Version 5 AGA Horizon 2020 published

Today the European Commission published the new version (5) of the Annotated Grant Agreement.

The changes are:

• Travel costs for external experts in the project => new option: eligible if their participation is specifically justified in the periodic technical report and the Commission/Agency approved it without formally amending the GA (simplified approval procedure)
• Prototype:  direct costs for construction of a prototype or pilot plant may exceptionally be eligible, if building the prototype or pilot plant is (one of) the main action task(s)
• Updates due to the amendment of the model grant agreement v.5.0, in particular Articles 29.3 and 34
• New presentation of calculations for payments and recoveries, now compiled under Article 21
• Updates due to the adoption of the Guide on grant reductions
• New explanations and examples resulting from frequently asked questions, in particular in Articles 6.2.A, 6.2.D, 11, 14a, 43, 44, 48, 49, 50.3, 51, 55 and 57.2.
• Annotations on the new Lump Sum Pilot model grant agreement
• Annotations on the new MSCA Special Needs model grant agreement
• New annotations and updates in the specific model grant agreements:
• ERC: Articles 18, 29 and 32
• MSCA: ITN Articles 6.2.a, 6.2.B, 32; IF Articles 6.2.A, 6.2.B, 18, 32, 55.1, 56a; RISE Articles 6.2.A, 32 and Co-fund Articles 6.2.A and 15
• SME Phase 1: Article 8
• PCP/PPI: Article 8
• SGA: Article 3
• General lump sum: preamble, Articles 8 and 18