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Project concept developmentand timelines

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Projects funded with grants from the EU are not

suitable to solve immediate problems or challenges.

Proposals for collaborative projects funded with

grants from the EU will not be quick to put together.

They should be regarded as strategic activities.

Heres an example of what the process might be like:

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Idea!!

Identify a funding source and suitable topic.

Adjust the idea to fit the topic better.

Identify and contact potential partners - lots of discussions.

Adjust the idea to fit their contributions.

Add another SME and improve the mix/distribution of partners.

Adjust the idea to include these partners.

Start writing while reading instructions for each section.

Adjust the idea to fit the instructions better.

Read again the impact expected.

Adjust the idea to maximise the expected impact.

Complete the first budget draft - too expensive!

Adjust the idea to fit the budget requirements.

Check for consistency of information provided.

Adjust the idea to remove inconsistencies. Attempt to upload documents into the web site.

Adjust the document to reduce the file size if too large!

Final check of instructions, formattingandspellingcheck(kum, komija).

Upload the final document and click Submit.

Celebrate, with fingers firmly crossed!

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Idea!!

Identify a funding source and suitable topic

(read lots of background documents)

Adjust the idea to fit the topic better

Identify potential partners

0Time line in weeks

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Identify a funding source and suitable topic

(read lots of background documents)

Idea!!

Adjust the idea to fit the topic better

Identify potential partners

1

This first step can

often last many

months,whilelooking

for suitable funding!

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0Time line in weeks

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Idea!!

Identify a funding source and suitable topic

(read lots of background documents)

Adjust the idea to fit the topic better

Identify potential partners

3 4 5 6 7

Contact potential partners (emails, telephone)

Adjust the idea to fit their contributions

(lots of meetings, phone calls, .)

Contact SMEs, . to improve the mix/

distribution of partners (emails, etc)

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0Time line in weeks

21 3 4 5 6 7

Idea!!

Identify a funding source and suitable topic

(read lots of background documents)

Adjust the idea to fit the topic better

Identify potential partners

8 9

Adjust the idea to include the new partner

Meanwhile, start writing as time is getting on!

Keep reading instructions for each section

Adjusttheideatofittheinstructionsbett

er

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0Time line in weeks

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Idea!!

Identify a funding source and suitable topic

(read lots of background documents)

Adjust the idea to fit the topic better

Identify potential partners

Read again the impact expected

Adjust the idea to maximise the expected impact

Complete the first budget draft - too expensive!

Adjust the idea to fit the budget requirements - thats a problem!! !

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Check for consistency of information provided

Adjust the idea to remove inconsistencies

Attempt to upload documents into the web site; adjust file size if too large!

Final check of instructions, formatting and spelling check

Upload the final document and click Submit.

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Subject: FP7 ideas

Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 11:09

From: Steve Quarrie

To: Jeremy Barnes

Hi Jerry,

I'm starting to get sleepless nights thinking about partners

for a new project! I'm already accepting the idea of writing

something again (occupational hazard), but my fear is the

alacrity [willingness] with which you/NU would accept thechallenge of coordinating a large collaborative project (ca.

20 partners?) - same arrangement as SMARTWHEAT but

twice as large. Hmmm.

Anyway, how does the following seem for starters?

Improved drought resistance and yield of wheat [or

something similar]:

*NU - coordinator (????) anti-oxidants/candidate genes

*Lancaster - not certain yet,*Belgrade FoA - as for SMARTWHEAT,

*IFVC - Boris in his element

*Viterbo - again SMARTWHEAT, but only yield effects.

*Apsovsementi - as for Carla, just yield.

*Roberto Tuberosa - always good value on any project

*Another breeding SME in Italy

*Lleida - more-or-less as for SMARTWHEAT

*Martonvasar - Zoltan Bedo - screening wheat for drought

responses - close buddy of Boris.*??IPK - Andreas Borner - a big hitter in the wheat QTL

world and already identifying QTLs for drought responses.

*Kazakstan - Institute for blah, blah ...

I have a feeling that if we wait until we meet in mid June

we'll miss the boat of this one and Roberto and Andreas

Borner in particular will already be putting together similar

rival consortia. However, it's your call as I'm not in a

position here to be formal coordinator.Your move .....

Steve Deadline 15 Jan 2009