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Drafting a
Competitive Proposal for
MSCA ITN 2016 call for
proposals
11.11.2015
Research and Innovation Services
Funding Advisors
Elina Humala & Lasse Löytty
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Extra for the day before we start:
Responsible research & innovation
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Content
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Introduction
 Award criteria for applications
 PART B (Scientific proposal)
1. EXCELLENCE
2. IMPACT
3. IMPLEMENTATION___________________30 pages________
4. GANTT CHART
5. CAPACITIES OF THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS
6. ETHICAL ISSUES
7. LETTERS OF COMMITMENT
 PART A (Administrative forms) and electronic submission service
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The specific objectives of the Marie
Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks
 to train a new generation of
creative, entrepreneurial
and innovative early-stage researchers able to face
current and future challenges and to convert
knowledge and ideas into products and
services for economic and social benefit;
 to raise excellence and structure research and doctoral
training, extending the traditional academic research training
setting, incorporating the elements of Open Science and
equipping researchers with the right combination of researchrelated and transferable competences.
 to provide enhanced career perspectives in both the academic
and non-academic sectors through international,
interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility combined with an
innovation-oriented mind-set.
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Award Criteria
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Award Criteria
Each criterion will be scored out of 5. Decimal points will be given:
 0 – Proposal fails to address the criterion or cannot be assessed
due to missing or incomplete information.
 1 – Poor. The criterion is inadequately addressed, or there are
serious inherent weaknesses.
 2 – Fair. Proposal broadly addresses the criterion, but there are
significant weaknesses.
 3 – Good. Proposal addresses the criterion well, but a number of
shortcomings are present.
 4 – Very Good. Proposal addresses the criterion very well, but a
small number of shortcomings are present.
 5 – Excellent. Proposal successfully addresses all relevant
aspects of the criterion. Any shortcomings are minor.
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Learned from 2014 and
2015 evaluations
 Big picture is challenging to describe,
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connecting all of the parts of the puzzle is challenging
Adding sufficient amount of details taking into
consideration the page limit
Role of non-academic sector too weak
Risk management is weak
It is extremely important to address all the questions
and points! (you need to get well over 90 points of
100)
Perfection is possible! JY has already three projects!
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How to write successful application
 Important scientific topic
 Equal contributions of
non-academic
partners/beneficiaries
 Experienced consortium
 Convincing need for
training in topic of the
project
 Coherent proposal
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Discussion 1
 Discuss what are the current and future trends in
Doctoral training for few minutes
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Application consists
 Part B 1 and 2 = Research and training programmes
along with the practical arrangements planned to
implement them
 Part A = Administrative forms
– Section 1: General information about the proposal;
– Section 2: Data on participating organisations;
– Section 3: Budget (request for funding in terms of
person-months);
– Section 4: Ethics table;
– Section 5: Information on partner organisations.
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B1 and 2 –General information
For the 2016 call, applicants must submit Part B of their proposal as
two separate documents:
 Document 1 must comprise:
– the Start Page (1 page), List of Participants data (2 pages) , and
then
– Part B sections 1-3.
– section 1 must start on page 4 of the document.
– Of the maximum 30 pages applied to sections 1, 2 and 3, applicants
are free to decide on the allocation of pages between the sections.
 Document 2 must consist of:
– Part B sections 4-7.
– no overall page limit will be but in section 5, a maximum of one page
should be used per beneficiary and half a page per partner
organisation).
 The minimum font size allowed for the main text is 11 points
 Literature references should be listed in footnotes, font size 8.
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B1 and 2 –General information
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B1- List of Participants
Companies needed as beneficiaries!
5-7 organisation could be ideal
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B1- Excellence
1.1 Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research
programme (including inter/multidisciplinary, intersectoral and,
where appropriate, gender aspects)
Required sub-headings:
 Introduction, objectives and overview of the research programme.
For ETN projects, it should be explained how the individual projects
of the recruited researchers will be integrated into – and contribute
to – the overall research programme. EJD and EID projects should
describe the research projects in the context of a doctoral training
programme
 Research methodology and approach
 Originality and innovative aspects of the research programme (in
light of the current state of the art and existing programmes /
networks / doctoral research trainings)
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1.1. Quality, innovative aspects and
credibility of the research
 Introduction:
– Does the proposal address a well formulated problem?
