H. Evaluation rules - European Commission

1 HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2018-2020. General Annexes H. Evaluation rules Selection Criteria 1. Financial capacity: In line with the Financial Regulation No 966/2012 and the Horizon 2020 rules for Participation Regulation No 1290/2013. For grants, coordinators will be invited at the proposal stage to complete a self-assessment using an on-line tool. 2. Operational capacity: As a distinct operation, carried out during the Evaluation of the award criterion Quality and efficiency of the implementation', experts will indicate whether each individual participant has, or will have in due time, a sufficient operational capacity to successfully carry out its tasks in the proposed work plan.

2 This assessment will be based on the competence and experience of the applicant, including its operational resources (human, technical and other) and, if applicable, exceptionally the concrete measures proposed to obtain it by the time of the implementation of the tasks. 3. For prizes and for first-stage proposals in a two-stage submission procedure, neither financial capacity nor operational capacity is subject to Evaluation . Award criteria, scores and weighting 1. Grant proposals will be evaluated by experts, on the basis of the award criteria excellence', impact' and quality and efficiency of the implementation'(see Article 15 of the Horizon 2020 rules for Participation Regulation No 1290/2013).

3 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: Award criteria Excellence Impact Quality and The following aspects The following aspects will efficiency of the will be taken into be taken into account: implementation account, to the extent that the proposed work corresponds to the topic The following aspects description in the work will be taken into programme: account*: All types of action Clarity and pertinence The extent to which the Quality and effectiveness (except Framework of the objectives; outputs of the project of the work plan, Partnership Agreement; would contribute to each including extent to which see below) Soundness of the of the expected impacts the resources assigned to concept, and credibility mentioned in the work work packages are in line of the proposed programme under the with their objectives and methodology.

4 Relevant topic; deliverables;. Page 1 of 6. Extract from Part 19 Commission Decision C(2017)7124. HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2018-2020. General Annexes 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. Research and Extent that the Any substantial impacts innovation actions proposed work is not mentioned in the work (RIA); Innovation beyond the state of the programme, that would actions (IA) art, and demonstrates enhance innovation innovation potential capacity, create new ( ground-breaking market opportunities, objectives, novel strengthen competitiveness concepts and and growth of companies, approaches, new address issues related to products, services or climate change or the business and environment, or bring organisational models) other important benefits for society.

5 Appropriate consideration of Quality of the proposed interdisciplinary measures to: approaches and, where Exploit and relevant, use of disseminate the project stakeholder knowledge results (including and gender dimension management of IPR), in research and innovation content. and to manage research data where relevant. Communicate the project activities to different target audiences Coordination & Quality of the proposed Quality of the proposed support actions coordination and/or measures to: (CSA) support measures. Exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), and to manage research data where relevant.

6 Communicate the project activities to different Page 2 of 6. Extract from Part 19 Commission Decision C(2017)7124. HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2018-2020. General Annexes target audiences ERA-NET Level of ambition in the Contribution to better Cofund actions collaboration and alignment of national commitment of the activities and policies. participants in the Contribution to proposed ERA-NET. establishing and action to pool national strengthening a durable resources in terms of cooperation between the budget, number of partners and their partners and participating national/regional research countries and to programmes. coordinate their national/regional research programmes.

7 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, to activities to different target audiences. Pre-commercial Progress beyond the state Strengthening the procurement of the art in terms of the competitiveness and (PCP)/ degree of innovation growth of companies by needed to satisfy the developing innovations Public procurement need. meeting the needs of procurement of European and global innovative procurement markets solutions (PPI) Quality of the proposed actions measures to Exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR).

8 And to manage research data where relevant. Communicate the project activities to different target audiences More forward-looking concerted procurement approaches that reduce fragmentation of demand for innovative solutions EJP Cofund Level of ambition in the Contribution to better actions collaboration and alignment of national commitment of the activities and policies. participants in the Page 3 of 6. Extract from Part 19 Commission Decision C(2017)7124. HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2018-2020. General Annexes proposed action to pool national resources in Effectiveness of the terms of budget, number proposed measures to of partners and exploit and disseminate the participating countries programme's results and to and to coordinate their communicate the national/regional programme.

9 Research programmes. Framework Clarity and pertinence of The extent to which the Complementarity of the Partnership the objectives; action plan of the FPA partners, and balance of Agreements would contribute to each of expertise ;. (FPA) the expected impacts Potential for long term mentioned in the work cooperation among the programme under the partners relevant topic;. * 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.

10 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 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.