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Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
UK NCP for Marie Curie
Session overview
• UKRO and the NCP
• Policy background and description of actions
• Financial issues
• Submission and evaluation of proposals
• Success rates
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UK Research Office
• Based in Brussels, Established in 1984,
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• Sponsored by the seven UK Research Councils
• Receives subscriptions from over 140 research organisations
• Range of services for sponsors and subscribers
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• For more information see www.ukro.ac.uk
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To promote effective UK engagement in EU research, innovation and higher education activities
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‘Core’ subscriber services Open to non-subscribers
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Annual briefing visits
(for UK subscribers)
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News updates
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www.ukro.ac.uk/subs
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Marie Curie NCP - helpdesk• Web, email, telephone, visits
• http://www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecurie/index.htm
• Tel: +32 2 230 0318
• Advice on applying for MC actions:• Eligibility
• Application help
• Results
• Contractual issues
• Advice to those with MC contracts:• Social security and tax
• Model agreements between host and fellow
• Contractual issuesUK
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http://www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecurie
Framework Programme 7 and the ‘People’ specific programme
UK NCP for Marie Curie
Policy Background
• FP7 is designed to achieve the EU2020 and Barcelona objectives and to complement activities in Member States.
• Support to the European Research Area • Innovation Union• Budget of €50 521 million• Complementarity with other EC programmes:
• Competitiveness and Innovation• Education and Training• Structural Funds
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Who is eligible for funding?
EU-27Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria , Cyprus, Czech Republic,Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Associated Countries (FP7)Albania*, Croatia*, Faroe Islands*, FYR Macedonia*,
Iceland*, Israel*,Liechtenstein*, Montenegro*, Norway*, Serbia*, Switzerland,Turkey*, Bosnia Herzegovina*
*except Euratom
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation – Collaborative Research
European Research Council
Marie Curie Actions
Capacities – Research Capacity
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Objectives and Policy Context:
• Make Europe more attractive to researchers• Structuring effect on the European Research Area
through transnational and intersectoral mobility in order to create a European labour market for researchers
• Strengthen human potential by:• Encouraging people to become researchers• Encouraging researchers to carry out their research
in Europe
• Trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility• €4.7 Billion
Marie Curie Actions F
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Principles
• Skills and competence development at all stages of researcher’s career
• Open to all research areas addressed under the Treaty plus possibility of targeted calls
• Strong participation from enterprises• Reinforce international dimension• Appropriate gender and work/life balance• Good working environment, transparent
recruitment and career development
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Overview of Marie Curie ActionsP
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Actions for Organisations
Actions for Individuals
Initial Training Networks
Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways
International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
CO-FUND
Intra- European Fellowships
International Incoming Fellowships
International Outgoing Fellowships
Career Integration Grants
Also funded: Researcher’s Night
2011 Deadlines
Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)
20 July 2010 – 7 December 2010
Researchers’ Night 28 September 2010 – 12 January 2011
Initial Training Networks (ITN) 20 July 2010 – 26 January 2011
COFUND 20 October 2010 – 17 February 2011
Career Integration Grants (CIG) 20 October 2010 – 8 March 2011 and 6 September 2011
International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)
20 October 2010 – 17 March 2011
Intra- European Fellowships (IEF)
International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)
International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)
16 March 2011 – 11 August 2011
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IAPPs – 2011 call info
• Publication date: 20 July 2010• Call deadline: 7 December 2010
• Indicative budget: €80 million
• Indicative timetable:• Results expected 4 months after deadline• Grants agreement signature from 9 months after
deadline
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Definition of researchers
Early-Stage Researchers 0 - 4 years (FTE)
from obtaining degree that qualified them to embark on a doctorate
Experienced Researchers i) in possession of a PhD
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i) at least 4 years experience (FTE)
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Transnational Mobility Requirements• Must not have been resident in host country for more
that 12 months in the last 3 years date of recruitment or secondment
• Researchers can return to the country of their nationality if the mobility rule is respected
• For international organisations the country mobility rule does not apply – BUT the fellow must not have spent more that 12 months in the previous 3 years at the host international organisation.
