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• Building the ‘Connected’ Europe of Tomorrow

• EU will Provide ‘free’ money • Enabling business growth

– Transnational opportunities– Technology sourcing

• Precise Application Process– In areas targeted by

The Workprogramme– In response to specific

public invitations– Competitive bidding

European Funding

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Summary of IST Offers

1 to 5 YEARSInternational

35 - 50%IPR

Research & Development

Combined

Demonstration

New TechnologyRTD Actions

Concerted Actions& Thematic Networks

IST Project ClustersNetworks of Excellence

Research TrainingWorking Groups

Accompanying Measures(other)

StudiesDissemination

& AwarenessTraining Measures

Support Measures

Fellowships

Training Bursaries

Accompanying Measures

1 YEAR100% Personnel50% Remainder

No overheadNo IPR

Trials

Best Practice

Assessment

Support Nodes

Existing TechnologyTake Up Measures

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The European Commission

• The Benefit of its Citizens• Budgets spent effectively • Stimulation of Technology

based Industry

• The eEurope Action Plan– Fast, cheap and secure net access,– Raising levels of skills,– Stimulation of net use.See

www.europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/eeurope

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Summary: You need to have

• An Excellent Innovative Idea• Which fits with the workprogramme• At the right time• With ‘European’ Collaborators• Clearly exploitable• Meeting the published ‘evaluation criteria’• Which overlaps with your own objectives

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The FIVE FP5 evaluation criteria

1 Scientific and technological (S&T) quality and innovation

2 Community added value and contribution to EU policies

3 Contribution to Community social objectives

4 Economic development and S&T prospects

5 Management and resources

Published in Evaluation Manual

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REASONS FOR FAILUREResults of Evaluation of Call 4

(Closed October 11th, 2000 at 5pm (Brussels local time).)AS AN EXAMPLE

• Failure was mainly due to not meeting thresholds– Criterion 1: innovation (27 instances) – Criterion 4: economic development/ST prospects

(25 instances).

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Call 4 Proposals in KA III

AreaTotal in

Area IneligibleFailed

Threshold RankedPercent Ranked Negotiating

Percent Success

Cultural and Scientific Content

83 2 47 34 41% 31 37%

Education and Training

34 5 21 8 24% 7 21%

Human Language Technologies

13 1 5 7 54% 4 31%

Authoring of Digital Content

39 1 22 16 41% 13 33%

Information Access and Filtering

37 2 19 16 43% 14 38%

Total206 11 114 81 39% 69 33%

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News from The Commission

• ISTC: Recommends longer projects• APPENDIX 6

Applies to projects arising from Call 6– Payment times halved– Audited Cost Statements

• For Payments > 250,000 Euro (~2%)• Initial or Final Cost Claims• Up to 4000 Euro per claim 50% from Commission

to be charged as ‘Other SpecificCosts’

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News from The Commission

Can the Commision trust you to do the work? [ANNEX2]

• Applicable to all participants except public

bodies: – Universities, Research Centers, Government, ..

• Purpose:– To ensure the project partners have adequate resources

– To evaluate the financial risk incurred by the Commission and where necessary, to propose suitable protection measures.

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News from The Commission

Net worth test

Projects share: (Cost-EC contribution)

Net worth > = Projects share

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News from The Commission

• APPENDIX 5Applies To Projects With at least 12 months to run– Extension to Include New NAS Partners– Must show added value– Proposed by existing Consortium– Costs

• Majority to NAS Partner• Small addition to allow extension

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www.ukishelp.co.uk

UKISHELP: The Website:ALTER [NATIONAL I Ps]

• A key resource for UK Proposers• Incorporating

– Document Library with Search Facilities– Consultants register – e-Mail updates – Online Registration

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Call UKISHELP

on

0870 606 1515

Free support servicealter - national name and

number