General conditions
The call, including evaluation and award procedures, will be managed according to and the proposals should comply with the call conditions below and with the General Annexes to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024 that shall apply mutatis mutandis to this call (with the exceptions introduced in the specific topic conditions). The conditions are described in Annex A of the General Annexes to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2024-2025 which shall apply mutatis mutandis to the actions covered in this Work Programme.
If a topic deviates from the general conditions or includes additional conditions, this is explicitly stated under the specific conditions for the topic.
1. Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes
The conditions are described in Annex A.
The following exception applies:
The page limit of the application is 100 pages.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following exceptions apply:
Partners of the SGA proposal must be members of the DARE FPA
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
5. Evaluation and award:
The granting authority can fund a maximum of one project.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
As an exception from General Annex G of the Horizon Europe Work Programme, the EU-funding rate for eligible costs in grants awarded by the JU for this topic will be up to 50% of the eligible costs. In case a Participating State decided to entrust the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking with the management of its national contributions, this funding rate will be increased by the additional national funding rate for the eligible entities of this country.
Beneficiaries will be subject to the additional exploitation obligations:
Where justified, the grant agreement shall provide for the right for the EuroHPC JU to object to transfers of ownership of results, or to grants of an exclusive licence regarding results, if: (a) the beneficiaries which generated the results have received Union funding; (b) the transfer or licensing is to a legal entity established in a non-associated third country; and (c) the transfer or licensing is not in line with Union interests.
Beneficiaries will be subject to the additional exploitation obligations requiring that first exploitation of the results takes place in the European Union and the Participating States of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Applicants must acknowledge this requirement in the proposal and Annex I to the Grant Agreement.
Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional dissemination obligations:
Beneficiaries will be subject to the additional exploitation obligations requiring that first exploitation of the results takes place in the European Union and the Participating States of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Applicants must acknowledge this requirement in the proposal and Annex I to the Grant Agreement.
Specific conditions
7. Specific conditions: described in the EuroHPC Decision No 20/2024
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard application form (HE FPA)
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard evaluation form (HE FPA)
MGA
HE General MGA v1.0
Framework Partnership Agreement FPA v1.0
Call-specific instructions
Detailed budget table (HE LS)
Information on financial support to third parties (HE)
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 3. Research Infrastructures
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 7. Digital, Industry and Space
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes
HE Programme Guide
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement