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| Signatures including commentsRefine your search Show all comments (sorted by date) Show all comments (sorted by length) Show regional comments: Comments from Ireland15 comments. (Note: Some comments are not made public accessible.) 23 Feb 10:06 Ireland Connect.ie Martin Maguire Administration can be overtaxing in time and resources, especially when both of these are already in short supply particularly in smaller and micro organisations. Smes can also be at risk in sub contracts, where many start their EU participation, yet these same organisations are identified as the hub for new ideas. 1 Mar 13:12 Ireland Dublin City university Liviu Vladutu I agree with this declaration. I am a researcher, with BSc in Computer Science and MSc and PhD in Biomedical Engineering. I would expect that less bureaucracy for the EU projects will lead to a faster implementation and will hopefully lead to a better trust among the parties involved in EU projects. 23 Apr 16:48 Ireland Dublin City University Mark Roantree More administrative burden means less time for research and a reduction in the impact of this research. It is time to change. 10 Mar 14:05 Ireland Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Alan Jones Having moved to Europe from North America some 6 years ago, I find the EU funding bureaucracy a nightmare to the extent that I am discouraged from applying as it takes far too much of the most precious resource I have, which is my time. 19 Mar 11:13 Ireland National University of Ireland Galway Noel Lowndes I fully support this initiative aimed at simplifying the considerable, and excessive Eurocracy involved with EU funding of science. 29 Apr 10:13 Ireland National University of Ireland Galway Howard Fearnhead I have benefited enormously from EU funding with a transfer of knowledge grant and a re-integration grant, and I am very grateful. However, the adminstrative aspects are daunting and bewildering, despite professional and dedicated work by my contact within the EU bureaucracy, especially for those entering the EU research sphere after working in other systems. 24 Mar 12:07 Ireland School of History, University College, Cork Mike Cosgrave The current practice requires researchers to invest a great deal of time building partnerships and preparing applications which may come to nothing - working out how to play that game and get on the inside track is almost a waste a time. The call--driven nature of practially all EU funding means that it is practically impossible for people with interesting research proposals which dont fit in a neat box of the current buzzwords to find a place to apply for funding. The research agenda is driven by whatever short-term issues are politically attractive, and has little room for encouraging people to pursue and develope their own research paths. In the Humanities, when a Phd candidate applies with a decent proposal, we dont expect a month by month work breakdown and time budget for the next four years, and we do expect that the final product will have moved ground from the initial proposal - that is one of the indicators that they have learned something about their field. And to make it worse, I have a suspicion that most of the detailed paperwork submitted by many successful applicants is simply done by cut and paste from their previous applications. The process seems to be more about research offices filling up spreadsheets, to which you will be bound to for the next 4 years, than about pursing interesting research questions. 18 Feb 18:25 Ireland Systems Biology Ireland Walter Kolch More research and less bureaucracy will mean more results and impact. 24 Mar 11:59 Ireland University College Cork Liam P O Murchú Declaration needs to be signed by many many more acdaemics 24 Mar 12:09 Ireland University College Cork Michel Schellekens It is encouraging that the EU supports its researchers. Still the red tape is staggering, taking away valuable research time. I hope Europe will evolve to a model that has been upheld in Ireland. Science Foundation Ireland provides grant support with minimal red tape for researchers. 24 Mar 12:11 Ireland University College Cork Eileen O Herlihy Definitely need to cut back on the paperwork involved 24 Mar 13:20 Ireland University College Cork Ned Dwyer I have expereince in a number of FP projects. I find that the administrative and financial issues take a lot of my and other colleagues time. THese procedures are burdensome and do not help with providing better oversight of the project. The procedures should be simplified which will encourage more people to participate in the FP and also reduce the administrative burden on instiutions and SMEs that do participate. 1 Apr 16:39 Ireland University College Dublin Eugene OBrien Its not just the bureaucracy (which is very poor) but the Commission are also notoriously slow in paying. We can survive it in the universities but its very hard to persuade SMEs to get involved. 9 Apr 13:15 Ireland University College Dublin Kathleen James-Chakraborty Unfortunately the increasing complexity of EU funding also sets a bad example for relatively small new funding bodies such as the IRCHSS, who presume that Brussels establishes a bench mark for best international practice. I also wonder if the policy-driven focus of the relatively paltry funding in the humanities would have allowed grants to be awarded to the most influential European intellectuals of the past half-century. 11 Feb 17:03 Ireland University of Limerick Anthony DAndrea In a complex application to a EU level agency, our consortium fell to the ground in a second, because there was a typo in one of the 18 co-financing statements. No chance whatsoever to fix it. Three months of collective hard work, networking and traveling, down to a form typo... Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||