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acceptable however that existing national research infrastructures and organisations, e.g. publicly
funded research institutes, can be used to implement parts or the entire PSIA. Funding may therefore
not be allocated through open calls for proposals, but either through internal competition within the
research infrastructure or according to an overall strategic research plan.
The principle of equality and non-discrimination based on gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or
belief, disability, age and sexual orientation should be observed and promoted.
Transparency
Evaluation and selection criteria and details of the review process should be published before
applicants submit proposals.
The awarding of funds through calls for proposals or though institutional funding is made public.
Any communication or publication related to PSIAs, whether undertaken by the PRIMA Foundation, a
Participating State, or participants to an activity, shall be labelled or co-labelled as ‘[name of the PSIA]
is part of the PRIMA programme supported by the European Union’.
Independent peer review evaluation
Applications submitted through open calls for proposals should be evaluated by panels of leading
independent domestic and/or non-domestic experts (peer review).
In case of direct funding to a national research infrastructure or organisation, the quality of the
research output by the national research infrastructures or organisation should be assessed on a
regular basis and structured manner, preferably through independent peer review.
Ethics and scientific integrity
The principles of scientific integrity as defined in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
should be observed and promoted.
Fundamental ethical principles and in particularly those related to the Charter of Fundamental Rights
of the European Union, the European Convention on Human Rights and its Supplementary Protocols,
should be adhered to and enforced, both during selection of actions for funding and during the
subsequent implementation of the actions.
Appeal and complaints
A peer review appeal system should be established to provide applicants the opportunity to seek
reconsideration of the initial review results if they believe the review process was flawed.
Exploitation and dissemination of results
The findings of research activities included as PSIAs in the PRIMA annual work plan must be made
available to the research community and the public in a timely manner.
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5.2.11 Specific additional information and relations between the beneficiaries and
their national funding bodies
Grant agreement
Each beneficiary will be funded directly by its own national funding body, therefore a grant agreement
is concluded between each beneficiary and its national funding body. The rules applying for this
agreement are the national rules set in the national regulations. The grant agreement will cover the
entire duration of the project and must be synchronized in time (starting date of the activities and end
of the project) between the different funding bodies involved in funding of the project.
Consortium agreement
A consortium agreement is required and must be sent to all the funding bodies involved in the project.
This consortium agreement must address at least:
The repartition of the tasks between partners
The sharing of the intellectual property rights of the project results
The conditions of publication and dissemination of the results
The technology transfer and the exploitation of the results
Any specific requirements from a funding body
There is no template provided by the funding bodies for the consortium agreement.
The Project Coordinator
Each Consortium need to appoint a Coordinator, who will have the following role:
For the preparation and the submission of the proposal:
Be the single point of contact between the PRIMA-IS secretariat and the consortium partners from
proposal preparation to submission
Ensure that all the partners involved in the consortium are eligible for participation
Submit the Application Form on behalf of the Consortium
During the implementation of the project:
Be the single point of contact between the PRIMA-IS secretariat and the consortium partners from
proposal preparation to submission
Be the single point of contact between the Funding bodies and the consortium partners in case of
requiring a grant extension or scientific/managerial modifications
Ensure the role of supervision of the project workflow with the help of WP leaders;
Compile and submit the common reports/deliverables of the overall project to the funding bodies. The
funding bodies will then send these documents to the PRIMA-IS secretariat.
The Coordinator will not be responsible for the financial management of PRIMA research funding,
which will be handled directly between national beneficiaries and their national funding bodies in each
participating country.
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6. Additional Participating States in PRIMA
– practical aspects
This section outlines the consequences for eligibility for participation and funding of legal entities
established in a country that becomes a PRIMA Participating State in 2018, after the adoption of this
AWP.
Calls managed and funded by PRIMA IS (EU contribution)
Consequences for eligibility for participation: Legal entities established in tbPS* count towards the
minimum number of participants in the consortium if the international agreement with the country
where they are established produces legal effects (though provisional application or entry into force)
at the latest by the day of the submission deadline under the relevant call for proposals organised and
funded by PRIMA IS.
Consequences for funding of legal entities: Legal entities established in tbPS* that applied for funding
in calls launched by the PRIMA IS funded from EU contribution (under Article 6(1)(a) PRIMA Decision)
shall be eligible for funding if the international agreement produces legal effects at the latest on the
day the Grant Agreement (GA) is signed. If the international agreement does not produce legal effects
on that day, these entities are still eligible for participation, however, without funding.
If the international agreement starts producing legal effects after the GA is signed, the GA may be
amended to provide for redistribution of funding (and related tasks) among the entities in the
consortium. Such amendment cannot, however, give rise to additional funding for the project
Calls managed by the PRIMA IS and funded by the PS
Consequences for eligibility for participation: Legal entities established in tbPS* count towards the
minimum number of participants in the consortium if the international agreement with the country
where they are established produces legal effects (through provisional application or entry into force)
at the latest on the day of the submission deadline under the relevant call for proposals organised by
PRIMA IS.
Consequences for funding of legal entities: The eligibility for funding for legal entities established in
tbPS* are determined by the funding rules applicable to them in a given tbPS.
*tbPS countries are those states with whom an international S&T cooperation agreement on terms
and conditions of country’s participation in PRIMA at the time of adoption of this Work Plan does not
yet produce legal effects either through its entry into force or provisional application.
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