Tender: study to assess fund-raising from philanthropy for research funding in European universities
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has launched a call for tenders for a study to assess fund-raising from philanthropy for research funding in European universities. As foreseen in the 2007-2008 'Capacities' work programme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), this study will assess the importance of philanthropic funding in European universities in general, and specifically in support of university-based research. It includes an identification of universities active in fund-raising from philanthropic sources. Afterwards, data will be collected and analysed, notably in terms of their fund-raising structure and cost, degree of success, forms of philanthropic support, funds allocation, strategies and tactics adopted to raise funds for research, positive and negative impacts associated with the receipt of philanthropic funding for research, and success and failure factors.For further information, please contact: European Commission Directorate-General for Research attention: Yves Dejaegere Office SDME 09/62 B-1049 Brussels Fax +32 2 296 42 87 E-mail: rtd-study-philanthropy-universities@ec.europa.eu To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:236613-2008:TEXT:EN:HTML(opens in new window)