WP 4.2

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• WP 4.2
• Common action
• Joint call
• 27 February 2008

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WP4.2 Common standards

• Establish tool box with
• common evaluation procedures standards
• tools for funding projects in a joint call

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WP4.2 Tool box

• Second iteration of procedures for the joint call
  (Deliverable D17 White book)
• first iteration -gt February 2007 workshop
• 2nd WP4.2 workshop jointly with WP4.3 in The
  Hague 18 Sep. 2007 (organised by NWO)
• discussion of call procedures, administrative
  structure, procedures for ranking list and
  funding proposal

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Funding agencies
FA 1
FA 2
FA n
FA n-1

Programme Board

Joint Secretariat
Evaluation Panel
Administrative structure of Joint call
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Administrative structure of Joint call

• three bodies
• Programme Board
• representatives of FAs
• supervises call
• establishes funding recommendation
• Joint Secretariat handles call
• Evaluation Panel evaluates proposals

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Joint call basics

• Joint projects
• project teams consist of partners from
• at least two participating countries
• Virtual common pot for funding
• national funding of project team partners
• Joint evaluation of proposals
• no national evaluation

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Call participants

• January 2008
• 6 funding agencies decide to participate in
  joint call
• NWO, CNRS-INSU, BMBF/PT-DESY, VR, FWF, MEC
• signed Implementation Agreement

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Selected theme

• Common tools for future large sub-mm facilities
• Data evaluation infrastructure including data
  analysis and post processing tools
• Numerical simulation and theoretical modelling
• Provision of atomic, molecular and other physical
  parameters in a coherent way linked to the
  infrastructures, and via the development of
  dedicated database structures.
• Theme aims at ALMA and HERSCHEL

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Approved financial contributions 3.2 M for 3
years

• CNRS-INSU 500,000
• BMBF 900,000
• MEC 500,000
• NWO 500,000
• VR 450,000
• FWF 300,000

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Common action plan joint call
national processing phase
Formal national funding decision
Start of funding
Funding proposal
Joint Call
announcement
Applicants reply
pre-announce.
Referee reports
Ranking
Application
deadline
1.10.08
1.02. 2008
15.04.08
1.11.08
1.01.09
1.07.08
1.08.08
8.01.2008
15.07.08
ASTRONET level
National level