Most common reasons for rejection

Unconvincing market potential and technology uptake

Lack a convincing long-term vision for a breakthrough technology

Weak alignment with the call’s defined challenge

The proposal does not fully address the challenge and some of the key elements are only superficially addressed 

Overambition

The project presents an ambitious approach to resolve the challenge without a credible and realistic scientific basis or methodology

Underdeveloped high-risk/high-gain logic

Fail to articulate the high-risk/high-gain nature and scientific logic of the research

Lack or redundancy in expertise within the partners

The consortium composition either has know-how gaps or redundancies between partners 

Issues with the integration of disciplines in the project

The project’s narrative fails to integrate the different pieces of research into a cohesive and coherent breakthrough project

Readability issues

The proposal is difficult to read: complicated organisation of ideas, intricate text flow, or language not adapted to the audience

How we can help you maximise your chances of success

We analyse how well your proposal addresses the following critical points:

Challenge alignement

Ensuring your project aligns precisely with the chosen Challenge’s scope and objectives

Project objectives

The defined project objectives are clear, specific, innovative, ambitious, and suitable to address the call’s challenge with a transformative technology

Science-toward-technology breakthrough 

The innovation, originality, and, high-risk/high-gain character of the scientific approach and project idea to build the proposed transformative technology 

Feasibility of the proposed project

The approach, methodology and research plan, as well as its work plan are coherent, realistic and effective 

Composition of the consortium

The consortium possesses the appropriate expertise to deliver the proposed proof of concept technology

Interdisciplinarity 

The scientific project is balanced and blends the consortium’s expertise together in a well-integrated project 

Pathways toward impacts

The proposal describes a convincing path for the long-term vision of the project, connecting it with the proposed technology’s societal, economic, and  technological impacts of the project

Text flow

The proposal is well-structured, easy to read, and enjoyable, and presents a coherent flow of ideas.

More generally…

We will also assess the description of the gender dimension, open science measures, data and research output management, dissemination, communication, and exploitation.