1. Work Package 2 „Implementation of the SRA” Call secretariat Annette Angermann & Wenke Apt Rome, 11 June 2015

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3.  Tasks in each call implementation o Identification of participating countries and funding organizations o Common call text conditions regarding administrative and governance issues o Establishment of content working groups (i.e. Call Steering Committee composed of representatives from participating funding bodies and international experts) o Collection and coordination of country-specific eligibility requirements o Maintenance of a call secretariat o Establishment of an online submission platform o Establishment of an online evaluation tool o Coordination of eligibility checks on submissions o Organization of the proposal evaluation o Preparation of approval by the participating funding bodies  MS3: Funding decision of first call (Month 12) o Monitoring of funded projects Task 2.2: Management of Joint Calls (Task leads | 1st call: VDIVDE-IT, Germany; 2nd and 3rd call: ISCIII, Spain)

4.  Timetable o Deadline for proposal submission was 02.06.2015 o Peer reviewers list has to be finalized until 30.06.2015 o Deadline for national eligibility check is 30.06.2015 o Access of experts/peer evaluators to evaluation tool on 05.07.2015 o Deadline for peer evaluation 31.08.2015 o Preparation of panel meeting documents 15.09.2015 o Deadline for preparation of peer evaluators and representatives from national funding organisations; selection of funding candidates in October 2015 in Berlin (in the timeframe of 01.10.-16.10.2015) o Final contact with national contact points regarding possible problem, like bottlenecks etc. o November 2015: deadline for national confirmation, national funding organisations taking over the responsibility/process, JCS communicates to applicants o Start of funded projects in February 2016 Task 2.2: Management of Joint Calls (Task leads | 1st call: VDIVDE-IT, Germany; 2nd and 3rd call: ISCIII, Spain)

5.  41 valid proposals  Involvement of a total of 183 researchers, partly with two submissions  Total planned cost: 51.5 EUR  Total requested funding: 42.5 EUR Overview of submitted proposals 5