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Horizon 2020 Energy Efficiency
Information Day
12 December 2014
Essentials on how to submit a good
proposal
EASME Project Advisors:
Francesca Harris, Zoe Wildiers
Agenda
• Tools: Participant's portal – the gateway
• Lessons learned – how to submit a successful
proposal
• Need partners? Links to platforms, project
information
• Tools: Participant's portal – the gateway
• Lessons learned – how to submit a successful proposal
• Need partners? Links to platforms, project information
Participant's portal:
What's in it for you? What can you find? How does it work? –
Get familiarised
Calls and
Submission
Service
Login or
register
(Available
without login)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal
Select your programme and call
Funding opportunities
Horizon 2020 calls (2014-2020)
Other calls not directly managed through
the Participant Portal
FP7 & CIP calls (2007-2013)
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Research and
Innovation
Find the relevant topic
using the keyword search
…or the Europa free text search
Some calls and topics are grouped
according to predefined criteria
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Research and
Innovation
Browse the calls by exploring
the H2020 structure
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Research and
Innovation
Research and
Innovation
H2020 ONLINE
MANUAL
Research and
Innovation
What can you find on the Participant's portal?
Without a login
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Support – H2020 Helpdesk
NCP database
Glossary
FAQ database
IT helpdesk
After login with ECAS
• Support – Registration of
organisations – PIC,
management of multiple PICs
• Draft and submit proposals
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From call page
Step by step wizard
Can save and resume work
Different access rights
ECAS European Commission Authentication Service Verification: Your own personal
identity - To access the electronic proposal submission system you must have an ECAS
account with the Commission
PIC Participant Identification Code: The unique identity of your organisation -
Your organisation cannot prepare and submit a proposal nor can it participate as a partner
without a PIC
• Tools: Participant's portal – the gateway
• Lessons learned – how to submit a successful proposal
• Need partners? Links to platforms, project information
Only the very best ones go through:
A winning proposal must be pertinent, ambitious, realistic,
concise, etc.
• Strong competition: be ambitious
• Start: start early – a proposal needs time and evolution
• Project objective & Target group: well-defined? sufficiently
focussed? EU added value?
• Consortium: fit for purpose? All have a clear & justified
role? Balance is right for truly sharing a project? They are
THE voice of the market to make a difference?
• Communication tools and channels: sufficient resources and
professional skills? Tailor made for this project?
Submission
Evaluation
Points you cannot escape!
Eligibility and
admissibility criteria
• Proposals can ONLY be submitted
through on-line application system (PP)
• Proposals must be on time
• Proposal must be complete
• Proposers must prove their financial & technical
capacity
Submission
Evaluation
• Fair and equal treatment of all proposers
 Based on the criteria announced in the Call
 Confidential process, no conflicts of interest
 Independent external experts as advisers
• Very competitive process
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proposals are addressing topics described in a bi-annual
work programme,
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submitted in response of annual calls for proposals
• Basic steps of the evaluation process
 Eligibility and admissibility
 Award criteria
Submission
Evaluation
• There are three award criteria:
1. Excellence
2. Impact
3. Quality and efficiency of the implementation
• For each of the three criteria, "aspects" to take into account
• The aspects are adapted to each type of actions
(RIA / IA/ CSA)
Submission
Evaluation
Coordination and
Support Actions
Excellence
• Clarity and pertinence of the objectives
• Soundness of the concept
• Quality of the proposed coordination and/or support measures
Implementation
Impact
• Credibility of the proposed approach
• The expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant
topic
• Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the
project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the
project, and to manage research data where relevant
• Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of
the allocation of tasks and resources
• Complementarity of the participants within the consortium (when relevant)
• Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including
risk and innovation management
Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)
TRL 1 – basic principles observed
TRL 2 – technology concept formulated
TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept
TRL 4 – technology validated in lab
TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant
environment in the case of key enabling technologies)
TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially
relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)
TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment
TRL 8 – system complete and qualified
TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment (competitive
manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space)
Check if there is info on TRL available in your
chosen topic description
• 3 criteria with several aspects
each
• 0-5 points per criterion
• threshold 3*
• Threshold for recommended
proposals: score ≥10*
• No secret – award criteria
published in Call for proposals
Submission
* PPP call topics EE2 and EE18 different scoring applies. See
work programme
Evaluation
Lessons learnt from previous call:
• Ambition level
• Focus ("one or more areas" does not mean "all")
Do not read the scope as a checklist
• Impact – no reverse thinking !
• Clarity: lack of details in WP and task descriptions
• State of the art: exploit existing projects/ work
• Budget: indicative budget ≠ requested budget
• Tools: Participant's portal – the gateway
• Lessons learned – how to submit a successful proposal
• Need partners? Links to platforms, project information
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