Horizon Europe Programme - Standard Application Form - Project proposal technical description Part B - Version 5.0

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Horizon Europe EIC Transition project proposal technical description Part B template (Version 5.0, 11 April 2025) outlines how to structure and upload the narrative sections for evaluation. It explains that Part A is generated by the IT system while Part B must follow the provided templates and be submitted as a PDF. The document details six submission steps, strict page limits for the cover and sections 1–3, required completion of the cover page, and formatting rules such as font, spacing, and A4 margins. It also warns that no significant changes are possible after submission and that excess pages beyond the limit are disregarded.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryForms

FormatDOCX

Pages24

Reading Time8 min

AccessFree to download

Proposal overview

Part A and Part B structure

Submission process steps

Proposal template requirements

Required structure for Part B

Evaluation and change limitations

Page limit and page handling

Cover page completion requirements

Formatting conditions (font, spacing, margins)

Template sections guidance

Cover page and linked projects

Seal of Excellence consent section

Horizon Europe Programme Standard Application Form (HE EIC TRANSITION) Project proposal – Technical description (Part B) Version 5.0 11 April 2025 Structure of the Proposal The proposal contains two parts: • Part A of the proposal is generated by the IT system. It is based on the information entered by the participants through the submission system in the Funding & Tenders Portal. The participants can update the information in the submission system at any time before final submission. • Part B of the proposal is the narrative part that includes three sections that each correspond to an evaluation criterion. Part B needs to be uploaded as a PDF document following the templates downloaded by the applicants in the submission system for the specific call or topic. The templates for a specific call may slightly differ from the example provided in this document. The electronic submission system is an online wizard that guides you step-by-step through the preparation of your proposal. The submission process consists of 6 steps: - Step 1: Logging in the Portal - Step 2: Select the call, topic and type of action in the Portal - Step 3: Create a draft proposal: Title, acronym, summary, main organisation and contact details - Step 4: Manage your parties and contact details: add your partner organisations and contact details. - Step 5: Edit and complete web forms for proposal part A and upload proposal part B - Step 6: Submit the proposal Proposal template Part B: technical description The structure of this template must be followed when preparing your proposal. It has been designed to ensure that the important aspects of your planned work are presented in a way that will enable the experts to make an effective assessment against the evaluation criteria. Sections 1, 2 and 3 each correspond to an evaluation criterion. Please be aware that proposals will be evaluated as they were submitted, rather than on their potential if certain changes were to be made. This means that only proposals that successfully address all the required aspects will have a chance of being funded. There will be no possibility for significant changes to content, budget and consortium composition during grant preparation. Page limit: The cover page (that includes the information about the related project on whose results the current EIC Transition proposal is built on) and sections 1, 2 and 3 must consist of a maximum of 22 pages. All tables, figures, references and any other element pertaining to these sections must be included as an integral part of these sections and are thus counted against this page limit. The cover page (including the Seal of Excellence section, if applicable) must be completed and maintained. If missing, the proposal could be considered incomplete and therefore inadmissible. The page limit will be applied automatically; therefore you must remove this instruction page before submitting. Remove also the table with the definition of terms and the help text added after each section. If you attempt to upload a proposal longer than the specified limit before the deadline, you will receive an automatic warning and will be advised to shorten and re-upload the proposal. After the deadline, excess pages (in over-long proposals/applications) will be automatically made invisible, and will not be taken into consideration by the experts. The proposal is a self-contained document, meaning that experts will be instructed to ignore hyperlinks to information that is specifically designed to expand the proposal, thus circumventing the page limit. Please, do not consider the page limit as a target! It is in your interest to keep your text as concise as possible, since experts rarely view unnecessarily long proposals in a positive light. The following formatting conditions apply. The reference font for the body text of proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms), Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions). The use of

FAQs

What is the difference between Part A and Part B in the EIC Transition proposal?

Part A is generated by the IT system from information entered in the submission portal. Part B is the narrative part and must be prepared according to the template and uploaded as a PDF.

What are the key page limit rules for Part B submissions?

The cover page plus sections 1–3 must total a maximum of 22 pages, with tables, figures, references, and related elements included in that count. Submissions exceeding the limit receive automatic handling by the system, and experts will not consider excess pages.

What formatting and tagging requirements must be followed?

Use the specified reference font and at least 11-point size with standard character spacing and minimum single line spacing. The document is tagged and tags must not be deleted, moved, deleted, re-ordered, or altered.

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