Information on funding

Programme:
FP7 Capacities

Specification/themes:
Transnational cooperation between regional research-driven clusters

Call identifier:
FP7-REGIONS-2010-1

Budget for the call:
€ 16 500 000

Deadline:
14/01/2010 17:00

Topics in This Call: 

Type of activities:

• Analysis, development and implementation of research agendas
• Mentoring of regions with a less developed research profile by highly developed ones
• Initiatives to improve integration of research actors and institutions in regional economies

through

• Analysis and integration of research agendas of actors in regional clusters
  
• Initiatives to improve integration: definition of a Joint Action Plan
• Measures towards the implementation of the Joint Action Plan

The community contribution to be envisaged is EUR 1-3 millions.

More details on the call: Major information on administrative issues (e.g. type of entities which are eligible, consortium structure, budget for the call, etc. (a. 1000 characters):

The minimum number of participants: Consortia of partners representing a minimum of three regional research-driven clusters from at least three different European countries.

Research driven clusters must be composed of at least three types of legal entities:

• legal entities conducting research (universities, research organisations, research for-profit bodies)
• business entities
• regional/local authorities (national ones can be accepted to represent regional ones in specific cases - e.g. small countries or if their organisational structure is broken down at regional level; specialised regional entities like for example regional health agencies can be accepted if they are in charge of the design and/or the implementation of the relevant regional policy).
• Where appropriate, in addition to the trhee categories mentioned above, other regional/local entities such as technology transfer offices, chambers of crafts, commerce and industry, financial entities, as well as management consultants may be involved.

A regional research driven cluster as a whole may be represented through one legal entity. If such a legal entity does not exist, two possibilities are proposed:

- a legal arrangement (can be existing or specifically elaborated before the submission of the proposal / before entry into force of the grant agreement) for one member of the cluster to be allowed to legally represent the others or

- at least one legal entity conducting research, one business entity and one regaional/local authority to be direct partners of the project consortium

(check for details in the call text).

Submission / coordination either by the regional research-driven cluster (as legal entity) or by the regional/local authority (or any regaional entity mandated to implement economic development / research and innovation policy).

Consortia agreements: Participants are encouraged, but not required, to conclude a consortium agreement.

Click here to access the programme website. 

Contact/additional support (e.g. Helpdesk, contact to NCPs in your country, partnering websites if available, further related links, etc.):

For the 2010 Regions of Knowledge Work Programme: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/wp/capacities/regions/q_wp_201001_en.pdf

If you would like to get in contact with National Contact Points, you may do it online via CORDIS from this link: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html

Network of National Contact Points (NCPs): http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/get-support_en.html