Call identifier: FP7-NMP-2009-SMALL-3
Date of publication: 19 November 2008
Deadline: For Small or medium-scale focused research projects - first stage: 17 February 2009 at 17.00.00 (Brussels local time)
Indicative budget1: EUR 39 million2 in 2009. An amount for the 2010 budget is expected to be added to this call for which a new financing decision to cover the budget for that year will be requested at the appropriate time.
Objective
The principal objectives of this Theme are to improve the competitiveness of European industry and to generate knowledge to ensure its transformation from a resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive base, by creating step changes through research and implementing decisive knowledge for new applications at the crossroads between different technologies and disciplines. This will benefit both new, high-tech industries and higher-value, knowledge- based traditional industries, with a special focus on the appropriate dissemination of RTD results to SMEs. These activities are concerned with enabling technologies which impact all industrial sectors and many other Themes of the 7th Framework Programme.
Eligibility conditions:
The minimum number of participating legal entities for all funding schemes is set out in the Rules for Participation. For Small or medium scale focused research projects the minimum conditions to participate are: at least 3 independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC and no 2 of which are established in the same MS or AC.
In addition to the general eligibility criteria, which are given in Annex 2 of the work programme, for the Small or medium scale focused research projects, which require typically an EC contribution of EUR 1 to 3 million, the maximum EC funding requested must not exceed EUR 4 million.
Please note that the financial resources mobilised within a project will be assessed during the evaluation against the real work to be carried out in the project.
Participation
There must be at least three "legal entities" established in different EU Member States or Associated countries (the countries concerned are listed in section 3). The entities must be independent of each other.
A higher number of participants may be specified on a call-by-call basis. (See the call fiche). “Target audience”: Research institutes, Universities, Industry, including SMEs, (Possibly) Potential end-users
How to apply
Two-stage submission
In this call a two-stage submission process is used. Your planned work is first presented as a short proposal which is evaluated by independent experts against a limited range of criteria. Proposers who achieve satisfactory scores at that stage are then invited to submit a full proposal based on this initial concept by a date specified by the Commission. This date allows at least two months for the preparation of the full proposal.
The objectives of the full proposal must be consistent and in accordance with the successful short proposal, extending it by providing full details about the approach, the specific work-plan, etc. In preparing this full proposal, applicants are advised to take into account any recommendations from the initial evaluation. The Stage 2 evaluation of the full proposal is an independent evaluation against each of the criteria for that submission. It is not a complementary evaluation. Scores achieved by the Stage 1 proposal are not taken into account at the Stage 2 evaluation.
Further detail of the evaluation procedures applied is given in annex 2 of this Guide.
The coordinator
For a given proposal, the coordinator acts as the single point of contact between the participants and the Commission. The co-ordinator is generally responsible for the overall planning of the
proposal and for building up the consortium that will do the work.
The following topic has specific eligibility criteria:
- NMP-2009-2.6-1 Novel membranes for water technologies: it is a Specific International Cooperation Action (SICA) targeted to African and/or Mediterranean countries, for which the minimum participation is of at least 4 independent legal entities. Of these, two must be established in different Member States or Associated Countries and the other two must be established in different targeted regions/countries.
Evaluation procedure:
For Small or medium-scale focused research projects the evaluation shall follow a two-stage procedure. The first stage proposal, of a maximum of 10 pages (font
size 12) should focus on the S&T content and on clear identification of the intended results, their intended use and the expected impact (economic, social, environmental, etc.) and 2 additional pages to describe the consortium and the estimated financial resources involved. It will be evaluated on the basis of two evaluation criteria, i.e.: scientific quality and expected impact. Stage 1 proposals will be evaluated remotely. Stage 1 proposals shall be submitted at he closure date mentioned above. Coordinators of retained proposals in stage 1 ('go' proposals)
will be invited to submit a complete proposal that will be then evaluated against the entire set of evaluation criteria. The closure date of the second submission will be specified in the invitation
to submit the complete proposal. The indicative closure date is: 22 July 2009. In order to ensure industrial relevance and impact of the research effort, the active participation of industrial partners represents an added value to the activities and this will be reflected in the evaluation.
For this call, implemented via a two stage procedure, the following criteria and thresholds are applied:
- Evaluation criteria and thresholds for stage 1 proposals:
Stage 1 proposals are evaluated on the basis of the following two criteria: S/T quality and Impact. For each criterion marks from 0 to 5 will be given, with the possibility of half-point scores. Successful proposals must pass the minimum thresholds as follows:
Minimum threshold
S/T quality 4/5
Impact 3/5
Overall threshold required 8/10
- Evaluation criteria and thresholds for stage 2 proposals:
Stage 2 proposals are evaluated on the basis of the following three criteria: 1. S/T quality; 2. Implementation; 3. Impact. For each criterion marks from 0 to 5 will be given, with the
possibility of half-point scores. Successful proposals must pass the minimum thresholds as follows:
Minimum threshold
S/T quality 4/5
Implementation 3/5
Impact 3/5
Overall threshold required 12/15
(See also Annex 2: Eligibility and evaluation criteria for proposals.)
In contrast with Annex 2, at Panel stage, the priority order of the proposals with equal overall scores will be established in accordance with their scores for the S/T Quality criterion. If they are still tied, they will be prioritised according to their scores for the Impact criterion. If proposals are still tied, they will be prioritised on the basis of the work programme coverage.
Additional selection criterion
The following topic has a specific selection criterion: NMP-2009-1.1-1 Nanobiotechnology: Applying life science principles as model for new nanotechnology-based mechanisms, processes, devices and/or systems: In order to avoid overlapping with Theme 2 activities, proposals covering the following research areas will not be selected under Theme 4 – NMP: smart nano-biotechnology devices to study biomolecule dynamics in real time, nanobiotechnology for functionalised membranes, bio-interfaces for environmental applications, analysis of the ethical, safety, regulatory and socioeconomic aspects of nano-biotechnology (excluding nanomedicine), as well as analytical tools for the characteristic of nano-particles in the food matrix.
Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable:
Evaluation Stage 1 proposals: March/ 2009;
Evaluation stage 2 proposals: September 2009. Evaluation results: estimated to be available within two months after the closure date. A reserve list of projects might be established.
Consortia agreements: Participants are required to conclude a consortium agreement.
Forms of grant and maximum reimbursement rates for projects funded through the Cooperation work programme are given in Annex 3 of this work programme.
For more information: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=176#infopack
- Call Fiche
- Guide for Applicants
- Work Programme
Finanțări
Fp7 - Cooperation - 2009 - – NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - SMALL
Data limită:
17 februarie 2009
Data încărcării:
19 decembrie 2008, 11:04:42
Grupul țintă:
Întreprinderi micro, mici și mijlocii (62)
Tip:
Sprijinire financiară nerambursabilă (77)
Domeniu:
Ajutor pentru integrare în UE (16)
Țara:
Romania
Sursa: [http://cordis.europa.eu]
