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PROPOSAL GUIDELINES Designing Transformative Innovation Through Deep Demonstrations

This document covers applications for funding under SGA 2019.

Call Opens: 18 April 2019 Deadline for Application: 10 May 2019 1800hrs CET

Publication Date: 18 April 2019 Version: 1.0

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Contents

Part 1: Call Overview ............................................................................................................................. 3

Part 2: Application, Assessment, and What to Expect ................................................................... 11

Annex 1: Quality Assessment Criteria .............................................................................................. 15

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Part 1: Call Overview

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Designing transformative innovation through deep demonstration We are seeking proposals from across our community to help develop the first phase of Deep Demonstrations. Deep Demonstrations are a key feature of EIT Climate-KIC’s new Transformation, in Time strategy. The Deep Demonstrations are intended to offer a showcase of a zero-net emissions, a resilient future and highlight the ways that innovation across whole systems can unlock the change we now so desperately need.

The rationale, approach, and focus of Deep Demonstrations is available on our website: click here

Invitation To that end, EIT Climate-KIC is inviting proposals from organisations who can work alongside EIT Climate-KIC BV. to support our community in designing transformative innovation for climate action in Europe. The focus of this call for proposals is on executing a co-design process that will render a rich set of problem-owner focused deep demonstrations. The process is conceived in four phases, starting with an exploration to determine the intended systems and what structural changes are needed. We expect to build on those learnings and to start making choices by scoping out positions to consider what combinations are likely to take effect and contribute to tangible systemic change. Based on the choices we will start to co-design individual projects with problem-owners during the design phase. The effort and emphasis of this call for proposals does not involve executing innovation projects. Organisations interested in proposing innovation projects at this stage should direct their attention to EIT Climate-KIC’s Call to Action.

Who should apply? We are reaching out to problem-owners and to those within our community who can bring strong capabilities on process and innovation design and/or programme management, in relation to the above description. This will include:

▪ Working in a deeply integrated way with designers and ambitious problem-owners such as city authorities, regional government bodies, national government departments, community groups and boards of directors.

▪ Engaging in a design process, including helping to involve unusual actors, unheard voices, and those on the edge of innovation.

▪ Supporting the scoping of innovation positions to meet the needs of problem-owners, analyzing what combinations to enable in the context of EIT Climate-KIC’s portfolio approach.

▪ Assessing who in the world is already engaged in testing and learning from such innovation positions. ▪ Conducting due diligence on prospective options and working with EIT Climate-KIC to nurture the

engagement of supply-side actors. ▪ Producing outputs that will be used and built upon in deep demonstration experiments in 2020 and

beyond – the results will provide the necessary inputs to support funding proposals, including with EIT. ▪ Offering programme management capacity where available to help drive forward such a complex multi-

stakeholder initiative.

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1.1 Purpose of document

The objective of this document is to provide detailed guidance on how to submit proposals under EIT Climate-KIC’s open call for proposals for ‘Designing Transformative Innovation Through Deep Demonstration’, under the Specific Grant Agreement 2019 signed between the EIT Climate-KIC Holding B.V. (on behalf of itself and KIC Partner Organisations).

Before developing your proposal, please read the guidance carefully. There are eligibility criteria which set out the fundamental requirements a proposal needs to satisfy in order to be considered for funding. Failure to meet these criteria will lead to an automatic rejection of the proposal. To increase your chances of being successful, please read the quality assessment criteria enclosed within this document. These criteria will be used by EIT Climate-KIC to assess the quality of proposals.

We strongly encourage all proponents to enter a dialogue with EIT Climate-KIC team members at the earliest opportunity about any proposal you may be preparing. Please send an email to partners@climate-kic.org stating your interest and your inquiry will be forwarded to an appropriate contact person.

