These Terms & Conditions (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and ELSKA Flow Consulting AB (“ELSKA”, “we”, “us”), and govern your access to and use of the GrantGenix website (grantgenix.com) and the GrantGenix AI-assisted evaluation platform (evaluate.grantgenix.com), together the “Platform” and the “Services”. By creating an account, signing in, or using any part of the Platform, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Platform.
Contents
- About us
- Definitions
- Eligibility and access
- Accounts, roles and security
- Acceptable use
- The evaluation service — nature and limitations
- Usage limits
- Fees, billing and API keys
- Intellectual property
- Confidentiality
- Service availability and changes
- Warranties and disclaimers
- Limitation of liability
- Indemnification
- Data protection
- Suspension and termination
- Force majeure
- Changes to these Terms
- Governing law and jurisdiction
- General
- Contact
1. About us
GrantGenix is a service owned and operated by ELSKA Flow Consulting AB, a limited liability company (Aktiebolag) incorporated under the laws of Sweden, with company registration number 559357-5144 and registered office in Sweden. You can contact us at info@grantgenix.com.
2. Definitions
- “Platform” — the GrantGenix website at grantgenix.com and the authenticated AI evaluation portal at evaluate.grantgenix.com, including all features, content and underlying software.
- “Services” — the AI-assisted proposal evaluation, reporting, and related advisory features made available through the Platform.
- “User”, “you” — an individual to whom an account on the Platform has been issued.
- “Customer” — the organisation that contracts with ELSKA for the Services (which may be the same person as the User, or may be an institution that grants access to one or more Users).
- “Account” — the personal credentials and profile through which you access the Platform.
- “Proposal”, “Content” — any document, text, file or material you upload or submit to the Platform, including all versions thereof.
- “Evaluation”, “Report” — the assessment, scoring and report generated by the Platform for a Proposal.
- “AI Provider” — the third-party large-language-model provider (currently Anthropic, PBC) whose models the Platform uses to generate Evaluations.
- “Personal API Key” — an Anthropic API key that an administrator may assign to your Account so that your Evaluations bill to a key designated to you.
3. Eligibility and access
The Platform is intended for professional use by research organisations, consortia, grant consultants and institutional grant applicants. By using the Platform you represent that:
- you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms;
- you are using the Platform for a lawful business or research purpose;
- if you are using the Platform on behalf of an organisation, you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.
Access to the evaluation portal is granted on an approval basis. Submitting an access request does not entitle you to an Account; ELSKA may grant, refuse, revoke or condition access at its reasonable discretion. You must provide accurate, current and complete information when requesting access and keep it up to date.
4. Accounts, roles and security
4.1 Account credentials
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username, password and any other credential used to access your Account. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Account, whether or not authorised by you, until you notify us of any compromise.
4.2 Roles
The Platform supports three Account roles:
- User — can see and evaluate only their own Proposals and Reports.
- Superuser — has the same data-scope restrictions as a User (own Proposals and Reports only) but with additional read-only access to anonymised historical and benchmark data.
- Administrator — can view and manage all Users, Accounts, Proposals and Reports for support, security and billing purposes. Administrator actions are audit-logged.
4.3 Sessions
The Platform enforces a single active session per Account at any one time. Logging in from a new device will terminate any existing session on another device. Sessions expire automatically after 30 days of inactivity.
4.4 Security notifications
You must notify us promptly at info@grantgenix.com of any actual or suspected unauthorised use of your Account, loss of credentials, or other security concern. We may, on reasonable grounds, suspend an Account pending investigation.
