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H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2020-4:
H2020-EIC Accelerator pilot –SME Instrument - Green Deal
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Specific Challenge:1. Specific challenge
If your company aims to deliver a meaningful impact towards sustainable development, the Green Deal topic of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot Accelerator may support your endeavours.
The Green Deal proposal put forward by the European Commission set the stage for an era of increased ambition towards sustainable development. It aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent and leader in circular economy and clean technologies. This goes hand in hand with a decisive effort to preserve and restore ecosystems and rural areas. Research and innovation will be a key supporting feature of such comprehensive strategy.
Such ambition is fully justified by the challenges lying ahead of us. For example, compared to the current situation in the EU, achieving the current 2030 climate and energy targets requires decarbonisation at a speed at least six times faster and additional annual investments of around €260 billion.
This EIC Accelerator topic contributes to implement the Green Deal goals. It aims to foster impact investing by supporting the development and market roll-out...
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Specific Challenge:1. Specific challenge
If your company aims to deliver a meaningful impact towards sustainable development, the Green Deal topic of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot Accelerator may support your endeavours.
The Green Deal proposal put forward by the European Commission set the stage for an era of increased ambition towards sustainable development. It aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent and leader in circular economy and clean technologies. This goes hand in hand with a decisive effort to preserve and restore ecosystems and rural areas. Research and innovation will be a key supporting feature of such comprehensive strategy.
Such ambition is fully justified by the challenges lying ahead of us. For example, compared to the current situation in the EU, achieving the current 2030 climate and energy targets requires decarbonisation at a speed at least six times faster and additional annual investments of around €260 billion.
This EIC Accelerator topic contributes to implement the Green Deal goals. It aims to foster impact investing by supporting the development and market roll-out of innovations that can tilt our socio‑economic systems in a more sustainable path.
Scope:2. Scope
2.1 Finance
The EIC Accelerator supports the development of business concepts into market-‑ready[1] innovations (new or disruptive technologies, products, processes, services and business models) and their roll-out.
This Green Deal topic specifically concentrates on those innovations that fuel the societal transition towards sustainability while supporting EU’s competitiveness and leadership in clean technologies.
The topic targets high-risk, high-‑potential small- and medium-‑sized enterprises (including startups) ‑from any sector provided that they contribute to Green Deal goals (as explained in ‘expected impact’).
Projects dedicated to increase the efficiency of fossil fuels technologies or fossil fuels use are ineligible.
Support may be provided in the form of a grant or blended finance (combining grant and equity).
Grant only funding (funding rate 70%) ranges from €0.5 million up to €2.5 million.Under the blended finance option, the grant component is limited to €2.5 million combined with an equity component of up to €15 million.[2] Duly justified higher or lower amounts can be requested too. Proposals with activities up to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 8 may be funded by grants or blended finance. Close to market activities (TRL 9 or above) can only be financed by equity participation (as long as the proposal remains non‑bankable).
Activities could, for example, include product/service development, trials, prototyping, validation, demonstration and testing in real-world conditions, and market replication. If the activity concerns a primarily technological innovation, a TRL 5/6 or above is required for primarily technological innovation or the equivalent for non-technological innovation. Essential for the innovation project can be subcontracted.
Proposals must be based on a strategic business plan and specify the project’s success criteria and expected outcomes (as specified in ‘expected impact’).
Particular attention must be paid to IP protection and ownership, convincing evidence or measures to ensure the possibility of commercial exploitation must be presented (often known as 'freedom to operate'). Regulatory and standardisation issues must also be addressed.
Projects should normally take 12 to 24 months to complete but could be longer in exceptional and well-justified cases.
2.2 Business Acceleration Services
Business Acceleration Services on the ‘Green Deal’ will be provided in line with standard EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument – phase 2), as described above.
Expected Impact:3. Expected impact
Projects must support the Green Deal implementation by significantly contributing (and proposals must quantitatively estimate that contribution) to at least one of the following sustainability goals:
Increasing the EU’s climate mitigation and/or adaptation ambition;Supplying clean, affordable and secure energy;Transitioning of industry to a clean and/or circular economy (including waste prevention and/or recycling);Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way;Accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility;Transition to a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system;Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity;Realising a zero pollution ambition and a toxic-free environment. Simultaneously, projects shall do no significant harm to any of these objectives and should enhance European Union’s competitiveness and leadership in clean technologies.
Cross-cutting Priorities:LC-CIBlue GrowthEIC PilotSME InstrumentClean Energy
[1]The Green Deal topic of the EIC Accelerator is restricted to phase 2.
[2]Please note that UK-based legal entities are eligible to participate in the grant part only.
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La ayuda es de ámbito europeo, puede aplicar a esta linea cualquier empresa que forme parte de la Comunidad Europea.
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Personnel costs.
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 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
Purchase costs.
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
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
Subcontracting costs.
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
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
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Madurez tecnológica:
La tramitación de esta ayuda requiere de un nivel tecnológico mínimo en el proyecto de TRL 5:.
Los elementos básicos de la innovación son integrados de manera que la configuración final es similar a su aplicación final, es decir que está listo para ser usado en la simulación de un entorno real. Se mejoran los modelos tanto técnicos como económicos del diseño inicial, se ha identificado adicionalmente aspectos de seguridad, limitaciones ambiéntales y/o regulatorios entre otros. + info.
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1. Eligible countries: described in Annex A of the Work Programme.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in the Work Programme part "European Innovation Council (EIC)".
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
Who can benefit from EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) funding?
A proposal will be considered eligible if:
Its content corresponds, wholly or in part, to the description of the EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) call[[ As from the cut-off date of 5 June 2019, activities of a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) above 8 can only be financed by blended finance option. Grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8.]].The single beneficiary, or every beneficiary of a consortium[[ Not applicable after the 5 June 2019 cut-off for Phase 2.]], is a for-profit SME (including start-up) located in an EU Member State or a Horizon 2020 associated country.Th... 1. Eligible countries: described in Annex A of the Work Programme.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in the Work Programme part "European Innovation Council (EIC)".