1.2 Call for Proposals Schedule

Schedule: ▪ April 18, 2019 – 1200 (CET): Call Documentation Released

▪ April 24, 2019 at 15:00 CET , April 29, 2019 at 16:30 CET, and May 1, 2019 at 15:00 CET: Information webinar (please register by sending an email to: partners@climate-kic.org)

▪ May 10, 2019 – 1800 (CEST): Deadline for submitting Proposals

▪ May 23 & 24, 2019 1800 (CEST): Interviews with shortlisted proponents

▪ May 31, 2019: Proponents notified of Decisions

Brexit: UK Partners and Linked Third Parties, and consortiums involving UK entities are advised to read the communications issued by EIT Climate-KIC regarding eligibility and the UK’s exit from the EU detailed under the Brexit section on the website.

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1.3 What we are calling for?

Background EIT Climate-KIC aims to radically change business as usual in the way of climate action. The 2018 IPCC SR15 Report has given the world 11 years to deal with our addiction to fossil fuels. In the past, EIT Climate-KIC has successfully funded incremental solutions in the way of climate innovation; now we want to up the ante. We want to move toward unleashing exponential change through a systems approach. In order to support this change, we have committed to developing Deep Demonstrations: portfolios of radical experiments that will talk to one another, both within individual portfolios and across them.

Our key aims are: ▪ To deliver a set of Deep Demonstration experiments with a roadmap to activate activities in 2020 and

beyond, through the development of a multi-annual plan. ▪ To activate problem owners, key stakeholders and unusual voices through co-created processes

described in phased approach outlined in Figure 1 – the vision is ambitious, but essential to trigger the type of deep demonstration that will be capable of transformative innovation.

▪ To design across our Deep Demonstrations and share the learnings to ensure we catalyse change.

▪ To learn something unexpected by questioning our own assumptions through radical design thinking. ▪ To develop further insights in how systems thinking can be applied to provoke disruptive innovation. ▪ To work side-by-side with our community to discover how Deep Demonstrations can become the seeds

of a radically innovative climate movements. The co-design partners and problem-owners we want to join us are:

▪ Committed to working as a co-designer ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with EIT Climate-KIC. ▪ Systems thinkers with deep experience as community activators and builders. ▪ Not shy to challenge conventional approaches and committed to multi-dimensional perspectives.

▪ Equipped with an innovative set of methodologies to draw upon and mine deep into collective intelligence. ▪ Nimble, responsive, and focused on rich and evocative results. ▪ Practitioners with a portfolio of work that demonstrates diversity and range working with problem-

owners, unusual actors, and provocative players. ▪ Problem-owners who are eager to move forward and open to possibilities. ▪ What else? You tell us.

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1.4 Transformations, in time: the first wave of deep demonstrations Deep demonstrations are central to EIT Climate-KIC’s strategy. These start with a demand-led approach, working with city authorities, regional bodies, governments or industry leaders committed to zero-net emissions, resilient futures. Through a system innovation approach, the deep demonstrations described in this section couple demand with supply, bringing the full force of our innovation community to tackle multiple levers of change simultaneously through rapid experiments. Building on our experience of generating a supply of innovative ideas for tackling climate change, we are now advancing the first wave of eight deep demonstrations. They represent areas where the EIT Climate-KIC community is ready to act and can bring multiple solutions to help tackle problems. Each one presents a different set of systemic complexities and are at different stages of advancement. It is time to explore, identify, and agree on systems to work on and the structural changes to address or work towards. These results will underpin how positions are scoped and help us understand what combinations will bring together a one portfolio effect. System change is complex and won’t happen tomorrow – but we want to start today with a robust process that we can act on immediately, along with a roadmap that will guide us for the next three years and beyond. That is the challenge we want to work on with our community.

Which Deep Demonstration do you want to work on? ▪ Healthy, Clean Cities: Cities face an enormous challenge in becoming healthy places to live, while

reaching net-zero emissions in just a few years. They are also places where multiple systems intersect, making fast change complex but possible. EIT Climate-KIC is forging relationships with the most ambitious city mayors and municipalities, who are ready to work through a portfolio approach so that they can activate and learn from multiple, diverse, connected innovation options to unlock a wholesale transformation. Deep demonstrations of healthy, clean cities will start in a phased way with a small cohort to be drawn from Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Krakow, Madrid, Malaga, Malmo, Milan and Vienna.

