Enhanced Receiver for autonomous driving/navigation - Webinar presentation

Webinar – Enhanced Receiver for
autonomous driving/navigation
22 November 2018
Flavio SBARDELLATI, Market Development
Valeria CATALANO, Market Development
Alexandru STERIAN, Finance
Cristina COMUNIAN, Communication
GSA/GRANT/03/2018

This presentation is provided for information purposes
only and is not intended to replace consultation of any
applicable legal sources and does not overrule in any way,
but on the contrary, is subject to the provisions of the
grant agreement and call for proposal, which shall prevail
in case of discrepancy.
For more information, please consult the Grant Agreement
and the call for proposal available on the GSA website.
Disclaimer
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Agenda
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Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A

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Grant agreement
Q&A

Fundamental Elements fosters development
of innovative GNSS receivers and chipsets
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• Fundamental Elements Programme was created by the 2013 GNSS Regulation
• Complementarity with H2020
o Horizon 2020 aims to develop innovative products, application and feasibility study in different
market segments
o More info can be found here: http://www.gsa.Europa.eu/gnss-h2020-projetcs
• High-level objectives
o Facilitate the adoption of the European GNSS Systems building on innovative services and
differentiators
o Increase the EU industry competitiveness
o Address the user needs in priority market segments, maximising the benefits for the citizens
• The FE financial instruments includes Grant and Procurement:
o Each year GSA publishes an annual work programme, with info on grants that are going to be
awarded during the year (2018 Grant Plan is available in the website)

Fundamental Elements (all EGNSS services
excluding PRS): 9 on-going projects
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• 9 on-going projects covering all the market segments:
o Road
 PATROL – Digital tachograph
 ESCAPE – Autonomous vehicles
o Aviation
 DFMC
 A-RAIM – GLAD, DARP
o High-Precision – FANTASTIC
o Maritime – MAREC
o SAR – iSSAR, PHOENIX, COBALT, 1st generation PLB with RLS
o Transversal segments – Integration (Lot1 and Lot2)
• Total budget committed: 27 M EUR

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• Timing receiver for critical infrastructure - M€ 3,5 (Timing and Synchronisation)
 Proposals awarded
• Development of GNSS receiver technologies for Premium and General mass market* - M€
6,0 (Mass market)
 Under Evaluation
2 projects
to be
signed
Budget
planned:
9,5 M EUR
Fundamental Elements (all EGNSS services
excluding PRS): 4 up-coming projects
* Previously announced as 2 topics merged in 1 call for proposals with cumulated budget
• Enhanced RX for autonomous driving/navigation - M€ 4,0 (Road, autonomous cars)
 Up to 2 projects
 Publication of the call: 27/09/18
 Deadline for submission of proposals: 01/03/19
• Multi-Frequency multipurpose Antenna for Galileo - M€ 2,8 (Transversal)
 Up to 2 projects
 Publication of the call: 18/10/18
 Deadline for submission of proposals: 08/03/19
 Webinar: 27 November 2018 at 15.00
2 project
open for
submissions
Budget
planned:
6,8 M EUR

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Grant agreement
Q&A

 GNSS information empowers automotive services ranging from precise
navigation to location-based information
 Technological evolutions in the Connected Vehicles and Automated Driving
domains are expected to be a major driver of growth of GNSS-enabled road
applications and services over the upcoming years.
Road applications dominate
GNSS revenues
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A stepwise approach to reach
full automation
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Photo: Mike Lemanski / ZF TRW; Source: The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Full Automation – L5
System can cope with all situations automatically
during the entire journey.
High vs Full Automation
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High Automation – L4
System can cope with all situations automatically in a
defined use case
MORE USE CASES
TO BE ENABLED

Positioning as a tightly integrated
E-GNSS based solution
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SCOPE OF
THE CALL FOR
PROPOSAL
• Full automation will require a combination of
‒ very sophisticated artificial intelligence and
‒ highly performing sensors able to provide very
accurate and reliable knowledge of its absolute
position and strong sensing of the surrounding
environment.
• Positioning information has to guarantee
the required performance (accuracy,
integrity, etc.) under any scenario.

