Call text and Guidelines for applicants

GuidelinesforApplicantssd3‐10032011
GUIDELINESFORAPPLICANTS
SECONDCALL
FORTRANSNATIONALRESEARCHPROJECTS
WITHINTHEFRAMEWORKOFTHEERA‐NET
ON
EMIDA
SUBMIT
PRE‐PROPOSALSUNTILMAY3rd,2011
FULLPROPOSALSUNTILSEPTEMBER7th,2011
ON
www.submission‐emida‐era.net
EMIDAERA‐NetisfundedbytheEuropeanCommission’sSeventhFrameworkProgramme.Contract
No.219235

Content
1CallBackground4
2GeneralCallInformation5
2.1CallTopicsforResearchProposals5
2.2CallTimeline8
2.3CallManagement8
2.4EMIDACallOffice(EMIDACO)8
2.5Nationalcontactpoints9
3Eligibility10
3.1EMIDAEligibilityCriteria10
3.2NationalEligibilityCriteria10
3.3OtherApplicants10
4Submissionofproposals11
4.1TheResearchConsortiumCoordinator11
4.2DetailsforSubmissionofPre‐Proposals11
4.2.1Pre‐ProposalOnlineSubmission12
4.3Full‐ProposalSubmission12
5Selectionprocess13
5.1EligibilityCheckofPre‐Proposals13
5.2EvaluationofFullProposals13
5.3EvaluationCriteria13
5.4ProjectSelectionbyNationalFundingOrganisations14
5.5Ethics14
6CallFunding15
6.1FundingMode15
6.2PaymentConditions15
7Contracts16
7.1TermsofParticipation16
7.2ContractualRelationships16
7.3FundingContracts16
7.4ResearchConsortiumAgreement16
7.5OwnershipofIntellectualPropertyRightsandUseofAccesstoResults17
7.6CommencementofProjects17
7.7ProgressMonitoring,ReportingRequirements,andApprovalofDeliverables17
7.8DisseminationRequirements18
ANNEX1:DetailedDescriptionofTopics19
ANNEX2:FundingSchemebyCountry44
ANNEX3:EMIDACallFundingOrganisations45

ANNEX4:AvailableNationalFundingBudgets46
ANNEX5:NationalRegulations47
NationalRegulationsAustria47
NationalRegulationsBelgium 48
NationalRegulationsCzechRepublic49
NationalRegulationsDenmark49
NationalRegulationsGermany51
NationalRegulationsFinland52
NationalRegulationsFrance53
NationalRegulationsGreece53
NationalRegulationsIreland54
NationalRegulationsIsrael54
NationalRegulationsItaly55
NationalRegulationsLithuania57
NationalRegulationsTheNetherlands58
NationalRegulationsNorway58
NationalRegulationsSpain59
NationalRegulationsSweden59
NationalRegulationsSwitzerland60
NationalRegulationsUnitedKingdom60

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1 CallBackground
EMIDA(EmergingandMajorInfectiousDiseasesofLivestock)isaCoordinationActionfundedunder
theEuropeanCommission’sERA‐Netschemewithinthe7thFrameworkProgramme(FP7).EMIDA
involves29partnerorganisationsandthreeassociatedpartnersinvolvedinfundingormanaging
animalhealthresearchprogrammesin19Europeancountries.
EMIDAisconcernedwiththedevelopmentofadurablefocusednetworkofnationalresearch
fundingorganisationsinMemberandAssociatedStatesoftheEUforthepurposeofsharing
information,coordinatingactivitiesandworkingtowardsacommonresearchagendaandmutual
fundingactivitiesforresearchonemergingandmajorinfectiousdiseasesofproductionanimals
includingfishandbeesandincludingthoseconditionswhichposeathreattohumanhealth.EMIDA
ERA‐Nethasthreemainoverarchingstrategicgoals:
 DevelopintegratedanimalhealthresearchpoliciesandactivitiesattheEuropean‐widelevel.
 OptimisetheresearchprovisionthatunderpinsEuropeananimalhealthpolicydevelopment
andpolicyimplementation,andthesustainabilityoftheEuropeanlivestockindustries
throughthecoordinationoffundingtodevelopimprovedtoolsforthecontrolofthemajor
infectiousdiseasethreatsoflivestock.
 IncreasethecapacityofEuropeananimalhealthscienceandresearch,inordertomaintain
anddevelopEuropeanexpertiseinthisfieldandmaintainEurope’scompetitivenessinthe
globalAnimalHealthmarket.
Aspartofthedevelopmentofaframeworkforthecoordinationoftransnationalresearch,EMIDA
hasdevelopedinstrumentsforprocuring,managingandappraisingtransnationalanimalhealth
researchactivities.EMIDAhasagreedtolaunchajointresearchcallapplyinga“distributedcommon
pot”fundingmechanismwithatotalbudgetofapproximately20Mio€inMarch2011tobuild
confidenceintransnationalfundingandtoenablejointtransnationalactivitiesandfundingofa
futuretransnationalanimalhealthresearchprogramme.Forthispurposes,theEMIDAconsortium
hasselected8activitylineswithseveralspecifictopicseachfocusingoncurrentresearchneeds
withinthefieldofanimalhealth.

