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EU research & technology funds

Europa Day – KU Leuven Association6 November 2012 – afternoon session

www.kuleuven.be/eu/contact

Agenda

• Overview of EU funding opportunities

• Stijn Delauré, EU-team

• Reflections from participants

• Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers

• Health care – Walter Sermeus

• ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier

• (How to write a competitive EU research project proposal)

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Overview of this presentation

• Introduction

• Barriers and incentives for participation in FP7

• EU research funding opportunities

• in FP7 (2007-2013)

• outside FP7

• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)

• (How to write a competitive EU research project proposal)

Start from impact and work your way back

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EU is interested in impact on society, economy, policy, careers, public, …

Participation in EU projects often requires building bridges with

other disciplines, sectors,…

Highly competitive ⇒ “excellence” labelValorisation focus ⇒ company network

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KU Leuven participation in FP7 (2007-13)

0 100 200 300 400

IBBT

SCK

ULg

VITO

VIB

VUB

UA

ULB

UCL

IMEC

UGent

KU Leuven

0 100 200 300 400 500

RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA…

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR…

LUNDS UNIVERSITET

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

TU DELFT

DANMARKS TEKNISKE…

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

EPFL

KU LEUVEN

ETH ZURICH

IMPERIAL COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Number of FP7 contracts up to 02.07.2012Source: EC, via Flemish dep. of Economy, Science, and Innovation (EWI), 04.09.2012

Up to now: 441 approved FP7 applications, ~200 M€

350 contracts,156 M€

Anticipated research income 2009-2014

Source: LRD and FMPC, 22.10.2012

(International funds: 7% of expenses, of which 85% FP)

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10

20

30

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2009 2010 2011 2012* 2013** 2014**

Income from EU projects (M€)

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KU Leuven in FP (1994-2013)

Source: European Commission, via Flemish dep. EWI* FP7: up to 02.07.2012; 52.6% of FP7 budget allocated in contractsFP4, 1994-1998; FP5, 1998-2002; FP6, 2003-2006; FP7, 2007-2013

0,30%

0,40%

0,50%

0,60%

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50

75

100

125

150

175

FP4 FP5 FP6 FP7 *

Budget (M€)

% of total FP budget

Introduction to EU fundingFP7 funding: 2007-2013 (only one call to go)

Collaborative research

10 thematic areasFrontier Research (ERC)

Capacities4097

People4750

Marie Curie Actions

Research

Capacity

Cooperation32413

JRC

175

1

Euratom

2751

Ideas7510

Nuclear

Research

Total budget: 50.5 B€

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Introduction to EU funding

Cooperation : 10 thematic priorities1,8% But also SSH topics in other themes!

Participation per FP7 program

PEOPLE(Marie

Curie

actions)

FP7-ICT

FP7-Health

ERC

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DE

UK

IT

FRESNL

BE

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KU Leuven FP7 international partners

Type of partners in FP7 projects

48% academia

25% private company

22% research & techn. organisation

3% public body (hospital, ngo,…)

2% other


• Introduction



• in FP7 (2007-2013)

• outside FP7

• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)

• How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

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• unique opportunity to receive funding for international cooperation and networking

• international collaboration increases quality of research results

• topic of research might require a European approach

• for socio-economic sciences and humanities: world’s largest funding programme

• added value of going through the proposal procedure

Incentives for participation in FP7

Barriers and incentives for FP7 participation

• significant progress beyond the state of the art through new ideas/concepts

• progress in comparative research methodology and data

• internationalisation of research

• development of interdisciplinary approaches

• relevance for companies and/or policy initiatives

Impact of FP7 research


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• complexity of proposal preparationo proposal writing

o budget planning

o number of documents


Barriers for participation in FP7

LRD and DOC suppport!

KU Leuven EU-team• DOC (Research Coordination Office)

• Stijn Delauré, Iesel Van der Plancken, An Jansen, Mary Ann Doumen

• +32-16-320-944 or +32-16-324-053

• [email protected]

• LRD (Tech Transfer Office)• Elke Lammertyn, Sofie Heroes, Tine Heylen, Sarah Malevé,

Myriam Witvrouw, Monique Vanhaeren, Ilse Brondeel, Karolien Mariën

• +32-16-320-621 or +32-16-326-520

• [email protected]

• Budget advice and financial monitoring

• Natalie Van Geel, Karen Franck, Patricia Pardon

• Caroline De Meester

Pre-aw

ard

Post-aw

ard

www.kuleuven.be/EU/contact

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Support service: KU Leuven EU-team

idea→proposal proposal→project project→post-project

DOC LRD & FMPC

stimulate-inform-support advice-support support-monitor-report

lobby

EU

Pro-Act

EIT,

FET-F,

JPICH

networking

decentral support teams?

preparatory funding

Support for project

management (central

team at LRD)

• complexity of proposal preparationo proposal writing

o budget planning

o number of documents

• low succes rate, while often high average total score needed (13,75/15) because of over-subscription

• difficulties in consortium building


Barriers for participation in FP7

KU Leuven: higher success rates

SSH partner search support

LRD and DOC suppport!

