Program Committees by the Commission:
Each specific programme and subprogramme of FP7 (Cooperation,
Capacities, People) has assigned Program Committee.
The Program Committees are made of at least 2 national representatives
from each Member State plus Candidate Countries plus Israel. One of
these representatives is the National Contact Point for that area (carrying
the mandate of the national ministry of research). The other(s)
representative(s) are experts in that field, from academia, industry or
business community, who act in their own capacity. The members of the
Program Committee are involved in approving the Workprogrammes, in
discussing ranking of proposals and other operational issues.
™ Representatives of the European scientific community (e.g CNRS,
Max Planck, etc)
The scientific interests of all these communities, their medium and longterm research objectives and agendas will be reflected by the topics in the
workprogrammes.
***
• What is a call for proposals ?
After the workprogramme was published, the Commission’s Departments
publish calls for proposals on their internet sites. The calls for proposals
invite candidates to present, within a given deadline, a proposal for action
that corresponds to the requirements of the workprogramme.
TIP: Before starting writing a proposal you need to consult the call and its
published documents, particularly the workprogramme.
TIP: What to download and what to read from a call web page, before
starting writing the proposal:
¾ Call Fiche
¾ Workprogramme
¾ Guide for Applicants
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TIP: It can take 7 to 12 months from drafting a proposal to get it funded
and start working.
***
• What is Framework Programme 7 (FP7) ?
The European Commission funds research and demonstration activities
through dedicated framework programmes, which establish the
European priorities for research, science and technology for five or seven
years.
In 2007 started the Framework Programme 7 (FP7), with a duration of 7
years (2007 – 2013). The total budget for research in FP7 for the entire
duration is 50,5 billion Euro.
***
• What kind of activities can be funded by the European
Commission in FP7 ?
™ Research activities (progress beyond the state-of-the-art);
™ Research infrastructures and capacities (large research infrastructures
at European level);
™ Demonstration activities (model, prototype, proof-of-concept);
™ Management (meetings, reports, communication);
™ Dissemination of results (articles, books, brochures, website,
conferences, seminars, etc);
™ Exploitation of results (innovation related activities, transfer of
knowledge, patents, etc);
™ Training (courses, PhD training, postdoctoral training, etc);
™ Networking (workshops, seminars, conferences);
™ Studies, analyses, roadmaps;
™ Fellowships (training, career development, mobility).
***
• What is FP7 funding ?
The funding for research in FP7 is competitive, i.e. you should submit a
research proposal responding to one of the European priorities, which is
then evaluated by panels of European experts. You get funded only if
your proposal passes the evaluation with high marks !
The competition of research proposals in FP7 is extremely tough and it
can happen that very good research proposals do not pass the evaluation.
Lottery ?... Hard to say…
However, you should be prepared to win it, and for this your scientific
knowledge alone is not enough. You need patience, the right knowledge
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about the “logic” of European projects, but most of all you need
perseverance.
Example:
™ There were 9167 applications submitted to the ERC Starting Grant at
the first stage in 2007. From these, 559 proposals went to the second
stage. And from these, about 250 proposals got funded !
™ At the NMP call in 2007 there were 1580 proposals submitted for Small
and Medium scale projects. From these, 452 proposals failed the
evaluation, 313 proposals were retained on the reserve list and 815
proposals were actually funded.
***
• How to make a general search for calls for proposals in FP7 ?
I. Search on CORDIS database:
- Go to Cordis homepage: http://cordis.europa.eu/en/home.html
- On this page, on the left hand side menu, the first line is „European
Union Research Funding”. Click on it.
- On the new page (http://cordis.europa.eu/en/sitemap.htm#euresearch), see in the first (top) blue box the line „Find a call”. Click on it.
- A new page opens (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm), listing all
open calls in FP7 („Recently published calls”).
- Click on any link under “Recently published calls”, Cooperation or
Capacities or People or Ideas. The open calls are indicated by the
indicative of the call, for example: FP7-ICT-2007-3 or ERC-2008AdG_20080228, etc
Example:
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Recently Published Calls
™ Cooperation: 2007-12-04: - FP7-ICT-2007-3
™ Ideas: 2007-11-30: - ERC-2008-AdG_20080228, ERC-2008-AdG_20080318,
ERC-2008-AdG_20080422 and ERC-2008-Support
™ Euratom: 2007-11-30: - FP7-Fission-2008
™ Capacities: 2007-11-30: - FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-1, FP7-REGIONS2008-1, FP7-REGIONS-2008-2, FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2008-1, FP7-SME2008-1, FP7-REGPOT-2008-1 and FP7-REGPOT-2008-2
™ Cooperation: 2007-11-30: - FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1, FP7-ENERGY-2008-1,
FP7-ENERGY-2008-FET, FP7-ENERGY-2008-RUSSIA, FP7-ENERGY-NMP-20081, FP7-ENV-2008-1, FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD, FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, FP7-NMP2008-CSA-2, FP7-NMP-2008-EU-India-2, FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2, FP7-NMP2008-SMALL-2, FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2, FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1, FP7-SST-2008TREN-1, FP7-TPT-2008-RTD-1 and FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2
™ People: 2007-11-30: - FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008, FP7-PEOPLE-IAPP-2008, FP7PEOPLE-IRG-2008, FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008 and FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008
™ People: 2007-11-16: - FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-3-COFUND
™ Cooperation: 2007-11-15: - FP7-GALILEO-2007-GSA-1
™ Capacities : 2007-10-19: - FP7-COH-2007-2.2-OMC-NET
™ Capacities : 2007-10-02: - FP7-INCO-2007-3
™ Cooperation: 2006-12-22: - FP7-ICT-2007-C
- A new window will pop up, with all the necessary information about the
selected call.
