This document summarizes a webinar about a call for proposals for a multi-frequency multipurpose antenna for Galileo. The webinar covered the objective of developing advanced multi-frequency antennas for mass market and professional applications. It discussed eligibility criteria, the evaluation process, and timetable for the call for proposals. Key dates included an 8 March 2019 deadline for submissions and evaluations occurring from March to June 2019.
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Multi-frequency multipurpose antenna for Galileo - Webinar presentation
1. Webinar – Multi-frequency
multipurpose antenna for Galileo
27 November 2018
Joaquin REYES, Market Development
Valeria CATALANO, Market Development
Alexandru STERIAN, Finance
Cristina COMUNIAN, Communication
GSA/GRANT/01/2018
2. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
Agenda
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3. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
4. How to interact (I)
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• Participants’ microphones are muted. To avoid any
echo, please switch off your microphone.
• Make sure your speakers or headphones are
switched on, and turn up the volume.
• For any technical issues that may arise during the
webinar (sound problems, not viewing content,
etc.) you can use the chat
and we will support you.
5. • If you want to address any questions during the
webinar, please use the questions tab.
How to interact (II)
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The control panel is on the right
of your screen. Use the white
arrow with orange background to
open and close the panel.
Submit your questions at any
time via the “Questions” panel.
6. • Questions are collected and addressed at the end
of the session, if time allows it.
• All the Q&A (including not answered) will be
published as clarifications
• The clarifications and slides will be available online
in due time, participants will be notified via e-mail.
Way of working
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8. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
9. Fundamental Elements fosters development
of innovative GNSS receivers and chipsets
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• Fundamental Elements Programme was created by the 2013 GNSS Regulation
• Complementarity with H2020
o Horizon 2020 aims to develop innovative products, application and feasibility study in different
market segments
o More info can be found here: http://www.gsa.Europa.eu/gnss-h2020-projetcs
• High-level objectives
o Facilitate the adoption of the European GNSS Systems building on innovative services and
differentiators
o Increase the EU industry competitiveness
o Address the user needs in priority market segments, maximising the benefits for the citizens
• The FE financial instruments includes Grant and Procurement:
o Each year GSA publishes an annual work programme, with info on Galileo and Egnos grants
that are going to be published during the year (2018 Grant Plan is available in the website)
10. Fundamental Elements (all EGNSS services
excluding PRS): 9 on-going projects
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• 9 on-going projects covering all the market segments:
o Road
PATROL – Digital tachograph
ESCAPE – Autonomous vehicles
o Aviation
DFMC
A-RAIM – GLAD, DARP
o High-Precision – FANTASTIC
o Maritime – MAREC
o SAR – iSSAR, PHOENIX, COBALT, 1st generation PLB with RLS
o Transversal segments – Integration (Lot1 and Lot2)
• Total budget committed: 27 M EUR
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• Timing receiver for critical infrastructure - M€ 3,5 (Timing and Synchronisation)
Proposals awarded
• Development of GNSS receiver technologies for Premium and General mass market* - M€
6,0 (Mass market)
Under Evaluation
2 projects
to be
signed
Budget
planned:
9,5 M EUR
Fundamental Elements (all EGNSS services
excluding PRS): 4 up-coming projects
* Previously announced as 2 topics merged in 1 call for proposals with cumulated budget
• Enhanced RX for autonomous driving/navigation - M€ 4,0 (Road, autonomous cars)
Up to 2 projects
Publication of the call: 27/09/18
Deadline for submission of proposals: 01/03/19
Webinar: 22 November 2018 at 15.00 (presentations will be published)
• Multi-Frequency multipurpose Antenna for Galileo - M€ 2,8 (Transversal)
Up to 2 projects
Publication of the call: 18/10/18
Deadline for submission of proposals: 08/03/19
2 project
open for
submissions
Budget
planned:
6,8 M EUR
12. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
13. Multi-Frequency and
multipurpose Galileo Antenna
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• Mass market and professional applications
will benefit from the improved positioning
and navigation derived from this multi-
frequency
• There is a need for antennas to support
wider bandwidth
• As consequence, there are constraints
imposed by the platforms on which the
antenna operates to be resolved
With new GNSS systems more
frequencies are available
15. Multi-frequency is not yet
leveraged in an optimal way
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Shows the percentage of receivers
capable of tracking 1, 2, 3 or all the 4
frequencies
Shows the percentage of receivers
supporting each frequency band
16. Application selection and user
requirements
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Application vs.