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5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

FP7 PEOPLE ERC COOPERATION CAPACITIES

Success rate per Group per programme

KU Leuven

Biomedische Wetenschappen

Humane Wetenschappen

Wetenschap & Technologie

Success rates per Science Group

EU average


• Introduction



• in FP7 (2007-2013)

• outside FP7

• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)


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Current opportunities in FP7http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.htmlhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls

Current opportunities in FP7Bottom-up calls (you decide): Ideas, People, CapacitiesTop-down calls (the EC decides): Cooperation, Capacities

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IDEAS (7.5 billion €)IDEAS (7.5 billion €)

Current opportunities in FP7 - ERC

• Retain – Repatriate – Recruit

• Favour “brain gain” and reverse “brain drain”o Increase competition, recognition, international visibility

• Keep (young) researchers in Europeo Favour career opportunities and independence

o Groundbreaking, innovative, high-risk-high-gain researcho For researchers with excellent track record

IDEAS (7.5 billion €)IDEAS (7.5 billion €)

Current opportunities in FP7 - ERC

⇒Starting Grant (2-7y post-PhD) – 17.10.2012

⇒Consolidator Grant (7-12y post-PhD) – 21.02.2013

⇒Advanced Grant (top scientists) – 22.11.2012

⇒Proof of Concept grant (valorisation, for ERC grantees)

⇒Synergy Grant (collaboration of 2-4 top scientists) – 10.01.2013

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Current opportunities in FP7 - PEOPLEPEOPLE (4.75 billion €)PEOPLE (4.75 billion €)

ESR: early-stage researcher, 0-4y post master degree

ER: experienced researcher, >4y or PhD degree

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Industry-Academia (IAPP)

‘Industry’ means: private sector

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IRSES“International Research Staff Exchange Scheme”

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people

Min. 2 European countries + 1 third country2-4 year duration, €1900 per manmonth of mobility

17.01.2013

Individual Fellowships

14.08.2013

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Current opportunities in FP7

FP7-Cooperation

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• ≥ 3 partners from 3 ≠ MS/AC• 75% funding for RTD in collaborative projects (100% for coordination & support actions) • Involve ‘lead’-users, SMEs are beneficial in evaluation

Specific conditions

Next deadline: ICT (15 Jan), SSH (31 Jan), KBBE (5 Feb)

Budget: small: 1-3 M€ -large: 6-12 M€

Duration: 2-5 y

• Multi-national, multi-partner projects (~6-10 or ~15 partners from EU) • 10 theme’s – top-down research topics – private sector (SMEs)• Key: the use of project results (impact)• Current calls: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation

• Partner: small effort – Coordinator: huge effort (but higher success)• Coordinator: start at least 6 months before deadline (drafts!) • Criteria: Scientific Quality – Management – Exploitation/Dissemnation

Preparation/effort

Success rate: • EU average: 14.7%• K.U.Leuven: 22.3% (partner) – 28.6% (coordinator)

Contact: Iesel Van der Plancken

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Challenge 6: ICT for a low carbon economyObjective ICT-2013.6.1 Smart Energy Grids (15-01 !)

• bringing together stakeholders from both the energy utilities and the telecom sector

• to develop common approaches for future digital networks and smart energy services infrastructure for electricity distribution

• The focus is on data management including the exchange of information with transmission network operators and with end users.

• Special attention is given to exploring new business models for Distribution System Operators.

Current opportunities in FP7 cooperation

COOPERATION (32,4 billion €)COOPERATION (32,4 billion €)

ICT theme 15-01-2013 and 16-04-2013

KBBE.2013.2.3-01: Development and industrial application of sensors for food processing operations

• Small and medium scale focused project (3 m€) – 20% to SMEs

• versatile and affordable sensors • for the quantitative, real-time, on-line or in-line control • of critical quality and performance attributes • for raw and in-process materials • during food processing in the context of Process Analytical Technology



KBBE theme 05-02-2013

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SSH.2013.5.2-1 The multilingual challenge for the European citizen

• Small and medium scale focused project (2,5 m€)

• Linguistic diversity in Europe• Potentials of multilingualism• Language related policies• Language teaching• New technological tools• Translation and interpretation



SSH theme 31-01-2013

SSH opportunities in FP7 cooperation


Also in other themes!

