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EUROPEAN RESEARCH EXECUTIVE AGENCY (REA)
 
 
REA.C – Future Society
C.1 – Inclusive Society
KOZEP-EUROPAI EGYETEM
NADOR UTCA 9
1051 BUDAPEST
HUNGARY
Subject: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
Call: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01
Project: 101060899 — AUTHLIB
GAP invitation letter
Dear Madam/Sir,
I am writing in connection with your proposal for the above-mentioned call.
Having completed the evaluation, we are pleased to inform you that your proposal has passed this
phase and that we would now like to start grant preparation.
Please find enclosed the evaluation summary report (ESR) for your proposal.
Invitation to grant preparation
Grant preparation will be based on the following:
1. Project:  101060899 — AUTHLIB
2. Topic: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-01 — The future of liberal democracy in Europe
3. Type of action:  HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
4. Project officer: Inclusive Society
 Please always use the Funding & Tenders Portal messaging function (via your Portal account). Do NOT contact
us via other means (email, letter, etc.) — unless explicitly asked to do so.
5. Maximum grant amount:
Requested EU contribution (according to proposal): 2 997 697.00 EUR
Maximum grant amount (proposed amount, after evaluation): 2 997 697.00 EUR
 Please note that the proposed amount may still be lowered during grant preparation.
6. Project duration:   36  months
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7. Grant preparation:
Preparation of grant data & annexes:  3 weeks after receiving this letter
 The annexes (description of the action, estimated budget, etc.) must be based on the proposal you submitted
and the clarifications provided (if any). You may normally NOT make changes to the project/project budget/
consortium composition (except if required by us). Please immediately inform the project officer if you need to
make a change (e.g. bankruptcy, etc.).
 Please be aware that your proposal may still need to undergo an ethics review or security scrutiny (and the
results will then have to be implemented by you).
Once we have checked the information you have encoded, you will have 2 weeks to submit your final version
— to bring it in line with our comments.
Declaration of honour (DoH):  6 weeks after receiving this letter
 Please note that each applicant should also submit a signed and scanned DoH for each one of their linked
third parties.
Signature:  within 3 months after receiving this letter (planned date)
 Please note that repeated failure to respect deadlines during grant preparation may lead to the rejection of your
proposal (or a consortium member). Lack of cooperation will be taken to mean that you are no longer interested.
8. Funding & Tenders Portal
Grant preparation (including signature) will be done exclusively through the Funding & Tenders Portal electronic
exchange system (login via your Portal account). Do NOT contact us via other means (email, letter, etc.) — unless
explicitly asked to do so.
Please be aware that linked third parties (if allowed) must be registered and validated as legal entities in the Portal
Participant Register.   Register them immediately, if not already done.
Please note that some of your legal and financial data in the Participant Register is read-only and can be updated
only by a LEAR (via the Portal My Organisation(s) page). You will therefore be contacted soon to appoint a LEAR
(unless you already have one).
9. Other
As described in the General Annexes, successful applicants established in a country in the process of associating
to Horizon Europe will not be treated as established in an associated country if the association agreement does
not apply by the time of the signature of the grant agreement. The signatures of the grant agreements in this call
are expected around end of May 2022.
 The results of the ethics review are already available on the Portal (My Projects). Please be aware that the
results may require action before signature of the agreement.
 For more information on grant preparation, see the Online Manual. You can refer to this document also for
programmes other than H2020 since the procedures are very similar.
 Please note that this letter does NOT constitute a formal commitment for funding. The final
decision on your project will only be taken at a later stage, since it depends on the finalisation of
grant preparation and further checks which we still need to make (for instance, financial capacity,
non-exclusion, etc.).
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For calls with a limited number of proposals to be funded: If a call can fund only a limited number of
proposals, grant preparation may be moreover be stopped if other proposals move up in the ranking
after a successful evaluation review and re-evaluation procedure.
I would be grateful if you could inform the other members of your consortium (if any) of this letter.
For any questions, please contact us via your Funding & Tenders Portal account.
Yours faithfully,
Head of Unit (f.f.)
Enclosure:
Evaluation summary report (ESR)
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