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All you need to know about the selection process

Anita KUCHARSKADeputy Head of Unit of Program Support,

Coordination and CommunicationINEA

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5 steps of the selection process

1Submission of proposals

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2Admissibility & eligibility

Signing a grant agreement

Evaluation by external experts

Decision on funding

The calendar of the callsCall identifier Opening

dateDeadline to apply

Total budget

B4E1, B4E5, B4E6, B4E7, B4E8, B4E9, B4E10, B4E12, EC4

16 Jul 2019 15 Jan 2020 €53.5 M

RES9, RES19, RES27, RES28, RES33, RES35 3 Sep 2019 11 Dec 2019 €110 M

EC3, ES3, ES4, ES5, ES10, ES11, ES12, SCC1, SA1

3 Sep 2019 29 Jan 2020 €187 M

JA5, RES10 26 Sep 2019 26 Mar 2020 €30 M

RES1, RES18, RES26, RES31, RES32, RES37, BAT8, BAT9

3 Dec 2019 21 Apr 2020 €113 M

B4E2, B4E3, B4E4, B4E11, B4E12, B4E13, B4E14, EC1, EC2, EC5

5 Mar 2020 10 Sep 2020 €64 M

CC1, CC7, CC9, NZE5, NZE6, RES3, RES20, RES25, RES34, RES36, SCC2

5 May 2020 1 Sep 2020 €103 M

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Submission of proposal

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• Submission via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (electronic submission only)

• Registered user: Submit proposals, sign grant agreements, manage lifecycle etc.

• Very important: Start preparing the proposal as early as possible and submit on time

Admissibility & eligibility check

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Are all forms submitted?

Are all call conditions met?

ATTENTION! Only admissible and eligible proposals will be evaluated

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YES

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NO

Evaluation by external experts

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EU database of over 150,000 evaluators

1. High-level expertise2. Independence3. Impartiality

Balanced composition

Regular rotation & new experts

Not applying? Become an evaluator!

What do the experts do?

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Understand the call

Evaluate individually - remotely

Meet to reach consensus

Evaluation process

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Min. 3 experts per call

Proposals evaluated as submitted

Lower score if shortcomings are identified

Rejecting proposal if weaknesses are identified

Against what do they evaluate?

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1. Excellence

2. Impact

3. Implementation

Rejection

Outcome of evaluation

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Main list Reserve list

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Ranked list of proposals

Deadline to inform: 5 months

Grant agreement

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Successful proposals are invited to start a Grant Agreement Preparation

Very tight deadline: max. 8 months

No negotiation phase = no substantial changes

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What Do Evaluators Want?

Robert Goodchild

Head of Unit

INEA – H2020 Energy

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Score

Ranked order

It's competitive: RES-8-2019 “District Heating"

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Should = won't get good score if you don't

Should = won't get

good score if you don't

Shall & Will = "have

to"

Address all of call

• Eligibility conditions – see previous presentation

• Consult / Ask a FAQ

Understand Call Conditions and Text

Leave no doubt on TRLs or State of the Art

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Start: situation now

End: end of project

Impact is essential

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Substantiate the impacts: credibility is key

Dissemination & exploitation plan

1.5x Weighting for Innovation Actions (IA)

Sound Implementation

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Reasonable duration Justified budget

Risks mitigated Consortium

Simple to Digest

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Use graphics Easy to follow

No tiny fonts

or tight line spacingRespect page limits

For non-native English speakers…

Simple

Sound implementation

Impact

TRLs & SoA

Understand Call

Competitive

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Thank you!

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