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Project Outline

(V.1)

Title

........................

Work areas involved: xxxxx

(please refer to the CATRENE White Book, part C (VMS and annex 1,3))

This document will be treated in strict confidentiality.
It will be seen only by persons who have signed a Declaration of non-Disclosure

TABLE OF CONTENTS

0. Executive summary

Text giving a short clear description of your project goal, partnership, planned deliverables and expected benefits (max 80 words). Be as specific as possible and quantify where ever it is possible.

1. Project description	page 2

General goals

Strategic relevance (relevance for Europe)

State-of-the-art

Market relevance and competitive situation

Exploitation plan / Dissemination of Results

Expected impact

2. Short Consortium description	page …

3. Short Description of the work plan

4. Resources information

5. Project duration (start, end)

6. Planned milestones/deliverables

7. Rationale for public funding

8. Contact persons

Appendices

NOTE: The total number of pages of the full document shall by no means exceed 20 pages POs with more than 20 pages will be rejected. The Chapter 1 shall be around 5 pages long. Use Font size 11.

1. Project description

General goals

This project aims at……..and will therefore…….	(Quantify as much as possible)

Strategic relevance (relevance for Europe)

This project relates to the (sub) Work area ……of the CATRENE programme. It is supporting the European effort towards…

State-of-the-art (technical background)

Present global situation in the field:…..

Innovation proposed:……

Main Competitors announcements:…. / position project w.r.t. main competitors

Previous / complementary activities of the partners in the field:….[ project name, financed by….]

Quantify as much as possible.

Market relevance

This project secures the competitive power in the following European industry sector(s):

[Sector name ]

[Main competitors]

[Europe’s position now and market size forecast]

Exploitation plan / Dissemination of Results

Project Results exploitation plan:..…[for industrial partners: further development strategy]

Project Results dissemination plan:….. [workshops, cession of licences,…….]

Scientific follow-up possibilities:..…[publications, patents, agreements with Institutes
or Universities,…].

Expected Impact

Project contribution to: …e.g. new business development, market share increase, employment, know-how accumulation and dissemination, education, research community

2. Short Consortium description

In this project a competent consortium will work together, consisting of:

Partners:

(The detailed description must be in Annex)

(please tick 1 box) Large firm SME

Name	Country	Address
Company X (project leader)
Company Y
…

Institute W
University Z
…

Subcontractors:

Name	Country	Address	Sub-contractor To Partner:	Large firm	SME	Uni/ Institute
…

Co-operation Matrix

Partners

X Y Partners

Z

Z = Nature of operation (Spec, review, manufacturing, validation, information…) between partners X and partner Y.

3. Short Description of the work plan

3. Short Description of the work plan

List of planned work packages:

Work package #	Title / Short description	Partners involved (x)
WP 1	few lines (will be detailed in the Full proposal)	Name, country
…
WP n

(x) underline WP leader

4. Resources information

Effort per year for the project in person.years per partner, with split per country, as initially planned

[fill in the fields related to your project duration. See 5]

Manpower	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
Partner x	[country A]
[country B]
Sub-total Partner x
Partner y	[country A]
[country B]
Sub-total Partner y
...
Total P.Y

Effort per year for the project in person.years per country

[same remark as above]

Manpower	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
[country A]
[country B]
…
[country X]
Total P.Y

5. Project duration (start, end)

Start :	dd.mm.yyyy
End :	dd.mm.yyyy

6. Planned milestones/deliverables

Work Package #	Milestone #	Quarter / Year	Planned Deliverables
WP 1	M1	e.g.Q1/12
M2	e.g.Q4/12
WP 2
WP n	Mzz

7. Rationale for public funding

The consortium expects funding from national authorities of…[countries]…..

Public support is necessary for the successful completion of the project for the main following reasons:

scientific and technical risk (explain…),

economical background, competition (explain…),

expected impact on public sector (detail…),

planned standard activity (detail…)….

Contacts with Public Authorities:

Did your national public authority already receive this PO?	Are you already negotiating with your national public authorities the funding for this project proposal?	Indicate the state of negotiation: A – oral agreement B – letter of intent C – contract in progress D – negative E – no clear answer yet
Partner 1	Y / N	Y / N	A / B / C / D / E
Partner 2	Y / N	Y / N	A / B / C / D / E
Partner x	Y / N	Y / N	A / B / C / D / E

Contacts with Public Authorities Details:

Partner	Date of Contact	Name Person Partner	Name Person PA	Outcome

8. Contact persons

Project leader (Contact person for the Project):

(main interface to CATRENE organisation for project application, selection and monitoring)

Project Leader (name of company)

Name	First Name	telephone	e-mail	full address

Responsible persons for each partner in each participating country

(mainly intended to facilitate discussions between partners and their local Public authorities)

Partner X* in Country A

Name	First Name	telephone	e-mail	full address

Partner X in Country B

Name	First Name	telephone	e-mail	full address

Partner Y* in Country A

Name	First Name	telephone	e-mail	full address

Partner Y in Country B

Name	First Name	telephone	e-mail	full address

* Indicate country co-ordinator for the national partners, if applicable

Etc.

Appendices

1) Consortium description:

20 lines max to introduce the involved company, department/group (for large companies) as well as their subcontractors.

[Business; characteristics; centre of interest; expertise in (especially related to the project)…]

[Partner X]:

[Partner Y]:

etc. ......

[Subcontractor V]:

[Subcontractor W]:

etc. ......

2) Glossary:

Explain all acronyms, abbreviations