▪ Just Transition for Europe’s Heavy Industrial and Coal Regions: Many regions and people across Europe

still rely on an economy incompatible with tackling climate change. These can be coal producing regions, or ones with polluting heavy industries. While such economies and societies need to change rapidly, the transition must be just and inclusive and indeed design for participation co-design and exponential co-benefits. Innovation at the level of whole systems can help – through the idea of deep demonstration that such just transitions are indeed possible. Our intention is to work with some ambitious regional governments in Upper Silesia (Poland), Mondragon and Asturias (Spain), Emilia Romagna (Italy) and Lusatia and North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany).

▪ Zero-Net Emissions, Resilient Maritime Hubs: Ports are places where multiple systems collide –

shipping, energy, waste, tourism and other transport for example. They are emissions hotspots in themselves, but also hubs with the potential to effect enormous change. In a phased way, EIT Climate-KIC will work with a small cohort of high-ambition port authorities in Valencia (Spain), Piraeus (Greece), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Turku (Finland) and others to demonstrate how ambitious maritime hubs can be catalysts for reversing the fast-growing emissions from international shipping.

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▪ Circular, Regenerative Economy: EIT Climate-KIC will partner with the Government of Slovenia in a deep demonstration of rapid change to circular and regenerative economy and society. Innovation will tackle material production and waste flows across four key economic systems, and in doing so help a small country to advance health and prosperity.

▪ Forging Resilience in Some of Europe’s Most Vulnerable Regions: The global impacts of climate change

involve slow-onset changes, extreme events and increasing systemic risks. Some regions of Europe are particularly exposed to these impacts and are particularly vulnerable due to the make-up of their landscapes, economies and societies. EIT Climate-KIC will take a systems innovation approach to forging resilience, potentially working with regional governments and city authorities in Andalusia (Spain), Nouvelle Aquitaine (France), and the Dolomites area (Italy) among others.

▪ Long Termism: Short-term thinking in investment cycles and in ideas of economic value are acting to

prevent the 1.5°C transition we need. EIT Climate-KIC will explore the most effective problem-owners to work with – whether institutional investors, insurance companies, faith-based organisations or land/landscape owners – to forge experiments that help shift attention incentives and paradigms of value to long-term time horizons.

▪ Turning Regional Landscapes from Carbon Sources to Carbon Sinks: Increasing rural depopulation in

Europe, and economic practices that mine soils and landscapes for profit, are causing land to be sources of emissions, not sinks. Lack of land management is also raising wildfire risk that can create bursts of emissions, whereas opportunities for carbon sequestration are missed. Deep demonstrations of turning landscapes from carbon sources to sinks will need to tackle lack of investment, forge new social contract with soil and forests, and line-up value-chain incentives. EIT Climate-KIC will explore relationships with problem-owners in Scandinavia, Switzerland and Spain among others.

▪ Reforming Food Systems and Meat-Based Diets: Whether its widespread plastic packaging, high-levels

of food waste or diets high on meat consumption, our food systems are incompatible with a 1.5°C future. Deep demonstrations of change must tackle food production, distribution and consumption, and involve working with both places and value-chains. EIT Climate-KIC will explore working with a combination of problem-owners in Nordic countries – from meat-industry leaders committed to introducing alternative proteins, food retailers or national governments.

The problem-owners identified above represent a partial list of some of the organisations with high ambitions that are ready to move forward with this work.

The overall output of the work will be: Deeply integrated design, exploration (research) and co-creation activities with EIT Climate-KIC teams, problem owners and community members through to the end of 2019, which will create a three-year Deep Demonstration Roadmap commencing from January 2020. The Roadmap will include an overarching ‘how to guide’ of methodologies, sets of experiments, and engaged stakeholders as the core outputs and deliverables of the 2019 process.

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1.5 Detailed Requirements Tell us who you are:

EIT Climate-KIC is looking for problem-owners and co-design partners who fit the profile (section 1.3). In your proposal please describe:

▪ Which Deep Demonstration you want to contribute to. If it is more than one, please describe why and how you would approach it.

