Cyprus Embraces Space Dr. Constantinos Katzis

1. Cypriot Research Achievements in H2020 SPACE
Dr. Konstantinos Katzis
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
European University Cyprus
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2. Outline
• H2020 – SPACE
• Coming 2016-2017 Calls. What shall we expect?
• H2020
• Cyprus in H2020
• Cypriot H2020 (SPACE) Achievements
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3. 1.EU’s largest legal instrument for funding research and
innovation in Europe (proposed by the Commission and
adopted by the Council and Parliament)
2.≈ € 80 billion for the period 2014 – 2020
3. Programmes address Societal Challenges (Environment,
Health, Energy,...), Industrial Leadership and
Competitiveness (ICT, Space, Nano,...), as well as Excellence
in world leading scientists, future & emerging technologies
and training & career development through mobility
4. Projects are funded through (very) competitive Calls-for-
Proposals, stemming from 2-year Work Programmes, and
must have a “European Dimension” and “Impact”
H2020 Programme
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4. • Enabling European competitiveness, non-dependence
and innovation of the European space sector.
• Enabling advances in space technologies
• Enabling exploitation of space data
• Enabling European research in support of international
space partnerships
H2020 Specific Programme Objectives
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5. “Where to find”… funding for Space-
related research
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6. “Where to find”… funding for SPACE-
related research
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8. Participant Portal
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H2020 Calls for Proposals

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H2020 Space Building Blocks

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Indicative Budget

12. Revised EFSI Budget
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13. • 36 732 eligible proposals were submitted under Horizon 2020’s First 100 calls
• These eligible proposals requested a total EU financial contribution of
€80.3 billion, and were evaluated by 9 325 experts.
• 4,315 proposals were retained for funding. The overall success rate of
eligible full proposals under the first 100 calls is around 14%, compared
with around 20% for the whole of FP7.
• 38% of successful applicants were newcomers (compared to 13% in 2013,
the last year of FP7), of which 1 100 were SMEs.
• The 20% budget target for SMEs has been achieved.
• 3 236 grant agreements were signed by the end of April 2015
• These grant agreements awarded a total EU contribution of €5.5 billion
towards total eligible costs of €6.5 billion.
H2020 – Key facts
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Source: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/sites/horizon2020/files/horizon_2020_first_results.pdf

14. Cyprus in H2020
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Source: H2020 First Results, EC

15. Cyprus in H2020
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16. Cyprus in H2020
16Source: H2020 First Results, EC

17. Cyprus in H2020
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Source: H2020 First Results, EC

18. Cypriot Research Achievements in H2020-2014
(SPACE)
5 Successful proposals (+1 in
Reserve List) out of 22 proposals 18
GALILEO-1-2015
GALILEO-1-2015
GALILEO-3-2015
GALILEO-2-2015
GALILEO-1-2015
GALILEO-4-2014
GALILEO-2-2014
GALILEO-1-2014
GALILEO-1-2014
GALILEO-1-2014
EO-3-2015
EO-2-2015
EO-2-2015
EO-1-2015
EO-1-2015
EO-1-2015
EO-3-2014
EO-1-2014
COMPET-01-2015
COMPET-11-2014
COMPET-10-2014
COMPET-01-2014

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H2020 Number of Proposals - Cyprus
2014-2015 (SPACE)
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COMPET EO GALILEO
Research Area
2014 2015
Facts and Figures
2014: 10 Proposals
2015: 12 Proposals
NumberofProposals

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H2020 Type of applicants from Cyprus
2014-2015 (SPACE)
NumberofApplicants
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Universities Public SME Research Centres
Type of Applicant
2014 2015
Although Cyprus
submitted fewer
proposals In
2014, there were
more Cypriot
applicants
involved -
collaborated on
the same
proposal.

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H2020 Role of applicants from Cyprus
2014-2015 (SPACE)
NumberofPartners/Coordinators
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4
6
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10
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Partner Coordinator
Partner / Coordinator
2014 2015
More
Coordinators in
2015
Although, there
are fewer Cypriot
applicants in
2015, we have
more proposals
submitted.

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H2020 Role of applicants from Cyprus
2014-2015 (SPACE)
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2014 - Results out of 14
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2015 - Results out of 14
Grade(outof14)
Funded

23. • 22 Proposals were submitted.
• Aiming at Galileo, EO and COMPET calls.
• 5 were successful (CY position: 2 Coordinators + 3
Partners).
• In 2014, CY organisations were allocated 512,063 €.
• In 2015, CY organisations were allocated 661,670 €.
• Aim for more in 2016 -2017
• We can do achieve more!
Cypriot Research Achievements in
H2020 SPACE
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24. Contact information:
Dr. Konstantinos Katzis
Associate Professor / PC Member H2020 SPACE
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
European University Cyprus
Email: K.Katzis@euc.ac.cy
Questions
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