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
Who can benefit from EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) funding?
A proposal will be considered eligible if:
Its content corresponds, wholly or in part, to the description of the EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) call[[ As from the cut-off date of 5 June 2019, activities of a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) above 8 can only be financed by blended finance option. Grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8.]].The single beneficiary, or every beneficiary of a consortium[[ Not applicable after the 5 June 2019 cut-off for Phase 2.]], is a for-profit SME (including start-up) located in an EU Member State or a Horizon 2020 associated country.There is no concurrent submission or implementation[[Complementary proposals building on ongoing SME Instrument Phase 2 projects requesting blended finance are not considered concurrent implementation. These complementary proposals must build on the initial running project and will request equity and additional grant where justified by new TRL5/6 to 8 and/or TRL9 activities. The initial running project must have started at least 6 months prior to the date of submission of the complementary proposal.]] with another EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) Phase 1 or Phase 2 project (before and after the introduction of the EIC Accelerator pilot).If an applicant is involved in two proposals that were formally submitted but not yet reviewed under phase 1 and/or 2, only the proposal that was submitted first will be considered eligible. Only applicable to the EIC Accelerator "Green Deal": Projects must significantly contribute to at least one of the sustainability objectives mentioned under ‘expected impact’ of the topic description. Simultaneously, projects shall do no significant harm to any of those objectives. Projects dedicated to increase the efficiency of fossil fuels technologies or fossil fuels use are ineligible. What are the requirements for an EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) proposal to be admissible?
A proposal will be considered admissible if the following conditions are met:
it was submitted in the electronic submission system before the final cut-off deadline;it is readable, accessible and printable;it is complete and includes the requested administrative data, the proposal description (including detailed information about the TRL level (or equivalent for non-technological innovation) for Phase 2), and the obligatory supporting documents specified below;for a Phase 2 proposal, it includes a mandatory first commercialisation plan.
Proposal page limits and layout: please refer to Part B of the proposal template in the submission system below.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in the Work Programme part "European Innovation Council (EIC)".
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
Evaluation rules for the EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument)
Selection criteria
Financial capacity: Applicants for mono-beneficiary grants (single SME applicants) are not subject to an automatic financial viability check. Coordinators of consortia[[ Not applicable after 5 June 2019 for Phase 2.]] of several SMEs will be invited, at proposal stage, to complete a self-assessment using an online tool.
Operational capacity: During the evaluation of the award criterion ‘Quality and efficiency of implementation’, experts will judge whether each individual participant has, or will have in due time, sufficient operational capacity to successfully carry out their tasks in the proposed work-plan. This assessment will be based on the competence and experience of the applicant, including their operational resources (human, technical, other) and, if applicable and on an exceptional basis, the measures proposed to secure these resources by the time of the implementation of the tasks. The operational capacity of each applicant is determined on the basis of the following supporting documents, which are required when submitting a proposal:
A CV or description of the profile of the persons who will be primarily responsible for carrying out the proposed activities.A brief description of relevant products, services (including widely used datasets or software) or other achievements (which may also include previous projects or activities connected to the subject of the proposal).A description of any significant infrastructure and/or any major items of technical equipment relevant to the proposed work.A description of any third parties that are not represented as project partners but who will nonetheless be contributing towards the work, for example by providing facilities or computing resources.Minimum sustainability and expected impact requirements: Projects must neither hinder the achievement of EU climate objectives nor have other significant negative environmental impacts. Award criteria
Phase 1 and Phase 2 – grant only and blended finance[[ Applicants may apply for the blended finance option following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2.]] [[ Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2, during the electronic proposal submission process, activities of a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technical innovation) above 8 can only be funded by blended finance option.]] - proposals are evaluated by experts on the basis of three award criteria: 'impact', 'excellence', and 'quality and efficiency of implementation'. The aspects examined under each criterion are described in the table below.
Impact
50% WEIGHTING – following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 1/3 WEIGHTING for Phase 2
Convincing specification of the potential to create new markets or create market disruption together with a convincing specification of the substantial demand (including willingness to pay) for the innovation.
Total market size envisaged.
Convincing description of targeted users or customers of the innovation, how their needs have been addressed, why the users or customers identified will want to use or buy the product, service or business model, including compared to what is currently available if anything at all.
Only applicable to the EIC Accelerator "Green Deal": Assessment of the contribution to the Green Deal implementation in terms of delivery of at least one of the sustainability goals described under ‘expected impact’ of the topic description. Proposals must quantitatively estimate this contribution.
Phase 1 (only): Good understanding of need for a realistic and relevant analysis of market conditions, total potential market size and growth-rate, competitors and competitive offerings, key stakeholders, clear identification of opportunities for market introduction: potential for market creation is particularly sought after.
Phase 2 (only): Realistic and relevant analysis of market conditions and growth-rate, competitors and competitive offerings, key stakeholders, clear identification of opportunities for market introduction, market creation or disruption (e.g. via new value-chains).
Realistic and relevant description of how the innovation has the potential to scale-up the applicant company (or companies). This should be underpinned by a convincing business plan with a clear timeline, and complemented, where possible, by a track-record that includes financial data (following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019: including financial needs to ensure the company’s success).
The ‘potential to scale-up’ aspect and associated financial needs are particularly examined in Step 2.
Alignment of proposal with overall strategy of applicant SME (or SMEs) and commitment of the team behind them. Demonstration of need for commercial and management experience, including understanding of the financial and organisational requirements for commercial exploitation (Phase 2 only) as well as key third parties needed.
Phase1 (only): Outline of initial commercialisation plan and how this will be developed further (in-house development, licensing strategy, etc.).
Phase 2 (only): Realistic and relevant strategic plan for commercialisation, including approximate time-to-market or deployment. Activities to be undertaken after the project.
The 'commercial strategy' aspect is particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
European/global dimension of innovation with respect to both commercialisation and assessment of competitors and competitive offerings.
