1. Information session first joint ERANID call (Task 5 DOW) Belgian Science Policy Office 30 September 2015

2. Content Background ERANID project First joint ERANID call Call topic Eligibility Evaluation procedure Preliminary timetable Social community 04/12/2015www.eranid.eu2

3. Background ERANID project 04/12/20153www.eranid.eu = European Area Network on Illicit Drugs FP7 project (01/01/2013 – 31/12/2016) Aim: Improve cooperation in drug research in order to allow well-founded policy decisions, by: – Developing shared priorities for research – Launching joint research calls Involvement of BE: – BELSPO:  Member of the ERANID project  Member of the Joint Call Secretariat  Funding partner: maximum 500.000 euro – FWO:  Funding partner: maximum of 200.000 euro

4. First joint ERANID call: general information “Understanding drug use pathways” 16 September 2015 – 24 November 2015, 2 PM (CET) More than 4 million euro 9 countries (BE, DE, FR, IT, NL, PL, PT, SE & UK) Virtual common pot -principle 04/12/2015 www.eranid.eu 4

5. Call topic Objective: to support transnational research in Understanding drug use pathways. Possible areas of focus: – The impact of the digital world; – The impact of subjective experiences; – The impact of socioeconomic and physiological factors on drug use pathways. Conditions: – Open to all stages of drug use pathways, to all age groups and to all substances (including legal substances and NPS when relevant to illicit drug use pathway); – The use of multidisciplinary approaches involving SSH, notwithstanding the input from other disciplines; – Preference for innovative interdisciplinary research proposals; – Consider the principles of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). 04/12/2015www.eranid.eu5

6. Eligibility ERANID eligibility criteria – A minimum of two eligible applicants, although preference will be given to three or more; – Participants not eligible can participate if they are able to secure their own funding; – The majority of participants in a consortium and the Principle Investigator (PI) should be eligible to be funded; – Each consortium must nominate a PI; – Each applicant can submit up to two research proposals as co- PI or only one as PI; – Individual research groups will be funded by their national funding organisation(s); – The duration of the projects can be up to three years. BE eligibility criteria 04/12/2015www.eranid.eu6

7. Eligibility ERANID eligibility criteria BE eligibility criteria – Eligible institutions: non profit institutions with the pursuit of scientific research stated in the official statutes of the organisations; – An eligible Belgian promoter: a physical person or the appointed leader of a group of researchers from the same organisation; – Belgian promoters from different Belgian eligible research institutions can enter a given transnational network of applicants; – Requested budget per Belgian participation in a proposal (as a Belgian promoter or as a Belgian Network) shall not exceed 250.000€; – Rules concerning eligible costs are respected; Personnel costs (preferably around 60% of total requested budget) Operation costs (lump sum of 10% of personnel costs). 04/12/2015 www.eranid.eu 7

8. Evaluation procedure Step 1: Formal criteria check of proposals – The call’s formal criteria: Joint Call Secretariat – Compliance to national rules: national funding organisations Step 2: Peer review of proposals  Evaluation criteria in call for proposals! – Remote evaluation – Peer review panel meeting: short list Step 3: Project approval and decision communication – Decision Funders Group – Communication of (un)successful projects from JCS to PI 04/12/2015www.eranid.eu8

9. Preliminary timetable DATEACTIVITY 24 November 2015Closure of the online submission system. 8 December 2015 Deadline for eligibility checks (ERANID and national). End January 2016Deadline peer-evaluation. End February 2016 Deadline panel-meeting of experts/peer- evaluators and representatives; selection of funding candidates (short list). End March 2016 Funding Group (FG) decide of projects to be funded. No later than 5 days after the FG meeting Deadline for communicating decision of FG to applicants (PI of (un)successful project proposals must inform each project partner of their consortia). Successful applicants should contact the relevant funding agency to start national /regional negotiations and administrative procedures. As soon as possible but approximately May 2016 Expected start time of funded projects. No later than three months after the official project start date Inter partners Project Consortium Agreements signed by project partners. 04/12/2015www.eranid.eu9

10. Social community 04/12/2015www.eranid.eu10 A platform linked to the ERANID-website: www.eranidcommunity.eu www.eranidcommunity.eu Intended for researchers to: – Receive information on drug research, the ERANID call and other calls; – Form international networks for the ERANID call as well as other calls; – Disseminate information on drug research.

11. Information session first joint ERANID call (Task 5 DOW) Belgian Science Policy Office 30 September 2015