how to prepare a successful proposal in fp6
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How to prepare a successful proposal in FP6. Floriana Di Giacomo , NCP IST APRE Agenzia per la promozione della ricerca europea Napoli , 13 - 05- 2005. The good news. A lot of money is waiting for you in Brussels You can really work on an international scene - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How to prepare a successful proposal in FP6
Floriana Di Giacomo, NCP IST
APRE
Agenzia per la promozione della ricerca europea
Napoli, 13-05-2005
The good news
A lot of money is waiting for you in Brussels
You can really work on an international scene
Cooperate to create critical mass, while sharing risks
Work with the best in the field
Open up new markets using the latest technology
Positive for your image and reputation
The bad news
The paperwork is killing
Running a large project is very complex
Writing a proposal is expensive
You never know if you will get the money
Badly performing partners spoil it for you
It’s not so easy to cooperate with those …
“Good ideas will always get funding”
NO!
Basic Rule No. 1
To be successful in any funding scheme you need to fully understand
the purpose of the granting agency
and
ACCEPT IT!
Basic Rule No. 2
Participation in FP6 has to fit
within the strategy of
your
organisation
The Beginning
To see if your ideas fit FP6, read:• The Call Text• The Work Programme• The Guide for Proposers (the right one!)• FP6 in Brief
Talk to your National Contact PointConsult your (international) network
Building a consortium
Use your network, but not only your friendsLook for • Balance, Complementarity, Excellence, Commitment
Again check with NCPsPartner search on Ideal-IST (www.ideal-ist.net)
Dedicated projects to help you:• EPIST (focus e-inclusion/e-health)• LINK (focus electronics)• Naomitech (focus micro & nano technologies)
Writing a good proposal
Write for the evaluatorFriday afternoon principleParadox 1: Detail - ConciseParadox 2: Realistic – Scientifically InterestingWrite in a clear, organised wayProvide a logical, gripping and correct summary
Check with the Guidance Notes for Evaluators
Things to consider
Experience of the coordinating institution?Letters of interest?Length of the proposal?
Sound financial and organisational frameworkManagement structure should fit project size
The Evaluation Criteria
Integrated Projects will be checked on
Relevance 3/5Potential Impact 3/5S&T excellence 4/5Quality of the consortium 3/5Quality of the management 3/5Mobilisation of resources 3/5
Overall threshold 24/30
Relevance
Does the proposal properly address the objectives of the call?
If you fail this one, forget the rest…Check all the levels of the work programme
The Work Programme
Two levels of clues:2.5.10 Access to and preservation of cultural and
scientific resources
Objectives
Focus
The aim is to develop systems and tools which will support the accessibility and use over time of digital cultural and scientific resources. This requires work to:
– Support the emerging complexity of digital cultural and scientific objects and repositories, through enriched conceptual representations, and advanced access methods.
– Explore how to preserve the availability of digital resources over time, through novel concepts, techniques and tools.
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1. Research into the conceptualisation and representation of digital cultural and scientific objects, of multiple forms and origin, to exploit the potential of these resources for developing new forms of interactive or creative experiences. This requires methods, systems, tools and enabling technologies to support indexing, retrieving, aggregating, using and creatively exploiting primarily non-textual and complex objects and their integration into sustainable digital library services.
Work should apply leading-edge technologies (especially in knowledge technologies, VR, visualisation). Applications should clearly integrate heterogeneous resources, and address specific user communities and stakeholders, involving innovative scenarios of use.
Instruments: STREPs will
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Potential Impact
Answers a very simple question:• Why spend European taxpayers’ money on this
project?
Is it ambitious, does it solve anything?Will anyone do anything with the results?Is it beneficial to Europe or only to XX?
S&T excellence
Are there clearly defined objectives?
Progress beyond state-of-the-art?
Does the S&T approach enable the project to achieve its objectives?• Means: can you give the evaluator the feeling that
your methods really work
Threshold 4/5 means:
YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD!!!
Quality of the consortium
Can these people really do this?
Prove to the evaluator your:• Quality• Complementarity• Commitment
Describe all roles, even for future partners
Show SME / INCO involvement, but only when relevant!!!
Quality of the management
Does the management structure match the complexity of the project?
Can these people really do it?
Is there a good IPR plan?
Mobilisation of resources
Good plan, but can they find the people, money and machines to do it properly?
Is the financial plan adequate?
Other issues
Ethical
Safety
Gender
Third Country participation
Only mention when relevant!!
Finally
Submit your proposal on time!!
Electronically or on paper
Murphy’s Law applies unconditionally!!
Information
General info on Cordishttp://www.cordis.lu National Contact Pointshttp://www.cordis.lu/fp6/ncp.htmInformation Society Technologieshttp://www.cordis.lu/IST
Background on instumentshttp://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instruments.htm
Any documenthttp://www.cordis.lu/fp6/find-doc.htm#esdoc
Find more help
EPISTwww.epist.org
NAOMITECHhttp://www.airi.it/NAOMITEC
LINKhttp://www.link-eu.org/
Consortium Agreementwww.ipr-helpdesk.org
Model Contractshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/model-contract/index_en.html
Even more help
APRE – AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA
Piazza Marconi 25 – Roma
Tel 06 59 11 817 – fax 06 59 11 908
IST team
Floriana Di Giacomo & Daniela Mercurio
SPORTELLO CAMPANIA
c/o Consorzio TechnapoliVia Olivetti 180078 - Pozzuolitel. 081/5255182/3081/8046216fax 081/5255184e-mail : [email protected]
Grazie per l’attenzione!