cc: "'C Gardner'" <cheryl.gardner@uea.ac.uk>
date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:07:09 +0100
from: "Samantha Jones" <samantha.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: EU FP6 grants
to: <env.faculty@uea.ac.uk>, <c.goodess@uea.ac.uk>, <dylan.edwards@uea.ac.uk>

   I am aware that a number of staff in the Science Faculty hold EU FP6 research project
   grants, as does the Tyndall Centre.   When we applied for these grants, unfortunately we
   were not advised of the EU directive which prohibits using their grants to reimburse
   certain forms of tax incurred on project activities.  I think part of the problem was that
   at the time of our applications, the directive was still under development so its
   implications were by no means clear.


   As both of our FP6 grants are large, this means we are now faced with significant tax costs
   which we had not known would have to be budgeted from other sources.  Clearly we cannot
   charge these costs to other, non-EU research grants held by the Tyndall Centre as these
   have been awarded for separate activities.  I am aware that UEA and other organisations
   have been lobbying the EU to change its frustrating directive but any movement on this in
   the short term is unlikely.


   I would be interested to know how other holders of FP6 project grants are funding
   unavoidable tax incurred on project activities.  Any advice you can offer would be greatly
   appreciated.


   Thank you Samantha


   Samantha Jones

   Senior Administrator

   Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

   Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research

   School of Environmental Sciences

   University of East Anglia

   Norwich NR4 7TJ

   Norfolk

   UK


   01603 593903


   [1]http://www.tyndall.ac.uk

