Opportunities for Research Projects’ Financing

Presented by:Laila Kamal

ENSTINET1

The SIS program is under the Capacities category in the FP7 and has the following objectives:

Tackling society’s challenges Ensuring the responsibility of the

conducted research towards society. Making R & I more attractive for

developing careers Enabling citizens to increase their

participation in R & I

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SIS 2013 is a stepping stone towards encouraging Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) that Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) is based on and calls for.

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Engagement of all societal actors in R & I Developing scientific literacy, responsibility and

creativity in society through providing: - Appropriate science education methods at school- Basic and life-long training programs for researchers

in ethical, legal and economical concerns related to their own research context

- Regular public exchanges on research and innovation concerns

Gender equality is promoted and integrated in research and innovation content

Publicly-funded research results are freely accessible and available on the Internet for all components of society

Ethics dimension is built in from the inception of process and products

Governance rules are tuned to favor the take-off of the above elements.

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Action Lines ↓ Activity ↓ Area ↓ Topic

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First Action Line: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship

Second Action Line: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons

Third Action Line: Science and society communicate

Fourth Action Line: Strategic activities

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Example of the track of calls: Activity 5.1.1: Better understanding of the

place of science and technology in society Area 5.1.1.1 Relationships between

science, democracy and law Example of topics: SIS.2013.1.1.-1: Production and use of a

Training and Dissemination Toolkit on Responsible research and innovation

SIS.2013.1.1.1-2: Responsible Research and Innovation in industrial context

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Example of the track of calls: Activity 5.2.1. Gender and research Area 5.2.1.1: Strengthening the role of

women in scientific research and in scientific decision-making bodies

Examples of topics: - SIS.2013.2.1.1-1: Supporting changes

in the organisation of research institutions to promote gender equality

- SIS.2013.2.1.1-2: ERA-NET on the promotion of gender equality in research institutions

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Example of the track of calls: Area 5.3.0.5: Promoting excellent trans-

national research and science communication by the means of popular prizes

Example of topics: - SIS.2013.3.0.5-1: European Union

Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) 2013 - SIS.2013.3.0.6-1: Conference under the

Irish Presidency (1st semester 2013) “The role of the media in Responsible research and innovation”

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Example of the track of calls: Area 5.4.0.0 Monitoring, evaluation and

assessment of Responsible Research and Innovation

Example of topics: - SIS-2013.4.0.0-1: Monitoring the

evolution of economic benefits of responsible research and innovation

- SIS.2013.4.0.0-2: Stock taking and Meta analysis of SIS projects throughout FP6 and FP7

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a- Collaborative projects b- Coordination and Support Actions

(coordination action) c- Coordination and Support Actions

(supporting action)

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A- Collaborative Projects: Collaborative projects are objective

driven research projects aiming at developing new knowledge, new technology, products, and that may include scientific coordination, demonstration activities or sharing of common resources for research in order to improve European competitiveness or to

address major societal needs.

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B & C- Coordination/Supporting projects: The two different types of actions to be financed here

are:

Co-ordination (or networking) actions aimed at coordinating research activities and policies.

Support actions aimed at contributing to the implementation of the Framework Programmes and the preparation of future EU research and technological development policy or the development of synergies with other policies, or to stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of SMEs, civil society organisations and their networks, or small research teams and newly developed or remote research centres in the activities of the thematic areas of the Cooperation programme. Support actions normally focus on one specific activity and often one specific event.

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Call identifier: FP7-Science-in-Society-2013-1

Date of publication: 10 July 2012 Deadline: 16 January 2013 at 17.00

Brussels local time Indicative budget: 51.7 million EUR

Link to Science in Society Call:http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/

portal/page/capacities?callIdentifier=FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2013-1

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Eligibility criteria: Please read Annex 2 in the Guide for Applicants and the Call Fiche

General eligibility criteria: The proposal is received by the Commission/Agency via the Electronic

Submission Services before the deadline given in the call fiche

It involves at least the minimum number of participants given in the call fiche

It is complete (i.e. both the requested administrative forms and the proposal description are present). To satisfy this condition, part B of the proposal must be readable, accessible and printable.

The content of the proposal relates to the topic(s) and funding scheme(s), including any special conditions set out in the relevant parts of the work programme

Any additional eligibility criteria, specified in the work programme Where a maximum number of pages have been indicated for a section of

the proposal, or for the proposal as a whole, the experts will be instructed to disregard any excess pages.

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Evaluation Criteria: Please read Annex 3 (for a collaborative project) or Annex 2 (for a coordination and supporting action project) in the Guide for Applicants and Call Fiche

It is based on:

S/T QUALITY: Scientific and/or technological excellence

(relevant to the topics addressed by the call) IMPLEMENTATION: Quality and efficiency of the

implementation and the management IMPACT: Potential impact through the development,

dissemination and use of project results

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Funding scheme: a- Collaborative projects b- Coordination and Support Actions

(coordination action) c- Coordination and Support Actions

(supporting action)

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Funding Schemes’ Minimum conditions: Collaborative Projects: At least 3

independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC, and no 2 of which are established in the same MS or AC.

Coordination and Support Actions (coordinating action): At least 3 independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC, and no 2 of which are established in the same MS or AC.

Coordination and Support Actions (supporting action): At least 1 independent legal entity.

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Indicative timetable: (Please read the Work Programme/Call Fiche) Evaluations are expected to be completed in April 2013.

Consortia Agreement: It should happen by the participants before the grant agreement.

Forms of grants and maximum reimbursement rates: They are written in Annex 3 in the Guide for Applicants.

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Go to the website:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

Choose: Find a Call (participant portal): http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls

Choose Capacities: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/capacities

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Find Science in Society Under Call for Proposal choose the Call

Identifier that matches your requirements for research. The following is the link for the Call Identifier: FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2013-1:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/capacities?callIdentifier=FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2013-1

There you will find: The details of your project together with the

guide for applicants, the work program, Call Fiche, Factsheets and additional documents.

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Choose: Electronic Proposal Submission and then select the topic that you would like to apply for and click on GO.

You will need to sign up and then apply

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