1. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP IP and NoESTREP  Fuel cell systems for power generation, combined heat/cold and power, and mobile applications  Solid polymer fuel cell for stationary and transport applications  Materials, processes, components and systems for Proton Exchange Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells  Fuel cell systems for small portable applications  "Next generation" of advanced computational models and simulation tools Fuel cells (call 2003.ML)

2. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP IP and NoESTREP  Novel routes for hydrogen production  Assessment of components and systems for safety critical functions  Hydrogen production and purification from fossil, renewable and other sources  Hydrogen storage media and related infrastructure  Preparing for hydrogen as an energy carrier in next generation sustainable energy systems  Safety of hydrogen technologies and applications Hydrogen (call 2003.ML)

3. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP IP and NoESTREP  Transmission systems  Energy storage technologies for grid-connected applications  Development of devices based on high temperature superconductors  Demand driven solutions for large scale implementation of Distributed Energy Resources  Concepts and components for power networks with high Distributed Energy Resources penetration  Advanced energy storage systems for RES. Electricity (call 2003.ML)

4. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP IP and NoE  Thin-film PV technologies with higher efficiency / cost ratio  Crystalline Si modules costing below 1€/Wp  High efficiency PV through better utilisation of the solar spectrum  Organic solar cells  PV concentration  Innovative concepts for PV in buildings  PV systems for MW-size plants Photovoltaics (call 2003.ML) STREP

5. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP IP and NoESTREP  Biofuel production systems from ligno-cellulosic feedstock  Hydrogen rich gas from multiple biomass feedstocks  Overcoming barriers to the development of bio-energy production systems  Environmentally friendly biomass combustion technologies  Production and coupling of biofuels to fuel cells  Energy from bio-residues and energy crops Biomass and bio-energy (call 2003.ML)

6. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP  Wind - new concepts and designs  Ocean (tidal and wave) energy - cheaper and safer systems  Concentrated solar thermal - components and systems, incl. solar reactors  Geothermal energy - enhanced geothermal systems Other Renewable Energy Technologies (call 2003.ML) STREP only

7. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP  Pre-combustion capture technologies for CO 2  Post-combustion capture technologies for CO 2  CO 2 capture and geological sequestration  Chemical/ mineral sequestration of CO 2  Transport of CO 2  CO/H 2 and/or CO 2 /H 2 separation in pre-combustion capture CO 2 capture and sequestration (call 2003.ML) IP and NoESTREP

8. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP  Quantification of energy externalities  Social issues related to implementation of medium and long term energy technologies  Quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods IP and NoESTREP Socio-economic (call 2003.ML)

9. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Fuel cellsYES Energy CarriersYES Renewable EnergyYES CO2 capture and sequestrationYES Energy strategyYES Coordination Actions Specific Support Actions (call 2003.ML)

10. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Specific Support Actions (call 2004.ML) Fuel cellsYES Energy CarriersYES Renewable EnergyYES CO2 capture and sequestrationYES Energy strategyYES

11. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Please remember  Topics and areas are given in the Call text  There are no thresholds for the size of the project but there are 19 topics for new instruments and 23 areas for STRPs and the budget of the Call is given  Previous submission of an EoI will have no bearing on the proposal evaluation.  There may be competition between proposals across and within topics and areas.

12. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Please consider  Policy context, research and energy policies  Integration of partners from Associated Candidate Countries  SME participation (15% of the FP6 budget)  International co-operation

13. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Sustainable Energy Systems Proposal submission and evaluation

14. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP FP6 InfoPack Documents to consult during proposal preparation:  Brochure “FP6 in Brief”  Work Programme Specific  Call for Proposals Specific  Guide for Proposers Instrument specific  Guidelines on proposal evaluation procedures Common All available on the “call pages” of CORDIS

15. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP How to submit a proposal  Proposal Preparation Tool available online early 2003 Electronic submission Submission on CD-ROM or diskette Submission on paper  Paper versions of forms also in the InfoPack DEADLINES TIME AND DATE ARE ABSOLUTE

16. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Content of a proposal  Part A set of forms, specific to each instrument, collecting basic information about the proposal and proposers  Part B proposal text, in a format set out in the Guide for Proposers for that instrument

17. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Part B of a proposal  Structured format inviting proposers to address the issues that the proposal will be evaluated against  IPs and NoEs : management-level description of the entire project; detailed Work Plan for the first 18 months  STREPs, CAs and SSAs : detailed description of the Work Plan for the entire project

18. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Proposal evaluation  All eligible proposals will be evaluated against published criteria which vary by instrument  Each criteria has a threshold mark which a proposal must achieve to be considered for funding  All criteria have equal weight  An overall threshold is also fixed Evaluation criteria are detailed in Annex B of the Work Programme and in the Guidelines for Evaluators

19. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Evaluation criteria CRITERIONIPNoESTRPCASSA Overall threshold score24/3020/2521/3021/3017.5/25 Relevance3/53/53/53/54/5 Potential impact3/53/53/53/53/5 S&T excellence4/54/5 Quality of the consortium3/53/53/5 Quality of the management3/53/53/53/5 Mobilisation of resources3/53/53/53/5 Excellence of the participants3/5 Degree of integration and the JPA4/5 Organisation and management3/5 Quality of the co-ordination4/5 Quality of the support action3/5

20. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Evaluation process 1  Single stage submission procedure full proposal  “Peer review” evaluation - independent experts eligibility check, ethics considerations individual evaluation by several experts consensus report with additional questions to be asked in the event of hearings panel evaluation possibility of hearings of proposers to clarify specific questions Outcome : list of proposals with final marks, as advice to the Commission. All co-ordinators will receive an Evaluation Summary Report.

21. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Evaluation process 2  Commission ranked list on the basis of the advice from the evaluators  Commission short list proposals for immediate negotiation  Commission reserve list to be negotiated if funds become available  Commission rejection decision for all proposals that will not be funded

22. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Negotiation and contract issues  Projects can only be funded following a successful negotiation. Administrative details Legal and financial aspects Technical content of the project  Commission negotiators take account of comments from the evaluators.  Deadlines to be respected - otherwise the Commission can terminate the negotiation. Separate guidelines will be issued regarding the negotiation procedure

23. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Where to get help  Commission Helpdesk for Energy rtd-energy@cec.eu.int  National Contact Points  Information days  Pre-proposal check  Partner search facilities on CORDIS Details and addresses are provided in the InfoPack.

24. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP Calls for experts  Call addressed to organisations to propose lists of prospective independent experts  Call addressed to individuals for the establishment of a database of prospective independent experts  Online submission via CORDIS http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm  The call is open throughout FP6

25. Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystem Stockholm-pat III WP  CORDIS: http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/  EUROPA: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/index_en.html  Energy research web site: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/energy/index_en.html  DG Energy and Transport web site: http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/index_en.html Staying informed