Calls
The following list shows European calls for proposals and their respective deadlines. If you are interested in one of the calls mentioned below, please contact your regional MediaTrans project partner.
Research for SMEs - Call 1
Deadline: 04.09.2007
Budget: € 100 000 000
Activity/ Area: 2.1 Research for SMEs
Topics called: The call is open to all research fields
Funding Scheme: Research for the benefit of specific groups (in particular SMEs)
• Evaluation procedure: the evaluation will follow a single stage procedure; proposals
will not be evaluated anonymously.
• The evaluation criteria and sub-criteria (including weights and thresholds), together
with the eligibility, selection and award criteria, for the different funding schemes are
set out in Annex 2 to this work programme.
• Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable: evaluation results estimated to be
available 3 months after closure date;
Contract signature: it is estimated that the first contracts related to the call will come
into force 8 months after the closure date.
• Consortium agreements
The participants will be required to submit a signed consortium agreement as a
deliverable in the early stage of the project to further detail information already
reflected in the Technical Annex to the contract.
It addresses issues such as the internal organisation of the consortium, the
management of the Community financial contribution, rules on dissemination and use,
including intellectual property rights management, settlement of internal disputes. In
particular, it should contain provisions related to the remuneration of the RTDperformers
especially if different from the default regime, clearly indicating the
ceiling for remuneration agreed within the consortium and the related consequences in
terms of allocation of ownership and use and dissemination rights. This information is
meant to be fully reflected in the Technical Annex to the contract.
• Particular requirements for participation, evaluation and implementation:
- At least 3 participants must be independent SMEs established in at least 3
Member States or Associated Countries.
- At least 2 participants must be RTD-performers (having the capacity to carry out
research at the request of SMEs), independent from any other participant.
- Other legal entities, such as other enterprises or end-users that make a particular
contribution to the project and to solving specific problems or needs of SMEs may
participate, though not in a dominant role. These other enterprises and end-users
must be independent from the SME participants and the RTD performers.
• See Annex 3 for the form of grant and maximum reimbursement rates
• A reserve list of proposals will be established
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