The New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020

EXCELLENT SCIENCE

HORIZON 2020

The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020: European Council Conclusions, 8 February 2013

Key challenge: stabilise the financial and economic system while

taking measures to create economic opportunities

1. Smart & inclusive growth (€451 billion)

2. Sustainable growth, natural resources (€373 billion)

3. Security and citizenship (€16 billion)

4. Global Europe (€58 billion)

5. Administration (€61.6 billion)

Education, Youth, Sport

Connecting Europe

Cohesion Competitive

Business SMEs

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TOTAL €960 billion

Investment in R&D is part of the solution to exit from the economic crises

What is Horizon 2020?

• A core part of key European policy initiatives (Europe 2020, Innovation Union, European Research Area):

− Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth

− Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

− Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology

• Budget of just over €70 billion in constant prices

(79 billion in current prices including inflation)

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)

Three priorities

Excellent science

Industrial leadership

Societal challenges

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

European Research Council (ERC)

Frontier research by the best individual teams

13 095

Future and Emerging Technologies

Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation

2 696

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)

Opportunities for training and career development

6 162

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)

Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2 488

Proposed funding (€ million, 2014-2020)

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Objectives for 2020:

• The best researchers are participating in the ERC’s competitions

• ERC funding has led directly to scientific publications of the highest quality and to the commercialisation of innovative technologies / ideas

• ERC has contributed significantly to making Europe a more attractive environment for the world’s best scientists

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Will continue: • to operate on a ‘bottom-up basis • to have ‘research excellence’ as sole criterion • to fund ‘individual teams’ • to provide funding for starting researchers to

make transition to independence • to support new ways of working with

potential to create breakthrough results

New for Horizon 2020: • Higher budget to build on success of FP7

grant schemes • Improved governance with a full-time

president based in Brussels

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• Expanded from ICT to be used as cross-cutting instrument

• Supports frontier research: • alternative ideas, concepts or paradigms of

risky or non-conventional nature

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Three strands:

• FET Open

• fostering novel ideas

• FET Pro-Active

• nurturing emerging themes and communities

• FET Flagships

• tackling grand interdisciplinary science and technology challenges

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New for Horizon 2020: • Simplification and rationalisation of activities: Goes from 9 actions to 4 broader lines of

activity… • Improved participation of businesses and other

socio-economic actors • Increased possibility of portability of grants • Stronger emphasis on communicating results

and on outreach activities • New name …

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Innovative Training Networks - ITN

• Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, Joint Doctorates

Individual Fellowships - IF

• Support for experienced researchers undertaking international and inter-sector mobility

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange - RISE

• International and inter-sector cooperation through the exchange of staff

Co-funding of programmes - COFUND

• Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (doctoral programmes,fellowship programmes)

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1. Developing European Research Infrastructures for 2020 and beyond • Developing new world-class Research

Infrastructures • Integrating and opening national and regional

Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest • Development, deployment and operation of ICT

based e-Infrastructures

2. Fostering the innovation potential of Research Infrastructures and their human resources

3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international cooperation

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Example: Developing new world-class Research Infrastructures • Support the conceptual design of new research

infrastructures, which are of a clear European dimension and interest:

• Support the preparatory or pre-implementation phase of projects suggested by ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures)

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Thank you for your attention!

Find out more: www.ec.europa/research/horizon2020