2017

Competitive Call for Research Proposals

Research Plus

APPLICATION FORM

Version 1.0: 14 July 2017

under Call funding Instrument VII

DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Thursday 14th September 2017@ 1pm

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(NOTE: BUDGET DETAILS IN SEPARATE SPREAD SHEETS NOT REQUIRED)

All responses to this Call for Submission of Proposals will be treated in confidence and no information contained therein will be communicated to any third party without the written permission of the applicant except insofar as is specifically required for the consideration and evaluation of the proposal or where co-funded, for the monitoring and evaluation of Network and programme outcomes, or as may be required under law, including the Freedomof InformationAct2014, andinaccordancewith the conditionsof that Act.

The Call Specification and Guidelines for Applicants must be read and fully understood in order to correctly complete this Application Form.Annex C of the Guidelines for Applicants provide specific direction for completing each section of this Application Form and accompanying Budget Sheets and must be followed. Responses should be kept brief, preferably expressed in bullet point form and repetition should be avoided.

SECTION 1: DETAILS

Table 1.1 – Summary of Project Details

Sector in which your innovation is expected to have most impact (tick one box only) / Animal Production
Crop Production
Dairy Processing
Meat Processing
Cereal Processing
Prepared Consumer Foods
Seafood
Horticulture
Forestry
Other (Please State)
Project Title
Acronym
Existing/previous FIRM/RSF/CoFoRD project title and DAFM project number
Lead Institution
Principal Investigator
Address
Telephone No.
Mobile No.
Email
Start Date (dd/mm/yy) /

End date (max. 12 months from start date)

Table 1.2 – Details of Collaborating Research Performing Organisations including Grant Request

Name of RPO / Lead Researcher / RPO Cash Contribution € / RPO In-Kind Contribution € / Total Project Cost[1] € / Total Grant Request €
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
TOTAL COST

Table 1.3 – Details of Industry or Other Partners (non-funded) Contributions

Name of Industry / Other Partner Organisation / Lead Collaborator / Cash Contribution € / In-Kind Contribution € / Total Project Contribution €
1.
2.
3.
TOTAL CONTRIBUTION

Table 1.4 – Previous Related Applications

Have you previously submitted this proposal or a similar proposal, in part or full, to DAFM or any other funding body? / Yes / No
Are you currently submitting this proposal or a similar proposal, in part or full, to any other funding body? / Yes / No
If yes to either, please provide details including programme name, year and proposal number

Table 1.5 – Technology Readiness Level Scale

Place an ‘x’ below at the point which best matches the submitted proposal on the Technology Readiness Level scale[2]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SECTION 2: INFORMATION

2.1 Abstract (up to 300 words)

2.2 Project proposal

In presenting your project proposal you should structure the content under all of the following headings:

2.2.1Provide evidence of the commercial & consumer need/expectation for your proposed project(up to 200 words).

2.2.2What is the specific problem to be addressed by this proposal? What are the expected outputs that will form the basis of a solution(up to 200 words)?

2.2.3What is the particular impact that your proposed project would have commercially and economically in the Irish Agri-food/ Forestry sector and the wider Irish economy at large(up to 200 words)?

2.2.4Outline how the results of the research will assist Industry to meet a consumer need/expectation (up to 200 words).

2.2.5Provide a background description/data on current FIRM/RSF/CoFoRD project(s) on which this proposal is based(up to 200 words).

2.2.6Describe your track record in relation to innovation and commercialisation (where applicable, include details on Enterprise Ireland funding awarded to date and any other commercialisation funding awarded from any other agency) (up to 200 words).

2.2.7Describe your track record with respect to research management and project management in this area of research (up to 200 words).

2.2.8What IPR has been developed to date or is expected to be developed? Where existing IPR is the subject of this proposal, provide evidence on the freedom to operate (FTO) status of the relevant IPR (up to 200 words).

