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| 24.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 329/15 |
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24.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 329/15

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EACEA/34/08

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

EU-US Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Training

Atlantis: Actions for Transatlantic Links and Academic Networks in Training and Integrated Studies

Call for proposals 2009

(2008/C 329/09)

1.   OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION

The general objectives are to promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the European Community and the United States of America including broader knowledge of their languages, cultures and institutions and to improve the quality of human resource development in both the European Community and the United States of America.

2.   ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

Submission of grant requests under this call is open to higher education institutions and to vocational education and training institutions. For Policy-oriented Measures, the call is also open to other organisations such as accreditation agencies, education agencies or organisations, private companies, industry and business groups, non-governmental organisations, research institutes and professional bodies. Eligible applicants must be established in one of the 27 countries of the European Union.

3.   ELIGIBLE ACTIONS

There are three types of actions under this call, namely:

| Action 1 | — | Transatlantic Degree Consortia Projects
  This Action provides support for consortia of EU and US higher education institutions (hereafter called ‘consortium’) to implement dual/double or joint degree programs referred to in the present document as ‘Transatlantic Degrees’. Support includes mobility grants for students and members of the academic and administrative staff (‘faculty’). |
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| Action 2 | — | Excellence in Mobility Projects
  This Action provides funding for international curriculum development projects that involve short-term transatlantic mobility not directly related to award of a joint or dual/double degree. Support includes mobility grants for students and members of the academic and administrative staff (‘faculty’). |
| Action 3 | — | Policy-oriented Measures
  This Action provides support to multilateral EU-US projects and activities designed to enhance collaboration in the higher education and vocational training field. |

Action 1

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Transatlantic Degree Consortia Projects

This Action provides support for consortia of EU and US higher education institutions (hereafter called ‘consortium’) to implement dual/double or joint degree programs referred to in the present document as ‘Transatlantic Degrees’. Support includes mobility grants for students and members of the academic and administrative staff (‘faculty’).

Action 2

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Excellence in Mobility Projects

This Action provides funding for international curriculum development projects that involve short-term transatlantic mobility not directly related to award of a joint or dual/double degree. Support includes mobility grants for students and members of the academic and administrative staff (‘faculty’).

Action 3

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Policy-oriented Measures

This Action provides support to multilateral EU-US projects and activities designed to enhance collaboration in the higher education and vocational training field.

The project duration is four years for projects under Action 1 and Action 2 and two years under Action 3.

Activities must start between 1 September 2009 and 31 December 2009. Activities must end before 31 December 2013.

4.   AWARD CRITERIA

4.1.   Transatlantic Degree Consortia Projects

The following quality criteria will be applied to determine the overall quality score of each eligible proposal:

The significance of the proposed project (representing 30 % of the total score) will be determined by:

The significance of the proposed project

30 %

| — | the utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of other settings, and |
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the utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of other settings, and

| — | the importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in teaching and student achievement. |
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the importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in teaching and student achievement.

The quality of the proposed project design (representing 70 % of the total score) as determined by:

The quality of the proposed project design

70 %

| — | the extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable, and |
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the extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable, and

| — | the extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs. |
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the extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs.

4.2.   Excellence in Mobility Projects

The following quality criteria will be applied to determine the overall quality score of each eligible proposal:

The significance of the proposed project (representing 30 % of the total score) will be determined by:

The significance of the proposed project

30 %

| — | the utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of other settings, and |
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the utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of other settings, and

| — | the importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in teaching and student achievement. |
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the importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in teaching and student achievement.

The quality of the proposed project design (representing 70 % of the total score) will be determined by:

The quality of the proposed project design

70 %

| — | the extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable, and |
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the extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable, and

| — | the extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs. |
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the extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs.

4.3.   Policy-oriented Measures

The following quality criteria will be applied to determine the overall quality score of each eligible proposal:

The significance of the proposed project (representing 30 % of the total score) as determined by:

The significance of the proposed project

30 %

| — | the extent to which the proposed project involves the development or demonstration of promising new ideas or strategies, and |
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the extent to which the proposed project involves the development or demonstration of promising new ideas or strategies, and

| — | the utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of other settings, and |
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the utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of other settings, and

| — | the importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in teaching and student achievement. |
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the importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in teaching and student achievement.

The quality of the project design (representing 70 % of the total score) as determined by:

The quality of the project design

70 %

| — | the extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable, and |
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the extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable, and

| — | the extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs, |
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the extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs,

| — | the quality of the dissemination plan. |
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the quality of the dissemination plan.

5.   BUDGET

The budget available amounts to approximately EUR 5 million. The largest portion of this will be devoted to Action 1 — Transatlantic Degree Consortia Projects. For US institutions comparable funding will be provided. It is anticipated that six to eight Transatlantic Degree projects, three to five Excellence in Mobility and three to five Policy-oriented Measures projects will be funded in 2009.

6.   DEADLINE

Applications must be submitted both to the EU (Agency) and to the USA (FIPSE). The Applications on behalf of the EU lead institution must be sent to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency no later than 23 March 2009.

23 March 2009

| The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency |
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| EU-US Atlantis Call for Proposals 2009 |
| Unit P4 |
| Avenue du Bourget 1 (BOUR 00/32) |
| B-1140 Brussels |

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

EU-US Atlantis Call for Proposals 2009

Unit P4

Avenue du Bourget 1 (BOUR 00/32)

B-1140 Brussels

Applications on behalf of the EU lead institution must be submitted on the correct form, duly completed, signed by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant organization and dated.

7.   FURTHER INFORMATION

The Guidelines and the application forms are available on the following website:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/eu-usa/index_en.html

Applications must be submitted using the form provided and they have to include all the annexes and information requested.

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