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How can NET4SOCIETY support you Info Session on SSH in Horizon 2020 January 16, 2014 in Brussels Angela Schindler-Daniels | DLR

What is

NET4SOCIETY?

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The International network of National Contact

Points for the Societal Challenge 6

"Europe in a changing world:

inclusive, innovative and reflective societies"

& Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

(SSH) in Horizon 2020

• Established in February 2008

EU funding until November 2014

• NET4SOCIETY³: Coordination and support action

of the 7th EU Framework Programme (G.A. 320325)

• Over 60 members (Jan. 2014) from Europe & beyond

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NET4SOCIETY’s Mission

• Growing transnational network of SC6 NCPs

• Successful, well-informed & connected

SSH research communities

• Quality improvement SC6 NCP services

across Europe & beyond

• Strong & vibrant SSH aspects in Horizon 2020

• Increase SSH visibility & raise awareness for SSH impact

• Increased participation from ICPCs:

International Cooperation Partner Countries

• Close cooperation with

key stakeholders & European Commission

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How can NET4SOCIETY support you??

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• International Networking Events Athens 26-27.2.2014, Dublin 2012, Vienna 2011 www.achievingimpact2014.eu

• Increasing SSH visibility

• SSH Funding Opportunities

• Success Stories

• International Activity

• SSH Partner Search Tool

• Research Directory

NET4SOCIETY offers

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• International SSH Networking Events

• Increasing SSH visibility http://www.net4society.eu/public/ increasing-ssh-visibility.php


• Success Stories: Impact of SSH



• Research Directory NET4SOCIETY Position Paper on Horizon 2020

NET4SOCIETY offers

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• SSH Funding Opportunities Topics of SSH relevance in all of the 2014/15 Calls of Horizon 2020 www.net4society.eu/public/ssh-opportunities.php





NET4SOCIETY offers

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• Success Stories: Impact of SSH learn from the best www.net4society.eu/public/382.php




NET4SOCIETY offers

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• SSH Opportunities


• International Activity cooperation with ICPCs



Offers

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• International SSH Networking Events ,


• SSH Opportunities

• Success Stories


• SSH Partner Search Tool www.net4society.eu/ public/pss.php


Offers

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• Success Stories



• Research Directory to find and to be found: Database of key players www.net4society.eu/ research-directory

Offers

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• Social networks

• Newsletters: * ISSUES * e-newsletter

• Website: www.net4society.eu

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Upcoming NET4SOCIETY Event:

Transnational conference & brokerage

“Achieving Impact – SSH in H2020”

26./27. February 2014 in Athens:

www.achievingimpact2014.eu

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NET4SOCIETY workshop Brussels, 16 January 2014

HORIZON 2020 & Embedding SSH

Philippe Keraudren, RTD.B.6

What is Horizon 2020?

• Initial Commission proposal for a €80 billion research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020); now just over €70 billion (79 billion in current prices including inflation)

• A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area:

− Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth

− Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

− Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology

What's new?

• Challenge-based approach allowing applicants considerable freedom to come up with innovative solutions: Whole cycle from research to innovation

• Broader topics (beyond thematic programmes), less prescriptive and with emphasis on expected impact

• Simplified list of types of action mostly Research and innovation (100%) and Innovation actions (70%)

• Cross-cutting issues mainstreamed: social sciences, gender, international cooperation

Three priorities

Excellent science

Industrial leadership

Societal challenges

European Research Council (ERC)

Frontier research by the best individual teams

13 095

Future and Emerging Technologies

Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation

2 696

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)

Opportunities for training and career development

6 162

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)

Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2 488

Priority 1: Excellent science Proposed funding (€ million, 2014-2020)*

All funding figures in this presentation are subject to the pending Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation by the EP and the Council

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEITs)

(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

13 557

Access to risk finance

Leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

2 842

Innovation in SMEs

Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

616 + complemented

by expected 20% of budget of societal

challenges + LEITs and

'Access to risk finance' with strong SME focus

Priority 2: Industrial leadership Proposed funding (€ million, 2014-2020)

Priority 3: Societal challenges Proposed funding (€ million, 2014-2020)

Additional funding for nuclear safety and security from the Euratom Treaty activities (2014-2018)

Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 472

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy

3 851

Secure, clean and efficient energy * 5 931

Smart, green and integrated transport 6 339

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

3 081

Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1 310

Secure societies 1 695

Science with and for society 462

Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

Horizon 2020 and partnering

Public private partnerships:

