Resources to be committed. The beneficiaries also acknowledge the contribution of the European Commission to the project budget and commit to further acknowledge this contribution during the execution of project activities and in any resulting publications and dissemination material and events.‖ Done 4 Consider the best practices on dissemination and implement the ones explicitly mentioned therein The Outreach and Dissemination work package section has been substantially reviewed to take into account the recommendations and best practices. Additional details on the relationships with user communities, the ESFRI projects and public and media have Done been added 5 Prepare a fact sheet based on the template attached in the same e- mail message as these minutes and a 5 slide presentation of the project (deadline 29.04.10) Prepared and sent to the EC Done 6 Implement in the DoW the necessary changes to address the recommendations and weaknesses raised in the ESR (see more detailed points below) All subtasks referring to the actions adopted to address the reviewers recommendations have been implemented as described below Done
Resources to be committed. E-ScienceTalk’s request for funds is primarily to keep together the highly effective consortium established during the first phase of the project, which was identified as one of GridTalk’s strongest assets by the first year reviewers. GridTalk funded the employment of three full time members of staff for the two year duration of the project, one in each partner institution of the consortium. For e-ScienceTalk, while all the products are already established, and the initial effort-intensive period of starting them up has been completed, the nature of cutting edge online dissemination channels such as GridCafé, GridGuide, GridCast, the Real Time Monitor and iSGTW mean that constant redevelopment is needed to keep pace with new software, standards, applications and tools. The wide programme of work already initiated by GridTalk will be maintained during e-ScienceTalk. In the new EGI era of grid computing, a number of highly desirable extensions and expansions to this programme have been identified for e-ScienceTalk, and have been outlined in this document. In order to carry out these extensions and expansions effectively, e-ScienceTalk proposes to add an additional amount of funded effort to the original GridTalk team as detailed below. Partner GridTalk E-ScienceTalk Comments
Resources to be committed. Added description of additional contributions in the form of hardware, software and services (e.g. the PPT application used to manage the project effort) Done 21 Detail the time shifts of deliverables and milestones compared to the original proposal DNA1.4 - EMI Roadmap and DCI Collaborations, added new at PM5 MJRA1.1 - Security Workshop: new milestone at PM2 (the numbering of following deliverables is shifted by one, e.g. the old MJRA1.1 is now MJRA1.2). This milestone replaces the old MJRA1.9 – Agreement on one common security infrastructure, which was at at PM9 MJRA1.4 🡪 MJRA1.5 - Agreement on common security methods for data systems: number shifted, time shifted from PM6 to PM5 MJRA1.9 – Agreement on one common security infrastructure, removed and Done replaced by new MJRA1.1 MJRA1.8 🡪 MJRA1.9 - AAI requirements of DCIs, shifts from PM6 to PM7 22 Add mention of participation to the SIENA Standardization Roadmap Added to section B3.2 Done 23 Add clarification of cost categories Added at the top of section B2.4 as instructed Done PART B COMBINATION OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECT & COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ACTION Table of Contents B1. CONCEPT AND OBJECTIVES, PROGRESS BEYOND STATE-OF-THE-ART, S/T METHODOLOGY AND WORK PLAN 11 B1.1 CONCEPT AND PROJECT OBJECTIVE(S) 11
Resources to be committed. Other direct costs (table 3.4b)
Resources to be committed. The coordinator will require an academic employee and a part-time secretary (24 PM, and 18 PM, respectively) and the assistant coordinator will be supported by one part- time academic employee (18 PM). WP1 requires the appointment of a full-time Executive Manager with pertinent management experience in industry or international organizations. Budget for such an expert are is foreseen for 27 PM. This person will be supported by an academic employee (24 PM) and part-time secretary (18 PM). Costs for office and secretarial expenses (stationery, computers, communication) are also foreseen. The Associate Coordinator as well as the responsible person for global integration require support by a part-time academic employee (18 PM each). For travel costs for the coordinator, executive manager and assistants to support international cooperation, 3 journeys per month are budgeted (for one of these persons in turn). The Associate Coordinator will require a travel budget for one monthly journey as well as the partner for global integration. Several meetings have to be organized by WP1 and are budgeted according to the number of estimated participants per event. Two Governance Council meetings (60 PE each), four Steering Committee meetings (10 PE each), and two Coordination Committee meeting with 20 participants each (40 PE) are budgeted. In addition, an international conference will be organised in combination with the Stakeholder Forum meeting, to save on cost. Conference organization is budgeted and will be outsourced. Within WP1, there will be subcontracting costs for the legal advice and contracting and public relations activities to be outsourced to professional agencies. For the Chair of the Scientific and Ethical Advisory Board an academic part-time assistance (6 PM) is required. To cover travel costs for the international board members (9 persons) for two journeys (to cover the increased expenses of overseas flights) is budgeted. For the Chair of the Stakeholder Forum, part-time assistance (6 PM) and contributions to travel cost for the Stakeholder Forum (ca. 250 participants) are required. A travel budget for global integration (Coordination Board) will be required to support the necessary international contacts (travel expenses for incoming experts and for traveling to other organaisations, respectively). WP1 will keep a budget for travel, subcontracting or other cost, which is not allocated to a specific work package, in order to allow new experts or organiz...