1) To develop an innovative positioning On-Board-Unit (OBU) suitable for fully automated
driving, integrating a GNSS receiver together with additional sensors to enable the
target applications’ performance. To meet the required performance targets, the
proposed OBU might also make use of a communication channel in order to take
advantage of the cooperative positioning concept.
2) The OBU shall optimally leverage the E-GNSS differentiators, by implementing one or
several of the following as well as other that may be proposed by the applicant:
a) Multi-GNSS, multi-frequencies (E1/E5 or E1/E5/E6, ideally also including the E5/AltBOC wideband processing);
b) High accuracy techniques (PPP, RTK or hybrid), as well as longer integration time thanks to the use of pilot
signals;
c) Galileo authentication features increasing the solution trustworthiness;
3) The developed receiver OBU shall be cost efficient and shall be designed in compliance
with the specific application constraints, as detailed in section 2.2 of the CfP.
Objectives of the Call for
Proposal
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• In general, the OBU shall optimally exploit the upcoming Galileo full operational capability.
• The outcome of the development shall be a close-to-market prototype(s), which corresponds to
reaching a TRL not lower than 7*
* https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/annexes/h2020-wp1415-annex-g-trl_en.pdf

a. Critical assessment of the vehicle automation state-of-
the-art with focus on the positioning engine
component.
b. Definition of the overall proposal objectives in terms
of proposed innovation and specifically of target
automation level and related considerations
(proposed enabled use cases and relevant
constraints). NOTE: L>>4, L→5
c. Preliminary list of target positioning requirements
proposed to be met to enable the objective in point
b., within the proposed ODD.
MUST BE in the Technical
proposals (1/2)
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d. Identify the set of sensors and more in general the
technology employed by the proposed solution. In
particular clarify the actual GNSS contribution to the
overall solution leveraging the Galileo differentiators
and specify whether the solution will be built on the
cooperative positioning concept.
e. Clarify whether ODD limitations still remain and, if any,
justify why they cannot be overcome in the scope of
this project. In any case the proposed step forward in
terms of enlarged set of use cases with respect to the
current technological state-of-the-art shall be defined.
MUST BE in the Technical
proposals (1/2)
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(1) Work plan
(5) OBU functional verification and performance
validation plan (if JRC )
(10) Business plan
(11) Dissemination Plan
Ref. Call for Proposal section 2.4
Preliminary deliverables to be
submitted in the proposal
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OBU shall include, as minimum:
a. multi-constellation Galileo based chipset/receiver
b. other tightly integrated sensors
c. additional HW and SW parts to interface the OBU with the
other subsystems of the overall automated driving system
OBU shall be developed in accordance with:
a. application constraints (cost, form factor, power level, etc.)
b. applicable automotive standards (e.g. ISO 26262)
TRL 7+ to withstand a demonstration in operational
environment.
Expected outcome
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The beneficiary shall provide a demonstration kit
which will allow the GSA to run, after the project
completion, a simplified demonstration showcasing
the project’s achievements and in particular the
actual Galileo contribution.
NOTE: The vehicle(s) used during the project for
testing and demonstration are not considered part of
the demonstration kit.
Demo kit
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Dissemination
to disseminate the achievements of the
project among relevant stakeholders in the
appropriate phases of the project.
The dissemination plan shall define the
strategy to engage those stakeholders with
the aim of fostering the innovation created in
the frame of the action and creating market
awareness of the project’s results.
The dissemination task will also include a
final demonstration execution of one or more
representative use cases with the aim to
effectively showcase the enabled automation
level.
Transversal activities
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Commercialisation
the beneficiary shall define a Business plan
describing the strategy to exploit the results.
It shall identify actions that the beneficiary
will take both after the completion of the
project and during the action itself (e.g. to
get involved with potential business partners
and engage them in the evolution of the
project to be ready to move to the next
commercialization phase).
The progress of the actions taken during the
implementation of the project shall be
reported in the deliverable “Report about
the status of implementation of the business
plan” (see deliverables list in CfP section 2.4).

