Useful Websites

Websites on this page have been designed to support:

	Training Course: How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Framework 6 www.hyperion.ie/fp6proposalcourse.htm
	Research Managers Handbook: How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Framework 6 www.hyperion.ie/proposalhandbook.htm

Useful Websites

Short Summary of Proposal Course (Click here)

Key Policy Websites www.hyperion.ie/keywebsites.htm

Key websites for Beginners www.hyperion.ie/beginners.htm

Templates for Proposals www.hyperion.ie/templates.htm

Analysis of Successful FP6 Proposals www.hyperion.ie/fp6results.htm

Framework 6 Proposal Statistics www.hyperion.ie/fp6statistics.htm

Statistics on Instrument size www.hyperion.ie/instrumentstatistics.htm

Analysis of FP6 Financial Guidelines (Click here)

List of Proposal Writers www.hyperion.ie/proposalwriters.htm

List of Proposal Reviewers www.hyperion.ie/proposalreviewers.htm

List of Research Managers www.hyperion.ie/researchmanagers.htm

List of National Support for writing Framework Proposals www.hyperion.ie/nationalsupport.htm

Bonus Scheme for Object 1 Regions http://www.cordis.lu/era/bonus.htm (Objective 1 Regions are http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/objective1/regions_en.htm )

Template for Planning the Proposal

Module 1:Introduction to Framework 6

	Cordis www.cordis.lu
	Framework 6 (Official Websites) http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/home.cfm www.cordis.lu/fp6/
	Rapidus (Automatic news service) www.cordis.lu/rapidus/
	EPSS(Electronic Proposal Submission System) www.cordis.lu/fp6/epss/
	Framework 6 on Europa http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html
	Expression of Interest Search Form http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm
	European Commission Staff in DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/organisation_en.html
	Database of European Commission Staff http://europa.eu.int/comm/staffdir/plsql/gsys_page.display_index?pLang=EN

Useful EU Publications

	CORDIS Focus http://www.cordis.lu/focus/
	Innovation and Technology Transfer http://www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-en/home.html
	Euroabstracts www.cordis.lu/euroabstracts/en/home.html
	Euro-Info http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/index.htm
	RTD Publications http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/pub_rtd.html
	Enterprise Europe http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/enterprise-europe
	RESEARCH EUROPE(Commerical) www.ResearchResearch.com
	EU Bookshop http://bookshop.eu.int

Module 2: Background to Framework 6

Important Background Reports

EU Grants and Loans http://europa.eu.int/grants/index_en.htm

Environmental Policy/Funding http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/funding/intro_en.htm

EU Competitiveness Report http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/enterprise_policy/competitiveness/index.htm

Green Paper on Innovation http://europa.eu.int/en/record/green/gp9512/ind_inn.htm

Towards a European Research Area http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/area.html

The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies www.jrc.es

5 Year Assessment Reports http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/panels.htm

Review of Instruments (Marimon Report) http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instruments_review/home.html

Eurostat http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

5 Year Assessment Report (Dec 2004) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/reports/2004/fya_en.html

Expert Panels for Framework 6

External Advisory Groups (FP6) www.cordis.lu/fp6/eags.htm

National Contact Points (FP6) www.cordis.lu/fp6/ncps.htm

EURAB http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/eurab/index_en.html

Annual Monitoring Reports http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/monitoring/

DG Research Annual Report http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/report2000.htm

Experts and Specialist Personnel http://www.cordis.lu/fp5-openings/home.html

External Advisory Groups (FP5) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp5/eag-names.html

Module 3: How Proposal are Evaluated

Framework 6 Evaluation Manual www.cordis.lu/fp6/eval-guidelines/

Call for Experts (Organisations and Individuals) http://emmfp6.cordis.lu

Database for Evaluators www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm

Pre-Registration of Proposals http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/pre_registration.htm

Module 4: The Research Priorities

Framework 6 Research Priorities http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/activities.htm

Background Policy Reports for FP6 Research Priorities www.hyperion.ie/fp6websites.htm

Background Policy Reports (Alphabetical Order) www.hyperion.ie/topics.htm

The Futures Project http://futures.jrc.es/menupage-b.htm

Foresight in Framework 6 http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/foresight/home.html

