Karsten Gerloff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 06:47:47PM +0200, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote: > > Hello, > > I was made aware of the following fosdem talk about EU research funding > > and free software: > > https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/eu_research_funding/ > > > > My experience with EU projects is that it is infeasible for any small > > project to manage the bureaucracy required by the EU. Could FSFE assume > > that role? As far as I know all EU projects include funds for > > secretarial work, so that could be assumed by paid positions within > > FSFE. What do you think? > > tl;dr: Participating in EU projects usually isn't an efficient way > for FSFE to achieve its goals. It makes sense for FSFE only when > the project is 100% aligned with what we're trying to do; and even > then, the administrative overhead is a big problem. We usually > don't participate in such projects unless there's a compelling > reason to do so. [...] > And boy, is there a lot of paperwork. I hear that things are > supposed to have gotten slightly better with Horizon 2020, but > it's still *a lot*. > > That's fine if you're working at a decent-sized university > department or a company. There's usually a staffer there who > handles everyone's paperwork for EU projects. But if you don't > have such a person, then the paperwork will kill you.
Sounds like the FSFE should have a staffer for this. Fabian
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