Feature
Autonomous
Driving
Fleet
Management
Drones
Precision
Farming
Mapping
and
Surveying
Internet
of Things
(IoT)
…
Multi-constellation
Multi-frequency
Static
Medium Dynamics
High Dynamics
Size
Weight
Ruggedized
Multi-Path Mitigation
Anti-jamming (e.g.,
null-steering)
Beam steering
Multiple-Beam
Capability
…
The beneficiaries shall identify the features of the antenna and the potential applications
17. • The objective of this call for proposals is to further develop Galileo-enabled
multi-frequency antennas, close to market, for mass-market and professional
applications.
• This call for proposal aims at launching up to two projects to develop, test and
assess advanced multi-frequency, multi-constellation antennas dedicated to
these user groups.
• In particular, the project aims to develop and test advanced antenna technology
‒ Capable of coping with at least the frequencies L1/E1, L5/E5 and E6 (except for the mass market,
where at least L1/E1 and L5/E5 should be used).
‒ Multi-constellation (Galileo and GPS, as a minimum), including additional innovations at the
antenna level optimised for one or more mass-market and professional applications (requiring
high accuracy, high robustness and high reliability).
‒ Commercially ready with a competitive cost.
Objective of the Call for
Proposal
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The target TRL shall be, at least, 7 and the end-products shall be
developed targeting a competitive cost in the respective markets.
20. Proposed activities of the call
for proposals
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Task 1
• Application selection and user requirements
Task 2
• Antenna requirements, design and development
Task 3
• Antenna test and validation
Task 4
• Business development and dissemination
21. Core activities of the call for
proposals
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Management and
coordination
User and antenna
requirements
definition
Design and
development of
the antenna
Testing and
validation of the
antenna
Dissemination
22. Project Workflow
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•Kick-Off MeetingKOM
•Requirement ReviewRR
•Preliminary Design ReviewPDR
•Critical Design ReviewCDR
•Test ReviewTR
•Acceptance ReviewAR
•Final ReviewFR
Standard system engineering lifecycle for
projects dealing with space applications.
Tests for requirements’ verification
and performance acceptance might
be partially performed in
collaboration and with the support
of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at
the European Microwave Signature
Laboratory of the European
Commission in Ispra, Italy.
FREE OF CHARGE (Travel costs only)
Businessdevelopmentanddissemination
23. Suggested planning for the
submission of the deliverables
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Deliverable KO
Project Management Plan X
Risk Management Document X
Antenna Requirements Specification
Methodology to select the application(s) for which the antenna will be
developed
User requirements report and justification
Design Definition File
Design Justification File
Design, Development and Validation Plan
Test Plan
Test Procedures
Tests Results Report
Antenna documentation
IPR-related documentation
Business Plan X
Business Report
Dissemination Plan X
Dissemination Report
Deliverable KO RR
Project Management Plan X X
Risk Management Document X X
Antenna Requirements Specification X
Methodology to select the application(s) for which the antenna will be
developed
X
User requirements report and justification X
Design Definition File
Design Justification File
Design, Development and Validation Plan X
Test Plan
Test Procedures
Tests Results Report
Antenna documentation
IPR-related documentation
Business Plan X X
Business Report
Dissemination Plan X
Dissemination Report
Deliverable KO RR PDR
Project Management Plan X X X
Risk Management Document X X X
Antenna Requirements Specification X X
Methodology to select the application(s) for which the antenna will be
developed
X
User requirements report and justification X
Design Definition File X
Design Justification File X
Design, Development and Validation Plan X X
Test Plan
Test Procedures
Tests Results Report
Antenna documentation
IPR-related documentation
Business Plan X X X
Business Report X
Dissemination Plan X
Dissemination Report
Deliverable KO RR PDR CDR
Project Management Plan X X X
Risk Management Document X X X X
Antenna Requirements Specification X X X
Methodology to select the application(s) for which the antenna will be
developed
X
User requirements report and justification X
Design Definition File X X
Design Justification File X X
Design, Development and Validation Plan X X X
Test Plan X
Test Procedures X
Tests Results Report
Antenna documentation
IPR-related documentation
Business Plan X X X X
Business Report X X
Dissemination Plan X X
Dissemination Report X
Deliverable KO RR PDR CDR TR
Project Management Plan X X X
Risk Management Document X X X X X
Antenna Requirements Specification X X X X
Methodology to select the application(s) for which the antenna will be
