Aeronautics Research 2002 - 2006 projects

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and had an indicative budget of € 1.9 million.
Overall, funds to the order of € 900
million were made available over four
years for these actions.
crucial factor for mission success, and
adequate mobilisation of resources to
achieve the critical mass needed to carry
out a project. Scientifi c and technological
excellence is especially important for
the technical aspects of IPs and STREPs.
Quality of coordination is more crucial for
CAs, while a degree of integration is an
indicator of potential success in creating
a NoE. The quality of the consortium must
also be taken into account when assessing
any type of instrument and, especially
in the case of NoEs, all participants must
demonstrate a high level of excellence.
Proposals that pass the individual evaluation
phase are then submitted to an
extended panel consisting of selected
experts. The panel establishes a ranked
list of projects. When the budget is
exhausted, proposals are put on a reserve
list. It is the responsibility of the Commission
to propose the fi nal list of proposals
eligible for funding.
The selection process
In order to evaluate the proposals received
in response to each call, the Commission
is assisted by evaluators who are experts
in the technical fi elds of the proposals
and who are independent of the partners
involved.
A proposal is fi rst evaluated independently
by the individual evaluators (typically three
evaluators for STREPs, CSAs and CAs, and
up to seven for IPs and NoEs). In many
cases, the different evaluations providing
a coherent assessment and the grades to
attribute to the different criteria are easily
agreed. When there are some divergences
of views, a consensus discussion takes
place, moderated by a Commission representative.
If necessary, additional evaluators
will be asked to provide their input
before fi nding a consensus.
Call results
The pre-defi ned main selection criteria The results of the selection process are
depend on the type of instrument a given provided below in two charts. One indi-
proposal applies to. All projects have to cates the number of projects per instru-
be relevant to the objectives of the Proment while the second provides the budget
gramme and their potential impact must effectively allocated per instrument. One
be apparent. Proposals must demonstrate hundred and thirty STREPs have been
good quality of project management, a funded for a total budget of € 368 million,
CA
(7 - 4%)
NoE
(2 - 1%)
IP
(23 - 12%)
SSA
(24 - 13%)
STREP
(130 - 70%)
Number of projects per instrument and their
associated percentage
IP
(496.1 - 55%)
CA
NoE (12.9 - 1%) SSA
(14.1 - 2%)
(7.6 - 1%)
EC funds allocated per instrument (M€, %)
STREP
(368.1 - 41%)