Inspire (PUBLIC Outreach)

General conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: described in the ERC Work Programme 2022

Applications must be submitted before the submission deadline via the submission tool available through the EC Funding & Tenders opportunities Portal. Further detailed guidance in the 'IT HOW TO' wiki site.

Eligible participants: All Principal Investigators in an ERC frontier research project, that is either ongoing or has ended on or after 31/12/2019, are eligible to apply. In case of ongoing ERC frontier research projects, only activities completed by the submission deadline can be included in the application. Each Principal Investigator may submit only one application per ERC project under the 2022 work programme.

Eligible activities: All applications must refer to public engagement activities for an ERC-funded project, regardless of the sources of funding for the public engagement activities themselves. 

Applications must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

a) Administrative proposal forms: available on this page below and online via the submission tool - EU Funding & Tenders opportunities Portal - registration to the EU Funding & Tenders opportunities Portal is required first.

b) Contest proposal (Part B), available in the submission tool below, should be uploaded in the submission tool as PDF file. Proposal page limits and layout are described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System and in the Rules of Contest. A complete application will consist of three sections corresponding to the award criteria described in section 9 of the Rules of Contest:

• Description of the public engagement activity: objectives, expected outcome, target audience(s), description of the completed implementation plan (including non-financial resources, choice of tools and channels). Supporting material and links can be included.
• Activity implementation: description of how the activity unfolded, including the communication tools used, the risks taken, and the unexpected difficulties experienced.
• Impact: description of the benefits of the activity, including supporting evidence, material, web links that can demonstrate its impact.

 

2. Eligible countries: described in the ERC Work Programme 2022 under the heading 'Admissibility and eligibility criteria' and in Annex 3.

 

3. Other eligibility conditions:  described in section 6 of the Rules of Contest.

 

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:described in section 7 of the Rules of Contest.

 

5. Evaluation and award:

Applications will be subject to a formal evaluation by a jury. If there are more than 30 applications, there will be a pre-selection to select the best 30 to pass to jury review. Otherwise, all applications will pass directly to jury review.
The pre-selection panel and jury usually have a different composition, but jury members may participate in the pre-selection panel.
The pre-selection panel/jury will evaluate each application against the award criteria.

On the basis of the evaluation by the jury (and after the mandatory checks: ethics review, security scrutiny, legal entity validation, non-exclusion, double funding, etc), the awarding authority will decide on the award of the prize.

All applicants will be informed about the evaluation result (evaluation result letter). Successful applications will be awarded the prize; the not successful ones will be rejected.
 

• Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in section 9 of the Rules of Contest.

• Submission and evaluation processes are described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual

• Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in the ERC Work Programme 2022.

 

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the Rules of Contest

 

Documents

ERC Work Programme 2022 

Rules of Contest

 

Additional documents:

EU Financial Regulation

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

ERC Project Promotion mailbox -  for queries related to this call.

Online Manual is your guide on the procedures from proposal submission to managing your grant.

Horizon Europe Programme Guide contains the detailed guidance to the structure, budget and political priorities of Horizon Europe.

Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – find the answers to most frequently asked questions on submission of proposals, evaluation and grant management.

Research Enquiry Service – ask questions about any aspect of European research in general and the EU Research Framework Programmes in particular.

National Contact Points (NCPs) – get guidance, practical information and assistance on participation in Horizon Europe. There are also NCPs in many non-EU and non-associated countries (‘third-countries’).

IT Helpdesk – contact the Funding & Tenders Portal IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.

The European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their recruitment – consult the general principles and requirements specifying the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of researchers, employers and funders of researchers.