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South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
If in the meantime one of these countries becomes associated to Horizon 2020, it will
immediately be shown in the relevant on-line manual mentioned above. Note that
entities from associated countries are eligible to participate according to the conditions
set out in Annex C.
(* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR
1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence).
(** This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is
without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue).
2. International European interest organisations
4
will also be eligible to receive funding from
Horizon 2020.
3. Legal entities established in countries not listed above will be eligible for funding when
such funding is explicitly foreseen in the call.
4. In addition, legal entities established in countries not listed above and international
organisations (IOs) will be eligible for funding:
When funding for such participants is provided for under a bilateral scientific and
technological agreement or any other arrangement between the EU and an international
organisation or a third country;
When the Commission deems participation of the entity essential for carrying out the
action funded through Horizon 2020;
5. For Prizes, unless stated otherwise in the call conditions, any legal entity, regardless of its
place of establishment, or international organisation may receive funding
5
.
4
These are international organisations, the majority of whose members are Member States or associated
countries, and whose principal objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe.
5
Provided that natural or legal persons, groups or non-State entities are not covered by the Council sanctions
in force.
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B.
Standard admissibility conditions, page limits and
supporting documents
1. For all actions under this Work Programme, proposals/prize applications must comply with
the admissibility conditions set out in this Annex, unless they are supplemented or modified
in the call conditions or rules of contest.
To be considered admissible, a proposal/application must be:
(a)
submitted in the electronic submission system before the deadline given in the call
conditions or rules of contest;
(b)
readable, accessible and printable;
(c) complete and include the requested administrative data, the proposal description, and
any
obligatory
supporting
documents
specified
in
the
call/contest;
(d) include a draft plan for the exploitation and dissemination of the results, unless
otherwise specified in the call conditions. The draft plan is not required for proposals at
the first stage of two-stage procedures.
2. In addition to the above admissibility conditions, page limits will apply to parts of
proposals/applications. The page limits and sections subject to limits, will be clearly shown in
the proposal templates in the Participant Portal electronic submission system. Unless stated
otherwise in the call conditions, the limit for a full proposal is 70 pages, except for:
Coordination and support actions (CSA) and ERA-NET Cofund actions, where the limit is 50
pages and European Joint Programme Cofund actions (EJP), where the limit is 100 pages.
The limit for a first-stage proposal is 10 pages.
For prize applications, any specific limits will be set in the Rules of Contest.
If a proposal/application exceeds the limits, the applicant will receive an automatic warning,
and will be advised to re-submit a version that conforms.
After the call deadline, excess pages (in over-long proposals/applications) will be
automatically made invisible, and will not be taken into consideration by the experts.
Proposals must be written in a legible font, further guidance on the use of fonts, margins and
other page formatting will be included in the proposal templates.
The structure of proposals must correspond to the requirements specified under each section
of the proposal template.