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EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE. Michael Browne Head of European Research & Innovation University College London. Presentation Structure. Introduction to UCL UCL ’ s strategy for Horizon 2020 Connecting with innovation actors on a European (global) scale - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE
Michael BrowneHead of European Research & Innovation
University College London
Presentation Structure
- Introduction to UCL
- UCL’s strategy for Horizon 2020
- Connecting with innovation actors on a European (global) scale
- Examples of how Research Technology Organizations & SMEs can work together
A bit about me/UCL• London’s Global University• More than 700 FP7 projects• Total cumulative budget of €400M• 110 ERC Projects• Europe’s lead HEI in Health research• Consistently ranked in top 5 HEIs
in Europe across all of FP7• UK lead in collaborative research• Plan to be Europe lead in collaborative
research
HORIZON 2020 REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY
UCL’s Horizon 2020 Mission Statement
Dedicated Proposal Writing Support Service
Horizon 2020 = €80 billion: Focus areas
5
Seamless Connections
International Cooperation
European Research Area
Simplified Access
Coherent with other EU and MS actions
Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes
Europe 2020 priorities
Tackling Societal Challenges Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks
Excellence in the Science base
•Health, demographics and wellbeing
•Food security and sustainable bio-resources
•Secure, clean and efficient energy
•Smart, green and integrated transport
•Resource Efficiency and Climate Challenge
•Secure and inclusive societies
•Leadership in enabling technologies (ICT, nanotech, bio-economy, manufacturing, space & biotechnology
•Access to risk finance
•Integrating research, education and innovation (EIT)
•Innovation in SMEs
•Frontier research (ERC), FET
•Skills and career development - Marie Curie
•Priority research infrastructures
Vision2020: connecting research and innovation actors across Europe
Key objective for UCL is to work with other sectors across Europe Primary focus is SMEs – from all thematic areas (focus on innovation)
Vision2020 is central to UCL’s strategy to connect with SMEs – this is already happening – Kitforkids, Cell2b and iQur
Thank you!
www.ucl.ac.uk/reseach/europe
Michael Browne