Appels à projets et candidatures

Evaluation criteria

Projects must meet 6 general criteria:

1)Translational project (no basic research)

2) High unmet medical need

3) High degree of innovation

4) Robust data

5) High chance to reach patient/market

6) Team expertise

Eligibility

From the time the application is submitted, and during all stages of development, the project must involve a leader or co-leader who is working in a research unit whose trustee is the University of Bordeaux and its partners (Cnrs, Inserm, Bordeaux INP, Sciences Po Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Inrae, Inria, CHU de Bordeaux, Estia)

Post-doctorants or Doctorants are encouraged to submit projects, and the submission must be in collaboration with a co-leader who is a permanent researcher working in a research unit whose trustee is the University of Bordeaux and its partners.

Clinicians who have no links with a research unit are invited to submit a project with a co-leader.

The project file must be signed by the project leader(s) and the director of the research unit they are working in.

If the project leader is a doctorant, the project file must be signed by the project leader, the co-leader (i.e. the permanent researcher supervising the student) and the director of the research unit they are working in.

Funding Financial budget

A winning project may receive up a tailored made funding according to the whole budget (maximum €75,000 for maximally 2 years long).

The budget is managed by the University of Bordeaux.

Deliverables and reporting

Project leaders meet their mentor at least once a month. They must participate actively in seminars, progress meetings with the SPARK's community (on the basis 3-4 times a year), and in SPARK Bordeaux events.

Funding is subject to deliverables (defined according to the work plan after selection).

The Selection Committee evaluates the deliverables with the project leader, based on the submitted application describing the stages of development, the milestones, and the estimated budget for each stage.

In the context of the regular meetings with the community of project leaders and experts (the SPARKees community), the project leader will present project progress reports, according to a predefined format.

At the beginning of each civil year, the project leader will provide an activity report in a predefined format.

Eligible expenditure

The budget will mainly cover operating expenses : plateform services for clinical trial, capital equipment, intellectual property services, travel (if project-related) and project supplies ... (human resources expenses might be exceptionally eligible).

Intellectual property

The general rules for managing the intellectual property of the work financed by SPARK Bordeaux are identical to those prevailing in the research units affiliated to the University of Bordeaux. If necessary, a specific contract between the parties involved may be drawn up prior to its launch.

Communication

All communication materials relating to a granted project must follow communication rules defined by the SPARK Bordeaux program. A project description may be displayed on the SPARK Bordeaux website.