Foresight Studies www.hyperion.ie/foresight.htm

Module 5:The Instruments (Types of Contracts)

Framework 6 Instruments http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instruments.htm

Review of Instruments (Marimon Report) http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instruments_review/home.html

Statistics on Instrument size www.hyperion.ie/instrumentstatistics.htm

Information on Instruments on www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/

Networks of Excellence and Integrated Projects http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html

Networks of Excellence (US National Science and Technology Centres) http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/start.htm

Networks of Excellence (Swiss National Centres of Competence in Research)
http://www.snf.ch/en/rep/nat/nat_ccr.asp

Canadian Networks of Excellence www.nce.gc.ca

FET Networks of Excellence (FP5) http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetnoe.htm

Sample Integrated Project (FP6) www.eumorphia.org   www.spineurope.org    www.genomeutwin.helsinki.fi

European Robotics Network of Excellence http://cas.nada.kth.se/euron/

Marie Curie Host Website http://mc-opportunities.cordis.lu

Toolbox for CRAFT Proposals www.taftie.org

Existing Research Infrastructures http://www.cordis.lu/improving/infrastructure/themes.htm

Research Infrastructures in Framework 6 http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp/infrastructures.html

Coordination Actions (Thematic Networks and Concerted Actions) Search in http://dbs.cordis.lu/fep/FP5/FP5_PROJl_search.html

Article 169 of the Amsterdam Treaty http://europa.eu.int/abc/obj/treaties/en/entoc.htm

Article 169 Pilot Project: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/edctp.html

Article 169 EDCTP Project www.edctp.org

Article 169 http://www.cordis.lu/coordination/art169.htm

Module 6:EU R&D Programme Rules and Terminology

Model Contract (FP6) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/working-groups/model-contract/index_en.html

Model contracts http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/modelcontract/

Model Contract Group http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/model-contract-group/

Letter of Intent to participate in a proposal http://www.kowi.de/rp/download/loi_en.pdf

Information on Audit Certificates on www.cordis.lu/ist/manage.htm

Contract preparation forms http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/contractpreparation/

EEIG (European Economic Interest Group) http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/company/company/news/783.htm

EEIG Brochure http://www.eito.com/download/EEIG.pdf

Guidelines for Project Co-ordinators www.cordis.lu/growth/

Technology Implementation Plan www.cordis.lu/etip/

IPR Help Desk www.ipr-helpdesk.org

Consortium agreement checklist http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/consortiumchecklist/

Consortium Agreement (UNITE): http://www.unite.be/ca-6.htm

Consortium Agreement   http://www.earto.org/MCA/Intro.htm.

European Court of Auditors http://www.eca.eu.int

Letter of Intent to submit a proposal http://www.kowi.de/rp/download/loi_en.pdf

Module 7: Selecting Partners

Who can Participate: www.cordis.lu/inco2/src/participation.htm

Expression of Interest Search Form http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm

EU R&D Associations www.hyperion.ie/euassociations.htm

Existing Coordinators/Partners (FP6) http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/projects.htm

Existing Coordinators/Partners(FP5) http://dbs.cordis.lu/fep/FP5/FP5_PROJl_search.html

Research Infrastructures (FP5) http://www.cordis.lu/improving/infrastructure/themes.htm

Research Infrastructures (FP6) http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/projects.htm

COST Action Reports www.cost.cordis.lu/src/signatories.cfm   www.cordis.lu/cost/

COST (Council Website) http://ue.eu.int/dynadoc/cost_reports.asp

CENSTAR Technical Committees www.cenorm.be

External Advisory Groups (EAG)(FP5) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp5/eag-names.html

External Advisory Groups (FP6) www.cordis.lu/fp6/eags.htm

EU RTD Cooperation Agreements www.cordis.lu/inco2/

Research Conferences http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/conferences/index_en.cfm

EU Conferences and Events www.cordis.lu/fp5/news.htm

Centres of Excellence (Candidate Countries) www.cordis.lu/inco2/src/coe.htm

EU Intenational Scientific Cooperation Policy http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/iscp/index_en.html

