Type of activities supported
While funding will support the enrichment of the RobMoSys ecosystem in Call I, the focus of Call II will be on the application of RobMoSys results (methodology and tools) to real-world applications through Pilots .
RobMoSys excludes funding in hardware development activities.
Who can apply?
In RobMoSys, financial support may be provided to any legal entity possessing a validated Participant Identification Code.
At the moment of submission, though, the entity can apply with the provisional PIC. Once these conditions are met, financial support can be given to natural persons, public or private bodies, research
organisations, non-profit organisations, small and medium enterprises, international organisations, international organisations of EU interest, established in an EU Member State or in an Associated Country. Proposals are expected from single legal entities or small consortia.
Criteria for awarding financial support
In RobMoSyS criteria used to evaluate proposals will be the same used by the EC, namely Excellence, Impact and Implementation. As for Excellence, adequacy
to the call, progress with respect to state of the art and challenges addressed will be evaluated. As for impact, the following aspects will be taken into account: the quality and spectrum of targeted audience, volume of people/organisations/domain/market impacted, volume and quality of software produced. In order to fully meet the Impact criterion proposals should include a benchmarking activity of the proposed solution against (quantifiable) metrics set-up in the Open Call text. For Implementation the adequacy between objectives and allocated resources (including equipment) is
taken into account as well as the overall organisation of the work.
Amount of financial support
In RobMoSys open-call projects mainly address personal expenses (staff and travel). Up to 10% of the budget can be reserved for consumables needed to cover activities related to use case implementation in Pilots. In RobMoSys equipment costs are not eligible, all the necessary equipment (robotic platforms, etc.) are made available by third-parties themselves.
The consistency between these costs and the expected work of the project will be part of the evaluation of proposals.
The third parties will be funded up to 100% of their respective direct cost.
Third parties can receive pre-financing of up to 25%. Further payments will be made upon successful completion of milestones and/or deliverables as specified in the respective contract with CEA.
Third-parties are allowed to sub-contract 10% of the budget, but sub-contracting should not cover core activities and they have to be specified very clearly in the proposal.
Funding rates in innovation actions:
- For non-profit organisations: 100% direct costs
- For profit making entities: 70% direct costs
Maximum amount to be granted to each third-party
The financial support that will be granted to each third-party will be typically in the order of EUR 50,000 – 250,000 and will not exceed EUR 250,000 of EU contribution per partner. Maximum funding per project will be EUR 300,000.
Runtime of projects
12 months
Number of projects supported overall
12-24
