• Advice on national and non-European research
  • Research suitable funding formats
  • Guidance function through the service and academic competence of TUD

• Identification of suitable project partners

• Presentation of project-preparing events
• Advice on applying for funds from the research pool

• Advice on European research - researching suitable funding formats
• Identification of suitable project partners
• Moderation of project-preparatory events
• Advice on applying for funds from the TUD's internal incentive system

• Perform property right searches

• Mediation of project partners from the world of business

• Text strategic and formal assistance in the creation of the outline

►  for Coordinated Programmes of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Lead Projects of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), please observe the separate application procedure as described in the communication of the Vice-Rector for Research MPrF1/2011

Project Scouts and
Basic Research Team

EPC (European funding programmes)

• Advice on various contracts:
  • Letter of Intent (LoI)
  • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
  • Non-disclosure agreement (NDA)

Applied Research Team

EPC (European funding programmes)

• Assistance with the preparation of the application documents
• Verification of project costing
  • Tutorial to calculate staff costs according to TVL (in German only)
• Advice on financing options with regard to own contribution

► For Coordinated Programmes of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Lead Projects of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), please observe the separate application procedure as described in the communication of the Vice-Rector for Research MPrF1/2011

► For the Inidivual Research Grants Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG), please inform the DFG Liaison Officer of new proposals

Applied Research Team, Basic Research Team

EPC (European funding programmes)

Research Department of the Faculty of Medicine

• Clarification of space requirements

• Provision of suitable contract documents
  ► please use sample contracts or agree on individual contractual arrangements at an early stage due to longer processing times
• Advice to the contract management on possible negotiation issues:  
  • Rights management (e.g. intellectual property)
  • Rules for cooperation with institutions of higher education and businesses
  • Publications
  • Liability etc.
• Contract negotiations with project partners

Applied Research Team

EPC (European funding programmes)

• Assistance in the development of exploitation strategies

• After ► Submitting the official German version of the Drittmittelanzeige (announcement of a research project) (the unofficial translation may help you to fill in the German form):

• Obtaining the legally binding signature for the application
  ► submit complete application documents signed by the project management at least 5 working days in advance
  ► consider the number of application documents to be submitted

• Submission of the application documents to the project initiator in coordination with the project management
• Registration of the requested project in the controlling system by assigning a WBS element

Project Administration Team

EPC (European funding programmes)

The Unit Research Promotion holds a number of registrations, in particular for research with US partners or applications for US funding, such as a DUNS number, an EIN, a NIH registration, a FWA confirmation, a SAM registration, a grants.gov registration.

► If you need any of these numbers/accesses, please contact us. We also ask you to do this if you need a new registration or such like.

The NACE code of TU Dresden is 72.

The EPC holds the PIC (Participant Idendification Code) for registration in the EU Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal.

Dr. Christian Lange, Project Scout

EPC (European funding)

► Please send a copy of the rejection notice in national funding programmes immediately to Unit 5.1 Research Promotion

► For the Inidivual Research Grants Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG), please inform the DFG Liaison Officer of rejected proposals

• Modification of the project status in the controlling system as "rejected".

Project Administration Team

EPC (European funding)

• Review and options for a new/alternative submission of a project application

Project Scouts

EPC (European funding)

► Please send a copy of the funding agreement in national funding programmes to Unit 5.1 Research Promotion immediately upon receipt

► For the Inidivual Research Grants Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG), please inform the DFG Liaison Officer of approved proposals

• Modification of the project status in the controlling system as "approved" and announcement of the WBS element to the scientific project management, Department 1 and Department 2.

Project Administration Team

EPC (European funding)

• Negotiation and Conclusion of contracts on the basis of legally binding signature

Applied Research Team

EPC (European funding)

• Activation of the PSP elements
• Funding according to commitment
• Draw downs etc.

• Where-used list / Financial report

Group 1.3.1 Grants/Donations

EPC (European funding)

• Assessment of the job valuation
• Verification of job advertisements

• Information on reasons for setting a time limit, etc.

► Please note all conditions in the funding agreement

• Template for website design (please use logos of the respective sponsor)

Project Administration Team

EPC (European funding)

• Administrative assistance for the implementation and in the management of the project, shifts in funds

Unit 1.3 Administration of External Funding

EPC (European funding)

• Awarding of contracts to third parties in coordination with the project management

Applied Research Team and
Unit 1.2 Central Purchases and Asset Accounting

EPC (European funding)

• Property right searches, applications and management

• Administrative project completion

• Advice on follow-up funding

• Marketing of research results at trade fairs, in the Dresden Transfer Letter and at events (e.g. innovation days, cooperation workshops)
• Advice on the exploitation of research results
• Preparation of exploitation contracts (licensing, sale)
• Acquisition of exploitation partners

• Negotiation of exploitation contracts