FP7 First general results

Warsaw, 12th December 2007

Peter Jongebloed & Willem Wolters, Wageningen International Helpdesk

Contents

Some general results of first calls FP7

ERC starting Grant

9167 incoming proposals8799 eligible whereof 5 withdrawn368 ineligible

8794 eligible proposals evaluated at first stage

8235 rejected559 selected (LS=206, PE=251, SH=102)

289.5 M€ available for this call250 projects funded? 2.7%

Proposals by country groups

Country of residence of 559 PI selected stage 2

Number of proposal by gender and country

Selected proposal per million inhabitants

Marie Curie

Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Fellowships Some 103 proposals were submitted, 41

project proposals go through to the contract negotiation stage. 40% success rate

Marie Curie Initial Training Networks first call 197 proposal were submitted in step 2 (22%

success rate in step 1), 184 above threshold. Funding for 65 projects.

First call thematic priority 2 ‘KBBE’

Thematic priority ‘Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotech.

In total 414 projects submitted, 7 'ineligible‘ and 176 'below treshold', 221 projects above threshold. 62 projects on short list.

submitted short list success rate

Activity 1 193 (14) 33 (6) 17% (18%)Activity 2 139 (8) 14 (3) 10% (38%)Activity 3 64 (5) 14 (2) 22% (40%)Activity 4 1 (1) 1 (1) 100% (100%)Totaal  397 62 (10) 15% (43%)

NMP and Environment

NMP small en medium sized collaborative projects

first call (two-step application) 769 proposal submitted in step 1, 173 to step 2 (23%

success rate). In step 2 81 projects above threshold, 45 on shortlist (6%)

Environment first call (one-step application) 633 proposals submitted, 4 withdrawn and 37 ineligible,

263 below threshold 329 proposals above threshold (52%), 72 topics on shortlist (11.4% success rate)

In conclusion

all programs: Competition is fierce all programs: Quality of proposals is very

high Collaboration: 12 points is not enough! Relative low success rates in niches

higher ERC a very competitive grant (2.7%)

Discussion

How about Polish results in the first calls?

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