Horizon 2020 – funding opportunities Naďa Koníčková

Horizon 2020 – funding opportunities

Naďa Koníčková

What is Horizon 2020 ?

• A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union and European research area (ERA)

– Responding to economic crisis to invest to future growth and jobs

– Adressing people´s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

– Strengthening the EU´s global position in research, innovation and technology

– Budget 79 bill. Euro (2014 – 2020)

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EU framework programmes

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7. FP (2007-2013) Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)

What is new?

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives (FP7, CIP and EIT)

• Coupling research to innovation from research to retail,all forms of innovations

• Focus on societal challenges facing EU society e.g. health, food security, clean energy and transport

• Simplified access for all companies, universities, research institutes in all EU countries and beyond

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6EC: Factsheet: Horizon 2020 budget 6

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Total funding for 2014-2020 € million

European Research Council (ERC)Frontier research by the best individual teams

13 095

Future & emerging technologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of innovation

2 696

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)Opportunities for training and career development

6 162

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2 488

Excellent science

Industrial leadership

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Leadership in enabling & industrial technologies (LEITs)(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

13 557

Access to risk financeLeveraging private finance & venture capital

2 842

Innovation in SMEsFostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

616

Societal challenges

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Health, demographic change & wellbeing

7 472

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine/maritime/inland water research and the bioeconomy

3 851

Secure, clean & efficient energy 5 931

Smart, green & integrated transport 6 339

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency & raw materials

3 081

Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies

1 310

Secure societies 1 695

Specific objectives - horizontal

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Spreading excellence & widening participation

816


Science with and for society 462

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http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

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Types of actions - projects

Research and Innovation actions

Innovation actions

Coordination and Support actions

SME instrument

ERA-NET Cofund

Pre-Commercia Procurement (PCP) Cofund actions

Public Procurement of Innovation Solutions (PPI)

Cofund actions

Characteristic of actions are in General annex of WPs

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Research and Innovation actions (RIA, RI)

Activities to establish new knowledge,

and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved

technology, product, process, service or solution.

Activity may include basic and applied research, technology

development and integration, testing and validation on a

small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated

environment.

Projects may contain closely connected but limited

demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show technical

feasibility in a near to operational environment

Funding rate 100%

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Innovation actions (IA, I)

activities directly aiming at producing plans and arrangements or

designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or

services

Limited activities of research and development

Focused to prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-

scale product validation and market replication

Demonstration and pilots: aims to validate the technical and

economical viability of a new or improved technology, products,

….. in operational environment (near to large scale)

Market replication: aims to support first (EU or sector)

application/deployment on the market

Funding rate 70% (100% for universities)

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Coordination and support actions

Activities:

accompanying measures such as standardisation,

dissemination, awareness-raising and communication,

networking, coordination or support services,

policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies,

design studies for new infrastructure

strategic planning, networking and coordination between

programmes in different countries

Funding rate 100%, one participating country is possible

Phase 1: Concept and feasibility

assessment

Phase 2: R&D, demonstration,

market replication

Input: Idea/Concept: "Business Plan 1"

(~ 10 pages) 10% budget

Activities:Feasibility of concept

Risk assessmentIP regime

Partner searchDesign study

Pilot applicationetc.

Output: elaborated "Business plan 2"

Input: "Business plan 2" plus description of activities under Phase

2 (~ 30 pages)88% budget

Activities:Development,

prototyping, testing, piloting,

miniaturisation, scaling-up, market

replication, research

Output: "investor-ready Business plan 3"

Lump sum: 50.000 €

~ 6 monthsNo direct funding

Phase 3: Commercialisation

1-3 (5) M€ EC funding

~ 12 to 24 months

Promote instrument as quality label for

successful projects

Facilitate access to private finance

Support via networking , training,

information, addressing i.a. IP management, knowledge sharing,

dissemination

SME window in the EU financial facilities (debt

facility and equity facility)

Possible connection to PPC (and PPI?)

10% success 30-50% success

SME instrument

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Fast Track to Innovation

Objectives:

Reduce the time from idea to market Increase the participation of industry, SMEs and first time applicants in Horizon 2020 Stimulate private sector investment in research and innovation Promote research and innovation with a focus on value creation and accelerate the development of technologies into innovative products, processes and services Open to any legal entity - consortia of no more than 5 participants Funding of innovation actions (close-to-market) Proposals relating to any technology field under LEITs and Societal Challenges (bottom-up-driven logic) Grant up to € 3 million Permanently open call with three cut-off-dates per year Impact criterion given a higher weighting in evaluations Time-to-grant: 6 months Means: Full-scale pilot starting in 2015

Financing rules

H2020•Single funding rate for all beneficiaries and all activities performed in the project

Up to 100% of eligible costsInnovation actions limited to 70% of eligible costs

•Derogation for non-profit organisations: up to 100%

•Single flat rate for indirect costs:25% of eligible direct costs (without subcontracts)

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•Currently national / regional disparities in research excellence and innovation performance, hamper competitiveness, business growth and employment creation.

•A number of countries are experiencing low participation in the EU Framework Programmes;

•Disparities due to structural issues, such as:

insufficient national RDI investment,

lack of synergies between certain countries national research systems and EU research landscape,

insufficient capacities,

reduced access to international networks.

