FP7 Model Grant Agreement and other useful documents in 22 EU languages

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Cagri Yilmaz

The European Commission adopted on 10 April 2007 the general model grant agreement to be used in research projects funded under the 7th Framework Programmes.

This model grant agreement is applicable to the indirect actions under the ‘Cooperation’ and ‘Capacities’ Specific Programmes of FP7. It consists of a core text and several annexes. There is also a list of special clauses to be introduced in the grant agreement where necessary.

The following links provide access to these documents. The original language of the grant agreement and its annexes is English. The translations into the other Community languages are provided to facilitate the understanding of the grant agreement and its annexes. They are not legally binding and are not officially sanctioned.

New annexes and some modifications to the annexes of the grant agreements have since been adopted (chronology of modifications). The latest updates of the grant agreement are due to;

1) the adoption of a Commission decision of 2 March 2011 modifying the list of special clauses (new special clause 41)
2) the adoption of Commission decision of 24 January 2011 introducing some simplification measures for FP7 and which modified Annex II – General Conditions, Article II.14.1. The simplification measures adopted in this Decision, refer firstly to the new provisions and acceptability criteria for the use of average personnel cost by beneficiaries, and secondly to the introduction of flat-rate financing for SME owners and other natural persons not receiving a salary. These measures are explained in the FP7 Guide to Financial Issues.

The English version of this update is available; the other language versions will follow.

Separate model grant agreements have been adopted for the parts of the ‘Cooperation’ (Space, Security), the ‘Capacities’ (Research for the benefit of SME’s) and the ‘People’ (Marie Curie) Specific Programmes that are under REA responsibility and for the ‘Ideas’ (European Research Council) Specific Programmes.

The following links provide access to these documents: Ideas (European Research Council). The original language of the grant agreement and its annexes is English. The translations into the other Community languages are provided to facilitate the understanding of the ERC grant agreement and its annexes. They are not legally binding and are not officially sanctioned.

The following links provide access to these documents: European Research Council Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) under the IDEAS programme. The last update concerns Annex II to the ERC CSA following the Commission Decision C(2011) 174 of 24/01/2011. The original language of the grant agreement and its annexes is English. The translations into the other Community languages are provided to facilitate the understanding of the ERC grant agreement and its annexes. They are not legally binding and are not officially sanctioned.

Following the autonomy of the Research Executive Agency (REA) and correspondingly for the parts of the indirect actions under the ‘Cooperation’ (Space, Security) Specific Programme, ‘Capacities’ (Research for the benefit of SME’s) Specific Programme and’People’ (Marie Curie) Specific Programme that are under REA responsibility a separate REA model grant agreements have been adopted.

The latest updates of the respective REA versions of the model grant agreement documents (chronology of modifications) are due to; 1) the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009 and 2) to the adoption of a new Commission Decision modifying Annex II – general conditions Articles II.15,2. c and II.16.1 and in the list special clauses, special clause number 3, paragraph 3 and special clause 30. The modification to Articles II.15.2 c) and II.16.1 of Annex II of the model grant agreement shall apply to grant agreements in force without the need for formal amendments.

The original language of the REA grant agreements and its annexes is English. The translations into the other Community languages to facilitate the understanding of the grant agreement and its annexes will follow.

The following links provide access to these documents: Cooperation’ (Space, Security) and ‘Capacities’ (Research for the benefit of SME’s) under REA responsibility:

The following links provide access to these documents:’People’ (Marie Curie) under REA responsibility:

The old versions of the ‘People’ (Marie Curie) Specific Programme model grant agreement documents are stored and accessible here.

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