Please read carefully the eligibility criteria given in the call text.
Ineligible proposals will not enter the evaluation process.

Before submitting this document, delete all the instructions indicated in RED. 

Acronym of the proposal	[Acronym]	
Title of the proposal in English 	Up to 150 characters	
German Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)	(Please indicate Name, firstname, title)	(affiliation, dept)	
		e-mail:	
Japanese Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)	(Please indicate Name, firstname, title)	(affiliation, dept)	
		e-mail:	
French Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)	(Please indicate Name, firstname, title)	(affiliation, dept)	
		e-mail:	
Keywords	 Up to 10 keywords to describe the project	
Total requested funding	xxx,xxx € for German partners
xxx,xxx k JPY for Japanese partners
xxx,xxx € for French partners	
Proposed duration of project	xx months (maximum 36 months) 
Planned start date: 	

Please submit this document by October 25th, 2019 on the three submission websites given in the following links:
ANR: https://anr.fr/en/open-calls/french-german-japanese-AI
DFG: https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/ 
JST: https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/aip/call/index.html	

1.	Executive summary of the project
2.	Context and objectives of the proposal
2.1.	Objectives
2.2.	Relevance
2.3.	Socio-economic issues
2.4.	State of the art
3.	Project Consortium
3.1.	Qualification and contribution of each partner
3.2.	Consortium, roles and complementarity
3.3.	Added value of the French-German-Japanese cooperation
4.	Scientific and technical programme, work plan
4.1.	Scientific programme and overall project structure
4.2.	Description of Work Packages & Tasks
4.2.1	WP1
4.2.1.1	Task 1
4.3.	Milestones and task schedule (Gantt chart)
5.	Dissemination and exploitation
5.1.	Scientific and technical utilization of the results
5.2.	Handling of intellectual property and know-how arising in the project
5.3.	Long term cooperation strategy
6.	Calculation and explanation of estimated costs and funding requests for each partner
6.1.	Requested funding summary
7.	References

The length of the present document should not exceed 20 pages (including title, index pages, and references). 	
1.	Executive summary of the project
The summary should be limited to one page and contain the following points: 
-	A brief description of the core concept and innovation 
-	A presentation of the scientific and technological goals and ambitions of the proposal 
-	A presentation of the synergy expected from the international collaboration, focusing on the exchange plan and the added value from the balanced partnership among German - French - Japanese teams beyond the mere complementary cooperation.
-	A position regarding the forecast for the next 10 years. Please present how the proposed innovation can impact the future society. 
1.	
2.	Context and objectives of the proposal
2.1.	Objectives
(Please start by describing the overall objective of the proposal. Subsequently, indicate the scientific and/or technical working objectives, including envisioned innovations)
2.2.	Relevance 
(Please describe the context and relevance of the proposal to the call, scientifically as well as in terms of relevance for industry and society, and its potential impact.) 
2.3.	Socio-economic issues
(Indicate the possible socio-economic issues in the context of the targeted research area and how these questions are addressed within the project)
2.4.	State of the art
(Provide a state of the art related to the research proposed. Briefly describe preliminary work done by the partners on the topics addressed here.) 

3.	Project Consortium
3.1.	Qualification and contribution of each partner
(Briefly describe each partner and his contribution to the project. Give elements for assessing each partner’s qualification for the intended work, such as past achievements, key publications, patents, names of key researchers involved in the project.
Key researcher’s CVs and lists of relevant publications and patents in the last five years should be provided as an annex.) 
3.2.	Consortium, roles and complementarity
(Describe the collaboration in the consortium as a whole with clear statements of what roles each partner will play in the project. Also indicate organizational aspects of the project and the coordination arrangements. 
Show the complementarity and added value of the collaborations between the various partners. Briefly comment on previous collaboration experience of the individual partners if any.) 

3.3.	Added value of the French-German-Japanese cooperation
(Present the added value of the transnational cooperation for the project, each partner and country, including how the competence, expertise, knowledge, technology and other resources in each group complement each other. 

Also describe the plan to exchange early career researchers between France, Germany and Japan and the planned training activities, if applicable.)
4.	Scientific and technical programme, work plan
4.1.	Scientific programme and overall project structure
(Present synthetically the scientific programme and justify the work breakdown into tasks consistent with the objectives. 
Your project plan should lead to the expectation of a successful conclusion of the work programme within the project duration.)  

4.2.	Description of Work Packages & Tasks
(For each WP & task, please describe succinctly: 
-	the objectives and possible success indicators,
-	the leader and the partners involved, the contributions of the partners (who does what), and manpower estimation (man-months)
-	the work programme,
-	the deliverables,
-	a description of the methods and technical choices and the way in which solutions will be brought,
-	the risks and the back-up solutions envisaged. )
4.2.1	WP1
4.2.1.1	Task 1
Etc.

4.3.	Milestones and task schedule (Gantt chart)
(Present in graphic form (Gantt diagram) a schedule of the tasks and their dependencies.
Provide a synthesis of the major scientific and/or technical milestones, the main meeting points, the blocking points or contingencies that could jeopardize the project outcome.) 

5.	Dissemination and exploitation 
5.1.	Scientific and technical utilization of the results 
(Present the strategy for exploiting the results:
-	scientific communication,
-	communication to the general public (a specific budget can be planned for this),
-	exploitation of the expected results,
-	the scientific and technical repercussions, etc.,
-	other repercussions (standardization, norms, information to public authorities, etc.),
-	any impact on employment, creation of new activities at the partner institutions, etc.)
5.2.	Handling of intellectual property and know-how arising in the project
(Please specify that intellectual property rights will be handled in accordance with national regulations. If the project is selected for funding, the partners must conclude a collaboration agreement within the first 6 months of the project. 
5.3.	long term cooperation strategy
(Please describe how the project is expected to help strengthen research cooperation between France, Germany and Japan over the longer term, as well as possible impacts on the development of innovative AI technologies).

6.	Calculation and explanation of estimated costs and funding requests for each partner 
(Please estimate personnel, non-personnel and travel/mission costs for each partner, indicating the main budget items for each category. You may provide additional explanations below to help justify your budget estimations.) 

6.1.	Requested funding summary 

Country	Organization	Cost category	Main items	Full costs 
(Euros)	Requested funding (Euros)	
Germany	Partner X /
If case of more than one partner, please duplicate the lines	Personnel				
		Travel/missions				
		Others*				
		Total per partner				

* equipment, materials/consumables, subcontracting, publications, overheads etc. according to national regulations
Country	Organization	Cost category	Main items	Full costs 
(Euros)	Requested funding (Euros)	
France	Partner Z /
If case of more than one partner, please duplicate the lines	Personnel				
		Travel/missions			
	
		Subcontracting				
		Others**				
		Total per partner				

** equipment, materials/consumables, publications, overheads etc. according to national regulations

Country	Organization	Cost category	Main items	Requested funding (K. JPY)	
Japan	Partner Z /
If case of more than one partner, please duplicate the lines	Equipment, materials/consumables			
		Personnel			
		Travel/missions			
		Others***			
		Total per partner			

*** subcontracting, publications etc. according to national regulation of Japan

Comments and explanations on funding:
(Partner XXX): 

7.	References
(Include the list of bibliographic references used in the previous sections of this document.)