APPENDIX 1 C: APPENDICES TO APPLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOINT PROJECT CALLS

When the application is submitted for an international call for joint projects, the appendices listed below are appended to the application.

Only the requested appendices are appended to the application. Make sure to draft the appendices in line with the Academy’s guidelines (see Appendices on our website). The maximum length of appendices indicated in the guidelines must not be exceeded. The appendices are drafted in English and appended to the application in the online services under Appendices. The only exception is the curriculum vitae, which is appended under Personal data/CV.

In certain international calls, we may also request other appendices or the content of the requested appendices may differ from that indicated in the guidelines below. Any exceptions to appendices are mentioned in the call in question under Appendices.

1      Application involving a foreign research team and a Finnish research team

Obligatory appendices:

• research plan, no more than 12 pages, including

- a clear description of the planned research and research collaboration (distribution of work and methods of implementation) and the added value to be expected from the collaboration

- a joint budget, including separate budgets for both partners

- a justification for the funding applied for

- a description of any researcher training to be carried out within the project

- a mobility plan detailing the research project’s national and international mobility plans during the funding period, describing the involvement of foreign researchers in the project, and explaining other ways in which the project intends to transcend international, national, institutional and public/private-sector boundaries.

• curricula vitae for the Finnish applicant and the foreign partner, no more than four pages each (the curriculum vitae for the Finnish applicant is appended under Personal data/CV)
• lists of publications by the Finnish applicant and the foreign partner; clearly indicate the ten most important publications in both lists in terms of the research plan.

Case-specific appendices:

• invitation by foreign university or research institute, if the research or part of it will be conducted abroad
• statement by an ethics committee or the Committee on animal Experimentation (if relevant); the ethical aspects shall always be specified in the research plan
• statement by a Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation, confirming that the applicant’s project is affiliated with the centre and justifying the significance of the project for the centre’s operations
• progress report on all Academy-funded projects headed by the applicant that have not submitted final reports
• any other appendices indicated in the call for applications under Appendices.

2      Application involving a foreign research team and a consortium composed of two or several Finnish research teams

Consortium applications can be considered in cases where a research team working in Finland has close collaboration with at least one other team working in Finland, team, in addition to a foreign partner.

For detailed guidelines on how to draft consortium applications, see Consortium application. The appendices drafted in line with the guidelines are appended only to the application of the consortium PI.

In international joint calls, the following guidelines are also applied (in addition to the above):

The consortium PI also appends to his or her application the curriculum vitae for the foreign applicant (no more than four pages). Clearly indicate the ten most important publications in terms of the research plan.

The research plan shall include a joint cost estimate for the project and separate cost estimates for all partners.