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Era-net Transport Flagship 2015 CallProcedures and Timeline

Kick-off event and InfodayBrussels, May 13th 2015

Walter Wasner (bmvit)

mindfuel at the heart of transport research

Contents+ Cornerstones and

Characteristics+ Tn Call framework definitions

o Requirements (proposals, consortia)o Evaluation Procedureo Timeline

+ Accompanying Toolso ENT-Platformo Feed-Back Tool

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+ Contents

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Cornerstones and Characteristics+ Joint / Coordinated Call

between 11 n/r funding agencies+ Common call framework

definitions (TN-Requirements) + individual n/r specifications

+ Common call timeline & joint pro-posal evaluation (procedure/criteria)

+ Virtual Common Funding pot ~10M€ (varying between 0,4M€ - 1,5M€)

+ All definitions, references, contacts:

GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS (GfA)http://transport-era.net/

research-calls/sustainable/

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Proposals shall address…+ listed research topics/questions

relevant for at least one call domain (indicate one major call domain in EPSS!)

+ further research topics/questions relevant for domain(s), Scope, Challenges and objectives of the call

+ Fundamental and/or Applied Research towards operational strategies, applicable results and/or deployable products/services (recommended TRL levels >3-6) and

+ a duration not exceeding 24 months

+ TN-Requirements related to the proposals

+ Obey complementing requirements in n/r specifications(Annex GfA)!

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Consortia shall…+ consist out of min. 3 independent

partners from different countries (max. 70% of eligible project costs per country)

+ consist out of Universities, research organisations/ institutes, stakeholder associations, city councils, SMEs and industry (+ associated LoI/MoU partners)

+ present tn cooperation added value and

+ provide a draft Consortium Agreement (cooperation commitment, IPRs etc) in EPSS

+ TN-Requirements related to the consortia

+ Obey complementing requirements in n/r specifications(Annex GfA)!

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Evaluation/Selection procedure+ Pre-proposal (no EPSS support):o Individual procedures of responsible n/r funding

organisation (n/r Contact Points)o Will the envisaged proposal be in line with n/r

program&administrative requirements?

+ Full-proposal Evaluation (via EPSS):o Check transnational eligibility (Call SEC)o Check n/r eligibility (n/r funding organisations)o Qualitative Assessement / Project Ranking

(International Experts Panel)

+ Consensus Meeting / Proposal Selection(n/r funding organisations)

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Qualitative Assessement+ 3 Evaluation Criteria (scores 1-5 each /

thresholds 3/10 according FP7):o S/T QUALITY “Scientific and/or technological

excellence - Quality of the transnational project”o IMPLEMENTATION “Quality and efficiency of

the implementation and the management”o Potential IMPACT

+ Results (via EPSS to proposal coordinator):o Selection/Rejection (obligations/recommends)o Joint Assessment Report from Expert Panel

(including scores)

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Timeline

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http://www.ent-platform.eu/

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Feed-Back Tool+ Purpose: Feed-Back to ENT on FS-Call

Outline, Call Process, EPSS, Support + Target Group: All Applicants+ How: Via electronic questionnaire

(EPSS)+ When: Feed-Back request after call

closure

Your participation is very much appreciated!

THANK YOU!