Advanced (nano and bio-based) materials for sustainable agriculture (RIA)

PROPOSAL NUMBERS

Call HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-TWO-STAGE_stage2 has closed on the 5th of October 2023.

38 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32: 7 proposals
• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33: 14 proposals
• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34: 14 proposals
• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37: 3 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in January 2024

For the applicants invited to submit a proposal for stage 2 of the call HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-TWO-STAGE stage 2.

submission session is not open yet as we are working on the modification of the Part B page limits in the system.

We expect this to be resolved in the next days and soon the call will be open for submission.

The Participle portal submission team will also notify all eligible applicants when the call is open for submission to proceed.

GENERALISED FEEDBACK for successful applicants

after STAGE 1

HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-TWO-STAGE STAGE ONE

In order to best ensure equal treatment, successful stage 1 applicants do not receive the evaluation summary reports (ESRs) for their proposals, but this generalised feedback with information and tips for preparing the full proposal.

Information & tips

Main shortcomings found in the stage 1 evaluation:

Topic: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32

Excellence:

· The progress beyond state of the art is not sufficiently detailed for all the specific technologies.

· The starting TRL is not fully aligned with the topic requirements. The planned increase in TRL is not adequately justified.

· The proposal lacks clarity in some parts of the methodology.

· The reduction and substitution of harmful chemicals are not sufficiently substantiated.

· The technical robustness of AI, machine learning methods are not sufficiently explained.

· The strategy to bring together and integrate expertise and methods from different disciplines is not sufficiently explained.

Impact:

· It is not sufficiently clear how the quantification of the expected outcomes and impacts were determined.

· The potential negative environmental impact is not sufficiently considered.

· Ppotential barriers and measures to address them are not specific enough.

· Mitigation of barriers concerning certification and regulatory barriers are not sufficiently described.

· The strategy for the management of intellectual property is not adequately outlined to support the exploitation of results.

· The exploitation strategy is not sufficiently addressed.

Topic: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33

Excellence:

· The measurability of objectives is not fully substantiated with specific, quantified key performances.

· Citation of recent research in the state-of-the art description is outdated.

· Machine learning and AI algorithms, and the validation approach are insufficiently described.

· Some parts of the methodology are not clearly described, as for instance the interconnection in material development.

· Issues of AI robustness with respect to accuracy and possible biases miss information.

· The way expertise and methods from various fields will be integrated is not fully detailed.

· SSH integration is only briefly discussed.

· The open-access aspects are focused more on scientific publications and lack information on early and open sharing of research.

Impact:

· The societal impact in terms of environmental monitoring and personal healthcare for EU citizens is not considered in adequate detail.

· The technological impact is not sufficiently elaborated.

· End-users and stakeholders are identified only as a general level.

· Sustainable manufacturing approaches have not been considered in adequate depth.

· The market opportunities are not enough specific to the proposal.

· The relevant barriers are presented on a general level, but no detailed description is given on the strategy regarding some important aspects such as market adoption, standards, qualification, and user acceptance.

Topic: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34

Excellence:

· The specific objectives do not adequately address the need to undertake a proof of concept of the product in real-life case studies.

· The proposal doesn't sufficiently reflect on the actual state-of-art, and on the extent of going beyond the current state of the concepts and technologies.

· Innovative aspects of the proposal that challenge state-of-the-art are insufficiently addressed.

· Not all the aspects of methodology are clear. The proposal does not sufficiently explain the appropriateness of the methodology to address the research goals and target products.

· Gender dimension in the proposed work is not appropriately considered.

· The contribution of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) disciplines is not sufficiently considered.

· FAIR principals in data management are insufficiently discussed.

· There are no sufficient details on the potential links with past and ongoing EU projects.

Impact:

· The scale and significance of the proposal's contribution to the expected outcomes and impacts are not sufficiently estimated and quantified.

· There is no sufficient detail provided concerning baselines, benchmarks, assumptions, or KPIs that would allow for the verification of the targets.

· Certain aspects such as setting baselines to measure progress against tracking KPIs, and feedback from stakeholders are not adequately considered.

· The potential barriers and the proposed mitigation actions are only generally discussed.

· The technological barriers are not clearly described, and the dissemination activities are not ambitious enough, which might endanger the end-user acceptance.

· The exploitation strategies are not sufficiently detailed.

Topic: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37

Excellence:

· Not sufficiently specified how far the proposed work would plausibly exceed the state-of-the-art.

· Documented preliminary results are not sufficiently provided.

· The proposal does not provide sufficiently precise literature citations.

· Some specific aspects of the methodology are not enough detailed to substantiate plausibility and credibility of the work.

· The innovative ideas are not sufficiently detailed to explain how to reach the target KPIs.

· A clear plan for SSH involvement is missing.

Impact:

· The intellectual property management is not properly considered in the context of valorization and industrial leadership.

· No sufficient details in the description of a business case and the exploitation strategy for industrialization.

In your stage 2 proposal, you have a chance to address or clarify these issues.

Please bear in mind that your full proposal will now be evaluated more in-depth and possibly by a new group of outside experts.

Please make sure that your full proposal is consistent with your short outline proposal. It may NOT differ substantially. The project must stay the same.

EVALUATION results

Published: 08/12/2022

Deadline: 07/03/2023

Available budget: EUR 124.00 million

In accordance with the call conditions General Annex F of the Work Programme, the evaluation of the first-stage proposals was made looking only at the criteria ‘Excellence’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for both criteria was 4. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the two individual scores) was set for each topic/type of action with separate call-budget-split at a level that allowed the total requested budget of proposals admitted to stage 2 be as close as possible to 3 times the available budget (and not below 2.5 times the budget):

Topic code

Topic short name

Type of Action

Budget (EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32

Bioinspired and biomimetic materials for sustainable textiles

IA

31

HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33

Smart sensors for the Electronic Appliances market

RIA

31

HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34

Advanced (nano and bio-based) materials for sustainable agriculture

RIA

31

HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37

Advanced materials for magnets in applications for the New Energies Market

RIA

31

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 97

Number of inadmissible proposals: 4

Number of ineligible proposals: 2

Number of above-threshold proposals: 49

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 354.496.714,29 million

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

PROPOSAL NUMBERS

Call HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-TWO-STAGE_stage 1 has closed on the 7th March 2023.

97 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32: 13 proposals

• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33: 47 proposals

• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34: 31 proposals

• HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37: 06 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in June 2023

We would like to draw your attention to an update of the 1st stage Part B application form. A new form has been republished in the online submission system for your kind consideration and use. In this update, specific guidance on the blind evaluation process, including examples of statements resulting in inadmissible proposals, was incorporated in the form.

We would like to draw your attention to an update of the 1st stage Part B application form. A new form has been republished in the online submission system for your kind consideration and use. In this update, specific guidance on the blind evaluation process, including examples of statements resulting in inadmissible proposals, was incorporated in the form.