FP7 SMEs TEOM

FP7 Capacities Work Programme: Research for the Benefit of SMEs
III IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS
Call title: Research for SMEs Call 2
• Call identifier: FP7-SME-2008-1
• Date of publication: 30 November 2007 10
• Deadline: 11 April 2008, at 17.00.00 h (Brussels local time)11
• Indicative budget 12 : EUR 92.72 million 13
• Topics: the call is open to all research fields
Activity/ Area Topics called Funding Scheme
2.1 Research for SMEs The call is open to all
research fields 14 Research for the benefit of specific groups
(in particular SMEs)
• Evaluation procedure: the evaluation will follow a single stage procedure; proposals
will not be evaluated anonymously.
• The evaluation criteria and sub-criteria (including weights and thresholds), together with
the eligibility, selection and award criteria, for the different funding schemes are set out
in Annex 2 to this work programme.
However, for this call, the threshold for the Potential impact criterion will be 4 (instead
of 3) and, as a consequence, the overall threshold will be 11 (instead of 10).
10 The Director-General responsible for the call may publish it up to one month prior to or after the envisaged
date of publication.
11 At the time of the publication of the call, the Director-General responsible may delay this deadline by up to
two months
12 The final budget awarded to this call, following the evaluation of projects, may vary by up to 10% of the total
value of the call.
13 Under the condition that the preliminary draft budget for 2008 is adopted without modifications by the budget
authority.
14 Research proposals within the scope of Annex I of the EURATOM Treaty, namely those directed towards
nuclear energy applications, should be submitted to relevant calls under the EURATOM 7th Framework
Programme.