What are the rules regarding the size of the consortium?
There must be at least three legal entities established in different EU Member States or Associated Countries (the countries concerned are listed in section 3 of the Guide for Applicants). The entities must be independent of each other. A higher number may be specified on a call-by-call basis: check the call fiche. The size, scope and internal organisation of Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) projects can vary from research theme to research theme and from infrastructure type to infrastructure type. FINANCE Calculating ‘indirect costs’ for Integrating Activity projects For Integrating Activities there are two different/separate methods for calculating indirect costs: a) for RTD and management, the organisation has to use the regular calculation method of the organisation (real indirect costs, 20% flat-rate or 60% special transitional flat-rate); b) for Coordination (Networking activities) and Support (Trans-national access and/or service activities) the reimbursement of indirec