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Revision as of 19:02, 6 February 2014
1 Call
ICT 2014 - Information and Communications Technologies Call entitled: "Support the growth of ICT innovative Creative Industries SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)"
All the documents related to this application are here : http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/89-ict-18-2014.html#tab2
Submission Deadline: 2014-04-23
Budget: EUR 0.5 million to EUR 1 million for a period between 6 and 18 months (proposals requesting other amounts or durations are possible though)
Funding rate: 70% (100% for non-profits) plus 25% of total sum to cover indirect expenses
Good summary: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/pdf/press/fact_sheet_on_rules_under_horizon_2020.pdf
2 Partnership Notes
- Applications need to be handed it by at least 3 independent partner organizations, all located in different EU member states
- If any participating members involvement exceeds 325,000 Euros there will be a mandatory financial audit by an external auditor (KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, PwC) up to two years after the projects completion. If the funds are lower than 325,000 Euros organizations to be audited are selected at random.
2.1 Grant Agreement
Any participating member is required to sign a grant agreement that outlines the rules under which the application and potential future collaboration will be conducted:
- Any work covered by grant money needs to be released under and open/free license
3 Financial Rules
How the Grant is calculated:
| Innovation Action | Direct Costs | Indirect Costs | Total Costs | % EU Contribution | EU Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Profit | 100 | 25 | 125 | 100 | 125 Euro |
| For-Profit | 100 | 25 | 125 | 70 | 87.5 Euro |
This example is based on the fictional amount of 100 Euro.
Note that the same funding rate applies to all partners in a grant. So if a non profit leads the grant application all for-profit partners will get a 100% funding rate as well.
4 Horizon 2020 funding Process
1. Find a Call
2. Find partners
3. Register the Organisation
4. Submit a proposal
4.1 Find a Call
We have selected this call for the submition: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/89-ict-18-2014.html
The total budget for this call is: 14 Mio. Euro's. This will result of approx. 10 Funded Projects depending on the budget.
For more Information about the Funding Budget please read this Document: About ICT 2014-1 On page 85 you will find the Budget for ICT-2014-1-18.
4.2 Find partners
Our target is to get 5-6 Partners in at least 4 Country's. The min. Requirements are 3 Partners from 3 Country's.
Country entitle to participate Call: All EU and the Associated Countries
Associated Country list
4.3 Register the Organisation
You have to register your Company in to the ECAS system.
Online Manual: Registration of organisation
4.4 Submit a proposal
There will be two documents one for the budget and the second one for the Project itself. This Call is a one step submission that means we have to fill out all the required points.
Online Manual: [Submit a proposal]
For more Information the Manual is available under: H2020 Online Manual
5 The Proposal
5.1 Important Information
- Page limits has to be respected. every page that is over the limit will be removed and the subject that was handled.
- every subject has to be addressed every subject that misses out will reduce the max. of points and the chance to get Grant.
- It's money from Tax payers you have to be fair in the calculation.
- Realistic targets The targets has to be realistic in Time frame and budget wise.
The proposal can be submitted multiple times it will help us to find errors. it's also important the final proposal has to be submitted one day before the deadline!!! the chance that the system will crash in the last hour of the deadline is really high.
For creating a solid Proposal it has to be read by different people to get a solid review.
We will have access to the experts at euresearch.ch to check your proposal that's a free service.
Exaple Proposal: Example (PDF)
5.2 Expert
For more Information about the Expert please go to the Horizon 2020 Experts Page.