5. Acceptable use
You agree that you will not, and will not permit any third party to:
- upload Content that you do not have the right to submit, including content that infringes any intellectual-property right, contractual obligation or third-party confidentiality undertaking;
- upload unlawful, defamatory, hateful, harassing, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable material;
- upload material that contains malware, viruses or other harmful code;
- upload special-category personal data (Article 9 GDPR) or data relating to criminal convictions (Article 10 GDPR) without first ensuring you have an appropriate legal basis;
- use the Platform in a manner that violates export controls, sanctions, or any other applicable law;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform, to other Accounts, to administrative functions, or to any underlying system or network;
- probe, scan, reverse-engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, evaluation methodology, prompts, model weights or scoring logic of the Platform, except to the extent expressly permitted by mandatory law;
- circumvent or attempt to circumvent any usage limit, role-based access control, version cap, rate limit or security mechanism;
- resell, sublicense, rent, lease, share, time-share or otherwise commercially exploit access to the Platform, except as expressly authorised in a separate written agreement with ELSKA;
- scrape, mass-export or harvest Reports, evaluation methodologies, prompts or other Platform output for the purpose of training a competing AI system or building a competing product;
- use the Platform to process Content on behalf of a third party that has not itself agreed to be bound by these Terms.
Breach of this Section 5 may result in immediate suspension or termination of your Account and may give rise to civil or criminal liability.
6. The evaluation service — nature and limitations
The Evaluations generated by the Platform are produced by AI models, supplemented by ELSKA's proprietary evaluation logic and the official EU programme criteria of the funding family selected. You acknowledge and agree that:
- Advisory only. An Evaluation is indicative and advisory. It is intended to inform your judgement and that of your proposal team. It is not, and shall not be construed as, an official evaluation by the European Commission, the European Research Executive Agency (REA), the European Innovation Council (EIC), any national funding agency, any joint undertaking, or any other public or private funding body.
- No guarantee of outcome. An Evaluation does not guarantee any particular score, ranking, award, funding decision or other outcome. Funding decisions are made solely by the relevant funding body in accordance with its own procedures.
- AI limitations. AI-generated output may contain factual errors, omissions, mis-citations, hallucinations or other inaccuracies. You remain solely responsible for verifying the accuracy of the Evaluation and for the final content of your Proposal.
- No professional advice. An Evaluation is not legal, financial, tax, regulatory, scientific peer-review or other professional advice. You should apply your own professional judgement and obtain independent expert advice where appropriate.
- No automated decision. The Evaluation does not constitute a decision producing legal effects concerning you or significantly affecting you within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR. You retain full control over whether and how to act on any recommendation.
- Inputs determine outputs. The quality of an Evaluation depends on the quality, completeness and accuracy of the Content you upload. Garbage in, garbage out applies.
7. Usage limits
To preserve service quality and prevent abuse, the Platform applies the following limits to Accounts that hold the User and Superuser roles:
- Per-proposal version cap. A maximum of five (5) versions per Proposal lineage. Once reached, an administrator may grant an exception on request.
- Single active session. Only one device may be signed in to a given Account at a time.
- File upload size. Individual uploads should not exceed 25 MB. Larger files may be rejected.
- Rate limits. The Platform may apply reasonable rate limits on evaluation requests to protect the AI Provider's API quotas.
We may revise these limits from time to time with reasonable notice. Administrator Accounts are not subject to the version cap.
8. Fees, billing and API keys
8.1 Fees
Where the Services are provided for a fee, the applicable fees, billing frequency and payment terms are set out in a separate written order, engagement agreement or quotation between you (or your Customer organisation) and ELSKA. These Terms apply in addition to any such order; in the event of conflict the order prevails for the specific matters it expressly covers.
8.2 Taxes
All fees are exclusive of VAT and any other applicable taxes, which will be added at the rate prevailing at the time of invoice. You are responsible for any applicable taxes other than ELSKA's income taxes.
8.3 Late payment
Undisputed fees not paid by the due date may attract default interest at the rate set out in the Swedish Interest Act (Räntelagen, SFS 1975:635).
8.4 Personal API Keys
If an administrator assigns you a Personal API Key, the costs incurred when you run Evaluations bill directly to that key. You are responsible for ensuring the key remains valid and within its own provider-side quota and spend limits. ELSKA is not responsible for charges incurred on a key issued by you, your Customer or a third party. If no Personal API Key is assigned to your Account, your Evaluations use a shared ELSKA-managed key and any related cost is invoiced to your Customer in accordance with the applicable order.
