(and other) innovations - PTA-COAST3 | call for proposals

Chemical Sciences
Call for proposals
Enabling analytical tools for new chemical
(and other) innovations
PTA-COAST3
2014
The Hague, May 2014
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Contents
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Introduction
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1.1
Background
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1.2
Available budget
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1.3
Validity of the call for proposals
Aim
Guidelines for applicants
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3.1
Who can apply
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3.2
What can be applied for
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3.3
When can applications be submitted
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3.4
Preparing an application
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3.5
Specific conditions
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3.6
Submitting an application
Assessment procedure
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4.1
Procedure
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4.2
Criteria
Contact details and other information
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5.1
Contact
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5.2
Other information
Annexe(s)
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Chapter 1: Introduction / Enabling analytical tools for new chemical (and other) innovations
1 Introduction
1.1
Background
Comprehensive Analytical Science and Technology (TI-COAST; www.ti-coast.com) is
a sustainable public-private partnership (PPP) community on Analytical Science &
Technology. It has currently more than 70 members from industry, (private)
research institutes, SMEs and knowledge institutes. The integrated strategic agenda
of TI-COAST comprises R&D, education, valorization and infrastructure. Funded
through the former TASC (Technology Areas for Sustainable Chemistry) Innovation
Programme a first call (TA-COAST1) was executed in 2011, followed by a second call
(TA-COAST2a) in 2013 via the TKI/Fund New Chemical Innovations. Small-scale
public-private partnership (PPP) projects on enabling analytical technology are
crucial for future innovation in the Top Sector Chemistry and beyond.
In 2014 TI-COAST received several Intentions to Submit (including commitment
from private parties) for different programme topics. Therefore, the PTA-COAST3
programme calls for full proposals within one or more of the following programme
themes:
1.
Orthogonal analysis systems: Projects aim to hyphenate chemical, physical
and/or biological measurement systems in order to enable the analysis of
highly complex mixtures. Challenges include innovative interfacing solutions
and data-handling strategies.
2.
Analysing intact systems and surfaces: Projects address the imaging of
surfaces, living or working systems, in their undisturbed natural or wellcontrolled functional environment. The challenge is that the system is
minimally perturbed by the measurement. Examples include measurements
in devices, on (bio)material surfaces, in living organisms, in (bio)reactors,
etc.
3.
Bringing the lab to the sample: Projects aim at performing analytical
measurements reliably and efficiently outside the laboratory environment.
Challenges are the design of miniaturized, fast and robust measuring
devices having built-in real-time automated data processing. Typical
examples include at-line process control, in-field compliance tests
(environmental issues, quality control, food and water safety, national
security) and diagnostic tools.
Proposals should aim for fundamental breakthroughs in analytical methodology, thus
providing enabling tools for future R&D in the Top Sector Chemistry/TKI New
Chemical Innovations, and be relevant for at least one additional Top Sector.
PTA-COAST3 is an Open Call: also consortia that did not submit an Intention-tosubmit to TI-COAST are invited to submit a full proposal now.
1.2
Available budget
It is anticipated to grant projects up to a total call budget of M€ 3 (including M€ 0.9
cash plus in-kind contributions from private project partners). It is not excluded that
additional budget of the TKI/Fund New Chemical Innovations becomes available if
projects are of high quality.
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1.3
Validity of the call for proposals
This call for proposals is valid until the closing date, 8 July 2014.
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Chapter 2: Aim / Enabling analytical tools for new chemical (and other) innovations
2 Aim
The ambitions of the Top sector Chemistry laid down in the action agenda New
Earth, New Chemistry relate to sustainable chemistry and smart materials, and
include biomass conversion, catalysis, polymers, bionanotechnology, analysis, etc.
The Top sector Chemistry comprises the TKIs Smart Polymeric Materials, Process
Technology, Biobased Economy and the TKI New Chemical Innovations (NCI). PTACOAST contributes to the TKI New Chemical Innovations as an enabling fundamental
R&D programme for analytical-sciences related application areas. It thus is highly
relevant for R&D under the other TKIs Smart Polymeric Materials, Process
Technology, Biobased Economy and beyond. Apart from our Top sector Chemistry,
TKIs in multiple Top sectors will benefit from PTA-COAST innovations on enabling
analytical science & technology.
COAST observes that analytical sciences are playing an increasingly important role in
economic and societal dynamics in the Netherlands; not only are analytical sciences
of crucial importance to innovation, they also facilitate the increasing number of
measurements in daily life. Positioned between basic science and application,
analytical science is at the heart of innovation. Therefore, COAST aims to strengthen
the Dutch excellence in the Top sector Chemistry and beyond by providing those
areas with pivotal analytical knowledge and instruments based on fundamental
science and by ensuring transfer of analytical expertise to multiple application areas.