developed
X
User requirements report and justification X
Design Definition File X X X
Design Justification File X X X
Design, Development and Validation Plan X X X X
Test Plan X X
Test Procedures X X
Tests Results Report X
Antenna documentation
IPR-related documentation
Business Plan X X X X X
Business Report X X X
Dissemination Plan X X
Dissemination Report X
Deliverable KO RR PDR CDR TR AR
Project Management Plan X X X X
Risk Management Document X X X X X X
Antenna Requirements Specification X X X X X
Methodology to select the application(s) for which the antenna will be
developed
X X
User requirements report and justification X X
Design Definition File X X X X
Design Justification File X X X X
Design, Development and Validation Plan X X X X X
Test Plan X X X
Test Procedures X X X
Tests Results Report X X
Antenna documentation X
IPR-related documentation X
Business Plan X X X X X X
Business Report X X X X
Dissemination Plan X X X
Dissemination Report X X
24. Stages
Date/time or
indicative period
a) Publication of the call 18 October 2018
b) Deadline for request for clarifications 8 February 2019
c) Publication of the clarifications 15 February 2019
d) Deadline for submitting applications 8 March 2019
e) Evaluation period March-June 2019
f) Information to applicants on the
outcome of the evaluation
July 2019
g) Signature of the Grant Agreement August-October 2019
Timetable and budget
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Tentative start-up date for the action: Q4 2019
Maximum duration of the action: 2 years
EU Financing
Budget of the CfP EUR 2.800.000
No. of projects Up to 2
Indicative EU financing
amount for each project
EUR 1.400.000
Maximum EU financing
rate of eligible costs
70%
Eligible indirect costs
(excluding
subcontracting)
7%
25. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
26. • Assessment of the call for proposal is done in
sequential stages:
Evaluation process
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Admissibility
stage
(as per section 6 of
the call for
proposal)
Eligibility
stage
(as per section 7 of
the call for
proposal)
Exclusion
stage
(as per section 8 of
the call for
proposal)
Selection
stage
(as per section 9 of
the call for
proposal)
Award
stage
(as per section 10 of
the call for proposal)
27. Applications must comply with the following conditions in order to be
admissible:
• Applications must be sent no later than 08/03/2019 (by 17:00 if
delivered in person)
• Applications must be submitted in writing, using the submission set
described in section 16 of the CfP (all forms must be dully filled in and
2x USB)
• Applications must be drafted in one of the EU official languages with a
preference to English. Applications must respect the maximum rate for
EU co-financing (70%)
• In this context, any project directly or indirectly contrary to EU policy or
against public health, human rights or against citizen’s security will be
rejected.
Admissibly Requirements –
Section 16 and 17 of the CfP
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Eligibility criteria
Applications must be submitted by legal persons established in and/or natural
person(s) being citizen of one of the following countries:
EU Member State
Norway, Switzerland
Definition of “established”: having a registered office, central administration or
principal place of business in one of these countries.
No restriction on consortium size
In case of multiple applicants, the proposal consequently must be submitted by a
consortium composed of at least two entities out of which:
the coordinator shall be a legal person;
the co-applicant(s) can be either legal and/or natural person(s).
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• Eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the
grant.
• Consequences after Brexit: If no agreement is signed ensuring that
British applicants continue to be eligible, beneficiary will either:
‒ cease to receive EU funding (they will have to contribute with own
funding if interested to complete the project) or
‒ be required to leave the project.
• In case beneficiaries will leave the project, they will have to deliver
results for the period up to Brexit in order to have the right to be paid.
For UK applicants
30. • Exclusion criteria are specified in the standard Declaration of Honour (A5
Form) of this call.
• The same exclusion criteria apply to all affiliated entities.
• All applicants and any affiliated entities must sign and submit a Declaration of
Honour (A5 form) along with supporting evidence.
• Applicants will not be granted financial assistance if, in the course of the grant
award procedure, they:
‒ are in an exclusion situations established in the A5 form ;
‒ have misrepresented the information required by the GSA as a condition of participation in
the grant award procedure or fail to supply this information;
‒ were previously involved in the preparation of call for proposal documents where this entails
a distortion of competition that cannot be remedied otherwise.
