PF: Are unit costs in relation to the non-academic placement (NAP) provided to the NAP entity?

The budget for the non-academic placement is managed by the beneficiary, which has to provide a contract of employment to the fellow covering the whole duration of the project (standard duration + NAP). Beneficiaries are encouraged to sign partnership agreements to regulate their internal relationship with the Associated Partner for the NAP. The partnership agreement(s) must comply with the Grant Agreement. In the proposal forms, the duration of the NAP and the corresponding budget are on a separate line to differentiate between standard duration (spent by the researcher at the Beneficiary) and the duration of the NAP (spent at the NAP institution by the researcher under contract from the beneficiary).

DN: Can coordinators cover the organization of training events and other costs of Associated Partners that they have not declared in the proposal?

Associated Partners delivering training or hosting secondments could be funded by the Research, Training and Networking costs either by the coordinator or a beneficiary. This arrangement should be agreed in the Consortium Agreement and/ or Partnership Agreement with the Associated Partner(s).