A work package means a major sub-division of the project. Each work package should be structured along expected outcomes, milestones and deliverables. Applicants are free to define the number and structure of their work packages in accordance with their work plan and taking into consideration the provisions of the Call and the Model Grant Agreement.
The template for Part B of the application includes a non-binding recommendation to limit the number of deliverables to max 10-15 for the entire project. However, applicants may define a larger number of deliverables if they deem it as appropriate. The number of deliverables should be in line with the proposed activities, and the deliverables should only focus on major outputs.

As stated in the Annotated Grant Agreement, costs related to travel, accommodation and subsistence must be declared using the costs fixed by Decision C(2021)3510 and set out in Annex 2a.
Different units within the same WP should be summed up and an average cost should be applied on the total. This average should be recorded in the Detailed Budget table as “cost per unit”.

Associated partners do not receive EU funding under this grant, but their involvement and role in different activities have to be clearly described in the proposal. They will be also included in the Grant Agreement under the section participants.
Associated partners and third parties giving in-kind contributions should bear their own costs (they cannot become formal recipients of EU funding). Therefore, associated partners cannot be subcontractors.

The European Universities 2022 Call is based on a Lump Sum approach, which means that at final report stage it is the completion of work packages that will need to be proven/checked. There will be no financial assessment on cost reporting or on profit.

Applicants must complete the Detailed Budget Table in line with the instructions provided in the document. The estimated costs applicants include must comply with the basic eligibility conditions for EU actual cost grants (see AGA — Annotated Grant Agreement, art 6). Please note that the Agency cannot comment on the allocation of concrete costs.

There are no specific funding rules for student and staff mobility. As stated in the Call document, the costs included in the detailed budget table must comply with the basic eligibility conditions for EU actual cost grants (see AGA — Annotated Grant Agreement, art 6).

In section ‘6. Eligibility’ of the Call document, the text refers to recipients of financial support to third parties which must normally be third parties to the grant agreement.
The beneficiaries/affiliated entities may charge costs under ‘Financial support to third parties’ where giving such support is part of the action activities. This budget category covers cascading (meaning the beneficiaries of the EU grant provide themselves a financial contribution to third parties) grants, prizes or similar.
Recipients of financial support to third parties (grants, prizes or other) do not become party to the Grant Agreement (do not sign the GA) and are not part of the consortium.
As stated in the Annotated Grant Agreement, cascading grants may be given via a financial donation to natural persons (e.g. allowance, scholarship, fellowship) or legal persons (e.g. non-repayable financial assistance to local NGOs), seed money to start-ups or microcredit, or other forms. Prizes are given on the basis of a contest organised by the beneficiary. This list is non-exhaustive and would depend of the applicants and the foreseen activities.

‘Artistic fees’ is just an example in the draft budget table, which may be applicable to other actions/ programmes.

In the Financial Regulations, volunteers are defined as "person working on a non-compulsory basis for an organisation without being paid".