Project coordinators and project officers : how CORDIS can help you.
Date: 2009-12-01
Institutions: Publications Office of the European Union
Subjects: Internet site, exchange of information, interactive network, project management, research and development

Project coordinators 
and project ofﬁ cers 
— How CORDIS can help you

Community Research  & Development
Information Service

cordis.europa.eu

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Partners 
Service 

The Calls 
Service

Project 
Information and 
Dissemination 
Service (PIDS) 

CORDIS Wire

Other CORDIS 
services

Dedicated to project ofﬁ cers and project coordinators, 
this leaﬂ et seeks to support coordination between 
research and communication services. It also gives tips 
to researchers on enhancing the visibility of their 
activities within the research communities.

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Partners 
Service 

Figure 1: Project partners

Looking for 
project partners?

International partnerships are indispensable for taking 
part in EU research programmes. CORDIS has established 
a specialised Partners Service, fostering partnerships to 
launch new projects. Here you can fi nd partners with 
the complementary expertise or technology that you 
are looking for. The CORDIS Partners 
Service is a two-way communication 
channel oﬀ ering:
  access to thousands of potential 
partners to join or build up 
research or business consortia;

  e-mail alerts on the latest 

partner opportunities matching 
your needs;

  an interactive facility to publish 
your expertise and help you to 
gain visibility among potential 
partners.

http://cordis.europa.eu/partners-service

Project 

Information and 

Dissemination 

Service (PIDS) 

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Figure 2: Thematic colour coding

Cooperation

Ideas

People

Capacities

Euratom

JRC

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/calls

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The Calls 
Service

The Calls Service

Are you looking for open, published or closed calls 
for proposals ?
Visit: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/calls
Select a call for proposals to get the complete list of 
related documents: the work programme, the call fi che, 
the guide for applicants, etc. All the documents can be 
downloaded or delivered by e-mail.

Get concise information on the seventh framework 
(FP7) programmes: Cooperation, Capacities, Ideas, 
People, Euratom and the JRC programme and identify 

the right call for proposals 
the right call for proposals 

(http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7). 
(http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7
By clicking on the coloured 
By clicking on the coloured 
boxes (see below), you 
boxes (see below), you 
can access up-to-date 
can access up-to-date 
information on the diﬀ erent 
information on the diﬀ erent 

thematic programmes.
thematic programmes.

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CORDIS Wire 

CORDIS Wire

Why not take advantage of the excellent 
Internet visibility of CORDIS?

Since CORDIS Wire and CORDIS News are extremely 
well indexed by Internet search engines and information 
brokers, you might want to advertise on these pages! As 
you might know, just about any information concerning 
your research project can be published on CORDIS Wire: 
announcements of events, press releases, success stories 
and research results.

http://cordis.europa.eu/wire/

Figure 3: CORDIS Wire

Publishing on CORDIS Wire is extremely simple (it only 
requires registering) and it is entirely free. Registration 
and publication of information is open to all research 
and innovation stakeholders. There are no limits to 
the number of submissions an accredited information 
provider can enter into the system. For detailed 
information, please see ‘Frequently asked questions’

http://cordis.europa.eu/wire/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.FAQ

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PIDS

Project Information 
and Dissemination 
Service (PIDS)

The Project Information and Dissemination Service (PIDS) is a one-stop-shop 
service that enables FP6 project coordinators and project oﬃ  cers to: 
  fi nd information on their projects; 
  store their projects’ public outputs (news, events, results, documents, 

etc.);

  disseminate these public outputs through CORDIS services (CORDIS 

News and RSS feeds, Results database, CORDIS Library, etc.).

This service is for FP6 projects!
Advantages of using PIDS 
http://cordis.europa.eu/pids/

This user-friendly interface is designed to: 
  facilitate communication between project oﬃ  cer and project 

coordinator; 

  disseminate the projects’ public outputs to all CORDIS users through the 

relevant CORDIS services.

 http://cordis.europa.eu/pids/

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PIDS — a permanent and regular dialogue     between project coordinator and project oﬃ  cer!

How does it work?

A project coordinator is the main leader of a scientifi c project funded by a 
European framework programme. The project coordinator could be a scientist or an 
administrative agent from a university, a research centre, a company, etc.

Let’s take the example of Bill, the project coordinator at the University 
of Nermingsdale. Bill wants to use PIDS to disseminate his project’s 
outputs.  

As the project coordinator, please enter 
your CORDIS login details at 
http://cordis.europa.eu/pids

If you are not already registered on 
CORDIS, then please register here: 
http://cordis.europa.eu/sur/
index.cfm?fuseaction=
reg.userregistration 

Search for your project by the project’s 
reference used in the CORDIS database, the 
project acronym or title.

