New ideas for Earth-relevant space applications

Type of action: Research and Innovation action Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application. Additional guidance documents which may be relevant to this topic are available on the 'Call documents' page. List of countries and applicable rules for funding: described in part A of the General Annexes of the General Work Programme.   Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and C of the General Annexes of the General Work Programme, with the following exception: the European Space Agency will not participate in corsortia of proposals submitted under this call for proposals.  Evaluation 3.1  Evaluation criteria and procedure, scoring and threshold: described in part H of the General Annexes of the General Work Programme. 3.2 Guide to the submission and evaluation process 3.3 Specific arrangements for the evaluation of Call H2020-EO-2014: Please take into account the arrangements as specified in the 'Guidance document for proposers of Horizon 2020 projects in support of Copernicus' and the EC/ESA Data Warehouse requirements 'GMES data access specifications of the Earth Observation needs over the period 2011-2013' version 1.9. Both documents can be downloaded from the Participant Portal chapter 'Additional Documents'. Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the standard proposal template. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: Maximum 5 months from the final date for submission. Signature of grant agreements: maximum 3 months from the date of informing successful applicants. Provisions, proposal templates and evaluation forms for the type(s) of action(s) under this topic: Research and Innovation Action: Specific provisions and funding rates Standard proposal template (administrative forms and structure of technical annex) Standard evaluation form Annotated Model Grant Agreement Additional provisions: Horizon 2020 budget flexibility Classified information Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions, and proposals must refer to measures envisaged. Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.