Project Proposals Under FPx CECRA: answering INCO-2005-C-WBC/SSA-3 Malcolm Watson, MChem. Section for Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection
Timeline of FP6 Project Applications Call opens - 3 months before proposal deadline, Dec 2005 Notification of intention to submit a proposal Proposal submission – on paper or online, Mar 2006 Part A: Admin section - general information Part B: The proposal Proposal evaluation Negotiation, Oct 2006 Contract Preparation Forms Technical Annex – based on the proposal Signing the Contract, Dec2006
The Proposal – Part A Part A: Administration A1: General information on proposal A2: Information on participants – one A2 form must be filled in by each participant A3: Financial Information NB: Allow plenty of time for online submission – registration alone is slow and complicated
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
The Call: INCO-WBC/SSA-3 Priorities for the single call SSA in 2005 Networking, academic visits, hiring young researchers, maintaining S&T capacity Criteria for relevance Deliverables Contribution to Research and Technological Development Networking with other EU insitutions Increased job oppurtunities
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
Objectives
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues – ethics
Relevance to the call
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact - in Serbia, in the EU, for academia, for industry, for the general public B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources -human and financial B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
Human Resources
Human resources
Project effort form template
(person months)
Financial resources
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
B6. Detailed Implementation Plan Introduction Methodology Critical path analysis Ganntogram Pert diagram Work package list Deliverables list Work package Descriptions Objectives, Deliverables, Milestones
Ganntogram
Pert Diagram
Workpackage list
Deliverables list
Workpackage descriptions
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Front page Contents page B0. Proposal summary B1. Objectives of the proposed project B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call B3. Potential impact B4. Project resources B5. Project management B6. Detailed Implementation Plan B7. Other issues
Ethical Issues
The Proposal – Part B Part B: The proposal Pages Front page1 Contents page1 B0. Proposal summary1 B1. Objectives of the proposed project2 B2. Relevance to the objectives of the call3 B3. Potential impact3 B4. Project resources5.5 B5. Project management2.5 B6. Detailed Implementation Plan13 B7. Other issues2 Total with appendices35
Evaluation 5 criteria used to judge proposal: Relevance – to the call Quality of the support action – competence of institution, coherence of planned activities, methodology Potential impact – in Serbia and entire EU Quality of the management – is their sufficient support for Coordinator – decision structure Mobilisation of resources – are the correct people being utilised, is the expenditure predicted justified.
ESR
Negotiation Contract Preparation Forms (CPFs) More detailed version of Part A from proposal – bank details, various legal declarations Contract Technical Annex Based on the proposal, restructured. Any changes to your proposal suggested by the EC or the evaluators must be implemented