Example: You click on FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2
The
new
page
which
opens
to
you
is:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.Cooperatio
nDetailsCallPage&call_id=93
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Cooperation : Call for Proposals
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production
Technologies
Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS) | Information Package
Additional Documents | Get Support | Build Your Consortium
Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
Production Technologies
EPSS is now available for this call for proposals
Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2
Publication date: 30 November 2007
Budget: € 100 993 000
Deadline(s): 06
March
2008
at
17:00:00
(Brussels
local
time)
02 September 2008 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) OJ Reference: OJ C288 of 30 November 2007
Specific Programme: [Cooperation]
Theme: [Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production
Technologies]
Restrictions to Participation: see eligibility criteria in the Work Programme
Top
Information Package:
In order to receive a complete Information Package for this call, you will need to
select the following elements:
1.
2.
3.
The call fiche (only available in .pdf format)
The work programme (.pdf format)
FP7 factsheets in your preferred language - an overview of the basic
features of this programme (.pdf format)
4.
The Guides for Applicants relevant to the funding schemes used in this call
(.pdf format)
All files have been treated uniformly and compressed to facilitate the access to
the individual documents and to optimise the speed of transfer. To access the
files, you will need a file compression utility capable of opening the '.zip' format.
Documents can be downloaded or sent to you by email. For the latter option,
please insert your email address in the box provided.
select all | clear all
Call Fiche
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Work Programme - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and
New Production Technologies (NMP)
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Select
this
Work Programme -General introduction
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
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document*
Work Programme -General annexes
Language: English
File
Type:
Select
document*
PDF
this
Guide for Applicants (Collaborative projects - CP)
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Select
document*
this
FP7 factsheets
Language:
English
File
Type:
PDF
select all | clear all
*Download OR e-mail the selected documents
Dow nload
E-mail
Top
Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS):
Please select the funding scheme, or sub-funding scheme, corresponding to the
work programme topic you are addressing, from the list below. You will then be
linked to the correct EPSS entry point.
Small or medium-scale focused research project
Go
- On this page, you click and download at least the Workprogramme for
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production processes,
and the Guide for Applicants.
Or
- Go to: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm
- Click on the right hand side menu bar:
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Cooperation
™ Health
™ Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
™ Information and Communication Technologies
™ Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies
™ Energy
™ Environment (including Climate Change)
™ Transport (including Aeronautics)
™ Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
™ Space
™ Security
™ Coordination of Research Activities
Ideas
™ ERC
People
™ PEOPLE
Capacities
™ Research Infrastructures
™ Research for the benefit of SMEs
™ Regions of Knowledge
™ Research Potential
™ Science in Society
™ Support for the coherent development of research policies
™ Activities of International Cooperation
Euratom
™ Fusion Energy
™ Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection
- Click on any of the programmes there which may be interesting for you.
- A new webpage will open, with all calls under that specific programme.
Example:
Click on Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production
Technologies:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.Cooperatio
nCallsPage&id_activity=4
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Cooperation : Calls
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Technologies
Materials
and
new
Production
Calls for Proposals
FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2
Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Materials and new Production Technologies
FP7-NMP-2007-SMALLTheme 4 – NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
1
Materials and new Production Technologies
CLOSED
FP7-NMP-2007-LARGETheme 4 – NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
1
Materials and new Production Technologies
CLOSED
FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE- Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
2
Materials and new Production
FP7-NMP-2007-CSA-1
CLOSED
Theme 4 – NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Materials and new Production Technologies
FP7-NMP-2008-EUIndia-2
Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Materials and new Production Technologies
FP7-NMP-2008-CSA-2
Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Materials and new Production Technologies
FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2
FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2
FP7-NMP-2007-SME-1
CLOSED
Theme 4 – NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Materials and new Production Technologies
FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL- Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
2
Materials and new Production Technologies
FP7-ENERGY-NMP2008-1
Joint Energy NMP Call
Coordination of Research Activities related to this theme (Calls for
Proposals)
FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
Coordination of Research Activities related to this theme (Calls for
Proposals)
FP7-ERANET-2007-RTD
ERA-NET / ERA-NET Plus Call 2007
CLOSED
Calls for Tender
2007/S
CLOSED
125-152142
2007/S
CLOSED
119-145485
Exploitation strategy and innovation consultants (ESIC)
for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
production technologies (NMP)
Project Technical Assistants (PTA) for nanosciences,
nanotechnologies, materials and new production
technologies (NMP)
- You can then click on any call for proposals which is open. A new
webpage will open, with all information about the call:
Example: Click on FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2
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Cooperation : Call for Proposals
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production
Technologies
Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS) | Information Package
Additional Documents | Get Support | Build Your Consortium
Theme 4 - NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
Production Technologies
EPSS is now available for this call for proposals
Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2
Publication date: 30 November 2007
Budget: € 100 993 000
Deadline(s): 06
March
2008
at
17:00:00
(Brussels
local
time)
02 September 2008 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) OJ Reference: OJ C288 of 30 November 2007
Specific Programme: [Cooperation]
Theme: [Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production
Technologies]
Restrictions to Participation: see eligibility criteria in the Work Programme
Top
Information Package:
In order to receive a complete Information Package for this call, you will need to
select the following elements:
5.