The objective of the COAST R&D programme is to advance research, development
and innovation in analytical science for the benefit of the TKIs of the Top sector
Chemistry, and to extend its impact to other Top sectors. To maximize innovation
and valorisation potential, the programme is designed to promote and facilitate
cross-fertilization between basic sciences, analytical technologies and Top sector
application areas. Proposals within this PTA programme should lead to
breakthroughs in analytical technologies that will find their applications in multiple
Top sector areas, at least one of them being the Top sector Chemistry.
The selection of the PTA-COAST3 call topics is based on the extensive interaction
and consultation through matchmaking events within the COAST partnership (which
covers - apart from the Top sector Chemistry - multiple application areas of
analytical science and technology). More specific information about the call
Programme Themes can be found in section 6.1.
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3 Guidelines for applicants
3.1
Who can apply
All criteria below apply to the main applicants as well as to all co-applicants from
knowledge institutes:
Professors, associate professors and assistant professors as well as other
researchers can submit an application on behalf of a consortium if they:
− Are employed at a Dutch University or a research institute recognized by
NWO 1 and;
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have at least a master’s degree in science or engineering or an equivalent
qualification and;
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have an employment contract for at least the duration of the application
procedure and the duration of the research the grant is applied for. For coapplicants an exception can be made if the applicants can prove that adequate
supervision of all researchers for whom funding is applied can be guaranteed
for the full duration of the grant.
Each project consortium must include at least two private partners and two
knowledge institutes. NWO funds the selected projects from the combination of its
own funds and the cash part of the private contributions (which are invoiced by
NWO). The funding always goes to a university or another research institution
recognised by NWO.
− Private partners are considered as co-applicants. They can however not
receive direct funding from NWO.
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Researchers employed by TNO, RIVM, the GTI’s and the non-university part of
WUR may participate as representatives of a knowledge institute. In that case,
the knowledge institute’s contribution to the project would be implicit in-kind
and not eligible for subsidy. Moreover, in contrast to the ‘NWO-recognised
knowledge institutes’, these institutes cannot receive direct funding from NWO.
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Alternatively, researchers employed by TNO, RIVM, the GTI’s and the nonuniversity part of WUR may choose to participate as representatives of a
private partner, provided it contribute cash and/or in-kind to the project. In
that case their contribution is eligible for the project subsidy (but not for the
calculation of the ‘TKI-toeslag’).
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Employees at universities of applied sciences (‘HBO’) can act as co-applicants.
However, universities of applied sciences cannot receive funding directly from
NWO.
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Other types of organisation not eligible for direct NWO funding can act as a coapplicant or be a member of a consortium, and by doing so, contribute to the
project and have access to the knowledge
For private partners it is required to have R&D activities in The Netherlands. Foreign
companies without R&D activities in the Netherlands can participate additionally,
but are not taken into account in the minimum requirement of two private partners
with R&D in The Netherlands. The leading principle is that knowledge valorisation
should take place in The Netherlands.
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See also NWO Regulation on Granting.
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3.2
What can be applied for
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The project should employ at least two researchers for at least two years each.
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The grant is to be used for temporary personnel (PhDs and postdocs only)
appointed for the project at the research institution, consumables, and small
equipment related to the research proposal.
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Personnel costs are subsidised in accordance with the most recent ‘Agreement
on Employers’ responsibilities NWO – VSNU’ 2.
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Only in exceptional cases may the grant be used to purchase highly specific
instrumentation that is solely applicable in the context of the research
proposal. Motivation and specification is necessary and will be evaluated. The
maximum eligible equipment costs to be considered is set at a maximum of
15% of the total cash expenses from the grant.
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PTA-COAST3-funded PhD students and postdocs shall be employed by NWOacknowledged knowledge institutes for the duration of the project, but shall
perform at least a part of their research work in the laboratories of one or
more private-sector project partners through short- and medium-term
secondments.
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PhD students and postdocs in research projects are often supported by MSc
and BSc students. Recruitment of grant students from the TI-COAST talent
programmes MSc+ and ASTP (HBO BSc+) is encouraged and possible,
provided that these students support the granted PTA-COAST3 project and are
engaged by the academic group involved. The additional (grant) costs for
these talent students can be requested as part of the category ‘Other costs’,
up to a maximum of k€ 6/year (i.e. € 500/month) for each PhD
student/postdoc position applied for.
Please note: co-applicants who are not eligible for NWO funding (for example TNO,
DLO, NFI and the other private companies) must bear their own costs as implicit inkind contribution to the project.
3.3
When can applications be submitted
The closing date for the submission of proposals is 8 July 2014, 11:59 a.m. (CET +
01:00). Proposals should be received no later than this deadline. After this deadline,
no alterations or additions can be made to the proposal.
3.4
Preparing an application
Your grant application has two parts: a fact sheet and the application form.
− You complete the fact sheet directly in NWO’s electronic application system
Iris.
