EU Framework 6 Research

General

The Call for proposals appeared on the 17 December 2002, and on the Luxembourg Web site at the same time. It is still not clear what funding model (the curious can see here, page 7) the University will adopt for FP6: when the Director of Finance has taken that decision, this page will be updated. As of 31/1/2003, the "Financial Guidelines" had not yet appeared.

Training

The University will be running a training day, led by Prof. Davenport, to explain European Funding. This was planned for 20 January, but two key documents, the Model Contract and the Finanical Guidelines, are still missing. This will probably now be in mid February.

Coordinators

The burden, and University commitment, of trying to coordinate these projects, particularly of the size being mentioned in FP6, is such that the University Research Committee will pre-vet such applications. Any-one thinking of co-ordinating, or being a significant sub-coordinator, of a project under this first call must have written to the University Grants and Contracts Support Unit (Framework 6 Cooordination) by Friday 24 January 2003. There is a one-page proforma. Decisions were notified on 30 January 2003. Note earlier date.
Examples
A late Framework 5 successful proposal is available in PDF: Part 2 and Part 3.
Resources
There is an example of the one-page proforma.
Enquiries
Professor James Davenport