cc: "'C Gardner'" date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:07:09 +0100 from: "Samantha Jones" subject: EU FP6 grants to: , , 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