▪ Provide a team overview, along with your experience and capabilities.

▪ Describe the attributes that the organization and individuals working on the project bring to the work.

▪ Provide evidence and examples to help us understand how your expertise and experience is essential to the Deep Demonstration initiative.

▪ Include particular skills and other assets that will help us understand how we will work together - and how we will work together with our diverse community of partners and problem-owners.

1.6 Programme of Work The following outlines the phases of work, the key requirements, and the deliverables. However, EIT Climate-KIC expects that proposals will also describe the key steps that you will take to achieve these requirements and indicate any variations to the timeline described below, noting the deadline for the final deliverable of three-year Deep Demonstration Roadmap is no later than December 31, 2019.

We have broken the project into four key phases. The phasing, and sub-phases, provide a structure for the overarching focus of the activities to be completed in the weeks – namely Initiation, Exploration, Design and the three-year Deep Demonstration Roadmap. In your proposal please address each of the phases:

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Terms What we mean Phase 1 – Initiation

This phase is dedicated to team-building with CKIC people and planning for co-design process. During this phase we need to ensure the understanding of the strategic intent is understood by all design teams. It will be important for you to meet with the problem owners and the EIT Climate-KIC teams to ensure a systemic and integrated approach. We will agree on the details of the approach and the timeframes. Please describe the deliverables you expect to produce and how you will share them back to the problem-owners and the EIT Climate-KIC teams.

Phase 2 – Exploration

This critical phase will require you to work with problem owners, key stakeholders, community members and unusual actors to understand needs, the context, the aspirations and the constraints. Please articulate how you can balance the need for creative solutions with working across a very wide and sometimes very traditional stakeholders.

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This must be a period of deep listening and collection of local voices. The ethnographic immersion phase is an opportunity for exploring integrative, critical, lateral, intuitive, and systems thinking. During this phase you need to deliver a shared vision / intent for the Deep Demonstration. Please describe the deliverables you expect to produce and how you will share them back to EIT Climate-KIC and the wider community. Please also describe how these can be used to generate learning and capability building.

[Phase 2] Understanding the what & why of diverse stakeholders in a system

This is the phase to question assumptions and embrace the opportunity of learning from both traditional and untraditional sources of knowledge. This must be the point at which a collective understanding of what problems/challenges/barriers are, and the multiple causes/influences/accidents behind these, takes place. At this point we would need an ‘agreed intent’ and a set of agreed problem statements as well as the systems and structural changes to be addressed or worked towards.

[Phase 2] Understanding the what & why of knowledge sharing

A key to system transformation is the collection, curation and sharing of knowledge. We want to understand what knowledge is needed and why it’s critical for transformation. You will need to be a story-teller. To share the ethnographic experience to tell the community about the system innovation you have been working on – as a conduit, for the voices you heard during the Explore Phase, working through biases, assumptions, and imagined futures. The completion of this phase will be an opportunity to ‘course correct’ the workplan (including outputs, deliverables, and budget). This will only be possible if revisions are submitted no later than mid-August, date to be confirmed.

Phase 3 - Design Using the knowledge collected during Exploration, this is the phase at which the leverage/entry points of systems become evident, and it is time to design for how the Deep Demonstrations will work. Please describe the deliverables you expect to produce and how you will share them back to EIT Climate-KIC and the wider community. Please also describe how these can be used to generate learning and capability building.

[Phase 3] Building the ‘how’ for transformative innovation using deep demonstrations

You will begin to identify, design, trial, iterate and describe the methodologies and approaches to be used in the Deep Demonstrations. How will they work, who are the types of actors who need to be involved, what are the critical factors to consider? Based on your research you will

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also begin to identify activities and potential experiments to be conducted in 2020 and beyond.

[Phase 3] Building the how for knowledge sharing

Design the methods for transmitting your knowledge. Be original. Be 21st century. Even better. Be 22nd century. Tell us what you can do.

