INSPIRE Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) Call
ClosedDescription
INSPIRE seeks to boost the deployment of technology and actions for detection, collection and prevention (DCP concept) of litter, including macro- and microplastics, in European rivers. For that, INSPIRE is seeking to select proposals from local and regional authorities from Associated Regions (AR) and manage the Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) for scaling up, replication and exploitation of the lessons learnt from the project use cases. Please consult the INSPIRE website (https://inspire-europe.org) for all available technologies and actions in the project.
Beneficiary & submission
Please consult the details of the Application Procedures in the guidelines for applicants available on the inspire project webpage: https://inspire-europe.org
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Proposals must be submitted by a local or regional authority that must be in an EU or a Horizon Europe Associated country other than countries where a project partner of INSPIRE is located.
The suggested Proposal Template and Guidelines for Applicants for submitting proposals for the INSPIRE Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) Call are available in INSPIRE project webpage: https://inspire-europe.org
Proposals to INSPIRE FSTP Open Call must be submitted electronically through https://inspire-europe.org
Applicants are encouraged to follow the Frequently Asked Questions section and contact the project office for further clarifications if necessary, at inspire-project <inspire-project@vliz.be>
EVALUATION PROCESS
The call will be carried out in alignment with the same basic principles which govern European Commission calls, namely:
i. Excellence: The proposal(s) selected for funding must demonstrate a high quality in the context of the topics and criteria such as relevance, fit with EU principles, resources available, networks of the organization, and expected impact of the actions as set out in the call;
ii. Transparency: Funding decisions are based on clearly described rules and procedures, and all applicants should receive adequate feedback on the outcome of the evaluation of their proposals;
iii. Fairness and impartiality: All proposals submitted to a call are treated equally. They are evaluated impartially on their merits, irrespective of their origin or the identity of the applicants;
iv. Confidentiality: All proposals and related data, knowledge and documents are treated in confidence.
The excellence of the proposals will be evaluated by using the following guidelines, each with a 25% weight in the total evaluation:
1. Concept and innovation
2. Expertise and excellence of the proposed team
3. Alignment and project planning
4. Impact and sustainability
The highest scoring proposals for the call will be selected, using the scores given on the consensus forms from the evaluators. However, the consortium is not obliged to select the highest scoring proposal where it has objective grounds for any participant’s ineligibility.
Further information
A total budget of 500.000 Euros is allocated to the INSPIRE Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) Call for funding the participation of at least 5 projects.
Applicants can apply for minimum 60,000 EUR to maximum 100,000 EUR. The grant will be paid in three lump sums: one at the beginning of the project (50% with the sub-grant agreement signature), the second with an interim assessment (25%) and at the end of the project pending the achievement of agreed milestones and deliverables (25% with expected outcome).