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Dr. Christophe COUDUN
Senior Project Adviser
European Commission - Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Basic guidance on submitting a proposal
• One of the six Executive Agencies
• Managing EU programmes
• Feeding into the policy-making process with project outcome & success stories
EASME's role within the European Commission
Evaluation
Grant Agreement Preparation
Project follow-up
Policy feedback https://ec.europa.eu/easme
How to apply for H2020
Find a topic Find partners
Create an account
Register your
organisationSubmit a proposal
Work Programme Find a topic
Participant Portal
Filters words in the call title and ID only!
Find a topic
Topics description and conditions Find a topic
Action types
• Research and innovation actions (RIA)• New knowledge or a new technology
• Innovation actions (IA)• Closer-to-the-market activities (new or improved products or
services)
• Coordination and support actions (CSA)• Coordination and networking of research and innovation
projects, programmes and policies
Find a topic
Topics structure and description
• Topic description• Specific challenge• Scope• Expected impact
• Topic conditions and documents• Eligible countries• Eligibility and admissibility conditions• Proposal page limits and layout• Evaluation• Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreement• Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant
agreement
Find a topic
How to find partners
• Participant Portal Partner Search https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/partner_search.html
• NCPs CaRE Portal for SC5http://partnersearch.ncps-care.eu/index.php?index=6
• CORDIS partner search platformhttps://cordis.europa.eu/partners/web/guest
• LinkedIn group "Environment projects & partner search – EASME"https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7001906
Find partners
• Register your organization and get a PIC (Participant Identification Code) https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/display/ECResearchGMS/Participant+Portal+IT+Manual
Create an account
Register your
organisation
• Plan ahead
• Read carefully
• Be involved, be realistic
• Check the guides developed by
the NCPs Network, e.g.
• Dos and Donts for Applicants
• E Booklet of Best Practices
• Evaluators Recommendations
for Applicants
http://www.ncps-
care.eu/?page_id=154
Start early … start now!
Submit a proposal
Horizontal aspects to be taken into account
• Innovation• Exploitation, dissemination, IPR• Social sciences and humanities• Co-design
• Gender dimension
• Management of research data
• International cooperation Info Day web streamed:https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/2017-information-day
Submit a proposal
Receipt of proposals
Individualevaluation
Consensusevaluation Finalisation
Experts
IndividualEvaluationReports
ConsensusReport
Information sent to applicants
Eligibility check
Allocation of proposals to evaluators
EC/EASME EC/EASME
Overview of the evaluation process Submit a proposal
• Fair and equal treatment of all proposers
• Group of (at least three) independent external experts –
different nationalities, backgrounds (EU has a database of
80,000+ evaluators)
• Confidential process, no conflicts of interest
• Evaluation based on the topic text and evaluation criteria
H2020 Evaluation Principles
• Excellence• Impact• Quality & efficiency of implementation
Submit a proposal
Outcome of the evaluation
Deadline to inform: 5 months
Submit a proposal
Impact of grant preparation on evaluation
• No grant negotiation phase!
• Time from submission of a proposal, evaluation and signature of the grant is 8 months maximum
• What does this mean for the evaluation of proposal?• Proposals are evaluated as submitted
• No substantial modifications can be recommended
Submit a proposal
Information sources and support• Horizon 2020 Participant Portal
• H2020 online manual• Check the Frequently Asked Questions• Contact the Horizon2020 Research Enquiry Service• IT Helpdesk
• National Contact Points (NCPs)
• Horizon 2020 and FP7 projects (CORDIS database)
• EASME website, especially Info Day web streamed:• https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/2017-information-day
Submit a proposal
New tools on H2020 Participant Portal!• Data on proposals
Statistics such as number of submitted proposals per country, success rates of proposals, etc.
• Data on projectsStatistics such as number of grants per type of organisation, per H2020 thematic area, etc.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/projectresults
Explore on-going or completed SC5 projects!
https://sc5.easme-web.eu
Possibility to filterprojects by country, topics (e.g. "Natural resourcesand ecosystems") or to use keywords
25% new experts
Read excellent proposals
Network with fellows
• Academia• Private sector / innovation agencies• Local / national authorities / agencies
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts
Become an independent expert!
Dr. Christophe COUDUNSenior Project Adviser
EASME, Environment & Resources Unit
EASME on Twitter @H2020EE • @H2020SME • @EEN_EU • @EU_ECOINNO
Thank you! #InvestEUresearch
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