Phase 4 Writing a 3-year plan

Together with the EIT Climate-KIC people you have been working with, this is the phase of the workplan dedicated to developing the next three-year roadmap for the Deep Demonstration projects. This roadmap should take the shape of a project document and include an internal theory of change and SMART indicators of change. The three-year plans must have a clear budget and array of activities and milestones, and possible risks. Roadmaps should plan in flexibility and learning/feedback loops to avoid working with the wrong assumptions.

Project management Please describe your plan for project management

The Initiation and Exploration phases are estimated to run over an eight to ten-week period. The Design phase is expected to be active from mid-July to mid-November. The final, and fourth phase, will consolidate the work into a three-year roadmap. Proposals submitted under this Call for Proposals will provide a workplan for all four phases.

Upon completion of Phase 2 an opportunity to adjust the workplan will be possible. This will be the juncture in the project to ‘course correct’ and make necessary adjustments to the plan. The intention is to implement a process that is nimble and responsive to emergent data and the progress of the work. EIT Climate-KIC will retain the right to approve any revisions prior to the start of Phase 3 (which will require completing a task change request).

Important: the opportunity to ‘course correct’ the workplan at the end of Phase 2 (including outputs, deliverables, and budget) will only be possible if revisions are submitted no later than mid-August, date to be confirmed)

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Part 2: Application, Assessment, and What to Expect How to apply: Designing Transformative Innovation Through Deep Demonstration All proposals must be submitted using use EIT Climate-KIC’s new grant management system Plaza.

Important: please see instructions below – it is important you complete the Programme Type correctly.

To apply:

Register on Plaza: • Use Plaza – found on our website • If you are not yet a EIT Climate-KIC Partner please send an email to

partners@climate-kic.org to be provided access Important Instructions: Plaza project file

• Once you have opened a new Plaza project complete the following steps: 1. Select Programme Type: DEEP Innovations for Change 2. Other Programme Type: identify the Deep Demonstration your

proposal relates to 3. Workplan: complete only for 2019

Make contact with the EIT Climate-KIC team

• Speak to EIT Climate-KIC about the proposal that you are preparing. If you do not have a contact person, please send an email to partners@climate-kic.org

Attend the information webinar • Scheduled for April 24,2019 at 15:00 CET, April 29, 2019 at 16:30 CET, and May 1, 2019 CET please register by sending an email to partners@climate-kic.org

Online application • Only applications submitted in Plaza will be accepted

Please note that we will not accept any applications outside of the Plaza system. If you experience technical difficulties with the system please consult the guidance within the Systems Manuals section of Plaza, if you are still unable to resolve your technical issue then please raise a support ticket in the system. For any other queries contact your local EIT Climate-KIC team for support. The form needs to be fully completed, containing information that is accurate and in accordance with the guidance provided.

You will need to submit your application by 10 May 2019 no later than 1800 CET. We will not accept late submissions and please note the system will be locked after this time. You must use the grant management system Plaza to submit your proposal or your application will be deemed ineligible.

Preparing a proposal

When completing your application, you will need to pay attention to:

▪ How you describe the activities that will be conducted (the workplan) to achieve the objectives of the project/ activity.

Please include team profile and description in the Workplan. If additional space is required and/or if you would like to include materials such as C.V’s and work experience, please upload the documents under the ‘Files’ tab.

Complete a Workplan for 2019 only.

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▪ The Outputs of your work, EIT use the format of outputs, deliverables, and KPIs. Outputs should be considered substantial pieces of work done to achieve the objectives

– a typical formulation might see one output per work package. Deliverables are supporting documents that evidence the work has taken place according to

the required standards and as set out in the Workplan. Two or three deliverables might typically underpin one major output. Suggested deliverable types can be found here: link

KPIs are Key Performance Indicators and there are two sets of KPIs – EIT Climate-KIC KPIs and EIT KPIs – both can be found here: link

Please ensure you follow these instructions when you open the new proposal:

Please note that external, independent experts may assess the quality your application.

