Financing Research and Development Projects, Seminar, 8th - 9th April 2013, Berlin

March 5, 2013 - PRLog -- The separation of economic and non-economic activities for universities and research organisations in the EU that receive public funding is obligatory.

The European Commission applies specific criteria to evaluate the State aid character of public funding for universities and research organisations. The criteria are defined in the community framework for State aid for research, development and innovation (R&D&I). The financial accounting and reporting of projects funded by FP7, ERDF (including INTERREG), ESF, and CIP are considered very time consuming and complex. Many universities and research institutions use therefore full costing as it is a perfect tool for separating economic and non-economic activities.

Receive first-hand knowledge in the following crucial topics:

Why and how to separate economic and non-economic activities
How to avoid a spill-over from public funding into economic activities
How to find out if there is a State aid element in technology transfer
How to identify unlawful State aid in R&D&I projects
What is the impact of State aid regulations on R&D&I projects between industry and research organisations
How to implement full costing successfully and what are possible Challenges
How to calculate direct and indirect costs of an R&D&I project
How to implement full costing in R&D contracts
How to prepare for a financial audit in R&D&I projects

From leading European Experts from

European Commission, DG Competition
Ministry for Economic Affairs, Employment, Transport and Technology, Federal State Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Technical University Dresden, Germany

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