Phase 1 (only): Realistic and relevant description of knowledge protection status and strategy, need for 'freedom to operate' (i.e., possibility of commercial exploitation), and current IPR situation or a plan for obtaining this information. Where relevant, description of potential regulatory requirements.
Phase 2 (only): Evidence of or realistic measures to ensure 'freedom to operate' (i.e., possibility of commercial exploitation), convincing knowledge-protection strategy, including current IPR filing status, IPR ownership and licensing issues. Regulatory and/or standards requirements addressed.
Taken as whole, to what extent the above elements are coherent and plausible.
Excellence
25% WEIGHTING – following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 1/3 WEIGHTING for Phase 2
High-risk/high-potential innovation idea that has something that nobody else has. It should be better and/or significantly different to any alternative. Game-changing ideas or breakthrough innovations are particularly sought after.
Its high degree of novelty comes with a high chance of either success or failure.
Realistic description of current stage of development (Phase 2 only: at least TRL 5/6, or something analogous for non-technological innovations[[ Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2, proposals with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) above 8 will only be funded by blended finance option. Grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8.]]), and clear outline of steps planned to take this innovation to market.
Highly innovative solution that goes beyond the state of the art in comparison with existing or competing solutions, including on the basis of costs, ease of use and other relevant features as well as issues related to climate change or the environment, the gender dimension, any other benefits for society, or (Phase 1 only) includes plans for obtaining this information.
Very good understanding of both risks and opportunities related to successful market introduction of the innovation from both technical and commercial points of view or (Phase 1 only) includes convincing plans for obtaining this information.
Phase 2 only: Documentation on the technological, practical and economic feasibility of the innovation.
The 'feasibility' aspect is particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
Phase 1 (only): Objectives for the feasibility study and the approach and activities to be developed are consistent with the expected impact of the project.
Phase 2 (only): Objectives for the innovation proposal as well as the approach and activities to be developed are consistent with the expected impact (i.e. commercialisation or deployment resulting in company growth). Appropriate definition provided of specifications for outcome of project and criteria for success.
Taken as whole, to what extent the above elements are coherent and plausible.
Quality and efficiency of implementation
25% WEIGHTING - following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 1/3 WEIGHTING for Phase 2
Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 and for Phase 2 only: Evidence that the applicant company cannot leverage sufficient investments from the market and/ or, particularly for applicant companies requesting blended finance support, evidence that the applicant company is deemed 'non- bankable' by the market, in view of the activities to be developed.
The 'leveraging of investments' and 'bankability' aspects are particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
Technical/business experience of the team, including management capacity to lead a growing team
Only Phase 1: If relevant, the proposal includes a plan to acquire missing competences.
Only Phase 2: If relevant, the proposal includes a plan to acquire missing competences, namely through partnerships and/or subcontracting*, and explains why and how they are selected (subcontractors must be selected using 'best value-for-money' principles).
The 'team' aspect is particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
Availability of resources required (personnel, facilities, networks, etc.) to develop project activities in the most suitable conditions.
Where relevant, complementarity of partners in a consortium[[Not applicable after the 5 June 2019 cut-off for Phase 2.]].
Only Phase 2:
Where relevant, realistic description of how key stakeholders / partners / subcontractors could be involved* (subcontractors must be selected using 'best value-for-money' principles).
Current financial support by accelerator services and/or business angels will be taken into account. Evidence must be provided as regards the length and type of support received.
Where relevant, the estimated budget and the procedure planned for selecting the subcontractors are appropriate*.
Realistic timeframe and comprehensive description of implementation (work-packages, major deliverables and milestones, risk management) taking the company's or applicant's innovation ambitions and objectives into account.
*Subcontracting is acceptable to the extent required for the implementation of the proposed activities. Subcontracting may be an essential part of the implementation of the project, but should not be a disproportionate part of the total estimated eligible costs. Subcontractors must be selected using 'best value-for-money' principles.
Taken as whole, to what extent the above elements are coherent and plausible.
Evaluation procedure
After each Phase 1 cut-off
Proposals are evaluated in one step.A proposal is evaluated remotely by a number of evaluators with a mixture of technology, industry sector, business and finance expertise.Each evaluator scores each of the three award criteria from 0 to 5. Scores with a resolution of one decimal place may be given.The quality threshold of each criterion is 4 out of 5. The overall quality threshold, applying to the weighted sum of the three individual scores, is 13 out of 15.The consensus score at the level of the three evaluation criteria is the median of the scores given by each evaluator. The overall consensus score is the weighted sum of these separate scores. Proposals that have passed all thresholds are ranked in the order of their final score.If necessary, a panel review is organised remotely. After each Phase 2 cut-off for both, grant only or blended finance applications[[Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2, during the electronic proposal submission process, applicants will choose to apply for grant only or for blended finance (combined grant and equity). .]]
Applicants are required to provide detailed information about the TRL level (or its equivalent for non-technological innovations). In that context, applicants should be aware that activities above TRL 8 can only be funded as equity through blended finance option[[ As from 5 June 2019 (for Phase 2) the grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8. ]].The process of evaluation can recommend three outcomes: 'Go' decision, 'No Go' decision or ‘change into blended finance' decision. Applicants that apply for grant only option will have the opportunity at the time of submission to give the European Commission consent to provide the requested amount of funding in the form of blended finance, should the evaluation conclude there are activities above TRL 8.[[ The criteria for providing funding as blended finance for activities above TRL8 will be specified in the guide for applicants.]]Only the proposals with activities above TRL 8 will be subject to such possibility. The blended finance could replace the initial grant requested at the time of submission. Applicants that do not express such consent will not be considered for a blended finance and will be rejected.For blended finance proposals, the evaluation for the grant component will follow the same steps described below as evaluation of proposals for grant onlyIn the case of proposals with ‘Go’ decision for grant only, Commission will initiate the grant agreement preparation process with SMEs.In the case of proposals for blended finance (with ‘Go’ decision or ‘change into blended finance' decision) Commission will initiate the grant agreement preparation process with SMEs for the grant component. The grant agreement will be then signed between the Commission and the company. These companies will be referred to the EIC Fund team for a due diligence process for the equity component. The EIC Fund will check whether the company is fit for receiving this equity component.[[ After the diligence process European investors will be approached for their possible interest to invest into the company. If an investor is to be found on the market, the equity component of the blended finance will not be implemented as foreseen.]]If the result of the due diligence is negative, equity component will not be funded and the grant agreement may be terminated. If the due diligence is positive, the equity contract will be signed between the EIC Fund and the company. In the case of applicants to whom the Commission proposed funding as blended finance, the grant amount initially requested for the activities of TRL 9 or above will be directly transferred to equity amount. In the case of negative outcome of the due diligence, it will not be funded (neither as grant nor as equity).Proposals with ‘No Go’ decision will be rejected. However proposal rejected on the basis of the bankability assessment but assessed as viable for other types of EU financing will be invited to consider other European Union financial instruments. Applications are evaluated in two steps.
