Horizon Europe Programme

Standard Application Form (HE EIC TRANSITION)

Project proposal – Technical description (Part B) 

Version 4.1
12 April 2024

Structure of the Proposal 

The proposal contains two parts:

•	Part A of the proposal is generated by the IT system. It is based on the information entered by the participants through the submission system in the Funding & Tenders Portal. The participants can update the information in the submission system at any time before final submission.
  
•	Part B of the proposal is the narrative part that includes three sections that each correspond to an evaluation criterion. Part B needs to be uploaded as a PDF document following the templates downloaded by the applicants in the submission system for the specific call or topic. The templates for a specific call may slightly differ from the example provided in this document.

The electronic submission system is an online wizard that guides you step-by-step through the preparation of your proposal. The submission process consists of 6 steps:

- Step 1: Logging in the Portal 
- Step 2: Select the call, topic and type of action in the Portal
- Step 3: Create a draft proposal: Title, acronym, summary, main organisation and contact details
- Step 4: Manage your parties and contact details: add your partner organisations and contact details. 
- Step 5: Edit and complete web forms for proposal part A and upload proposal part B
- Step 6: Submit the proposal

HISTORY OF CHANGES	
Version	Publication date	Changes	
1.0	15.04.2021	•	Initial version. 	
1.1	25.25.2021	•	Addition of a table in section 3.1 about in-kind contributions	
2.0	10.02.2022	•	Changes in tables on section 3 avoiding duplication of information. Changes to align with the work programme 2022.	
3.0	11.07.2022	•	Consolidation, formatting and layout changes. Tags added	
3.1	08.09.2022	•	Added instructions on Artificial intelligence	
4.0	13.01.2022	•	Clarifications on page limit of the proposal
•	Corrected footnote on eligible projects
•	Added instructions on artificial intelligence, gender dimension and open science as per HE IA-RIA template
•	Changes in the aspects to be taken into account, to align with the Work Programme 2023
•	Added list of annexes to the proposal Part B	
4.1	12.04.2024	•	Adapted page limit
•	Changes in the aspects to be taken into account, to align with the Work Programme 2024
•	Guidance on the use of generative AI tools for preparation of proposals.
•	Additional information on how to describe the activities per work package	

