Industry-Academia
Partnerships and Pathways
(IAPP)
30 November 2012
Research Executive Agency
Brussels
IAPP 2013
Key documents for IAPP 2013 call
 PEOPLE Work Programme 2013
 Guide for applicants
– Common part
– Ethics part
– Specific part
Participant Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/pa
ge/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP
IAPP Objectives
• Foster co-operation between non-commercial
research organisations & commercial enterprises
based on joint research projects.
• Stimulate long-term collaboration between sectors
through secondment of researchers between the
public & private research domains.
• Diverse career possibilities & research experience for
researchers, and support knowledge
sharing/cultural exchange.
IAPP consortium
• At least 1 partner from non-commercial sector
• At least 1 partner from commercial sector
• Partners from at least 2 different MS or AC
• Additional participants from anywhere in the
world
• Usually 2 to 6 participants and 48 months
project
IAPP Eligible Organisations
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Non-Commercial organisations ("academia"): for the purposes of the IAPP action,
research performing organisations not operating on a commercial basis.
 National organisations (e.g. universities, public non-commercial research
centres etc.)
 Non-profit or charitable organisations (e.g. NGOs, trusts, etc.)
 International European interest organisations (e.g. CERN, EMBL, etc.)
 The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
 International organisations (e.g. WHO, UNESCO, etc.)
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Commercial participants ("industry"): for the purposes of the IAPP action, researchperforming enterprises, including SMEs, which gain the majority of their revenue
through competitive means with exposure to commercial markets.
 Commercial enterprises of any size
 National organisations (if operating on a commercial basis)
Eligible Country Groups
• EU Member States (MS)
• Associated Countries (AC):
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia,
Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Moldova,
Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Faroe Islands.
• Other Third Countries (OTC), divided into:
 International Cooperation Partner Countries
(ICPC)
based on three categories according to income per capita
(low-income, lower-middle-income, or upper-middleincome)
 High-income Third Countries (non-AC, non-ICPC)
IAPP Main Activities
Compulsory Staff Secondment
• Majority of support in IAPP (≥ 50% of person-months)
• Always inter-sector
• Usually 2-way with reintegration phase (Min.
reintegration period for seconded staff is now the
same length as the total exchange duration. For
secondments equal to or longer than one year, the
reintegration period must be for at least 12 months)
• Up to 30% intra-national secondments
Optional Recruitment of experienced researchers
• Relevance to project and to recruiting organisation
shall be duly justified
• Not a substitute for secondment (no recruitment
inside the consortium)
OtOther
• Networking activities
• Workshops & Conferences
IAPP Main Activities
Secondments ≥ Recruitments
Non commercial sector
secondments
Intra-national
secondment
Commercial sector
Coordinator
UK
Partner 3
MD
Partner 2
TR
max 30%
recruitment
Recruited researchers
(optional and anyway≤ than
secondments)
Partner 4
MD
Intra-national secondment
Secondments in the same country between two
different sectors can be allowed up to maximum 30%
of total person months of the project
Non commercial sector
Partner 5
IT
Commercial sector
A
Partner 6
IT
Intra-national
secondment
Partner 3
MD
B
a + b  30% total person months
Partner 4
MD
Eligible researchers
Eligible researchers
Secondment
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Early-stage (ESR) or experienced researchers (ER, MER)
Management & technical staff where justified
No nationality restriction
Wide
advertisement
of
Staff members active for at least 1 year
positions and an
Mandatory return phase
open &
Mobility 2–24 months (split stays allowed)
transparent
Recruitment
recruitment
process
• Experienced researchers only (ER, MER)
• No nationality restriction
• Transnational mobility: : recruited researchers must not have
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resided (or carried out their main activity) in the country of the
hosting institution for more than 12 months during the 36
months prior recruitment
Employment contracts: 12–24 months
ESR = research experience ≤ 4 years and no PhD
ER = PhD or at least 4 years of research experience
MER= more than 10 years of research experience
Proposal structure
Each proposal has two parts:
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Part A: administrative information about the applicants
Part B: scientific and technical content of the proposal
Proposals are evaluated on the content of Part B. It must
include sufficient information regarding each criterion to
be evaluated. Material such as web links is not taken into
consideration.
Eligible
Page researchers
limit
Maximum length for B.2 – B.5 sections of Part B:
• B.2 S&T Quality - 10 pages,
• B.3 Transfer of Knowledge - 6 pages,
• B.4 Implementation - 10 pages,
• B.5 Impact - 4 pages
Keep your proposal within these limits.
Experts are instructed to disregard any excess
pages in each section in which the maximum
number of pages is indicated.
General remarks
When preparing your proposal pay attention to:
• Consistency of n° of person months in Part A (Form A4) &
Part B
• Appropriate size of consortium
• Including partners that have experience in managing
FP7 projects increases the chances to obtain funding
• Good operational and financial capacity of partners
• All partners are research organisations
• Focus on secondments
• All secondments must take place between institutions
which are fully independent of each other, including in
terms of their financial resources and staffing
• In case a consortium requests contribution to small
equipment expenses for participating SMEs – remember
to justify it in the proposal
Evaluation criteria
Eligible researchers
Evaluation criteria
Criterion 1 S&T
•S&T objectives of the research
programme, including in terms of
intersectorial issues.
•Scientific quality of the joint
collaborative research
programme.
•Appropriateness of research
methodology and approach.
•Originality and innovative aspect
of the research programme.
Knowledge of the state-of-theart.
Eligible researchers
Evaluation criteria
Criterion 2 ToK
•Quality of the transfer of knowledge programme.
Consistency with the research programme.
•Importance of the transfer of knowledge in terms
of intersectorial issues.
•Adequacy of the role of researchers exchanged and
recruited from outside the partnership with respect
to the transfer of knowledge programme.
Eligible researchers
Evaluation criteria
Criterion 3 Implementation
• Capacities (expertise/ human resources/ facilities/
infrastructures) to achieve the research and exchange of
know-how and experience. Fit between capacity of host and
size of support requested.
• Adequate exploitation of complementarities and synergies
among partners in terms of transfer of knowledge.
• Appropriateness of management plans
(recruitment/secondment strategy, IPR strategy, demarcation
of responsibilities, rules for decision making, etc…); also
working conditions, transparency of recruitment process and
career development.*
• How essential is non-ICPC third country funding, if any, to
the objectives of the research training programme.
• In case of SMEs participation: Adequacy of the available
infrastructures for the performance of the project. In case
extra equipment is requested, necessity and justification in the
Eligible researchers
Evaluation criteria
Criterion 4 Impact
• Provision to develop new and lasting intersectoral
collaborations. Extent to which SMEs contribute to the project,
where appropriate.
• Strategy for the dissemination and
exploitation/commercialisation of the results.
• Impact on the innovation potential of the European Research
Area. In the relevant fields, description of potential applications.
• Facilitation of sharing knowledge and culture between the
participants and external researchers (including international
conferences, workshops, training events).*
• Impact of the proposed outreach activities.*
Decimal scores
can be used