HORIZON EUROPE
European
Scope:Specific challenge: Public acceptance of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies can be generally regarded as positive - with some safety issues still remaining significant. Global macro benefits remain not widely quantified and known: key features on fuel cells and hydrogen specificities and advantages are not well displayed in an easy to access format, as for instance dedicated internet platforms; introductions to technology uses and supporting demonstrators, apart from cars, are not sufficiently available either. This explains that the public seems to be relatively indifferent to developments regardless of the opportunities offered by these technologies.
Insofar the problem lies not so much with performing research into whether the public would accept widespread employment of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, but to make the public, including all stakeholders, increasingly aware of the potential of these technologies in order to prepare a commercial market entry, through a widely accepted vision of its macro benefits, concrete facts and figures on hydrogen and on safety and reliability issues, and clever and simple demonstration items and exhibits easy to disp...
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Scope:Specific challenge: Public acceptance of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies can be generally regarded as positive - with some safety issues still remaining significant. Global macro benefits remain not widely quantified and known: key features on fuel cells and hydrogen specificities and advantages are not well displayed in an easy to access format, as for instance dedicated internet platforms; introductions to technology uses and supporting demonstrators, apart from cars, are not sufficiently available either. This explains that the public seems to be relatively indifferent to developments regardless of the opportunities offered by these technologies.
Insofar the problem lies not so much with performing research into whether the public would accept widespread employment of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, but to make the public, including all stakeholders, increasingly aware of the potential of these technologies in order to prepare a commercial market entry, through a widely accepted vision of its macro benefits, concrete facts and figures on hydrogen and on safety and reliability issues, and clever and simple demonstration items and exhibits easy to display and use for a general public audience (for instance fuel cell assisted electric bicycles, mobile charging devices for personal computers and phones, and other gadgets suitable for public exhibitions).
Scope: The overall objective is to increase public awareness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies and deliver well-founded information on opportunities and risk management (fight the fear) by developing a strategy to explain these technologies to the general public and to private and public bodies (future potential clients). In order to do so, the consortium will need to include a range of economic academics mastering energy transition matters and issues, marketing and communication experts, and web communication agencies.
We expect the consortium to build a web platform, and to design and use innovative communication tools and the social media to allow the targeted audiences to better understand the opportunities and risk management of fuel cell and hydrogen technology implementation through a multi stage contributive approach.
Expected impact:
• Supply of an overview study compiling the many existing studies showing the potential long term macro benefits of displaying technologies in terms of innovation, job creation, energy security and balance, and health in the European Union
• Dissemination of the results of this meta-study through a well-defined media strategy and development of the associated communication kit reaching out to policy makers at European and national levels
• Supply of a one-stop-shop for information around hydrogen and fuel cell technologies by design and implementation of an internet communication strategy based on a specialised web portal (e.g. news aggregator, social media, videos, mobile apps, games, case-studies, etc.). The platform web site has to document fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, including facts and figures, opportunities and risk management that will set the scene for the fuel cell and hydrogen sector for different key audiences, relay key news, structure the policy and public debates and propose debates on questions, concerns and issues around the technology
• Improved public information by supply of technical content suitable for the general public to platforms such as Wikipedia and others
• Supply of demonstrational items (other than vehicles) for exhibitions, fairs and other events that constitute a basic mobile lighthouse set of objects that can be easily displayed and used for the public in any blue / green society / green mobility event
Organisation of public debates in different Member States.
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Consortium characteristics
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The aid is European, you can apply to this line any company that is part of the European Community.
characteristics of the Proyecto
Los costes de personal subvencionables cubren las horas de trabajo efectivo de las personas directamente dedicadas a la ejecución de la acción. Los propietarios de pequeñas y medianas empresas que no perciban salario y otras personas físicas que no perciban salario podrán imputar los costes de personal sobre la base de una escala de costes unitarios
Los otros costes directos se dividen en los siguientes apartados: Viajes, amortizaciones, equipamiento y otros bienes y servicios. Se financia la amortización de equipos, permitiendo incluir la amortización de equipos adquiridos antes del proyecto si se registra durante su ejecución. En el apartado de otros bienes y servicios se incluyen los diferentes bienes y servicios comprados por los beneficiarios a proveedores externos para poder llevar a cabo sus tareas
La subcontratación en ayudas europeas no debe tratarse del core de actividades de I+D del proyecto. El contratista debe ser seleccionado por el beneficiario de acuerdo con el principio de mejor relación calidad-precio bajo las condiciones de transparencia e igualdad (en ningún caso consistirá en solicitar menos de 3 ofertas). En el caso de entidades públicas, para la subcontratación se deberán de seguir las leyes que rijan en el país al que pertenezca el contratante
Characteristics of financing
Indicative funding: The FCH 2 JU considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 2 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Number of projects: a maximum of 1 project may be funded under this topic.
Expected duration: 3 years
Type of action: Coordination and Support Action
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
List of countries and applicable rules for funding: described in part A of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and C of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
Evaluation
3.1 Evaluation criteria and procedure, scoring and threshold: described in part E of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
3.2 FCH2 Guide for applicants on submission and evaluation
Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the standard proposal template.
Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement:
Information on the outcome of one-stage evaluation: maximum 5 months from the final date for submission.
Sig... Other Information: The project is expected to be active in a minimum of ten Member States, with preferably different languages.
Indicative funding: The FCH 2 JU considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 2 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Number of projects: a maximum of 1 project may be funded under this topic.
Expected duration: 3 years
Type of action: Coordination and Support Action
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
List of countries and applicable rules for funding: described in part A of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and C of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
Evaluation
3.1 Evaluation criteria and procedure, scoring and threshold: described in part E of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
3.2 FCH2 Guide for applicants on submission and evaluation
Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the standard proposal template.
Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement:
Information on the outcome of one-stage evaluation: maximum 5 months from the final date for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 3 months from the date of informing successful applicants.
Information on the outcome of two-stage evaluation: maximum 5 months from the final date for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 3 months from the date of informing successful applicants.
Provisions, proposal templates and evaluation forms for the type(s) of action(s) under this topic:
FCH2 Coordination and Support Action (FCH2-CSA):
Specific provisions and funding rates: described in part D of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
FCH2 Model Grant Agreement
H2020 Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Additional provisions:
Technology readiness levels (TRL): described in part E of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014.
Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions, and proposals must refer to measures envisaged. Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.
FCH2 additional documents:
FCH2 JU Vademecum/rules for proposals submission and evaluation
FCH2 JU Work Plan 2014
FCH2 JU Multi Annual Work Plan
FCH2 JU – Regulation of establishment
Additional information about the call
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