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- General comments
We will know in early March the outcome of this call
Need to be sure we stress the new ideas in the project, not only the technological part as this is a call for ideas, not innovation in technology
Consider to apply to also Xtrack
- Are successful grants or CV available?
Will ask and let you know if INFN makes them public
- Reference (what kind? Workshops? Papers? Can we reference only B2) and pictures count toward the 5-page limit?
B1 is read by scientists which are not in the specific field, so the target is something like “Scientific American”. Pictures OK, very few fondamental citations
B2 is read by experts of the field, so it should be written as for a refereed journal.
- We need to pay part of the PI salary. Best would be to pay a part of it as “relocation”, using the starting extra funds. How much can we pay for relocation? do we need to provide justification?
Not sure about relocation money, need to understand better how they can be used
- Do we include graduate students?
Yes, but only for the part they actually work on the grant, ~ 50%
- Overhead: 20% INFN, not sure what to do. It saturates the possible OH alowed from ERC.
- What is the IRAP and other extracosts you mentioned?
INFN should decrease it, it's too high and it makes certain payment impossible.
- Can we pay trips for UCSC personel?
Yes, UCSC can be added to the project as an institution with 0 budget. This allows the inclusion of trip expenses
- How do we organize subcontractors? What can we pay? How this is substructure? A deliverable for a lump sum? Or more details, several people?
It's a deliverable for a lump sum. INFN Turin needs to make up a call for a service, receives a proposal from Santa Cruz and then INFN pays SantaCruz for this service.
- What can be included in the “relocation” starting package? Equipments, software licenses both in Turin ad Santa Curz? We need several “submissions”. Can those be covered by the starting funds?
Not Sure
- Can we buy equipments for SantaCruz? Can we buy two lasers and send one to Santa Cruz?
Explicitly we cannot, as everything needs to have an inventory number. We can maybe lend something to Santa Cruz, but not easily.
- We need to “enroll” INFN in the application. It's INFN Turin or INFN Italy?
It's already there. Need to send a letter with the name and the abstract to INFN Rome for the official permission