vienna university of technology tu wien (tuw)

EU Research Management Unit – Funding Opportunities, Project Management Support

– Participation in FP6 & Challenges for FP7

Siegfried Huemer

ASO Sofia, 24 November 2006

EuResearchManagementTUWnov06.ppt

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Vienna University of Technology TU Wien (TUW)

• 1815 k.k. Polytechnical Institute

• 1872 Technische Hochschule Wien

• 1975 Technische Universität Wien

• 2002 University Act 2002


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Organisation

University Act 2002 in full force since 2004

8 Faculties

Rector and 3 Vice Rectors

University Council (5 members), supervisory board

Senate with 24 members

15.800 students1.440 scientists

850 administrative officers


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Vienna University of Technology • Faculty of Architecture and Planning• Faculty of Civil Engineering• Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial

Engineering• Faculty of Electrical Engineering & IT• Faculty of Informatics• Faculty of Mathematics & Geoinformation• Faculty of Physics• Faculty of Technical Chemistry


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Alumni

Christian Doppler (Doppler effect)

Viktor Kaplan (Kaplan turbine)

Fritz Lang (film director)

Josef & Johann Strauß (composers)

Herbert Boeckl (painter)

Rudolf Steiner (anthroposopher)

Franz Viehböck (astronaut)

Luis Trenker (climber & actor)

Richard Zsigmondy (Nobel Prize laureate)


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University Extension Centre

• EU Research Management Unit

• International Co-operation in Education

• e-Learning Centre

• Technology Transfer


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Austrian Network of Experts in EU Funding Consultancy

TU Wien

EU Research Unit

www.tuwien.ac.at/welcome_eng.html

ÖAD www.oead.ac.atAustrian Exchange Service

FFG www.ffg.at

Research Promotion Agency (National Contact Point FP7)

EU Commission DG Research

Austrian Delegates FP6 Programme Committees


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Funding Opportunities for European Co-operation in S & T

• Partnership Agreements with the Vienna University of Technology

• Bilateral Scientific & Technological Co-operation Agreements with the Ministry

• Multilateral European Research Cooperation Initiatives (EU-FP6/FP7, COST, EUREKA)


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Project Management Support

• EU Research Information System

• Project Monitoring and Statistics

• Individual Proposal Consulting (calls, administrative forms, auditing)

• FP 6 project management (financial & legal aspects)


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EU Project Consulting

• Identify the appropriate research area

• Create a complementary consortium

• Define the roles of participants (coordinator, partner, sub-contractor)

• Chooce of the cost model (AC/FCF/FC)



EU Research Project Documents

• Proposal Submission Forms

• Contract Preparation Forms

• Model Contract/Grant Agreement for Cost Reimbursement

• Consortium Agreement

• Financial Statements

• Project Reports (periodic and final)



EU Project live cycleCall for Proposal

Proposal

Evaluation

Contract Prep. Forms

EU Research Management Unit

EU Contract (Grant Agreement) & Consortium Agreement

Financial Statement Form C

Audit Certificate

Draft for next 18 months



Participation in FP 6 (2002-2006)

EU Framework Programme 6

AUSTRIA TU Wien

EU Projects 1.225 118

Co-ordinators 195 17

Funding Mio. €

347 27,4

Source: 09/2006 PROVISO



Projects of the TU Wien in FP 6

118 EU Projects of the TU Wien in FP 6 (2002-2006)

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Opportunities and Challenges in FP7

• 54 bill. Euro Funding (+ 60% p.a. c.t. FP6)

• 10 Research themes for EU cooperation

• International co-operation in S & T

• Specific programme PEOPLE



Challenges in FP7

• New Funding Schemes

• Simplified Methode of Calculation of Indirect Costs

• New Model Grant Agreement & Consortium Agreement

• Fragementation (COST, EUREKA, CIP, eTEN et.al.



Useful links

• CEEPUS http://www.ceepus.info/• EU Community Research in FP7

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7• PEOPLE in FP7

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people.htm• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION in FP7

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm - 7• COST http://www.cost.esf.org/• EUREKA-NIP http://www.eureka.be/



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soccer club(vice world champion!)

public debate series„Streitgespräche“



Vienna University of Technology

• Dipl.-Ing. Siegfried Huemer, Head of EU Research Management Unit

• [email protected]:+43 1 58801 41553 Fax:+43 1 58801 41599

• Gusshausstrasse 28/0155 - 1040 Wien AUSTRIA • http://www.ai.tuwien.ac.at/eufm/eufm_home.html/

• http://www.tuwien.ac.at/welcome_eng.html