Article 15

The Commission shall evaluate all the proposals submitted in response to a call for proposals on the basis of the principles for evaluation, and the selection and award criteria set out in the specific programme and the work programme. The following criteria shall apply for the ‘Cooperation’ and ‘Capacities’ Programmes: scientific and/or technological excellence, relevance to the objectives of these specific programmes, the potential impact through the development, dissemination and use of project results, the quality and efficiency of the implementation and management. The following criteria shall apply for the ‘People’ Programme: scientific and/or technological excellence, relevance to the objectives of this specific programme, quality and implementation capacity of the applicants (researchers/organisations) and their potential for further progress, quality of the proposed activity in scientific training and/or transfer of knowledge. For support for ‘frontier’ research actions under the ‘Ideas’ Programme the sole criterion of excellence shall apply. For coordination and support actions, project-related criteria may apply. Within this framework the work programmes shall specify the evaluation and selection criteria and may add additional requirements, weightings and thresholds, or set out further details on the application of the criteria. A proposal which contravenes fundamental ethical principles or which does not fulfil the conditions set out in the specific programme, the work programme or in the call for proposals shall not be selected. Such a proposal may be excluded from the evaluation, selection and award procedures at any time. Proposals shall be ranked according to the evaluation results. Funding decisions shall be made on the basis of this ranking.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.