How to Apply to the 1st FPT Published Call
(22 December 2006)

- COOPERATION AREA  -  

Preparation and Submission of Proposals:

Proposals for indirect RTD actions are invited to be submitted only as an electronic proposal via the web-based Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS).

All proposals for indirect RTD actions must contain two parts: the administrative forms (Part A) and the content (Part B).

Proposals for indirect RTD actions must be prepared and submitted on-line. Part B of proposals for indirect RTD actions can only be submitted in PDF format (‘portable document format', compatible with Adobe Version 3 or higher with embedded fonts). Compressed (‘zipped') files will be excluded.

The EPSS software tool is expected to be available for this call from 19 March 2007. Proposals for indirect RTD actions that are submitted on-line and which are incomplete, illegible or contain viruses will be excluded.

Versions of proposals for indirect RTD actions submitted on a removable electronic storage medium (e.g. CD-ROM, diskette), by e-mail, or by fax will be excluded.

Further details on the proposal submission procedure are given in the Guide for Applicants for this call.

Information Package:

In order to receive a complete Information Package for this call, you will need to select the following elements:

1. The call fiche (only available in .pdf format)
2. The work programme (.pdf format)
3. FP7 factsheets in your preferred language - an overview of the basic features of this programme (.pdf format)
4. The Guides for Applicants relevant to the funding schemes used in this call (.pdf format)

All files have been treated uniformly and compressed to facilitate the access to the individual documents and to optimise the speed of transfer. To access the files, you will need a file compression utility capable of opening the '.zip' format.

TECHNICAL ADVICE:  Accessing the Documents and Files Available on the Commission FP7 Specific Page:

There are a large number of file compression utilities available which are capable of opening the '.zip' format. For examples of freeware and shareware versions for different desktop platforms there are a number of on-line distributors (e.g. http://www.tucows.com )

In order to view documents in Portable Document Format (PDF), you need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above. If you do not have this software, you can download it from the Adobe website (free of charge).

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Please note that during peak hours (10:00 - 17:00 C.E.T.) the download time might be slow and we therefore encourage users to try again at another time.

Get Support:

• View and print relevant National Contact Points . http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation/home_en.html

Build Your Consortium:

• View potential partners for this activity area.

TO GET THE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS CALL

Documents can be downloaded or sent to you by email. To access those Documents please Visit the site:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CooperationDetailsCallPage&call_id=7