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The application form is on the grant page for this programme on the NWO
website. As soon as you have completed it you can add this form to the Iris
fact sheet as a PDF file.
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The costs for personnel will be in accordance with the most recent version of the VSNU-NWO “Akkoord
bekostiging wetenschappelijk onderzoek”. The VSNU tariffs include a personal fee for congress travel and fees
(bench fee). Documentation about VSNU tariffs: http://www.nwo.nl/financiering/hoe-werkt-dat/Salaristabellen.
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Use the correct application form for drafting the proposal. The PTA-COAST3
application forms can be downloaded from the NWO website (www.nwo.nl/tacoast);
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Applications should be completed in English;
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The layout of the proposal should facilitate its readability. Use a font size of at
least 10 points;
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A letter of commitment is compulsory for each participating private partner. An
example of a standard letter of commitment can be downloaded from the NWO
website (www.nwo.nl/ta-coast). The letter specifies the cash and in-kind
contributions to the project.
3.5
Specific conditions
Financial contributions from private partners
Within PTA-COAST3 projects collaboration between at least two companies and at
least two knowledge institutes is required. NWO pays 70% of the project costs and
the participating companies 30% (cash plus in-kind).
The maximal funding that can be requested per project is k€ 1000 (k€ 700 cash
from NWO + k€ 300 private cash plus in-kind contribution). The guiding principle is
that the NWO funding per project shall not exceed k€ 700. Private contributions in
excess of k€ 300 are welcome but shall not be eligible for matching by NWO funding.
Required contributions private partners
− The private partners in the project contribute in total a minimum of 30% of
the total budget granted to the project;
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The total cash contribution of all private partners together is at least 15% of
the total budget granted to the project;
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In-kind costs contributed by private partners may comprise:
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man hours (up to a maximum of € 100/hour)
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materials
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(use of) equipment;
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For further information regarding in-kind contributions by private partners, see
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Supervising costs or programme management costs are only eligible in case of
‘Regeling in kind bijdragen door bedrijven’ (section 6.3, in Dutch only);
active research participation by the intended supervisor or programme
manager.
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All envisaged in-kind contributions from private partners must be approved by
NWO before the start of the project.
Project conditions
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The NWO Regulation on Granting applies to this call.
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Granted projects should start within six months after the date on which the
funding decision was announced. NWO can withdraw the grant if this condition
is not satisfied. The maximum project duration is five years.
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Before the start of the project, the project partners (the knowledge institutes
and the companies involved) must sign a Project Agreement with each other
and NWO. NWO will make a model agreement available for this on the Fund's
website (for basic information, see also section 6.2).
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The PTA-COAST3 call for Full Proposals is an Open Call. However, to further
develop the establishment of sustainable public-private partnerships such as
TI-COAST and to aid embedding of the project in the analytical community,
project partners in granted projects will be asked to become and/or stay
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member of TI-COAST for at least the duration of the project. For membership
information, see www.ti-coast.com.
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Full project proposals should comprise a collaboration between at least two
knowledge institutes and at least two private partners (of which at least one is
evidently active in the Top sector Chemistry). NWO funds 70% of the project
costs, the private partners 30% (cash plus in-kind contribution). All private
cash contributions will be provided to the project via NWO.
3.6
Submitting an application
A PTA-COAST3 full proposal can only be submitted to NWO via the electronic
application system Iris. The operating procedure and instruction manual for Iris can
be found at http://www.iris.nwo.nl. Applications submitted otherwise will not be
admitted to the selection procedure. A main applicant is obliged to submit his/her
application via his/her own Iris account.
If the main applicant does not have an Iris account yet then this should be created
at least one day before the submission. Then any possible registration problems can
still be solved on time. If the main applicant already has an Iris account then he/she
does not need to create a new account to submit a new application.
For technical questions, please contact the Iris helpdesk.
Any annexes to the application (e.g. letters of commitment) should be submitted to
NWO via the Iris system as separate PDF documents.
Please note that the original signed letters of commitment should be sent to
NWO by regular mail as well. These original(s) must reach NWO ultimately within
two working days after the application deadline.
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4 Assessment procedure
4.1
Procedure
4.1.1
Proposals
Full proposals are submitted via Iris, the electronic submission system of NWO
according to the guidelines (see section 3.6).
4.1.2
Eligibility and suitability check
The NWO programme office will perform an initial eligibility check on the application
to verify whether the formal criteria specified in sections 3.1-3.6 are met.
