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Preparatory Action on Defence Research
Proposal Template
Administrative forms (Part A)
Research proposal (Part B)
Challenging the future
PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019
Version 1.0
15 March 2018
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1.0 15.3.2018 Initial version
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Outline Proposal template for stage 1
Technical Annex, section 1
Future Disruptive Defence Technologies
Call: PADR-FDDT-03-2019
Topic: PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019: Challenging the
Future
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.
This template is provided for preparing a proposal for the first stage of PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019. A
complete outline proposal is composed of three parts:
- administrative form to be completed on-line through the Funding and Tenders Opportunities portal
- technical annex, section 1 “scientific and technological merits”
- technical annex, section 2 “disruptive impact in the defence domain”
Both sections of the technical annex will be evaluated separately. This template covers only section 1 of the
technical form.
If the complete outline proposal successfully passed the first stage, the applicants can be invited to submit a
detailed full proposal. It will be possible to provide additional information and make adjustments on
consortium composition, budget breakdown and proposed activities in the full proposal. Nevertheless, please
be aware that proposals in the first stage will be evaluated as they were submitted, rather than on their
potential if certain changes were to be made.
Word limit: This section of the proposal, must not be longer than 1500 words.
Please, do not consider word 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. Applicants are allowed to
additionally illustrate their outline proposals with diagrams, charts or pictures up to the indicated page length
limit. References to the illustrations must be included in the text. Please mind the readability of inserted
illustrations in the proposal.
Page limit: This section must not be longer than 6 pages.
If you attempt to upload a section longer than the specified page limit before the deadline, you will receive
an automatic warning and will be advised to shorten and re-upload the document. The page limit will be
applied automatically; therefore you must remove the first 2 instruction pages of this template before
submitting. 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.
Hyperlinks to information that is specifically designed to expand the proposal, thus circumventing the page
limit, will be ignored.
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The following formatting conditions apply:
Each page should include a footnote with the acronym of the proposal.
The reference font for the body text of PADR proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms),
Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions).
The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. Standard character spacing and a minimum of single line
spacing is to be used.
Text elements other than the body text, such as headers, foot/end notes, captions, formula's, may deviate, but
must be legible.
The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any
footers or headers).
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PROPOSAL TITLE
1. Scientific and technological merits (maximum 1500 words)
Demonstrate that your project is cutting-edge, high-risk research displaying the following characteristics
described in the call text:
Radical vision
Breakthrough technological target
Describe how the project will contribute to the Expected Impact described in the call text.
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Outline Proposal template for stage 1
Technical Annex, section 2
Future Disruptive Defence Technologies
Call: PADR-FDDT-03-2019
Topic: PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019: Challenging the
Future
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.
This template is provided for preparing a proposal for the first stage of PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019. A
complete outline proposal is composed of three parts:
- administrative form to be completed on-line through the Funding and Tenders Opportunities portal
- technical annex, section 1 “scientific and technological merits”
- technical annex, section 2 “disruptive impact in the defence domain”
Both sections of the technical annex will be evaluated separately. This template covers only section 2 of the
technical form.
If the complete outline proposal successfully passed the first stage, the applicants can be invited to submit a
detailed full proposal. It will be possible to provide additional information and make adjustments on
consortium composition, budget breakdown and proposed activities in the full proposal. Nevertheless, please
be aware that proposals in the first stage will be evaluated as they were submitted, rather than on their
potential if certain changes were to be made.
Word limit: This section of the proposal, must not be longer than 1000 words.
Please, do not consider word 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. Applicants are allowed to
additionally illustrate their outline proposals with diagrams, charts or pictures up to the indicated page length
limit. References to the illustrations must be included in the text. Please mind the readability of inserted
illustrations in the proposal.
Page limit: This section must not be longer than 4 pages.
If you attempt to upload a section longer than the specified page limit before the deadline, you will receive
an automatic warning and will be advised to shorten and re-upload the document. The page limit will be
applied automatically; therefore you must remove the first 2 instruction pages of this template before
submitting. 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.