• Administrative and financial penalties may be imposed on applicants that are
guilty of misrepresentation.
Exclusion criteria
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31. • Financial capacity
‒ Each beneficiary must be able to prove that they are a sustainable
organization that will remain functioning for the entire duration of the
project
‒ Determined by the GSA on the basis of information provided in Form A6
and required supporting evidence
• Operational capacity
‒ Applicants must prove that they are capable of doing the work on their
own resources (w/o significant intervention from third parties:
subcontractors, affiliated entities etc.)
‒ Determined by the GSA on the basis of information provided in Form B2.
In the case of affiliated entities taking part in the project, the above
requirements apply to each affiliated entity.
Selection criteria (Form A6
and B2)
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Award criteria
If a total score lower than 60 points or a score lower than 60% for any of the above four criteria is obtained, the
proposal will not be evaluated further and will be rejected
1. Relevance and credibility of
the proposed approach and
innovation
max. score 40
2. Impact in terms of economic
and public benefits
max. score 20
4. Coherence and effectiveness
of the work plan
max. score 30
Relevance and quality of the methodology for requirements identification, design,
development and testing of the antenna
Relevance and quality of the methodology for application(s) identification and
selection
Overall quality of the proposal in terms of completeness, level of detail and
innovation
Maximisation of the benefits by the proposed adoption of the results in the
market for the identified application(s)
Coherency of the business plan for the exploitation of the results of the
grant
The consistency of the work plan aiming at the maximization of the quality and
representativeness of the results.
Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk
management
The coherence of the work plan in terms of activities’ definition, schedule,
tasks, effort and cost, including justification of the resources to be committed.
3. Credible and effective
dissemination plan
max. score 10
Appropriateness of the methodology of the dissemination plan
Impact of dissemination plan to attract visibility of results towards
stakeholders
33. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
34. • Ownership as a general rule, ownership of the results,
including IPR associated with such results, rests with the
beneficiary (Art. II.9.1)
• Right of use through signature of the grant agreement,
beneficiary grants to the Union and GSA certain rights of use
of the results (Art. II.9.3 and I.9), e.g. right to reproduce,
communicate to the public, etc.
• Pre-existing IPR beneficiary must ensure that the Union and
GSA have the right to use any pre-existing IPR which are
included in the results of the action, which the Union has the
right to use (Art. II.9.3)
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Results of the grant
35. The beneficiary grants the European Union the following rights to use the results of the action:
a) for its own purposes and in particular to make available to persons working for the GSA, other European Union
institutions, agencies and bodies and to Member States’ institutions, as well as to copy and reproduce in whole
or in part and in an unlimited number of copies;
b) reproduction: the right to authorise direct or indirect, temporary or permanent reproduction of the results by
any means (mechanical, digital or other) and in any form, in whole or in part;
c) communication to the public: the right to authorise any display performance or communication to the public,
by wire or wireless means, including making the results available to the public in such a way that members of
the public may access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them; this right also includes
communication and broadcasting by cable or by satellite;
d) distribution: the right to authorise any form of distribution of results or copies of the results to the public;
e) adaptation: the right to modify the results;
f) translation;
g) the right to store and archive the results in line with the document management rules applicable to the GSA,
including digitisation or converting the format for preservation or new use purposes;
h) where the results are documents, the right to authorise the reuse of the documents in conformity with
Commission Decision 2011/833/EU of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents if that
Decision is applicable and if the documents fall within its scope and are not excluded by any of its provisions.
For the sake of this provision, the terms ‘reuse’ and ‘document’ have the meanings given to them by Decision
2011/833/EU.
Results of the grant – Article
II.9.3 of the Grant Agreement
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36. Without prejudice to Article II.9.3, the European Commission and the GSA acquire rights to use the
results of the action and such results will be exploited for non-commercial purposes only, using any
of the following modes:
a) to promote and create awareness of the achieved project results:
i. To prepare and disseminate promotional material in hard copies, in electronic or digital format (e.g.
leaflets, presentations, etc.).
ii. To advertise through press information services, in hard copies, in electronic or digital format.
iii. To reproduce the demonstration and/or presentations after the completion of the project at GSA or
other institutional premises
b) to showcase and demonstrate the system’s prototype(s) capability for institutional purposes.
c) to edit or re-write in another way the textual deliverables of the action, including shortening,
summarising and correcting technical errors in the content;
d) to license or sub-license to third parties for the same purposes above mentioned.
