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General Rules
The implementation of EU projects under the EU’s 7th Research Framework Programme relies on the principle of co-financing. This means that the EU only contributes up to a certain percentage of the total project costs.
There are some exceptions, such as the ERC or the Coordination and Support Actions, where 100% of the direct project costs are reimbursed, however the indirect costs in these projects are only covered by a flat-rate.
Accordingly, the project partners have to co-finance the project by their own means and resources. However, they are not obliged to declare their own resources in detail neither in the proposal nor in the reporting.
The amount of the EC contribution (i.e. the funding rate) depends on the type of project, on the type of activities in the project as well as the legal form of the respective institution.
In some cases, a maximum EC contribution is defined in the call text or stated in the corresponding work programme. Exceeding this threshold may entail the exclusion of the proposal from the evaluation.
The financial modalities of an EU project, i.e. the scope of the EU funding, are settled in a Grant Agreement, that the European Commission concludes with the project consortium. The distribution of the money and further payment modalities remain the responsibility of the consortium, being defined in the consortium agreement.
According to the Grant Agreement, the Commission transfers the EC contribution to the coordinator, who forwards it to the project partners. The distribution of the EC funding within the consortium, fixed in the consortium agreement, is subject to negotiations between the project partners.
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