Standard system engineering
lifecycle for projects dealing with
Safety-Critical applications.
Tests for requirements’ verification and
performance acceptance might be partially
performed in collaboration and with the
support of the Joint Research Centre (JRC)
at the European Microwave Signature
Laboratory of the European Commission in
Ispra, Italy.
FREE OF CHARGE (Travel costs only)
Workflow
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KICK OFF
SRR OBU Requirements
PDR
CDR
TRR OBU compliance with the
requirements
Preliminary design
Testing approach
OBU detailed design and
architecture
FINAL
REVIEW
DisseminationandCommunication
Perfo testing
Demonstration

Stages
Date/time or
indicative period
a) Publication of the call 27 September 2018
b) Deadline for request for clarifications 8 February 2019
c) Publication of the clarifications 15 February 2019
d) Deadline for submitting applications 1 March 2019
e) Evaluation period April to July 2019
f) Information to applicants on the outcome of the
evaluation
August 2019
g) Signature of the Grant Agreement September to November 2019
Timetable and budget
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Tentative start-up date for the action: December 2019
Maximum duration of the action: 3 years EU Financing
Budget of the CfP
EUR
4.000.000
No. of projects Up to 2
Indicative EU
financing amount for
each project
EUR
4.000.000
Maximum EU
financing rate of
eligible costs
70%
Eligible indirect costs
(excluding
subcontracting)
7%

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Grant agreement
Q&A

• Assessment of the call for proposal is done in
sequential stages:
Evaluation process
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Admissibility
stage
(as per section 6 of
the call for
proposal)
Eligibility
stage
the call for
proposal)
Exclusion
stage
the call for
proposal)
Selection
stage
the call for
proposal)
Award
stage
the call for proposal)

Applications must comply with the following conditions in order to be
admissible:
• Applications must be sent no later than 01/03/2019 (by 16:00 if
delivered in person)
• Applications must be submitted in writing, using the submission set
described in section 16 of the CfP (all forms must be dully filled in and
2x USB)
• Applications must be drafted in one of the EU official languages with a
preference to English. Applications must respect the maximum rate for
EU co-financing (70%)
• In this context, any project directly or indirectly contrary to EU policy or
against public health, human rights or against citizen’s security will be
rejected.
Admissibly Requirements –
Section 16 and 17 of the CfP
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Eligibility criteria
Applications must be submitted by legal persons established in and/or natural
person(s) being citizen of one of the following countries:
 EU Member State
 Norway, Switzerland
Definition of “established”: having a registered office, central administration or
principal place of business in one of these countries.
No restriction on consortium size
In case of multiple applicants, the proposal consequently must be submitted by a
consortium composed of at least two entities out of which:
 the coordinator shall be a legal person;
 the co-applicant(s) can be either legal and/or natural person(s).

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• Eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the
grant.
• Consequences after Brexit: If no agreement is signed ensuring that
British applicants continue to be eligible, beneficiary will either:
‒ cease to receive EU funding (they will have to contribute with own
funding if interested to complete the project) or
‒ be required to leave the project.
• In case beneficiaries will leave the project, they will have to deliver
results for the period up to Brexit in order to have the right to be paid.
For UK applicants