The beneficiaries must ensure that the European Union has the rights of use specified in the General
Conditions for the whole duration of the industrial or intellectual property right[s] concerned.
Results of the grant – Article
I.9 of the Grant Agreement
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37. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
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Co-financing EU financing may not cover 100% of the total costs of the action. It may take the form of:
Non-retroactivity No grant may be awarded retrospectively for actions already completed
Non-profit rule Where a profit is made, GSA is entitled to recover the percentage of the profit
Non-cumulative award Each action may give rise to the award of only one grant from the budget to any partner
EU funding
Maximum budget allocated for EU financing: EUR 2,800,000
Number of projects to be funded: Up to 2
Maximum EU financing rate of eligible costs: 70%
Indicative EU financing amount for each project: Up to EUR 1,400,000
Maximum duration of the project 2 (two) years
Partner’s own resources
Income generated by the action
Contribution from third partners
Subcontracting • Subcontracting shall in no case cover core activities
• The proposal should clearly specify the activities that will be subcontracted and the
corresponding costs must be indicated in the estimated budget
• Subcontracting is not allowed among the beneficiaries of the proposal
39. Payments Amount
Pre- financing payment 20% of the grant amount
Interim payment
max 60%
based on the actual requested grant amount
Final payment
min 20%
based on the actual requested grant amount
Eligible costs and payments
Eligible direct costs:
Eligible indirect costs: flat rate of 7% (of total
eligible direct costs minus subcontracting)
Representing the beneficiary's general administrative costs which
can be regarded as chargeable to the action/project
Eligible Costs
The following costs shall not be considered
eligible:
Non-Eligible Costs
Return on capital Doubtful debts
Contributions in kind
from 3rd parties
Debt and debt
service charges
Exchange
losses
Excessive or reckless
expenditure
Provisions for
losses or debts
Bank charges
from transfers
Deductible VAT
Interest owed
Costs of financial
support to 3rd
parties
Costs of
another
funded action
Participation by staff
in Union institutions
Costs of personnel
Costs of natural persons
working under a contract
with the partner
Subsistence allowances
Costs of travel
Equipment costs
(Depreciation only)
Duties, taxes and charges
Costs of consumables and
supplies
Costs arising directly from
requirements imposed by the
grant agreement
Costs relating to a pre-financing
guarantee lodged by the
beneficiary of the grant
Costs relating external audits
40. • Coordinator
a) The coordinator submits the application on behalf of the consortium and will be the
intermediary for all communication between the co-beneficiaries and the GSA as well as
responsible for supplying all documents and information to the GSA in due time upon
request. The coordinator will also be responsible for the distribution of payments received
from GSA to the co-beneficiaries
• Co-applicant
• Affiliated entities
a) Several legal persons forming together one legal person or 'sole beneficiary' which may, or
may not, have been specifically established for carrying out the action (e.g. groupings, joint
ventures).
b) Legal persons having a legal or capital link with a beneficiary or co-beneficiary, which is
neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation (e.g.
networks, federations, trade-unions).
• Subcontractors
• Contractors
Roles and responsibilities in the
Consortium (multi-beneficiary)
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41. • In principle Affiliated entities act as beneficiaries with the difference that they do not sign the grant
agreement, i.e. the Beneficiary retains responsibility for the work done by its affiliated entity;
• Each affiliated entity shall have to comply with the same eligibility and non-exclusion criteria as those
applying to the applicant(s) and submit the same forms, including the forms proving the financial and
operational capacity (see section 9.1 and 9.2 below);
• Must be identified in the necessary admin forms A1-A6;
• Must be identified in the in the technical proposal – Form B1 and B2;
• Must present all the supporting evidence required under the Call for Proposal for the same criteria as
a co-applicant.
• Have their own budget – Form C1;
• Will declare their actual direct eligible costs during project implementation through their own
individual financial statement.
• Cannot be subcontractors except for very specific cases (mentioned in previous slide) which should be
disclosed to the GSA for analysis on whether the costs are acceptable.
