Horizon 2020: Getting involved

Ciarán Duffy, Enterprise Ireland

Horizon 2020 – Health | Dublin 2.0 February 10th 2016

Horizon 2020 - biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 - 2020)

Brussels

Office

IRDG

Research Offices IBEC

InterTradeIreland

NICP IDA

ND/NCP

2016-17 Health Work Programme

Collaborative Projects

2016-2017 Health Demographic Change and Wellbeing Work Programme

• Collaborative research across Europe

• Transnational consortiums of industry

• Consist of minimum of three different partners (legal entities) from three different EU member-states or countries associated to Horizon 2020

Same reimbursement rate for all:

• Up to 100% of eligible cost

• Limited to maximum of 70% for innovation actions,

• 25% flat-rate for indirect costs

SC1-PM-15-2017: Personalised coaching for well-being and care of people as they age

Specific Challenge: The activity aims at developing and validating radically new ICT based concepts and approaches for empowering and motivating people in need of guidance and care due to age related conditions…….

Scope: Proposals should develop a proof of concept of radically new solutions for a personalised "virtual coach", building upon intelligent ICT environments, access to relevant physiological and behavioural data, new forms of accessible interaction based on tangible user interaction concepts, open platforms25 and emotional computing. Usability and ease of user interaction should be essential design elements of the "coach“……….

Expected Impact: The proposal should present methodologies and metrics as appropriate for measuring its progress towards the expected impact in:

• Usefulness and effectiveness of personalized recommendations and follow-up in terms of the goals of preserving physical, cognitive, mental and social well-being for as long as possible;

• Validation of non-obtrusive technology for physical, cognitive, social and mental well-being;

• Evidence of user-centred design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human-computer interaction, and user acceptance;

• Potential cost-effectiveness due to enhanced self-care, life-style and care management.

5 month evaluation, 3 month time to grant

SME support in Horizon 2020

• 20% of H2020 budget (about €9.3 billion) to be allocated to SMEs across the "Societal challenges" and "Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies"

• The dedicated SME Instrument (about €3 billion), will follow a predominately bottom-up logic, will address the needs of innovating SMEs

• Phase I: €50k funding, feasibility study, 10 page application, 6 months duration

8 weeks evaluation, 1 month to Grant Agreement

• Phase II: €0.5-2.5m funding, innovation activities – demonstration, piloting, scaling, 30 page application, 1-2 years duration.

3 months evaluation, 3 months Grant Agreement

• Phase III: Prepare for Market Launch Not a stand-alone phase

No direct funding

SMEs will receive extensive support, training, mentorship

Facilitate access to risk finance

Additional support and networking opportunities (EEN)

The application – key elements: Excellence Objectives

Relation to the work programme Concept and approach Ambition

Impact Expected Impacts

Users/Market Company Dissemination and exploitation of results Intellectual property, knowledge protection, regulatory issues

Implementation Work plan – work package and deliverable

Management structure and procedures

Consortium as a whole (if applicable)

Resources to be committed

SME Advisors: Sean Burke (sean.burke@enterprise-Ireland.com)

Jill Leonard (jill.leonard@enterprise-Ireland.com)

Enterprise Europe Network Ireland: www.een-ireland.ie

Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

• TRL 1 – basic principles observed

• TRL 2 – technology concept formulated

• TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept

• TRL 4 – technology validated in lab

• TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment

• TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)

• TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment

• TRL 8 – system complete and qualified

• TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space)

Minimum TRL for SME proposals: 6

SMEInst-06-2016-2017 - Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well

Specific Challenge: The challenge is to help overcome the current gaps in exploitation of promising research results in ICT for Health, Well-being and Ageing well and to stimulate increased availability and market uptake of relevant ICT products and services. This concerns both interoperable and secure eHealth45 solutions for consumers and institutional healthcare delivery building on standards and new ICT solutions and innovation ecosystems for ageing well building on open software platforms46, in order to deliver new and more efficient care to European citizens and respond to new market opportunities for SMEs.

Particular attention should be given to potential for disruptive innovation and fast market up-take in ICT for health, wellbeing and ageing well. In particular it will be interesting for SMEs and young companies that are looking for swift support to their innovative ideas.

Scope: The SME instrument consists of three phases, including a coaching and mentoring service for beneficiaries. Participants can apply to phase 1 or directly to phase 2.

In phase 1, a feasibility study shall be developed in order to verify the technological/practical as well as economic viability of an innovation idea/concept………

In phase 2, innovation projects will be supported that address the specific challenges identified and that demonstrate high potential in terms of company competitiveness and growth underpinned by a strategic business plan………..

Phase 3 of the SME Instrument aims to increase the economic impact of the funding provided by the SME Instrument phase 1 and 2 grants and by the business coaching. Phase 3 is not subsequent to phase 1 and/or 2, but provides specific support to SME instrument beneficiaries during and after phase 1 or 2.

Expected Impact:

• Enhancing profitability and growth performance of SMEs by combining and transferring new and existing knowledge into innovative, disruptive and competitive solutions seizing European and global business opportunities.

• Market uptake and distribution of innovations50 tackling the specific challenges in a sustainable way.

SME Instrument Cut-off dates 2016

Phase 1

Phase 2

24 February 3 February

3 May 14 April

7 September 15 June

9 November 13 October

Ireland Funded Amount

Phase 1

207 33 1.5M

Phase 2

75 15 22M

Fast Track to Innovation Launch January 2015 (2 year Pilot)

• Strong challenge-based approach, allowing industry applicants to have considerable freedom to come up with innovative solutions

• Emphasis on innovation, with continuing support for R&D

• Less prescriptive topics, strong emphasis on expected impact

Fast Track to Innovation: • One common call, permanently open, 3 cut-offs per year

(15 March, 1 June, 25 October)

• Time-to-grant 6 months

• Funds innovation actions (70%), grant up to €3 mn

• Allows consortia of min. 3, max. 5 members — mandatory industry involvement

Fast Track to Innovation: • Mandatory industry involvement can consist of the following…:

– … either at least 60% of the overall budget of the proposal must be allocated to consortium partner(s) from industry

– … or the minimum number of industry participants must be 2 in a consortium of 3 or 4 partners, and 3 in a consortium of 5 partners.

• Proposals will include a business plan (market development strategy)

• SMEs and first-time industry applicants particularly welcome

Partnering/Networking: • Technology platforms:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=etp

ETPs have a strategy, mobilisation and dissemination function.

• Developing industry-focused strategic research and innovation agendas including technology roadmaps and implementation plans

• Encouraging industry participation in Horizon 2020, the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation, and cooperating with networks in Member States

• Fostering networking opportunities with other ETPs and other partners along the value chain to address cross-sectoral challenges and promote the move towards more open models of innovation

• Identifying opportunities for international cooperation • Acting as one of the channels of external advice for the programming and

implementation of Horizon 2020; notably, ETPs have been a key driving force behind the launch of high profile public-private partnerships under the programme.

Bio-based

economy Energy Environment ICT

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Transport

EATIP Biofuels WssTP ARTEMIS ECTP ACARE

ETPGAH EU PV TP ENIAC ESTEP ALICE

FABRE TP TP OCEAN EPoSS EuMaT ERRAC

Food for Life RHC ETP4HPC FTC ERTRAC

Forest-based SmartGrids euRobotics

[AISBL] Manufuture Waterborne

Plants SNETP NEM Nanomedicine

TP Organics TPWind NESSI SMR

ZEP Networld 2020 SusChem

Photonics 21

Thank you…..