• Note – IOF 3rd country nationals have to have spent 5 years before the deadline in Member States or countries associated to FP7
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http://www.ukr
Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPPs)
IAPPs in contextF
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“In the context of the 'Innovation Union' flagship initiative, inter-sectoral mobility between academia and industry continues to be a priority as a means to improve cooperation between the two sectors and to eliminate cultural and other mobility barriers. At the same time it plays a structuring role by allowing researchers to acquire key skills which are equally relevant to the public and private sectors.”
Indicative budget share for IAPPS 2007-2013 = 5-10% of overall people budget
What is an Industry–Academia Pathways and Partnership?
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• It is a two-way partnership with at least one commercial enterprise and one academic organisation in two different Member or Associated Countries
• Includes secondments, recruitment and networking activities
• Project can be up to 48 months• Majority of researcher months should be
secondments
What is an Industry–Academia Pathways and Partnership?
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• An IAPP aims to increase industry-academia co-operation by:
• Supporting the creation, development, reinforcement and execution of strategic partnerships
• Creating diverse career possibilities and experience for researchers
• Knowledge sharing/cultural exchange, especially SMEs
• Aiming for longer term co-operation between both sectors
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• Staff exchange (mandatory) – experienced researchers, early-stage researchers (and possibly technical staff and research managers!) for between 2 months and 2 years
• Recruit experienced researchers for between 12 months and 2 years (optional)
• Organise common workshops/conferences• Inter-sectoral mobility possible, within framework of
whole project, in same country up to a maximum of 30% of total researcher months
• For SMEs, a contribution towards small equipment costs (up to 10% of project total)
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Each IAPP must involve at least one university/research centre in the non-commercial sector and at least one entity from the commercial sector. An IAPP project can be co-ordinated by a partner from either of the two sectors
Commercial sector partners:• must be organisations operating on a commercial
enterprise, gaining the majority of their revenue through competitive means with exposure to commercial markets.
• may include: incubators; start-ups; spin-offs; venture-capital companies; etc.
• may range in size from the smallest- micro-companies with research capacity to very large multi-national enterprises
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Non-commercial sector partners can include;
• National organisations, e.g., universities, public non-commercial research centres
• Non-profit or charitable organisations (e.g., NGOs, trusts, etc.)
• International European interest organisations (e.g. CERN)• The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission• Other international organisations (e.g. WHO, UNESCO,
etc.)
Statistics (1)
2007 2008 2009
Submitted 103 141 358
Evaluated 102 141 356
Selected 41 51 59
Budget (M Euro)
38.5 45 65
Success rate 40 % 36 % 16.6 %
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Industry/Academia ratio (A list)
Participants Coord.
Industry 131 (54%) 23 (24%)
Academia 110 (46%) 36 (76%)
SME participation
Participants Coord.
Total 536 (36.4 %) 81 (22.8 %)
A list 78 (32.4 %) 11 (18.6 %)
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Funded Projects (1)Chemistry: FOLDAPPI Scientific Goal: to investigate potential of foldamers to disrupt
protein-protein interactions. Partners:2 pharmaceutical companies, 2 universities, 4 member
states – France, Germany, UK, BelgiumDuration: 4 yearsEC contribution: €1.1m
Economics: QUARISMA (Quality & risk management in food chains)Scientific goal: to stimulate more sustainable development in the
European meat sector and mobilise the scientific knowledge necessary for this.
Partners: 2 industry, 2 universities, 2 member states – Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 4 yearsEC contribution: €2.3m
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Funded Projects (2)Life Sciences: OXYSENSEA biosensor, image analysis, and work flow system platform for the
study of neuronal injury and assessment of cellular bioenergeticsPartners: 2 industry, 2 academic, 3 member states – Ireland,
Germany, AustriaDuration: 4 yearsEU contribution:€580,000
Engineering: DECADE (Development of Efficient and Robust Controllers for Advanced Energy Systems)
Project vision: to transfer knowledge related to the development, design, operation & control of advanced energy systems that provide the central elements of a sustainable energy strategy in which energy (heat) and electricity are produce and used in the most economically attractive, robust and efficient way.