Call topic SSH field of research Deadline

SEC-2013.6.1-2 Varying forms of terrorism – Capability Project

Conservation and Heritage Research

2013-01-31

ENERGY.2013.7.2.4 Ensuring stakeholder support for future gridinfrastructures

Conservation and Heritage Research

2012-11-28

ICT-2013.4.1 Content analytics and language technologies

2013-01-15

ICT-2013.8.1 Technologies and scientific foundations in the field of creativity

Humanities 2013-01-15

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• www.Net4Society.eu

• www.Net4Society.eu

www.Net4Society.eu = network of SSH National Contact Points (NCP)

Current opportunities in FP7

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Current opportunities in FP7 - capacities

CAPACITIES (4,1 billion €)CAPACITIES (4,1 billion €)

Regions of knowledge

Research for the benefit of SMEs

Research potential

Research infrastructures

Activities of international cooperation

Science in society




• The scheme aims at supporting SMEs in need of outsourcing research activities to RTD performers such as universities, research centres or research performing SMEs.

• Projects aim at creating new knowledge or achieving results with a clear exploitation potential to improve or develop new products, processes or services which meet the needs of the participating SMEs.

• Bottom-up scheme

• Min. conditions: ≥ 3 SMEs + ≥ 2 academia

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Regions of knowledge


Research potential

Research infrastructures

Activities of international cooperation

Science in society



Science in Society

• SiS.2013.2.2.1-1: Raising youth awareness to Responsible Research and Innovation through Inquiry Based Science Education o SSH Relevant Scientific Field: Cultural Anthropology, Education, Ethics, Gender

Science, Humanities, Law, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology

o Coordination and Support Actions (Supporting Action)

o 2,5 M€

16-01-2013

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• Introduction



• in FP7 (2007-2013)

• outside FP7

• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)


COST actions

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• at least 5 countries - “breaking in” is possible (joining existing actions)• funding covers networking activities, no research itself: meetings, conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges and dissemination activities

Specific conditions

Next deadline: 29 March 2013Budget: <10,000€ for meetings, <3500€ for secondments

Duration: xx

• flexible, fast, effective and efficient tool to network and coordinate nationally funded research activities; bringing scientists together, light strategic guidance

• COST is based on networks (“COST actions”) centred around research projects• bottom-up, organised in 9 scientific domainsw.cost.esf.org/

• relatively low effort (~12 pages; two stage submission)• ideally for ‘young’ researchers to establish and consolidate network

Preparation /effort

Success rate: lowContact: Iesel Van der [email protected] – www.cost.eu

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Directorates general

Calls for tender, relevant to Arts (example)

• DG Education and culture (EAC through EACEA)http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about/call_tenders/call_tenders_en.php

• DG Translation (DGT)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/index_en.htm

• DG Interpretation (SCIC)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/scic/index_nl.htm

• DG Enterprise

• DG Connect

• DG Development

• DG Health & Consumers

• …

• Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI)

o Collaborative research in Grand Societal Challenges

o Pooling of member states’ research funding

o “Virtual common pot”, no funding from FP

o 10 initiatives upcoming/running:• Neurodegenerative diseases

• Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

• Cultural Heritage and Global Change → Heritage@KULeuven

• A Healthy diet for a healthy Life

• The microbial challenge

• Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe

• More Years, Better Lives - Demographic Changes

• Urban Europe – Global Challenges, Local Solutions

• Water Challenges for a Changing World

• Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans

Member States funding for EU research

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JPI Cultural Heritage: first call

The JPICH topics for the 2013 call are :

• tangible heritage and effect of weathering including climate change

• use and re-use of buildings and landscapes, including the relation between changes and policy

• Insight into values, valuation, interpretation and identity

Funding:

• Most likely support from FWO (2 projects/call, 200k€)

Heritage@KULeuven task force:

Koen Van Balen in JPICH scientific advisory board

Other joint programmes

• ERA-Net• FWO: HERA, M-ERA, TRANSCAN, E-RARE, …

• IWT: LEAD-ERA, ECO-INNOVERA, ERA-IB,…

• ERA-SME• www.era-sme.net

• Ambient Assisted Living joint programme• www.aal-europe.eu

• Eureka, for market oriented industrial R&Dwww.eurekanetwork.org

• Eureka-Eurostars, for R&D SMEswww.eurostars-eureka.eu

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ERA-SMEs• Wat?

o internationale innovatie netwerking en samenwerking tussen KMO’s en onderzoeksinstellingen

• Samenstelling van het consortium?

o Duitsland, Oostenrijk, Tsjechië, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Nederland

o Partners uit minstens twee landen/regio’s met minstens één KMO per betrokken land/regio en minstens één onderzoek- en technologieorganisatie per project.