9. Intellectual property
9.1 Platform IP
The Platform — including its software, design, user interface, brand, prompts, evaluation methodology, scoring models, technical documentation and all related intellectual property — is owned by ELSKA or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trade-mark and other applicable laws. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, ELSKA grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to access and use the Platform for your internal professional purposes during the term of your access.
9.2 Your Content
You retain all intellectual-property rights in the Proposals and Content you upload. By submitting Content to the Platform, you grant ELSKA a limited, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, copy, transmit, display and process that Content, and to transmit it to the AI Provider and other processors disclosed in our Privacy Policy, solely to provide the Services to you. This licence terminates when you delete the Content from the Platform, except to the extent necessary to retain backup copies for the period described in our Privacy Policy.
9.3 Reports
You own the Reports generated for your Proposals and may use them internally for any lawful purpose, including incorporating them into your funding submissions. The evaluation methodology underlying the Reports remains the property of ELSKA.
9.4 Feedback
If you provide ELSKA with feedback, suggestions or ideas about the Platform (“Feedback”), you grant ELSKA a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use that Feedback for any purpose, including incorporating it into the Services, without obligation to you.
9.5 No AI-training use
ELSKA does not use your Content to train AI models. The AI Provider has confirmed (and ELSKA contractually requires) that API inputs and outputs are not used to train its models by default. See our Privacy Policy for the relevant Anthropic policy references.
10. Confidentiality
ELSKA treats your Proposals and Content as strictly confidential. We will not disclose them to third parties except (a) to the processors disclosed in our Privacy Policy, acting on our documented instructions and bound by confidentiality, (b) to your own Customer organisation's administrator where applicable, (c) to our professional advisers under duties of confidentiality, or (d) where required by law, court order or competent regulator. The reciprocal confidentiality obligations of you and ELSKA survive termination of your Account for a period of three (3) years, or longer where required by mandatory law.
11. Service availability and changes
ELSKA aims to keep the Platform available and accurate, but provides it on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We may, from time to time and at our reasonable discretion:
- perform scheduled or emergency maintenance, with prior notice where reasonably practicable;
- modify, add, remove or replace features of the Platform;
- change the underlying AI Provider or models, or update the Platform's prompts and evaluation logic;
- impose, change or remove usage limits to preserve service quality.
We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that material changes do not materially reduce the core functionality you rely on. We do not commit to any specific service-level uptime in these Terms; service-level commitments, if any, are agreed in a separate order.
12. Warranties and disclaimers
ELSKA warrants that it will provide the Services with reasonable care and skill, in accordance with applicable Swedish law.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, ELSKA disclaims all other warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, uninterrupted availability, or freedom from error. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, ELSKA does not warrant that:
- the Platform will be uninterrupted, secure or free from defects;
- any Evaluation will be accurate, complete or fit for any particular purpose;
- any Proposal evaluated by the Platform will receive funding, a particular score, or any specific outcome from a funding body.
Nothing in this Section limits or excludes any warranty, right or remedy that cannot be limited or excluded by mandatory applicable law.
13. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and except for liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited (such as liability for intent, gross negligence, personal injury caused by negligence, or any mandatory consumer rights):
- ELSKA shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, nor for any loss of profits, revenue, funding, opportunity, savings, data, goodwill or business interruption, however caused and under any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, even if ELSKA has been advised of the possibility of such damages;
- ELSKA's total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, regardless of the form of action, shall not exceed an amount equal to the fees paid (and, in respect of any unpaid fees due, payable) by you or your Customer to ELSKA for the Services in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or, if no fees have been paid, one thousand euros (€1,000).
The limitations in this Section reflect the allocation of risk between you and ELSKA, including the price-and-risk-balance of the Services, and apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy.
14. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ELSKA, its officers, employees, advisers and processors from and against any third-party claim, liability, loss, damage, cost or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your Content, (b) your use of the Platform in breach of these Terms, (c) your violation of any applicable law or third-party right, or (d) your use of any output of the Platform in a manner that exceeds the advisory scope described in Section 6.
