H2020 ICT call experience

Prof. Vladimir Crnojevic – BioSense center

• Very successful in FP7 – 14 projects• 4 projects won from H2020 until today• The only H2020 TEAMING project from Associated Countries - ANTARES• FP7 FUTURE INTERNET project proposer – FRACTALS• Largest project in Serbia• Over 7 Million EUR total budget• Over 5 to be distributed to innovative SMEs for ICT apps in Agri sector

Example from H2020 Robotics Call

2014

Example from H2020 Robotics Call 2014

"We are evaluating jackets, but we will chop you one mark because we don't like your shoes"• ESR problem• the same negative aspect is evaluated twice and marks are chopped from

two criteria for the same reason

"We are evaluating jackets, but we will chop you one mark because we don't like your shoes"• ESR problem• the same negative aspect is evaluated twice and marks are chopped from

two criteria for the same reason

“MEMBERS ONLY”

• When it comes to successful proposals, out of 17 proposals:

• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 4• DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV 4• KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN 4• RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN 3• FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA 3• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA 3• ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE 3• SERBIA 0 (But also other Associated countries Israel 0, Turkey 0)

• Funded projects seem to circulate around a small group of “usual suspects” • It is very unlikely to find a project in the list, without one of those in the consortium

General Remarks

• Strategic aiming to fewer and bigger projects • To reduce administrative burden?

• EC is making ICT Calls a closed circuit for few huge institutes/companies and does not allow "all flowers to blossom“• Specially ones from remote or not so polished gardens!

Funding Issues

•Problem with 28% funding in H2020• SMEs and startups cannot finance projects

• To Serbian ministry• A guarantee fund that will allow SMEs to get loans from

banks if they are accepted in a H2020 project (Just like Turkey does)

H2020 TEAMING Call

• To create new institution with EU level reputation – European Center of Excellence• Bottom-up topical approach• To support the region in terms of innovation transfer,

creation of jobs and economic growth• 1st stage budget: up to 500.000 EUR for business plan

development• 2nd stage budget: up to 20 Million EUR (+ national

contribution) for new CoE

ANTARES – H2020 TEAMING project

• To evolve BioSense Center into European CoE• ICT research applied to Agriculture and Environment• The only H2020 TEAMING project from Associated

Countries• Partners• BioSense – University of Novi Sad• DLO – Wageningen research• Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Tech.Development

ANTARES – H2020 TEAMING project

•New European Center of Excellence• To boost ICT innovation in Agriculture and Environment• To support regional SMEs with technology transfer• To help faster rural development• To push the regional economy towards sustainable and

efficient agricultural production