Proposal template Part B: technical description

The structure of this template must be followed when preparing your proposal. It has been designed to ensure that the important aspects of your planned work are presented in a way that will enable the experts to make an effective assessment against the evaluation criteria. Sections 1, 2 and 3 each correspond to an evaluation criterion. 
Please be aware that proposals will be evaluated as they were submitted, rather than on their potential if certain changes were to be made. This means that only proposals that successfully address all the required aspects will have a chance of being funded. There will be no possibility for significant changes to content, budget and consortium composition during grant preparation.
 Page limit: The cover page (that includes the information about the related project on whose results the current EIC Transition proposal is built on) and sections 1, 2 and 3 must consist of a maximum of 22 pages. All tables, figures, references and any other element pertaining to these sections must be included as an integral part of these sections and are thus counted against this page limit. 
The cover page (including the Seal of Excellence section, if applicable) must be completed and maintained. If missing, the proposal could be considered incomplete and therefore inadmissible.
The page limit will be applied automatically; therefore you must remove this instruction page before submitting. Remove also the table with the definition of terms and the help text added after each section.
If you attempt to upload a proposal longer than the specified limit before the deadline, you will receive an automatic warning and will be advised to shorten and re-upload the proposal. After the deadline, excess pages (in over-long proposals/applications) will be automatically made invisible, and will not be taken into consideration by the experts. The proposal is a self-contained document, meaning that experts will be instructed to ignore hyperlinks to information that is specifically designed to expand the proposal, thus circumventing the page limit. 
Please, do not consider the page limit as a target! It is in your interest to keep your text as concise as possible, since experts rarely view unnecessarily long proposals in a positive light.
 The following formatting conditions apply. 
The reference font for the body text of proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms), Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions).
The use of a different font for the body text is not advised and is subject to the cumulative conditions that the font is legible and that its use does not significantly shorten the representation of the proposal in number of pages compared to using the reference font (for example with a view to bypass the page limit).
The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. Standard character spacing and a minimum of single line spacing is to be used. This applies to the body text, including text in tables.
Text elements other than the body text, such as headers, foot/end notes, captions, formula's, may deviate, but must be legible.
The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any footers or headers).
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DEFINITIONS	
Critical risk	A critical risk is a plausible event or issue that could have a high adverse impact on the ability of the project to achieve its objectives.   
Level of likelihood to occur (Low/medium/high): The likelihood is the estimated probability that the risk will materialise even after taking account of the mitigating measures put in place.
Level of severity (Low/medium/high): The relative seriousness of the risk and the significance of its effect.	
Deliverable	A report that is sent to the Commission or Agency providing information to ensure effective monitoring of the project. There are different types of deliverables (e.g. a report on specific activities or results, data management plans, ethics or security requirements). 	
Impacts	Wider long term effects on society (including the environment), the economy and science, enabled by the outcomes of R&I investments (long term). Impacts generally occur some time after the end of the project. 
Example: The deployment of the advanced forecasting system enables each airport to increase maximum passenger capacity by 15% and passenger average throughput by 10%, leading to a 28% reduction in infrastructure expansion costs.	
Milestone	Control points in the project that help to chart progress. Milestones may correspond to the achievement of a key result, allowing the next phase of the work to begin. They may also be needed at intermediary points so that, if problems have arisen, corrective measures can be taken. A milestone may be a critical decision point in the project where, for example, the consortium must decide which of several technologies to adopt for further development. The achievement of a milestone should be verifiable.	
Objectives	The goals of the work performed within the project, in terms of its research and innovation content. This will be translated into the project’s results. These may range from tackling specific research questions, demonstrating the feasibility of an innovation, sharing knowledge among stakeholders on specific issues. The nature of the objectives will depend on the type of action, and the scope of the topic.	
Outcomes	The expected effects, over the medium term, of projects supported under a given topic.  The results of a project should contribute to these outcomes, fostered in particular by the dissemination and exploitation measures. This may include the uptake, diffusion, deployment, and/or use of the project’s results by direct target groups. Outcomes generally occur during or shortly after the end of the project.
Example: 9 European airports adopt the advanced forecasting system demonstrated during the project.	
Research output	Results generated by the action to which access can be given in the form of scientific publications, data or other engineered outcomes and processes such as software, algorithms, protocols and electronic notebooks.	
Results	What is generated during the project implementation. This may include, for example, know-how, innovative solutions, algorithms, proof of feasibility, new business models, policy recommendations, guidelines, prototypes, demonstrators, databases and datasets, trained researchers, new infrastructures, networks, etc. Most project results (inventions, scientific works, etc.) are ‘Intellectual Property’, which may, if appropriate, be protected by formal ‘Intellectual Property Rights’.
Example: Successful large-scale demonstrator: trial with 3 airports of an advanced forecasting system for proactive airport passenger flow management.	
Technology Readiness Level	See EIC Work Programme  under Glossary section.	

Guidance on the use of generative AI tools for the preparation of the proposal 	
When considering the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for the preparation of the proposal, it is imperative to exercise caution and careful consideration. The AI-generated content should be thoroughly reviewed and validated by the applicants to ensure its appropriateness and accuracy, as well as its compliance with intellectual property regulations. Applicants are fully responsible for the content of the proposal (even those parts produced by the AI tool) and must be transparent in disclosing which AI tools were used and how they were utilized.  
Specifically, applicants are required to: 
•	Verify the accuracy, validity, and appropriateness of the content and any citations generated by the AI tool and correct any errors or inconsistencies.  
•	Provide a list of sources used to generate content and citations, including those generated by the AI tool. Double-check citations to ensure they are accurate and properly referenced.  
•	Be conscious of the potential for plagiarism where the AI tool may have reproduced substantial text from other sources. Check the original sources to be sure you are not plagiarizing someone else’s work.  
•	Acknowledge the limitations of the AI tool in the proposal preparation, including the potential for bias, errors, and gaps in knowledge. 	