Affiliated entities
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42. • Subcontracting - When the tasks in B1 cannot be done by the consortium
Specific Principle: May only cover a limited part of the action and can not cover the core activities
• Purchase of equipment – When achieving the objectives of the action requires the purchase of equipment or the use
of equipment already owned by the Beneficiary which is subject to depreciation
• Leasing or rental costs – When achieving the objectives of the action requires the use of equipment which is leased or
rented
• Common Principles:
‒ Stated in the proposal (Form C1 and B1)
‒ Best value for money or the lowest price
‒ No Conflict of Interest
‒ Necessary for implementation
‒ The Legal Entities signing the Grant Agreement must be the ones who are procuring, implementing and incurring
the costs related to the Subcontract, Equipment or Leasing/Rent. The Grant Agreement does not extend to
affiliated entities (Holding Groups, Mother/Sister Companies, Spin-offs), unless they are identified separately as Co-
Applicants or Affiliated Entities.
• Specific cases
‒ Subcontracting, leasing/renting and purchase of equipment among beneficiaries is not possible
‒ Subcontracting, leasing/renting or purchasing equipment from affiliated entities is not possible except in very
specific conditions, where the Applicant can prove that the above principles are respected
Subcontracting, equipment
and leasing/rental costs
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43. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
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Important dates
Stages
Date and time or
indicative period
Publication of the call 18 October 2018
Deadline for submission of request for clarifications 8 February 2019
Deadline for publication of the last clarifications 15 February 2019
Deadline for submitting applications 8 March 2019 – at 17:00 Prague time
Evaluation period March– Jun 2019
Information to applicants on the outcome of evaluation July 2019
Signature of the first Grant Agreement(s) August – October 2019
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FORM CONTENT
SINGLE APPLICANT/
CO-ORDINATOR
CO-APPLICANT(S)
A1 PROPOSAL OVERVIEW X
A2 PROPOSAL SUMMARY X
A3 COORDINATOR PROFILE X
A4 CO-APPLICANT PROFILE X
A5 DECLARATION OF HONOUR X X
A6 FINANCIAL CAPACITY X X
B1 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL X
B2 OPERATIONAL CAPACITY X X
C1 PRELIMINARY BUDGET X X
ADMIN
PACKAGE
TECHNICAL
PACKAGE
FINANCIAL
PACKAGE
How to submit a proposal
46. Overview of the submittal templates
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It serves 2 purposes:
COVER PAGE OF FORM A1 (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR + GSA)
Checklist for the applicants: list of the submission set + number of documents
to be submitted
Basic information on the Proposal for GSA: project acronym and consortium
composition + receipt of the documents.
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Admin package – overview of forms
Form A1 & Form A2
Contact details: Name/Surname, Organisation, ..
Proposal Abstract: high level description of the proposed technical solution
About the participants: name, role in the project and represented country
FORM A1. PROPOSAL OVERVIEW (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR)
FORM A2. PROPOSAL SUMMARY (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR)
Objectives of the proposal: target of the proposal, including value proposition and
benefit for the users
Description of the work: high level project’s workflow
Milestone and Expected results
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Admin package – overview of forms
Form A3 & Form A4
FORM A3. COORDINATOR / SINGLE APPLICANT PROFILE
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE COORDINATOR)
Legal Information: LEF (Legal Entity Form: private or public company, registration info) with supporting
evidence (e.g. commercial registry extract, company statutes…)
Financial Identification: (FIF) banking details and account holder’s info
Power of attorney: of the person(s) signing the proposal to commit the company/organisation
Information on co-financing: amount of co-funding proposed to be undertaken by the beneficiaries and
related means, timeline
Previous EU contracts/grants: to check the application of no-double payment principle.
Stamp: in some countries, it’s not common; however it is necessary for administrative purposes
FORM A4. CO-APPLICANT PROFILE
(TO BE FILLED BY THE CO-APPLICANTS WITH: LEGAL ENTITY FORM)
Same as for Coordinator: to be filled by the co-applicant
No financial identification form is needed
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Admin package – overview of forms
Form A5 & A6
FORM A5. DECLARATION OF HONOUR
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS – INCLUDING AFFILIATED ENTITIES)
It serves to check the exclusion and selection criteria
To be filled and submitted by ALL applicants
Generic text used by EU institutions and agencies.