Step 1: remote evaluation
A proposal is evaluated remotely by a number of evaluators with a mixture of technology, industry sector, business and finance expertise.Each evaluator scores each of the three award criteria from 0 to 5. Scores with a resolution of one decimal place may be given.The quality threshold of each criterion is 4 out of 5. The overall quality threshold, applying to the weighted sum of the three individual scores, is 13 out of 15.The consensus score of a proposal at the level of the three evaluation criteria is the median of the scores given by each evaluator. The overall consensus score is the weighted sum of these scores.Proposals that pass all quality thresholds will be considered for step 2.For proposals submitted to the March 2020 cut-off, the evaluators, based on the priorities defined in collaboration with Health Security Committee, will also assess whether they are directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises. Coronavirus relevance includes innovations addressing: diagnostics and treatments for Coronavirus; protection and solutions for healthcare systems; monitoring and information systems for infectious diseases; prevention and preparedness for Coronavirus and/or pathogens with the potential for Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) epidemics; and wider socio-economic impacts caused by Coronavirus including business continuity and social wellbeing. Step 2: face-to-face interview
Starting with the highest-scoring proposal and in descending, sequential order, proposals are passed to Step 2 until, as a batch, either the total amount of EU funding requested is as close as possible to at least twice the budget available, or all proposals eligible for funding have been accounted for. The actual threshold to pass to Step 2 will therefore be dynamic and depend on the volume of proposals received that pass all quality thresholds.As an exceptional measure, for proposals submitted to the March 2020 cut-off the above procedure will be applied separately depending on whether proposals are assessed as directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises. For those proposals assessed as not directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises, the above procedure will be applied for an indicative budget amount of €164 million. For proposals assessed as directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises, the above procedure will be applied for an additional indicative budget amount of €150 million. If as a result of the face-to-face interviews step:
- the entire indicative budget initially dedicated to funding the best Coronavirus related proposals is not allocated, the remaining balance will supplement the budget to be allocated to funding the best non-Coronavirus related proposals;
- the entire indicative budget initially dedicated to funding the best non-Coronavirus related proposals is not allocated the remaining balance will supplement the budget to be allocated to funding the best Coronavirus related proposals;
- both the entire indicative budgets initially dedicated to funding the best Coronavirus and non-Coronavirus related proposals are not allocated, the remaining balance will be allocated to indicative budgets of subsequent cut-off dates.
To contribute towards a more gender balanced European innovation ecosystem, for the cut-off deadlines of 7 October 2020 and for the EIC accelerator Green Deal of 19 May 2020, when inviting the best applicants who passed all the quality thresholds to face-to-face interviews, the Commission will aim at having in the pool of the best applicants invited to interviews at least 25% of applications submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEO (or equivalent position). To this end, the pool of the best applicants invited to face-to-face interviews will be constituted as follows: Like for the first and second cut-off dates, a pool of the best ranked applications after step 1 (highest scoring) requesting an aggregated financial support equal to at least the double of the budget available will be constituted.If in that pool: at least 25% of the applications are submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position), only the applications of that pool will be invited to face-to-face interviews.less than 25% of the applications are submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position), the pool will be expanded to subsequent best ranked applications (starting with the highest scoring in descending, sequential order) submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position) until reaching, if possible, a composition of the pool of at least 25% of applications submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position). All such applicants invited to interview must have passed the quality thresholds from Step 1. SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEO means that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, or the equivalent position, is held by a woman at the time of application, interview and award of the EU Financial support. This will be subject to verification by the Commission.Each applicant whose proposal has passed to Step 2 is invited to a face-to-face interview in Brussels. In exceptional cases, interviews may be organised via video-conference.Only staff of applicants can represent them. Representation by third parties is forbidden.The interview is conducted by evaluators with a mixture of technology, industry sector, business and finance expertise. During the interview, the applicant will be asked questions designed to clarify aspects of the proposal evaluated in Step 1, in particular those indicated above under 'award criteria'.In Step 2, proposals will receive, in addition to the score in Step 1, an 'A' mark or a 'B' mark from the final panel review. Only proposals that have passed all quality thresholds and receive an 'A' mark are proposed for funding, including blended finance when applicable, in order to ensure that only the best proposals will be retained for funding. For both Phase 1 and Phase 2
During the electronic proposal submission process, you can provide up to three names of persons that should not act as an evaluator of your proposal, for commercial or other reasons. The persons identified may be excluded from the evaluation of the proposal, as long as it remains possible to have the proposal evaluated.To set a priority order for proposals given the same consensus score in Phase 1, the following method is used:Proposals are first prioritised according to scores given for the award criterion 'impact'.Where those scores are equal, priority is then determined using scores for the award criterion 'excellence'.If necessary, a further prioritisation is based on the degree of gender balance among the personnel named in the proposal as primarily responsible for carrying out the project. Communication to applicants after evaluation procedure
Phase 1
For each proposal, applicants receive an evaluation summary report with the scores obtained and a qualitative assessment with respect to each of the aspects considered under each of the three award criteria.
