EASME has announced that it will revise the evaluation process and cut-off dates for the SME Instrument for 2016, in order to ensure more timely and efficient communication with participants, particularly during the summer period and at the end of the year.

Furthermore, the evaluation of the two phases will be separated to reduce the time-to-grant for Phase 2.

For these reasons, EASME has stated that, between November 2015 and February 2016, it will be unable to notify participants of the outcome of proposals submitted for Phase 2, which will consequently prevent participants from immediately resubmitting their applications for the February 2016 cut-off date.

The official announcement is available at the following link:

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/news/sme-instrument-changes-november-cut