• Exclusion criteria are specified in the standard Declaration of Honour (A5
Form) of this call.
• The same exclusion criteria apply to all affiliated entities.
• All applicants and any affiliated entities must sign and submit a Declaration of
Honour (A5 form) along with supporting evidence.
• Applicants will not be granted financial assistance if, in the course of the grant
award procedure, they:
‒ are in an exclusion situations established in the A5 form ;
‒ have misrepresented the information required by the GSA as a condition of participation in
the grant award procedure or fail to supply this information;
‒ were previously involved in the preparation of call for proposal documents where this entails
a distortion of competition that cannot be remedied otherwise.
• Administrative and financial penalties may be imposed on applicants that are
guilty of misrepresentation.
Exclusion criteria
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• Financial capacity
‒ Each beneficiary must be able to prove that they are a sustainable
organization that will remain functioning for the entire duration of the
project
‒ Determined by the GSA on the basis of information provided in Form A6
and required supporting evidence
• Operational capacity
‒ Applicants must prove that they are capable of doing the work on their
own resources (w/o significant intervention from third parties:
subcontractors, affiliated entities etc.)
‒ Determined by the GSA on the basis of information provided in Form B2.
In the case of affiliated entities taking part in the project, the above
requirements apply to each affiliated entity.
Selection criteria (Form A6
and B2)
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Award criteria
If a total score lower than 60 points or a score lower than 60% for any of the above four criteria is obtained, the
proposal will not be evaluated further and will be rejected
1. Relevance and credibility of
the proposed approach and
innovation
max. score 50
2. Impact in terms of economic
and public benefits
max. score 10
4. Coherence and effectiveness
of the work plan
max. score 30
 Relevance and credibility of the critical assessment on positioning requirements
 Level of innovation and actual Galileo and its differentiators’ role
 Overall quality of the proposal in terms of deliverables, content and structure
 Effectiveness of the prototype demonstration
 Maximisation of the benefits to citizens
 Effectiveness, coherence and viability of the business plan
 Coherence and effectiveness in terms of activities definition, schedule, effort
and cost
 Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk
and innovation management
 Appropriateness of the distribution of the tasks to effectively exploit the
complementarity of the proposed resources’ skills.
3. Credible and effective
dissemination plan
max. score 10
 Credible and effective dissemination in the best interest of the European
Union

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Grant agreement
Q&A

• Ownership as a general rule, ownership of the results,
including IPR associated with such results, rests with the
beneficiary (Art. II.9.1)
• Right of use through signature of the grant agreement,
beneficiary grants to the Union and GSA certain rights of use
of the results (Art. II.9.3 and I.9), e.g. right to reproduce,
communicate to the public, modify etc.
• Pre-existing IPR beneficiary must ensure that the Union and
GSA have the right to use any pre-existing IPR which are
included in the results of the action, which the Union has the
right to use (Art. II.9.3)
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Results of the grant

The beneficiary grants the European Union the following rights to use the results of the action:
a) for its own purposes and in particular to make available to persons working for the GSA, other European Union
institutions, agencies and bodies and to Member States’ institutions, as well as to copy and reproduce in whole
or in part and in an unlimited number of copies;
b) reproduction: the right to authorise direct or indirect, temporary or permanent reproduction of the results by
any means (mechanical, digital or other) and in any form, in whole or in part;
c) communication to the public: the right to authorise any display performance or communication to the public,
by wire or wireless means, including making the results available to the public in such a way that members of
the public may access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them; this right also includes
communication and broadcasting by cable or by satellite;
d) distribution: the right to authorise any form of distribution of results or copies of the results to the public;
e) adaptation: the right to modify the results;
f) translation;
g) the right to store and archive the results in line with the document management rules applicable to the GSA,
including digitisation or converting the format for preservation or new use purposes;
h) where the results are documents, the right to authorise the reuse of the documents in conformity with
Commission Decision 2011/833/EU of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents if that
Decision is applicable and if the documents fall within its scope and are not excluded by any of its provisions.
For the sake of this provision, the terms ‘reuse’ and ‘document’ have the meanings given to them by Decision
2011/833/EU.
Results of the grant – Article
II.9.3 of the Grant Agreement
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Without prejudice to Article II.9.3, the European Commission and the GSA acquire rights to use the
results of the action and such results will be exploited for non-commercial purposes only, using any
of the following modes:
a) to promote and create awareness of the achieved project results:
i. To prepare and disseminate promotional material in hard copies, in electronic or digital format (e.g.
leaflets, presentations, etc.).
ii. To advertise through press information services, in hard copies, in electronic or digital format.
iii. To reproduce the demonstration and/or presentations after the completion of the project at GSA or
other institutional premises
b) to showcase and demonstrate the system’s prototype(s) capability for institutional purposes.
c) to edit or re-write in another way the textual deliverables of the action, including shortening,
summarising and correcting technical errors in the content;
d) to license or sub-license to third parties for the same purposes above mentioned.
The beneficiaries must ensure that the European Union has the rights of use specified in the General
Conditions for the whole duration of the industrial or intellectual property right[s] concerned.
Results of the grant – Article
I.9 of the Grant Agreement
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Grant agreement
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Co-financing EU financing may not cover 100% of the total costs of the action. It may take the form of:
Non-retroactivity No grant may be awarded retrospectively for actions already completed
Non-profit rule Where a profit is made, GSA is entitled to recover the percentage of the profit
Non-cumulative award Each action may give rise to the award of only one grant from the budget to any partner
EU funding
Maximum budget allocated for EU financing: EUR 4,000,000
Number of projects to be funded: Up to 2
Maximum EU financing rate of eligible costs: 70%
Indicative EU financing amount for each project: Up to EUR 4,000,000
Maximum duration of the project 3 (three) years
 Partner’s own resources
 Income generated by the action
 Contribution from third partners
Subcontracting • Subcontracting shall in no case cover core activities
• The proposal should clearly specify the activities that will be subcontracted and the
corresponding costs must be indicated in the estimated budget
• Subcontracting is not allowed among the beneficiaries of the proposal