2.2.9Describe any potential implications the project may have under the following headings:

  • Regulatory (including health claims) (up to 100 words)
  • Feasibility of uptake of technology/findings in Ireland(up to 100 words)
  • Market/consumer acceptance(up to 100 words)
  • Competitiveness in the context of related existing technologies in the area(up to 100 words)

2.2.10Outline the proposed route to commercialisation(up to 400 words).

SECTION 3: WORK PLAN

Overall Work Plan Structure

Table 3.1 – Summary of Project Tasks

Task No. / Title

Task Details

Replicate the number of task tables required for the Project in accordance with this template

Task No [x]
Title: / Start
Month No. / Finish
Month No.
Lead institution:
Other institutions involved: / Name of lead researcher:
Objective(s):
Description, including a breakdown of experimental units and methods.
Milestones (number labelled in prescribed format, also specify the month number each milestones will be achieved).
Deliverables (number labelled in prescribed format, also specify the month number each deliverable will be achieved).
SECTION 4:CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Please confirm by ticking box below that the lead partners named in Tables 1.1 and 1.2 of section 1 of the Applications Form, have read, noted and understand their responsibilities regarding conflict of interest matters covered in the research integrity and ethical requirements in Section 11, 12 and 13 of the Guidelines for Applicants.

Please note completion of this check box is mandatory.

SECTION 5: BUDGET DETAILS
5.1 Proposed budget (complete the following table)

Table 5.1 – Budget Details[3]

Budget per Research Performing Organisation (RPO)
Institution 1 / Institution 2 / Total
Category of expenditure / € / € / €
Contract staff
Temporary staff
Post doctorates
Consumables
Travel and subsistence
SUB TOTAL
Other (incl. subcontracting)
Overheads (max 25% of direct costs)
TOTAL GRANT REQUESTED
Funds from other sources (outlined in section 5.3)
TOTAL PROJECT COST

5.2Justification for grant-aid under the following headings: staff, consumables, T&S and any other agreed costs by RPO

5.2.1 Staff

5.2.2 Consumables

5.2.3 Travel and subsistence

5.2.4 Other Agreed Costs

5.3Explanation of Cash and/or In-Kind Contributions

Table 5.3 – Summary of Cash or In-Kind Contributions by Organisation and Expenditure Type

Contributing Organisation Name / Staff € / Consumables € / Travel and Subsistence € / Other € / Total €
Overall Total

5.3.1 Staff

Explain the contribution towards each funded person.

5.3.2 Consumables

Explain the contribution towards consumables by RPO

5.3.3 Travel and Subsistence

Explain the contribution towards Home and Foreign travel (repeat as required)

Beneficiary RPO Name: Contributing Organisation Name:

  1. Home travel
  1. Foreign travel

5.3.4 Other agreed costs

Explain the contribution towards other costs, not covered under the categories listed in sections 5.3.1 – 5.3.3, and how it compliments grant-aided funding:

SECTION 6: DECLARATION

Failure to provide all three signatures requested will result in the proposal being deemed ineligible.

DECLARATION

We declare that the information contained in this application is correct to the best of our knowledge, and that this project is not the subject of grant aid from any other source.

We declare that the research to be undertaken will be compliant with research integrity, ethical and conflict of interest requirements set out in Section 11, 12 and 13 of the Guidelines for Applicants.

Signed:______
(Principal Investigator) / Date:______
Print Name:______
Signed:______
(Authorised officer VP, Head of Research) within lead Institution / Date:______
Print Name:______
Signed:______
(TTO officer within lead Institution) / Date:______
Print Name:______

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[1]If there are any Industry or Other non-RPO Partners making cash and/or in-kind financial contributions this ‘Total project contribution’ (from final column of Table 1.3) should be added to RPO contributions and grant request in the ‘Total Project’ column in Table 1.2.

[2]Refer to Section 1 of Annex C for full TRL scale details

[3]Only complete Table 5.1 to outline grant request details do not complete any separate accompanying Budget Sheets