FP7 checklist
Over the past number of years FEAST has learnt from and advised many Australian researchers and organisations regarding their involvement with the European Framework Programmes. This has enabled us to formulate clear and effective strategies for those wishing to become involved. Our latest tool is a checklist designed to help researchers and research manager successfully navigate the bureaucratic details and requirements of FP7. We are pleased to make this tool available online for all of our members at www.feast.org/members/fp7checklist.
FEAST Discussion Paper 4/11: Reconciling Quality and Quantity
In our latest Discussion Paper we combine a number of of the techniques outlined in our previous papers (freely available online at www.feast.org/publications) in order to demonstrate how a policy maker might design and implement a useful comparison index in order to target specific countries for collaboration. Download now from www.feast.org/index/document/4.
FEAST/UQ Symposium 2011: Enhancing interoperability in the emerging global research order
This Symposium is being organised by FEAST in partnership with The University of Queensland. It has been designed for people who formulate policy and decide on the architectures of funding programs and international agreements relating to global research, to provide a forum where they can exchange experience and thinking for mutual benefit. As such this is an invitation only event spanning two days with numbers capped at 50. We aim to facilitate full conversation between all participants.
There are a small number of places remaining for this event. If you feel that you would be able to contribute to the Symposium, and would like to attend, please get in touch with us at events@feast.org to discuss.
Full details, including speakers information, are available on the Symposium website at www.feast.org/symposium2011.
NHMRC - European Union Collaborative Research Grants Scheme
The NHMRC-EU Scheme assists Australian researchers to participate in multinational research collaborations with international researchers selected for funding under the European Commission's Seventh Framework (FP7) Cooperation programmes. Projects must have relevance to health and medical research. A maximum of $200,000 per year may be applied for by the Australian Chief Investigator. The funding period sought must be identified in the application and cannot be more than five (5) years.
Australian researchers must be an employee of a registered Administering Institution, listed as a participant in the original EU application and submit their application to the NHMRC as outlined on the NHMRC website and in the NHMRC-EU Scheme's Funding Policy located at: www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/types/granttype/strategic/austeu.htm.
Holding an NHMRC-EU Collaborative Research Grant does not affect a Chief Investigator's ability to hold other NHMRC grants.
EC Green Paper - From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding
The European Commission has recently published a Green Paper that sets out possible ways of enhancing the coherence and effectiveness of EU research and innovation funding (including the future FP8). The EC envisages in the Green Paper bringing together its current funding instruments and programmes for research and innovation under a Common Strategic Framework. The aim is to support the whole chain from blue sky research to demonstration and financing of SMEs. A key element will be radical simplification and harmonisation of rules and procedures across the board, building on the changes already announced for the remainder of FP7. This aims to attract the brightest scientists and most innovative companies and ensure that they spend less time on red tape.
The consultation website is available at: ec.europa.eu/research/csfri. Submissions can be made until 20 May 2011.
We would encourage all who have had experience with the Framework Programmes (including Marie Curie) to read the document (it is only a few pages) and consider the questions of relevance to them. Australian individuals and organisations wishing to submit a response to this paper are advised to contact FEAST for guidance on the issues involved and to help us coordinate a collective response from Australia.
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