Payments Amount
Pre- financing payment 30% of the grant amount
Interim payment
max 40%
based on the actual requested grant amount
Final payment
min 30%
based on the actual requested grant amount
Eligible costs and payments
Eligible direct costs:
Eligible indirect costs: flat rate of 7% (of total
eligible direct costs minus subcontracting)
Representing the beneficiary's general administrative costs which
can be regarded as chargeable to the action/project
Eligible Costs
The following costs shall not be considered
eligible:
Non-Eligible Costs
 Return on capital  Doubtful debts
 Contributions in kind
from 3rd parties
 Debt and debt
service charges
 Exchange
losses
 Excessive or reckless
expenditure
 Provisions for
losses or debts
 Bank charges
from transfers
 Deductible VAT
 Interest owed
 Costs of financial
support to 3rd
parties
 Costs of
another
funded action
 Participation by staff
in Union institutions
 Costs of personnel
 Costs of natural persons
working under a contract
with the partner
 Subsistence allowances
 Costs of travel
 Equipment costs
(Depreciation only)
 Duties, taxes and charges
 Costs of consumables and
supplies
 Costs arising directly from
requirements imposed by the
grant agreement
 Costs relating to a pre-financing
guarantee lodged by the
beneficiary of the grant
 Costs relating external audits

• Coordinator
a) The coordinator submits the application on behalf of the consortium and will be the
intermediary for all communication between the co-beneficiaries and the GSA as well as
responsible for supplying all documents and information to the GSA in due time upon
request. The coordinator will also be responsible for the distribution of payments received
from GSA to the co-beneficiaries
• Co-applicant
• Affiliated entities
a) Several legal persons forming together one legal person or 'sole beneficiary' which may, or
may not, have been specifically established for carrying out the action (e.g. groupings, joint
ventures).
b) Legal persons having a legal or capital link with a beneficiary or co-beneficiary, which is
neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation (e.g.
networks, federations, trade-unions).
• Subcontractors
• Contractors
Roles and responsibilities in the
Consortium (multi-beneficiary)
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• In principle Affiliated entities act as beneficiaries with the difference that they do not sign the grant
agreement, i.e. the Beneficiary retains responsibility for the work done by its affiliated entity;
• Each affiliated entity shall have to comply with the same eligibility and non-exclusion criteria as those
applying to the applicant(s) and submit the same forms, including the forms proving the financial and
operational capacity (see section 9.1 and 9.2 below);
• Must be identified in the necessary admin forms A1-A6;
• Must be identified in the in the technical proposal – Form B1 and B2;
• Must present all the supporting evidence required under the Call for Proposal for the same criteria as
a co-applicant.
• Have their own budget – Form C1;
• Will declare their actual direct eligible costs during project implementation through their own
individual financial statement.
• Cannot be subcontractors except for very specific cases (mentioned in previous slide) which should be
disclosed to the GSA for analysis on whether the costs are acceptable.
Affiliated entities
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• Subcontracting - When the tasks in B1 cannot be done by the consortium
Specific Principle: May only cover a limited part of the action and can not cover the core activities
• Purchase of equipment – When achieving the objectives of the action requires the purchase of equipment or the use
of equipment already owned by the Beneficiary which is subject to depreciation
• Leasing or rental costs – When achieving the objectives of the action requires the use of equipment which is leased or
rented
• Common Principles:
‒ Stated in the proposal (Form C1 and B1)
‒ Best value for money or the lowest price
‒ No Conflict of Interest
‒ Necessary for implementation
‒ The Legal Entities signing the Grant Agreement must be the ones who are procuring, implementing and incurring
the costs related to the Subcontract, Equipment or Leasing/Rent. The Grant Agreement does not extend to
affiliated entities (Holding Groups, Mother/Sister Companies, Spin-offs), unless they are identified separately as Co-
Applicants or Affiliated Entities.
• Specific cases
‒ Subcontracting, leasing/renting and purchase of equipment among beneficiaries is not possible
‒ Subcontracting, leasing/renting or purchasing equipment from affiliated entities is not possible except in very
specific conditions, where the Applicant can prove that the above principles are respected
Subcontracting, equipment
and leasing/rental costs
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Important dates
Stages
Date and time or
indicative period
Publication of the call 27 September 2018
Deadline for submission of request for clarifications 8 February 2019
Deadline for publication of the last clarifications 15 February 2019
Deadline for submitting applications 1 March 2019 – at 16:00 Prague time
Evaluation period April – July 2019
Information to applicants on the outcome of evaluation August 2019
Signature of the first Grant Agreement(s) September – November 2019

