Fp7 Monitoring Report

Fifth FP7 Monitoring Report

MONITORING REPORT 2011

29/08/2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0 1 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 2 FP7 PARTICIPATION PATTERNS IN 2011 ................................................ 4
2.1 Overallparticipation ........................................................................ 4
2.1.1 Calls, proposals, applicants and corresponding success rates ...................... 5 2.1.2 Project costs, requested EU contribution and corresponding success rates ... 5 2.1.3 Signed grant agreements, participants and EU contribution ........................ 9

2.2 2.3

Participation by fundingscheme...................................................... 9 Participation by type of organisation ............................................. 10
2.3.1 Academia participation ......................................................................... 12 2.3.2 Participation of research organisations.................................................... 13 2.3.3 Industry participation........................................................................... 13

2.4

International and regional dimensions of FP7 ............................... 17
2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 EU Member States ............................................................................... 18 Candidate and Associated Countries ....................................................... 20 Third Countries.................................................................................... 22 Regional dimension .............................................................................. 24

2.5

Women participation and the gender dimension in FP7 ................. 29
2.5.1 Patterns of women participation in FP7 projects ....................................... 29 2.5.2 Women participation in FP7 advisorygroups, panels and committees ......... 32

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FP7 IMPLEMENTATION IN 2011 – MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ISSUES ..... 33
3.1 Dissemination activities................................................................. 33
3.1.1 Internet .............................................................................................. 33 3.1.2 National Contact Points meetings........................................................... 35

3.2 Quality assessment of proposal evaluation and the redress procedure................................................................................................ 36
3.2.1 Proposal evaluation .............................................................................. 36 3.2.2 Redress procedure............................................................................... 37

3.3 3.4

The FP7 Ethics Framework - Ethics reviews and ethics audits ....... 38 Time-to-grant ................................................................................ 40

3.5 Independent assessment of FP7 implementation by National Contact Points ......................................................................................... 41
3.5.1 Project lifecycle .................................................................................. 41 3.5.2 FP7 in general context .......................................................................... 42

3.6

Simplification................................................................................. 44
3.6.1 Simplification measures in FP7.............................................................. 44 3.6.2 Perception of simplification in FP7 by National Contact Points .................... 46

3.7

Monitoring sustainable development in FP7 .................................. 48
3.7.1 FP7 and the renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy ..................... 48 3.7.2 Web-based monitoring tool on research for sustainable development ......... 49 3.7.3 Achievements regarding FP7...