Small projects
This page contains the documents that are required for small NICHE projects with a budget of up to 50,000 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(285.0 kB)
Format Project outline in French(268.5 kB) - added 5 October 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)
Regulations for long-term staff training (PhD/master’s students) after finalisation of NICHE projects in Spanish(59.5 kB) - added 2 November 2012
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&A(72.3 kB) - updated 12 September 2012
Guidelines for the financial format(397.3 kB)
Guidelines for the financial format in French(410.3 kB)
Explanation of the LoI evaluation score sheet(47.6 kB)
Example of the Grant award letter(235.4 kB)
3. Inception phase
Small NICHE projects do not have an inception phase.
4. Implementation phase
Format of the annual progress report(117.0 kB) - updated 12 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
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 auditor's report(35.0 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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