The information requested in Plaza is required to verify that projects are constructed and planned effectively by the organisations receiving funding and to meet our reporting obligations from EIT. Please ensure that all required information is provided. Without the availability of the relevant information the application will not be progressed. Based on experience, EIT Climate-KIC would like to request attention to detail in the cost category descriptions – please consult the help-notes that you will find alongside each field in the system for guidance and examples where offered.

All applications should be written in English. Exceptions can be made for supporting documents, such as C.V’s and team profile information, which you may wish to attach in the ‘Files’ tab in Plaza – these documents could be written in one of the official languages spoken in the country from which the application is submitted. However, if you wish for these to be assessed by all reviewers, you may choose to provide a short summary in English. EIT Climate-KIC reserves the right to request a translation at any time and reserves the right not to pass additional information to reviewers if not provided in English or supported by a translation.

Please be aware that the system does not support images or graphics (if required please submit these as a PDF under the ‘Files’ tab – you will need to clearly name this document and reference it within the Workplan/ Work Package information provided. Any tables, graphs, or images inserted into other sections of the proposal will not be provided to independent reviewers for evaluation.

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EIT Reimbursement Rate

The Maximum EIT Reimbursement rate is applied at the project level. The rate varies between EIT Climate-KIC programmes. The Maximum EIT Reimbursement Rate that will be applied to projects arising from the ‘Design Transformative Innovation Though Deep Demonstration’ call for proposals is 80%

Important: when determining your budget please be aware that the funding is only for 2019.

Please refer to Managing Performance, Risk, and Fairness in Implementing the EIT Grant, under the Finance and Grant Management section of the website.

The EIT Reimbursement Rate is viewed at partner level –the project reimbursement must not exceed 80%, individual Partners can seek up to 100% EIT reimbursement (but others would need to seek lower amounts) i.e.:

• Partner A: 70% EIT Reimbursement + 30% co-funding • Partner B: 100% EIT Reimbursement + 0% co-funding • Partner C: 70% EIT Reimbursement + 30% co-funding

EIT Reimbursement Rate viewed at partner level (an example for your information, only)

Proposal Submission

Proposals can be submitted at any time from the launch of the call until 6pm/18:00 CET on the day of closing as indicated. The Deadline is 10 May at 1800hrs CET.

We strongly recommend that you liaise with your local EIT Climate-KIC office prior to submitting a proposal to receive support and guidance on completing your application, as well as attending the webinar planned for April 26, 2019, as noted above – please register by sending an email to partners@climate-kic.org

All applications must be submitted via Plaza.

Please note: No extensions will be granted. Any changes to the proposal requested by the applicant after submission will not be allowed.

Your Data

In Plaza, all registrants will have to accept EIT Climate-KIC's General Terms and Conditions which also includes in particular, our Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy and Cookie Policy and warrant and represent that they have the authority to agree and accept these on behalf of the named organisation. Personal data provided may be processed, including sharing with other organisations, by EIT Climate-KIC and certain sensitive data elements will

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be visible to other partners or potential partners of EIT Climate-KIC. The named partner organisation or potential partner of EIT Climate-KIC warrants and represents that in providing personal data in connection with the proposal, the data subjects have consented to the provision of this personal data and the processing of it by Climate-KIC in the manner indicated in accordance with our Privacy Policy, and that the partner organisation or potential partner of EIT Climate-KIC provides the personal data in accordance with applicable law.

Partner Status

Partner Status Only EIT Climate-KIC Partner Organisations who have acceded to the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) with EIT are eligible to receive EIT-funding. However, organisations who have not applied for or received partnership status are strongly encouraged to participate in/apply to programmes. Should such organisations wish to receive EIT-funding, they are welcome to apply for partnership status (which must be obtained before receiving EIT funds). Please reach out to your local EIT Climate-KIC office for further information.

Non-EIT Climate-KIC Partners can apply to the call but will not be eligible to receive funding until they have EIT Climate-KIC Partner status. Please note that Plaza is only accessible to EIT Climate-KIC partners. Organisations/ individuals who are not yet EIT Climate-KIC Partners but are preparing a bid will need to contact your local EIT Climate-KIC office before starting your application – guest access will be provided.

