Analysis and inventory of FP7 marine-related proposals - European ...

• Breakdown of findings per specific programmeThe table below summarises these fi ndings across the 4 specifi c programmes analysed.Nb of marine relatedproposals submittedNb of marine-relatedproposals selected forfundingCOOPERATION - SP1 862 149 561IDEAS - SP2 410 14 22PEOPLE - SP3 486 138 60CAPACITIES - SP4 238 44 91Total 1996 345 733Ratio marine/total 5% 5.6% 6.5%EU contribution in M€ ofmarine related proposalsselected for funding• Preliminary information about Participation – Who is involved?First analysis of participation indicates that the 345 proposals selected gather a total of 2894participants from 77 countries around the world. Most active countries in terms of participationin those projects are the United Kingdom, Germany and France with participation in420, 285 and 282 proposals respectively. Other most involved countries are Italy, Spain, Norwayand the Netherlands with participation in 217, 189, 178 and 171 proposals respectively.Not surprisingly, these countries are also the most involved in assuming the responsibility ofcoordination of marine-related research proposals. Indeed, 86 coordinators come from theUnited Kingdom, 52 from France and 31 from Germany. It is worth mentioning that Spain, with33 coordinators, is very well represented. For the other most involved countries, the breakdownis the following: 23 coordinators from Italy, 21 from Norway and 20 from the Netherlands. Intotal, coordinators of marine related proposals selected for funding come from 26 countries(including associated countries such as Norway, Switzerland and Israel).12