– Why is it important?
– Does it fill a gap of future and current needs? What is the need
for a new generation of scientist? Why do we need to train them
now?
– Why we need European consortium?
– What key qualifications would make PhD attractive for employees
in academia, industry and elsewhere?
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1.1. Quality, innovative aspects and
credibility of the research
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Objectives:
– One overarching aim/goal and limited number of objectives (3-5)
• Address the need and important research questions
• Progress significantly beyond the current state of art
• Address both research and training
• Be multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary or interdisciplinary
• Be linked to WPs
• Be achievable and feasible within the lifespan of the project
Objective should be S.M.A.R.T.:
– Specific – target a specific area for improvement.
– Measurable – quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.
– Assignable – specify who will do it.
– Realistic – state what results can realistically be achieved, given available
resources.
– Time-related – specify when the result(s) can be achieved.
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1.1. Quality, innovative aspects and
credibility of the research
 Overview of the research programme
 Consider what is common for:
– Individual projects 15
– Common themes
Source: RRI Tools: http://www.rri-tools.eu/workplan-deliverables
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1.1. Quality, innovative aspects and
credibility of the research
 Research methodology and approach
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Example of basic structure for your
research project
NEED
Project idea &
concept
Objective 1
Objective 2
Objective 3
Objective 4
Work Package 1
WP2
WP3
WP4
Deliverable 1.1
Deliverable 1.2
Deliverable 2.1
Deliverable 3.1
…..
Deliverable 8.1
MILESTONE1
MILESTONE 2
Expected result 1
Expected result 2
Expected result 3
…..
Indicator 1
Indicator 2
Indicator 3
…..
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1.1. Quality, innovative aspects and
credibility of the research
 Originality and innovative aspects of the research
programme (in light of the current state of the art and
existing programmes / networks / doctoral research
trainings)
– Why are you better than everyone else? Check existing
projects and consider why are you better.
– What new, novel, unconventional are you doing (equipment,
methods, technologies, data, resources, integration)?
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1.2. Quality and innovative aspects of
the training programme
 Required subheadings
– Overview and content structure of the training (ETN) or
doctoral programme (EID/EJD), including network-wide
training events and complementarity with those programmes
offered locally at the participating institutions (please include
table 1.2a and table 1.2b)
– Role of non-academic sector in the training programme
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1.2. Quality and innovative aspects of
the training programme
 Overview and content structure of the training
– Description of the training programme following ECTS system
to describe the planned training including network-wide and
local training
– Role of participants, role of partners organisations, role of
external contributors, role of non-academic sector
– Supervision arrangements
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1.2. Quality and innovative aspects of
the training programme
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Overview and content structure of the training
– Where are the gaps for doctoral training?
Training activities might include:
– Training through research by means of individual, personalised projects,
including meaningful exposure to different sectors;
– Development of network-wide training activities (e.g. workshops, summer
schools) that exploit the inter/multi-disciplinary and intersectoral aspects of
the project and expose the researchers to different schools of thought. Such
events could also be open to external researchers;
– Provision of structured training courses (e.g. tutorials, lectures) that are
available either locally or at another participant. Training programmes
between the participants are expected to be coordinated to maximise added
value (e.g. joint syllabus development, opening up of local training to other
network teams, joint PhD programmes, etc.);
– Exchanging knowledge with the members of the network through
undertaking intersectoral visits and secondments. A strong networking
component is expected in each proposal;
– Invitation of visiting researchers originating from the academic or nonacademic sector. This would be aimed at improving the skills and know-how
of the researchers and should be duly justified in the context of the training
programme.
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1.2. Quality and innovative aspects of
the training programme
 Overview and content structure of the training
– DO NOT FORGET SOFTER SKILLS, consider transferable skills
training both within and outside the network. Topics of interest
could include:
• Training related to research and innovation:
management of IPR, take up and exploitation of
research results, communication, standardisation,
ethics, scientific writing, personal development, team
skills, multicultural awareness, gender issues,
research integrity, etc.
