Community Research and Development Information Service - CORDIS

Marie Curie ITN project management

General advice
Contract negotiation
Project implementation

General advice

• Read carefully the grant agreement and all its annexes before starting to implement the project.
• Inform your partners and the fellows about their rights and duties as laid down in the grant agreement.
• Inform the Financial office in your organisation about the financial rules governing your grant agreement.
• Stay in regular contact with your Project Officer and inform him/her about any potential problems at an early stage.
• When preparing your reports follow carefully the ITN Reporting Guidelines in order to avoid unexpected delays in the approval of your reports (due to missing documents, incorrect information, etc.)
• In case of any uncertainty contact your Mobility National Contact Point or your Project Officer.

Contract negotiation

• Model Grant Agreement
• Table of Correspondence between Grant Agreement and Call Year
• Negotiation Forms (NEF)
• Unique Registration Facility
• Checklist for the Consortium Agreement

Project implementation

Your Marie Curie Grant Agreement is managed by the Research Executive Agency (REA). For more information on REA please visit the website.

Guide for Applicants

• The Guide for Applicants contains the essential information to guide you through the process of preparing and submitting a proposal, but also on how to implement your project. Work programmes and hence also the Guides for Applicants are revised each year, so make sure you refer to the guide for the call under which your project was funded. These documents are available from the Call pages.

Reporting & General Project Management

• Marie Curie Actions Financial Guidelines 2007-2010 Work Programmes
• Marie Curie Actions Financial Guidelines 2011 Work Programme
• Marie Curie Actions Financial Guidelines - Frequently Asked Questions
• Coordinators briefings October 2011 
• Eligibility of Tuition Fees in Marie Curie Action Cost Statements in FP7 
• Guidance Notes on Project Reporting for ITN Projects 
• Participant Portal
• Researchers Questionnaires
• Guide to Financial Issues relating to FP7 Indirect Actions 
• IPR Helpdesk
• Amendment Guide for FP7 Grant Agreements
• ITN Mid-Term Review Guidelines
• Contact persons for ITN projects

Recruiting Researchers

• Publish a vacancy
• Submit a Declaration of Conformity via Sesam
• The European Charter for Researchers & The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

Information for Recruited Researchers

• Model for Career Development Plan
• Marie Curie Fellows Information Page
• Euraxess
• Europe4Researchers Newsletter

Dissemination

• Communicating Research
• Downloadable Marie Curie logo 
• Downloadable European flag & Guidelines on its use