Phase 2
Each applicant invited to an interview in Step 2 receives an invitation at the end of Step 1.
For each proposal, applicants receive an evaluation summary report with the scores obtained and a qualitative assessment with respect to each of the aspects considered under each of the three award criteria (Step 1 of the evaluation). For proposals that have passed to Step 2, the report will contain an A or B mark and an additional qualitative assessment including a possible recommendation on resubmission. Successful applicants will be informed.
Phase 1 and Phase 2 applicants meeting all quality thresholds but not receiving funding will receive a Seal of Excellence.
Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement signature[[ Due to the launch of the new enhanced EIC pilot the first applications under the EIC Accelerator pilot may experience processing delays. For these cases, Horizon 2020 TTI and TTG timeframes shall be observed.]]
Information about the outcome of the evaluation: Maximum 2 months after the corresponding cut-off date set out above for phase 1 and maximum 4 months after the corresponding cut-off date set out above for phase 2. Indicative date for the signing of grant agreements: Maximum 3 months from the final date for submission in phase 1 and maximum 6 months from the final date for submission in phase 2.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreements:
Information on the outcome of phase 1 of the SME Instrument: maximum 2 months after the corresponding cut-off date. Signature of grant agreements: maximum 3 months after the corresponding cut-off date.
Information on the outcome of phase 2 of the SME Instrument: maximum 4 months after the corresponding cut-off date. Signature of grant agreements: maximum 6 months after the corresponding cut-off date.
EASME will publish the names of the legal entities invited for the preparation of the Grant Agreement. Should an applicant not wish to have their name published in the case of a successful evaluation, they should contact the person (Project officer) that is mentioned in the invitation letter as soon as possible.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
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EIC Accelerator pilot - SME instrument – Green Deal (19 May 2020 cut-off):
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
MGA SME Ph2 (EIC Accelerator Pilot)
Annotated Grant Agreement to be available soon
EIC Accelerator Pilot (SME instrument - grant only or mix of equity and grant) - Guidelines for applicants
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6. Additional provisions:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Technology readiness levels (TRL) – where a topic description refers to TRL, these definitions apply
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.
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.
Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in Annex L of the Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.
Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.
Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.
Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.
Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.
The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.
8. Additional documents:
Introduction WP 2018-20
European Innovation Council (EIC) WP 2018-20
Dissemination, Exploitation and Evaluation WP 2018-20
General annexes to the Work Programme 2018-2020
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Regulation of Establishment
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Specific Programme
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in the Work Programme part "European Innovation Council (EIC)".
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
Who can benefit from EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) funding?
A proposal will be considered eligible if:
Its content corresponds, wholly or in part, to the description of the EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) call[[ As from the cut-off date of 5 June 2019, activities of a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) above 8 can only be financed by blended finance option. Grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8.]].The single beneficiary, or every beneficiary of a consortium[[ Not applicable after the 5 June 2019 cut-off for Phase 2.]], is a for-profit SME (including start-up) located in an EU Member State or a Horizon 2020 associated country.Th... 1. Eligible countries: described in Annex A of the Work Programme.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in the Work Programme part "European Innovation Council (EIC)".
For UK applicants: Please note that UK-based legal entities are only eligible to participate in the Grants part of this topic.
Who can benefit from EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) funding?
A proposal will be considered eligible if:
Its content corresponds, wholly or in part, to the description of the EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) call[[ As from the cut-off date of 5 June 2019, activities of a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) above 8 can only be financed by blended finance option. Grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8.]].The single beneficiary, or every beneficiary of a consortium[[ Not applicable after the 5 June 2019 cut-off for Phase 2.]], is a for-profit SME (including start-up) located in an EU Member State or a Horizon 2020 associated country.There is no concurrent submission or implementation[[Complementary proposals building on ongoing SME Instrument Phase 2 projects requesting blended finance are not considered concurrent implementation. These complementary proposals must build on the initial running project and will request equity and additional grant where justified by new TRL5/6 to 8 and/or TRL9 activities. The initial running project must have started at least 6 months prior to the date of submission of the complementary proposal.]] with another EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) Phase 1 or Phase 2 project (before and after the introduction of the EIC Accelerator pilot).If an applicant is involved in two proposals that were formally submitted but not yet reviewed under phase 1 and/or 2, only the proposal that was submitted first will be considered eligible. Only applicable to the EIC Accelerator "Green Deal": Projects must significantly contribute to at least one of the sustainability objectives mentioned under ‘expected impact’ of the topic description. Simultaneously, projects shall do no significant harm to any of those objectives. Projects dedicated to increase the efficiency of fossil fuels technologies or fossil fuels use are ineligible. What are the requirements for an EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument) proposal to be admissible?
A proposal will be considered admissible if the following conditions are met:
it was submitted in the electronic submission system before the final cut-off deadline;it is readable, accessible and printable;it is complete and includes the requested administrative data, the proposal description (including detailed information about the TRL level (or equivalent for non-technological innovation) for Phase 2), and the obligatory supporting documents specified below;for a Phase 2 proposal, it includes a mandatory first commercialisation plan.
Proposal page limits and layout: please refer to Part B of the proposal template in the submission system below.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in the Work Programme part "European Innovation Council (EIC)".
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
Evaluation rules for the EIC Accelerator pilot (SME Instrument)
Selection criteria
Financial capacity: Applicants for mono-beneficiary grants (single SME applicants) are not subject to an automatic financial viability check. Coordinators of consortia[[ Not applicable after 5 June 2019 for Phase 2.]] of several SMEs will be invited, at proposal stage, to complete a self-assessment using an online tool.
