Die Antragstellung aus Sicht eines Koordinators. Rudolf Krska

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1 Die Antragstellung aus Sicht eines Koordinators Rudolf Krska Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA Tulln) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BKU) Mycotoxins are. H 3 C H H H H H H CH 3 H Aspergillus sp. Penicillium sp. Fusarium sp. toxic secondary fungal metabolites 1

2 Research on fungi & mycotoxins Mycotoxin Research Rudolf Krska Franz Berthiller Michael Sulyok H 3 C H H H H H H CH 3 H H H H Funding and Partners Metabolomics and Bioactive Substances Rainer Schuhmacher Special Research Programme FUSARIUM Aib Aib N H H N N H H N H 2 N N H Funding and Partners 3 Meeting in Rome Dec. 5, 2013 Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 2: Food security,. Safe food and healthy diets and sustainable consumption Aim of the meeting: Exploring the potential to submit a joint proposal within H2020: SFS : Biological contamination of crops and the food chain 2

3 Submission und Evaluation Stage 1 Submission: (Deadline: ) Notification: consortia submitted a bid => 5 were selected for Stage 2 Stage 2 Submission: , 14:35 (Deadline 17:00) Notification: => 2 projects will receive funding 7 Meetings zur Vorbereitung (davon 5 Meetings vor Stage 1) Rom, 2xWien, 2xAmsterdam (Schiphol), Wageningen, Belfast Erstes Meeting am Letztes Meeting am

4 Things to do 1. AIM 2. Topics in the workprogramme Item 1 3. Refine the idea Item 2 4. How to address to evaluators questions on B2 (Impact) + B1 (Excellence) and B3 (Quality and efficiency of the implementation) 5. Plan for writing the proposal 6. Agree on core group (top management team) 7. Agree on coordinator 8. Prepare proposal review plan Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Call text 4

5 Call text EU funding: 10 Mio Euro, Project budget expected to be 3 5 Mio Euro (but can be higher if reasoning is provided) Info of EC: top ranked project will get funding as long as its budget is <10 Mio Euro. Safe side :we decided to ask for 5 Mio Euro funding. TR / Rules All major decision are to be made by the Top Management team (majority vote): These include the selection of partners and esp. of WP-leaders Time and location of meetings Management and scientific content of the proposal The coordinator has a veto-option. 5

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7 Cooperation with China (CAAS, ASAG) The overall objective of the MyToolBox project is to develop a series of integrated measures, which will enable a significant reduction in losses of crops due to fungal and mycotoxin contamination. Depending on the commodity and the type of intervention, the achievable reductions range from 20 90%. The consideration of the entire chain (soil field crop food processing waste managementalternative energy) to ensure food & feed security and safety within a sustainable economic environment, is the major ambition behind MyToolBox. The outcomes of the project including novel interventions will be assembled in a web accessible MyToolBox e platform that provides multiple information to support decision making in mycotoxin management. Within this multi actor approach partners from industry (43% of consortium) including 5 end users from the farming community (including individual farmers), agronomists and professionals working in agriculture and food manufacturing have already been involved in the project planning and will collaborate closely with the Technology SMEs and partners from academia at all stages of the various work packages. The variety of complementary approaches to be pursued in the MyToolBox project address all the specific challenges mentioned in the EU Call SFS and will increase the productivity and competitiveness of the EU agri food and feed sector whilst securing safe food crops at minimum mycotoxin levels. 7

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14 Fazit 1: Finanzielle Betrachtungen Kosten für Vorbereitung: Euro für Reisen zu Meetings Euro Reise nach China Administrative Unterstützung (inkl. Finanzen) 800 h (20 Wochen): ca Euro Koordination durch Wissenschafter (senior postdoc): 800 h: ca Euro Gesamtkosten für Vorbereitung: ca Euro Förderung für das IFA Tulln: Euro (davon Euro für verheads) Zulage für Koordinatoren: Euro pro Jahr Fazit 2: Zeitschiene von den ersten Gesprächen (11/2013) bis zur Info über postive Evaluierung (11/2015): 2 Jahre + 4 Monate zum Projektstart = Evaluierung Monate (Stage 1 +2) mit gut ausgearbeitetem Stage 1 Proposal kann man schnell ein Stage 2 Proposal erstellen 14

15 Ist ein EU Projekt eine Lotterie und ist es den Aufwand wert? Ausschließlich angewandte Forschung, sehr enge inhaltliche Vorgaben Wirtschaftliche Umsetzbarkeit! Make more enemies than friends! Auch mit einem Score von 10 oder 11 kann man erfolgreich sein Riesiger Unterschied: Koordinator oder Partner Idealerweise übernimmt man die Rolle eines WP Leaders mit ähnlich hohem Budget wie Koordinator Sichtbarkeit des Koordinators ungleich größer Has it been worth the effort? 15