• Through Joint Technology Initiatives or other formal structures (Art. 187)

• Through contractual agreements, which provide inputs for work programmes

Public public partnerships:

• Through « ERA-Nets » for topping up individual calls/actions (replacing current ERA-Net, ERA-Net Plus, Inco-Net, Inno-net)

• Through participation in joint programmes between Member States (Art. 185)

• Supporting agendas of Joint Programming Initiatives when in line with Horizon 2020

European Innovation Partnerships:

• Not funding instruments, but for coordination with broader policies and programmes

Integration of SSH in Horizon 2020

• Supported through the 'Excellent Science' part of H2020 (ERC, Marie Curie and Infrastructures)

• Integrated in Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) where relevant

• Integrated in all Societal Challenges

• SSH play a major role in the Societal Challenge 6: "Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies"

SSH in the first call of Horizon 2020

• 199 out of 540 topics in the first call of Horizon 2020 (Pillar 2 and 3 + RI, Widening and SWFS) are flagged as SSH-relevant

• Within the flagged topics the involvement of SSH will differ from a dominating/defining role to a more limited role

• The SSH flagged topics constitute 37 % of all topics and an estimated budget available for SSH of 448 million euros. This represents 5.3 % of the budget (3,8 % excluding SC6)

• The Excellent Science pillar is a very important instrument to support SSH research - the indicated share of SSH of the budgets for the ERC and Marie Sklodowska-Curie represents approximately 700 million euros for SSH for the first call of Horizon 2020

Integrating SSH: Future actions

• Ensure that all operational directorates pursue actively the integration of SSH in their WPs

• The evaluation panels for the SSH flagged topics need to include experts with SSH competences – guidance for integrating the SSH expertise will be made

• New series of SSH flagged topics across Horizon 2020 in the Work Programmes 2016 and beyond should be developed on the basis of strategic programming building on the structured input from the research community

• A regular monitoring of the integration of SSH should be organised during the lifetime of Horizon 2020

HORIZON 2020

Thank you for your attention!

Find out more: www.ec.europa.eu/horizon2020

Martin Baumgartner NET4SOCIETY Infoday Horizon 2020 Brussels, 16.01.2014

HORIZON 2020 Key changes in legal and financial requirements

Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Sensengasse 1 | 1090 Wien | www.ffg.at 1

Significant innovations in Horizon 2020

• EU Financial Regulation and Rules for participation are valid for all H2020 components (e.g. EIT, JTI, Article 185…);

• Exceptions are possible where necessary. • Standard funding rates for all project

participants and activities (one funding rate per project)

• 25% flat rate for indirect costs


Significant innovations in Horizon 2020

• Shortening of the average „time-to-grant“

• Simplified controls and audits max. one CFS per project/participant financial ex-ante checks now only for private

coordinators for projects with equal/more than € 500.000 funding

• Simplification of time-keeping records

• Open Access as basic principle for scientific publications

• Electronic signatures


Funding Instruments I


Funding actions Funding rates

Research and Innovation action 100 %

Innovation action (close to market) funds new, modified or improved products, processes or services - creating protypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, large-scale product validation and developing marketability

70 % 100 % for NPOs

Co-ordination and support action 100 %

European Research Council (ERC) 100 %

Marie Skłodowska-Curie action 100 % (except Co-fund)

SME Instrument 70 %

Funding Instruments II


Funding actions Goals Prizes • To create incentive investments in research and

development in specific areas • Awards based on results • Uncomplicated procedure for granting funds

Fast Track to Innovation

• Speeding up the development of technologies towards innovative products, processes and services

• Increasing private investment in R & I

Pre-Commercial Procurement – Co-fund (PCP)

• Co-financing research and development in innovative products and services that are not yet on the market

Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) – Co-fund

• Co-financing to procure innovative products and services that are already on the market or have just been lauched onto the market

Various other Co-fund

• Co-financing (e.g. ERA-NET procedures, Fellowship programme etc.)