Operational capacity: During the evaluation of the award criterion ‘Quality and efficiency of implementation’, experts will judge whether each individual participant has, or will have in due time, sufficient operational capacity to successfully carry out their tasks in the proposed work-plan. This assessment will be based on the competence and experience of the applicant, including their operational resources (human, technical, other) and, if applicable and on an exceptional basis, the measures proposed to secure these resources by the time of the implementation of the tasks. The operational capacity of each applicant is determined on the basis of the following supporting documents, which are required when submitting a proposal:
A CV or description of the profile of the persons who will be primarily responsible for carrying out the proposed activities.A brief description of relevant products, services (including widely used datasets or software) or other achievements (which may also include previous projects or activities connected to the subject of the proposal).A description of any significant infrastructure and/or any major items of technical equipment relevant to the proposed work.A description of any third parties that are not represented as project partners but who will nonetheless be contributing towards the work, for example by providing facilities or computing resources.Minimum sustainability and expected impact requirements: Projects must neither hinder the achievement of EU climate objectives nor have other significant negative environmental impacts. Award criteria
Phase 1 and Phase 2 – grant only and blended finance[[ Applicants may apply for the blended finance option following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2.]] [[ Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2, during the electronic proposal submission process, activities of a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technical innovation) above 8 can only be funded by blended finance option.]] - proposals are evaluated by experts on the basis of three award criteria: 'impact', 'excellence', and 'quality and efficiency of implementation'. The aspects examined under each criterion are described in the table below.
Impact
50% WEIGHTING – following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 1/3 WEIGHTING for Phase 2
Convincing specification of the potential to create new markets or create market disruption together with a convincing specification of the substantial demand (including willingness to pay) for the innovation.
Total market size envisaged.
Convincing description of targeted users or customers of the innovation, how their needs have been addressed, why the users or customers identified will want to use or buy the product, service or business model, including compared to what is currently available if anything at all.
Only applicable to the EIC Accelerator "Green Deal": Assessment of the contribution to the Green Deal implementation in terms of delivery of at least one of the sustainability goals described under ‘expected impact’ of the topic description. Proposals must quantitatively estimate this contribution.
Phase 1 (only): Good understanding of need for a realistic and relevant analysis of market conditions, total potential market size and growth-rate, competitors and competitive offerings, key stakeholders, clear identification of opportunities for market introduction: potential for market creation is particularly sought after.
Phase 2 (only): Realistic and relevant analysis of market conditions and growth-rate, competitors and competitive offerings, key stakeholders, clear identification of opportunities for market introduction, market creation or disruption (e.g. via new value-chains).
Realistic and relevant description of how the innovation has the potential to scale-up the applicant company (or companies). This should be underpinned by a convincing business plan with a clear timeline, and complemented, where possible, by a track-record that includes financial data (following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019: including financial needs to ensure the company’s success).
The ‘potential to scale-up’ aspect and associated financial needs are particularly examined in Step 2.
Alignment of proposal with overall strategy of applicant SME (or SMEs) and commitment of the team behind them. Demonstration of need for commercial and management experience, including understanding of the financial and organisational requirements for commercial exploitation (Phase 2 only) as well as key third parties needed.
Phase1 (only): Outline of initial commercialisation plan and how this will be developed further (in-house development, licensing strategy, etc.).
Phase 2 (only): Realistic and relevant strategic plan for commercialisation, including approximate time-to-market or deployment. Activities to be undertaken after the project.
The 'commercial strategy' aspect is particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
European/global dimension of innovation with respect to both commercialisation and assessment of competitors and competitive offerings.
Phase 1 (only): Realistic and relevant description of knowledge protection status and strategy, need for 'freedom to operate' (i.e., possibility of commercial exploitation), and current IPR situation or a plan for obtaining this information. Where relevant, description of potential regulatory requirements.
Phase 2 (only): Evidence of or realistic measures to ensure 'freedom to operate' (i.e., possibility of commercial exploitation), convincing knowledge-protection strategy, including current IPR filing status, IPR ownership and licensing issues. Regulatory and/or standards requirements addressed.
Taken as whole, to what extent the above elements are coherent and plausible.
Excellence
25% WEIGHTING – following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 1/3 WEIGHTING for Phase 2
High-risk/high-potential innovation idea that has something that nobody else has. It should be better and/or significantly different to any alternative. Game-changing ideas or breakthrough innovations are particularly sought after.
Its high degree of novelty comes with a high chance of either success or failure.
Realistic description of current stage of development (Phase 2 only: at least TRL 5/6, or something analogous for non-technological innovations[[ Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2, proposals with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) above 8 will only be funded by blended finance option. Grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8.]]), and clear outline of steps planned to take this innovation to market.
Highly innovative solution that goes beyond the state of the art in comparison with existing or competing solutions, including on the basis of costs, ease of use and other relevant features as well as issues related to climate change or the environment, the gender dimension, any other benefits for society, or (Phase 1 only) includes plans for obtaining this information.
Very good understanding of both risks and opportunities related to successful market introduction of the innovation from both technical and commercial points of view or (Phase 1 only) includes convincing plans for obtaining this information.
Phase 2 only: Documentation on the technological, practical and economic feasibility of the innovation.
The 'feasibility' aspect is particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
Phase 1 (only): Objectives for the feasibility study and the approach and activities to be developed are consistent with the expected impact of the project.
Phase 2 (only): Objectives for the innovation proposal as well as the approach and activities to be developed are consistent with the expected impact (i.e. commercialisation or deployment resulting in company growth). Appropriate definition provided of specifications for outcome of project and criteria for success.
Taken as whole, to what extent the above elements are coherent and plausible.
Quality and efficiency of implementation
25% WEIGHTING - following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 1/3 WEIGHTING for Phase 2
Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 and for Phase 2 only: Evidence that the applicant company cannot leverage sufficient investments from the market and/ or, particularly for applicant companies requesting blended finance support, evidence that the applicant company is deemed 'non- bankable' by the market, in view of the activities to be developed.
The 'leveraging of investments' and 'bankability' aspects are particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
Technical/business experience of the team, including management capacity to lead a growing team
Only Phase 1: If relevant, the proposal includes a plan to acquire missing competences.
Only Phase 2: If relevant, the proposal includes a plan to acquire missing competences, namely through partnerships and/or subcontracting*, and explains why and how they are selected (subcontractors must be selected using 'best value-for-money' principles).
