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The aspects to be considered in each case depend on the types of action as set out in the table below,
unless stated otherwise in the call conditions:
Type of Action
Excellence
The following aspects will be taken into
account, to the extent that the proposed
work corresponds to the topic description
in the work plan.
Impact
The following aspects will be
taken into account:
Quality and efficiency
of the implementation
The following aspects will be
taken into account*:
All Types of
Actions
Clarity and pertinence of the
objectives;
Soundness of the concept, and
credibility of the proposed
methodology;
Fit with the scope and objectives
of the PRIMA programme and the
call topic description;
The extent to which the
outputs of the project
would contribute to one or
several of the expected
impacts mentioned in the
work plan under the
relevant topic.
Scores of the proposals will
not depend on the number
of expected impacts
covered.
Quality and effectiveness of
the work plan, including
extent to which the
resources assigned to work
packages are in line with
their objectives and
deliverables;
Appropriateness of the
management structures and
procedures, including risk
and innovation
management;
Complementarity of the
participants and extent to
which the consortium as
whole brings together the
necessary expertise;
Appropriateness of the
allocation of tasks, ensuring
that all participants have a
valid role and adequate
resources in the project to
fulfil that role.
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Research &
Innovation
Actions
(RIAs);
Innovation
actions (IA)
Extent that the proposed work is
beyond the state of the art, and
demonstrates
innovation
potential (e.g. ground-breaking
objectives, novel concepts and
approaches,
new
products,
services
or
business
and
organisational models)
Appropriate
consideration
of
interdisciplinary approaches and,
where
relevant,
use
of
stakeholder
knowledge
and
gender dimension in research and
innovation content.
Any substantial impacts not
mentioned in the work plan,
that
would
enhance
innovation capacity, create
new market opportunities,
strengthen competitiveness
and growth of companies,
address issues related to
climate change or the
environment, or bring other
important
benefits
for
society;
Quality of the proposed
measures to:
Exploit
and
disseminate
the
project
results
(including
management
of
IPR),
and
to
manage research
data
where
relevant.
Communicate the
project activities to
different
target
audiences.
* not all aspects are relevant to proposals involving just one beneficiary
2. Scoring and weighting:
Unless otherwise specified in the call conditions:
Evaluation scores will be awarded for the criteria, and not for the different aspects listed in
the above table. For full proposals, each criterion will be scored out of 5. The threshold for
individual criteria will be 3. The overall threshold, applying to the sum of the three individual
scores, will be 10.
For Innovation actions to determine the ranking, the score for the criterion ‘impact’ will be
given a weight of 1.5.
For the evaluation of first-stage proposals under a two-stage submission procedure, only the
criteria ‘excellence’ and ‘impact’ will be evaluated. Within these criteria, only the aspects in
bold will be considered. The threshold for both individual criteria will be 4. For each
indicative budget-split in the call conditions, the overall threshold, applying to the sum of the
two individual scores, will be set at the level such that the total requested budget of
proposals admitted to stage 2 is as close as possible to three times the available budget, and
in any case, not less than two and a half times the available budget.
The actual level will therefore depend on the volume of proposals received. The threshold is
expected to normally be set at 8 or 8.5.
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3. Priority order for proposals with the same score:
Unless the call conditions indicate otherwise, the following method will be applied (except for the first
stage of two-stage calls, where proposals having the same score are kept together and no prioritisation
is made.)
If necessary, the panel will determine a priority order for proposals which have been awarded the
same score within a ranked list. Whether or not such a prioritisation is carried out will depend on the
available budget or other conditions set out in the call fiche. The following approach will be applied
successively for every group of ex aequo proposals requiring prioritisation, starting with the highest
scored group, and continuing in descending order:
a) Proposals that address topics, or sub-topics, not otherwise covered by more highly-ranked
proposals, will be considered to have the highest priority.
b) The proposals identified under (a), if any, will themselves be prioritised according to the scores
they have been awarded for the criterion excellence. When these scores are equal, priority will be
based on scores for the criterion impact. In the case of Innovation actions this prioritisation will be
done first on the basis of the score for impact, and then on that for excellence.
c) If necessary, any further prioritisation will be based on the following factors, in order: size of EU
budget allocated to SMEs; gender balance among the personnel named in the proposal who will be
primarily responsible for carrying out the research and/or innovation activities.
d) If a distinction still cannot be made, the panel may decide to further prioritise by considering how
to enhance the quality of the project portfolio through synergies between projects, or other factors
related to the objectives of the call or to Horizon 2020 in general. These factors will be documented
in the report of the Panel.
e) The method described in (a), (b), (c) and (d) will then be applied to the remaining ex aequos in the
group.
4. For prizes, the award criteria, scoring and weighting will be set out in the Rules of contest.
Evaluation procedure
1. Calls may be subject to either a one-stage or two-stage submission and evaluation procedure.
2. Proposals are evaluated by independent experts (see Article 15(7) Horizon 2020 Rules for
Participation Regulation No 1290/2013 for exceptional cases).
As part of the evaluation by independent experts, a panel review will recommend one or more
ranked lists for the proposals under evaluation, following the scoring systems indicated above. A
ranked list will be drawn up for every indicative budget shown in the call conditions.
3. Proposal coordinators receive an Evaluation Summary Report (ESR), showing the results of the
evaluation for a given proposal. For proposals that successfully pass the first stage of two-stage calls,
common feedback is provided to all coordinators, but the first stage ESR is only sent after the second
stage evaluation.
4. If special procedures apply, they will be set out in the call conditions.
5.1.7 Funding decision and communication
The final decision of funding will be taken according to the rank of the project as established in the
ranking list produced by the panel (starting by the project rank number 1 in the list in a descending
order) until funds are available.
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