The CEC programme is significantly different
from those run by the Israeli Ministry of Industry Chief Scientists Office.
The key differences are as follows
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All financials are in ECU (About 4 NIS),
not in Dollars
Collaborative, precompetitive R&D.
Work must usually be done in collaboration
with other organizations and must not include actual final product development.
Calls for proposal against work plan.
Each Thematic Programme has a work
programme of Tasks and formal calls are issued periodically against it.
Bids to be made generally by
consortia.
Although there are significant exceptions,
most work must be bid for and carried out in Consortia.
Must be multinational and more than
one legal entity.
There must be representatives of
more than one country in each consortium and more than one legal entity.
Specific rules are contained in each Call for Proposals.
Funding generally 50% of non-profit
rates.
Most funding is at the 50% level
but it can vary from 25% to 100%, see specific calls for details.
No payback and partners own IPR - Must
be exploited within EU.
If the contracted work is completed
and exploited, the grant is written off. There are specific rules generally
forbidding exploitation or transfer of IPR outside Europe.
Any legal entity in Israel and the EU
can participate.
Ownership of an entity is no bar
to participation. If a company is a legal entity within a participating
state, it is eligible.
Proposals are competitive as funds heavily
oversubscribed.
A fairly low percentage of proposals
submitted are actually funded. (10%). However a well written, compliant
proposal has a much higher chance.
