PRIMA Section 2 - 2023

PRIMA Foundation is launching annual calls for research and innovation projects since 2018 in the thematic areas of its research and innovation agenda:

• Water management
• Farming systems
• Agri-food value chain

There are three topics in PRIMA Section 2 – 2023 call for research and innovation actions included in the PRIMA Research and Innovation Agenda:

• Thematic Area 1. Water management. Topic 2.1.1-2023 (RIA) New governance models to define best practices for sustainable water management and conflict mitigation.

• Thematic Area 2. Farming systems. Topic 2.2.1 (RIA) A step toward carbon-neutral farms: coupling renewable energy sources with circular farming systems.

• Thematic Area 3. Agri-food value chain. Topic 2.3.1 (RIA) – Assessing novel antimicrobial food packaging and coating materials to reduce food waste to improve safety in the Mediterranean food supply chain.

1. The following are individual or co-promotion beneficiaries:
   1. Non-entrepreneurial entities of the R&I system, namely:
      i. Higher education institutions, their institutes and R&D units;
      ii. State or international laboratories with head office in Portugal;
      iii. Non-profit private institutions whose main object is R&D activity;
      iv. Other non-profit public and private institutions developing or participating in scientific research activities.
   2. Companies of any type and under any legal form.

The information contained in this section does not exempt you from consulting Article 3 of the "Regulation of projects financed exclusively by national funds"

1- Consult the call documents.

2- Read the national regulations of all the participating countries involved in your consortium (including your own), available in the "National Regulations". Non-eligible partners may lead to the rejection of the whole consortium.

3- Access the call page and partner search website.

4- Within 10 working days after the deadline for submitting the pre-proposals, the Portuguese teams (Partners and/or Coordinators) must:

• send to the Call National Contact Point a Statement of Commitment duly signed by the Researcher in Charge and by the Head of the Portuguese applicant organisation and stamped. In case of electronic signature the stamp will not be needed.

The information contained on this page constitutes only a summary of the joint call information and does not exempt the candidates from carefully reading all the joint call documents available on this page and on the PRIMA website (see “useful links”).

In addition to the minimum number of participants (3 legal entities) set out in standard elegibility conditions consorcia must include at least one additional independent legal entity established in any of the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC). The eligibility rules can be read as follows:

At least four legal entities established in at least three diferent countries considered as PRIMA Participating States out of each:

-  at least one must be established in an EU Member State or a third country associated with Horizon 2020 and not being na MPC

- at least two must be established in third country/countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea (MPC):  Algeria, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt e Turkey.

Example:

Portugal-Greece-Morocco-Turkey- elegible

Portugal-Greece-Morocco – non elegible, lack of a MPC country

Evaluation process:

A two-step evaluation process will be organised.

1. First Step:

• Eligibility check of pre-proposals will be performed by the Call Secretariat, according to the “eligibility criteria” present in the call documents;
• Eligibility check of pre-proposals will be performed by the funding agencies contact points, according to the national requirements;
• Evaluation of the eligible pre-proposals will be performed by an independent evaluation peer-review according to call documents.

2. Second Step:

• Eligibility check of full proposals will be performed by the PRIMA Call Secretariat;
• Eligibility check of full proposals will be performed by the funding agencies contact points;
• Evaluation of the eligible full proposals will be performed by an independent peer-review according to the following criteria:

1. Excellence
2. Impact
3. Quality and efficiency of the implementation

FCT financial commitment for the call: 1.125.000 €

Maximum requested funding for a consortium with Portuguese coordination: 250.000 €

Maximum requested funding for a consortium with Portuguese participation: 100.000 €

Note: if more than one Portuguese institution participates in each consortium, the budget must be shared. Portuguese institutions must follow FCT's Legislation, Regulations and Norms. The dedication (FTE) in transnational projects is not considered for the 100% (FTE) dedication to national projects.

Call Page

PRIMA Annual Work Plan 2023

PRIMA Call Text and Supporting Information

PRIMA – Guidelines for Applicants – Section 2

H2020 Multi-Beneficiary Model Grant Agreement

Electronic Submission System Handbook

PRIMA-Pre-Proposal Template Part I RIA and IA

PRIMA-Full Proposal Template Part II RIA and IA

National Regulations

Maria Maia

maria.maia@fct.pt

Tel: (+351) 213 911 543