Large projects
12 apr 2012
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 Spanish 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 (50 kB)
Download the glossary (50 kB)
1. Requesting phase
Project outline format (298 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants (439 kB)
Q&A Financial Rules and Regulations (206 kB)
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations (34 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in Spanish (291 kB) - updated 2 February 2012
Q&A Financial Rules and Regulations in Spanish (148 kB)
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations in Spanish (37 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in Portuguese (536 kB) - added 16 February 2012
2. Bidding phase
COCA and Q&A (ZIP file, 71 kB)
Format project proposal (227 kB)
Financial format (198 kB)
Guidelines Financial format (397 kB)
Logical framework (26 kB)
Explanation TEC score sheet (47 kB)
Example of the Grant award letter (176 kB)
3. Inception phase
Generally, large NICHE projects are preceded by an inception phase.
Guidelines (37 kB)
Guidelines in Spanish (37 kB)
4. Implementation phase
Format of the annual progress report (118 kB) - updated 9 March 2012
Annex of the annual progress report (1.4 MB) - updated 12 April 2012 (pulldown column c removed from tab Investments)
Instruction manual of the annual progress report (90 kB) - updated 31 January 2012
Format annual plan (68 kB) - updated 21 February 2012
Changes within NICHE projects (49 kB)
Format auditor's report (35 kB)
Example financial format (610 kB)
Format of the annual report in Spanish (107 kB)
Annex of the annual progress report in Spanish (1.5 MB) - updated 23 February 2012
Instruction manual of the annual progress report in Spanish (41 kB)
Changes within NICHE projects in Spanish (27 kB)
The Financial Guidelines state that you should use a time registration procedure or system to record time spent on projects.
More information
If you have a question about a document and it is not answered in the Q & A section, please fill in the NICHE contact form.
