Pentalateral Energy Forum & European Commission Meeting Preparing a Proposal for H2020: Application and Evaluation Process Robert Goodchild Head of Energy Research Unit INEA

5 4 3 2 1 5 steps of the process Signing a grant agreement Decision on funding 1 Evaluation by external experts Admissibility & eligibility check Submission of proposals Call is open

1. Submitting your proposal Link to the PP on the slide 25 Call & submission service Login or register

2.1 Admissibility & eligibility check Are all forms submitted? YES NO Are all call conditions met? YES NO ATTENTION! Only admissible and eligible proposals will be evaluated

2.2: Eligibility Conditions ES3, ES4 & ES5 => specific eligibility conditions ES5 - Consortia must involve: ≥2 energy suppliers ≥2 ESCOs or independent aggregators; TSO from ≥3 EU Member States 5 DSO… etc.

3.1 Evaluation by external experts EU database of over 80,000 evaluators 1. High-level expertise 2. Independence 3. Impartiality Balanced composition Regular rotations & new experts

Evaluate individually - remotely Meet to reach consensus 3.2 What do we ask them to do? Understand call text Evaluate individually - remotely Meet to reach consensus

3.3: It's Competitive!

Consult FAQ's in good time – or ask your own question! 3.4: Understand call text Consult FAQ's in good time – or ask your own question! Link to FAQs – slide 25

Identify and substantiate the impacts 3.5: Impact is key Identify and substantiate the impacts Dissemination & exploitation plan Impact weighting 1.5 for all calls but ES6-8

3.6: Budget construction REASONABLE ALLOCATION JUSTIFIED SUFFICIENT DETAIL

MAKE INFORMATION EASY TO FIND RELEVANT SUMMARY TABLES, GRAPHS & IMAGES 3.7: Simple to digest SIMPLE LANGUAGE (MAJORITY OF EXPERTS ARE NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS) MAKE INFORMATION EASY TO FIND RELEVANT SUMMARY TABLES, GRAPHS & IMAGES RESPECT PAGE LIMIT

4. Outcome of evaluation Ranked list of proposals Reserve list Main list (top scores) Reserve list Rejection (No money / < threshold) Deadline to inform: 5 months

Grant Agreement Preparation Successful proposals invited to start a Grant Agreement Preparation Very tight deadline: max. 8 months After the evaluation, successful proposals get an invitation letter to start the Grant Agreement preparation Very tight timeline: time to grant of max 8 months (after call deadline) New in H2020: no negotiation: 1. The proposal has been evaluated according to its merits, 2. No substantial changes during the grant agreement preparation No negotiation phase = no substantial changes

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