Cover page
This page must be completed and maintained in the submitted proposal. It contains important information, if missing, the proposal could be considered incomplete and therefore inadmissible.

I confirm that this proposal builds on results achieved (minimum TRL 3) within eligible project(s).	  Yes	 No	

Provide the related eligible Project(s) Acronym(s): 	

Provide the related eligible Project(s) ID Number(s): 	
I confirm that the applicant(s) are the owner or have any necessary agreements with owners or
right holders of those results, as described in the proposal.	  Yes         No     

Seal of Excellence (only for mono-beneficiary applications from individual SMEs)

If my application is evaluated as meeting all the criteria and thresholds for funding:
I, Name-Surname, the coordinator of this proposal, consent to share with my relevant National Contact Point, EEN Member and other funding public organisations from the European Union, EU member states and Horizon Europe associate countries (including regional innovation organisations, European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Managing authorities etc.),  the following data:

󠆲  basic information about my proposal (applicant’s contact details, proposal acronym, title, abstract, amount requests and the evaluation result);
󠆲 personal data (e.g. email, name of the CEO); 

Data will be made available subject to confidentiality obligations agreed with the NCPs, EEN members and relevant funding bodies. Please note that without this confirmation, no Seal of Excellence can be awarded to the eligible entities.

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1.	Excellence #@REL-EVA-RE@# 
Excellence – aspects to be taken into account
•	Technological breakthrough: Does the technology have a high degree of novelty and higher performance compared to other technologies available or in development? Does the technology indicate  high commercial potential?
•	Objectives: How credible and feasible are the objectives for the planned technology development and maturation? How credible and feasible are the objectives [and KPIs] for the planned  business development process?
•	Methodology: Is the timing right for this technology/innovation (i.e., feasibility, technological readiness level, unique selling points) ? 	

	The following aspects will be taken into account only to the extent that the proposed work is within the scope of the work programme topic.
a.	Describe the result from the previous project on which your proposal is based . Is the result described the main result of the previous project?	

b.	Describe the relation between the research result of the previous project and the innovation within the current proposal. Is the result from the previous project the main component of this proposal and how does it contribute to the innovation in this proposal?	

c.	Provide the link to the webpage where this result is reported (the periodic reporting, the Horizon results EU platform, the Innovation Radar or CORDIS).	
The following links are provided as example for illustrative purpose, please indicate the link to webpage of your project in the mentioned EC websites
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/InnoRadar/innovations/[complete]
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/horizon-results-platform/search
https://cordis.europa.eu/search	

d.	Elaborate and substantiate on the current TRL of the result of the previous project and of the innovation in this proposal at system level AND in relation to the intended final user application (e.g. clinical for for health innovation, consumer for energy systems, etc.).	

e.	Describe the milestones already achieved in the development of the technology.	

f.	Elaborate on the final TRL of the innovation aimed for at the end of the project.	

1.1	Technological breakthrough #@PRJ-OBJ-PO@# 
a.	Describe the degree of novelty and performance compared to other technologies available or in development, and the competitive advantages.
b.	Describe the commercial potential of the technology.

1.2	Objectives 
a.	Describe the objectives both for the technology development and for the business validation and development of the project. Objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound within the duration of the project: 
o	Describe the KPIs for measuring the achievement of technology development objectives.
o	Describe the KPIs for measuring the achievement of the business validation and development objectives.
o	How appropriate are the objectives for the planned technology development and validation of the innovation in relevant application environments? 
o	Describe how the specific operational objectives address the challenges and unknown to bring the innovation to the public.

1.3	Methodology #@CON-MET-CM@# #@COM-PLE-CP@#
a.	Describe and explain the approach and methodology including the concepts, models and assumptions that will enable you to deliver your project’s objectives. Explain why they are suitable and timely to deal with considerable technological and innovation uncertainties of the project’s objectives and how appropriate they are to enable alternative directions and options.
	This section should be presented as a narrative. The detailed tasks and work packages are described below under ‘Implementation’.

