EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

In line with the objectives of the EaSI programme, the new EaSI Funded Instrument seeks to improve access to finance for micro-enterprises (including the self-employed and those that employ vulnerable people) and social enterprises in order to create jobs and support social inclusion.

The EaSI Funded Instrument provides senior and subordinated loans to eligible financial intermediaries in order to increase their capacity to provide financing to micro-enterprises and social enterprises, as well as mobilizing their own resources to grow their microfinance or social entrepreneurship portfolios.

The decision to provide EU financing will be made by the local financial institutions such as banks, venture capitalists or angel investors.

You have a right to get feedback from credit institutions on their credit decision. This can help you understand your financial position and improve your chances to obtain financing in the future. Use your right and refer to Article 431 of the EU Capital Requirements Regulation.

Participation, and hence the chances of success, depends heavily on the themes and objectives of the call for proposals. Some calls can be very specific and targeted leading to a lower interest to participate and therefore less competition.

The average success rate of (see the chart) is quite high. However, most calls are open to a restricted audience only, increasing the chance of receiving a grant for those organisations that qualify for these calls.

1. Who can apply?

Please be aware of the following eligibility criteria of the call:

• Post Docs – based in Germany irrespective of their nationality
• Working in the field of physics or a related interdisciplinary area
• Under the age 35
• Proficient in English

Deadline:Monday November 18, 2019, 23:59 CET.

Call 2 2020 is now open for the following applications:

• Research and Thought Leadership
• Young Innovators
• Climate Impact Assessments

Deadlines: 

The deadline for submitting a full proposal in PLAZA for Timeline for Young Innovators is October 31, 2019, 1800 hrs CET.

The deadline for submitting a full proposal in PLAZA for Timeline for Climate Impact Assessments is November 10, 2019, 1800hrs CET

The deadline for submitting a full proposal in PLAZA for Timeline for Research and Thought Leadership  is January 03, 2020 1800hrs CET.

Call on refugee and migrant artists to submit their artwork about forced displacement of people due to wars and violence in the broadest sense. Artwork may focus on any dimension of migration experiences, including border crossings, settlement, new lives elsewhere, challenges, or hopes and dreams.

With this exhibition, we aim to foster humanitarian values, social inclusion and empathy in our societies.  Most importantly we want to provide an opportunity to look at migration experiences from the perspective of refugee and migrant artists. 

ARTISTS WITH A MIGRANT BACKGROUND INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN OUR EXHIBITION ARE REQUESTED TO SEND US THE FOLLOWING BY OCTOBER 30, 2019.

• A short CV with information about your main exhibitions and a short bio.

• A selection of a maximum of 10 artworks (this can include a combination of different art techniques, including photography) in digital format. Pictures taken of the artworks should have a DPI of at least 300. All submitted work must have been created by the artist after 2010.

Call name:BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY  | Call ID:H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020

Scope:

Integrated innovative solutions for Positive Energy Blocks/Districts will be developed and tested and performance-monitored in the Lighthouse Cities. Projects will consider the interaction and integration between the buildings, the users and the larger energy system as well as implications of increased deployment of electro-mobility, its impact on the energy system and its integration in planning.

Lighthouse Cities will closely collaborate with Fellow Cities[3] and should act as exemplars helping to plan and initiate the replication of the deployed solutions in the Fellow cities, adapted to different local conditions.

As a sustainable energy transition will see increased electro-mobility, its impact on the energy system needs to be understood and well integrated in planning.

Definition: Positive Energy Blocks/Districts consist of several buildings (new, retro-fitted or a combination of both) that actively manage their energy consumption and the energy flow between them and the wider energy system. Positive Energy Blocks/Districts have an annual positive energy balance[4]. They make optimal use of elements such as advanced materials (e.g. bio-based materials), local RES, local storage, smart energy grids, demand-response, cutting edge energy management (electricity, heating and cooling), user interaction/involvement and ICT.

Positive Energy Blocks/Districts are designed to be integral part of the district/city energy system and have a positive impact on it (also from the circular economy point of view). Their design is intrinsically scalable and they are well embedded in the spatial, economic, technical, environmental and social context of the project site.

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Call name:BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY  | Call ID:H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020

Scope:

The proposals will develop and test novel solutions and tools for demand response and energy services, using real consumption data and feedback from the testing of services with the objective to improve predictability of consumption and consumer behaviour (aiming to create a digital twin of the consumer). The main focus will be on households, but other types of consumers (residential, industrial, commercial and tertiary, including prosumers who are self-consuming part of the energy they produce) may be included. Proposals will demonstrate services that bring a fair share of benefits to consumers and to the energy system, in particular the electricity grid.

