The project proposal 101068463 — FoRESIghT “Limiting Future Road expansion’s Environmental and social impacts and advancing Sustainable Infrastructure in African Tropics” submitted under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 by Jessica Thorn and University of York following evaluation by an international panel of independent experts was recognised as a high-quality project proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process but could not receive funding due to budgetary constraints and is therefore recommended by the European Commission for funding by other sources.
The Seal of Excellence is a quality label awarded by the Commission to proposals which has been assessed in a call for proposals under a Union instrument and are deemed to comply with the quality requirements of that Union instrument but could not be funded due to budgetary constraints. These projects are judged to deserve funding and might receive support from other Union or national sources of funding. The Seal of Excellence certificate recognises the value of the proposal and helps other funding bodies take advantage of the high quality Commission evaluation process.