Manage Collaborative projects

You received the grant, congratulations!

You are now in the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) phase. Some administrative issues lie ahead. We are happy to support you and explain the procedures to you. During this phase, a close collaboration between you and our office is crucial.

Support - our services:

• we take care of administrative processes
• we guide you step by step through the granting process
• we submit the proposal to the SERI are are in charge for the signatures of the SERI contract
• we conduct contract negotiations in close collaboration with you for the Consortium Agreement (contract between the partners of the Consortium)
  

Procedures - your (administrative) tasks:

• you take care of scientific issues that might come up (e.g. responsibilities for work packages, deliverables)
• you should be aware of your tasks in the project and your budget. We will ask for your confirmation before signature.
• you should follow the instructions of the Coordinator
  

You have a reporting obligation. This obligation includes continuous, periodic, and final reports, which consist of scientific and financial parts. For the financial part, the protected page financial department of ETH Zurich supports you. For the scientific parts, the Coordinator will ask for information.

You will be notified in due time about upcoming reports and informed about your duties.

Amendments (changes) to the contract might be necessary during the lifetime of the project. The most common reasons for an Amendment involve:

• Scientific deviation from Annex 1 of the Grant Agreement
• Major budget shifts between partners
  

Amendments need to be discussed with the Consortium and are technically initiated by the Coordinator.