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InJoyTrainFAFB Information Day16 November, 2007

• FP7 OVERVIEW
• TIGRAN ARZUMANYAN

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What is the structure of FP7?
Cooperation Collaborative research
Ideas Frontier Research
People Human Potential
Capacities Research Capacity

Joint Research Centre (non-nuclear)
Joint Research Centre (nuclear)
Euratom
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Which are the Thematic Priorities?
Cooperation Collaborative research

• 10 Thematic Priorities Themes
• Health
• Food, agriculture and fisheries and biotechnology
  (FAFB)
• Information and communication technologies
• Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
  production technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including climate change)
• Transport (including aeronautics)
• Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
• Space
• Security

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Capacities Research Capacity

• Research infrastructures
• Research for the benefit of SMEs
• Regions of knowledge
• Research potential of Convergence Regions
• Science in society
• Support to the coherent development of research
  policies
• International cooperation

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FP Budget
FP1 19841987 FP2 19871991 FP3 19911994
FP4 19941998 FP5 19982002 FP6
20022006 FP7 20072013
Approx. figures, including EURATOM
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FP7 Target audience

• Participation in FP6 (and FP7) is open to all
  interested parties (legal entities), including
• Research centres (public or private)
• Universities
• Industry (SME or not)
• International organisations
• Industrial associations, professional bodies,
  consumer associations, etc.
• Physical persons
• Participation is open to parties from non-EU
  countries

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International Cooperation in FP7 International
Co-operation PARTNER COUNTRIES

• 1- Associated countries
• 2- Industrialized countries (USA, Canada, Japan)
• 3- International Co-operation Partner Countries
  (ICPC)
• Countries neighbouring the EU (Mediterranean
  partner Countries, Western Balkans, Eastern
  European and Central Asian countries)
• Developing countries, focussing on their needs
  (ACP, ASIA, Latin America)
• Emerging economies (e.g. China, India, Brazil,
  Russia, South Africa)

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FP7 Minimum conditions for participation

• Generally, 3 independent participants from 3
  Member States or Associated Countries (or the JRC
  or an international European interest
  organisation)
• Additional or different conditions may apply,
  depending on specific workprogramme and type of
  project
• E.g., ICPC-oriented projects (SICA) will,
  generally, require 4 independent participants, 2
  of which from different MS/AC and 2 from
  different ICPC countries

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FP projects possible activity types

• Research and technological development
• Demonstration
• Training
• Coordination activities
• Support activities
• Integration activities/ Others
• Management
• Note Different activity types have different
  funding levels!

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FP projects Funding schemes

• Each funding scheme, i.e., project type, allows
  for a certain set of activity types. In FP7,
  calls will be addressing
• Small and Large Collaborative projects (in FP6,
  STREP/IP)
• Networks of Excellence
• Coordination/support actions
• Fellowships (Marie Curie scheme)
• Research projects for third parties (e.g., SMEs)
• Individual projects (ERC)

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FP7 projects From the proposal to the contract
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FP7 margin for a bottom-up approach

• The Marie-Curie scheme
• The Ideas area
• The Research for the benefit of SMEs
• SME associations
• Individual SMEs

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FP7 Funding

• Principle of co-financing no-profit
• Grants
• Reimbursement of eligible costs
• Flat rates (percentage of direct costs for the
  indirect cost or scale of unit costs)
• Lump sum amounts
• Combination

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FP7 Maximum funding rates

• In general
• RTD activities 50,
• (up to 75 for Public bodies, education
  establishments, non-profit research
  organisations, SMEs)
• Demonstration activities 50
• Management, support, coordination, training
  activities 100

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FP7 Intellectual property

• Higher flexibility to exploit generated knowledge
• In principle, each partner owns the knowledge
  they generate (but joint ownership also possible)
• The EC contract may set restrictions to transfer
  of ownership
• The consortium agreement can further clarify
  ownership of knowledge and exploitation
  capabilities

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Getting support for participation

• National Contact Points or Information Contact
  Points or equivalent structures receive training
  and support from the EC
• Specific support actions (e.g. INJOYTRAIN)
• CORDIS (http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7 a very rich
  source of information!)
• CORDIS Partner Search
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/partners_en.html

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Getting involved

• Get informed (workprogramme, ETP documents,
  policy background, scientific developments, )
• Work on networking
• CORDIS Partner Search Tool
• Dont hesitate to ask your NCP/ICP for advice!

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• THANK YOU
• TIGRAN ARZUMANYAN
• tarznip_at_sci.am