List of INCO Target Countries www.cordis.lu/fp6/spl_wp.htm

South East Europe Information www.seerecon.org

South East Europe Education Network www.see-educoop.net

Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation www.feast.org

National R&D Offices in Brussels www.iglortd.org

EMBL www.embl.org

ESO www.eso.org

CERN http://welcome.cern.ch/welcome/gateway.html

JRC www.jrc.cec.eu.int

EIRO Fourm www.eiroforum.org

Cordis Partner Search Service www.cordis.lu/fp6/partners/

IST (Information Society) Partners www.ideal-ist.net

SME Definition http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/enterprise_policy/sme_definition/decision_sme_en.pdf

Module 8: How to Write the ‘Project Management’ of the Proposal

Templates for Project Management www.hyperion.ie/templates.htm

Module 9: How to Write the ‘Impact’ of the Proposal

How to Write the State of the Art

Existing EU R&D Contracts http://dbs.cordis.lu/fep/FP5/FP5_PROJl_search.html

The European Patent Office www.european-patent-office.org/espacenet/

For Life Sciences use PUBMED http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

Funding for Exploitation of Results

EU Grants and Loans http://europa.eu.int/grants/index_en.htm

European Investment Bank www.eib.org

Innovation 2000 Initiative (i2i) www.eib.org

European Investment Fund www.eif.org

Eureka www.eureka.be

Impact on Technology

The Futures Report http://futures.jrc.es/

The Institute for Prospective Technologies and Studies Reports www.jrc.es

The R&D Scoreboard (Published annually by DTI, UK) http://www.innovation.gov.uk/finance/

European Information Technology Observatory www.eito.com

Foresight in Framework 6 http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/foresight/home.html

ESF Forward Look http://www.esf.org/esf_activity_home.php?language=0&domain=0&activity=8

   Impact on the Economy and the Market

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development www.oecd.org (Brilliant!)

The Economist   www.economist.com

Market Research Organisations

	Dataquest www.dataquest.com
	Frost and Sullivan www.frost.com
	Ovum www.ovum.com
	IDC www.idc.com
	Forrester Research www.forrester.com
	Datamonitor www.datamonitor.com
	Espicom (Pharmaceutical) www.espicom.com
	Mintel www.mintel.com

   Impact on Standards

CENORM www.cenorm.be

CENSTAR www.cenorm.be/sectors/sectors.htm#sstcs

CENELEC www.cenelec.be

ISO              www.iso.ch

ETSI            www.etsi.org

ASTM         www.astm.org

Academic Institutions involved in research and training on standardization http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/standards_policy/

Study on the Impact of Standardization www.standardsimpact.org

Integrating Research and Standards www.interest-fp6.org

http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/documentos/docsPublicacion/html_xml/8_ES_Standardisation[0000006331_00].html

Module 10: How to Write the Impact on ‘EU Policy’

	Europa (Official EU Website) http://europa.eu.int
	SINAPSE (Scientific Advice for Policy) http://europa.eu.int/sinapse/sinapse/index.cfm
	Europa General Search Engine http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/query_en.htm
	EU Studies and Legislation (ECLAS,IDEA,EUR-LEX) http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/search/databases_en.htm
	White Papers http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/white/index_en.htm
	Green Papers http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/green/index_en.htm
	Treaties http://europa.eu.int/abc/obj/treaties/en/entoc.htm
	Eurostat http://europa.eu.int/eurostat.html (check)
	eEurope Action Plan http://europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/eeurope/actionplan/
	European Commission (DG Research) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html
	European Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/home/default_en.htm
	Council of Ministers http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm
	STOA http://www.europarl.eu.int/stoa/publi/default_en.htm
	CONECCS Database (Lobby Groups) http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/index_en.htm
	The Centre for European Policy Studies www.ceps.be

Module 10: How to Write the ‘Social Impact’ of the Proposal

OECD www.oecd.org/els/social

The Futures Project http://futures.jrc.es/menupage-b.htm has four reports dealing with social issues and R&D.

Society, the Endless Frontier (1996! but ideas are still valid) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/publ/society_en.html

EU and NGOs http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgc/ong/en/index.htm

Module 11: Strategy for Writing Proposal

The One Page Proposal www.hyperion.ie/onepageproposal.htm

Templates for Pert Chart etc. ( PowerPoint File )

Division of Work between Partners ( Word Template )

How to Present R&D Activities to Business Executives and EU Officials

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