Hyperlinks to information that is specifically designed to expand the proposal, thus circumventing the page
limit, will be ignored.
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[Proposal acronym] PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019 template 1st stage
The following formatting conditions apply:
Each page should include a footnote with the acronym of the proposal.
The reference font for the body text of PADR proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms),
Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions).
The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. Standard character spacing and a minimum of single line
spacing is to be used.
Text elements other than the body text, such as headers, foot/end notes, captions, formula's, may deviate, but
must be legible.
The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any
footers or headers).
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2. Disruptive impact in the defence domain (maximum 1000 words)
Demonstrate how your project intents to have a
Disruptive impact in a defence context
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Full Proposal template: technical annex, Sections 1-3
Future Disruptive Defence Technologies
Call: PADR-FDDT-03-2019
Topic: PADR- FDDT-OPEN-03-2019: Challenging the
Future
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. Classified proposals shall not be uploaded on the submission portal.
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 title, list of participant/s and sections 1 to 3, together, of the proposal should not be longer
than 70 A4 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.
If you submit a proposal longer than the specified limit, excess pages (in over-long proposals/applications)
will be removed, and will not be taken into consideration by the experts. The proposal is a self-contained
document. Experts will be instructed to ignore links to information that is specifically designed to expand
the proposal, thus circumventing the page limit. Please, do not consider 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:
Each page should include a footnote with the acronym of the proposal and a header indicating the EUCI
level of classification of the proposal.
The reference font for the body text of PADR proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms),
Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions).
The use of a different font for the body text is not advised and is subject to the cumulative conditions that the
font is legible and that its use does not significantly shorten the representation of the proposal in number of
pages compared to using the reference font (for example with a view to bypass the page limit).
The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. Standard character spacing and a minimum of single line
spacing is to be used.
Text elements other than the body text, such as headers, foot/end notes, captions, formula's, may deviate, but
must be legible.
The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any
footers or headers).
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PROPOSAL TITLE
1. Excellence
1.1. Radical vision of a science-enabled technology
Describe the vision of a radically-new science-enabled technology that the project
would contribute towards.
Describe how this vision surpasses substantially any technological paradigms that
currently exist or are under development.
Describe the overall and specific objectives for the project, which should be clear,
measurable, realistic and achievable within the duration of the project. (The details of
the project plan belong to the Implementation section).
1.2. Science-to-technology breakthrough that addresses this vision
Discuss the relevant state-of-the-art and the extent of the advance the project would
provide beyond this state-of-the-art.
Describe the science-to-technology breakthrough, targeted by the project that would
represent the first proof of concept of the envisioned technology.
1.3. Novelty and non-incrementality of the research proposed
Describe which novel consideration or new areas of research are necessary for
achieving the targeted breakthrough of the project and the added value from this
novelty.
Explain why the proposed research is non-incremental.
1.4. High risk, plausibility and flexibility of the research approach
Explain how the research approach relates to the project objectives and how it is
suitable to deal with the considerable science-and-technology uncertainties and
appropriate for choosing alternative directions and options. (The risks and mitigation
plan should be spelled out under the Implementation section).
2. Impact
2.1 Game-changing impact in the defence context
PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019: Challenging the Future aims to support projects on
technologies of a disruptive nature. Disruptive technologies for defence are technologies the
application of which can radically change the concepts and conduct of defence affairs. Thus, the
proposals ought to demonstrate the inducement of a radical change of the balance of military
power if applied and a game-changing impact in a defence context.
Describe how your project will provide
Scientific and technological contributions to the foundation of a future technology with
disruptive applications in the area of defence;
Describe any barriers/obstacles, and any framework conditions (such as regulation and
standards), that may determine whether and to what extent the expected impacts will be
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achieved. (This should not include any risk factors concerning implementation, as covered in
section 3.2.)
2.2 Expected impacts
Please be specific, and provide only information that applies to the proposal and its objectives.
Wherever possible, use quantified indicators and targets.