The 'team' aspect is particularly examined in Step 2 of the evaluation of Phase 2 proposals.
Availability of resources required (personnel, facilities, networks, etc.) to develop project activities in the most suitable conditions.
Where relevant, complementarity of partners in a consortium[[Not applicable after the 5 June 2019 cut-off for Phase 2.]].
Only Phase 2:
Where relevant, realistic description of how key stakeholders / partners / subcontractors could be involved* (subcontractors must be selected using 'best value-for-money' principles).
Current financial support by accelerator services and/or business angels will be taken into account. Evidence must be provided as regards the length and type of support received.
Where relevant, the estimated budget and the procedure planned for selecting the subcontractors are appropriate*.
Realistic timeframe and comprehensive description of implementation (work-packages, major deliverables and milestones, risk management) taking the company's or applicant's innovation ambitions and objectives into account.
*Subcontracting is acceptable to the extent required for the implementation of the proposed activities. Subcontracting may be an essential part of the implementation of the project, but should not be a disproportionate part of the total estimated eligible costs. Subcontractors must be selected using 'best value-for-money' principles.
Taken as whole, to what extent the above elements are coherent and plausible.
Evaluation procedure
After each Phase 1 cut-off
Proposals are evaluated in one step.A proposal is evaluated remotely by a number of evaluators with a mixture of technology, industry sector, business and finance expertise.Each evaluator scores each of the three award criteria from 0 to 5. Scores with a resolution of one decimal place may be given.The quality threshold of each criterion is 4 out of 5. The overall quality threshold, applying to the weighted sum of the three individual scores, is 13 out of 15.The consensus score at the level of the three evaluation criteria is the median of the scores given by each evaluator. The overall consensus score is the weighted sum of these separate scores. Proposals that have passed all thresholds are ranked in the order of their final score.If necessary, a panel review is organised remotely. After each Phase 2 cut-off for both, grant only or blended finance applications[[Following the cut-off date of 5 June 2019 for Phase 2, during the electronic proposal submission process, applicants will choose to apply for grant only or for blended finance (combined grant and equity). .]]
Applicants are required to provide detailed information about the TRL level (or its equivalent for non-technological innovations). In that context, applicants should be aware that activities above TRL 8 can only be funded as equity through blended finance option[[ As from 5 June 2019 (for Phase 2) the grant component will only apply to the activities with a TRL (or its equivalent for non-technological innovation) of 5/6 to 8. ]].The process of evaluation can recommend three outcomes: 'Go' decision, 'No Go' decision or ‘change into blended finance' decision. Applicants that apply for grant only option will have the opportunity at the time of submission to give the European Commission consent to provide the requested amount of funding in the form of blended finance, should the evaluation conclude there are activities above TRL 8.[[ The criteria for providing funding as blended finance for activities above TRL8 will be specified in the guide for applicants.]]Only the proposals with activities above TRL 8 will be subject to such possibility. The blended finance could replace the initial grant requested at the time of submission. Applicants that do not express such consent will not be considered for a blended finance and will be rejected.For blended finance proposals, the evaluation for the grant component will follow the same steps described below as evaluation of proposals for grant onlyIn the case of proposals with ‘Go’ decision for grant only, Commission will initiate the grant agreement preparation process with SMEs.In the case of proposals for blended finance (with ‘Go’ decision or ‘change into blended finance' decision) Commission will initiate the grant agreement preparation process with SMEs for the grant component. The grant agreement will be then signed between the Commission and the company. These companies will be referred to the EIC Fund team for a due diligence process for the equity component. The EIC Fund will check whether the company is fit for receiving this equity component.[[ After the diligence process European investors will be approached for their possible interest to invest into the company. If an investor is to be found on the market, the equity component of the blended finance will not be implemented as foreseen.]]If the result of the due diligence is negative, equity component will not be funded and the grant agreement may be terminated. If the due diligence is positive, the equity contract will be signed between the EIC Fund and the company. In the case of applicants to whom the Commission proposed funding as blended finance, the grant amount initially requested for the activities of TRL 9 or above will be directly transferred to equity amount. In the case of negative outcome of the due diligence, it will not be funded (neither as grant nor as equity).Proposals with ‘No Go’ decision will be rejected. However proposal rejected on the basis of the bankability assessment but assessed as viable for other types of EU financing will be invited to consider other European Union financial instruments. Applications are evaluated in two steps.
Step 1: remote evaluation
A proposal is evaluated remotely by a number of evaluators with a mixture of technology, industry sector, business and finance expertise.Each evaluator scores each of the three award criteria from 0 to 5. Scores with a resolution of one decimal place may be given.The quality threshold of each criterion is 4 out of 5. The overall quality threshold, applying to the weighted sum of the three individual scores, is 13 out of 15.The consensus score of a proposal at the level of the three evaluation criteria is the median of the scores given by each evaluator. The overall consensus score is the weighted sum of these scores.Proposals that pass all quality thresholds will be considered for step 2.For proposals submitted to the March 2020 cut-off, the evaluators, based on the priorities defined in collaboration with Health Security Committee, will also assess whether they are directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises. Coronavirus relevance includes innovations addressing: diagnostics and treatments for Coronavirus; protection and solutions for healthcare systems; monitoring and information systems for infectious diseases; prevention and preparedness for Coronavirus and/or pathogens with the potential for Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) epidemics; and wider socio-economic impacts caused by Coronavirus including business continuity and social wellbeing. Step 2: face-to-face interview
Starting with the highest-scoring proposal and in descending, sequential order, proposals are passed to Step 2 until, as a batch, either the total amount of EU funding requested is as close as possible to at least twice the budget available, or all proposals eligible for funding have been accounted for. The actual threshold to pass to Step 2 will therefore be dynamic and depend on the volume of proposals received that pass all quality thresholds.As an exceptional measure, for proposals submitted to the March 2020 cut-off the above procedure will be applied separately depending on whether proposals are assessed as directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises. For those proposals assessed as not directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises, the above procedure will be applied for an indicative budget amount of €164 million. For proposals assessed as directly relevant to the Coronavirus crises, the above procedure will be applied for an additional indicative budget amount of €150 million. If as a result of the face-to-face interviews step:
- the entire indicative budget initially dedicated to funding the best Coronavirus related proposals is not allocated, the remaining balance will supplement the budget to be allocated to funding the best non-Coronavirus related proposals;
- the entire indicative budget initially dedicated to funding the best non-Coronavirus related proposals is not allocated the remaining balance will supplement the budget to be allocated to funding the best Coronavirus related proposals;
- both the entire indicative budgets initially dedicated to funding the best Coronavirus and non-Coronavirus related proposals are not allocated, the remaining balance will be allocated to indicative budgets of subsequent cut-off dates.
