Evaluation and selection criteria
for Project Outlines and Full Project Proposals

ITEA 2 Project Outlines and Full Project Proposals will be evaluated and selected according to the following criteria:  

• Relevance to the ITEA 2 Programme
• Technology state-of-the-art
  • Is the technology state-of-the-art properly described?
  • Does the proposal document how the project relates to and/or builds on results of, and differentiates from, other (completed or running) cooperative projects?
  • Is there an adequate “Market Analysis” section (including competitors’ description)?
  • Are the market opportunities clearly documented for each partner?
• Innovation
  • Is the innovation described in relation to the State-of-the-Art and is the project innovative enough?
  • Are the future potential products or services identified?
• Expected impact
  • Are the objectives clearly quantified and is it explained how results will be measured? 
  • Are the concrete final results and their expected impact clearly described and credible?
• Exploitation and dissemination
  • Is there an adequate description of the exploitation perspectives and dissemination (publications and standardisation)?
  • Are the management expectations from, and involvement with, software- or system-engineering related activities clearly described for the companies that are not software tool vendors?
• Project consortium (key players & cooperation added value)
• Is there sufficient R&D competence and business power in the consortium?
• Is the positioning of the participants along the described value chain documented?
• For projects having software- or system-engineering related activities: Are software tool vendors participating; if not, is a justification provided?
• Is the mix of partner types (i.e. large industries, SMEs and universities or research institutes) appropriate?
• Is the added value of each partner's cooperation described and convincing?
• Does this consortium help the partners to achieve their goals (business and technological)?
• Is the mix of countries appropriate and in accordance with EUREKA rules?
• Project management and work plan
  • Is there an adequate work plan?
  • Is there an adequate project management plan?
  • Is the role and contribution of each partner clearly defined?
  • Is it planned to update/extend, in the course of the project, the state-of-the-art described in the FPP and to make it a Public Deliverable?
• Effort justification
  • Is there a convincing “Rationale for Funding”?
  • 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?
• Contacts with Public Authorities
• Were the PAs contacted (and is the outcome likely to be positive)?

For the PO evaluation, the main focus is on the four following criteria:

• State-of-the-art & Innovation
• Expected impact & Exploitation
• Consortium (key players & cooperation added value)

 
For the FPP evaluation, in addition to the four above-mentioned criteria, the following ones are taken into account:

• Project management & work plan
• Dissemination
• Effort justification
• Contacts with PAs