Describe how your project will contribute to each of the following expected impacts listed in
the work programme:
Potential for future social or economic impact or market creation;
Building leading defence research and innovation capacity across Europe by
involvement of key actors that can make a difference in the future, for example excellent
young researchers, ambitious high-tech SMEs or visionary departments of big
companies;
Convincing demonstration of the potential of EU-funded research for defence
applications.
Describe any barriers/obstacles, and any framework conditions (such as regulation and
standards), that may determine whether and to what extent the expected impacts will be
achieved. (This should not include any risk factors concerning implementation, as covered
in section 3.2.)
2.3 Measures to maximise impact
For the call PADR-FDDT-OPEN-03-2019: “Challenging the Future” the “Impact” criterion does
not include the evaluation of measures to maximise impact such as measures to exploit or
disseminate the results and communication activities. The presence of a draft plan for the
exploitation and the dissemination of the results is not required. Applicants can use this optional
section to explain internal (inside the consortium) and external (towards stakeholders or the public)
dissemination strategies concerning the project.
a) Dissemination and exploitation of results
Explain to what extent a dissemination and/or exploitation of the results is foreseen,
potential limitations and conditions of dissemination.
Where relevant, describe a credible path to maximize the potential for future social or
economic impact or market creation.
Where relevant, include information on how the participants will manage the research
data generated and/or collected during the project.
o What types of data will the project generate/collect?
o What standards will be used?
o How will this data be exploited and/or shared/made accessible for verification and
re-use? If data cannot be made available, explain why.
o How will this data be curated and preserved?
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You will need an appropriate consortium agreement to manage (amongst other things) the ownership
and access to key knowledge (IPR, research data etc.). Where relevant, these will allow you,
collectively and individually, to pursue market opportunities arising from the project's results.
The appropriate structure of the consortium to support exploitation is addressed in section 3.3.
Outline the strategy for knowledge management and protection.
b) Communication activities
When relevant, describe the proposed communication measures for promoting the project
and its findings during the period of the grant. Measures should be proportionate to the scale
of the project, with clear objectives. They should be tailored to the needs of different target
audiences. Where relevant, include measures for public/societal engagement on issues
related to the project.
3. Implementation
3.1 Research methodology and work plan – Work packages, deliverables
Please provide the following:
brief presentation of the research methodology and overall structure of the work
plan;
timing of the different work packages and their components (Gantt chart or
similar);
Please use the following indicative table for the project reporting periods (RPs):
Proposed length of
the project (months)
RP1 duration
(months)
RP2 duration
(months)
12 12 0
24 12 12
detailed work description, i.e.:
o a list of work packages (table 3.1a);
o a description of each work package (table 3.1b);
o a list of all deliverables (table 3.1c);
Graphical presentation of the work packages showing how they inter-relate (Pert
chart or similar).
Give full details. Base your account on the logical structure of the project and the stages in which it
is to be carried out. The number of work packages should be proportionate to the scale and
complexity of the project.
You should give enough detail in each work package to justify the proposed resources to be
allocated and also quantified information so that progress can be monitored, including by the
Commission.
Resources assigned to work packages should be in line with their objectives and deliverables. You
are advised to include a distinct work package on ‘management’ (see section 3.2) and to give due
visibility in the work plan, when applicable, to ‘dissemination and exploitation’ and ‘communication
activities’, either with distinct tasks or distinct work packages.
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You will be required to include an updated (or confirmed) ‘plan for the dissemination and
exploitation of results’ in both the periodic and final reports. This should include a record of
activities related to dissemination and exploitation that have been undertaken and those still
planned. A report of completed and planned communication activities will also be required.
Definitions:
‘Work package’ means a major sub-division of the proposed project.
‘Deliverable’ means a distinct output of the project, meaningful in terms of the project's overall
objectives and constituted by a report, a document, a technical diagram, a software etc.
3.2 Management structure, milestones and procedures
Describe the organisational structure and the decision-making (including a list of
milestones (table 3.2a))
Explain why the organisational structure and decision-making mechanisms are
appropriate to the complexity and scale of the project.
