Nuclear research and training

Co-funded European partnership for research in nuclear materials <div class="eui-u-mt-l>"><h4>Conditions</h4><div><h4>1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>The page limit of the application is 100 pages.</p></div><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p><strong>Proposal layout:</strong> described in Part B of the Application Form.</p><p>Other admissibility conditions are described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, A - Admissibility.</p></div></div><div><h4>2. Eligible Countries</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, B - Eligibility.</p><p>See the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_horizon-euratom_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">List of Participating Countries in Horizon Europe </a>(including Euratom) for up-to-date information on the current list of and the position for Associated Countries.</p><p>Please note that as of the date of the publication of this call, Ukraine and Switzerland are the only countries associated to the Euratom Programme, therefore eligible for funding.</p></div></div><div><h4>3. Other Eligible Conditions</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>The Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding.</p></div><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>The following additional eligibility criteria apply: The proposal must be submitted by the coordinator of the consortium funded under HORIZON-EURATOM-2023-NRT-01-04. This eligibility condition is without prejudice to the possibility to include additional partners.</p></div><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Other eligible conditions are described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, B - Eligibility.</p></div></div><div><h4>4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, C — Financial and operational capacity and exclusion.</p></div></div><div><h4>5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, E — Documents and F — Procedure; and the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/om_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online Manual</a>.</p></div></div><div><h4>5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, D — Award criteria.</p></div></div><div><h4>5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, F — Procedure.</p></div></div><div><h4>6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants</h4><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>This action is intended to be implemented in the form of an amendment of the grant agreement concluded pursuant to HORIZON-EURATOM-2023-NRT-01-04.</p><p>For the additional activities covered by this action:</p><p>The funding rate is 55 % of the eligible costs as it reflects the need to establish a fully integrated research Partnership for nuclear materials that makes use of the assets of laboratories and industries all around Europe.</p></div><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 300 000. Financial support provided by the participants to third parties, to support e.g. securing availability of research infrastructures could be part of the activities of the action to be able to achieve its objectives.</p><p>When implementing financial support to third parties in Co-funded Partnerships, the beneficiaries must avoid any conflict of interest or unequal treatment of applicants[[Notably through appropriate communication/exchange of information channels and independent and fair complaints procedures.]].</p></div><div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p>General legal and financial set-up is described in General Annexes to the Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027, General Conditions, G — Legal and financial set-up of the grant agreements.</p></div></div></div><div class="eui-u-mt-l"><h4>Euratom WP 2026-2027</h4> <div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p><a href="https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/document/download/f0264b61-7f2a-4e30-8f97-1056c8e30b97_en?filename=C_2026_1787_F1_ANNEX_EN_V4_P1_4651371.PDF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Euratom Work Programme 2026-2027 for nuclear research and training </a></p></div><h4>Call document and annexes:</h4> <div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p><strong>Application form templates</strong></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/af/af_he-cofund_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Standard application form (HE COFUND)</a> — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/af/information-on-financial-support-to-third-parties_he_en.docx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Information on financial support to third parties (HE) </a></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/af/annual-work-programme_he-cofund_en.docx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Annual work programme (HE Cofund)</a> </p><p><strong>Evaluation forms</strong></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/ef/ef_he-cofund_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Standard evaluation form (HE Cofund)</a> — will be used with the necessary adaptations&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Model Grant Agreements (MGA)</strong></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_horizon-euratom_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Horizon Europe MGA</a>&#xa0;</p></div><h4>Additional documents:</h4> <div class="eui-u-mt-s"><p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R1304" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Euratom Research &amp; Training Programme 2026-2027 (Council Regulation 2025/1304)</a></p><p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=OJ:L_202402509" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509</a></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/rules-lev-lear-fca_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment</a></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/aga_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement</a></p><p><a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/funding-tenders-opportunities/display/OM/Online+Manual" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Funding &amp; Tenders Portal Online Manual</a> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/ftp/tc_en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Funding &amp; Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions</a>&#xa0;</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/legalnotice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Funding &amp; Tenders Portal Privacy Statement</a></p></div></div>