In addition to the formal eligibility criteria specified above, specific attention will be
paid to the following eligibility criteria:
− The project proposal includes and describes plans for secondments of all
researchers employed for more than one year. The total secondment period
per PhD student should at least be 0.5 man year. For a post-doc employed for
more than one year, a minimum total secondment period of 0.2 man year
applies;
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At least two Top sector application areas must be identified as relevant for
the application of the project results, of which Chemistry is one. For a list of
application areas see section 6.1;
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An intended project manager must be identified who is affiliated to a private
partner. The manager monitors the project progress and is responsible for the
process of valorisation of the project results;
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Relevant private project partners must be identified as responsible for the
valorisation of the project results in the claimed Top sector application areas.
4.1.3
Assessment of proposals
The full proposals that meet the eligibility criteria will be processed and assessed by
an international R&D Review Committee (further: RRC).
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Individual members of the RRC will assess the proposals for all the criteria as
specified under section 4.2;
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Applicants will be given the opportunity to respond to the reviews of the RRC
members in writing a rebuttal. Late or excessively long responses will be
declared inadmissible and will not be considered in the further assessment;
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The RRC considers all arguments, including the applicant’s rebuttal, to come to
an independent conclusion on the proposal. The RRC will rank the proposals
received in this call and subsequently formulate the funding recommendation;
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The Executive Board of TI-COAST (further: EB-COAST) will formulate their
independent comments on the funding recommendations taking into account
the proposals, the assessment report of the RRC, and the overall portfolio of
previously granted TA-COAST projects (see section 6.1.3, and/or website).
Note: The role of the EB-COAST differs from that of the RRC, because the EBCOAST takes the entire (P)TA-COAST portfolio (including division over
analytical sub-disciplines) into account. This means that the EB-COAST may
come to a different conclusion than the RRC.
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4.1.4
Decision-making
The Board of NWO/Chemical Sciences will take a decision on the allocation of funds
based on the funding recommendation of the RRC; the comments of the EB-COAST
will be considered in their decision-making.
The NWO Code of Conduct on Conflicts of Interest applies to all persons and NWO
staff involved in the assessment and/or decision-making process.
With effect from 1 January 2012 NWO will use a new qualification for applications
assessed. Information about the qualification can be found on the NWO website:
www.nwo.nl/kwalificaties.
4.1.5
Schedule
The indicative schedule for the PTA-COAST3 open call for full proposals is as follows:
End May 2014
PTA-COAST3 call for proposals announced on NWO website
8 July 2014
Final deadline for submitting proposals (11:59 hrs)
Mid-July to Oct. 2014
Proposals checked and sent to R&D Review Committee for
obtaining opinions
2nd half of October 2014 Applicants receive the assessment reports and are given
the opportunity to respond (rebuttal)
November 2014
R&D Review Committee ranks the proposals
End November 2014
EB-COAST formulates their independent comments on the
funding recommendations
Mid December 2014
Board of Chemical Sciences decides on allocation of the
funds
Mid December 2014
4.2
Applicants are notified about the funding decisions
Criteria
The following assessment criteria apply:
1. Fit into in the scope of PTA-COAST3;
2. Scientific quality
a. Scientific approach;
b. Scientific relevance;
c. Clarity of focus and objectives;
d. Feasibility;
e. Novelty;
3. Quality of the consortium
a. Track record of the academic partners;
b. Track record of the relevant private partners in claimed application
areas;
c. Synergy and complementarity of the partnership;
d. Availability of infrastructure within the consortium;
4. Valorisation potential
a. Quality of the valorisation plan;
b. Involvement of end users and valorisation partners;
c. Innovation level;
d. Disciplines and organisations that might benefit from the results;
e. Period over which valorisation is expected to occur;
5. Quality of the secondment plans
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Based on all these criteria, the RRC will provide two scores per proposal; one for the
scientific content and one for valorisation. In order to be eligible for subsidy, both
scores have to be above a threshold-value.
4.3
Composition of committee
The research proposals are assessed by an independent international R&D
Review Committee (RRC) of academic scientists and private party experts. The
composition of the committee will be posted on the programme website after the
decision making process has been completed.
Once the projects have been awarded funding, an R&D monitoring committee
installed by the Executive Board of COAST will be responsible for monitoring
− the progress of the research initiated;
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the quality of progress reports provided;
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the quality of knowledge dissemination.
The monitoring committee receives policy-related and administrative support from
the programme office set up within NWO and TI-COAST.
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innovations
5 Contact details and other
information
5.1
Contact
5.1.1
Specific questions
NWO
For further information, please contact the programme office:
NWO – Chemical & Physical Sciences Division
PO Box 93460
2509 AL The Hague
programme website: www.nwo.nl/ta-coast
Contacts:
dr Arlette Werner, tel.: +31 (0)70 344 0835, [email protected]
TI-COAST
For information on TI-COAST, please contact the TI-COAST office:
TI-COAST
Science Park 904
1098 XH Amsterdam
Website: www.ti-coast.com
Contacts:
Prof. dr Michel Nielen, tel. +31 (0)317 48 2361, [email protected]
dr Oscar van den Brink, tel. +31 (0)6 517 988 28,
[email protected]
5.1.2
Technical questions about the electronic application system Iris
For technical questions about the use of Iris please contact the Iris helpdesk. Please
read the Iris manual before consulting the helpdesk.
