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Summary conditions

Belgium

The applicant should be an employee or have a relationship with a Belgian institution, which is receiving public funds. No nationality criterion applies.
African institutions and their researchers can establish collaboration with Belgian partners and by doing so there may arise possibilities of cofunding.

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:
In kind funding: a realistic range is between 50.000 and 150.000 euro for a project of 3 to 4 years. This amount can be higher in case of existing projects and institutional collaborations.

The MS decides on cofunding.

Evaluation of the proposal
Please explain if your MS requires to carry our their own evaluation and which eligibility criteria should be met or if the EDCTP evaluation is sufficient:
In general the evaluation by EDCTP will do. In many cases cofunding arises from existing projects and institutional collaborations. In these cases the evaluation by Belgian public funders has already been made.

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
Please also refer to the guidelines for applicant. Below the three main actions required for cofunding:

Applicant should before submitting a proposal contact the ENO to discuss possibilities for cofunding and inform the ENO about the proposal.
The ENO will confirm this request and indicate that he is aware of the proposal by letter. This letter will be collected by the applicant and included in the application.
After application of the proposal and before the scientific review committee meeting the applicant should request the ENO to make a final statement on cofunding. The ENO will confirm this by letter.

Timeline (if applicable): 1 month

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
In Belgium there are no specific calls on EDCTP related matters. Bottom up open calls exist like those launched by the Flemish ‘Fund for Scientific Research’ (FWO) and the Walloon ‘Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique’ (FNRS). These open calls do not take into account the timing of EDCTP projects. This implies that Belgian cofunding in general concerns already existing activities that can account for in kind or in cash contributions to EDCTP.

Universities and academic institutes, like the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), do have access to channels that fund EDCTP related activities. The main channels are (not exclusively):

a. Federal development cooperation
b. Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) and the Walloon ‘Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique’ (FNRS)
c. Flemish and Walloon Ministry of education, providing core funding to universities and ITM

Generally speaking Belgian cofunding consists of:

d. in kind and in cash contributions through existing projects or institutional collaborations with African partner institutes
e. in kind contribution through time spending and other costs (travelling, consumables, …) of researchers working at publicly funded Belgian institutions

For more information on cofunding conditions and restrictions, contact the ENO, Dr. Dirk Van der Roost, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
dvdroost[at]itg.be

Germany

Nationality criteria
Please explain which nationality criteria are required to request for cofunding, for applicant or institution; e.g. nationality of applicant or association with national institution:
Cofunding can only be applied for by a German institution or company. Formally, the request must be filed by the institution or company. There are no nationality criteria in place regarding the nationality of the project leader. Co-funding is provided by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through its project management agency PT-DLR.

Cofunding criteria

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
There are no national calls for EDCTP related cofunding. Cofunding is exclusively responsive and research-led (content-driven).
Specific deadlines?
None
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
Only the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides co-funding especially earmarked for EDCTP. However, applicants are encouraged to ask for other sources (funding bodies, foundations, institutions) in order to increase the amount of cofunding.
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
Different sources (also Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), other ministries, foundations)

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:
No fixed amount for co-funding available can be given. Applicants are kindly asked to discuss budgetary matters with the German ENO prior to application at EDCTP.
Cofunding is exclusively reserved for financing costs or expenditures of the applicant’s institution. I. e., no cofunding money shall be used for financing costs or expenditures of other participants (neither European nor African) in a given EDCTP project.
The decision on co-funding will be made by the German funding institution (PT-DLR on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF).

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
No
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Yes
Who decides?
PT-DLR (Projektträger im Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)) on behalf of BMBF

Evaluation of the proposal
Please explain if your MS requires to carry our their own evaluation and which eligibility criteria should be met or if the EDCTP evaluation is sufficient:
In terms of scientific quality and eligibility according to EDCTP requirements Germany relies completely on the EDCTP evaluation process. However, applications for Ger man co-funding are evaluated with respect to German federal budgetary rules and regulations. I. e. costs and expenditures which are eligible for EDCTP may not necessarily be so for Germany (and vice-versa).

