INTAS Guidelines for Final Reports The report should cover the whole period of the project and the whole amount of the grant,  but clearly point out the progress achieved since the last report.  Total length: approximately 5 to 10 pages (+ annexes). The Guidelines can be downloaded from the INTAS Home Page on INTERNET: http://www.cordis.lu/intas/home.html

• demonstrate the scientific progress in comparison to the Work Programme,
• elucidate the intensity of collaboration among the participants,
• address administrative problems and initiate remedial actions,
• prove that the grant has been properly spent,
• identify role and impact of INTAS, and
• justify the payment of the last instalment of the grant.

1. TITLE, REFERENCE NUMBER

• Please give a) the title of the project, b) the INTAS reference number, c) the name of the project Co-ordinator and d) the period of time which the report covers.

2.1. Scientific Objectives

• What are the main scientific objectives of the project?

• What work has been carried out by each of the Participants?
• Has the research been in accordance with the Work Programme? If not, in what respect and why?

• What are the main results achieved and what is their scientific significance?
• Which scientific papers, presentations & patents have resulted directly from this project? Give all the references. Add copies of the key papers in the Annex.
• Summarise the scientific output (number of papers, patents, presentations) in the table below:

*)    Indicate the language
**)   Indicate if a report has not been published purely in order to protect intellectual property rights.

2.4. Applications

• Are there any foreseeable practical applications resulting from the project? If yes, specify.
• Are you seeking patents or other protection of intellectual property? If yes, specify.

3.1. Meetings and visits

• What co-ordination meetings, exchange visits of scientists, or major field trips took place during the project period? If so, where, when and who did participate?
• Summarise the meetings and visits in the table below:

3.2. Collaboration

• In your opinion, how intense was the collaboration among the different Participants?

• In this project, did you co-operate to a major extent with additional (inter)national organisations and institutions not mentioned in the Co-operation Agreement? If yes, please, specify.

• Has the time planning been in accordance with the Work Programme? If not, please, specify and justify.

• Did you encounter any major problems (e.g. with regard to quality and quantity of the scientific contributions of the different Participants, telecommunication, the transfer of funds and goods, taxation, customs, withholding of overheads)? If yes, please specify the problems and describe how you solved them.
• Summarise your experiences in the table below.

3.5. Actions required

• Do you see any need for action from INTAS? If yes, please specify.

• On the whole, how many person-years went into the project? Give a rough estimate. How much of this was due to the funding received from this grant?

4.1 This grant

• How did you spend the money of this grant? Please use the table below to give for each Participants a breakdown in ECU of the expenditures actually incurred under the different cost categories. (Please do not simply copy the figures from the Work Programme).

*) List the Participants in the same order and with the same numbers as in the Work Programme.
**)  In general, Participants from INTAS Member States are not allowed to spend money of this grant on equipment.

• Has the spending been in accordance with the one foreseen in the Work Programme? If not, in what respect and why?
• Did you spend a major amount on a) travel, b) equipment or c) other costs (e.g. sub-contracts)? If yes, please, specify.

4.2 Other funding

• Did your project receive substantial funding from other sources than INTAS? If yes, please indicate the sources and the approximate amounts received.

Note: The summary of results and the up to 5 key references are intended for INTAS publication on the INTERNET. Therefore, in addition to a hard copy, please provide a version on diskette in one of the electronic formats listed below. On the diskette, please indicate clearly project number and the electronic format used.
 
• Provide a one page summary of the results, including a) the title of the project, b) the INTAS reference number, c) the period during which the project was carried out and d) the up-to-date address (phone, fax, e-mail) of the Co-ordinator.
• On a second page, list up to 5 references of key papers outlining the project results.
• Is there additional information available about the project on INTERNET? If yes, give the address of your Home Page

6. ROLE AND IMPACT OF INTAS

• In your mind (i.e. the Co-ordinator’s) how important was this grant for starting and carrying out the project? Please check the adequate boxes in the table below.

• From your point of view, what were the most important achievements of the project? Please check the adequate boxes in the table below.

• Will the project continued?
• Will the co-operation among the project participants continue in the future?

• What was particularly good and should not be changed?
• What was particularly bad and should be changed? Please specify and explain how it could be improved?