Open Call #2

SMEs and research organisations. Only beneficiaries legally established in any of the Horizon 2020 eligible countries will be eligible to apply for the Pilot Projects. Please check if your country is eligible.

The European Language Grid is available at https://live.european-language-grid.eu. In order to be able to use or provide services, please send an inquiry for a user account to contact@european-language-grid.eu. Once you have created your account at the Open Calls platform, a user account on the ELG itself will be provided automatically. Self-registering will be enabled for Release 2. Please also consult the technical documentation.

The maximum amount per project is €200,000.

Approx. €1,950,000 are to be distributed in total in two open calls. There is € 585,000 left for the second call.

There will be two open calls. The first was opened in March 2020, this is the second and last call.

All project proposals are going to be evaluated by three independent evaluators and the Pilot Board using the evaluation criteria specified in the Call Documentation. Please note that we cannot help you with the content of your project as we need to maintain equal access to information for all applicants (i.e., no individual consultations are possible). We would like to point your attention to the Call Documentation, FAQ and other documents that we have published on our website.

We expect that 3-6 projects will be selected in Call 2, up to the maximum funding available.

Yes. Up to two proposals per applicant will be accepted for evaluation, one for objective A and one for objective B (see Call Documentation). If the project proposal is not accepted in the first call, resubmission to the second call is allowed.

Yes, you can. It is specified on our website who can apply to become an evaluator of project proposals. Please follow the instructions in the Guide for Applicants. As detailed, you can register to the ELG Open Calls Platform for both roles at once.

No. You are allowed to apply as an individual organisation only.

No. We do not have a “linked third party” clause/rule in the framework specifications of our Open Call.

You will share your services via ELG (see examples in the grid). For type A projects (extending the ELG capabilities), the resource, tool or service has to be integrated into ELG. A license will be signed between ELG and the Pilot Project to specify the terms of use. It must be available at least as a demo and/or for research purposes for free. Any commercial use will either be specified in the license agreement, or it will be postponed until the ELG will have an established model for full commercial exploitation. Regarding the IP rights, please see the Third Party Agreement Model, section 6.

For type B projects (developing an application using the existing ELG resources, tools or services), the resulting application must be described in the ELG catalogue, pointing to a place where it is available (e.g., a company website), and which acknowledges the ELG Open Call funding. The integration of the resulting service is also possible. A service level agreement negotiated during the execution of the project will be signed between the Third Party and ELG. For more information, please see the Third Party Agreement document.

Sometimes there is no sharp line between the two. We recommend to describe and explain your project idea well in your proposal. The categorization of your project might be changed during the evaluation process. This does not have any impact on the chance of acceptance. Please see the Call Documentation for more information.

Your resulting services, tools and resources will be shared via the ELG platform. The ELG Technical Team will guide you through the integration process.

There are no priorities. We want to select the best projects based on the evaluation of three independent experts and the Pilot Board. It is yet to be decided if there are any priorities for the Second Call that will be published in September 2020.

No. The Withdrawal Agreement as agreed between the European Union and the United Kingdom entered into force on 1 February 2020. In the overall terms, on the basis of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK-based legal entities will continue to be fully eligible to participate and receive funding in the current 2014-2020 EU programs, including Horizon 2020, as if the UK were a member state until the closure of these programs unless security considerations apply. This means that UK beneficiaries can continue – without interruption – receiving grants awarded under the current and previous MFFs until their end dates, even if these are after 2020 (Source: European Commission).

You can contact us at pilot-projects@european-language-grid.eu.