Minimum criteria for participation

• Standard conditions: a minimum of three mutually independent legal entities from different Member States or associated countries

• Exceptions: • ERC, Coordination/Support Actions, SME-Instrument...:

at least one legal entity • Fast Track to Innovation: 3-5 legal entities

• Additional eligibility criteria: possibly applicable in accordance with Work Programme or Work Plan

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Funding partners from third countries

• Differentiation according

to country groupings • Funding, if specified in the Work Programme • „Industrialised States“, BRIC and Mexiko

=> no automatic funding, except in the case of: Funding as specified in the Work Programme or Participation is essential for the realisation of the

project or Existing bilateral agreement


Time-to-grant: „5+3“

• Information on the evaluation results max. 5 months from Call-Deadline (two-stage Calls: 2nd Call deadline)

• Thereafter max. 3 months to conclusion of contract

• Longer period of time-to-grant possible: ERC projects / justified exceptional cases (complex projects) / request of consortium To spead up: each proposal will be evaluated „as it is“, not as „what it could be“; no more paper


5 mths from deadline: Information about evaluation

results

3 more mths: Contract

Improvement!

Evaluation of proposal – standard award criteria

ERC frontier research actions = „only excellence“

Innovation actions = higher weighting for „impact“


Excellence Impact Quality + Efficiency

of the action

Funding rate for “Research and Innovation actions“

• For “Research and Innovation actions“: 100 %

• Indirect costs: 25 % of the direct, eligible costs (except subcontracting + third parties in-kind contribution not used on the beneficiaries premises)


Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Total Funding rate

Funding

100 € 25 € 125 € 100 % 125 €

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Funded to 100%

Funding rate for „Innovation actions“

• For „Innovation actions“: 70 % „non-profit“ org.: 100 %

• Indirect Costs: 25 % of the direct eligible costs

(except subcontracting + third parties in-kind contribution not used on the beneficiaries premises)


Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Generally funded to 70 %

Type of organisation

Direct costs

Indirect costs

Total Funding rate

Funding

Generell 100 € 25 € 125 € 70 % 87,5 €

Non profit org. 100 € 25 € 125 € 100 % 125 €

Specific rules for non profit org.

Definition of 'non-profit‘: legal entity • which by its legal form is non-profit-making or • which has a legal or statutory obligation not to distribute

profits to its shareholders or members 100 % funding also in Innovation actions Possibility of additional remuneration for personnel assigned to the action up to € 8.000,- (fulltime/year) if: • part of the beneficiary’s usual remuneration practices • criteria used to calculate the supplementary payments are

objective and generally applied by the beneficiary VAT: eligible costs (if non-deductible and paid by the beneficiary


Overview of cost reporting

Types of costs: • Actual costs • Unit costs • Flat-rate costs, e.g.for indirect costs


Standard cost categories: 1) Personnel costs 2) Subcontracting costs 3) Other direct costs (e.g. travel expenses, equipment

/infrastructure depreciation, services...) 4) Indirect costs

Personnel Costs I

1. Actual costs (hourly rate): • actual gross costs

(last completed financial year at the end of the period to be reviewed)

• divided by the annual productive hours (3 alternative methods: 1720/Standard/Actual)

• multiplied by the number of hours worked on the project

2. „Unit costs“ : • Hourly rate as agreed in the GA or • Calculated according to the usual method of the

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Personnel Costs II

3. SME owners/natural person without salary: • Cost calculations based on „unit costs“ (hourly rate

as agreed in the GA) => Commission decision 4. Persons without a work contract: • Costs are eligible under certain circumstances


Time-keeping records For employees who spend 100 % of their working time on the project, written confirmation is sufficient to confirm that they have worked exclusively on the project.

Costs for Subcontracting

Subcontractors (calcuate the customary price on the market for their services) • Performance and estimated costs are to be set out and

agreed upon in the GA or

• Justified necessity and not foreseeable

• Best price-performance ratio or the lowest price

• Consideration of public procurement law, if applicable


Funding for non-project partners

„affiliated Third Parties“ can only report their own actual costs • Name/assignment of the „Third Party“ must be agreed

in the GA

• The „Third Party“ must be an associated enterprise (parent company/subsidiary company/ affiliated company) of the participant or

• A legal link must exist with the project partner


Other direct costs

Purchase of goods, works und services: • Best price-performance ratio or lowest price • Public procurement law, if applicable


The Value-Added-Tax (VAT) is eligible provided that it will not be deductible.

Improvement!

CFS & Audit

Certificate on the Financial Statements • Only for funding ≥ 325.000 EUR

Calculation of the quantitive threshold values incl. unit costs of personnel costs; lump sums, flat rates and other unit costs are not taken into consideration.

