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Outline
• AAA - Objectives and Criteria
• Project Submission
• Reporting
• Financial Transfers
• Next Deadlines
• FAQs
• Information and Contact
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AAA - Objectives and Criteria
e-Infrastructure for e-Scienceimplement key components for teaching and research
through cooperative projects in the domains
AAA, Grid, E-Learning and VO
Criteria: Innovation Cooperation Sustainability Thematic suitability Benefits for users Project management Matching funds (no
prioritization)
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Project Submission: Steps
1. Note first ideas, contact possible partners
2. Contact:– Contact person of your institution
– SWITCH: Christoph Witzig: AAA / Grid Petra Kauer-Ott: E-Learning / VO Christoph Graf: Project responsible
3. Submit a draft project description
(read the project guidelines and the criteria carefully) ⇒ check of criteria and funding (University or Competition project? )
(feedback by contact person and SWITCH)
4. Submit the final project description
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Project Submission
Competition
Common part
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Project Submission
Common part:
• Same for all projects
• Attendance by contact person and SWITCH
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Project Submission
Competition:
• Evaluation by PWEG
• Fixed deadlines
• Involvement of external bodies (CRUS, SUC, SBF, KFH)
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Project Submission: Approval / Rejection
• University projects:usually 2-3 weeks after submission of a final version
• Competition projects: answer within ∼3 months (after formal decree by SER, ETH Board or OPET)
For project approval the contact person must first confirm the matching funds!
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Reporting
Quarterly reporting Status of the project (project leader to SWITCH, cc to contact persons)
Annual reporting Reporting to funding authorities:• Content of the project
(project leader to SWITCH)• Financial status of the project
(contact person to SWITCH)• Collected and compiled summary report
(SWITCH to SUC/SBF, ETH-Rat, KFH/BBT)
Final reporting Summary of project results etc. (project leader to SWITCH)
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Annual Reporting: Content
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Annual Reporting: Finance
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Financial Transfers
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Next Deadlines
• Competition Spring 2010:March 31 to SWITCH (2 weeks before to contact person & SWITCH)
• Competition Spring 2010:September 30 to SWITCH (2 weeks before to contact person & SWITCH)
University projects can be submitted continuously
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FAQs
•Who can submit a project?•When should I come up with my project idea?•How to submit a project?•How many university partners should participate in a project?•What size and lenght should a project have?•How is a project financed?•What are "university" and "competition" projects?•When is a project approved?•First steps: What steps should be done once my project is approved?•What responsibilities do I have as a project leader during the project?
What documents do I have to submit before, during and after a project?
•What feedback should I receive from SWITCH?•Can a project change its objectives, milestones or deliverables? •Can a project be prolongated? •Last steps: What is to do at the end of a project?
Use the FAQs section at http://www.switch.ch/aaa/faq/ !!!
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Information and Contact
– Website: http://www.switch.ch/aaa
– Mailing lists: [email protected] : for everybody: register on the AAA website
special mailing lists for project leaders and contact persons
– Contact: [email protected]
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Questions?
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