This document discusses the Horizon 2020 topic "EGNSS Awareness raising and capacity building" which has a budget of 1.5 million Euro. It aims to support building relationships between private and public institutions around satellite navigation services, identify strategic partners, and develop market opportunities to support the EU GNSS industry. Examples are provided of previous projects that created awareness of Galileo within the intelligent transport industry and supported startups utilizing GNSS in Poland. Guidelines are also given around providing financial support to third parties in the form of prizes or involvement of PhD students either as staff or through financial donations.

1. Galileo-4-2017: EGNSS Awareness raising
and capacity building
Horizon 2020 Space Information Day, Prague
5 October 2016
Vojtech Fort
European GNSS Agency

2. Applications in Satellite Navigation-Galileo-2017
Type of
Action
Topic Budget
(EUR mln)
Funding rate Indirect costs
IA
EGNSS Transport Applications 14.50
70%
(except for non-profit
legal entities, where
a rate of 100%
applies)
25% of the total
direct eligible costs
excluding:
• Subcontracting
• Costs of resources
made available by 3rd
parties
• Financial support to
3rd parties
IA
EGNSS Mass Market Applications 9.00
IA
EGNSS Professional Applications 8.00
CSA
EGNSS Awareness raising and
capacity building
1.50 100%
Total budget: 33.00
IA (Innovation Action): activities aimed at producing plans and arrangements or designs for new,
altered or improved products, processes or services.
CSA (Coordination and Support Action): consisting of accompanying measures such as standardisation,
dissemination, awareness-raising and communication, networking, policy dialogues and studies.
Opening: 08 November 2016
Deadline: 01 March 2017

3. Galileo-4-2017 EGNSS Awareness raising and capacity building
Scope:
- support building of industrial relationships by gathering private and public
institutions around services offered by EGNSS and related applications
- support the competitiveness of EU industry by identifying strategic partners and by
developing market opportunities
- support to incentive schemes should foster the emergence of new downstream
applications based on either Galileo and/or EGNOS and therefore to support the EU
GNSS industry

4. Examples of projects
Jupiter
• Creating EGNSS awareness within Intelligent
Transports Systems (ITS) industry
• Specific support to SMEs operating in ITS,
including autonomous driving and connected cars
SME showcase at the ITS World Congress 2015
• 20 SMEs and 5 public authorities involved
• Training and demonstrations for +500 visitors
• 320 Business to Business meetings, including
investors/business angels
Position
• A two years project to release the GNSS market potential in Poland
supporting innovation and technology through incubation:
• Supporting at least 10 promising projects/ start-ups utilising GNSS
• Favouring the creation of a network of entities working on GNSS
• Acting as a bridge between industry and governmental stakeholders

5. Financial support to 3rd parties in the form of
PRIZES
(Article 15.2 of GA, Title VI Article 137 FR)
• Financial support in the form of a PRIZE awarded to a 3rd
party (parties) following a contest organised by the
beneficiary
• Only allowed if foreseen in the Call for proposals (conditions
set out in the Call and Part K of the General Annexes to H2020
Work Programme)
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6. Financial support to 3rd parties in the form of
PRIZES
(Article 15.2 of GA, Title VI Article 137 FR)
• Proposals must clearly detail at least the following elements:
 Conditions for participation (e.g. eligibility and exclusion
criteria, submission deadline, etc.)
 Award criteria (criteria must be objective)
 Amount of the prize (XX EUR)
 Payment arrangements (usually one instalment)
Beneficiaries must provide PRIZES in accordance with these
conditions (in Annex 1 – Technical Annex of the GA).
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7. Financial support to 3rd parties in the form of
PRIZES
(Article 15.2 of GA, Title VI Article 137 FR)
• Beneficiaries must ensure that their obligations laid
down in the GA also apply to the third parties
receiving a prize:
- Absence of conflict of interest
- Confidentiality
- Visibility of EU funding
- Liability of damages
- Right for EU bodies to carry reviews, checks / audits and
evaluate impact, etc.
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8. Involvement of PhD Students in H2020
projects
Several options to involve PhD students in an H2020
project:
– Staff of Beneficiary working on project:
• Reimbursement of personnel costs
• Reimbursement of academic fees
– Financial support to natural persons (3rd party)
• financial donations in form of allowances, scholarship
contribution, fellowship
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9. PhD Students = Staff of Beneficiary
Reimbursement of personnel costs
(Article 6.1 of GA)
Personnel costs of PhD students are eligible if they fulfil the cost
eligibility conditions (Article 6.1 of the GA).
In this context, following costs are also eligible:
– Fellowships
– Scholarship
– Stipends
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if assimilated to salaries*

10. PhD Students = Staff of Beneficiary
Reimbursement of academic fees
(Article 6.1 of GA)
Academic fees:
- if a student works for a university and is exempt
from paying (part of) the academic fees,
- those fees (or part of them) are eligible as a
personnel cost if the student’s contract includes
amount of waived fees as part of his/her
remuneration.
Other conditions set out in Article 6 have to be fulfilled
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11. Involvement of PhD Students
Financial support to 3rd party (Article 15.1 of GA)
• Financial support may be given to PhD students as
natural persons via a financial donation (e.g.
allowance, scholarship, fellowship)
• Only allowed if foreseen in the Call for proposals
• Beneficiaries must provide support in accordance
with the conditions specified in the Proposal (future
Annex 1 – Technical Annex of the GA).
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12. Involvement of PhD Students
Financial support to 3rd party (Article 15.1 of GA)
Minimum conditions must include:
• Maximum amount of financial support for each third party -
maximum amount may not exceed EUR 60 000 for each 3rd
party.
• Criteria for calculating /determining the exact amount of the
financial support (e.g. EUR 30 000 per student for a two-year
scholarship)
• Types of activities that qualify for financial support on the
basis of a closed list.
• Persons / categories of persons that may receive financial
support (e.g. type PhD students)
• Criteria for giving / awarding financial support (e.g.
publications)
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13. Thank you!
Vojtech.fort@gsa.europa.eu