Example of real co-funded call: JPND

Rainer GirgenrathDLR-PT (Germany)

AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumCanadaCroatia

Czech RepublicDenmarkFinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

HungaryIrelandIsraelItaly

LuxembourgNetherlands

NorwayPoland

PortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia

SpainSweden

SwitzerlandTurkey

United Kingdom

JPND is the largest global ND research initiative led by 28 participating countriesEU member statesAssociated countries Third countries

We cannot tackle neurodegenerative diseases by acting as single countries

Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

YearTotal

fundingResearch Area

No. of Projects

2011 € 14 M Harmonization of biomarkers 4

2012 € 17 M Risk and Protective Factors 5

2012 € 9 M Evaluation of Healthcare 6

2013 € 12.5 M Cross-Disease Analysis 10

2013 € 7 M Preventive Strategies 5

2014 € 0.5 MWorking groups on longitudinal cohort

studies15

Total € 60 M 40

JPND: Joint transnational calls

Partnership with the EC: co-funded call

• Synergy between JPND and H2020: JPco-fuND

• up to € 10 M EC top-up funding • Started in January 2015

• Call on three topics for 2015 (€ 30 M national budget)

• Genetic, epigenetic and environmental risk + protective factors

• Longitudinal cohorts in ND research

• Advanced experimental models of ND

Organisation: Jpco-fuND

Network Steering Committee (NSC)25 funding organizations

Executive Committee (ExCom)WP leader

Coordinator: Philippe Amouyel

Call Steering Committee (CSC)participating organizations

Joint Call Secretariat (JCS)

Peer Review Procedure

• > - 6 months Call topic(s)• - 3 months Call text

Peer Review Procedure

Call text•Topic(s)•Participating organizations•Funding duration: 3 yrs.•Size of consortia: 3-8•Limitation of research groups from one country: 2•2 step review procedure•Review criteria•Eligibility criteria•Earmarked budget•National contact points

Peer Review Procedure

• > - 6 months Call topic(s)• - 3 months Call text• - 2 months Call procedures

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Peer Review Procedure

Call procedures•Boards/structure•Eligibility•Size of the consortia•External collaborators•Revision of a proposal•PRP: composition, declaration•Pre-proposal evaluation: written statements + PRP meeting•Scoring 1-5, weighting of review criteria•Feedback to applicants•Formal check•PRP/CSC meeting (full proposals)•Time schedule

Peer Review Procedure

• > - 6 months Call topic(s)• - 3 months Call text• - 2 months Call procedures

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)• - 1 month Collect potential reviewers

Country specific informationProposal templateElectronic submission systemFrequently asked questions (FAQ)

Publication of the call (Call text and documents)

Peer Review Procedure

• 1 month Reviewers (from all countries)Chair Declaration (confidentiality, conflict of interest) signed

• 2 months Deadline Pre-proposals: 175 Pre-proposalsFormal check (corrections within 48 hours)National eligibility checkReviewer assignment (3 per proposal)

• 3 months Written evaluation (scores 1-5)• 4 months CSC Meeting/Peer Review Panel (PRP)

-> selection of top pre-proposals: 55

Peer Review Procedure

• 4 months Inform applicants, Feedback:Decision/Evaluation text/final scores

• 5 months Compile Final Review BoardDeadline Full proposalsFormal checkReviewer assignment (3 per proposal)

Summer break: months 6 + 7• 8 months PRP Meeting: Final recommendation: 29

Final ranking listCSC Meeting: Funding gaps

Peer Review Procedure

• 8 months Funding gaps + possible solutions

1. increase national budget

2. cut budget of funded research groups

3. EC top-up funding

4. reject proposal• 9 months Final CSC decision

Inform applicants

Start national funding negotiation• 11 months first projects start

Consortium agreement

• Minimum overall amount that needs to be spent receive max. EC contribution of 10 Mio. € is 30 Mio. €.

• Failures of funded transnational projects or budget cuts within their duration might reduce the final EU-Top-Up Funding as this will be based on real expense.

• The maximum budget available for co-funding of research projects is 7 Mio. € (10 Mio. € - 3 Mio. € management and unit costs).

• Australia, Canada, and Switzerland’s budget does not count for calculating the maximum co-funding amount.

Consortium agreement

• Goal: maximize the number of high quality proposals to be funded.

• First explore all funding solutions to unblock situations at the national level.

• Each final sum paid by the partners will be topped-up by 10% with EC contribution. If this leads to a situation where insufficient funds are remaining from the EC contribution to fund further projects, this percentage may be revised by the CSC.

• A part of the EC contribution will be used to fund partners for which no more national funds are available (filling the gap).

• The distribution of remaining funds, if any, shall be discussed and decided during a CSC meeting.

EC top-up budget distribution

Partial sums

Rank TotalCountry

ACountry

BCountry

CCountry

DCountry

ECountry

FCountry

G1 1.136.622 0 0 198.000 0 0 249.600 569.1302 2.542.903 0 0 198.000 0 333.333 249.600 1.282.1823 3.577.486 199.360 0 198.000 0 333.333 249.600 1.817.2744 5.027.905 199.360 0 398.000 0 333.333 646.339 2.330.9545 5.497.072 199.360 0 398.000 0 333.333 805.459 2.541.0016 6.990.361 199.360 0 398.000 0 333.333 1.117.959 3.021.2217 8.175.481 199.360 0 398.000 0 333.333 1.303.079 3.521.2218 9.679.168 199.360 0 398.000 315.000 333.333 1.699.039 3.811.3989 11.392.346 199.360 0 398.000 764.478 333.333 1.859.039 4.223.59810 11.917.146 199.360 0 598.000 764.478 333.333 2.059.039 4.223.59811 12.735.146 199.360 0 598.000 764.478 333.333 2.059.039 4.523.59812 13.759.494 199.360 0 598.000 764.478 333.333 2.309.039 4.722.94613 14.359.554 199.360 0 598.000 764.478 333.333 2.509.039 4.923.02614 15.601.940 199.360 0 598.000 925.466 494.321 2.509.039 5.219.48615 16.901.920 199.360 0 798.000 925.466 494.321 2.509.039 5.719.48616 17.912.098 199.360 0 798.000 925.466 494.321 2.736.543 6.002.160

Possible funding

Gap filling in order of ranking

Reimbursement of at least 10% of actual budget (without AU, CA, CH)

a. 10 % of actual budget if no gap filling is used

b. 0 % if already 10% are used for gap filling

c. 1-9 % if less than 10 % are used for gap filling

Total budget e.g. 30.000.000 € A b c

Actual budget 199.000 500.000 650.000

Gap filling 0 130.000 29.000

Reimbursement 19.900 0 36.000

Additional reimbursement to reach guaranteed reimbursement (%)

10 % 0 % 5 %

Actual reimbursement 10 % 26 % 10 %

EC top-up budget distribution

We strongly recommend to use the EC money primarily for gap filling

-> more funded projects-> more EC top-up money

EC top-up budget distribution

ERA-NET Cofund

EC requirements for co-funded calls•Call text received at least 30 days before publication•Call open for at least 60 days•Two-step procedure•Only eligible entities invited to step 2•At least three independent experts (reviewer) per full proposal•Review criteria: 1. excellence

2. impact

3. quality and efficiency of the implementation•No jumping in the ranking list•Confidentiality

ERA-NET Cofund

• Submit to the EC:

a) Ranking list

b) Observers’ report

c) Joint selection list

d) Signed commitment on availability of funds

e) Participants and abstracts

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