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FORM CONTENT
SINGLE APPLICANT/
CO-ORDINATOR
CO-APPLICANT(S)
A1 PROPOSAL OVERVIEW X
A2 PROPOSAL SUMMARY X
A3 COORDINATOR PROFILE X
A4 CO-APPLICANT PROFILE X
A5 DECLARATION OF HONOUR X X
A6 FINANCIAL CAPACITY X X
B1 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL X
B2 OPERATIONAL CAPACITY X X
C1 PRELIMINARY BUDGET X X
ADMIN
PACKAGE
TECHNICAL
PACKAGE
FINANCIAL
PACKAGE
How to submit a proposal

Overview of the submittal templates
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It serves 2 purposes:
COVER PAGE OF FORM A1 (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR + GSA)
 Checklist for the applicants: list of the submission set + number of documents
to be submitted
 Basic information on the Proposal for GSA: project acronym and consortium
composition + receipt of the documents.

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Admin package – overview of forms
Form A1 & Form A2
 Contact details: Name/Surname, Organisation, ..
 Proposal Abstract: high level description of the proposed technical solution
 About the participants: name, role in the project and represented country
FORM A1. PROPOSAL OVERVIEW (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR)
FORM A2. PROPOSAL SUMMARY (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR)
 Objectives of the proposal: target of the proposal, including value proposition and
benefit for the users
 Description of the work: high level project’s workflow
 Milestone and Expected results

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Form A3 & Form A4
FORM A3. COORDINATOR / SINGLE APPLICANT PROFILE
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE COORDINATOR)
 Legal Information: LEF (Legal Entity Form: private or public company, registration info) with supporting
evidence (e.g. commercial registry extract, company statutes…)
 Financial Identification: (FIF) banking details and account holder’s info
 Power of attorney: of the person(s) signing the proposal to commit the company/organisation
 Information on co-financing: amount of co-funding proposed to be undertaken by the beneficiaries and
related means, timeline
 Previous EU contracts/grants: to check the application of no-double payment principle.
 Stamp: in some countries, it’s not common; however it is necessary for administrative purposes
FORM A4. CO-APPLICANT PROFILE
(TO BE FILLED BY THE CO-APPLICANTS WITH: LEGAL ENTITY FORM)
 Same as for Coordinator: to be filled by the co-applicant
 No financial identification form is needed