	Where relevant, include how the project methodology complies with the ‘do no significant harm’ principle as per Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (i.e. the so-called 'EU Taxonomy Regulation'). This means that the methodology is designed in a way it is not significantly harming any of the six environmental objectives of the EU Taxonomy Regulation.

	If you plan to use, develop and/or deploy artificial intelligence (AI) based systems and/or techniques you must demonstrate their technical robustness. AI-based systems or techniques should be, or be developed to become: 
•	technically robust, accurate and reproducible, and able to deal with and inform about possible failures, inaccuracies and errors, proportionate to the assessed risk they pose 
•	socially robust, in that they duly consider the context and environment in which they operate 
•	reliable and function as intended, minimizing unintentional and unexpected harm, preventing unacceptable harm and safeguarding the physical and mental integrity of humans
•	able to provide a suitable explanation of their decision-making processes, whenever they can have a significant impact on people’s lives.
b.	Describe how the gender dimension (i.e. sex and/or gender analysis) is taken into account in the project’s research and innovation content [e.g. 1 page]. If you do not consider such a gender dimension to be relevant in your project, please provide a justification. 

	Note: This section is mandatory except for topics which have been identified in the work programme as not requiring the integration of the gender dimension into R&I content. 
	Remember that that this question relates to the content of the planned research and innovation activities, and not to gender balance in the teams in charge of carrying out the project. 
	Sex and gender analysis refers to biological characteristics and social/cultural factors respectively. For guidance on methods of sex / gender analysis and the issues to be taken into account, please refer to https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/gendered-innovations-2-2020-nov-24_en  
c.	Describe how appropriate open science practices are implemented as an integral part of the proposed methodology. Show how the choice of practices and their implementation are adapted to the nature of your work, in a way that will increase the chances of the project delivering on its objectives [e.g. 1 page].

If you believe that none of these practices are appropriate for your project, please provide a justification here.

For proposals submitted to EIC Transition calls please refer to section “Policy of open access and Intellectual Property rights” and “Open Science and Data Management” in the EIC Work Programme.

	Open Science is an approach based on open cooperative work and systematic sharing of knowledge and tools as early and widely as possible in the process. Open science practices include early and open sharing of research (for example through preregistration, registered reports, pre-prints, or crowd-sourcing); research output management; measures to ensure reproducibility of research outputs; providing open access to research outputs (such as publications, data, software, models, algorithms, and workflows); participation in open peer-review; and involving all relevant knowledge actors including citizens, civil society and end users in the co-creation of R&I agendas and contents (such as citizen science).  
	Please note that this question does not refer to outreach actions that may be planned as part of communication, dissemination and exploitation activities. These aspects should instead be described below under ‘Impact’.

d.	Research data management and management of other research outputs: Applicants generating/collecting data and/or other research outputs (except for publications) during the project must provide a very short description on how the data/research outputs will be managed: 
Types of data/research outputs (e.g. experimental, observational, images, text, numerical) and their estimated size; if applicable, combination with, and provenance of, existing data. 
Findability of data/research outputs: Types of persistent and unique identifiers (e.g. digital object identifiers) and trusted repositories that will be used. 
Accessibility of data/research outputs: IPR considerations and timeline for open access (if open access not provided, explain why); provisions for access to restricted data for verification purposes. 
Interoperability of data/research outputs: Standards, formats and vocabularies for data and metadata. 
Reusability of data/research outputs:  Licenses for data sharing and re-use (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons); availability of tools/software/models for data generation and validation/interpretation /re-use. 
Curation and storage/preservation costs; person/team responsible for data management and quality assurance.  
	Proposals selected for funding under Horizon Europe will need to develop a detailed data management plan (DMP) for making their data/research outputs findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) as a deliverable by month 6 and revised towards the end of a project’s lifetime. In Transition it is allowed not to publish any data, if this might harm the protection of the results or commercialisation strategy. 
	For guidance on Open Science practices and research data management, please refer to the relevant section in the EIC work programme and in the HE Programme Guide on the Funding & Tenders Portal.
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2.   Impact #@IMP-ACT-IA@#
Impact – aspects to be taken into account
•	Credibility of the impacts: To what extent the commercial impact(s) described in the proposal are credible and substantial within the project and beyond (e.g.,one or several sectors, setting new standards, etc.)?
•	Economic and/or societal benefits: To what extent does the proposed innovation have scale up potential including high capacity to gain or create new European or global markets? To what extent is the proposed innovation expected to generate positive impacts for the European Union, Member States or Associated Countries (e.g., strategic autonomy, employment, etc.)?
•	Investment readiness: To what extent the proposal and its activities contribute to make the technology and the team investment ready (including through IP protection and market validation)? Is there a well-defined and convincing go-to-market strategy and pathway, including what regulatory approvals may be needed (if relevant), time to market, possible business and revenue model?	
	In this section you should show how your project could contribute to the outcomes and impacts described in the work programme, the likely scale and significance of this contribution, and the measures to maximise these impacts. 
a.	Describe the path to market of the innovation beyond the duration of the project	
One of the partners within consortium will directly exploit the innovation. Elaborate.
or
The partner(s) will create a new company. Elaborate and be precise. When, who, how.
or
The partners will licence the technology to an established company. Elaborate.
or
None of the above. Different alternative than the ones mentioned above. Elaborate and be as precise and concrete as possible.	