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
Once a proposal has successfully passed the EDCTP evaluation procedure, German applicants have to file a separate grant application form to PT-DLR and this application will be evaluated in terms of budgetary and financial matters.

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:

Applicant should before submitting a proposal contact their ENOs (of the MS involved) to request for cofunding and inform the ENOs about the proposal.
DGAs should confirm this request and indicate that they are aware of the proposal by letter. These letters should be collected by the applicant and included in the application.
After application of the proposal and before the scientific review committee meeting the applicant should request the ENO to give a final decision on co-funding. The ENO should confirm the final decision by letter. However Germany’s decision can only be a preliminary one, since a final decision requires the successful termination of the national application procedure detailed below.
Once the SRC has recommended a proposal for funding to the steering bodies of EDCTP, the German co-applicant should immediately contact the German project funding body (PT-DLR) in order to initiate the national application procedure.
PT-DLR will then officially invite the German applicant(s) to file formal grant applications covering exclusively costs or expenditures of the German institution(s) up to the figure which has been preliminary agreed upon in step 3). The application will consist of a form and additional documents the nature of which will be specified in the inviting letter. In any case, a copy of the grant agreement between the project coordinator and EDCTP-EEIG is an indispensable part of the application documents.
Upon receipt of the complete application, DLR-PT will check the proposal for formal criteria and assess costs and expenditures for eligibility according to national rules and regulations.
Upon successful termination of the assessment mentioned above (6) DLR-PT will finally decide on the co-funding and the applying institution or company will receive a federal grant which entails separate financial report duties.

Timeline (if applicable): 2-3 months upon receipt of the application forms

For more information on cofunding conditions and restrictions:

http://www.nks-lebenswissenschaften.de/eufoerderung/edctp
http://www.gesundheitsforschung-bmbf.de/de/2048.php (in German)
http://www.gesundheitsforschung-bmbf.de/en/2048.php (in English)

Italy

Cofunding criteria:

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
No
Specific deadlines?
No
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
Multiple
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
Different

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:
N.A.
The decision of co funding s taken by the scientific committee of the Italian National Institute of Health.

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
No

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
The Scientific institution apply the request and ask for the eventually co- funding.

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
No

Luxembourg

Nationality criteria
Please explain which nationality criteria are required to request for cofunding, for applicant or institution; e.g. nationality of applicant or association with national institution:
Proposals by Luxembourg based research organizations are in principle eligible for funding. Eligibility needs to be checked prior to the submission with the Fonds National de la Recherche and/or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.

Cofunding criteria:

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
Availability for co-funding is decided on a call-by-call basis prior to the call.
Specific deadlines?
Needs to be checked with the Fonds National de la Recherche and/or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
Funding may be available by the Fonds National de la Recherche and/or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
Funding may be available by the Fonds National de la Recherche and/or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:

The Fonds National de la Recherche and/or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration decides on co-funding on a call-by-call basis.

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Yes
Who decides?
The Fonds National de la Recherche respectively the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.

Evaluation of the proposal
Please explain if your MS requires to carry our their own evaluation and which eligibility criteria should be met or if the EDCTP evaluation is sufficient:

The Fonds National de la Recherche adopts the evaluation by EDCTP.

Evaluation criteria at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration should be checked prior to the submission.

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:

Proposers should contact the Fonds National de la Recherche and/or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration prior to submitting a proposal.

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:

Applicant should before submitting a proposal contact their ENOs (of the MS involved) to request for cofunding and inform the ENOs about the proposal.
ENOs should confirm this request and indicate that they are aware of the proposal by letter. These letters should be collected by the applicant and included in the application.
After application of the proposal and before the scientific review committee meeting the applicant should request the ENO to give a final decision on cofunding. The ENO should confirm the final decision by letter.

For more information on cofunding conditions and restrictions:
www.fnr.lu

Netherlands

Nationality criteria
Please explain which nationality criteria are required to request for cofunding, for applicant or institution; e.g. nationality of applicant or association with national institution:
All European and African researchers can be PI of a proposal, provided that they are employed by a recognized non-for profit, academic institution. When the proposal is selected by EDCTP, co-funding from NACCAP should be spent on African infrastructure or African citizens in Africa.

