GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The grant will be a lump-sum grant. The amount will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the estimated project budget and a funding rate of 80%.

Maximum grant amount per project: €1.000.000 – For this Topic the estimated number of projects expected to be funded is one.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies) active in the fields of education and training, research and innovation or in the world of work.
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
  • non-EU countries:
• listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme (list of participating countries)
• for higher education institutions (HEIs) established in Erasmus+ Programme Countries (see above): be holders of the ECHE certificate (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education).

Priority 13: in order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be:

• relevant public authorities, which higher education institutions are involved in the European Universities initiative, or other similar longstanding institutionalised cooperation models,
• And/or bodies with a mandate from their country related to quality assurance, funding of alliances of higher education institutions, or other specific fields relevant to the success of the European Universities initiative.

Consortium composition

• Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities), from a minimum of 3 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.
• Affiliated entities and associated partners do not count towards the minimum eligibility criteria for the consortium composition, and can not be coordinator.