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Spreading excellence and widening participation - background

Specific eligibility criteria for WIDESPREAD

• Particular political objectives of WIDESPREAD in H2020

• necessitate a targeted approach to help those participants with low performance in R&I

• H2020 legal text >>"low performing RDI Member States and regions”

• Specific Eligibility Criterion: Composite Indicator that measures Research Excellence at national level (threshold at 70% of the EU average)

“low RDI performing” Member States for Widening actions: Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Romania, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Hungary.

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Overview of measures under WIDESPREAD in H2020

- Teaming for Excellence (CoEs)- Twinning (institutional networking)- ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions)

- NCPs (information, communication, support)- Policy Support Facility (support for R&I Policy design)- COST ( stimulating cross border science networks)

Total Budget for WIDESPREAD in H2020 ~ € 800 million€ 800 million

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Teaming for Excellence

What?

Creation of new (or significant upgrade of existing) Centres of Excellence in low performing Member States and regions

How?

Proposals: Need to demonstrate the long-term science and innovation strategy of the future Centre based on a SWOT analysis

Stage 1: Funding for the development of a Business Plan for the new Centre of Excellence facilitated by a teaming process with a leading counterpart in Europe

Stage 2: Subject to the quality of the Business Plan, and a commitment of the Member State (e.g. support via Cohesion Policy Funds), the Commission may provide further substantial financial support for the first steps of implementation of the Centre.

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Teaming (2)

The Partners - 2 parties in each Teaming project:

(1) the participant organisation (COORDINATOR) from a low performing Member State (for example a research agency at national or regional level, or a regional authority);

(2) an institution of research and innovation excellence (public or private) or a consortium of such institutions;

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Teaming (3)

Call 2014 ("Stage 1"): Business Plan for a Centre of Excellence (CoE)

Budget: € 11.85M Call deadline: 17 September 2014Project Size: €200.000 - €500.000 per proposal

Project Duration: 12 monthsDeliverable: Business Plan of the CoE

2016: ("Stage 2") Implementation of the CoE

Budget: ~ € 80-90 M Project Size: €15-20MProject Duration: ~ 5 yearsFunding for: Substantial support for the implementation phase of the CoE

Implementation: Specific Grant Agreement established under a Framework Partnership Agreement (Coordination and Support Action)

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Twinning

What? Strengthening a defined field of research of a knowledge institution knowledge institution in a low performing Member State or region through linking with at least two two internationally-leading counterparts in Europeinternationally-leading counterparts in Europe.

How?

Proposals: Will have to outline the scientific strategy for stepping up and stimulating scientific excellence and innovation capacity in a defined area of research as well as the scientific quality of the partners involved in the twinning exercise

Funding for:

•expert visits and short-term on-site or virtual training; •workshops & conference attendance; •organisation of joint summer school type activities; •dissemination and outreach activities.

Equipment & researchers' salaries will NOT be funded.

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Twinning (2)

The Partners

• ONEONE institution located in a Low Performing MS/region (COORDINATOR)

• A minimum of TWOTWO additional partners from two different Member States or Associated Countries.

Call 2015 Details:

Budget: ~ € 64 M Call publication date: 2 July 2014Call deadline: Spring 2015Project Size: €1 M per proposal

Project Duration: 3 years

Type of action: Coordination and Support Action

Total Budget for Twinning in H2020: ~ € 100 M

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• Bring high quality researchers and managers to universities and other research organisations with the potential for research excellence.

• Institutions should implement structural changes to achieve excellence on a sustainable basis.

• In any scientific domain of research and innovation but expected to be inline with regional/national strategies for smart specialisation.

• Proposal shall comprise measures to foster compliance with ERA priorities (open recruitment, peer review, gender balance, innovative doctoral training).

• Proposal will include a plan to increase Research Capacity of the organisation (synergies with SF)

WIDESPREAD 2-2014: ERA Chairs– Objectives of the action

WIDESPREAD 2-2014: ERA Chairs- Eligibility Criteria

• As for the other measures under Widening, applicant organisations shall be established in eligible Members States and Associated countries indicated in the Work Programme.

• One single applicant (mono-beneficiary action).

• EU contribution not to exceed a maximum of EUR 2,5 million for up to 5 years

• EU contribution is limited to a maximum of 90% of total estimated budget

• Eligible costs – salaries of the ERA-chair and his/her team, trainings, meetings, publications, patenting, (small) research equipment, measures facilitating institutional structural changes

• The grant is not a measure to fund research per se and will not cover research costs!

•A total of 3 calls are foreseen during H2020 with a total budget of EUR 240 million

Provisonal call deadlines: 2014; 2017 and 2019

Indicative budget: 1st call EUR 34 million; 2nd EUR 100 million and 3rd EUR 110 million

•Widespread 2-2014: 1st Call Open since 11 December 2013!

Call deadline: 15 october 2014=> Proposals evaluated by December 2014

EU contribution: maximum of EUR 2,5 million for up to 5 years Funding scheme: CSA-SA (Supporting Action)

WIDESPREAD 2: ERA Chairs Calls

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Information H2020:

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

http://www.h2020.cz

http://www.czelo.cz

http://www.tc.cz

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