Type of action

Excellence

Impact

Quality and efficiency of the implementation

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The following aspects will be taken into account, to the extent that the proposed work corresponds to the topic description in the work programme:

The extent to which the outputs of the project should contribute at the European and/or International level to:

The following aspects will be taken into account:

All types of action

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Clarity and pertinence of the objectives;

Credibility of the

proposed approach.

The expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic

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Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources;

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Complementarity of the participants� within the consortium (when relevant);

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Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk and innovation management.

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Research and

innovation;

Innovation; SME

instrument

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Soundness of the concept, including trans-disciplinary considerations, where relevant;

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Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation potential, and is beyond the state of the art (e.g. ground-breaking objectives, novel concepts and approaches)

Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge;

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Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets; and, where relevant, by delivering such innovations to the markets;

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Any other environmental and socially important impacts (not already covered above);

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Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the project, and to manage research data where relevant.

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Coordination & support actions

Soundness of the concept;

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Quality of the proposed coordination and/or support measures.

Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the project, and to manage research data where relevant.

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ERA-NET Cofund

Level of ambition in the collaboration and commitment of the participants in the proposed ERA-NET action to pool national resources and coordinate their national/regional research programmes.

Achievement of critical mass for the funding of trans-national projects by pooling of national/regional resources and contribution to establishing and strengthening a durable cooperation between the partners and their national/regional research programmes;

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Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results and to communicate the project.

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Pre-commercial procurement

Cofund/Public procurement of innovative

solutions Cofund

Progress beyond the state of the art in terms of the degree of innovation needed to satisfy the procurement need.

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Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing innovations meeting the needs of European and global procurement markets

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Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the project.

More forward-looking concerted procurement approaches that reduce fragmentation of demand for innovative solutions

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