Selection criteria for Project Outlines and Full Project Proposals

ITEA Project Outlines and Full Project Proposals will be evaluated and selected according to the following criteria:

• Rationale of the project:
  • Are the general problem, solutions and challenges to be addressed clearly described?
  • Do the proposed solution and challenges to be addressed fit in the scope of the ITEA programme?
• Market view:
  • Is the current State-of-the-Art in the market (i.e. similar available solutions in the market, competitors, new legislation, alternative/disruptive technologies introduced recently) clearly described for the proposed solution?
  • Does the proposed solution have a clear business impact?
  • Is the market value chain clearly described and complete?
  • Do the current partners have sufficient competences and access to the market to bring the solution successful to the market?
  • Are the market opportunities, future potential products or services clearly documented for each partner?
• Technology view:
  • Is the technological State-of-the-Art properly described? Is the described technological innovation of the project innovative enough in relation to the State-of-the-Art?
  • Does the proposal document how the project relates to and/or builds on the results of, and differentiates from, other (completed or running) cooperative projects?
  • Is there a description of a solution concept (high-level architecture) and is it indicated for each partner to which parts of this concept they will contribute?
  • Is the added value of the cooperation of the different partners clearly explained?
  • Is the technological value chain properly explained?
  • Are the targeted achievements described in terms of expected outputs (what will be delivered) and quantified objectives (how well will the results perform)?
• Consortium(key players & cooperation added value):
  • Is there enough R&D competence and business power in the consortium? Is the mix of partner types (i.e. large industrial players, SMEs and universities or research institutes) appropriate?
  • Is the mix of countries in accordance with the EUREKA rules (see § 3.2)?
  • Is the added value of each partner's contribution described and convincing?
  • Does this consortium help the partners to achieve their goals (business and technological)?
• Rationale for funding:
  • Is there a convincing rationale for each country why the partners need to be funded?
  • Have the partners investigated the national policies and taken them into account?
• Work descriptions (only for FPP):
  • Is the project structure (work packages and their interdependencies) clearly described?
  • Is there an adequate project management plan?
  • Are the milestones relevant?
  • Is the total effort in line with the work and the objectives to be achieved?
  • Is the effort of each partner in line with the work to be done?
• Writing quality
  • Is the text of the proposal clear and easy to understand?

NB: the different topics are expected to be explained in the FPP in a more detailed manner than in the PO >> the criteria explained above are applied in a more strict manner for the FPP.