What you need to know about the FP7 ICT Programme

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/programme/home_en.html

Leandro N. Ciuffo – leandro.ciuffo@rnp.br – October 2011

WHERE ARE WE?Cooperation programme

Thematic areas

values in M€

WHO CAN APPLY?

• Eligible countries– All EU member states

– Associated countries (ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/third-country-agreements_en.doc)

– Third countries (which includes Latin American countries)ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/wp/cooperation/cooperation-general-annexes201101_en.pdf

– Note: International Cooperation Partner Countries enjoy similar rights and are subject to the same obligations as the EU partners of the consortium.

• General conditions– Research institutions, Universities, SMEs, companies and organizations,

legally established in any country, may participate in a collaborative project.

– Rules for participation: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/calls/ecrules_en.pdf

– Note: Not all participants elegibles for FP7 are elegibles for FP7-Cooperation ICT (e.g. Individual participants). Project partners in the ICT programme can only be legal entities.

FINDING A CALL

• Work Programme 2011-12 updatehttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/docs/3_2012_wp_cooperation_update_2011_wp_ict_en.pdf

• Latest Callshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/cooperation#ict

• News feed and Information Dayshttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/newsroom/home_en.html

ICT CALL 8 – OPEN!• Identifier: FP7-ICT-2011-8• Publication Date: 20 July 2011• Budget: € 787 000 000• Deadline:  17 January 2012 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)• Information package:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/cooperation?callIdentifier=FP7-ICT-2011-8

FUNDING SCHEMES (1/2)

• Collaborative projectsFocused research projects with clearly defined scientific and technological objectives and specific expected results. They are carried out by consortia made up of participants from different countries, and from industry and academia.

• Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP)Objective-driven research projects which aim at generating new knowledge, including new technology or common resources for research in order to improve European competitiveness, or to address major societal needs.

• Integrated Projects (IP)Large research projects that comprise partners from the entire value chain. IP projects will have a comprehensive programme approach, including a coherent integrated set of activities dealing with a range of aspects and tackling multiple issues.

"Funding schemes" are the types of projects, by which FP7 is implemented.

FUNDING SCHEMES (2/2)

• Coordination and support actions (CSA) These are actions that cover not the research itself, but the coordination and networking of projects, programmes and policies.

• Networks of Excellence (NoE)These are designed for research institutions willing to combine and functionally integrate a substantial part of their activities and capacities in a given field, in order to create a European "virtual research centre" in this field.

• Specific International Cooperation Action (SICA)This is a special Collaborative Project geared at participants from ICPC - International Cooperation Partner Countries (e.g. Latin America or Asia).

FINDING PARTNERS

• Ideal-isthttp://www.ideal-ist.net

• CORDIShttp://cordis.europa.eu/partners-service/home_en.html

• e-Matchhttp://www.ematch.eu

• Network of National Contact Points (NCPs)http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html

• RedCLARA’s “Busco Socios”http://www.redclara.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=623&Itemid=480&lang=es

HOW TO WRITE A PARTNER PROFILE

• 1. What is my institution’s work experience so far? This description must include for example products developed, services rendered and ideally, include a client’s list and a list of successful project in which the organisation participated. These projects can be commercial (e.g. development projects) or research projects etc.

• 2. What is the experience of the main personnel? List 1-3 key persons in your organisation that will be involved or will support the project proposals.

• 3. Where is my company today? This explains in which market (geographical and domain) the organisation is currently acting and what are its competitors. Describe what is its asset in comparison to competitors.

Presenting your organisation

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

• Proposals may be submitted at any time after a Call opens, until the deadline.

• A Guide for Applicants is distributed in the Information Package of each Call.

• A Web-based electronic online tool called EPSS ('Electronic Proposal Submission Service') is the obligatory channel for submission of proposals. https://www.epss-fp7.org/epss/

• All organisations participating in a proposal must have a Participant Identification Code (PIC) http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/pp-pic_en.html

• After the deadline for the Call, all the proposals submitted are evaluated by a panel of independent evaluators. The panel will check the proposals against a published set of criteria to see if the quality of research proposed is worthy of funding. The key criteria used for this evaluation are explained in the Guide for Applicants.

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Understand FP7http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/understand_en.html

• Pro-IDEAL coaching coursehttp://www.pro-ideal.eu/training

• B.Bice - Brazilian Bureau for Enhancing the InternationalCooperation with the European Unionhttp://bbice.ibict.br/index/conteudo/cod/261/lan/br/Curso+sobre+o+FP7

“FP8″ will be called...Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

CONTACT

Leandro N. Ciuffo

leandro.ciuffo@rnp.br

This presentation was created as a result of the Pro-Ideal “Projec Angels” training.http://www.pro-ideal.eu/project_angels