How to Attract Research and Teaching Funding from Private

and Public Institutions

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Lisbon strategy (2000): “To become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion “

Research

Growth and Jobs

Education Innovation

Growth and jobs

Encourage coordination of national policiesEffective comparative research at EU-levelEfficient dissemination of research results

Resources are pooled to achieve critical massLeverage effect on private investmentsInteroperability and complementarity of big science

Stimulate training, mobility and career development of researchersImprove S&T capabilitiesStimulate competition in research

Why Research & Development at a European level?Pooling and leveraging resources

Better integration of European R&D

Fostering human capacity and excellence in S&T

Member States (blue):Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,Denmark, Germany, Estonia,Greece, Spain, France, Ireland,Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta,Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland,Sweden, United Kingdom,Bulgaria and RomeniaAssociated Countries (white):Switzerland, Iceland, Israel,Liechtenstein and NorwayCandidate Countries (green):Croatia, the former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia and Turkey.Potential candidate countries(yellow):Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo

Who may participate

Structure of ICT FundsEuropean

Programmes:Direct Funding

Maximum financed by project 50%

Mixed ProgrammesIndirect funding

Maximum financed 75%50% national, 50% EU

National Grants

Applying directly to the EU Commission

Applying to national & regional authorities

National/Regional

Funds

EUFunds

Applying to national &

regional authorities

FP7Life-long learning programmeCIPJusticeCulture 2007Media 2007

Cohesion FundStructural fund EIB EIFFishery Policy Life +…

National programmes,

not cofinanced by EU Funds

Main Programmes

Lifelong Learning- Comenius- Erasmus- Leonardo- Grundtvig

Marco Polo

€ 0.8 Billion€ 50.5 Billion € 2.1 Billion

€ 4.2 Billion

€ 0.3 Billion€ 0.4 Billion

Volume of the available funds

What are eligible costs?

• Actual costs• Incurred during the duration of the action• According to usual accounting and

management principles• Must be recorded in accounts

Examples: Personnel, travel & subsistance, consumables, durable equipment, management

Basic principles of EU funding programmes

What are typical funding rates?

• EC contribution may vary from 30 -100% depending on the activity type and the organisation type

• Participants usually have to arrange own co-financing!!

What makes an excellent project?

• Perfect match with the work programme• Long term perspective• Project is not too confidential• Seeking for more than only funding source• Clearly advances the state of the art• Has a clear market or strategic impact on

a EU level• Seeking for European collaboration

“To stimulate economic growth across the European Union (and beyond!), reinforcing Microsoft’s commitment to regional success by fuelling a competitive

and innovative business environment for SMEs & LRGs as well as enhancing public-private partnerships.”

• Joint initiative of Microsoft + strategic partners to provide• awareness, consulting & support • to help SMEs & LRGs – partners & customers to• successfully apply for• international, national, regional & local grants for • ICT related investments (innovation, R&D)

Microsoft’s response to Lisbon Strategy: EUGA

Driving Consortiums

EUGA

Telecoms

Banks

BusinessAssociations

ITPlayers

Chambers ofCommerce

Local Agencies in Member Statesspecialized in ICT Funds

EU Grants AdvisorWebsite

Bridge/LendingInstruments

IntermediaryBanks

EU Funds

GrantsSchemas

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The EUGA engine

EUGA in a nutshell

EU GRANTS ADVISOR (EUGA)• Programme started in February 2005

• Developed by Microsoft, HP & Intel and diverse local participants: banks, telecoms providers, Chambers of Commerce and other groups.

• SMEs, local & regional governments are able to increase their awareness/understanding of EU funds and take advantage of a facilitated application process for funds for which they are eligible.

“The EU Grants Advisor is something that we have now got in 18 countries and it has been very, very successful.”Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe 2006 February 1, 2006, Lisbon, Portugal

EUGA PROGRAMME – FACTS

19 Local Consultants17 Local Agencies200 Business Partners18 On-Line Databases9.931 identified grants 900 projects in the pipeline1.000 collaborating SMEs 89% success rate in grants applications380 M€ of funding generated

The EUGA “engine”

Dedicated & localized Implemented into the national SBC Overview of all ICT related public funding

Profound, individual consulting by … In-house consultants (LTC) – preliminary analysis, eligibility check Local grants consulting agencies – application writing

PPP - together with banks, telco`s, MNA, Chambers, Ministries, associations... Joint communication & marketing effort Credibility Best practice sharing & grants discussion with authorities At EMEA level and in every country

Grants database – AWARENESS

Grants consulting – HANDS-ON SUPPORT

Consortium – ADVOCATING

Partner in EUGA: PNO/econet ConsultantsOur challenge:“The best in grants” for us means that PNO/econet can meet and exceed

quality standards and success rates of the most important EU grants, compared to our international competitors.”

PNO Consultants in numbers:

• 25 years of experience in Europe• 16 countries• 400 full time employees• EUR 25 million revenue in 2006• 3.600 satisfied clients in Europe• Continuously growing offices Europe-wide

• 51 partners: 9 top vehicle manufacturers, 8 suppliers and other industries, 4 SMEs, 13 uni’s and 13 research institutes, 4 representative organisations from 12 EU Member States.

Aprosys focuses on scientific and technology development in the field of passive safety (crash safety). The general objective of APROSYS is the development and introduction of critical technologies that improve passive safety for all European road users in all-relevant accident types and accident severities.

FP6- Transport IP “Aprosys” Integrated Project on Advanced Protection SystemsIntegrated Project on Advanced Protection Systems Project in short

• Costs € 29.8 m€ – EU contribution 18 m€.

• Start date: 01-04-2004. • Project duration: 5 years

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