Contacts:
tel. +31 900 696 4747 (Mon-Fri, from 11.00 to 17.00 hours).
e-mail: [email protected]
Note: Unfortunately not all foreign phone companies allow you to phone to a 0900
number in the Netherlands. You can also send your question by email.
5.2
Other information
There is no other information.
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6 Annexe(s)
6.1
Scope of the PTA-COAST3 programme
6.1.1
Objectives of TI-COAST
TI-COAST has two primary objectives:
− To ensure that Dutch Top sectors apply the newest and most appropriate
analytical technologies, giving them a competitive edge and helping them
contribute to society and the economy;
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To strengthen the field of analytical science as an economic activity in and of
itself.
The TI-COAST R&D programme’s overall objective is to advance research,
development and technical innovation in analytical science for the benefit of its
application areas and science as a whole. Obviously these include the TKIs Smart
Polymeric Materials, Process Technology, Biobased Economy and New Chemical
Innovations. To maximize innovation in and valorisation potential of analytical
science and technology, the programme is designed to promote and accelerate the
development of fundamentals from Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Engineering to
application in a variety of economic areas. Thus, the R&D programme should lead to
breakthroughs in analytical science and technology that will find their applications in
multiple Top sector areas, at least one of them being the Top sector Chemistry. In
addition this approach aims to improve cross-fertilization of analytical methodologies
among multiple Top sectors.
Envisaged TI-COAST R&D projects display an innovative combination of basic
sciences, analytical technologies and valorisation potential in multiple application
areas. Analytical technologies include spectroscopy, spectrometry, microscopy,
analytical separation sciences (for example chromatography, electrophoresis),
sensors and data handling plus chemometrics. The TI-COAST R&D ambition is to
achieve major breakthroughs in these technologies.
6.1.2
PTA-COAST3 programme Themes
The programme topics of PTA-COAST3 are defined as follows:
1.
Orthogonal analysis systems: Projects aim to hyphenate chemical, physical
and/or biological measurement systems in order to enable the analysis of
highly complex mixtures. Challenges include innovative interfacing
solutions and data-handling strategies.
2.
Analysing intact systems and surfaces: Projects address the imaging of
surfaces, living or working systems, in their undisturbed natural or wellcontrolled functional environment. The challenge is that the system is
minimally perturbed by the measurement. Examples include
measurements in devices, on (bio)material surfaces, in living organisms, in
(bio)reactors, etc.
3.
Bringing the lab to the sample: Projects aim at performing analytical
measurements reliably and efficiently outside the laboratory environment.
Challenges are the design of miniaturized, fast and robust measuring
devices having built-in real-time automated data processing. Typical
examples include at-line process control, in-field compliance tests
(environmental issues, quality control, food and water safety, national
security) and diagnostic tools.
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At least two application demonstrators are required, one of them being in the Top
Sector chemistry.
A key prerequisite for successful innovation is the availability of the latest fit-forpurpose analysis tools for the characterization of raw materials, intermediates, endproducts and processes. The availability of such tools will be beneficial for TKIs in
other Top sector application areas as well, e.g. in Water, Energy, AgroFood and Life
Science & Health. Thus, projects within PTA-COAST3 should deliver entirely new or
massively improved analytical separation, detection and measurement concepts for
synthetic- or biomacromolecules and/or micro/nanoparticles. Improvements may
comprise enhancement of size, (bio)chemical, spatial and/or temporal resolution.
Improvements should be revolutionary rather than evolutionary (incremental): at
least an order of magnitude in one or more of the above dimensions.
6.1.3
Portfolio of granted TA-COAST projects
The following projects have been previously granted in the TA-COAST programme
after a strictly independent international peer review process:
─ Localized Spectroscopy of Polymers by Solid-State NMR
Knowledge Institutes: Radboud Universiteit - Instituut voor Moleculen en Materialen.
Private Partners: NovioTech, DSM Resolve, Spinnovation, Philips, Teijin.
─ HYPERformance Liquid Chromatography
Knowledge Institutes: Universiteit van Amsterdam- Van ‟t Hoff Instituut voor
Molecular Science, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Private Partners: TNO, AkzoNobel, Avantor Performance Materials, Shell, Syngenta,
RIKILT, Thermo Fisher Scientific, DSM Resolve.
─ Real-time in vivo measurement of semi-volatiles in air/breath
Knowledge Institutes: Radboud Universiteit - Instituut voor Moleculen en Materialen.
Private Partners: TNO, Unilever, Ionicon.
─ Analysis of biomolecules on surfaces
Knowledge Institutes: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universiteit Leiden, Universiteit
Twente, Erasmus MC.