• Training related to management or grant searching:
involvement in the organisation of network activities,
entrepreneurship, management, proposal writing,
enterprise start-up, task co-ordination, etc.
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1.2. Quality and innovative aspects of
the training programme
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1.3 Quality of the supervision
 Required sub-headings:
– Qualifications and supervision experience of
supervisors
• Consider what qualifications could be collected
from all supervisors (time they can use for
supervision, H-index, how many PhD students
they have supervised, positions, international
collaboration, total number of publications,
numbers of papers with high impact factor, project
portfolio, etc.)
– Quality of the joint supervision arrangements
(mandatory for EID and EJD).
• How often? Who? Who is present? Is there a role
for mentor? Who proves Personal Career
Development Plans?
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1.4 Quality of the proposed interaction between
the participating organisations
Required sub-headings:
 Contribution of all participants to the research and
training programme
– Consider perhaps different roles each has (supervision,
secondments, contribution to training events, mentoring, etc.)
 Synergies between participants
– Consider perhaps joint actions, complementarities in
competences, added value of collaboration, etc.
 Exposure of recruited researchers to different
(research) environments, and the complementarity
there of
– What kind of secondments to non-academic organisations
and to other research organisations
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B2 Impact
Expected Impact from the call:
At researcher level:
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Increased set of skills, both research-related and transferable ones, leading to improved employability and
career prospects both in and outside academia
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Increase, in the longer-term, in higher impact R&I output, more knowledge and ideas converted into
products and services
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Greater contribution, in the longer term, to the knowledge-based economy and society
At organisation level:
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Enhanced cooperation and better transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines
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Improvement in the quality of training programmes
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Creation of new networks and enhanced quality of existing ones
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Boosting R&I capacity among participating organisations
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Increased internationalisation of participating organisations
At system level:
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Increase in international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility of researchers in Europe
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More structured and innovative doctoral training, enhanced implementation of the European Charter and
Code and the EU Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training
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Stronger links between the European Research Area (ERA) and the European Higher Education Area
(EHEA), notably through supporting the knowledge triangle between research, innovation and education
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Improvement in the working and employment conditions for doctoral candidates in Europe
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Increased societal and economic relevance of European higher education
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Strengthening Europe's human capital base in R&I with a new generation of more entrepreneurial and
highly-skilled early career researchers
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Increase in Europe's attractiveness as a leading research destination, accompanied by a rise in the
numbers of talented researchers retained and attracted from abroad
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Better quality research and innovation contributing to Europe's competitiveness and growth
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Discussion 2
 Discuss with a pair what kind of impacts are relevant
for academia and what kind of impacts for society and
industries
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2.1 Enhancing the career perspectives and employability
of researchers and contribution to their skills
development
Consider:
 What kind of skills researchers learn (both researchrelated and transferable ones) and how it helps their
employability and career prospects both in and outside
academia?
 What kind of impact could the 15 research projects
have, e.g. in higher impact R&I output, more knowledge
and ideas converted into products and services and
what kind of influence this has on researchers?
 How the skills of the researchers could contribute, in
the longer term, to the knowledge-based economy and
society?
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2.2 Contribution to structuring doctoral/early-stage research
training at the European level and to strengthening European
innovation capacity
Including the potential for:
-Meaningful contribution of the non-academic sector to the doctoral /
research training
Consider a) organisation level questions:
 What kind of cooperation and better transfer of knowledge between
sectors and disciplines is possible?
 What kind of good practices could be taken to improve the quality
of training programmes?
 What kind of new networks are created and what improvements for
the existing ones?
 What kind possibilities for non-academic organisations for their
R&I capacity?
 Any Increased internationalisation of participating organisations?
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2.2 Contribution to structuring doctoral/early-stage research
training at the European level and to strengthening European
innovation capacity
Including the potential for:
-Meaningful contribution of the non-academic sector to the doctoral / research training
Consider b) system level issues:
 How to contribute to the increase in international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral
mobility of researchers in Europe?
 How to structure doctoral training, enhance implementation of the European Charter
and Code and the EU Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training?
 What is the contribution to the European Research Area (ERA) and the European
Higher Education Area (EHEA), notably through supporting the knowledge triangle
between research, innovation and education?
 Who are the working and employment conditions for doctoral candidates in Europe
improved?