15. Data protection
ELSKA processes personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679, the “GDPR”) and the Swedish Dataskyddslagen (SFS 2018:218). Full details of how we collect, use, share, retain and protect personal data are set out in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Where ELSKA processes personal data on behalf of an institutional Customer in the role of a processor (Article 28 GDPR), the Customer and ELSKA will enter into a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) on request.
16. Suspension and termination
16.1 Termination by you
You may stop using the Platform at any time. You may request that your Account be closed and your Content deleted by contacting info@grantgenix.com; we will action the request in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
16.2 Suspension or termination by ELSKA
ELSKA may suspend or terminate your Account immediately, with or without notice, if:
- you materially breach these Terms (including Section 5);
- you fail to pay undisputed fees when due;
- we reasonably believe that continued provision of the Services to you would expose us or third parties to legal, security, financial, regulatory or reputational risk;
- we are required to do so by law, court order or competent authority; or
- we discontinue the Services generally, in which case we will use reasonable efforts to give you at least 60 days' prior notice and to assist with reasonable data export.
16.3 Effect of termination
On termination, your right to use the Platform ceases. Provisions which by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 5 (acceptable-use post-violation consequences), 9 (intellectual property), 10 (confidentiality), 12 (warranties & disclaimers), 13 (limitation of liability), 14 (indemnification), 19 (governing law) and 20 (general) — will continue to apply.
17. Force majeure
Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay in performance (other than payment obligations) caused by circumstances reasonably beyond its control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, governmental action, pandemics, internet or infrastructure failures, cyber-attacks, or failure of third-party providers (including the AI Provider, hosting providers, or telecommunications networks). The affected party will notify the other promptly and use reasonable efforts to mitigate the impact.
18. Changes to these Terms
ELSKA may update these Terms from time to time. The “Effective from” date at the top of this page indicates the version in force. Material changes will be notified to active Users through the Platform or by email at least thirty (30) days before they take effect, unless a shorter period is required for legal, regulatory or security reasons. Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not accept the changes, you may terminate your Account before they take effect.
19. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them, are governed by the laws of Sweden, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
The courts of Sweden, with the District Court of Stockholm (Stockholms tingsrätt) as the court of first instance, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms, subject to (a) any mandatory rights you may have as a consumer under the laws of the EU Member State in which you are habitually resident, and (b) your right to bring proceedings before any other competent court where required by mandatory law.
20. General
20.1 Entire agreement
These Terms, together with any applicable order, the Privacy Policy and any Data Processing Addendum, constitute the entire agreement between you and ELSKA regarding the Services and supersede all prior agreements, communications and understandings on the subject matter.
20.2 Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force, and the invalid provision will be deemed replaced by a valid provision that most closely matches the parties' original intent.
20.3 Waiver
A failure or delay by ELSKA to enforce any right or remedy under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.
20.4 Assignment
You may not assign, transfer or sublicense these Terms or any of your rights or obligations under them without ELSKA's prior written consent. ELSKA may assign these Terms in connection with a corporate reorganisation, merger or sale of its business, on reasonable notice to you.
20.5 Notices
Notices to ELSKA shall be sent to info@grantgenix.com. Notices to you shall be sent to the email address registered for your Account.
20.6 Relationship
These Terms do not create a partnership, joint venture, agency or employment relationship between you and ELSKA.
20.7 Language
These Terms are concluded in English. Any translation provided is for convenience only; the English version prevails in case of conflict.
21. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to:
- Email: info@grantgenix.com
- Postal address: ELSKA Flow Consulting AB, Sweden
GrantGenix is a service of ELSKA Flow Consulting AB, a Swedish Aktiebolag (company registration number 559357-5144). These Terms have been prepared to align with applicable Swedish law and how the Platform is technically engineered as of the effective date. Institutional customers are encouraged to review these Terms alongside the Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, request a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) and a separate engagement order.