H2020 Rules for participation and financial rules Rules for participation

Funding rates for GSA grants

• Innovation action (IA)
• 70% of the total eligible costs
• Exception: 100% of the total eligible costs for non-profit legal entities
• Coordination and support action (CSA)
• 100% of the total eligible costs

No differences among cost categories (RTD, mgmt, dem, oth)!

Indirect costs

• 20%?
• 60%?
• Real?
• Simplified?

• 25% of the total eligible costs excluding:
• Subcontracting
• Costs of resources made available by 3rd parties
• Financial support to 3rd parties

Subcontracting

• Same rules as in FP7:
• may cover only a limited part of the action
• best value for money or, if appropriate, the lowest price
• must avoid any conflict of interests
• Subcontracted tasks and related costs in Annex 1

Third parties

Definition: entities which participate in the action but do not sign the GA (including entities linked to the beneficiaries)

• Can get funding:
• Max GSA contribution is EUR 60.000 to each 3rd party
• Certain criteria must be fulfilled. See: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/annexes/h2020-wp1415-annex-k-fs3p_en.pdf
• Can provide contributions in kind

Reporting – working time

• Time recording:
• Still needed for everybody
• Exception: when person is working full-time on the project
• Annual productive hours – option to choose:
• Fixed number (1720)
• Individual annual productive hours (calculated on the basis of the ‘annual workable hours’ of the employee: hours worked + overtime - absences)
• Standard annual productive hours (calculated based on usual accounting practices)

Reporting - certificates

• Certificate on the financial statement:
• Grant claimed > EUR 325,000
• At the end of project
• Certificate on the methodology to calculate unit costs
• Needs to be accepted by the EC

Ex-ante checks

Thank you!

• Additional info:
• H2020 EC website: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en
• Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html