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Table 7. Information about the Section 2 Call - 2018
Type of action
Research & Innovation Activities (RIA)
Total indicative amount allocated to this call
EUR 30 million
Funding level
depending on National Regulations
Expected number of grants
20 to 30
Additional eligibility conditions
In addition to the standard admissibility, and eligibility
(section 5.2.2 and 5.2.3) the following additional
eligibility condition applies to this Call for Proposals
(section 5.3.1):
Each participant in a bidding consortium must check its
own eligibility for participation/funding in accordance to
their national regulations.
In this context, participants have to check also the
eligibility for funding of each topic per country (as
indicated in table 7 above and part 5.2.3 of the AWP
2018 )
Submission and evaluation procedure
Two-stage application procedure. For the first stage, a
pre-proposal (maximum 10 pages) must be submitted by
the first deadline. Successful applicants in the first stage
will be invited to submit a full proposal (maximum 70
pages) for the second stage. A timeline for the
submission and evaluation of applications can be found
in table 8 of the AWP 2018.
Evaluation rules
The scoring, thresholds and weightings for RIAs listed in
section 5.2.6 will be used.
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Grant agreement
Each national funding body will fund the beneficiaries
established in its own country, thus, the national funding
rules apply.
Each national funding body will sign a grant agreement
(or any official documents acting as contract) with their
national beneficiaries taking part in the selected project
(section 5.2.11). The coordinator of the project has to
decide with his/her partners of a common starting date
of the project and send this information to all the
funding bodies involved in funding this project in order
to ensure that the national contracts are synchronized in
time to cover all the period of the project.
Consortium agreement
A consortium agreement mentioning the distribution of
the tasks among partners (as listed in the proposal) must
be concluded. Some national funding bodies may require
this document before signing the grant agreement then
it is necessary to refer to the national regulations and
draft this document accordingly (section 5.2.11)
Table 8. Timetable for Section 2 Call for Proposals in 2018
Call Topics
Pre-
announcement
Call
publication
and opening
Submission
deadline
Stage 1
Evaluation
results
Stage 1
Submission
deadline
Stage 2
Evaluation
results
Stage 2
Action
RIA
Sustainable
water
management,
farming
systems and
innovation in
the agro-food
chain (9
topics)
15-Jan-18
08-Feb-18
27-Mar-18
6-Jun-18
4-Sep-18
05-Dec-
18
PRIMA-IS may decide to publish and open the call up to two weeks prior or one month after the
envisaged date(s).
PRIMA-IS may delay other deadlines by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Barcelona local time.
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2.2 PS contributions dedicated to the implementation of proposals resulting
from transnational calls organised by the PRIMA-IS and funded by the PS
This section refers to the costs incurred by the PS for the management of successful proposals resulting
from the calls organised by the PRIMA foundation and funded by the PS.
These costs shall not exceed 6 % of the individual financial contribution by each Participating State in
Section 2. For 2018, the total amount of these contributions shall not exceed € 2 008 243.
3. Section 3
– Activities and actions organised, managed and
funded by the PS
PRIMA PS implement and fund by their own an array of national activities that contribute to the
objectives of the PRIMA programme. Also as the PRIMA-IS have to face cash flow issues in 2017, PS
have covered the administrative costs of the PRIMA-IS from the 7 of August 2017 in order to ensure
the launching of the activities as planned in the AWP. The participation of the PS can be divided in
three type of activities:
a.
National research programs implemented, managed and funded by the PS: PSIAS
b.
Activities supporting programme operation funded and implemented by PS
c.
Financial and in kind support of the PS to cover the administrative costs of the PRIMA-
IS
3.1 Participating States Initiated Activities (PSIAs)
The PRIMA Basic Act states that PRIMA activities may include activities under the national programmes
of the Participating States including transnational projects.
Those activities, included as so-called Participating States Initiated Activities PSIAs in the PRIMA AWP,
shall be implemented in compliance with common principles to be agreed by the Participating States
and the European Commission, taking into account the principles set out in PRIMA basic act, in Part
One of Title VI of the Financial Regulation No 966/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013, in
particular the principles of equal treatment, transparency, independent peer review evaluation and
selection.
The Participating States Initiated Activities (PSIAs) listed below gather activities under national
programmes of PS spanning from national calls for research and innovation, training actions and/or
supports to joint research project or joint research units managed and funded directly by the PS. They
are in-kind contributions of the PS to the PRIMA programme and constitute an integral part of the
PRIMA programme contributing to the alignment of national programmes to PRIMA. The PSIAs listed
in this section of the AWP 2018 are in line with PRIMA objectives.
All participants to activities funded by the PRIMA Foundation or by Participating States of the PRIMA
Programme are required to label or co-label any communication or publication related to their
activities with the following acknowledgement "[name of the activity/grant code] is part of the PRIMA
Programme supported by the European Union", as well as with the PRIMA logo.
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