Capitalising the full potential of online-collaboration for SME
innovation support
Horizon 2020 call Innosup-6-2015 (Participant Portal code: H2020-INNOSUP-2015-2)
Agnieszka StasiakowskaEASME A2 SME
• Introduction – DG GROW
• Presentation of the call's objective and background followed by Q&A - DG GROW
• Submission/evaluation/granting modalities followed by Q&A - Agnieszka Stasiakowska, EASME
Program
Call modalities
• Funding scheme: Coordination and Support Action (CSA)• Consortium eligibility: min. one partner from MS or AC,
but consortia are encouraged in order to come up with a full range of expertise required
• 2- stage procedure: 1st stage: 10/03/2015, 2nd stage: 12/08/2015
• Total budget available: 2,350,000 EUR• 2-3 proposals to be funded • Indicative budget per project: ≈ 0,8M – 1,5M • EU Contribution 100%
1st Stage Evaluation (3 months)
2nd Stage Proposal
preparation
2nd Stage Evaluation
(max. 5 months)
Two Stage evaluation procedure TIMELINE
Submission Deadline10/03/2015
Invitation to submit 2nd stage proposal06/2015
Submission Deadline 12/08/2015
Submission
Stage 1 (10/03/2015) Stage 2 (12/08/2015)
Short outline proposal Full proposal
• PART A – Only details for Coordinator • PART A – Coordinator + full list of partners
• PART A – only a figure for a total budget requested
• PART A – provide a full budgetary table
• PART B- Max 15 pages (pages above will be watermarked and experts will be asked to ignore them)
• PART B - Max 50 pages
• Fill in only parts on 1.Excellence (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 2.Impact (2.1)
Marked in the proposal template with }
• Fill in all parts of the proposal template
Stage 1 Proposal Template – only }
Evaluation
• Criteria: Excellence, Impact, Implementation• Stage 1 : Only Excellence and Impact criteria will be
evaluated with threshold 4/5 each • Stage 2 : Excellence, Impact and Implementation are
evaluated• No negotiation of Grant Agreement - Consequence
for evaluation:- The proposal is evaluated as submitted - You receive feedback but no recommendations- Any proposal with scores above the thresholds and for which there is sufficient budget will be selected
Evaluation: EXCELLENCE
Excellence of your concept and approach
• Clarity and pertinence of the objectives;• Credibility of the proposed approach;• Soundness of the concept;• Extent that proposed work is ambitious
Evaluation: IMPACT
• Contribution to expected impacts from the Work Programme:
• New services assisting online collaboration for innovation help SMEs to access a broader range of potential innovation partners and mobilise them in a timely manner for concrete projects.
• The qualification profile and training material are made available to SME innovation support agencies interested in enhancing the skills of their staff.
• The efficiency of innovation support service provision - for example but not limited to the services of Enterprise Europe Network – is enhanced.
• Resources in public innovation support are reoriented from information and brokerage functions – which can to a large extend be automated – to higher value added functions like the identification of opportunities and the animation of project development.
• Measures to achieve impact (2nd stage only)• draft plan for the exploitation and dissemination of the results (only for the
second stage)
Evaluation: IMPLEMENTATION (2nd Stage Only)
• Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources
• Complementarity of the participants within the consortium
• Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk management
Convince evaluators that you will make it!!
You need to provide:
• A description of the profile of the persons responsible for carrying out the proposed activities
• A list of up to five relevant publications, and/or products, services (including widely-used datasets or software), or other achievements relevant to the call content;
• A list of up to five relevant previous projects or activities, connected to the subject of this proposal;
• A description of any third parties that are not represented as project partners, but who will nonetheless be contributing towards the work (e.g. providing facilities, computing resources)
Evaluation: Operational Capacity (2nd Stage Only)
Granting
• No negotiation• Max 3 months after 2nd stage evaluation results• Duration of the project – to be proposed by applicants (between 18-36
months)• Pre-financing : The amount depends on the number of reporting periods
and duration of the project. The formula is amount requested/number of reporting periods
• i.e. Project duration 24 months, two reporting periods of 12M each = pre-financing 50%. 5% is retained by the guarantee fund, beneficiary receives 45%. The balance payment at the end of the project will be of 50% + 5% retained by the guarantee fund.
• Participant portal : http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-innosup-2015-2.html
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