Proposers are advised to observe the following new conditions to assure that the proposal will be successful:

• A proposal must be fully defined; i.e. all planned work, results and the complete consortium must be defined
• The national funding agencies (Public Authorities) for each involved country must be contacted as early as possible during the proposal definition phase.
• A national funding application must be sent to the PA at the same time of the proposal submission. Note: if an official application cannot by accepted at that moment a pro-forma application should be considered to allow the PA to check the eligibility for funding of the national consortium.
• After the proposal assessments the consortium will be informed if a Celtic-Plus label has been granted. With this label the official funding applications (if not yet done) and funding negotiations may start.
• There will only be a label approval or rejection of a proposal. Conditional labels will no longer be considered.
• As soon as all (or the most important) project partners have received green light for funding the project can start.
• In case a proposal may not be accepted at the labeling meeting it may have the opportunity to re-submit the improved proposal at the following call submission 6 months later.
• The Celtic Office offers the possibility that a short proposal abstract (3 pages maximum) may be sent in during the proposal phase to get some feedback if the idea would be interesting and should be progressed. This can avoid unnecessary work if a proposal idea or the envisaged consortium may be doubtful.

• Proposal forms and documents (complete set)
• Guidelines for proposers and review criteria
  Preparing a successful proposal.
• Find a partner or consortium for your proposal
  Info page to find interested new partners or companies.
• Celtic-Plus Purple Book
  Main objectives and scope of Celtic-Plus Workprogramme.
• Celtic-Plus Handbook(pdf)
  Information on processes for proposers and participants.)

• CLD-form (Confirmation Letter & Declaration of Acceptance) 
  (to be signed by each project participant upon proposal submission)
• Celtic-Plus Frame Agreement, CFA-Plus
  as legal reference document
• Project Cooperation Agreement, PCA-Plus
  to be agreed by consortium during project set-up
• Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
  Model of a possible NDA (for proposal submission only)

• Online proposal submission
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Evaluation process
• Evaluation criteria (review form)