Partners: 2 industry, 2 academic, 4 member states/associated countries – Macedonia, UK, Hungary, Greece
Duration: 4 yearsEU contribution: €760,000
Financial Issues
Cost Category Comparison F
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Former Cost Categories
Eligible expenses for the activities carried out by the researcher
Eligible expenses for the activities carried out by the host organisations
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Monthly living and mobility allowance
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Travel
Allowance
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Career
exploratory allowance
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Contribution
to the participation expenses of
eligible researchers
- E -
Contribution
to the research/ training
/transfer of knowledge programme expenses
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Contribution
to the organisation
of international conferences, workshops and events
- G -
Management
activities (including
audit certification if applicable)
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Contribution to overheads
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Cost Categories from 2011 Work Programme
- 1 -
Monthly living
allowance
- 2 -
Monthly Mobility
allowance
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Contribution to the training
expenses of eligible researchers
and research/transfer of
knowledge programme expenses
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Management
activities (including audit certification if
applicable)
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Contribution to
overheads
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Other types of
eligible expenses / specific conditions
• Category 1:• Living allowance (including salary)
Correction factor applied
• Category 2:• Mobility allowance
Without family: €700 per month
With family: €1000 per month
Correction factor applied
• Category 3: • Training / research expenses of eligible researchers
€1800 per research per month
*Category 3 also includes costs for the host
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Allowance rates - IAPP
Researcher Living Allowance for IAPP
Experience Stipend(€/yr)
Employment contract (€/yr)
Early-Stage researchers
50% of full rate
38,000
Experienced researchers (< 10yrs)
58,500
Experienced Researchers (>10yrs)
87,500
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Salaries are inclusive of all compulsory deductionsCorrection factor applied for cost of living (UK Co-efficient now 120.3%)
Benefits for the institution – IAPP
• Category 3: • Contribution to Research/Training/Transfer of Knowledge
€1800 per research per month
*Category 3 also includes costs for the researcher
• Category 4: • Management Activities
Maximum 10% of the total EC contribution
• Category 5: • Contribution to overheads
10% of direct costs except for subcontractors
• Category 6: • Other types of eligible expenses – Small equipment cost for SME. Up
to 10% their budget
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How do the finances work?
Basic principle = funding follows researcher but is intended to be flexible
• Budget for each partner calculated on the basis of incoming researchers, i.e., the researchers recruited or received in secondment by the organisation
• Administrative flexibility in terms of who actually pays researcher – i.e., researcher may remain on payroll of sending organisation to provide continuity of pension payments
• Financial arrangements will be part of negotiation process with Commission & must be detailed in consortium agreement
• Secondees should be on employment contracts with host institution unless for short stays or they continue to receive usual salary from home organisation during secondment.
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http://www.ukro.ac.uk
Submission and Evaluation
Proposal Submission
• All submission done onlineContact the EC if there are compelling reasons for why
you are unable to submit online
• Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS) • Is available
• Meet the deadline!
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Outline of the Process
Call fichePublished
Proposal submitted
Evaluation Process Notification
Ofresults
Contract negotiation
Contract signature
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Eligibility
Individual Evaluation
Consensus
Thresholds
Ranking by Commission
Negotiation
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Ethical Issues
CommissionFunding Decision
Proposal
Rejection
Rejection
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Publication of call 20-07-2010
Deadline for submission of proposals
7 December 2010 at 17.00.00,Brussels local time
Evaluation of proposals Mid March-2011
Evaluation Summary Reports sent toproposal coordinators ("initialinformation letter")
End April-2011
Invitation letter to successfulcoordinators to launch grant agreementnegotiations with REA services
Mid June-2011
Letter to unsuccessful applicants From August-2011
Signature of first grant agreements From September-2011
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Admin information in……
• PART A provides participant details and the information for the budget estimation • A1 – Proposal information (abstract, acronym,
evaluation panel etc)• A2 – Information on host organisation. Coordinator is
Participant 1• A3 – Not for IAPPs • A4 – Number of fellows. Includes details for seconded
and recruited researchers• A5 – Not for IAPPs
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Your project is mainly defined in ….