Resources to be committed. The substantial resources requested overall for EURO4M reflect the ambitious scope of the project. Even with a budget of this magnitude, partner institutions will need to contribute significant additional resources. More importantly, EURO4M needs to use to the largest extent possible existing capacities. The expertise and experience of the beneficiaries in each WP, together with the degree of European and international co-operation, make the work feasible within the level of resources available. The total grant requested from the EU is 4 million Euros (M€), broken down as shown in Table B.2.4a. WP Name K€ 1 Regional observation datasets 1470 2 Regional reanalysis 1710 3 User-oriented information and climate change products 540 4 Project management, coordination and sustainability 280 Table B.2.4a. Breakdown of total grant requested amongst EURO4M WPs. Most of the budget is used to hire personnel; a small fraction is for computing and travel. From the total budget of 4 M€ roughly 80% will be spent on science to make available high quality ECV datasets in WP1 and WP2. The other 20% will be spent on integrated products (at the required level of aggregation and processing) and management. We believe this breakdown is justified, because European climate change monitoring requires a firm scientific basis. Focusing on existing datasets and systems only, would result in products and services that are far from the forefront of scientific developments. About 7% of the overall budget is dedicated to management. This small amount implies that a large part of the support needed will come from either the Coordinators home institute (e.g. for hosting the EURO4M website) and from the home institutes of the WP-leaders. Data storage and dissemination A huge amount of observational and reanalysis data will be produced in WP1 and WP2. These data will be analysed within the project and used for the multi-purpose products developed in WP3. WP3 will make an inventory of raw data needs by users outside the project as part of the CLT activities. We anticipate the need for EURO4M data after the end of the project. Therefore, the main datasets will be secured for at least 5 yr after the project ends. This is possible with the allocated resources only by virtue of exploiting existing infrastructure to the full, and capitalising on the benefits associated with an adherence to standards and interoperability. Data sharing within EURO4M will follow a service-oriented approach adopting co...
Resources to be committed. All partners involved in the PRECIOUS project aim at achieving a significant breakthrough in the field of preventive care, data monitoring, virtual model, motivational and gamification models for behavior change through novel ICT technologies. The excellence of each member in their respec- tive field of expertise as well as the high level of competence of each key personnel involved not forgetting the budget and facilities that each organization puts into the project indicate the individu- al commitment of the organizations involved and the strategic importance of carrying out the PRE- CIOUS project. In order to carry out the PRECIOUS objectives the necessary budget has been allocated to travel- ling, material and consumables which are opened up next. Travelling: Partner Travelling Description Estimated cost ALL Partners 3 years * 3 meetings/year * 2 persons *1500 27.000 IMT and UNIVIE participate with multiple research groups, named IHSEV and LUSSI in the case of IMT and Cooperative Systems (Xxxx. Xxxxxx), Entertainment Computing (Xxxx. Xxxxxxx) and Multi- media In-formation Systems (Xxxx. Xxxx), in the case of UNIVIE which incurs additional travelling costs for the system integration. Partner Travelling Description Estimated cost IMT and UNIVIE Project integration meetings 2 trips * 2 persons * 1500 6.000 IMT and UNIVIE additional integra- tion meetings 2 trips * 2 persons * 2500 10.000 Partners will allocate additional travelling for dissemination. Partner Travelling Description Estimated cost ALL partners (Xxx- xxxxxxx travel) 4 papers * 1800 7.200 In addition to the partners travelling the project will support the members of the Advisory Board to join the meetings. XXXXX will cover the travelling expenses of the Advisory Board members in case they decide to join the face to face meetings. Material: Partner Material Description Estimated cost TOTAL FB Electrode based sensors 40 pcs 250e/pc 10.000 10.000 UNIVIE (Material for COSY:LAB / LiLiPUT) 2 MacBook Pro Quadcore (development and data collection) 5000 9.900 1 iPad + 2 iPhones (mobile equipment) 2000 Sensor equipment 2900 Campden BRI Sensors for food intake moni- toring 4000 4000 VHIR 20 PDA, smartphones for on- line motivational interview 8000 8000 IMT 2 PC desktop 2500 10.000 1 data server 2700 2 PTZ ONVIF Camera 1800 Additional sensor equipment for the Experiment'HAAL lab 3000 Consumables: Partner Material Description Estimated cost TOTAL FB Heart rate monitors 20 pcs 250e/piece 5000 9.000 Interfa...