2.1   Credibility of the impacts 
•	Describe how the activities proposed support the development of a business model and the product features. 
•	Describe how the activities support the commercialisation and other relevant aspects (intellectual property rights, regulation, certification and standardisation). 
•	Outline your strategy for the management of intellectual property, foreseen protection measures, such as patents, design rights, copyright, trade secrets etc., and how these would be used to support exploitation. 
	If your project is selected, you will need an appropriate consortium agreement to manage (amongst other things) the ownership and access to key knowledge (IPR, research data etc.). Where relevant, these will allow you, collectively and individually, to pursue market opportunities arising from the project.
	If your project is selected, you must indicate the owner(s) of the results (results ownership list) in the final periodic report.
•	Describe how you performed early exploration of potential markets for your innovation to test potential demand and acceptability, as well as potential competitors. Provide or quote any support data you may have.

•	Describe how you will validate the problem / solution fit.

•	Describe the planned measures to maximise the impact of your project by providing a first version of your ‘plan for the dissemination and exploitation including communication activities’. Describe the dissemination, exploitation and communication measures that are planned, and the target group(s) addressed (e.g. scientific community, end users or potential customers, financial actors, public at large).
	In case your proposal is selected for funding, a more detailed ‘plan for dissemination and exploitation including communication activities’ will need to be provided as a mandatory project deliverable within 6 months after the start of the project. This plan shall be periodically updated in alignment with the project’s progress.
	Communication measures should promote the project throughout the full lifespan of the project. The aim is to inform and reach out to society and show the activities performed, and the use and the benefits the project will have for citizens. Activities must be strategically planned, with clear objectives, start at the outset and continue through the lifetime of the project. The description of the communication activities needs to state the main messages as well as the tools and channels that will be used to reach out to each of the chosen target groups. 
	All measures should be proportionate to the scale of the project, and should contain concrete actions to be implemented both during and after the end of the project In the justification, explain why each measure chosen is best suited to reach the target group addressed. 

	If exploitation is expected primarily in non-associated third countries, justify why  and explain how that exploitation is still in the Union’s common interest.

	Describe possible feedback to policy measures generated by the project that will contribute to designing, monitoring, reviewing and rectifying (if necessary) existing policy and programmatic measures or shaping and supporting the implementation of new policy initiatives and decisions.

2.2	Economic and/or societal benefits 
•	Describe qualitatively and quantitatively how the proposed innovation and its related activities can have scale up potential to gain and create new European or global markets. Be concrete and realist providing arguments and data to support your assertions.

•	Describe concretely the positive impacts for the European Union, Member States or Associated Countries (e.g. strategic autonomy, productivity gains, green deal, etc.). If possible, provide data to support your claims.  

2.3   Investment readiness   
•	Please describe the proposed measures to become investment ready and develop plans to commercialise the project outcomes (including through IP management). 

•	Please describe the go-to-market pathway/strategy, including what regulatory approvals will be needed (if not relevant, please explain why), time to market, possible business and revenue model.

