HORIZON EUROPE
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Specific Challenge:Increasing our daily dependence on batteries calls for increased efforts in ensuring their quality, reliability and life (QRL). While sensing is the natural instrument to monitor and control QRL, it can also serve to identify defective components and local spots in the cell that need to be repaired by injection or addition of self-healing functions.
Scope:The target is to deliver a proof-of-concept for the realization of battery cells with the proper repairing additives and to elucidate the modus operandi of the specific self-healing functionality by advanced analytical tools. Proposals should aim at developing innovative auto-repairing approaches for cell components such as mechanisms for on-demand administration of molecules that can solubilize a resistive deposit or at injecting self-repairing polymers to restore a defective electrode within the battery. They should lay the foundation for a sound scientific platform on battery self-healing relying on chemical/physical tooling. Whatever the pursued approach, it will have to comply with the electrochemical environment of the targeted cell environment, be readily adaptable to battery cell mas...
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Specific Challenge:Increasing our daily dependence on batteries calls for increased efforts in ensuring their quality, reliability and life (QRL). While sensing is the natural instrument to monitor and control QRL, it can also serve to identify defective components and local spots in the cell that need to be repaired by injection or addition of self-healing functions.
Scope:The target is to deliver a proof-of-concept for the realization of battery cells with the proper repairing additives and to elucidate the modus operandi of the specific self-healing functionality by advanced analytical tools. Proposals should aim at developing innovative auto-repairing approaches for cell components such as mechanisms for on-demand administration of molecules that can solubilize a resistive deposit or at injecting self-repairing polymers to restore a defective electrode within the battery. They should lay the foundation for a sound scientific platform on battery self-healing relying on chemical/physical tooling. Whatever the pursued approach, it will have to comply with the electrochemical environment of the targeted cell environment, be readily adaptable to battery cell mass production processes and not hinder subsequent recycling process. The competitive advantage over alternative approaches like replacement or recycling or second-use should be demonstrated.
The Commission considers that proposals for Research and Innovation Actions of a 3-year duration and requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 2 and 4 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals of another duration and/or requesting other amounts.
The project partners shall make provisions to actively participate in the common activities of the large scale research initiative on Future Battery Technologies and in particular: coordinate technical work with the other selected projects under topics LC-BAT-12-2020 and LC-BAT-13-2020; and contribute to the activities of the Coordination and Support Action defined under the topic LC-BAT-15-2020. In particular, the project partners will need to conclude a written collaboration agreement with the other projects selected from these topics as indicated in the Grant Conditions.
Note that special Grant Conditions will apply for projects granted under this topic. Please see under Call Conditions.
Expected Impact:Increased quality, reliability and life (QRL) of the battery system by extending the lifetime of the battery cells and maximizing their performanceIndustrial opportunities for exploiting new concepts and technologies for integrating self-healing capabilities in the battery cell.
Cross-cutting Priorities:LC-BAT
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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
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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
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.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the Work Programme.
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 Annex H of the Work Programme.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreements:
Information on the outcome of evaluation: maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
Research and Innovation Action:
Specific provisions and funding rates
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
General MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
Annotated Grant Agreement
6. Additional provisions:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Technology readiness levels (TRL) – where a topic descripti... 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.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the Work Programme.
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 Annex H of the Work Programme.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreements:
Information on the outcome of evaluation: maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
Research and Innovation Action:
Specific provisions and funding rates
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
General MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
Annotated Grant Agreement
6. Additional provisions:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Technology readiness levels (TRL) – where a topic description refers to TRL, these definitions apply
Grants awarded under this topic shall be implemented as a programme through the use of complementary grants to those awarded under topics LC-BAT-12-2020, LC-BAT-13-2020, LC-BAT-14-2020 and LC-BAT-15-2020, and the respective options of Article 2, Article 31.6 and Article 41.4 2 of the Model Grant Agreement will be applied. In particular the projects are required to conclude a collaboration agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
For grants awarded under this topic for Research and Innovation Actions the Commission or Agency may object to a transfer of ownership or the licensing of results to a third party established in a third country not associated to Horizon 2020. The respective option of Article 30.3 of the Model Grant Agreement will be applied.
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:
1. Introduction WP 2018-20
2. Future and Emerging Technologies (FETs) WP 2018-20
5i. Information and communication technologies (ICT) WP 2018-20
5ii. Nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology WP 2018-20
10. Secure, clean and efficient energy WP 2018-20
11. Smart, green and integrated transport WP 2018-20
12. Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials WP 2018-20
18. Dissemination, Exploitation and Evaluation WP 2018-20
20. Cross-cutting activities 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
Additional information about the call
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