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Country Responses (n=275) % of total
Sweden 12 4
UK 33 12
Accession countries 11 4
Other 11 4
The largest response from accession countries came from Poland.
The largest response from third countries is from Norway.
Five respondents did not mention from which country they are (no reply).
Chart 1.5: Role of respondents in the preparation of proposals (n=275 in %)
9%
4%
87%
Had the leading role
Participated in drafting
Only for the parts linked directly to my own organization
The very large majority of respondents (nearly 90 %) played a leading role in the drafting of
the proposal. Even if questionnaires were sent to coordinators, we received answers from
participants (see chart 1.1 above). Still, involvement in proposal preparation is high for nearly
all respondents.
There is a good spread in terms of type of organisations (see chart on next page).
Universities and research centres together represent 75 % of respondents in the sample.
The remaining 25 % is spread over private sector companies and others (primarily pubic
sector and NGOs).
A response of 8 % of SMEs is high taking into account the actual participation rate of SMEs
and the profile of respondents (primarily coordinators if IPs and NoEs). Of the 21 SMEs that
answered the questionnaire, 9 are part of successful partnerships and 12 are from consortia
that have not been funded. This proportion is similar to the full sample. This is not the case
with the larger private companies, where respondents are mostly successful participants (23
against 8 unsuccessful).
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