2. INSTRUMENTS ? PurposeTarget audience EU-funded activities Indicative EU funding Average duration ‘Optimum’ consortium Specific characteristics NoE Art of getting together Durable integration of participants’ research R&D institutes Universities mainly indirectly: Industry/ SMEs Integrating Joint Research Spreading excellence Consort. mgmt € 7 million Budget range: 5-15 million € 48-60 months 6-12 partners Institutional COMMITMENT at strategic level from the very start & for the whole duration Limited number of partners IP Art of breakthrough Ambitious multiple objective research Industry/S MEs R&D institutes Universities Research Training Innovation Consort. mgmt € 10 million Budget range: 4-25 million € 36-60 months 10-20 partners RADICAL INNOVATION through INTEGRATION of disciplines, techs, activities PROGRAM approach on multiple issues STREP Art of new knowledge Single objective research Industry/S MEs R&D institutes Universities Research Training Innovation Consort. mgmt € 1.9 million Budget range: 0.8-3 million € 18-36 months 6-15 partners PROJECT approach on a single issue FRONTIERS of KNOWLEDGE CA Art of bringing together Coordination Networking R&D institutes Universities Industry/S MEs Meetings seminars workshops info systems Consort. mgmt € 1 million Budget range: 0.5-1.8 million € 18-36 months 13-26 partners NO funding research activities Activities for coordination (“programme” approach) SSA Art of forward- looking supporting Orient RTD activities R&D institutes Universities Industry/S MEs Foresight scenario- building Technology roadmaps € 0.5 million Budget range: 0.03-1 million € 9-30 months 1-15 partners NO funding research “Project” approach Possibility of one single participant

3. OTHER FUNDING SCHEMES ? PurposeTarget audience EU-funded activities Indicative EU funding Average duration ‘Optimum’ consortium Specific characteristics CRAFT SMEs innovation oriented research SMEs R&D institutes Universities End-users Research Innovation Consort. Mgmt € 0.8 million Budget range: 0.5-2 million € 12-24 months 7-12 partners Research activities outsourced and proposed by SMEs (bottom-up approach) COLLABOR ATIVE RESEARCH SME communities’ need oriented research SME Industrial Association/ Groupings SMEs R&D institutes Universities Research Innovation Training Consort. Mgmt € 1.7 million Budget range: 2-5 million € 24-36 months 10-25 partners Research activities outsourced and proposed (bottom-up approach) by SMEs associations/groupings