 Does it increase societal and economic relevance of European higher education
and how?
 Does it strengthen Europe's human capital base in R&I (more entrepreneurial and
highly-skilled early career researchers)?
 How to increase Europe's attractiveness for talented researchers globally?
 Can you contribute to Europe's competitiveness and growth?
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2.3 Quality of the proposed measures to
exploit and disseminate the project
results
Required sub-headings:
 Dissemination of the research results
– Delivering results to stakeholders through several communication channels
• What conferences could be good for the researchers, give examples
• What are relevant journals for the researchers, give examples
• To whom else in addition to academia do you have to tell about the
results and how will you do that?
• What timetables and implementation tables?
 Exploitation of results and intellectual property
– What are your results and who is interested in them and why. How will you
ensure that they will get information about the results?
– Using results for further research activities
– Developing, creating or marketing products and services
– Using results in standardisation activities
– IPR
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Dissemination versus exploitation
Source: Dr. Stephen Webb 2014, www.rtds-group.com
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Dissemination
Source: EC Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon
2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf
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Protection of IPR
Source: IPR Helpdesk 2015
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2.4 Quality of the proposed measures to
communicate the project activities to
different target audiences
Required sub-heading:
Communication and public engagement strategy of
the project
– Delivering messages and establishing dialogue with
a range of project stakeholders and public during
the project
– Marie Curie embassador, visits to local schools,
writing to newspapers, open days activities for
public, etc.,
– Explain also the key messages and target groups,
timetables
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B3 Quality and Efficiency of the
Implementation
 3.1 Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan
– Table 3.1 a Description of Work Packages
– Table 3.1 b Deliverables List
– Table 3.1 c Milestones List
– Table 3.1 d Individual Research Projects
 3.2 Appropriateness of the management structures
and procedures
– Table 3.2a Implementation Risks
 3.3 Appropriateness of the infrastructure of the
participating organisations
 3.4 Competences, experience and
complementarity of the participating organisations
and their commitment to the programme
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Discussion 3
 What do you consider as a milestone? Give a practical
example, write it and share it to others
 What do you consider are risks in a project? Give a
practical example, write it and share it to others
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3.1 Coherence and effectiveness of the
work plan, including appropriateness of
the allocation of tasks and resources
Required sub-headings:
 Work Packages description (please include table 3.1a);
 List of major deliverables (please include table 3.1b),
including the awarding of doctoral degrees, where
applicable19;
 List of major milestones (please include table 3.1c)
 Fellow's individual projects, (please include table
3.1d);
 Gantt Chart, including secondment plan (consider
here, but in application based in B2)
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Work plan
WP1 Developing xxx by yyy
The aim is to:
 Dasff
The tasks are:
Task 1.1 dafasdfad
I will study….by eeee
Task 1.2 adfadf
Secondment Xx is during the..
Deliverables
D1.1 Report on…. (Month 12)
D1.2 Pilot sdfadf (Month 18)
Milestone
M1 The results of the tes demonstrated …. (Month 12)
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3.2 Appropriateness of the management structures and
procedures, including quality management and risk
management (with a mandatory joint governing structure for
EID and EJD projects)
Required sub-headings:
 Network organisation and management structure, including financial
management strategy, strategy for dealing with scientific misconduct
 Joint governing structure (mandatory for EID and EJD projects)
 For EJD, joint admission, selection, supervision, monitoring and
assessment procedures
 Supervisory board
 Recruitment strategy
 Progress monitoring and evaluation of individual projects
 Risk management at consortium level (including table 3.2a)
 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
 Gender aspects (both at the level of recruitment and that of decisionmaking within the project)
 Data management plan (only if participating in Open Research Data
pilot)
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Network organisation and management structure, including
financial management strategy, strategy for dealing with
scientific misconduct
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Draw management structure and short description of management
procedures
– Perhaps personalise roles (XX is Director of Research, YY is
Director of Training, etc.)
– How are the finances managed, e.g. what resources are
transferred from beneficiaries to coordinator if any? What will
be paid for the partners (for example travels to give training or
travel costs to meetings). Sketch the big picture
– What are the processes for dealing with scientific misconduct ?