Cofunding criteria:

Specific deadlines?
Dutch PI’s can apply for (non-NACCAP) co-funding at NWO/WOTRO. African participants will be a prerequisite and funding will cover the whole proposal including African partners. Deadlines: annually in September and March/April (check web-site: www.wotro.nl)
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
Some Dutch institutions can provide (in kind) co-funding. In general, this depends on participation of one of their researchers in the proposal. Please address those institutions.
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
Different sources of which NACCAP (www.naccap.nl) is the only one that focuses on the 3 diseases. National calls of NWO/WOTRO are multidisciplinary but may involve the three diseases (mainly fundamental research, some operational research). For trials in the Netherlands, please contact ZonMW (www.zonmw.nl)

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:
Availability depends on the type of call/activity. MS decides on strategic level of co-funding, but EDCTP on project level.

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Yes
Who decides?
MS (calls/strategic) (MS+) EDCTP: projects

Evaluation of the proposal
Please explain if your MS requires to carry our their own evaluation and which eligibility criteria should be met or if the EDCTP evaluation is sufficient:
Depends. For NACCAP: we did so in the past, but for the money left, we hope to be able to leave ex ante evaluation to EDCTP (post evaluation is left to EDCTP). For NWO/WOTRO: MS evaluations

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
NACCAP: we try to not slow down the EDCTP process so if time lines are not too restrained (we need at least one-two months) much is possible. For NWO/WOTRO: in general 6 months

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
All NACCAP funding should be spent on African infrastructure or African citizens in Africa. NACCAP should receive annually progress reports including financial reports, approved of by EDCTP. NACCAP should be mentioned as a funder in all communication of and on the co-funded projects. Specific conditions may be added to specific projects.

Strategic Primer Grants Call 2011
This call was launched in December 2011, and following an eligibility check and peer review process applicants with highly-ranked Letters of Intent have been invited to submit full applications by 31 May 2012.

The NACCAP Steering Committee has decided to cofund proposals to the Strategic Primer Grants for up to a total contribution to the call of EUR 600,000.

The following conditions have been set:
*       Reinforcing EDCTP conditions, NACCAP requests that a clear contribution to networking between National Programmes (NPs) of the Member States is apparent
*       The proposal should build upon results produced in the past to ensure sustainability. In particular, results relating to capacity strengthening are considered important.
*       Proposals that involve a Dutch team member will be preferred for cofunding.

Please note that only proposals that have been selected for funding by EDCTP will be eligible for NACCAP cofunding. EDCTP will take the advice of the NACCAP Steering Committee into account when assigning the NACCAP budget to specific proposals or activities within proposals.

Grant contracts will need to be signed before 30 September 2012. EDCTP will be responsible for monitoring the NACCAP co-funded projects on behalf of NACCAP.

In case of any queries please contact the Deputy GA member via the EDCTP website.

Norway

This programme/activity normally accepts grant applications from:

The Research Council of Norway, Programme for Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC):

Eligible applicants are public and private Norwegian institutions. The programme will support researchers working on global health and vaccination research and with the potential of being in the international forefront in this field.

International collaboration is encouraged, including partnerships with low- and middle-income countries. Funding from the programme can be spent overseas.

International research groups or institutions can access funding from the programme as partners on proposals from Norwegian public or private institutions.

Note: Other rules apply for other Norwegian funding agencies (e.g. the NUFU programme, www.siu.no/nufu)

Cofunding criteria:

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
National calls for proposals.
Specific deadlines?
Varies from year to year. Next call is not planned yet.
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
Several funding agencies could be relevant, e.g. The Research Council of Norway and The Norwegian Programme for Development, Research and Education (NUFU)
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
Same as above.

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:
Maximum allocation per project from the Research Council of Norway is normally 1.9 million Euros. Proposals submitted for our normal calls will be evaluated by the MS (programme board). Note, last year we made a special arrangement with the EDCTP calls with approx. 6 million Euros available, where decision should be made by MS based upon approval from EDCTP and their documentation.