• Het IWT financiert Vlaamse partners via kmo-programma

• Doelgroep?

o niet-O&O intensieve KMO's. KMO's die beroep doen op onderzoeksinstellingen voor het uitvoeren van hun O&O, kunnen een projectvoorstel indienen

• Meer informatie? http://www.cornet-era.net

CIP: Competitiveness & Innovation

• Funding for pilot actions, involving both public and privateorganisations, for validating in real settings, innovative and interoperable ICT based services in areas such as: ICT for health, ageing and inclusion; Digital Libraries; ICT for improved public services; ICT for energy efficiency and smart mobility; Multilingual web and Internet evolution.

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• Introduction



• in FP7 (2007-2013)

• outside FP7

• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)


What’s next? “Horizon 2020” (2014-2020)

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2014-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

• Overall budget for Horizon 2020 (EC proposal):

• €80 billion (constant 2011 prices) ~ 25% of all competitive funding in EU

• 46% increase compared to FP7 (2007-2013)

• Research and innovation increases to 8.5% of EC budget

• For decision @ European Council and Parliament !

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Structure & budget breakdown

Excellent Science

Industrial Leadership

Societal Challenges

EITJRC

Cross-cutting issues:

• ERA• Dissemination & knowledge transfer• Simplified access and reimbursement• International cooperation• Synergies with cohesion policy (Structural Funds)

• ~80 B€• Earliest deadlines:

winter 2014

Structure & budget breakdown

Excellent Science

Industrial Leadership

Societal Challenges

EITJRC• More bottom-up

• FET/FEST• 2 SSH challenges• > EIT budget

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What are the priorities?

1. Excellence in the science base

⇒ World class excellence; developing and attracting talent

– ERC: Frontier research (European Research Council)– Starting Grants, Advanced Grants, Proof of Concept, Synergy Grants, …

– Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions: Skills, training, career develp. – Only 4 remaining actions

– PhD training network, postdoc mobility, staff exchange (other sector/international)

– ESFRI: Research infrastructures (ESFRI roadmap)

– FET: Future and Emerging (Science &) Technologies– Across all themes, not only ICT/Energy

– FET Open (bottom-up, small collaborative projects)

– FET ProActive (within emerging themes, decided on by scietific community)

– FET Flagships (Human Brain Project, ITFoM, GuardianAngels,...)

Horizon 2020: Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions

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2. Creating industrial leadership; competitive frameworks

- Examples of key enabling technologies in this challenge:

- Application-driven: cross-disciplinary collaborations required

- Additional cross-disciplinary critical mass? KULLOCs?

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Upcoming large initiatives (2013-2020)• FET Flagships (ICT) – 6 pilots � 2 initiatives

o Guardian Angels

o FuturICT, ITFoM, RoboCom

o Graphene, Human Brain Project

• EIT 2014 EIT 2018

o Healthy ageing – Urban mobility

o Critical raw materials – Smart & secure societies

o Food4Future – Added-value manufacturing

• Joint Programming Initiatives � 10 Grand Challenge initiatives

o Cultural Heritage

o Urban Europe

o Food-Agriculture-Climate

o …

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Agenda



• Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers

(productietechnieken, machinebouw, automatisering)

• Health care – Walter Sermeus (ziekenhuis- en

verpleegwetenschap)

• ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier (Recht en informatica)

• (How to write a competitive EU research project)

Agenda



• Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers(productietechnieken, machinebouw, automatisering)

• Health care – Walter Sermeus (ziekenhuis- en

verpleegwetenschap)

• ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier (Recht en informatica)

• (How to write a competitive EU research project)

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FP7 evaluation criteria in detail

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8 steps to a successful proposal*

1. Check the relevant documents

2. Your impact section has an impact! (B3.1)

3. Build your consortium around the call text (B2.3)

4. Set out achievable and verifiable objectives (B1.1)

5. Make your work plan manageable (B1.3)

6. Use an appropriate management structure (B2.1)

7. Show how you will transfer results to use (B3.2)

8. Make it easy on the evaluator

* This list is not exhaustive!

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Step 8: Make it easy on the evaluator

Credibility The idea is convincing and achievable “it has to make sense”

Communication Clear description of what will be done

Concrete Very specific, not general concepts“who will do what, when, and how?”

Consistency High quality documentation (proof read)Written by consortium, but edited

~Hyperion

Objectives (and proposal in general) should meet the 4 C’s:

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Summarizing…

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⇒Guide for applicants⇒ Impact, impact, impact

Good luck with your application!

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EU research & technology funds - KU Leuven€¦ · Introduction to EU funding FP7 funding: 2007-2013 (only one call to go) Collaborative research 10 thematic areas Frontier Research