Recruitment strategy
– Describe admission (application, examination and selection)
with transparent rules
– Admission of candidates
Progress monitoring and evaluation of individual projects
– What joint progress monitoring? Who does and when? How
are PDPs followed?
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Network organisation and management structure, including
financial management strategy, strategy for dealing with
scientific misconduct
 Risk management at consortium level (including table
3.2a)
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New in 2016 call
Management and Consortium Agreement
 Participants in all ITNs are required to conclude a consortium
agreement outlining their cooperation in the project, in
principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement. This
agreement should, inter alia, cover the selection and recruitment
procedures and principles, IPR, and the supervision
arrangements, including qualifications of supervisors, etc. It
should also outline any redistribution of institutional unit costs
between the beneficiaries. The final consortium agreement must
be provided to the REA as a management deliverable during the
implementation of the project.
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B3 Implementation
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
– This section more about rules whereas under Impact sections more about
results
– Promise specific rules to be defined in the Consortium Agreement
– Nonetheless open some detail, you could consider principles of ownership
here, challenging questions could be for example who own the IPR if it
generated during secondment, what are the rights of third parties (partners in
this case), in case of IPR are there specific restrictions for publishing, etc.?
 Gender aspects (both at the level of recruitment and that of decisionmaking within the project)
– What is possible for your consortium and why?
 Data management plan (only if participating in Open Research Data pilot)
The Open Research Data Pilot applies to two types of data:
1) the data, including associated metadata1, needed to validate the results presented in
scientific publications as soon as possible;
2) other data2, including associated metadata, as specified and within the deadlines
laid down in the data management plan – that is, according to the individual judgement
by each project.
Explain how can the data be accessed, mined, exploited, reproduced and
disseminated?
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3.3 Appropriateness of the infrastructure of
the participating organisations
Explain the appropriateness of the infrastructure of each
participant, as outlined in Section 5 (Participating Organisations),
in light of the tasks allocated to them in the project.
 Table could be option to present this
Organisation
Tasks
Infrastucture
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3.4 Competences, experience and complementarity
of the participating organisations and their
commitment to the programme
Required sub-headings:
 Consortium composition and exploitation of
partners' complementarities: explain the
compatibility and coherence between the tasks
attributed to each beneficiary in the project,
including in light of their experience;
 Commitment of beneficiaries and partner
organisations to the programme (for partner
organisations, please see also sections 5 and 7).
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Competences, experience and
complementarity
Person and
organisation
Competences/
experience
Role and tasks
in project
Benefits for
network and
ESRs
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B4 Gantt chart
Use the given template
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B5 Capacity of the Participating Organisations
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Beneficiary: Jyväskylän yliopisto (JYU)
General Description : Only 1-2 sentences about university, concentrate on the
strengths of the department/faculty (One paragraph)
Role and Commitment of key persons (supervisor) (Including names, title,
qualifications of the supervisor)
Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and Equipment: Demonstrate that the team
has sufficient facilities and infrastructure to host and/or offer a suitable environment for
training and transfer of knowledge to recruited Experienced Researcher
Independent research premises: Please explain the status– i.e. are they owned by
the beneficiary or rented by it?
Previous Involvement in Research and Training Programmes: Detail any relevant
EU, national or international research and training projects in which the beneficiary has
previously participated
– Concentrate on the department/faculty project portfolio, JYU has 10 Marie Curie
projects in FP7, In H2020 JYU has already 4 MSC actions out of which 3 are ITN.
Current involvement in Research and Training Programmes: Detail the EU and/or
national research and training actions in which the partner is currently participating
Relevant Publications and/or research/innovation products: (Max 5) Produced by
the organisation, not limited to the supervisor within the organisation
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B6 Ethics Issues 1/3
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Applicants who flag ethics issues in the Ethics Issues Table (A-forms) have to
complete in addition a more in depth Ethics Self-Assessment:
– 1) For each area flagged in the Ethics Issues Table, describe how the
proposal meets:
• the EU legislation on Ethics (e.g. Directive 2010/63/EU of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of
animals used for scientific purposes, existing EU legislation on data
protection and privacy etc.);
• national legislation and good practices on research ethics;
– if you didn’t apply for/ receive the ethics approval/ required ethics
documents yet when submitting the proposal, please indicate in the
proposal the approximate date when you will provide a missing
approval/ any other ethics documents to the REA (scanned copy).