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3.	Quality and efficiency of the implementation #@QUA-LIT-QL@# #@CON-SOR-CS@# #@PRJ-MGT-PM@#
Quality and efficiency of the implementation – aspects to be taken into account
‒	Quality and motivation of the team: To what extent does the (project) team have the necessary high-quality capabilities and high motivation to move decisively towards market? To what extent do the applicant(s) have the necessary expertise to create a unique commercial value from the emerging technology and develop an attractive business and investment proposition?  
‒	KPIs and Milestones: Are both milestones and KPIs present, relevant and clearly defined (measurable, timed, comparable etc.) to track progress along the pathway towards objectives?  Have the main risks (e.g., technological, market, financial etc.) been identified, together with measures to mitigate in order to achieve the project objectives?  
‒	Workplan and allocation of resources: How appropriate and effective is the allocation of resources (person-months and equipment) in the workplan and work packages and project partners?  Is the number of project partners well justified?	

a.	Identify which of the entity within, or beyond, the consortium, owning or licencing the IP rights, will be responsible of the path to market beyond the duration of the project. 	

3.1 Quality and motivation of the team
•	Explain to what extent does(do) the applicant(s) bring the necessary high-quality expertise, capabilities and motivation to create a unique commercial value from the emerging technology and develop an attractive business and investment proposition. Include in the description affiliated entities and associated partners, if any.
•	Other countries and international organisations: If one or more of the participants requesting EU funding is based in a country or is an international organisation that is not automatically eligible for such funding (entities from Member States of the EU, from Associated Countries and from one of the countries in the exhaustive list included in the Work Programme General Annexes B are automatically eligible for EU funding), explain why the participation of the entity in question is essential to successfully carry out the project.

3.2 KPIs and milestones
•	Describe technological (e.g., performance) and go-to market KPIs, milestones and critical technical and market-related risks, which are relevant to track progress along the pathway towards objectives. Detail any risk mitigation measures. Please include here any KPI necessary to measure the achievement of the milestones.

3.3	Work plan and resources  #@WRK-PLA-WP@#
•	Please describe the work plan (work packages, tasks, deliverables, time-line, etc.):
•	brief presentation of the overall structure of the work plan;
•	timing of the different work packages and their components (Gantt chart or similar);
	Please use the below table when planning Reporting Periods for your project: 
Project duration 	Number of periods	RP1 duration	RP2 duration	RP3 duration	RP4 duration	
12	1	12	-	-	-	
18	1	18	-	-	-	
24	2	12	12	-	-	
30	2	12	18	-	-	
36	2	12	24	-	-	
(after 36 months, reporting occurs every 12 months.)
•	graphical presentation of the components showing how they inter-relate (Pert chart or similar);
•	detailed work description, i.e.:
o	a list of work packages (table 3.3a); 
o	a description of each work package (table 3.3b); 
o	a list of deliverables (table 3.3c); 
	Give full details. Base your account on the logical structure of the project and the stages in which it is to be carried out. Each work package should be a substantial part of the work plan, and the number of work packages should be proportionate to the scale and complexity of the project. 
	Structure each work package by breaking it down into tasks. If tasks are not appropriate, work packages can be organised according to other criteria (e.g., according to the type of work or thematically). For each task or element of the work package, describe all activities to be carried out and quantify them (e.g., number of protocols, tests, measurements, combinations, study subjects, conferences, publications, etc.). Provide enough detail to clarify who will do this work and why it is needed for the project, (e.g., the level of qualification and number of person-months for personnel, as well as the requested equipment, consumables, meetings, etc.), to justify the proposed resources and so that progress can be monitored, including by the Commission.
	Resources (person-months) assigned to work packages should be in line with their objectives and deliverables. You are advised to include a distinct work package on ‘project management’, and to give due visibility in the work plan to ‘data management’ ‘dissemination and exploitation’ and ‘communication activities’, either with distinct tasks or distinct work packages.  
	You will be required to update the ‘plan for the dissemination and exploitation of results including communication activities’, and a ‘data management plan’, (this does not apply to topics where a plan was not required.) This should include a record of activities related to dissemination and exploitation that have been undertaken and those still planned.  
	Please make sure the information in this section matches the costs as stated in the budget table in section 3 of the application forms, and the number of person months, shown in the detailed work package descriptions. 
•	a list of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and milestones (table 3.3d);
•	a list of critical risks, relating to project implementation, that the stated project's objectives may not be achieved. Detail any risk mitigation measures. You will be able to update the list of critical risks and mitigation measures as the project progresses (table 3.3e);
•	a table showing number of person months required (table 3.3f);
•	a table showing description and justification of subcontracting costs for each participant (table 3.3g);
•	a table showing justifications for ‘purchase costs’ (table 3.3h) for participants where those  costs exceed 15% of the personnel costs (according to the budget table in proposal part A);
•	if applicable, a table showing justifications for ‘other costs categories’ (table 3.3i);
•	if applicable, a table showing in-kind contributions from third parties (table 3.3j).
•	If you want to deviate  from the maximum recommended budget (Euro 2.5 mln) and/ or duration (36 months), please DO explain AND motivate why this is really necessary.
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Tables for section 3.3
	Use plain text for the tables in section 3.3. If the proposal is invited to start Grant Agreement preparation, these tables will have to be encoded in the grant management IT tool, where no graphics or special formats are supported.

