Prepare an EC funding application

On the 'Participants' screen, enter the following details:

• Department information: enter the name and address of your department
• Main contact: this should be the PI from the University of Cambridge
• Host Institution contact:
  Project Role: Main Host Institution Contact
  Access rights: Coordinator contact (full access)
  First name: Selda
  Last name: Ulutas Aydogan
  E-mail: ercgrants@admin.cam.ac.uk
• Other contact persons: enter the name and email address of your Research Development contact, and give them Coordinator contact (full access) access rights. This will allow them to see the application. You can also give the names and email addresses of anyone else you want to share the application with, such as Research Grants Administrators.

• Position: Head of EU and International Funding
• Department: Research Operations Office
• Street: Greenwich House, Madingley Road
• Town: Cambridge
• Postcode: CB3 OTX
• Country: United Kingdom

In Part A section 2 of the application, you will be asked:

'Does the organisation have a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) covering the elements listed below?'

You can answer 'yes' to this question.

In Part A section 2 of the application, you will be asked:

• 'Is it planned to export personal data from the EU to non-EU countries?'
• 'Is it planned to import personal data from non-EU countries into the EU or from a non-EU country to another non-EU country?'

If you are planning to import or export data as part of your project, you should answer 'yes' to these questions.

You could also include the following statement:

“Since 1 February 2020, the United Kingdom has withdrawn from the European Union and has become a “third country”. On 28 June 2021, the Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the United Kingdom, under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED) respectively. After the end of the transition period, the transmission of data from the EU to the United Kingdom is a “transfer” under Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR). Aside from the possibility of an “adequacy decision”, the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 provides for the possibility of transfers on the basis of “appropriate safeguards” and “derogations”.

In Part A section 4 of the application, you will be asked:

'Will some of the activities be carried out in non-EU countries?'

You can answer 'yes' to this question.

You could also include the following statement:

“The ethical standards and guidelines of Horizon Europe will be rigorously applied, regardless of the country in which the research is carried out. The ethical policy of the UK is compliant with the ‘Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union’ and the relevant ethics rules of Horizon Europe”.

In Part A section 4 of the application, you will be asked:

'Does this activity involve non-EU countries which need to have access to EU Classified Information (EUCI)?'

If your project will require access to EUCI, please answer 'yes' to the question.

If the non-EU country is not the UK, please provide country-specific details.

If the non-EU country is the United Kingdom, the following information could be provided in the annex regarding security: 

“The EU and the UK have concluded a Security of Information Agreement. The Agreement will allow the EU and the UK to exchange classified information, applying strong guarantees as to the handling and protection of the exchanged information. The EU-UK Security of Information Agreement was signed on 30 December 2020, was applied provisionally as of 1 January 2021 and entered into force on 1 May 2021.”