…PART B of the proposal forms(Part A is administrative
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• PART B addresses the evaluation criteria• …which vary according to MCA• …and have different weightings and thresholds
• General structure of Part B for individual fellowships is:• Cover Page, Table of Contents• S & T Quality • Transfer of Knowledge • Implementation • Impact
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Evaluation of proposals
• Evaluation by competent experts in the field
• Need to address all of the issues to maximise scores
• Total score is 100%
• Overall threshold (70%)
• Some criteria have a threshold
• Each area is weighted
• Science counts for 25%; Impact counts for 30%!!
• You must focus on the objectives of the activity to be successful
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European Charter and Code
• European Charter for Researchers addresses:• Roles and responsibilities• Entitlements • of researchers and their employers or funding
organisations.
• Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers aims to:• improve recruitment and make selection procedures
fairer and more transparent• proposes different means of judging merit
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Maximising Your Chances of Success
What does the Commission want?
A project that matches “their” objectives:
“This action seeks to open and foster dynamic pathways between public research organisations and private commercial enterprises, in particular SMEs, including traditional manufacturing industries, based on longer term co-operation programmes with a high potential for increasing knowledge-sharing and mutual understanding of the different cultural settings and skill requirements of both the industrial and academic sectors.
The action will be implemented through targeted and flexible support for human resources interactions within co-operation programmes between at least two organisations, one from each sector and from at least 2 different Member States or Associated countries”
Text taken from 2009 People Work Programme
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IAPPS – Part B
Transfer of knowledge 20%
S & T Quality 25%
Researcher N/A
Implementation
25% Impact 30%
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Overall threshold 70%
MCA – S&T Quality
Sub-criteria : 3/5 25%
• Scientific/technological objectives of the research programme, including in terms of intersectoral issues• Scientific quality of the joint collaborative research programme• Appropriateness of the research methodology• Originality and innovative aspect of the research programme. Knowledge of state-of-the-art
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Assessors’ comments on S & T quality: positive
• The project is very challenging and innovative• The involvement of the private sector is meaningful and
complementary to the academic partners• The proposal is genuinely inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary• Science and Technological objects are clearly described and
detailed• Valuable and innovative scientific advances with respect to the
state-of –the-art are envisaged• The research methodology is appropriate, comprehensive and
well-planned• The research programme and methodology are very well
detailed and integrated with the envisaged transfer of knowledge and training.
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Assessors’ comments on S & T quality: negative
• The research programme lacks a detailed list of workpackages, timetable and particular involvement of each partner is not specifically included.
• The project is not very original since it is based on previous results obtained by academic partners.
• The project research methodology is not properly developed and lacks details as regards risk assessment, milestones and outcomes.
• Presents limited intersectoriality• No previous documented information – articles, scientifc
journals, conferences, and so on.
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MCA – Transfer of Knowledge
Sub-criteria 3/5 20%
• Quality of the transfer of knowledge programme. Consistency with the research programme • Importance of the transfer of knowledge in terms of intersectoral issues.• Adequacy of the role of researchers exchanged and recruited from outside the partnership with respect to the transfer of knowledge programme.
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Assessors’ comments on Transfer of Knowledge: positive
• Well-planned strategy for secondments and recruitments providing for effective knowledge transfer between public and private sectors
• The inter-sectoral secondments are planned in detail (names of researchers and scientific areas in which they will be involved)
• The involvement of ESRs in the secondment scheme is important for the advancement of their scientific careers
• The partners demonstrate sound capacity to receive and transfer knowledge; suitable scientific, training and complementary training course are planned
• The researchers who will be recruited have defined research tasks and the requested duration and time of recruitments is appropriate
• The human resources in the proposal are clear, relevant, consistent with the research, well justified and of high quality
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Assessors’ comments on Transfer of Knowledge: negative
• Secondments are only indicated in terms of person/month within a table, but are not described in detail and no additional explanations are given.
• ToK referring to young researchers is not addressed in sufficient detail.
• There is only a limited consistency between the research programme and ToK due to the vague description of the latter.