Activities supported in this call should deliver:

• on the supply side, cheaper and more performant generation technologies (e.g. renewable energy technologies) which are better integrated in various levels of the energy system;
• a smarter, more flexible and resilient energy system (including affordable and integrated energy storage solutions), taking into account current and future climate change adverse impacts;
• on the demand side, increased overall energy efficiency (e.g. in the EU's building stock) and provision of means to enable consumers to play a more active role in the energy transition;
• a better understanding of the specific socio-economic contexts in which the energy transition takes place which will allow to address obstacles in a more effective way;
• increased market-uptake of innovations, including the implementation of energy policy, the preparation for rolling-out investments, and the support for capacity-building.

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The general objective of this call for proposals is to enhance women entrepreneurship in Europe by:

• Facilitating networking and sharing good practices between actors such as intermediary stakeholders, in order to improve the support effectively delivered to women entrepreneurs and to motivate more women to start their own business or to support the development of their business across Europe.
• Entrusting stakeholders themselves with the management, update and promotion of the WEgate e-platform.

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:

• To develop  a "European women entrepreneurship community of practice" (the Community), which will complement and build on past, current and already planned initiatives in this area
• To engage more stakeholders actively supporting women entrepreneurs - rather than women entrepreneurs themselves - with an emphasis on face-to-face exchanges and networking, in complement to online connections.

Knowledge Alliances are transnational, structured and result-driven projects, notably between higher education and business. Knowledge Alliances are open to any discipline, sector and to cross-sectoral cooperation. The partners share common goals and work together towards mutually beneficial results and outcomes.

The general objective is to contribute to the reduction of work-related MSDs in the EU, by promoting better enforcing requirements and reducing exposure to related risk factors. The campaign should address the importance of implementing a holistic approach for the prevention of work-related MSDs, taking into account aspects such as risk assessment, health surveillance, training, employee information
and consultation, ergonomic work systems and the prevention of fatigue.

General objective
The grants will fund a project designed to promote the implementation of Council of Europe Recommendation
CM/Rec(2019)1 on preventing and Combating Sexism and in particular to:
1. Raise awareness about, and help to identify, the phenomena of sexism and sexist behaviour in different
areas.
2. Identify possible ways forward and create tools as relevant to overcome sexism in different
countries/sectors.
3. Raise awareness about the Council of Europe Recommendation on Preventing and Combating Sexism.
The project shall aim specifically at addressing sexism as defined by the Recommendation and should not focus solely on other phenomena such as sex-based discrimination or different forms of violence against women (stalking, sexual harassment etc.), although the link with these phenomena should be made.
The project shall include activities in at least 10 member states from different regions of the Council of Europe. The countries to be covered by the proposals as well as the foreseen activities for each country  shall be specified in the application form. Activities at the national level shall be undertaken in cooperation with national branches / member organisations of the umbrella NGO submitting the proposal.
The project shall be carried out by an umbrella non-governmental organisation with strong expertise and experience in gender equality and women’s rights. It shall be carried out by the umbrella organisation in cooperation with national branches / member organisations in respect of activities at national level. The umbrella organisation may therefore sub-grant part of the funding to national branches / member organisations.

Deadline for submission of offers: 18 November 2019, by 18:00 CEST.

Building on the achievements and success of the EU’s past flagship research and innovation programmes, the Commission proposes a budget of €100 billion for 2021-2027 for Horizon Europe and the Euratom Research and Training Programme.

SIMPLER RULES, LESS RED TAPE FOR BENEFICIARIES

- Continued principle of a single set of rules with further improvements
- Stable funding rates
- Further simplification of funding model
- Increased use of simplified forms of grants where appropriate (including lump sums)
- More dissemination and exploitation of research results

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Call name: BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY  | Call ID:H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020

Scope: Proposals will develop and demonstrate technical solutions, processes and models, which increase a PV system's operational stability and reliability, allowing for higher PV penetration levels. Proposals are expected to address specific objectives such as the reliability of system components, advanced and automated functions for data analysis, diagnosis and
fault detection, forecasting and model-predictive control frameworks, ancillary services for the stability of the network; maintenance planning and/or reporting; interoperability of plants
and components; business models; etc.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 6 to 10 million would allow this challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless,
this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected Impact: Projects are expected to increase utility-friendly integration of PV generation at high-penetration levels and the performance and profitability of PV systems.
Type of Action: Innovation action

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