1. Project title
Please insert the project title (max. 300 characters). 

2. Project Acronym 
Please insert a short name for the project (maximum 11 characters).

3. Composition of the consortium
Please insert full name, affiliation, and gender (optional) of the main applicant (Project Leader (PL) = applicant 1) and co-applicants (Principal Investigator (PI) for each project partner = applicants 2, 3, etc), including the non-ERA-CAPS -funded partners. 
Applicant	Title	Last Name	 First Name	PL/ PI	M/
F	Organisation	Country	NFO *	
1									
2									
3									
etc									
* NFO: National Funding Organisation (only acronym)

4. Call Themes & Keywords
Please tick the appropriate boxes to indicate to which sub call your proposal will be submitted and which of the following topics will be addressed (the modalities are explained in the Call Notice)

•	Food and Nutrition Security: research that contributes to the sustainable and secure supply of safe and nutritious food for an increasing global population.  This includes yield optimisation, quality traits and nutrient use efficiency, amongst other research areas.
•	Non-food crops: this theme includes research into crops (or appropriate models) where the end-use includes bioenergy or industrial biotechnology.
•	Adaptation to a changing climate: research that addresses how plants can adapt, or be adapted, to grow in a changing environment.
•	Biotic/abiotic stresses: this theme includes research into plant responses to either biotic or abiotic stress, or how plants contend with a combination of biotic and abiotic stresses. 
•	Other topics are also suitable that contribute to the development and expansion of the European Research Area in molecular plant science.

•	Data Challenges Sub-Call: proposal submitted to the ERA-CAPS Sub-Call on data challenges in plant sciences

Keywords (to facilitate the search for evaluators, you are requested to identify at least three keywords that represent the scientific content of your proposal):
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5. Project description (maximum four A 4 pages with margins of 2.5 cm with font size of Times New Roman 11 point, with a line spacing of 1.5.) 
This should be a short description of the scientific ideas and research hypothesis of the joint project including the duration of the project, an overview of the work programme, shared know-how and distribution of work during the course of the project. Please address the following issues: 
•	Objectives of the project
•	Links to the research themes of the programme
•	Main research methods employed
•	Significance and applicability of the research results (plan for use and dissemination of knowledge)
•	Added value of the collaboration 

Duration:           months   
Please note that the maximum project duration within the scope of ERA-CAPS is 36 months.

6. Estimate of total costs 
An estimate of total project costs (in €) per partner including the number of person months involved in the project, the total personnel costs, equipment costs, and total other costs. Please specify the total requested funding per partner, and own financial contributions if applicable.

Partner	Country	Person Months	Personnel costs (€)	Equipment (€)	Other costs  (€)	Total

(€)	Own contribution
(€)	Requested
funding
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Over all totals								

(No signatures required for electronic submission)

ENCLOSURES:
Together with the Application Form the following documents should be uploaded to the Electronic Submission System ELAN: 
•	A merged pdf of the CVs of each co-applicant (1 page per person) including full contact details, current position, research interests, expertise and the five most relevant publications. Please use the template from the ERA-CAPS website.
•	A merged pdf of the list of people with whom co-applicants have a Conflict of Interest according to the ERA-CAPS Code of Conduct on CoIs. 
•	Any additional documents requested by one of the involved National Funding Organisations (Please refer to the respective National Annexes)