Describe, where relevant, how effective innovation management will be addressed in the
management structure and work plan.
Innovation management is a process which requires an understanding of both market and
technical problems, with a goal of successfully implementing appropriate creative ideas. A
new or improved product, service or process is its typical output. It also allows a
consortium to respond to an external or internal opportunity.
Describe any critical risks, relating to project implementation, that the stated project's
objectives may not be achieved. Detail any risk mitigation measures. Please provide a
table with critical risks identified and mitigating actions (table 3.2b) and relate these to
the milestones.
Definition:
‘Milestones’ means control points in the project that help to chart progress. Milestones may
correspond to the completion of a key deliverable, allowing the next phase of the work to begin.
They may also be needed at intermediary points so that, if problems have arisen, corrective
measures can be taken. A milestone may be a critical decision point in the project where, for
example, the consortium must decide which of several technologies to adopt for further
development.
3.3 Consortium as a whole
The individual members of the consortium are described in a separate section 4. There is no need
to repeat that information here.
Describe the consortium. Explain how it will support achieving the project objectives.
Does the consortium provide all the necessary expertise? Is the interdisciplinarity in the
breakthrough idea reflected in the expertise of the consortium?
In what way does each of the partners contribute to the project? Show that each has a
valid role and adequate resources in the project to fulfil that role. How do the members
complement one another? How will they be able to work effectively together?
3.4 Resources to be committed
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Please make sure the information in this section matches the costs as stated in the budget table in
section 3 of the administrative proposal forms, and the number of person months, shown in the
detailed work package descriptions.
Please provide the following:
a table showing number of person months required (table 3.4a)
a table showing ‘other direct costs’ (table 3.4b) (according to the budget table in
section 3 of the administrative proposal forms)
3.5 Agreement on background
Describe in detail all existing restrictions on the use of export of this background,
including potential end user restrictions that could be imposed by non-EU nations.
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Tables for section 3.1
Table 3.1a: List of work packages
Work
package
No
Work
Package
Title
Lead
Participant
No
Lead
Participant
Short
Name
Person-
Months
Start
Month
End
month
Total
person-
months
Table 3.1b: Work package description
For each work package:
Work package number Lead beneficiary
Work package title
Participant number
Short name of participant
Person months per
participant:
Start month End
month
Objectives
Description of work (where appropriate, broken down into tasks and deliverables), lead partner
and role of participants.
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Deliverables (brief description and month of delivery)
Table 3.1c: List of Deliverables
Deliverable
(number)
Deliverable
name
Work
package
number
Short
name of
lead
participant
Type Dissemination
level
Delivery
date
(in
months)
KEY
Deliverable numbers in order of delivery dates. Please use the numbering convention <WP
number>.<number of deliverable within that WP>.
For example, deliverable 4.2 would be the second deliverable from work package 4.
Type:
Use one of the following codes:
R: Document, report (excluding the periodic and final reports)
DEM: Demonstrator, pilot, prototype, plan designs
DEC: Websites, patents filing, press & media actions, videos, etc.
OTHER: Software, technical diagram, etc.
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Dissemination level:
Use one of the following codes:
PU = Public, fully open, e.g. web
CO = Confidential, restricted under conditions set out in Model Grant Agreement
CI = Classified, information as referred to in Commission Decision 2001/844/EC. For
classified deliverables, please report the exact EUCI classification level(s) for each in section 5.2 of
this proposal template.
Delivery date
Measured in months from the project start date (month 1)
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Tables for section 3.2
Table 3.2a: List of milestones
Milestone
number
Milestone
name
Related work
package(s)
Due date (in
month)
Means of
verification
KEY
Due date
Measured in months from the project start date (month 1)
Means of verification Show how you will confirm that the milestone has been attained. Refer to indicators if appropriate.
For example: a laboratory prototype that is ‘up and running’; software released and validated by a
user group; field survey complete and data quality validated.
