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Welsh Higher Education Brussels
EU Funding Seminar
Cardiff School of Social Sciences
Berwyn Davies, Welsh Higher Education Brussels (WHEB)
Presentation outline
• About WHEB
• Networking and transnational funding opportunities
• An approach to engaging with these opportunities
• How WHEB can help you
WHEB is located in Wales House, Brussels
Why WHEB?
• Promote the interests of the Welsh Higher Education sector in Europe
• Enable the sector to engage more fully with European priorities such as the EU2020 Strategy – Innovation Union/Youth on the Move and the Bologna Process
• Facilitate stronger relationships between Welsh HEIs, European Institutions and Regional Partners from the EU, and beyond
How we support the HE sector in Wales – re UKRO
• We do:- Advise potential
applicants on coming opportunities
- Enable European officers to bring policy context into applications
- Support applicants to build their political profile in Brussels
• We don’t:- Provide funding alerts- Give technical advice
on applications and contracts
Who we work with in Wales and Brussels
• In Wales:- European Officers- Academic Registrars- HEI management- Lecturers/researchers- HE sector bodies in
Wales- Welsh Assembly
Government
• In Brussels- EU officials- Sector groups e.g.
European University Association
- Networks
European Regions Research and Innovation Network
• Over 90 regions
• Thematic working groups
• Horizontal working groups
• ERRIN project involvement
• Brokerage events for project applicants – e.g. INTERREG IVC, Intelligent Energy Europe calls in December 2010
EU Transnational Funding
• Focus of WHEB’s work:- Give advanced warning to enable HEIs to
plan – call schedule, briefings in Wales, relation between funding streams
- Inform applicants of relevant EU policy and previous projects
- Identify/create networking opportunities for applicants to raise their European profile e.g. expert groups
EU transnational funding programmes relevant to most
academic staff (I)• Research Framework Programme 7 (FP7),
composed of:– Cooperation– Ideas– People – Capacities
• Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), composed of:– Comenius– Leonardo– Erasmus– Grundtvig– Transversal (e.g. ICT, languages, policy analysis,
dissemination)
Erasmus Centralised Programmes
• Erasmus Multilateral Projects – 2011 changes– Social Inclusion in Higher Education– Mobility strategies and removal of barriers to mobility in
HE– Fostering the excellence and innovation in HE– HEI-Enterprise Cooperation– Modernisation of HE incl. curriculum, governance, funding
reforms
• Erasmus Academic Networks
• Erasmus Accompanying Measures
Other EU programmes relevant to most academic staff
• EU-global higher education cooperation programmes • EU-US (Atlantis)
– Joint degree projects– Excellence mobility projects– Policy-orientated measures– Schuman-Fulbright action
• EU-Canada/Austr./NZ/Japan/Asia/Latin America• Tempus
– Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East
– Curriculum development, HEI modernisation
Common features a general approach
• Usually partnership of at least three actors from three EU Member or Associated States
• Usually some degree of co-financing required (e.g. up to 75% of costs covered by EU)
• Themes agreed by the Commission and European governments, but applications reviewed independently
• Competitive bidding: well-ranked projects are not always funded
• Main benefits to funded organisations are European profile and access
An approach to engaging with these opportunities
• Early preparation helps to maximise chances of success– Understand the policy drivers (talk to Commission officials and UK
contact points) – Possibly: Write (well in advance) with suggested topics for funding – Be a project evaluator first– Identify and contact the European leaders in the field– Possibly: Inform WAG & UK Government
• See it from the Commission’s point of view– Policy impact and management of project as are as important as
technical prowess– Inspire confidence that the partnership will deliver the desired results
e.g. with a track record of previous cooperation
Useful documentation:ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/ssh/docs/guide-communicating-research_en.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/roadmap-2011-2013-final_en.pdf
How WHEB can assist with this preparation
• What funding opportunities are in development and when the deadlines will be e.g.– FP7 Cooperation themes/Capacities – mostly July 2011– FP7 ERC Advanced Grants – Nov 2010– FP7 People – some in March 2011– Lifelong Learning Programme – Oct 2011 – PROGRESS – Spring 2011
• Arrange initial meetings for potential applicants with Commission officials
• Research the policy objectives towards which the funding should contribute
• Identify active/successful European universities etc. in the field• Signpost to sources of more specialised help as required
Contact details
Berwyn DaviesHead of Office/Pennaeth Swyddfa
Welsh Higher Education Brussels/Addysg Uwch Cymru Brwsel
Wales House/Tŷ Cymru11 Rond-Point Schuman 6th Floor/6ed llawr
B1040 Brussels/BrwselBelgium/Gwlad Belg
Telephone (direct)/Llinell uniongyrchol: +32(0)2 2266697Fax/Ffacs: +32(0)2 5028360
e-mail/e-bost: [email protected]/Gwefan: www.wheb.ac.uk