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Form A5 & A6
FORM A5. DECLARATION OF HONOUR
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS – INCLUDING AFFILIATED ENTITIES)
 It serves to check the exclusion and selection criteria
 To be filled and submitted by ALL applicants
 Generic text used by EU institutions and agencies.
 Consider starting early enough collecting all the evidences; since might be time consuming
 Supporting evidence may be required on the basis of a risk assessment that will be conducted
by the GSA – possibility for the potential beneficiaries to start collecting all evidence early
enough to be assessed by the applicants
 Evidence submitted in another procedure (procurement or grant) less than 12 months before
the award of the grant can be re-used (no need of submitting new documents)
FORM A6. FINANCIAL CAPACITY
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS – INCLUDING AFFILIATED ENTITIES)

Not applicable to:
public bodies, international organisations, natural persons receiving educational
support or persons in need, persons or entities receiving interest rate rebates and
guarantee fee subsidies for the purpose of reinforcing financial capacity
• Filled in with figures from your annual (audited)
accounts for last 3 audited years (plus audit report
for last financial year to be submitted if requested
contribution is above 750K EUR)
• GSA calculates ratios (e.g. profitability,
indebtedness, financial independence)
• Used to assess your financial viability
Financial package – overview of forms
Form A6: Financial capacity (1/2)
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If outcome of the check is not satisfactory and in any other case GSA
can:
• request further information
• propose a grant agreement without pre-financing
• propose a grant agreement with a pre-financing paid in
instalments;
• propose a grant agreement with a lower percentage of a pre-
financing;
• propose a grant agreement with a pre-financing covered by a
bank guarantee
• reject the application
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Financial package – overview of forms
Form A6: Financial capacity (2/2)

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Technical package – overview of forms
Form B1
The co-ordinator, on behalf of the consortium, shall
submit the TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (max 2 pages)
2. CONCEPT and APPROACH (max 30 pages)
3. EXPECTED IMPACT (max 10 pages)
4. IMPLEMENTATION – technical and financial info (max 20 pages)
5. TECHNICAL ANNEXES – technical and financial info

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Technical package – overview of forms
Form B2: Operational capacity
Every applicant (coordinator and co-applicants), shall
submit the OPERATIONAL CAPACITY Form.
Objective: to demonstrate compliance with SELECTION criteria set out in the
Call for Proposals (Ref. CfP section 9.2)
“Applicants must show they have the operational (technical and management)
capacity to complete the activities to be supported by this Call for Proposal
and must demonstrate their capacity to manage the activities corresponding to
the size of the project for which the grant is requested.”

Draft Grant Agreement
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• NOT part of the proposal to be submitted
• Please read it before submitting a proposal!
• It contains important elements on payment
arrangements, cost eligibility, reporting, etc.

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How to submit a proposal –
Section 17 of the CfP (cont’d)
 The proposal shall always be submitted in a paper version
 Proposals must be placed inside a sealed envelope with two USBs containing
the full set of proposal documents in machine readable format
 Envelope should be marked : “CALL FOR PROPOSALS GSA/GRANT/03/2018 -
NOT TO BE OPENED”
 Proposal shall be submitted by letter:
 either by courier or post not later than 01/03/2019
 delivered by hand not later than 01/03/2019 at 16:00 Prague local time
to the address indicated below:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
GSA/GRANT/03/2018
Enhanced Receiver for autonomous driving/navigation
GSA – Legal and Procurement Department
Janovského 438/2
170 00 Prague 7- Czech Republic
Address

Check with your legal department the
conditions of the grant agreement early on
Read the grant agreement before-hand
Check the consistency of the different
forms (e.g., financial tables)
Check conditions for eligibility of
subcontracting costs
Main take-aways
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• GSA: Legal and Procurement Department
• E-mail address: gnss.grants@gsa.europa.eu
• Office address: GSA, Janovského 438/2, 170 00, Prague 7,
Czech Republic
Contact coordinates for the call
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Please refer in the subject to the relevant reference number of the Call
GSA/GRANT/03/2018
Submit requests for clarifications by: 08 February 2019
Submit proposals by: 01 March 2019

Linking space to user needs
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www.GSA.europa.eu
Get in touch:
GSC-europa.euEGNOS-portal.eu UseGalileo.euG

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