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Introduction to Horizon 2020

Zagreb 26-27.01.2016

The New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

2014-2020

Horizon 2020 – delivering excellent science for Europe

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU research and innovation programme ever.

Taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

Almost €80 billion of funding is available over 7 years (2014 to 2020).

What's new?

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives*

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

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

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

* The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

Priority 1. Excellent science

Why?

• World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing

• Europe needs to develop, attract and retain research talent

• Researchers need access to the best infrastructures

Excellent Science The European Research Council (ERC) funding for

individual researchers and their teams to investigate fields “at the frontier of science”

Future and emerging technologies (FET), consisting of collaborative research across disciplines in “radically new, high-risk ideas”

Marie Sklodowska Curie actions, providing training and career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through mobility programmes for researchers and research staff.

Research infrastructures will provide Europe with high-level research infrastructures accessible to all researchers in Europe and elsewhere.

All activities are: forward-looking, long-term oriented, and follow the so-called bottom-up logic.

Priority 2. Industrial leadership

Why? • Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors • Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and innovation • Europe needs more innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to create growth and jobs

Industrial Leadership

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies.

Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs Access to risk finance and Innovation in SMEs are demand-driven, bottom-up programmes. Focus on Key Enabling Technologies (KET) - micro- and nanoelectronics, photonics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing systems

Priority 3. Societal challenges

Why? • Concerns of citizens and society/EU policy objectives (climate, environment, energy, transport, etc) cannot be achieved without innovation • Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities • Promising solutions need to be tested, demonstrated and scaled up

Societal Challenges

The EU has identified seven priority challenges where targeted investment in research and innovation can have a real impact benefitting the citizen: Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and

maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective

societies Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its

citizens.

Who may apply?

For standard research projects – a consortium of at least three legal entities. Each entity must

be established in an EU Member State or an Associated

Country.

For example for European Research Council (ERC), SME Instrument, the co-funding of national or public sector calls or programmes, coordination and support, training and mobility – the minimum condition for participation is one legal entity established in a Member State or in an Associated Country.

Additional conditions may apply. Check the Work Programme for details.

Countries Associated to Horizon 2020

Iceland

Norway

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Montenegro

Serbia

Turkey

Israel

Moldova

Switzerland

Faroe Islands

Ukraine

Types of actions

• Research and innovation actions

• Innovation actions

• Coordination and support actions

• European Research Council grants

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

• SME Instrument

• Fast track to innovation

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


Research and innovation actions

Funding for research projects tackling clearly defined challenges, which can lead to the development of new knowledge or a new technology.

Who? Consortia of partners from different countries, industry and academia.

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


Innovation actions

Funding is more focused on closer-to-the-market activities. For example, prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, scaling-up etc. if they aim at producing new or improved products or services.

Who? Consortia of partners from different countries, industry and academia.

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


Coordination and support actions

Funding covers the coordination and networking of research and innovation projects, programmes and policies. Funding for research and innovation per se is covered elsewhere.

Who? Single entities or consortia of partners from different countries, industry and academia.

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


European Research Council grants

Funding for projects evaluated on the sole criterion of scientific excellence in any field of research, carried out by a single national or multinational research team led by a ‘principal investigator’. Who? The ERC funds excellent young, early-career researchers, already independent researchers and senior research leaders. Researchers can be of any nationality and their projects can be in any field of research.

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Funding for international research fellowships in the public or private sector, research training, staff exchanges.

Who? Early stage researchers or experienced researchers (of any nationality), technical staff, national/regional research mobility programmes.

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


SME Instrument

This instrument is aimed at highly innovative SMEs with the ambition to develop their growth potential. It offers lump sums for feasibility studies, grants for an innovation project’s main phase (demonstration, prototyping, testing, application development...); lastly, the commercialisation phase is supported indirectly through facilitated access to debt and equity financial instruments. Who? Only SMEs can participate. Either a single SME or a consortium of SMEs established in an EU or Associated Country.

Types of actions






• SME Instrument


Fast track to innovation

Started in 2015 as a pilot action. Continuously open, innovator-driven calls will target innovation projects addressing any technology or societal challenge field. The pilot action will undergo an in-depth assessment half-way through Horizon 2020. Who? Industry, including SMEs, with a minimum of three and maximum of five partners and a maximum EU contribution of €3 million per project.

Funding rates

One single funding rate for all beneficiaries and all activities in the research grants.

EU funding covers up to 100 % of all eligible costs for all research and innovation actions, coordination and support actions, ERC grants.

For innovation actions, funding generally covers 70 % of eligible costs, but may increase to 100 % for non-profit organisations.

70 % for SMEs and Fast track to innovation Indirect eligible costs (e.g. administration, communication

and infrastructure costs, office supplies) are reimbursed with a 25 % flat rate of the direct eligible costs.

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Work Programme

Research proposal (Part B)

PROPOSAL

Administrative forms (Part A)

Submitting – PARTICIPANT PORTAL

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



Evaluation

After the deadline passes, each proposal is evaluated by a panel of independent experts in the areas covered by the Call.

Excellence Impact Implementation

The best proposals are selected for funding.

Time to grant

Simplification: summary

Single set of simpler and more coherent participation rules New balance between trust and control Moving from several funding rates for different

beneficiaries and activities to just two Replacing the four methods to calculate overhead or

«indirect costs» with a single flat rate Major simplification under the forthcoming financial

regulation Successful applicants to get working more quickly: Time-to-

grant of 8 months; exceptions for the ERC and in duly justified cases

National Contact Point (NCP)

The network of NCPs is the main structure to provide guidance, practical information and assistance on all aspects of participation in Horizon 2020.

We can help you with: Guidance on choosing relevant H2020 topics and types of

action Advice on administrative procedures and contractual issues Training and assistance on proposal writing Distribution of documentation (forms, guidelines, manuals

etc.) Assistance in partner search

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Register as expert!

Useful information

Participant portal


Helpdesk

http://ec.europa.eu/research/enqiries

CORDIS

http://cordis.europa.eu/news/home_pl.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/enqiries

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

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