6.
7.
The call fiche (only available in .pdf format)
The work programme (.pdf format)
FP7 factsheets in your preferred language - an overview of the basic
features of this programme (.pdf format)
8.
The Guides for Applicants relevant to the funding schemes used in this call
(.pdf format)
All files have been treated uniformly and compressed to facilitate the access to
the individual documents and to optimise the speed of transfer. To access the
files, you will need a file compression utility capable of opening the '.zip' format.
Documents can be downloaded or sent to you by email. For the latter option,
please insert your email address in the box provided.
select all | clear all
Call Fiche
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Work Programme - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and
New Production Technologies (NMP)
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Work Programme -General introduction
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Language:
English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Select
document*
this
Work Programme -General annexes
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Guide for Applicants (Collaborative projects - CP)
Language: English
File
Type:
PDF
Select
document*
this
Select
document*
this
FP7 factsheets
Language:
English
File
Type:
PDF
select all | clear all
*Download OR e-mail the selected documents
Dow nload
E-mail
Top
Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS):
Please select the funding scheme, or sub-funding scheme, corresponding to the
work programme topic you are addressing, from the list below. You will then be
linked to the correct EPSS entry point.
Small or medium-scale focused research project
Go
- Again, on this page, you click and download at least the
Workprogramme for Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
production processes, and the Guide for Applicants.
II. Search on European Commission database:
- Go to: http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm#
- On the left hand side menu, click on “Funding opportunities” and select
Grants (http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm):
- Click on any area which is of interest for you.
- A new webpage will open, with all funding opportunities in the European
Commission in that particular area.
Example: Click on Environment:
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Funding Opportunities
The purpose of this page is to give an overview of the funding opportunities
available from the Environment Directorate General. Some links are also
provided to environment related funding opportunities in other DGs of the
Commission.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE
GENERAL
Since the beginning of 2007, funding is provided mainly through two financing
programmes :
LIFE +
the Civil Protection Financial instrument
Both programmes offer funding opportunities through grants, which are
detailed in the "GRANTS" page.
The Commission also organises procurement procedures for which information
is available through the "CALLS FOR TENDER" page.
Other funding opportunities maybe available through pilot projects and
preparatory actions managed by DG ENV – information on such funding can be
found under the "grants" and "procurement" pages.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM OTHER DGs of the COMMISSION
Grants of the European Union
Information about Research calls related to Environment - The CORDIS:
FP7 Homepage Website informs about Research calls
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme
EC External Aid Opportunities (EuropeAid - Co-operation Office)
Energy
Rural Development and Agriculture
Education and Training
Youth
Handbook for environmental project funding (September 2005)
"EU Funding for the Environment - A handbook for the 2007-13
programming period", WWF publication, April 2005
TIP: If you click on Research and Innovation, you will be directed to the
Cordis page (see Search on Cordis database).
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• How to make a custom – tailored search for calls for proposals
in FP7 ?
Let’s assume your field is ‘water purification’ and you want to see what
calls for proposals are open in your area. Presumably, you will be
interested in a more generic topic like “Environment”.
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I. Search on the Commission’s general database:
1. Click on: http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm
2. Click on “Environment”.
3. A new webpage will open, with all available funding information:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/intro_en.htm
4. You can then click on Life+, the funding programme for Environment
for 2007, and follow the instructions there.
II. Search on the CORDIS database:
1. Click on “Cordis – Find a call” webpage:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm
2. On the right hand side menu, under Cooperation, click on
“Environment”:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.Cooperatio
nCallsPage&id_activity=6
3. On the new webpage opened, click on the calls for proposals which are
opened.
Example:
FP7-ENV-2008-1
(http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.Cooperati
onDetailsCallPage&call_id=85)
and
FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2
(http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.Cooperati
onDetailsCallPage&call_id=86)
4. In each case, download the Workprogramme and read it. Search for
topics which include as keywords “water purification”. If you find any, it
means that there is a call open in your area. Next step would be to start
writing a proposal.
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