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2 GeneralCallInformation
2.1 Calltopicsforresearchproposals
ResearchConsortiaareinvitedtosubmitpre‐proposalsandafterverifyingeligibilityfullproposals
relatedtothe8activitylinesandassociatedspecifictopicsrespectively(see“Overviewofresearch
topicscoveredbythesecondEMIDAcall”below).Projectconsortiamustinvolveaminimumofthree
(3)andamaximumoften(10)partnersfromatleastthree(3)different(participating)countries.
Consortiamembersfromnon‐participatingcountriesarewelcome,butwillhavetofundtheir
contributiontotheresearchprojectthemselves.Proposalsforaparticulartopicareexpectedto
addressatleastoneactivitylineorspecifictopic.PleaserefertoANNEX1foradetaileddescription
ofactivitylinesandassociatedspecifictopics,andfurthertakethespecificconsiderationsoffunders
(ANNEX3)intoaccount.Pleasenotethateachoftheactivitylinesandspecifictopicsisfundedbya
limitednumberofdifferingcountries;pleasereferto“FundingSchemebyCountry”(ANNEX2)for
informationregardingfundingintentions.
OverviewofresearchtopicscoveredbythesecondEMIDAcall
AEcologyandanimalhealth–diseasestransmittedbyarthropods(epidemiology,vector
competence,earlywarningandsurveillancesystems,diagnostics,vaccines,vaccination
strategies)
A1Tickbornediseases(Epidemiology,interventionstrategies,tickborneencephalitis,
diagnostics,modeling,surveillancesystems)
A2Vectorcompetenceofarthropodsandinvivotransmissionstudies,inparticularfor
importantzoonoticpathogens(Infectionmodelswithinsects,vectormechanisms,
transmissionstudies,riskassessment,West‐NileFever,RiftValleyFever,otherARBO‐
viruses)
A3AfricanHorseSickness(AHS)(Vaccination,epidemiology,hostvirusinteraction)
A4BlueTongueVirus(Vaccines,pathogenesis,epidemiology)
A5Developmentofcostefficientandreliablesurveillancesystemsof(exotic)arthropod
bornediseases(Targetedsurveillanceontimeperiods,geographicalareas(incl.
individualfarms)andanimalsofhighrisk.)
A6Rapidin‐vectormultiplexdiagnosticsforpathogensandtheirdifferentiation
(Flavivirusrapidtesting,multiplexdiagnostics,moleculardiagnostics,microarrays)
BEcologyandanimalhealth–wildlifereservoirs(epidemiology,earlywarningandsurveillance
systems,biosecurity)
B1AvianInfluenzainwildlifeandenvironment(Epidemiology,modeling,earlywarning,
biosecurity)
B2Wildboar,areservoirforAfricanSwineFever?(ASF,pathogenesisandtransmission
inwildboar,earlywarning)
B3Developmentofriskbasedandcostefficientmonitoringandsurveillancesystemsfor
rodentbornediseases(Epidemiology,earlywarning,surveillancesystems,invasive
species)
B4Diseasesurveillanceincombinationwithmonitoringwildlifeabundanceandecology
(Wildlifepopulationdensityestimation,pathogendistribution,rangeofhostspecies,
epidemiology,developmentofEuropeanwildlifediseasesnetwork)