• Transfer of knowledge is unbalanced with too much emphasis on academic research
• Importance of ToK in terms of intersectorialty is not demonstrated as the industrial partner has limited participation in research
• The precise role in training of the industrial partner is not clearly described.
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MCA – Implementation (1)
Sub-criteria 3/5 25%
• Capacities (expertise/human resources/facilities/infrastructures) to achieve the research and exchange of know-how and experience. Fit between capacity of host and size of support requested• Adequate exploitation of complementarities and synergies among partners in terms of transfer of knowledge.
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MCA – Implementation (2)
Sub-criteria 3/5 25%
• Appropriateness of management plans (recruitment strategy, IPR strategy, demarcation of responsibilities, rules for decision making, etc. • How essential is non-ICPC Third Country participation, if any, to the objectives of the research programme.
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Assessors’ comments on Implementation: positive
• The partners are complementary and well-suited for the envisaged research and ToK
• The key scientific staff involved are experienced and have an appropriate level of involvement
• Project management and risk assessment are well-structured and approached
• The envisaged work plan is very well thought out and structured, with detailed and suitable deliverables, clear allocation of roles and effective progress reporting measures
• IP generated under this project will be carefully managed and the strategy takes carefully into account development perspectives of the industrial partner
• Facilities and infrastructures are up-to-date and suitable for the project outcomes.
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Assessors’ comments on Implementation: negative
• Secondments are not sufficiently specified• Some aspects of management structure are not described in
detail• The management plan is scarcely defined in some points• Time commitment of the co-ordinator to project activities is
limited• Recruitment strategy and its contribution to research activities
is not detailed• The technical background of the academic partners is not clear• It is not sufficiently detailed on the point of capacities,
specifically in regard to scientific expertise, facilities and infrastructures, to achieve a real experience and know-how exchange
• IPR aspects are unclear.
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MCA – Impact
Sub-criteria
No threshold – but 30%
• Provision to develop new intersectoral and lasting collaboration• Strategy for the dissemination and facilitation of sharing of knowledge and culture between the particpants and external researchers (inc. international conferences, workshops, training events)• Extent to which SMEs contribute to the project• In case of SMEs participation: Adequacy of the available infrastructures for the performance of the project. In case extra equipment is requested, necessity & justification in the context of the partnership.•Impact of proposed outreach activities
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Assessors’ comments on Impact: positive
• The project plans for the lasting collaboration between the partners in a field that is still not widely exploited.
• The circulation of information and the exploitation of results is well addressed
• There are possible and promising exploitation routes for the planned results
• It can be foreseen that new and fruitful collaboration will ensue• Dissemination strategy is accurately designed and has
appropriate targets; tools are adequate and of excellent quality• The potential impact of the project is relevant, with a clear
European dimension.
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Assessors’ comments on Impact: negative
• The intersectoriality of the project is not described in detail in terms of future collaborations; indeed, it is specifically mentioned that lasting collaboration will only be foreseen in the case of developing a spin-off project
• Contribution of the SME to the project is limited• Standardisation aspects are not properly addressed• Possible commercial impact, in particular through SME, not
addressed.• Central role of SME is stressed but the need for key extra
equipment seems to contradict the present adequacy and availability of infrastructure
• Details of application are not well described.
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Hints & Tips
Approaching your project proposal writing
• Keep the Guide for Applicants in front of you • Treat the criteria as examination questions• Think about the way your write
• Brainstorm each section• Then focus on a section at a time
• Plan your proposal writing • Remember ethics table even if no issues• Remember B7 table – half page per beneficiary
on host capacities
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Approaching your project proposal writing
• It will feel repetitive – addressing issues from different angles
• Stick to the page limit• Think about your evaluators
• Clearly address the main objectives• Use clear and concise language• Explain country specific jargon• Provide them with the evidence they need
• Find colleagues to read it through
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Further Information
UKRO NCP website:
http://www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecurie/index.htm
Queries on the schemes:[email protected]
Tel: +32 2 230 0318; Fax +32 2 230 4803
Other useful websites:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people/home_en.html
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