Consider starting early enough collecting all the evidences; since might be time consuming
Supporting evidence may be required on the basis of a risk assessment that will be conducted
by the GSA – possibility for the potential beneficiaries to start collecting all evidence early
enough to be assessed by the applicants
Evidence submitted in another procedure (procurement or grant) less than 12 months before
the award of the grant can be re-used (no need of submitting new documents)
FORM A6. FINANCIAL CAPACITY
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS – INCLUDING AFFILIATED ENTITIES)
50. Not applicable to:
public bodies, international organisations, natural persons receiving educational
support or persons in need, persons or entities receiving interest rate rebates and
guarantee fee subsidies for the purpose of reinforcing financial capacity
• Filled in with figures from your annual (audited)
accounts for last 3 audited years (plus audit report
for last financial year to be submitted if requested
contribution is above 750K EUR)
• GSA calculates ratios (e.g. profitability,
indebtedness, financial independence)
• Used to assess your financial viability
Financial package – overview of forms
Form A6: Financial capacity (1/2)
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51. If outcome of the check is not satisfactory and in any other case GSA
can:
• request further information
• propose a grant agreement without pre-financing
• propose a grant agreement with a pre-financing paid in
instalments;
• propose a grant agreement with a lower percentage of a pre-
financing;
• propose a grant agreement with a pre-financing covered by a
bank guarantee
• reject the application
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Financial package – overview of forms
Form A6: Financial capacity (2/2)
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Technical package – overview of forms
Form B1
The co-ordinator, on behalf of the consortium, shall
submit the TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (max 2 pages)
2. CONCEPT and APPROACH (max 30 pages)
3. EXPECTED IMPACT (max 10 pages)
4. IMPLEMENTATION – technical and financial info (max 20 pages)
5. TECHNICAL ANNEXES – technical and financial info
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Technical package – overview of forms
Form B2: Operational capacity
Every applicant (coordinator and co-applicants), shall
submit the OPERATIONAL CAPACITY Form.
Objective: to demonstrate compliance with SELECTION criteria set out in the
Call for Proposals (Ref. CfP section 9.2)
“Applicants must show they have the operational (technical and management)
capacity to complete the activities to be supported by this Call for Proposal
and must demonstrate their capacity to manage the activities corresponding to
the size of the project for which the grant is requested.”
55. Draft Grant Agreement
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• NOT part of the proposal to be submitted
• Please read it before submitting a proposal!
• It contains important elements on payment
arrangements, cost eligibility, reporting, etc.
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How to submit a proposal –
Section 17 of the CfP (cont’d)
The proposal shall always be submitted in a paper version
Proposals must be placed inside a sealed envelope with two USBs containing
the full set of proposal documents in machine readable format
Envelope should be marked : “CALL FOR PROPOSALS GSA/GRANT/01/2018 -
NOT TO BE OPENED”
Proposal shall be submitted by letter:
either by courier or post not later than 08/03/2019
delivered by hand not later than 08/03/2019 at 17:00 Prague local time
to the address indicated below:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
GSA/GRANT/01/2018
Multi-frequency Multipurpose Antenna for Galileo
GSA – Legal and Procurement Department
Janovského 438/2
170 00 Prague 7- Czech Republic
Address
57. Check with your legal department the
conditions of the grant agreement early on
Read the grant agreement before-hand
Check the consistency of the different
forms (e.g., financial tables)
Check conditions for eligibility of
subcontracting costs
Main take-aways
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58. • GSA: Legal and Procurement Department
• E-mail address: gnss.grants@gsa.europa.eu
• Office address: GSA, Janovského 438/2, 170 00, Prague 7,
Czech Republic
Contact coordinates for the call
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Please refer in the subject to the relevant reference number of the Call
GSA/GRANT/01/2018
Submit requests for clarifications by: 08 February 2019
Submit proposals by: 08 March 2019
59. Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A
61. Linking space to user needs
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www.GSA.europa.eu
Get in touch:
GSC-europa.euEGNOS-portal.eu UseGalileo.euG
Hinweis der Redaktion
H2020 aims to foster adoption of Galileo and EGNOS developing applications and supports the integration of services provided by these programmes into devices and their commercialisation
Not exhaustive list, consult GSA market report and GSA User Technology Report
These activities cannot be sub-contracted
Pre-financing: paid automatically once the GA is signed
Interim payment:
- After the end of 1st period
Following a request for interim payment from the Consortium – financial reporting
Max. 70% cumulatively for pre-financing and interim payment – i.e. if pre-financing was paid at 30% then maximum 40% of grant will be paid in interim payment
Final payment:
Payment of the balance – the final amount depending on the amount of total actual eligible costs
After the end of the project
Following a request for final payment from the consortium – financial reporting