Table 3.2b: Critical risks for implementation
Description of risk (indicate level
of likelihood: Low/Medium/High)
Work package(s)
involved
Proposed risk-mitigation
measures
Definition critical risk:
A critical risk is a plausible event or issue that could have a high adverse impact on the ability of
the project to achieve its objectives.
Level of likelihood to occur: Low/medium/high
The likelihood is the estimated probability that the risk will materialise even after taking account of
the mitigating measures put in place.
Tables for section 3.4
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Table 3.4a: Summary of staff effort
Please indicate the number of person/months over the whole duration of the planned work, for each
work package, for each participant. Identify the work-package leader for each WP by showing the
relevant person-month figure in bold.
WP1 WP2 WPn Total Person-
Months per Participant
Participant
Number/Short Name
Participant Number/
Short Name
Participant Number/
Short Name
Total Person Months
per WP
Total Person Months
Please note that to simplify the declaration and verification of costs, personnel costs can be declared
as unit costs on the basis of beneficiaries' usual accounting practices. Similarly, personnel costs of
SME owners who do not receive a salary can be declared as unit costs.
Table 3.4b: ‘Other direct cost’ items (travel, equipment, other goods and services, large
research infrastructure)
Please complete the table below for each participant when the sum of the costs for Travel,
Equipment, and Other goods (according to the budget table in section 3 of the proposal
administrative forms).
Participant
Number/Short Name
Cost
(€)
Justification
Travel
Equipment
Other goods and
services
Total
Please prepare the Sections 4 and 5 of your proposal using the template
provided.
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Full Proposal template: technical annex, Sections 4-5
Future Disruptive Defence Technologies
Call: PADR-FDDT-03-2019
Topic: PADR- FDDT-OPEN-03-2019: Challenging the
Future
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. Classified proposals shall not be uploaded on the
submission portal.
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: There is no page limit for sections 4 and 5.
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:
Each page should include a footnote with the acronym of the proposal and a header indicating the EUCI
level of classification of the proposal.
The reference font for the body text of PADR proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms),
Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions).
The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. Standard character spacing and a minimum of single line
spacing is to be used.
Text elements other than the body text, such as headers, foot/end notes, captions, formula's, may deviate, but
must be legible.
The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any
footers or headers).
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For preparing Sections 1 to 3 of your proposal please use the template
provided.
Section 4: Members of the consortium
The information provided here will be used to judge the operational capacity. Please make
sure that you do not include information here that relates to the headings under sections 1
to 3. Experts will be instructed to ignore any information here which appears to have been
included to circumvent page limits applying to those sections.
4.1. Participants (applicants)
Please provide, for each participant, the following (if available):
a description of the legal entity and its main tasks, with an explanation of how its profile
matches the tasks in the proposal;
curriculum vitae or description of the profile of the persons, including their gender, who will
be primarily responsible for carrying out the proposed research activity and coordination and
support activity;
a list of up to 5 relevant publications, and/or products, services (including widely used
datasets or software), or other achievements;
a list of up to 5 relevant previous projects or activities;
a description of any significant infrastructure and/or any major items of technical
equipment, relevant to the proposed work;
if operational capacity cannot be demonstrated at the time of submitting the proposal,
describe the concrete measures that will be taken to obtain it by the time of the
implementation of the task;
any other supporting documents specified in this call.
4.2. Third parties involved in the project (including use of third party resources)
Please complete, for each participant, the following table (or simply state "No third parties
involved", if applicable):
Does the participant plan to subcontract certain tasks (please note that core
tasks of the project should not be sub-contracted)
Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify the tasks to be subcontracted
Does the participant envisage that part of its work is performed by linked
third parties1
Y/N
1 A third party that is an affiliated entity or has a legal link to a participant implying a collaboration not limited to the
action (Article 14 of the Model Grant Agreement).