Please state explicitly that you will not proceed to any research with
ethical implications before the REA received a scanned copy of all
documents proving compliance with existing EU/ national legislation
on ethics
• ethical requirements of any TC where research raising ethical issues are
to be carried out.
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B6 - Ethics Issues 2/3
 2) Explain in detail how you intend to address the ethics
issues flagged in the Ethical Issues Table of Part A of your
proposal, in particular with regard to:
– the research objectives (e.g. study of vulnerable populations
like elderly people, sick or illiterate persons, cooperation with
a Third Country, dual use, etc.);
– the research methodology (e.g. clinical trials, involvement of
children and related information and consent/assent
procedures, use of human tissues from blood banks,
interviews with healthy adult volunteers, data protection and
privacy issued related to data collected, etc.);
– the potential impact of the research (e.g. dual use issues,
environmental damage, stigmatisation of particular social
groups, political or financial retaliation, benefit-sharing,
malevolent use, etc.).
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B6 - Ethics Issues 3/3
 Please, check the Ethical guidelines of University of Jyväskylä
https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/toimikunnat/eettinentoimikunta/en/
guidelines and
https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/toimikunnat/eettinentoimikunta/en/
req4sta
 Please explain for example how you apply for ethics approval and
how you will deal if relevant with collection of data, how the study
will be carried out, the information that will be given to subjects
and the plan for processing and storing data from the perspective
of avoiding risks and harm.
 Please, use the EC guidelines at How to complete your ethics
self-assessment
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_m
anual/hi/ethics/h2020_hi_ethics-self-assess_en.pdf
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Discussion 4
 In your opinion what is the optimal content of a Letter
of Commitment? What should be included in LoC?
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B7 Letters of Commitment
 Letters of Commitment are obligatory.
 It should be signed by the legal representative of the organisation,
please consider that it can take lot of time.
 Consider including
– Short description of the partner organisation.
– Describe their commitment to the additional research and
transferable skills training and/or secondment opportunities
they will provide as described in the proposal (e.g. Our
institution is fully committed to be Project Partner and to
contributes to the project development by ….and
– Ask them to explain why this is needed
– Ask for their expectation for the project and its outcomes
– Can they say something about future collaboration?
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A-forms (administrative forms)
• Section 1: General information about the proposal (including
the abstract)
• Section 2: Data on participants and contacts
• Section 3: Budget
• Section 4: Ethics issues table
• Section 5: Call specific questions
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Project guidelines
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before submitting the proposal
 https://www.jyu.fi/yliopistopalvelut/research-andinnovation/project-services/jyu-best-practices
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Further information, links
recommended by EC
Call Information
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Participant Portal call page
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

MSCA Work Programme 2016-2017
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2016_2017/main/h2020-wp1617msca_en.pdf
General Sources of Help
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/
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EURAXESS: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/
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The European Commission's Horizon 2020 Enquiry Service
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=enquiries
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National Contact Points
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.ht
ml
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Net4Mobility http://www.net4mobility.eu/
Specialised and Technical Assistance
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Submission Service Help Desk
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/api/contact/index.html
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IPR help desk: http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org
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Further information, links
recommended by EC
Other Useful Reference Documents

Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017: General Introduction
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2016_2017/main/h2020-wp1617intro_en.pdf
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Horizon 2020 Work Programme: General Annexes
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/wp/2016-2017/annexes/h2020-wp1617annex-ga_en.pdf
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Horizon 2020: Rules for Participation
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/legal_basis/rules_participation/h2020-rulesparticipation_en.pdf
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Horizon 2020: How to Complete Your Ethics Self-Assessment
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/ethics/h2020_hi_ethics-selfassess_en.pdf
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Horizon 2020: Guidelines on Data Management in Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-datamgt_en.pdf

European Charter and Code for Researchers
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/rights/europeanCharter

List of Countries Associated to Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart/h2020-hi-listac_en.pdf

Gender Equality in Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/gender/h2020-hi-guidegender_en.pdf

Horizon 2020 Online Manual
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/guide.html