After yesterday’s biweekly, posting here the selected calls we talked about as the next step on deciding what to pursue, how and who can contribute. This is also the continuation of the discussion initiated here.
To be more effective, I suggest that if we start to work on the proposal, we create a dedicated thread in the workspace where all the team coordination happens. In this way everyone stays updated on the developments.
The place where we upload the relevant documents and concept notes on the Google Drive is here.
Candidate calls
From 18 calls in total this is a selection of 9 most relevant for us. In case you would like to go with any of those outside of this list, please add it and explain your idea. More info on the call here.
AREA 1: Increasing climate ambition: cross-sectoral challenges
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TOPIC 2: Towards climate-neutral and socially innovative cities (LC-GD-1-2-2020), RIA.
Expected EU contribution: up to EUR 53 million, of which at least 60% should be allocated to activities covered under Activity 4 for the financial support to third parties.
Update: contacted by the Climate KIC who is working on the application together with the EUROCITIES and ICLEI. The team coordination happens HERE.
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TOPIC 3: Climate-resilient Innovation Packages for EU regions (LC-GD-1-3-2020), Sub-topic (2) Support the design, testing and upscale of Innovation Packages, CSA
Expected EU Contribution: in the range of EUR 3 million
Update: Alberto connected with Trinity College Dublin (C-KIC networking event). Joined the consortium. Team coordination is happening here.
AREA 3: Industry for a clean and circular economy
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Demonstration of systemic solutions for the territorial deployment of the circular economy (LC-GD-3-2-2020), IA
Expected EU Contribution: in the range of EUR 10-20 million
Update: contacted by the Politecnico di Milano, concept here. Joining the consortium. Marina on it.
AREA 6: Farm to Fork
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Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy (LC-GD-6-1-2020), Sub-topic (B) Achieving climate neutral food businesses by mitigating climate change, reducing energy use and increasing energy efficiency in processing, distribution, conservation and preparation of food, IA
Expected EU Contribution: from EUR 6-12 million
Update: invited by ILVO to participate in the proposal. The initial concept note shared (here), no news.
After the SSH networking event invited to be a part of the consortium for the sub-topics C and/or D. Concept note is here. Team coordination happens here.
Via participants portal received another invitation, documents here.
AREA 7: Biodiversity and ecosystems
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Restoring biodiversity and ecoystem services (LC-GD-7-1-2020)
Expected EU Contribution: 16-25 million
Update: invited to join by Cranfield Water Science Institute. Concept note here. Team coordination happens here.
AREA 9: Strengthening our knowledge in support of the European Green Deal
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TOPIC 2: Developing end-user products and services for all stakeholders and citizens supporting climate adaptation and mitigation (LC-GD-9-2-2020)
Expected EU Contribution: EUR 3-5 million
AREA 10: Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate neutral, sustainable Europe
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TOPIC 1: European capacities for citizen deliberation and participation for the Green Deal (LC-GD-10-1-2020), RIA
Expected EU Contribution: EUR 3-5 million
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TOPIC 2: Behavioural, social and cultural change for the Green Deal (LC-GD-10-2-2020), RIA
Expected EU Contribution: EUR 3-5 million
Update: The team coordination happens HERE.
Decided to join the consortium led by IEECP. Concept note here. Amelia, Hugi and Marina working on it. -
TOPIC 3: Enabling citizens to act on climate change and environmental protection through education, citizen science, observation initiatives, and civic involvement (LC-GD-10-3-2020), IA, Sub-topic (1) Enabling citizens to act on climate change and for sustainable development through education. Also sub-topic (2) Enabling citizens to act on climate change and for sustainable development through better monitoring and observing of the environment and their environmental impacts
Expected EU Contribution: EUR 3-5 million
Update: joining the consortium with a federation of three Italian partners in Emilia-Romagna region after the conversation with the University of Modena. Marina and Alberto on it. Documents here.
Our strategy
Summing up here as well the three scenarios of ways to go:
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We take the lead. This means that the call fits to an idea we want to pursue: we write the concept note and build the consortium. Taking the lead means in the “scientific investigator” sense (doing the most of writing), but also coordinating with partners, making the budget etc. Edgeryders is NOT the consortium leader in the administrative sense (formally submitting the application) – we don’t have the capacity for that.
- Example: PARTENAIRE application this summer with Climate KIC as the official coordinator.
- Profiles needed: this scenario requires a researcher for the scientific part (the usual role of Alberto); others from the team contributing with their expertise for specific parts (what Amelia was doing) and the coordinator for helping in managing partners and the whole process (the usual role of Marina). Assistance in outreach (looking for the suitable partners we can trust) would be useful.
- Estimated workload: dedicated work over 3 months
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We join as partners having a more prominent role. This means we join someone else’s concept, integrate our methodology (mostly standard workpackage) and don’t do most of the writing, but we contribute significantly in the bits of the proposal.
- Example: CYCLOPS application last year. There was a principal investigator but Alberto significantly contributed to the writing and the concept.
- Profiles needed: a researcher for the scientific part and the coordinator to do most of the communication with the consortium (including adding the standard, more admin-like, parts to the application) and negotiating budgets. Assistance in outreach to find such forming consortia would be useful.
- Estimated workload: dedicated work over at least 1 month
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We join as partners. This means we use the standard workpackage only slightly adapting it to the topic and the requirements and adjusting the targets.
- Example: TREASURE application this summer. The coordinator did most of the work, we integrated our methodology and Alberto wrote a paragraph so that it fits to the topic.
- Profiles needed: researcher (to contribute occasionally where needed), the coordinator to do the rest (sit in the calls, negotiate budgets and add bits and pieces). Assistance in outreach to find such forming consortia would be useful.
- Estimated workload: 2 days per week over 3 months (for the coordinator), a couple of days over 1 month (for the researcher).
All of these scenarios require the coordinator to reach out to the team leaders (at Edgeryders) usually responsible for different tasks in the standard workpackage (research, community management, outreach and engagement and tech) and check the feasibility, the KPIs and the allocated budget depending on the proposal.
Setting the internal deadline to do a second round of selection of the calls above for the scenarios under (1) and (2): by the end of the next week, Friday 30th. Then, scheduling thematic team calls for each.
The internal deadline to do the outreach campaign and look for the forming consortia for the scenarios under (2) and (3): it starts now and should go probably sometime until mid November. This involves publishing the expression of interest on the participants portal; participating in online networking events; launching the Linkedin campaign + reaching out to personal networks; scheduling 1:1 meetings. Depending on the number of these meetings, additional help to participate in them would be much appreciated.
Looking forward to the joint efforts to make the most use of the EU Green Deal Call.
Please post here in the comment your thoughts and the role you can take on
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