The European Commission has now published the final version of their Practical Guide to EU Funding which provides information on how to support research by combining FP7, Competitiveness and Innovation, and Structural funds. Often funding from different sources can be combined to support different aspects of one project, but the complexity of the different EU [...]
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FP7 Call Highlights: Technology-Enhanced Learning
I’ve just blogged about the latest batch of FP7 calls released last week. There are so many topics that it can be confusing at first to know where to start, so I thought I’d focus on one or two of the most interesting and relevant opportunities and give a summary of the key points. First [...]
EC Maintains 60 per cent Flat Rate for Overheads in FP7
The European Commission has decided to continue to allow Higher Education Institutions to claim 60 per cent of eligible direct costs as overheads on FP7 projects. The Special Transitional Flat Rate (“transitional” in the sense that it was supposed to be a temporary arrangement until universities and the EC could agree on a method of [...]
Future Directions for Social Sciences and Humanities in FP7
UK Research Office has suggested that the EC plans to shift the focus for the Social Sciences and Humanities theme in FP7 towards projects which address large-scale “societal challenges”. Each challenge (to be identified) is likely to attract around €8 – 10M of funding for a single project with between 7 and 15 partners. This marks [...]
