Large projects
This page contains the documents that are required for large NICHE projects with a budget of more than 200,000 euros. Please note that all French, Spanish and Portuguese documents are for reference purposes only.
A NICHE project has a cycle containing various stages, depending on the size of the budget. If you are not familiar yet with the NICHE programme please download the process cycle and the glossary.
Download the project cycle(133.3 kB)
Download the glossary(58.7 kB)
1. Requesting phase
Format Project outline for large projects(283.0 kB) - updated 8 January 2013
Format Project outline for large projects in French(192.7 kB) - added 8 January 2012
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants(485.0 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in French(197.7 kB) - added 20 November 2012
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in Spanish(215.8 kB) - updated 2 February 2012
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in Portuguese(536.8 kB) - added 16 February 2012
Q&A Financial Rules and Regulations(206.5 kB)
Q&A Financial Rules and Regulations in Spanish(148.7 kB)
NICHE budget format/statement of expenditure for PhD or MSc version 1.0(25.5 kB)
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations(34.5 kB)
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations in French(33.5 kB)
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations in Spanish(37.0 kB)
2. Bidding phase
COCA and Q&AFormat project proposal(162.0 kB) - updated 11 September 2012
Format project proposal in French(155.0 kB) - updated 14 September 2012
Financial format for large projects(198.0 kB)
Guidelines for the financial format(397.3 kB)
Guidelines for the financial format in French(410.3 kB)
Explanation TEC score sheet(63.0 kB)
Example of the Grant award letter(174.5 kB) - updated 29 October 2012
Example of the Grant award letter in French(309.7 kB) - added 5 October 2012
3. Inception phase
Generally, large NICHE projects are preceded by an inception phase.
Guidelines for the inception phase of NICHE projects(39.2 kB) - updated 29 August 2012
Guidelines for the inception phase of NICHE projects in French(38.9 kB) - added 15 October 2012
Guidelines for the inception phase of NICHE projects in Spanish(43.0 kB) - updated 2 November 2012
4. Implementation phase
Format of the annual progress report(117.0 kB) - updated 13 September 2012
Format of the annual progress report in Spanish(103.5 kB) - updated 2 November 2012
Achievements annex of the annual progress report(1.4 MB) - updated 19 March 2013
Achievements annex of the annual progress report in Spanish(494.9 kB) - updated 27 February 2013
Format of the annual plan(68.5 kB) - updated 21 February 2012
Format of the annual plan in Spanish(60.5 kB) - added 8 March 2013
Changes within NICHE projects(26.3 kB)
Changes within NICHE projects in French(21.4 kB)
Changes within NICHE projects in Spanish(27.0 kB)
Format of the auditor's report(35.0 kB)
Example of the financial format(610.0 kB)
Checklist for joint agreement(35.7 kB)
The Financial Guidelines state that you should use a time registration procedure or system to record time spent on projects.
Read more about time recording systems in NICHE
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