To contribute towards a more gender balanced European innovation ecosystem, for the cut-off deadlines of 7 October 2020 and for the EIC accelerator Green Deal of 19 May 2020, when inviting the best applicants who passed all the quality thresholds to face-to-face interviews, the Commission will aim at having in the pool of the best applicants invited to interviews at least 25% of applications submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEO (or equivalent position). To this end, the pool of the best applicants invited to face-to-face interviews will be constituted as follows: Like for the first and second cut-off dates, a pool of the best ranked applications after step 1 (highest scoring) requesting an aggregated financial support equal to at least the double of the budget available will be constituted.If in that pool: at least 25% of the applications are submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position), only the applications of that pool will be invited to face-to-face interviews.less than 25% of the applications are submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position), the pool will be expanded to subsequent best ranked applications (starting with the highest scoring in descending, sequential order) submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position) until reaching, if possible, a composition of the pool of at least 25% of applications submitted by SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEOs (or equivalent position). All such applicants invited to interview must have passed the quality thresholds from Step 1. SMEs (including start-ups) led by women CEO means that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, or the equivalent position, is held by a woman at the time of application, interview and award of the EU Financial support. This will be subject to verification by the Commission.Each applicant whose proposal has passed to Step 2 is invited to a face-to-face interview in Brussels. In exceptional cases, interviews may be organised via video-conference.Only staff of applicants can represent them. Representation by third parties is forbidden.The interview is conducted by evaluators with a mixture of technology, industry sector, business and finance expertise. During the interview, the applicant will be asked questions designed to clarify aspects of the proposal evaluated in Step 1, in particular those indicated above under 'award criteria'.In Step 2, proposals will receive, in addition to the score in Step 1, an 'A' mark or a 'B' mark from the final panel review. Only proposals that have passed all quality thresholds and receive an 'A' mark are proposed for funding, including blended finance when applicable, in order to ensure that only the best proposals will be retained for funding. For both Phase 1 and Phase 2
During the electronic proposal submission process, you can provide up to three names of persons that should not act as an evaluator of your proposal, for commercial or other reasons. The persons identified may be excluded from the evaluation of the proposal, as long as it remains possible to have the proposal evaluated.To set a priority order for proposals given the same consensus score in Phase 1, the following method is used:Proposals are first prioritised according to scores given for the award criterion 'impact'.Where those scores are equal, priority is then determined using scores for the award criterion 'excellence'.If necessary, a further prioritisation is based on the degree of gender balance among the personnel named in the proposal as primarily responsible for carrying out the project. Communication to applicants after evaluation procedure
Phase 1
For each proposal, applicants receive an evaluation summary report with the scores obtained and a qualitative assessment with respect to each of the aspects considered under each of the three award criteria.
Phase 2
Each applicant invited to an interview in Step 2 receives an invitation at the end of Step 1.
For each proposal, applicants receive an evaluation summary report with the scores obtained and a qualitative assessment with respect to each of the aspects considered under each of the three award criteria (Step 1 of the evaluation). For proposals that have passed to Step 2, the report will contain an A or B mark and an additional qualitative assessment including a possible recommendation on resubmission. Successful applicants will be informed.
Phase 1 and Phase 2 applicants meeting all quality thresholds but not receiving funding will receive a Seal of Excellence.
Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement signature[[ Due to the launch of the new enhanced EIC pilot the first applications under the EIC Accelerator pilot may experience processing delays. For these cases, Horizon 2020 TTI and TTG timeframes shall be observed.]]
Information about the outcome of the evaluation: Maximum 2 months after the corresponding cut-off date set out above for phase 1 and maximum 4 months after the corresponding cut-off date set out above for phase 2. Indicative date for the signing of grant agreements: Maximum 3 months from the final date for submission in phase 1 and maximum 6 months from the final date for submission in phase 2.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreements:
Information on the outcome of phase 1 of the SME Instrument: maximum 2 months after the corresponding cut-off date. Signature of grant agreements: maximum 3 months after the corresponding cut-off date.
Information on the outcome of phase 2 of the SME Instrument: maximum 4 months after the corresponding cut-off date. Signature of grant agreements: maximum 6 months after the corresponding cut-off date.
EASME will publish the names of the legal entities invited for the preparation of the Grant Agreement. Should an applicant not wish to have their name published in the case of a successful evaluation, they should contact the person (Project officer) that is mentioned in the invitation letter as soon as possible.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
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EIC Accelerator pilot - SME instrument – Green Deal (19 May 2020 cut-off):
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
MGA SME Ph2 (EIC Accelerator Pilot)
Annotated Grant Agreement to be available soon
EIC Accelerator Pilot (SME instrument - grant only or mix of equity and grant) - Guidelines for applicants
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6. Additional provisions:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Technology readiness levels (TRL) – where a topic description refers to TRL, these definitions apply
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.
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.
Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in Annex L of the Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.
Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.
Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.
Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.
Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.
The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.
8. Additional documents:
Introduction WP 2018-20
European Innovation Council (EIC) WP 2018-20
Dissemination, Exploitation and Evaluation WP 2018-20
General annexes to the Work Programme 2018-2020
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Regulation of Establishment
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Specific Programme
Garantías:
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Efecto incentivador:
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