Private Partners: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Avantor Performance Materials, Pepscope,
Materiomics.
─ Chromametrics: expanding the possibilities of chemometrics in the
chromatographic domain
Knowledge Institutes: Universiteit van Amsterdam- Van ‟t Hoff Instituut voor
Molecular Science.
Private Partners: NFI, DSM Resolve, RIKILT.
─ Diffusional nanoprobes for multi-length scale material characterisation
Knowledge Institutes: Wageningen Universiteit – afd. Biofysica.
Private Partners: SyMO-Chem, Unilever.
─ Enhanced bioresolution and miniaturization of surface plasmon resonance optical
sensing
Knowledge Institutes: Vrije Universiteit, Wageningen Universiteit.
Private Partners: Europroxima, Technex, Synthon, RIKILT, Heineken, Waterproef.
─ Miniaturizing mass spectrometry, bringing mass spectrometry to daily life
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Knowledge Institutes: FOM-AMOLF, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Rijksuniversiteit
Groningen, Erasmus MC.
Private Partners: DSM Resolve, Pepscope, DaVinci Europe.
─ Analysis of large data sets by enhanced robust techniques
Knowledge Institutes: Radboud Universiteit - Instituut voor Moleculen en Materialen,
UMC Groningen.
Private Partners: AkzoNobel, DSM Resolve, Heineken.
─ Next generation ambient imaging mass spectrometry for (bio)polymers and smart
materials (PolyImage)
Knowledge Institutes: FOM-AMOLF, Wageningen Universiteit.
Private Partners: DSM Resolve, Omics2Image, RIKILT, Waters.
─ In-flow Multidimensional Particle Analysis/Characterization Technology (IMPACT)
Knowledge Institutes: VU University Amsterdam, Radboud Universiteit, UMC Utrecht.
Private Partners: Beckman Coulter, CytoBuoy, Deltares, KWR, Rijkswaterstaat,
RIKILT.
6.1.4
Top sector application areas (including a brief description)
Top sector Chemistry (mandatory)
Sustainable petrochemistry (processing of oil fractions to chemical products), base
chemistry (monomers and other organic and inorganic chemicals produced in bulk
quantities) and chemical specialties (high value chemicals or biobased specialties).
Smart materials such as polymers, metals and coatings including nanomaterials.
The TKIs of the Top sector Chemistry are: TKI Smart Polymeric Materials, TKI
Process Technology, TKI Biobased Economy and the TKI New Chemical Innovations
(NCI). For more information, see the ’Top Sector Chemie Innovatiecontract 20122016’.
Top sector Agro&Food
Vegetable food, flowers and crop products and processing plus other food and
foodstuffs of non-vegetable origin.
Top sector Horticulture and raw materials
Vegetable food, flowers and crop production, greenhouses.
Top sector Life Science& Health
Studying human samples for medical diagnosis or medical research. Pharmaceuticals
and their active ingredients for therapeutic use.
Top sector Energy
Energy from biomass and waste, photovoltaics, wind, water, hydrogen, thermal
nature (sun- and geothermic), biogas, fossil fuel.
Top sector Water
Treatment and control of water, water supply for agriculture (e.g. ground water,
delta-related matters, climate control, nutrients) recreation, ecosystems, (process)
industry, fishing industry, and energy.
Top sector High-tech systems and materials
High-tech equipment using embedded systems, sensors, nanotechnology, highprecision manufacturing and mechatronics.
Top sector Creative industry
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Research and preservation of paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, historical
documents on paper and other media, coins and archaeological objects and other
objects of cultural heritage.
Top sector Logistics
Transport, distribution, storage, transhipment, customs.
Other application areas:
Forensics and Public safety
Research associated with the forensic process or with public safety and security.
Optional application areas
Additions to the list of other application areas requires solid justification/motivation,
including economic details such as national annual turnover in the application area,
number of people employed in the application area in The Netherlands, and recent
growth figures.
6.2
IPR and knowledge transfer regulation
The Framework for Consortium Agreements of the Regiegroep Chemie and the NWO
IP policy form the basis for Intellectual Property arrangements. This leaves room for
tailor-made agreements, dependent on the composition of consortia and the size of
the financial contribution. For projects funded by STW and FOM, the STW and FOM
regulations apply.
Ownership of results and procedure for knowledge transfer
− The results that emerge from a research project are the shared property of
the project parties and NWO (without the right in advance for each party to
claim the knowledge for exclusive or non-exclusive purposes (IP)).
−
NWO does not have the ambition to build up its own patent portfolio but is
responsible for the knowledge transfer process.
−
Project parties have the right of first refusal to protect a discovery under
their name and expense and in so doing to acquire the IP to this. Private
parties have priority over knowledge institutes.
−
A project party or parties who acquire(s) the right(s) to protect a discovery
pay(s) a financial compensation in the form of a remuneration at market
rate.