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If yes, please describe the third party, the link of the participant to the third party, and
describe and justify the foreseen tasks to be performed by the third party
Please note that use of in-kind contributions provided by third parties is not eligible under PADR
calls.2
Section 5: Ethical, legal and societal aspects and security
5.1 Ethical, legal and societal aspects
For further guidance on this section please refer to the “Preparatory Action on Defence Research
Programme – Guidance on How to complete your self-assessment on “ethics, legal and societal
aspects (ELSA)”
5.1.1. ELSA Self-Assessment
1. Legal
1.1. Compliance with the International law & EU regulations Y/N
If no, please describe and justify
1.2. Misuse of research results Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
1.3. Personal data Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
2. Ethics
2.1. Human beings Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
2.2. Human cells or tissues Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
2 Articles 11 and 12 of the Horizon 2020 Model Grant Agreement (MGA) are not applicable to the PADR MGA.
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2.3. Animals Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
2.4. Environment, health & safety Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
3. Societal
3. Societal Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
4. Other ELSA
4. Other ELSA Y/N
If yes, please describe and justify
5.1.2. ELSA Details
Related to the ethical and legal aspects as well as social impact of your planned research, please
explain how you will ensure the compliance with ethical rules and standards, relevant European
legislation, international law binding upon the Union, national authorisations and approvals, and
proportionality of the research methods3.
If your research will include human participants who are members of the Armed Forces, please be
specific about complying with the related rules and legislation.
In this section, you must elaborate on the following:
describe how the proposal meets the national legal and ethical requirements of the country
or countries where the tasks raising ethical issues are to be carried out;
3 It is recommended to pay special attention to the reference documents included in the “Preparatory Action on Defence
Research Programme – Guidance on How to complete your self-assessment on “ethics, legal and societal aspects
(ELSA)””and the following reference documents for arms control:
Hague conventions (1899)
Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Projectiles with the Sole Object to Spread Asphyxiating
Poisonous Gases
Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Bullets which can Easily Expand or Change their Form
inside the Human Body such as Bullets with a Hard Covering which does not Completely Cover the Core, or
containing Indentations
Example, n
ot to co
mplete
[Add marking according to classification level]
explain in detail how you intend to address the issues in the ethical issues table, in
particular as regards:
o research objectives (e.g. study of vulnerable populations, etc.)
o research methodology (e.g. clinical trials, involvement of children and
related consent procedures, protection of any data collected, etc.)
o the potential impact of the research (e.g., environmental damage, stigmatisation of
particular social groups, political or financial retaliation, benefit-sharing, misuse,
etc.).
5.2 Security4
Please indicate if your project will involve:
• activities or results raising security issues: (YES/NO)
• 'EU-classified information' as background or results: (YES/NO)
Please include a list of the classified background information, its classification level and the tasks
and deliverables for which the background information will be used:
Table 5.1. Classified background information and its use in the tasks and deliverables
Background
Information
Name
Classification
Level
WP
No
Deliverable
/ Report
No
Deliverable / Report
name
Task
No
Task Name
4 Article 37.1 of the Model Grant Agreement: Before disclosing results of activities raising security issues to a third
party (including affiliated entities), a beneficiary must inform the coordinator — which must request written
approval from the Commission/Agency. Article 37.2: Activities related to ‘classified deliverables must comply
with the ‘security requirements’ until they are declassified. Action tasks related to classified deliverables may
not be subcontracted without prior explicit written approval from the Commission/Agency. The beneficiaries
must inform the coordinator — which must immediately inform the Commission/Agency — of any changes in
the security context and — if necessary —request for Annex 1 to be amended (see Article 55).
Example, n
ot to co
mplete
[Add marking according to classification level]
Please include a self-assessment of the possible level of classification of the deliverables:
Table 5.2. Self-assessment of the level of the classification of deliverables and the consortium
members involvement in each deliverable
Deliverabl
e / Report
No
Deliverabl
e / Report
name
W
P
No
Foresee
n EUCI
level
Beneficiar
y
Responsibl
e
Beneficiaries/Link
ed Third Parties
contributing
Beneficiaries/Link
ed Third Parties
who need to access
Example, n
ot to co
mplete