2.1 Review Mechanism & Decision-making

All proposals will be assessed fairly and transparently in the scope of EIT Climate-KIC’s assessment criteria.

Important: an interview is part of the assessment process. Please make note of the tentative dates (to be confirmed). The interview will be conducted remotely and will be no longer than one hour.

Conflicts of interest are mitigated through a disclosure process and follow a full recusal from the decision process in such instances. Any that do not meet the criteria will be informed that they will not progress to the next stage of assessment. All other applications will be sent for further assessment. EIT Climate-KIC reserves the right to declare applications as out of scope based on the parameters set out in this Call for Proposals.

Applications are assessed against the criteria (see Annex 1). Assessors will provide written feedback for each scored question in the application. For all other call programmes, EIT Climate-KIC follows a similar evaluation and selection process.

Decisions as to whether a proposal is accepted or rejected will be communicated as detailed in this document.

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Annex 1: Quality Assessment Criteria Assessment Criteria EIT Climate-KIC will use the following quality assessment criteria for assessing all Deep Demonstration proposals:

CRITERIA WEIGHT DESCRIPTION Strategic Fit & Contribution to the initiative

25% ▪ Does the proposal articulate a clear collaborative perspective as the basis for a successful co-design process?

▪ Does the proposal provide a clear narrative substantiating how the project will support and enable the objectives described in the Designing Transformative Innovation Through Deep Demonstrations brief?

▪ Is the proposal clearly in-sync with each phase of the work programme?

▪ Does the overall approach and perspective of the project team have the potential to render new learning and something unexpected?

Problem-Owner and Stakeholder Engagement

20% ▪ Does the proposal demonstrate how the team aims to work with the problem-owners?

▪ Does the proposal provide a convincing approach that balances the need to have creative solutions while working with a range of stakeholders on a continuum between traditional and those open to novel strategies?

▪ Does the proposed method have to potential to deeply integrate with problem owners such as cities, regions, communities and others seem feasible?

▪ Does the project team have the experience and strategy to involve unusual actors, unheard voices, and those on the edge of innovation. Does the proposal offer a pathway that breaks new ground on how this work is done?

Project Team 20% ▪ Do the partner (or consortium of partners) have the appropriate skills and capabilities to successfully deliver the project?

▪ Is the profile, skill sets, perspective, and experience, the right fit? ▪ To what extent does the project evidence the ability to engage

organisations from different parts of society (government, academia, industry and civil society)? All else being equal, a high degree of diversity will be preferred.

Systems Innovation Potential

15% ▪ Does the project team have the potential to create a programme of experiments that could trigger transformational change on a systems level? With the problem-owner at the heart of the work?

▪ Is there potential to develop the next three-year roadmap for the project evident?

▪ Does the proposal offer something unique and innovative that will challenge conventional thinking?

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Project Plan & Clarity of Outputs

10% ▪ Are the deliverables of each phase of the project schedule and workplan clearly described? Including how the deliverables will be shared?

▪ Is the description of how the deliverables will be used to generate learning and capability building well-articulated and feasible?

▪ Is the description of the suggested methodologies and approaches that could be used in the Deep Demonstrations thoughtfully described, including the types of actors who need to be involved and the critical factors?

▪ Are the work plan and work packages clearly explained and relevant to support the project objectives?

▪ Are the project outputs, deliverables and KPIs clearly stated and linked to the different work packages/project stages identified in the work plan?

▪ Is the work plan, work packages, outputs, deliverables and KPIs targeted reasonable for the duration of the project and the grant amount requested?

▪ Are key assumptions and risks presented clearly? Value for Money 10% ▪ How well is the funding spent on activities directly linked to

achieving the project objectives, deliverables and KPIs? ▪ How appropriate is the funding request in relation to the anticipated

benefits? ▪ How much co-funding is offered to match the EIT funding? (Note:

minimum co-funding is 20%)