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
No
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Yes
Who decides?
Normal competition for research funding (see above)

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
Proposals funded on a competitive basis will receive full funding (where contract can be signed within a few weeks after the decision has been made) or a reduced budget followed by budget revisions that can take several months. Time from submission deadline until outcome of call is usually 3-6 months.

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
Below the three main actions required for cofunding:

Applicant should before submitting a proposal contact their ENOs (of the MS involved) to request for cofunding and inform the ENOs about the proposal.
ENOs should confirm this request and indicate that they are aware of the proposal by letter. These letters should be collected by the applicant and included in the application.
After application of the proposal and before the scientific review committee meeting the applicant should request the ENO to give a final decision on cofunding. The ENO should confirm the final decision by letter.

Portugal

Nationality Criteria

Portuguese participation in the projects should be in line with the national regulations for projects financing. Moreover, all the Portuguese researchers involved in R&D projects already funded by FCT can not be funded if they exceed 100% of time dedicated to research in the sum of all the projects funded.
Personal Grants are awarded to any Portuguese researcher worldwide or to researchers from any nationality to perform research in any Portuguese institution

Cofunding criteria

Cofunding should be in response to the EDCTP call for proposals that should be widely announced at the national level. There are no specific deadlines. Funding is available from only one institution at this moment.

Cofunding available

FCT should accept to co-fund the Portuguese participation in any project that has Portuguese participants approved for funding by EDCTP. The co-funding available amounts to 350.000 Euros per year and the final decision should be taken by FCT presidency.

Portugal intends to commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront.

Spain

Eligible Institutions for cofunding as EDCTP transnational project consortium Spanish partners

Public R&D centers:
- Public institutions with a health mission (e.g. hospitals or other health care settings) as well as other public organisations with a health mission. [Any of them within the National Health System that manages Research via a Foundation (according to the Act 50/ 2002, of December 26th ) must also present the foundation’s statutes];
- The ones recognized as such according to the Act 13/1986, of April 14th , as well as the other ones held by Public Administration;
- Public Universities.
Private R&D centres, not for profit, with own legal personality and proof of capacity or activity in relation to R&D actions [They must submit their statutes in which it must be stated their mission and aims in relation to capacity and activities in R&D actions]:
- Private health institutions (e.g. hospitals or other health care settings), as well as other private organisations with a health mission;
- Private Universities;
- Other private bodies.

Eligible researchers:

Each researcher can only be a research team member of one project consortium only, within this call.
A private R&D centre must present proof of the legal link between the project consortium with a Spanish partner and every respective researcher included in the research team.
Each researcher of the core research team of a project consortium with a Spanish partner (other than the Principal Investigator) must have a job contract, or a fellowship, with a partner lasting until the end of the project or beyond.
The Principal Investigator of the research team of a project consortium with a Spanish partner must be a senior researcher having a job contract with such a project partner lasting till the end of the granted project or beyond.
Excluded personnel as Principal Investigator:
- Those training as Health Specialist;
- Those on research training (e.g. PhD students, or on contracts “Rio Hortega”);
- Research personnel contracted by a CIBER, a RETICS or a CONSOLIDER;
- Those on post-doctoral improving training (e.g. contracts “Sara Borrel“or contracts “Juan de la Cierva”).

Eligible project duration.
3 years (no other different duration allowed). During the third year into the project, it is allowed a submission of another application for a grant, to cover the EDCTP project beyond that time. Requirements are subjected to detailed specificities and are published in the national year competitive call for project proposals.

Eligible cost

[Small] Equipment (up to € 40,000.00 of the Spanish funds per project with a Spanish partner cofunding grant);
Consumables;
Commissions [Subcontracts], up to 50% of the Spanish funds per project with a Spanish partner grant;
Travel and allowance only for the partner research team members, if for presenting results (with a maximum “cap” of €10,000.00) and for field studies and coordination;
Hiring technical manpower (other than core research team members, excluded: students or fellowships). Prefixed “balk” cost (salary + taxes + socials security, etc.) per contract up to 3 years:

Technical expert, higher degree:
€29,500.00/ 1st year, €30,000.00 / 2nd year, €30,500.00/ 3rd year.
Technical expert, medium degree: €24,500.00/ 1st year, €25,000.00 / 2nd year; €25,500.00 / 3rd year.
Technical expert, FP II:
€20,500.00/ 1st year, €21,000.00/ 2nd year, €21,500.00/ 3rd year

Overheads (ex officio): up to + 21% of the Spanish national cofunds of the approved grant.
Spanish cofunds grant ´s delivery:
Every year pre-financing, after report of scientific progress and justification of expenses charged to previous pre-financing grant, checks and assessments.