• Are to be submitted only once at the end of the project

Audit • Possible within two years after „Balance Payment“ • A maximum 7% of the participating organisations


Simplification!

Ownership of the project results

• Project results are the property of that participant who generated them.

• In cases fo „Joint Ownership“ => Default provision


Right of Access to project results

Right of Access in general: • Associated companies (parent, subsidiary and

affiliated companies) have the right of access

• Certain Right of Access for EU institutions, MS/AC


Liability

• The Consortium is collectively responsible with regards to the project content and implementation.

• NO financial joint and several liability

(Guarantee fund)


Open Access

Scientific (peer-reviewed) publications: • Open Access as a basic principle („green“ or „gold“) • No “obligation to publish“! • beneficiary must aim to deposit research data needed

to validate the results • ensure open access at the latest: 1) on publication, if an electronic version is available, or 2) within six months of publication (12 months for

publications in the social sciences and humanities • OA costs are eligible for the duration of the project.


Open Access

Research data: • Pilot “open Research Data Pilot“ • GA regulates the details. • Legitimate interests of the project partners, data

protection, security considerations and protection of intellectual property are to be taken into consideration.


Further information

Horizon 2020 Webpage (EC) http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ Reference documents (eg. RfP, Model GA, manuals aso): http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html Participant Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Legally binding information can only be issued by the European Commission.

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http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

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Policy Research and Innovation

SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 6 – MODALITIES IN THE WORK PROGRAMME 2014/15 Dominik Sobczak

European Commission

DG Research & Innovation

Unit B.6 "Reflective Societies"

NCP Info Day THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION


Contents

I. Objectives of the SC6 Work Programme 2014-15

II. Implementation modalities

III. Budget

IV. Calls for proposals – a general overview


I. Objectives of the SC6 Work Programme 2014-15


The objectives of Societal Challenge 6

"To foster a greater understanding of Europe, provide solutions and support inclusive, innovative and reflective European societies in a context of unprecedented transformations and growing global interdependencies"

Horizon 2020 Regulation

SC6 includes „research and innovation activities contributing to make societies more inclusive, innovative and reflective, and also specific measures supporting particular cross-cutting issues mentioned in this societal challenge ."

Horizon 2020 Specific Programme


Structure of Societal Challenge 6 Inclusive Societies:

Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth Building resilient, inclusive, participatory and open societies in Europe Europe's role as a global actor Sustainable and inclusive environments through innovative spatial and

urban planning

Innovative societies: Strengthening the evidence-base and support for the IU and ERA New forms of innovation, incl. social innovation and creativity Make use of the innovative, creative and productive potential of all

generations Cooperation with third countries

Reflective societies: European heritage (memory, identity) European countries' and regions' history Europe's role in the world; intercultural relations


Aims of SC6 WP 2014-15

1. Greater understanding of the societal changes in Europe, their economic, social and political impact and exploring new visions of European development in the global context – Calls EURO, YOUNG and INT.

2. Foster the development of innovative societies and policies in Europe – Call INSO + dedicated Actions to foster innovation policies.

3. Greater understanding of Europe's intellectual basis, its history and the many European and non-European influences, as an inspiration for our lives today – Call REFLECTIVE.

4. Foster international cooperation in research and innovation – Call INT + dedicated Actions supporting international cooperation


II. Implementation modalities


Types of action

Calls for proposals

Research and innovation actions (collaborative projects, 100%

funding)

Innovation actions (collaborative projects, 70% funding)

Coordination and support actions (100%)

ERA-NET cofund (33%)

SME Instrument (70%, three phases: (1) feasibility study, (2)

innovation actions, (3) indirect support and Access to Risk

Finance)


Types of action

Other actions

Public procurement

Expert contracts

Expert groups

Prizes

Grants to identified beneficiaries


Evaluation criteria 1. Excellence

Clarity of the objectives;

Soundness of the concept, including transdisciplinary considerations;

Credibility of the proposed approach;

Progress beyond the state of the art.

2. Impact […] extent to which project outputs contribute to:

The expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic;

Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge;

[Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets;]

Effectiveness of the proposed measures to communicate the project, disseminate and/or exploit the project results, and appropriate management of IPR.

3. Quality and efficiency of implementation

Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources;

Competences, experience and complementarity of the individual participants, as well as of the consortium as a whole;

Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk management.