Table 3.3a: 	List of work packages

Work package No	Work Package Title	Lead Participant No	Lead Participant Short Name	First name and family name of the Work Package Leader	Gender of Work Package Leader 	Person-Months	Start Month	End month	

									
									
						Total person- months			

I confirm that this is a Women-led consortium (the majority of the WP leaders plus the coordinator).	  Yes         No     

Table 3.3b:	Work package description 
For each work package: 
Work package number 		
Work package title		
 Participants involved in each WP and their efforts are shown in table 3.3f. Lead participant and starting and end date of each WP are shown in table 3.3a.)

Objectives 

Description of work (where appropriate, broken down into tasks), lead partner and role of participants. For each task, quantify the amount of work. Provide enough detail to justify the resources requested and clarify why the work is needed and who will do it. Deliverables linked to each WP are listed in table 3.3c (no need to repeat the information here).

	

Table 3.3c:	List of Deliverables  
Only include deliverables that you consider essential for effective project monitoring. 
You must include as distinct deliverables 
•	a data management plan (DMP), 
•	a draft business plan at month 12, and a final business plan by the end of the project, 
•	A draft business model at month 12 and a final business model by the end of the project
•	a report on IP management (ideally a FTO analysis to be performed during the execution of the project)
•	a plan for dissemination and exploitation including communication activities within the first 6 months of the project (the DMP will evolve during the lifetime of the project in order to present the status of the project's reflections on data management.  A template for such a plan is available in the Online Manual on the Funding & Tenders Portal).

Number	Deliverable name	Short description	Work package number 	Short name of lead participant 	Type	Dissemination level	Delivery date
(in months)	

								

KEY 
Deliverable numbers in order of delivery dates. Please use the numbering convention <WP number>.<number of deliverable within that WP>. For example, deliverable 4.2 would be the second deliverable from work package 4.

Type: 
Use one of the following codes: 
R:	Document, report (excluding the periodic and final reports) 
DEM:	Demonstrator, pilot, prototype, plan designs 
DEC:	Websites, patents filing, press & media actions, videos, etc.
DATA:	Data sets, microdata, etc.
DMP: 	Data management plan
ETHICS:	Deliverables related to ethics issues.  
SECURITY: Deliverables related to security issues
OTHER: Software, technical diagram, algorithms, models, etc.

