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The SRA Symposium - College of Medicine

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European and Federal Funding Comparison:<br />

Ever thought about getting research funding from Europe?<br />

Principal Author:<br />

Stuart McKissock CRA MCIPS<br />

Senior Manager <strong>of</strong> the Grants and Contracts Team<br />

Research & Enterprise, University <strong>of</strong> Glasgow<br />

Research & Enterprise<br />

No. 10 the Square<br />

University Avenue<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Glasgow<br />

Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K.<br />

Tel. No. 0044 141 330 3255<br />

Fax. No. 044 141 330 5611<br />

Email: s.mckissock@enterprise.gla.ac.uk<br />

Secondary Authors:<br />

Kathleen Sweeney FCCA<br />

Assistant Director <strong>of</strong> Finance – Research Admin<br />

Finance Department<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Glasgow<br />

Martin Jamieson BA ACMA MBA<br />

Costing Manager<br />

Research & Enterprise<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Glasgow<br />

Authors Note<br />

<strong>The</strong> authors would like to thank our “compadres”, Matt DeVol and Kathy Burke (La Jolla Institute<br />

for Allergy & Immunology); Mike Dollar, Jean Freiser and Antony Peake (<strong>The</strong> Burnham Institute);<br />

and Sandra Nordhal (San Diego State University Foundation). Without their gracious hospitality,<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism, and ever enduring patience, none <strong>of</strong> this would have been possible.<br />

Abstract<br />

Do you have restricted funding? Ever thought about seeking funding from Europe? As the funding<br />

rules for the European Seventh Framework Program (FP7) get announced in September 2005, it<br />

is expected that the funding scheme will seek to encourage further US research collaboration with<br />

Europe. So, what are the major differences when seeking European research funding, as opposed<br />

to Federal funding? From September this year, the UK Treasury has imposed a new Activity Based<br />

Costing methodology on UK Universities, called Full Economic Costing (FEC). FEC has many<br />

similarities to the Federal cost accounting principals. <strong>The</strong> introduction <strong>of</strong> FEC will impact significantly<br />

on UK pre-award project costing, post-award project management, the cost ledger and UK<br />

billing systems. As FEC has many similarities to the Federal cost accounting principles, the University<br />

<strong>of</strong> Glasgow with the help <strong>of</strong> 3 US research Institutions is reviewing both our Federal and<br />

European pre and post- award financial processes. This review will give a comparison between the<br />

two funding schemes, and for the US Institution wishing to seek European collaborative funding,<br />

an invaluable insight into how the regulations significantly differ, where the gains can be made,<br />

and more importantly what to look out for.<br />

172 2005 <strong>Symposium</strong> Proceedings Book

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