Resources to be committed. The consortium budget plan of the EQUAL4EUROPE project is summarised in the figures below. The EQUAL4EUROPE project will take 48 months to achieve its results and the total requested EU contribution amounts to EUR 2,998,132.50. Most of costs (EUR 2,178,605) represent the personnel effort contribution to the EQUAL4EUROPE project. The personnel costs are based on an accurate estimation of person months necessary to carry out the various tasks that form the work plan and include the costs of key personnel from higher level management. The other direct costs exceeding the 15% of the personnel costs only applies for UK BA. Most of the funding is allocated to setting-up and implementing the GEPs (WP2-WP7; 71% of the budget), 12% of the budget will cover the necessary project and knowledge management tasks, as well as sufficient resources (17%) will ensure the completion of the activities for Dissemination, Exploitation and Sustainability.
Resources to be committed. The total cost of the project is estimated at EUR 4,437,938. Most of the budget of the project (EUR 3,240,000 – 73% of the budget) will be dedicated to subcontracting the R&D activities. Budget* (max) % PCP execution Phase 1 - Solution design 240,000€ 7.4 PCP execution Phase 2 - Prototyping 1,500,000€ 46.3 PCP execution Phase 3 - Field testing 1,500,000€ 46.3 *including Italian VAT rate (22%) The PCP Project will run a joint procurement. All public purchasing authorities of SMART.MET Consortium will collaborate through their existing purchasing departments in such a way that VIVERACQUA is designated as the lead authority to take responsibility for tendering and arranging contractual documentation for specific procurements, all in consultation with the other purchasing authorities involved in this joint procurement. Each procurer in the buyers group intends to contribute its individual financial contribution to the total budget necessary to jointly finance the PCP, the total jointly committed budget for the PCP, as this enables the procurers to share the costs of procuring R&D services from a number of providers and compare together the merits of alternative solutions paths to address the common challenge. The choice of the consortium (Buyers’ Group) is to have all selected PCP tenderers paid by the lead procurer; each procurer in the buyers group intends to contribute its individual financial contribution to the total budget necessary to jointly finance the PCP (see info on the table 3.4a) - the resources that will complement the EC contribution will be shared equally among all members of the Buyers’ Group. PCP phases Solution design Prototype development Testing TOTAL Anticipated Unit support (max) 30,000 250,000 500,000 Target MAX Number of R&D projects 8 4 3 Total Phases 240,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 3,240,000 The budget for Networking and Coordination activities amounts at EUR 1,331,381.34 : Budget* % Personnel 859 090.97 € 67 Meetings – travels and accomodation 144 314.10 € 9 Subcontracting (non R&D) 77 125.00 € 4 Indirect costs 250 851.27 € Total 1 331 381,34 € * excluding VAT It is estimated that 178.1 person-months are needed to complete the different tasks to be performed: preparation stage (39%), monitoring and evaluation during the execution phase (39%), dissemination and management of the project. It is anticipated that 10 consortium meetings will be organised during the project: • Inception ExB meeting • OMC Workshop, • WIBGI meeting • 2nd ExB m...
Resources to be committed. The resources of 8 million Euros will the managed by the NHM Management Team (NHMMT) on behalf of the Beneficiaries. Management: 776,709€ A substantial cost saving will be made as SYNTHESYS3 will utilise the online systems for TA and consortium management website developed during the previous SYNTHESYS project. There may be some required adaptation to fit with differing EC reporting requirements. Notwithstanding such reprogramming requirements the system is ready for use. The majority of costs will be personnel costs. NHM will charge a significantly reduced overhead (100% rather than the actual rate of 277%) to minimise management costs. There is no charge for the management of the Access provision. This is all provided in kind. The NHMMT will monitor the rate of User Day awards per TAF at each Call and work with the ASG and NRSG to ensure resources are appropriately allocated. The NHMMT will receive 6 monthly reports from the PM on estimated rates of expenditure by on TA, NA and JRA. Any major deviance from plan will be flagged in the risk register and tracked accordingly. Beneficiary 1 will contribute in-kind staff support of an additional 12PM. The WP Leaders will provide an additional 6PM in-kind support. Coordination; 2,574,433.80€ Each NA Leader will manage their NA budget and will be responsible for providing the PM with six monthly spend reports. Any divergence from planned spend or requests to significantly modify the budgets will be discussed at the NRSG. The majority of spend will be on staff time, with some funds allocated to T&S to allow the Beneficiaries to meet and agree policies and collection management recommendations. Staff invited to attend meeting from outside of the SYNTHESYS3 Consortium will fund themselves. There are two exceptions