−
The size of this remuneration and further conditions for acquiring the IP are
realised in negotiations between the parties in which issues are considered
such as the costs of the research that led to the discovery, the relative
financial contribution to the costs by the party acquiring the right to protect
the discovery, the role of this party in making the discovery and the
valorisation perspective (costs and benefits).
−
For SME parties there is the possibility of a discount on the remuneration to
be paid by deducting the costs for acquiring the IP from the remuneration to
be agreed upon.
−
The financial compensation received will flow back to the discovering
knowledge institution(s) via NWO. Fifty percent will go directly to the
research group(s) concerned to fund further research in the context of the
subject/theme of the project based on a project plan approved by NWO.
−
If several project parties are interested in protecting the same discovery
and acquiring a patent then these will agree, if possible prior to the start of the
project, which party/parties will eventually become the owner(s). If no
agreement can be reached on this, then after individual meetings with the
parties concerned, NWO will take a decision concerning the right to patent;
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this decision will take into account the remuneration offered as well as the
valorisation perspective.
Background Information
− Prior to the start of the project the project parties will agree upon whether
they wish to contribute relevant background knowledge for the realisation
of the project and if so, which. If they agree upon this then they will provide
an overview of the background knowledge in an Annex to the Project
Agreement. Additional background knowledge can be contributed during the
project.
−
The party contributing the background knowledge should provide a
statement that this is free of claims from third parties or, if these claims
exist, which limitations there are to the use and possible further exploitation
of this knowledge.
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Background knowledge contributed remains the property of the party who
supplied it and may only be used by the receiving party/parties within the
project in the context of the research objectives. Upon receiving a written
request to this effect, the contributing party will make the necessary
background knowledge available free of charge to the requesting party by
means of a non-transferable, non-exclusive licence for the duration of the
project.
−
If a project party wishes to obtain access to background knowledge from
another project party for the purpose of commercially exploiting the
results then this party will be granted a licence by the party supplying the
knowledge in accordance with market conditions.
Publication and confidentiality
− Results will not be published or disclosed in any other manner by the project
parties without the consent of the other project parties. The parties
concerned will respond in writing no later than 4 weeks after the request to
publish has been issued. If parties have not responded in writing within this
period then this may be regarded as having provided consent.
−
Up until two months after the request to publish, the parties can request
changes to safeguard their interests with respect to the patentability of the
results. However this may not endanger the scientific integrity of the
publishing party. If the results give cause to a concrete possibility for a patent
application then the request to publish can be delayed by a maximum of six
months after the request to publish so that there is the opportunity to protect
the results.
Project Agreement
Project parties (knowledge institutes, private parties) will conclude a Project
Agreement with NWO before the start of the project. The Project Agreement shall
at least include agreements about:
− private contributions to the project
−
IP and knowledge transfer: (non-)exclusivity, royalty-free research and
education licence, remuneration in accordance with market rates
−
reporting requirements
−
confidentiality/secrecy
−
waiver/liability
The conclusion of a Project Agreement is one of the conditions for funding being
awarded to the project concerned.
(The Dutch version of this section is leading for the interpretation of the IPR and
knowledge transfer regulation).
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6.3
Regeling in-kind bijdragen door private partijen binnen het Fonds
TKI/NCI (Dutch only)
Definities
1. Private partijen
Als private partijen worden aangemerkt enerzijds ondernemingen (definitie
hieronder). Kennisinstellingen die niet tot de door NWO erkende kennisinstellingen
behoren (i.e. zoals de TO2 instellingen TNO, ECN, DLO) kunnen in het Fonds
TKI/NCI naar keuze participeren als mede-aanvragende kennisinstelling, of als
private partij.
2. Onderneming
Activiteit van een organisatorisch verband of een persoon gericht op duurzame
deelname aan het economisch verkeer met behulp van arbeid en kapitaal en met
oogmerk winst te behalen.
3. MKB
De MKB-definitie van de Europese Commissie wordt gehanteerd. Onder een MKB
wordt verstaan een onderneming die:
− minder dan 250 medewerkers heeft, en
−
een omzet heeft die de EUR 50 miljoen niet overstijgt en/of
−
een balanstotaal heeft dat de EUR 43 miljoen niet overstijgt;
−
verder dient rekening gehouden te worden met participaties (≥25%) in en van
andere ondernemingen die effect hebben op de autonomie van de
onderneming.
Documentatie: DG Enterprise, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/factsfigures-analysis/sme-definition/index_en.htm.
Bepalingen
1. Mogelijkheid tot deelname in het Fonds TKI/NCI door private partijen met in kind
bijdragen
Private partijen participeren doorgaans in (P)TA onderzoeksprogramma’s door
middel van een financiële contributie aan het programma.
