All of the following criteria must be fulfilled in order to have a project proposal evaluated for ACTPHAST4R support:
- the status of the researcher as an employee of a European (non-industrial) research institute and not an employee of one of the ACTPHAST4R partners,
- the provision of an up-to-date CV by the researcher,
- the provision of a supporting letter from the researcher’s PI at the institute of his/her current employment,
- confirmation of budget availability on the part of the researcher to co-finance elements of an innovation project,
- the requested support and whether it is commensurate with the support model of ACTPHAST4R,
- the conformity of the request with the general objectives of ACTPHAST4R and the EC call,
- the TRL level and pre-competitive character of the request,
- the capacity of ACTPHAST4R to accomplish the innovation support.