Cofunding criteria:

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
Year general national call for proposals
Specific deadlines?
- At least 1 week before EDCTP call deadline:
An Application for a cofunding grant must be submitted by an EDCTP transnational project consortium with a Spanish partner to ISCIII-FIS. The Spanish Applicant Principal Investigator must immediately inform the DGA for him/her to submit a signed letter to EDCTP Secretariat acknowledging that an Application from a Spanish eligible institution has been received for cofunding.
- After checking the documents and assessing (minimum durations: 3 months):
Another letter signed by the DGA will be submitted to the EDCTP Secretariat informing whether or not the Spanish Applicant as EDCTP transnational project consortium partner will be cofunded or not and the amount of the cofunding grant, conditioned to the EDCTP transnational project approval
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
One
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
One source

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:

“Cap” cofunding per Principal Investigator and eligible Spanish institution as beneficiary and partner of an EDCTP transnational project consortium
- If the Spanish Applicant is the EDCTP transnational project coordinator: €250,000.
- If the Spanish Applicant is not the EDCTP transnational project coordinator but has no other EDCTP transnational project with an “alive” Spanish cofunding grant: €200,000
- If the Spanish Applicant is not the EDCTP transnational project coordinator and has another EDCTP transnational project running with one “alive” Spanish cofunding grant: €150,000.
- If the Spanish Applicant is not the EDCTP transnational project coordinator and has another EDCTP transnational project with respective “alive” Spanish cofunding grants: €100,000.
- “Cap” maximum of same time “alive” cofunding Spanish grants for Spanish Applicants as non coordinators of EDCTP different transnational projects: 3
EDCTP + ISCIII decides on cofunding

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?EDCTP project cofunding is subjected to competition with national research projects
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Yes
Who decides?
ISCIII-FIS

Evaluation of the proposal
Please explain if your MS requires to carry out their own evaluation and which eligibility criteria should be met or if the EDCTP evaluation is sufficient:

ISCIII-FIS upon own two external experts different assessments with the same criteria as for national projects:
- Scientific
- Strategic and opportunity assessment

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:

No negotiations as such. It is a YES or NO process. ISCIII-FIS decides the maximum amount of funds for a project and the research team decides whether or not they accept to run the project with the funds approved.

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
Spanish funds at EDCTP common pot cannot be delivered to Spanish institutions that are receiving a cofunding grant from ISCIII-FIS for the same EDCTP project. African institutions are preferred as beneficiaries of the Spanish funds allocated at the EDCTP common pot.

Further guidance
The Strategic Action for Health Research (= Acción estratégica en Salud [”AES”] participation guidelines and rules are published in
in the Official Gazette of Spain (= “Boletín Oficial del Estado” [“BOE”]):

nº 52, pages 12545 -12500, of 29th February 2008;
nº 65, pages 15809-15859, of 15th March 2008).
http://aes.isciii.es
Spain cofunding eligibility for 2009 (PDF)

Switzerland

Nationality criteria
Please explain which nationality criteria are required to request for cofunding, for applicant or institution; e.g. nationality of applicant or association with national institution:
All EDCTP criteria apply for cofunding from Switzerland. Only projects with substantial Swiss participation are eligible for cofunding from Switzerland. The total cofunding from Switzerland will not exceed the amount given by EDCTP. Cofunding from Switzerland will not cover salaries of the applicants; however salaries of scientific and technical staff can be charged. For-profit organisations are not eligible for cofunding from Switzerland. It is expected that candidates cover their costs with further Swiss public money sources (also in kind).

The Swiss funds come from two sources with different criteria.
Source 1: cofunding from Switzerland will only be used to cover direct costs of the Swiss participation.
Source 2: cofunding from Switzerland will only be used to cover direct costs of the South partner participation.
Decision is taken by MS after evaluation by EDCTP.