In het (P)TA programma kunnen private partijen participeren met een in-kind
bijdrage onder de volgende voorwaarden:
a. de totale private cash bijdrage aan het projectbudget is tenminste 15%
b. de totale private cash plus in-kind bijdrage aan het projectbudget is tenminste
30%
c. in kind bijdragen/inspanningen moeten:
− essentieel zijn voor het project;
−
opgenomen zijn in de door NWO goedgekeurde begroting van de
onderzoekskosten van de projectaanvraag waarin de private partij participeert
(zie voor in te brengen in kind bijdragen bepaling 3) en vallen binnen één van de
onder 3 a t/m c vermelde kostencategorieën.
2. Committering
Indien een private partij zal participeren in het onderzoeksproject met een volledige
of gedeeltelijke in-kind bijdrage zoals hierboven omschreven, zal de private partij
zich voor de betreffende in-kind bijdrage plus de financiële (cash) bijdrage aan NWO
committeren. De toegezegde financiële (cash) bijdrage zal door NWO in halfjaarlijkse
termijnen worden gefactureerd.
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3. In te brengen in kind bijdragen
In een onderzoeksproject mogen door private partijen als in kind bijdragen worden
ingebracht de volgende rechtstreeks aan het onderzoeksproject toe te rekenen en
door de private partij gemaakte kosten (zie ook bepaling 1):
a. In het kader van het project gewerkte uren:
− loonkosten, met dien verstande dat wordt uitgegaan van een uurloon,
berekend op basis van het jaarloon bij een volledige dienstbetrekking volgens
de kolom «loon voor de loonbelasting» van de loonstaat, verhoogd met de
wettelijke dan wel de op grond van een individuele of collectieve
arbeidsovereenkomst verschuldigde opslagen voor sociale lasten, en van 1650
productieve uren per jaar. Hierover mag een opslag worden opgevoerd voor
overige algemene kosten, groot ten hoogste 50 % van de hierboven bedoelde
loonkosten. Het hieruit volgende aan het project toe te schrijven uurtarief,
inclusief de genoemde 50% opslag voor algemene kosten, is gemaximeerd op
€ 100. Inbreng van kosten voor begeleiding of voor projectmanagement is
mogelijk bij actieve deelname van de beoogde begeleider of projectmanager
aan het onderzoeksproject (zie onder 1b).
b. Kosten van te verbruiken materialen en hulpmiddelen, gebaseerd op de
oorspronkelijke aanschafprijzen.
c. Gebruik van apparatuur en machines
− Kosten van aanschaf en gebruik van machines en apparatuur, met dien
verstande dat wordt uitgegaan van de aan het project toe te rekenen
afschrijvingskosten, berekend op basis van de oorspronkelijke aanschafprijzen
en een afschrijvingstermijn van tenminste vijf jaar; kosten van consumables
en onderhoud tijdens de gebruiksperiode.
−
Kosten van aanschaf en gebruik van machines en apparatuur die niet
uitsluitend voor het project zijn aangeschaft, worden slechts als
projectbijdragen op de voet van het hier bovenstaande naar rato in
aanmerking genomen, indien een door middel van een sluitende tijdschrijving.
vastgestelde urenverantwoording per machine respectievelijk van de
apparatuur aanwezig is.
−
In-kind bijdragen in de vorm van korting op de normale aanschafprijs in het
economisch verkeer (list-prijs) van machines en apparatuur. De korting dient
dan minimaal 25% van de listprijs te bedragen. De kosten die ten laste
gebracht worden van het apparatuurbudget van het project bedragen dan de
listprijs verminderd met die korting.
4. Verantwoording van in kind bijdragen
Private partijen dienen hun in-kind bijdragen aan NWO te verantwoorden middels
een opgave van ingebrachte kosten, te verstrekken aan NWO binnen drie maanden
na afloop van het onderzoeksproject waaraan de in-kind bijdrage is geleverd. De
aanvraag tot vaststelling van de in-kind bijdrage dient tegelijkertijd met de aanvraag
tot subsidievaststelling door de universitaire partner(s) te worden ingediend,
vergezeld van een gezamenlijke eindrapportage. Indien de te verantwoorden in-kind
bijdrage hoger is dan k€ 125 dient een accountantsverklaring te worden
aangeleverd; in andere gevallen volstaat een schriftelijke verklaring van de
procuratiehouder dat de ingebrachte in-kind inspanningen daadwerkelijk aan het
project zijn toe te schrijven.
Indien de private partij die zich met een in-kind bijdrage aan een onderzoeksproject
heeft gecommitteerd (een deel van) deze in-kind bijdrage uiteindelijk niet inbrengt
dan wel niet kan verantwoorden, zal NWO deze private partij factureren voor (dit
deel van) de in-kind bijdrage zodat de totaal toegezegde bijdrage gestand wordt
gedaan.
Published by:
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May 2014

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