Open Access (H2020 Regulation, Rules of participation, Model grant agreement)

Open access to publications

All beneficiaries are required to deposit in an online archive (1) a machine-readable electronic copy of the published version or (2) a final peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication. Open access to data In H2020 projects are encouraged to deposit the data resulting from their work, including associated metadata, in a research data repository. The projects funded under SC6 will participate in the Pilot on Open Research Data – they will be required to develop a Data Management Plan detailing what data the project will generate, whether and how it will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved. Projects may choose to opt out.

www.openaire.eu – dedicated portal in 18 languages


Calls for proposals – indicative timetable

Publication of WP 2014-15: 11 December 2013

Deadlines 2014 vary across topics: April-September 2014

Deadlines 2015 vary across topics: January-April 2015 + SME

Instrument

Timeline: ESRs - 5 months after dealine, GAs – 3 months after

ESRs

Separate timelines for Other actions


III. Budget


WP 2014-15 – budget structure

(end of the WP)

Total: EUR 307,90* mln

EUR 150,08 mln in 2014 + EUR 157,82* mln in 2015

* 2015 budget provisional, does not include Fast track to innovation EUR 2,8 mln


WP 2014-15 – budget structure

Call Title Budget 2014 Budget 2015 Budget WP 2014-15

EURO - Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and

governance structures for Europe35,00 17,00 52,00

YOUNG - The young generation in an innovative, inclusive

and sustainable Europe19,00 10,20 29,20

REFLECTIVE - Reflective societies: cultural heritage and

European identities23,00 26,50 49,50

INT - Europe as a global actor 8,35 35,35 43,70

INSO - New forms of innovation 26,50 19,87 46,37

SME instrument 0,00 15,00 15,00

Total Calls 111,85 123,92 235,77

Other actions I and II - Achieving IU and ERA 9,06 10,77 19,83

Other actions III - New forms of innovation 6,40 0,80 7,20

Other actions IV - International cooperation 0,85 0,54 1,39

Other actions V - External expertise 2,51 1,15 3,66

Other actions VI - COST 19,21 20,64 39,85

Total Other actions 38,03 33,90 71,93

Horizontal activities 0,20 0,00 0,20

Total 150,08 157,82 307,90


Specific budgetary provisions

Call budgets vs Topic budgets – budgets specified for each

year at different levels depending on the call

Project size - suggested size of EU contribution per project

indicated under each Topic – not an eligibility criterion –

researchers may submit proposals with different amounts


IV. Calls for proposals - general overview

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A strategic programming approach to develop the Work Programmes

Orientation towards European societal challenges: research and innovation activities to increase the impact of the funding

Orientation towards EU political priorities: Europe 2020 and emerging political issues of European relevance

Leitmotiv of the 2 years WP 2014-15: economic crisis and the path to sustainable growth

=> Focus area in Societal Challenge 6: "Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe"

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Developing the Work Programmes: working methods

Reconciling inputs from various actors

The Commission drafts Work Programmes in consultation with various stakeholders from the scientific community and civil society (written input, workshops, ad-hoc meetings, etc.)

Involvement of Commission Services in drafting the WP for Societal Challenge 6: 12 Units from 5 Directorates and 2 DGs (RTD & CNECT)

Consultation with other DGs (inter-service consultation)

Programme Committee consultations

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Societal Challenge 6 5 Calls

"EURO"-CALL: Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe

"YOUNG"-CALL: The young generation in an innovative, inclusive and sustainable Europe

"REFLECTIVE"-CALL: Reflective societies: cultural heritage and European identities

"INT"-CALL: Europe as a global actor

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The Call topics: bottom-up in terms of content and budget

Topics are described in a rather open fashion, less

prescriptive than often under FP7, i.e. proposers can address

the topics in a comprehensive way, in a focussed way or cover

other issues relevant for addressing the topic

Call text provides an indicative budget range for research

projects in order to indicate the average expected size of the

proposal; however, any amount is possible, i.e. no eligibility

criteria regarding the budget size

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Description of the "Topics" of the Work Programme

Specific Challenge: Sets the context, the problem to be

addressed, why intervention is necessary

Scope: delineates the problem, specifies the focus and the

boundaries of the potential action BUT without describing specific approaches

Expected Impact: describe the key elements of what is

expected to be achieved in relation to the specific challenge

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Support

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Calls, Topics, Modalities

IT issues


HORIZON 2020

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