Cofunding criteria:

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
At least two weeks before the EDCTP call deadline the applicant should contact the DGA and request to issue the eligibility check letter.
Specific deadlines?
In principle the EDCTP deadlines.
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
Two sources.
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
Two sources.

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS
Total cofunding earmarked for EDCTP since the beginning of the associated membership agreement until 15 September 2010: 1700000 CHF.
MS decides on cofunding.

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Yes
Who decides?
MS

Evaluation of the proposal
Please explain if your MS requires to carry our their own evaluation and which eligibility criteria should be met or if the EDCTP evaluation is sufficient:
Switzerland accepts the EDCTP evaluation and does not carry out a further scientific evaluation. Only the conditions set out above will be checked. In case the conditions would not be fulfilled, the Swiss DGA informs EDCTP that Switzerland cannot co-finance the project.

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
In principle no negotiation. Funds provider decides based on the criteria set out and the outcome of the EDCTP evaluation.

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
Please also refer to the guidelines for applicant. Below the three main actions required for cofunding:

Applicant should before submitting a proposal contact their DGAs (of the MS involved) to request for cofunding and inform the DGAs about the proposal.
DGAs should confirm this request and indicate that they are aware of the proposal by letter. These letters should be collected by the applicant and included in the application.
After application of the proposal and after the scientific review committee meeting the applicant should request the DGA to give a final decision on cofunding. The DGA should confirm the final decision by letter.

N.B. There may be changes to the Swiss criteria due to national reorganisation.

United Kingdom

National Researchers employed in an UK or African MRC Institute
All African Researchers, if there is UK participation in the project
European Researchers employed in an UK Institution or at an African MRC Institute

Cofunding criteria:

Is cofunding available in response to a national call for proposals or are applications for funding research-led?
Co-funding is available in response to EDCTP led calls for proposals and subject to the EDCTP peer review process
Specific deadlines?
Deadlines are set by EDCTP. Applicants are advised to follow the guidelines and timeframes provided by EDCTP relative to the specific call for proposal advertised on their website (see link below).
Is funding available from one national institution or multiple?
UK public co-funding (MRC and DFID) is administered through the MRC. An applicant can apply separately for co-funding (cash or in-kind) from their own institution, industry, or third parties.
Is funding for the 3 diseases available from one source or from different sources?
See above

Cofunding available
Please specify the realistic amount of cofunding available, and who decides on cofunding: EDCTP, MS or EDTCP and MS:
The UK (MRC and DfiD) contribute funds to a central EDCTP pot. The amount of co-funding available will vary according to the call(s) for proposals. A co-funding decision is made on the basis of the EDCTP peer review. The decision is made jointly between EDCTP and the MS (UK DGA)
Decisions are made only after considering all EDCTP calls for proposals

Does your country commit a specific total amount of cofunding upfront?
Yes to a central pot, depending on the planned call(s) for proposals
Or:
Is it decided on a case-by-case basis?
Precise co-funding per project is decided on a case-by-case basis following EDCTP peer review.
Who decides?
Jointly between EDCTP and MS.

Negotiations procedure
Please explain the stages and timelines of the negotiations procedure for securing cofunding:
Stages and timeframes are set by EDCTP and specific to each call for proposals. Applicants should be guided by the EDCTP

Other criteria
Please specify any other criteria / special circumstances:
Please refer to the guidelines for applicants. Below are the three main actions required for cofunding:

Before submitting a proposal the applicant must contact their DGA (of the MS involved) to request for cofunding and inform the DGA about the proposal. This must be done well ahead of the submission deadline.
DGA should confirm whether co-funding is available and whether the request is eligible for co-funding. The DGA should indicate that they are aware of the proposal by letter. These letters should be collected by the applicant and included in the application.
After application of the proposal and before the scientific review committee meeting the applicant should request the DGA to confirm cofunding. The DGA should confirm this by letter. It may not be possible to provide the applicant with an exact co-funding figure at this time.

For more information on cofunding conditions and restrictions: www.edctp.org