• Read carefully the grant agreement and all its annexes before starting to implement the project.
• Inform your partners and the fellows about their rights and duties as laid down in the grant agreement.
• Inform the Financial office in your organisation about the financial rules governing your grant agreement.
• Stay in regular contact with your Project Officer and inform him/her about any potential problems at an early stage.
• When preparing your reports follow carefully the CIG Reporting Guidelines in order to avoid unexpected delays in the approval of your reports (due to missing documents, incorrect information, etc.)
• In case of any uncertainty contact your Mobility National Contact Point  English (en) or your Project Officer.

• Model Grant Agreement
• Negotiation Forms (NEF)
• Unique Registration Facility

Your Marie Curie Grant Agreement is managed by the Research Executive Agency (REA). For more information on REA please visit the website.

Guide for Applicants

• The Guide for Applicants contains the essential information to guide you through the process of preparing and submitting a proposal, but also on how to implement your project. Work programmes and hence also the Guides for Applicants are revised each year, so make sure you refer to the guide for the call under which your project was funded. These documents are available from the Call pages.

Reporting & General Project Management

• Marie Curie Actions Financial Guidelines 2011-2012 Work Programmes(422 KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions to the Marie Curie Actions Financial Guidelines(193 KB)
• Reporting Guidance Notes(552 KB)
• Participant Portal
• Guide to Financial Issues relating to FP7 Indirect Actions(779 KB)  English (en)
• IPR Helpdesk
• Amendment Guide for FP7 Grant Agreements(271 KB)  English (en)
• Contact Persons for CIG projects(27 KB)

Recruiting Researchers

• Publish a vacancy
• Submit a Declaration of Conformity via Sesam
• The European Charter for Researchers & The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

• Example of a Personal Career development plan(45 KB)
• The European Charter for Researchers & The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
• Euraxess

• Communicating EU Research and Innovation - A guide for project participants
• Guidelines for Outreach Activities(81 KB)  English (en)
• Downloadable European flag & Guidelines on its use