RISC-RAD is an Integrated Project funded by the European Commission within the sixth Framework Programme – Euratom. This programme is composed of three priorities :

• Management of radioactive waste
• Nuclear fission and radiation protection
• Other activities in the field of nuclear technologies and safety

RISC-RAD comes in the “nuclear fission and radiation protection” priority under action line RADPROT-2003-3.3.1.1-1 : Cellular and molecular biology research on the effects of low and protracted doses.

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RISC-RAD  gathers a large multidisciplinary consortium of 29 European organisations :

• 10 national research entities, 3 national radiation protection institutes
• 13 Universities, 3 National Cancer Institutes
• 1 private (not-for-profit) organisation

33 teams specialised in radiobiology, genetics, molecular biology, biophysics, oncology, modelling involve more than 380 persons (scientists, post-doc, PhD, undergratuate students, technical assistants, administratives…)

Management policy

As an integrated project involving numerous players, RISC-RAD requires a coherent and effective management framework. This framework follows the rules and regulations defined in the consortium agreement, as well as European Commission policies.

More specifically, it aims to :

• ensure timely and qualitative achievement of project result
• coordinate research activities at consortium level
• provide effective decision making mechanisms for all aspects of the project
• implement legal, contractual, financial and administrative coordination
• support training of members and exhange to knowledge
• support exploitation and dissemination of results

Organisation

Management activities are entrusted to different entities, depending on the activity concerned and the level of responsibility :

• The project board,
• The governing council,
• The coordinator,
• The scientific manager,
• The scientific committee.