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Proposal coordinators receive an Evaluation Summary Report (ESR), showing the results of the
evaluation for a given proposal. For proposals that successfully pass the first stage of two-stage calls,
common feedback is provided to all coordinators, but the first stage ESR is only sent after the second
stage evaluation.
Applicants whose proposal is awarded funding will receive a formal communication informing them
that the grant preparation phase can start.
If special procedures apply, they will be set in the call conditions.
5.1.8 Budget flexibility
The budgets set out in AWP 2018 are indicative.
Unless otherwise stated, final budgets may vary following evaluation.
The final figures may vary by up to 20% compared to those indicated in AWP 2018, for the following
budgeted activities:
Total expenditure for calls (up to 20% of the total expenditure for each call);
Repartition of call budgets within a call (up to 20% of the total expenditure of the call);
Evaluation and monitoring (up to 20% of the total expenditure for all these activities);
The cumulated changes above may not exceed 20% of the maximum contribution provided for this
Work Plan.
5.1.9 Conditions related to open access
to research data
Participants will engage in research data sharing, according to Article 29.3 of the PRIMA Model Grant
Agreement(s). This means that beneficiaries must deposit and take measures to make it possible for
third parties to access, mine, exploit, reproduce and disseminate, free of charge for any user:
(1) data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications ('underlying data'); and (2)
other data as specified by the beneficiaries in their Data Management Plan (DMP, see below).
Projects can "opt-out" of these provisions before or after the signature of the grant agreement
(thereby freeing themselves from the associated obligations) on the following grounds:
a) Incompatibility with the Horizon 2020 obligation to protect results that are expected to be
commercially or industrially exploited
b) Incompatibility with the need for confidentiality in connection with security issues
c) Incompatibility with rules on protecting personal data
d) Incompatibility with the project's main aim
e) If the project will not generate / collect any research data, or
f) If there are other legitimate reasons not to provide open access to research data.
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Any costs related to the implementation of these provisions are eligible for reimbursement during the
duration of the grant.
A proposal will not be evaluated more favourably if the consortium agrees to share its research data,
nor will it be penalised if it opts out.
Further information on open access to research data is available on the PRIMA electronic submission
system.
A Data Management Plan (DMP) details what data the project will generate, how it will be exploited
and made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved. The use of
a Data Management Plan is obligatory for all projects that do not opt-out. Projects that opt-out are
also strongly encouraged to submit a Data Management Plan if relevant for their planned research.
Further information on Data Management Plans is available on PRIMA electronic submission system.
5.2 Section 2
– Transnational calls organised by PRIMA-IS and funded
by the Participating States
5.2.1 List of countries
eligible for funding
Legal entities established in the following PRIMA Participating States
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will in general be eligible to
receive funding through PRIMA grants:
The following Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU): Croatia, Cyprus, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia. It includes the Overseas
Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to these Member States
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The following Third Countries associated to Horizon 2020 (AC): Israel, Tunisia, and Turkey.
The following Third Countries not associated to Horizon 2020 (TC), upon condition that they
have concluded international agreements for scientific and technological cooperation setting
out the terms and conditions of their participation in PRIMA: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon
and Morocco.*
*As of 26 October 2017 the agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out
the terms and conditions of Algeria's participation in PRIMA has been provisionally applicable
and Algeria is a PRIMA Participating State. The eligibility to receive PRIMA funding for legal
entities established in the 'to be Participating States', i.e. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco
is in general conditional upon the entry into force of start of provisional application of
international agreements with the Union setting out the terms and conditions of their
participation in PRIMA by the time the relevant Grant Agreement is signed.
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New PS may join PRIMA and the regularly updated list of PS will be provided by PRIMA-IS (at the following link to be
inserted to PRIMA webpage).
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Entities from Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) are eligible for funding under the same conditions as entities from
the Member States to which the OCT in question is linked.