Grant Agreement Preparation

• The Grant Agreement Preparation process is now supported for:
  • Programme: Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission for: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund (CF) and Just Transition Fund (JTF), Type of Action: Project Grants (ERDFTA-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant Budget-Based (ERDFTA-AG)
• The MGA v1.2 has been activated for Horizon Europe (HORIZON-AG/SGA-AG) and EURATOM programmes, for the following types of action:
  • HORIZON-PCP/PPI
  • HORIZON-Cofund
  • HORIZON - ERC/ERC-SYG
  • HORIZON-EIT-KIC
  • EURATOM-RIA
  • EURATOM-CSA
  • EURATOM-IA
  • EURATOM-Cofund

This MGA version enables the usage of the Personnel unit cost (PUC) in the grant. For more information, click here.

• The MGA v1.2 has been activated for:

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Innovation Actions (HORIZON-IA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-RIA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Coordination and Support Actions (HORIZON-CSA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Joint Undertaking - Innovation Actions (HORIZON-JU-IA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Joint Undertaking - Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-JU-RIA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Joint Undertaking - Coordination and Support Actions (HORIZON-JU-CSA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: TMA-MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships & MSCA Post Doctoral-Global Fellowships (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF/GF), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Unit Contribution (HORIZON-AG-UN)
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Doctoral Networks (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN), Doctoral Networks-Industrial Doctorates (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-ID) and Doctoral Networks-Joint Doctorates (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-JD), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Unit Contribution (HORIZON-AG-UN)
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of Action: TMA MSCA Staff Exchanges (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE), Type of MGA: Action Grants - Unit Grants (HORIZON-AG-UN)
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of Action: Horizon TMA MSCA Cofund Doctoral programme (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-D), Type of MGA: Action grants-Unit grants (HORIZON-AG-UN)
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of Action: Horizon TMA MSCA Cofund Post Doctoral programme (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-P), Type of MGA: Action Grants - Unit grants (HORIZON-AG-UN)
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of Action: HORIZON-ERC-POC, Type of MGA: Action grants-Lump sum (HORIZON-AG-LS)

This MGA version enables the new Annex 5 in the grant.

Reporting and Payment

Periodic reporting

• The Periodic Reporting & the automatic generation of Payment letters has been enabled for:
  • Programme: Digital Europe (DIGITAL), Type of Action: Grants for Financial Support (DIGITAL-GFS), Type of MGA: Action Grant (DIGITAL-AG)

More information about how to complete the Periodic Reporting, here.

• For Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3) programme: the projects support now multiple funding rates with a specific funding rate - Financial support to third parties (FSTP) costs funding rate, applied for the FSTP budget category (d1a).

More information about the Financial support to third parties, here. 

Amendments

• The amendment types AT44a - Change of the contingency reserve & AT44b - Activation of the contingency reserve have been made available for all projects with amendments enabled. For more information about how to prepare an amendment, click here.

• The amendment type AT57b - Change of joint and several liability of beneficiaries has been made available for all projects with amendments enabled. For more information about how to prepare an amendment, click here.
• The Beneficiaries/Affiliated entities/Associated Partners can also have now a Start Date value. In these cases, SyGMa will display a date value of either:
  • the Project start date
  • or the Entry into force date of the Grant Agreement, whichever is the earliest.

• For the Change of the prefinancing (AT55) & the Change of the MIM contribution (AT56), several changes have been applied in the Financial Information screen: 
  • Once an interim payment has been processed, the system disables the possibility to add any pre-financing entries
  • If the first pre-financing is paid, but the associated periodic reporting (REPA) has not been launched, then the first pre-financing will be locked, however allowing the possibility to be unlocked
  • After a periodic reporting (REPA) is launched for the first pre-financing, this pre-financing is permanently locked, together with the following one (if applicable)
  • The pre-financings, other than the first one, remain unchanged. More information about how to complete the Periodic Reporting, here.

• Changing the project start date (AT24) is not allowed while a periodic reporting is ongoing. Please make sure that all amendments to the project start date are signed before any periodic reporting starts. More information about how to complete the Periodic Reporting, here.

Reporting and payment

Continuous reporting 

• For all Horizon Europe (HORIZON) projects: it is now possible to create a profile on the Horizon Results Platform (HRP) to promote Key Exploitable Results (KERs) and receive Dissemination and Exploitation support through the Horizon Results Booster.
• When a Partner downloads a Deliverable attachment from the Continuous Reporting screen in SyGMa, the downloaded document will now display the Deliverable document name instead of the standard name "Attachement_0.pdf".

Periodic reporting

• The periodic reporting and the payment letters have been enabled for:
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of Action: TMA MSCA Staff Exchange (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE), Type of MGA: Action Grants - Unit Grants (HORIZON-AG-UN)

Project monitoring

• During the Project Review/Check, it is now possible, through the Deliverable Assessments tab, to download a specific deliverable , by clicking on the download icon. The download icon is available only for those deliverables with the following statuses: Submitted, Approved, Rejected. For more information, click here.

Reporting and Payment

Periodic reporting

• The periodic reporting and the automatic generation of Payment letters are now enabled for: 

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON),Type of Action: Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-RIA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)

  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of Action: Joint Undertaking - Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-JU-RIA), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum  (HORIZON-AG-LS)
• The periodic reporting, the automatic generation of Payment letters and the Deviation report are now enabled for: 
  • Programme: European Defence Fund (EDF), Type of Action: Research Actions (EDF-RA), Type of MGA: Action Grant (EDF-AG)
• The periodic reporting for the Request of Additional Prefinancing has been enabled for:
  • Programme: Erasmus+ (ERASMUS), Type of Action: Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters - Unit Grants (ERASMUS-EMJM-UN), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Unit Grants (ERASMUS-AG-UN)
• The automatic generation of Payment letters has been enabled for:
  • Programme: Digital Europe (DIGITAL), Type of Action: Joint Undertaking - Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DIGITAL-JU-SME), Type of MGA: Action Grant - Lump Sum (DIGITAL-AG-LS).

More information about the Periodic Reporting,  here.