Enter your project oﬃ  cer’s contact details.

(An additional public relations contact for 
the project can also be added at this stage.)

Submit the project information to the 
project oﬃ  cer to request  validation for 
using PIDS.

An automatic e-mail 
notifi cation is sent by PIDS

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Project coordinator

Project oﬃ  cer

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PIDS — a permanent and regular dialogue     between project coordinator and project oﬃ  cer!

A project offi  cer is the main responsible agent for the administrative management of 
one project funded by a European framework programme. The project oﬃ  cers belong to 
the European administration side and could, for example, be a member of a Directorate-

General of the European Commission.

Let’s take the example of Julia, project oﬃ  cer at the Research DG of the 
European Commission. Julia reacts to Bill’s action.

If you are not already registered on 
If you are not already registered on 
CORDIS, then please go to:  
http://cordis.europa.eu/sur/
http://cordis.europa.eu/sur/
index.cfm?fuseaction=
reg.userregistration

If you are the project oﬃ  cer, 
enter your login details at: 
http://cordis.europa.eu/pids/

Once logged in, you will fi nd the listing of 
the projects with their status. For projects 
with ‘submitted’ status you can access 
the project information by clicking on the 
project reference. 

Check if you are responsible for this project.

If yes, then verify that all information is 
correct. Assess if you agree or disagree with 
the information given on the project. 

If you agree, then 
you may validate 
the project for the 
use of PIDS. 

When the 
project has 
been validated, 
the project 
coordinator 
receives an e-mail 
notifi cation. He 
or she can begin 
disseminating the 
project’s outputs.

If you are not 
satisfi ed with 
the information, 
then you may 
choose to reject 
the request to 
use PIDS for this 
project. 

If the project has 
been rejected, 
explain the reason 
for its rejection in 
the fi eld provided 
in PIDS.

In both cases an automatic 
In both cases an automatic 
e-mail notifi cation is sent by PIDS

Project oﬃ  cer    Project coordinator

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Once the project has been validated by the project oﬃ  cer, 
Bill can publish the information on his project. 

Disseminate your project result!

When you enter PIDS, check the list of your projects 
that have been validated by the project oﬃ  cer. Public 
outputs can only be added to the validated projects.

Click on ‘Public outputs add/edit’, and you will go to a 
screen allowing for the following.

See a table with the 
public outputs that have 
already been added, 
validated or are yet to be 
validated.

Add a project public 
output to PIDS.

Choose between 
3 types of public 
outputs:

— Results

— News and events

— Documents.

Complete the form.

Submit it to the 
project oﬃ  cer for 
validation.

Publish it

Your chosen public 
output is then sent 
to the project oﬃ  cer, 
who receives an e-mail 
notifi cation with an 
invitation to approve 
the public output.

The CORDIS staﬀ  will 
be notifi ed of the new 
information available and 
will release it into the 
databases after a quality 
check.

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Disseminate your project result!

Julia receives an e-mail notifi cation that informs her that 
a public output has been submitted for her approval; she 
must then validate or reject it.

When you enter PIDS, check the table for 
pending public outputs.

Select the project where pending outputs are 
indicated.

Select the pending output from the list.

Verify if the information is acceptable.

If acceptable, you 
may validate the 
public output.

In case you 
disagree,  you may 
reject the public 
output.

If the information 
has been validated, 
the project 
coordinator 
receives an e-mail 
notifi cation.

If the information has been 
rejected, explain the reason for 
rejection in the fi eld provided 
in PIDS. The project coordinator 
will be informed of the 
rejection by e-mail.

Use CORDIS channels of 
communication to disseminate 
your FP6 research results!

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Where does my information go from PIDS? 

PIDS is connected to the other CORDIS databases/services.

PIDS database server

News

Events

Eploitable 
results

Documents

CORDIS News

CORDIS Wire database

Technology 
marketplace

Document 
library 
database

Other 
CORDIS 
services 

 http://cordis.europa.eu/news

CORDIS News and RSS feeds
CORDIS News is an information service where you can 
fi nd interviews, research results and research projects. 
Information is available in six languages — Spanish, 
German, English, French, Italian and Polish. 

CORDIS News oﬀ ers RSS feeds. To access CORDIS News, 
please visit: http://cordis.europa.eu/news

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European Commission

No 17  September 2009

ISSN 1830-8864

R E S U L T S   S U P P L E M E N T

● Biology and medicine 5

● Energy 25 

● Environment 28

● IT and telecommunications 34

● Industrial technologies 41

● Events 46

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● Overcoming constraints to sustainable 
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● Technically assisted rehabilitation, 
  page 34

● Lessons learnt from joining ship 
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