Support for the preparatory phase for the DEMO Orientated Early Neutron Source IFMIF/DONES

This grant will be awarded without a call for proposals in line with Article 195(e) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1046/2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 966/2012, and with Article 11(2) of the Rules for Participation Regulation No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in ""Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)"" and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013 p. 81).

The IFMIF/DONES materials test facility is a high priority on the Fusion Roadmap to electricity from fusion in the second half of this century. A proposal has been put