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Science, research and development
European Commission
Quality of Life Programme
Krakow, 20 September 2001
Laurent Bochereau
EC - DG Research
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Programme Structure
and Budgetary Distribution
(i) 6 Key Actions :
- Food, nutrition & health
- Control of infectious diseases
- The cell factory
- Environment and health
MEURO
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300
400
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- Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and integrated
development of rural areas including mountain areas
- The ageing population and disabilities
(ii) RTD activities of a generic nature
(iii) Support for research infrastructures
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Types of Project: Shared Cost Actions
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European Commission
Support in the 5th
Framework
Programme
Research & technological development projects
(RTD)
 50 % financing or 100 % of the additional cost
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Demonstration projects
 35 % financing or 100 % of the additional cost
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Combined Research and Demonstration projects
 (Co-operative research projects: CRAFT; specific for
SMEs)
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Types of Project:
Networking Actions
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Support in the 5th
Framework
Programme
Concerted Actions
 Co-ordination of research tasks already financed at
national level to exchange experience acquired, to
expand research efforts, to disseminate results and to
inform users
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Thematic Networks
 Bringing together partners around a given scientific and
technological objective, so as to facilitate co-ordination
of activities and transfer of knowledge
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Financing of Networking Actions
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European Commission
Support in the 5th
Framework
Programme
100 % of the eligible costs of co-ordination
 Administrative and scientific support directly derived
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from the needs of the project
Organisation of meetings
Short term international staff exchanges
Preparation and exchange of reference material
Centralised data handling
Dissemination of information and results
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Application Process
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European Commission
Support in the 5th
Framework
Programme
Preparation of the proposal
 Information and Help available from national contact
points and many research institutions
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Respect Deadline: Proposals have to be in
Brussels at 17:00 on the day of the deadline
 Evaluation in a panel of independent experts
 Commission decides based on the advice of the
experts
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Proposal Evaluation
NO
Eligibility
YES
Scientific excellence
Management
NO GO
GO
Contribution to EU social objectives
Community added value
Economic development and S&T prospects
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Breakdown of proposals with Polish partners
(Total submitted proposals: 621 - Total selected: 77)
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Submitted
Proposals
Selected Proposals
140
120
100
145
141
99
80
57
60
57
56
48
40
11
20
7
20
10
5
16
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18
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5
6
GA
INFR
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Breakdown by type of participant
Research
Institutes
40%
Universities
40%
Others
18%
Industry
2%
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Evolution
Call
Submitted Proposals
Total
1st fixed Call 1999
2nd fixed Call 2000
3rd fixed Call 2001
Selected Proposals
With PL participation
3481
2385
529
%
294 8,45%
238 9,98%
55 10,40%
Total
With PL participation
504
388
95
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37 7,34%
28 7,22%
5 5,26%
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Reasons for Failure (1)
Scientific / Technological quality and innovation
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no innovation, no originality
over-ambitious, unrealistic goals
no recognition of former work in the area
“messy” presentation of workpackages
re-conduction of existing network without novel elements,
pure data collection, no research
methodology: design?, sample size?, power? need for
specific WP?
Unnecessary ‘animal’ study.
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Reasons for Failure (2)
Resources, partnership and management
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lack of specific expertise
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no involvement of ‘obligatory’ partners (industry, clinician)
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unclear responsibility of partners
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misbalance in partnership / domination
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lack of complementarity
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management structure absent or poorly described /
overcomplicated.
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Reasons for Failure (3)
RELEVANCE CRITERIA
‘generic’ approach, no ‘problem solving’
 ? about how to translate results into policy
 possible contribution to social objectives unclear or not
addressed
 academic exercise with limited social/ industrial/ QoL. input
 ‘theoretical’ approach
 problems and solutions already well known
 geographical misbalance
 European dimension / national level
 no dissemination / exploitation strategy
 economic potential not described, not recognised.
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Reasons for Failure (4)
BUDGET
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oversized compared to work and outcomes
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cost not justified at all
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unjustified unbalanced budget between partners.
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Closing Dates for Calls
for Proposals in 2001
European Commission
Support in the 5th
Framework
Programme
18 October:
KA 2, KA 5, Generic Activities
Dedicated call for integrated projects in the field of
“genomics and human health” (GA 8.5)
Dedicated call on TSEs (KA1-5, GA, Infra)
11 December: KA 3
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Increased Co-ordination
of TSE Research in Europe
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Areas for Increased Co-ordination
- Improved epidemio-surveillance
- Networks for clinical trials in humans
- Inventory and sharing of animal models and cell
lines
- Collecting and providing well-characterised samples
and banks of tissues
- Methodology for assessing/validating diagnostic
tests, including quality assurance
- Best practices in abattoir techniques and waste
disposal
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Focused Efforts on Key Issues
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In vivo Tests for Pre-clinical Diagnosis in Humans
and Animals
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Inactivation and Prevention
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Animal TSEs and Transmission
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Human TSEs and Risk Assessment
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Initiative on Genome Research
for Human Health
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Launch of integrated projects on functional genomics
related to human health including
 clustering RTD projects
 coordination activities and
 training
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Two-step selection procedure
 Call for expressions of interest for topics (Deadline: Feb 2001)
 Dedicated call for proposals (Deadline: 18 Oct 2001)
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Expressions of Interest
Selected priority topics
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Development of an integrated platform in
bioinformatics and computational biology
Understanding human molecular physiology and
pathology through integrated functional genomics in
mouse
High throughput structural genomics related to
human health
Creating and implementing tools for genomic
epidemiology of common disease
Functional genomics in gender-specific cancer
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Support in the 5th
Framework
European
Commission
Programme
Closing Dates for Calls for Proposals in 2002
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15 February 2002: extension of existing contracts to include
members from “Newly Associated States”
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31 January 2002: KA 1, KA 4, KA 5 (targeted), KA 6,
Generic Activities areas 12 (bioethics) and 13 (socioeconomic aspects)
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15 February 2002: joint call for the integration of “Newly
Associated States” in the ERA
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Cut-Off Dates for Open Calls
for Proposals
European Commission
Support in the 5th
Framework
Programme
Marie Curie individual fellowships
10 October 2001 and 10 April 2002
Co-operative research projects (CRAFT) for
SMEs: 28 February 2002
Accompanying measures
11 October 2001, 8 February and 12 June 2002
Support for research infrastructures
18 October 2001 and 8 February 2002
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Further Information ?
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Information package
Manual of proposal evaluation procedure
Contact persons in the Commission,
Member States and Associate States
Information on Web
 www.cordis.lu/life
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Info-desk
 [email protected]
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