Dissemination level: 
Use one of the following codes: 
PU – Public, fully open, e.g. web (Deliverables flagged as public will be automatically published in CORDIS          project’s page)
SEN – Sensitive, limited under the conditions of the Grant Agreement	
Classified R-UE/EU-R –  EU RESTRICTED under the Commission Decision No2015/444
Classified C-UE/EU-C –  EU CONFIDENTIAL under the Commission Decision No2015/444
Classified S-UE/EU-S – EU SECRET under the Commission Decision No2015/444

Delivery date
Measured in months from the project start date (month 1)

Table 3.3d:	List of milestones 
Milestone number	Milestone name	Related work package(s)	Due date (in month)	Means of verification (KPI)	

					

KEY
Due date
Measured in months from the project start date (month 1)

Means of verification 
Show how you will confirm that the milestone has been attained. Refer to indicators if appropriate. For example: a laboratory prototype that is ‘up and running’; software released and validated by a user group; field survey complete and data quality validated. Please include here any KPI necessary to measure the achievement of the milestones.

Table 3.3e:	Critical risks for implementation #@RSK-MGT-RM@#
Description of risk  (indicate level of (i) likelihood, and (ii) severity: Low/Medium/High)	Work package(s) involved	Proposed risk-mitigation measures	

			

Definition critical risk: 
A critical risk is a plausible event or issue that could have a high adverse impact on the ability of the project to achieve its objectives. 

Level of likelihood to occur: Low/medium/high
The likelihood is the estimated probability that the risk will materialise even after taking account of the mitigating measures put in place.

Level of severity: Low/medium/high
The relative seriousness of the risk and the significance of its effect.
#§RSK-MGT-RM§#
Table 3.3f: 	Summary of staff effort
Please indicate the number of person/months over the whole duration of the planned work, for each work package, for each participant. Identify the work-package leader for each WP by showing the relevant person-month figure in bold.

	WPn	WPn+1	WPn+2	Total Person-
Months per Participant	
Participant Number/Short Name 					
ParticipantNumber/
Short Name 					
Participant Number/
Short Name 					
Total Person Months					

Table 3.3g:	‘Subcontracting costs’ items 

For each participant describe and justify the tasks to be subcontracted (please note that core tasks of the project should not be sub-contracted).

Participant Number/Short Name	
	Cost (€)	Description of tasks and justification	
Subcontracting 			

Table 3.3h:	‘Purchase costs’ items (travel and subsistence, equipment and other goods, works and services) 
Please complete the table below for each participant if the purchase costs (i.e. the sum of the costs for ’travel and subsistence’, ‘equipment’, and ‘other goods, works and services’) exceeds 15% of the personnel costs for that participant (according to the budget table in proposal part A). The record must list cost items in order of costs and starting with the largest cost item, up to the level that the remaining costs are below 15% of personnel costs.

Participant Number/Short Name	
	Cost (€)	Justification	
Travel and subsistence 			
Equipment 			
Other goods, works and services			
Remaining purchase costs (<15% of pers. Costs)			
Total			

Table 3.3i:	‘Other costs categories’ items (e.g. internally invoiced goods and services)

Please complete the table below for each participant that would like to declare costs under other costs categories (e.g. internally invoiced goods and services), irrespective of the percentage of personnel costs. 
Participant Number/Short Name	
	Cost (€)	Justification	
Internally invoiced goods and services			
…			

Table 3.3j:	‘In-kind contributions’ provided by third parties

Please complete the table below for each participant that will make use of in-kind contributions (non-financial resources made available free of charge by third parties). In kind contributions provided by third parties free of charge are declared by the participants as eligible direct costs in the corresponding cost category (e.g. personnel costs or purchase costs for equipment). 
Participant Number/Short Name	
Third party name	Category	Cost (€)	Justification	
	Select between
Seconded personnel
Travel and subsistence
Equipment
Other goods, works and services
Internally invoiced goods and services 			
				
#§QUA-LIT-QL§# #§WRK-PLA-WP§#

ANNEXES TO PROPOSAL PART B 

The annexes to be uploaded for this call are (standard templates are published in the Funding & Tenders portal): 

•	LETTER FOR OWNERSHIP OF IP: If you were not part of the eligible project whose results are further developed in the EIC Transition proposal, you need to include as annex to your proposal a commitment letter from the relevant owner(s) of the result(s), which confirms the commitment of the owner of the linked project research result to negotiate with you fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory access to such results, including IPR, for the purpose of future commercial exploitation.
•	LUMP SUM DETAILED BUDGET TABLE