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Hello, I have been coordinating an FP6 coordination action (CA). The EC funding was 100% with a flat rate of 20% for overheads. We developed the budget according to that and did the 2 first cost statements also with that rule. Then they informed us that we followed a wrong practice and we should actually (for the FC and AC partners) report the real overhead rate and then request from the EC only the 20%. What followed was a mess as we had to introduce adjustments to previous periods to correct this for the whole duration of the project.

Now I am a partner in an FP7 CA where the funding is 100% and the overheads a flat rate of 7%. the coordinator is assuring us that we should report only the 7% and not the real rate. Has something changed in FP7 in this regards? Does anyone have relevant experience or inforation?

Thank you

Does anybody know if proposal evaluation within this call has been finished? Evaluation summary reports should have been sent out in December 2007 by the commission! Our consortium is still waiting.

Regards

Neuromod