Carolina is Innovation & Funding Manager and EU R&D Advisor at Enterprise Europe Network London, a consortium led by GLE Group and powered by the European Commission (EC) to provide business support to local SMEs, from access to funding to technology transfer, with a component of innovation management.

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Enterprise and Industry
Enterprise Europe Network
Grant Funding for SMEs
Carolina Fernandes, EEN London – GLE Group

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Background
• Currently
 Innovation Manager
 EU Funding Advisor
 Creative Industries Sector Group Chair - EC
• Academic: Industrial Engineer (MEng)
• Business: Innovation / Technology Development / PM

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Enterprise Europe Network
• Launched in 2008 by DG ENTR
• Operations managed by EASME
• Mission: Help European SMEs to become more competitive,
take benefit of the Internal Market, internationalize their business
and increase their innovation capacity.
• Largest business support network in the world

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Enterprise Europe Network
• Present in 54
countries
• More than 600 partner
organisations
• Operating all regions in
the EU28 and 26
countries outside Europe

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EEN in the UK
• 11 consortia in all UK
regions
• More than 20 business
development offices
• EEN London

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EEN Core Services
• Information and Intelligence for SMEs
• Offer specialised assistance about European policies and
programmes
• Provide up-to-date information on European legislation
• Feedback to the Commission (Listening to Enterprises)
• Report cases within the feedback mechanism
• On existing or forthcoming legislation and programmes
• Support the organisation of business panels

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EEN Core Services
• Partnership and Cooperation services
• Offer business cooperation and technology transfer services
(EEN database)
• Encourage SMEs to participate to EU programmes (e.g. FP7,
H2020)
• Specialised advisory services – innovation services
• Provide Information / awareness raising on innovation policies
• Carry out technology audits to identify strengths and
weaknesses in innovation
• Support sector specific innovation or regional clusters

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EEN London Services
Access to Finance
& Funding
Technology Transfer, R&D
Internationalisation
Cross-border
Business partnerships
Matchmaking

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EEN Services – Partner Search
• Partner Search for EU Funding proposals
• Partner Search for technical co-operation, new
product /process development, licencing, transfer of
know-how, strategic alliances
• Partner Search for Commercial agreements:
manufacturing, trade intermediaries

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EEN Services: 1-to-1 Support
• Partner Search: EEN Database
www.een-london.co.uk
• Grant Funding Programmes
• Brokerage / Matchmaking Events
• Company Missions / Market Visits
• Recurrent 1-to-1 assistance

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Finance for SMEs
• Investment finance
• Crowdfunding
• Loans
• Grants
• Overdrafts
• Invoice financing
• Leasing and asset
finance

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R&D&I Funding for SMEs
• National Grants (TSB)
• SMART Grant
• Innovation Vouchers
• Eureka Eurostars
• Other TSB funding
• EU Grants
• Horizon 2020
• SME Instrument
• Eureka Eurostars
• Creative Europe

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UK Funding

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Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
National Grants

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SMART Grant (TSB)
• offers co-funding to UK-based pre-start-ups, start-ups, micro
businesses and SMEs, to carry out R&D projects, which could
lead to successful new products, processes and services
• 3 Schemes: Proof of market / Proof of concept / Development
of prototype
• always open' and is not restricted to projects in certain themes or
sectors
National Grants

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SMART Grant - Proof of market
• Enables companies to assess commercial viability, through
market research, market testing and competitor analysis, IP
position, initial planning to take the project to
commercialisation,
• Key features:
• duration - up to 9 months
• maximum grant - £25k
• funding proportion - up to 60% of total project costs.
National Grants

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SMART Grant - Proof of concept
• Grant to explore the technical feasibility and commercial potential
of a new technology, product or process: initial feasibility
studies, basic prototyping, specialist testing and/or
demonstration
• Key features:
• duration - up to 18 months
• maximum grant - up to £100k
• funding proportion - up to 60% of total project costs.
National Grants

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SMART Grant - Development of prototype
• Grant to used by companies to develop a technologically
innovative product, service or industrial process:
• small demonstrators / intellectual property protection / trials and testing,
including clinical / market testing / marketing strategies / identifying routes to
market / product design work / pre-clinical studies for medicines.
• Key features:
• duration - up to 2 years
• maximum grant - £250k
• funding proportion - up to 35% for Medium Es; up to 45% for
Small & Micro Es
National Grants

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SMART Grant (TSB)
National Grants
• 2014 close dates:
• 17 July
• 25 September
• 27 November
• 2015 close dates: 29 January and 26 March

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Innovation Vouchers (TSB)
• Designed to help SMEs to work with an external expert for the
first time by paying towards the cost of their services.
• ideas applicable to one of the priority themes:
National Grants

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Innovation Vouchers (TSB)
• Up to £5K for SMEs
• to work with ‘knowledge suppliers’ such as:
• universities and further education colleges
• research and technology organisations
• technical consultancies
• Catapult centres
• design advisers
• Intellectual Property advisers.
National Grants

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Innovation Vouchers (TSB)
• 2014: Two further Innovation Vouchers are now available: Space
and High Value Manufacturing.
• Other innovation voucher schemes (list)
National Grants

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Tech City Launchpad 2: London and
Cambridge - Internet of Things
• will support innovative research projects centred in and around
the clusters in Cambridge (equipment and communications) and
London (software and services).
• Funding: up to 60% of eligible costs for industrial research
projects, with individual grants of up to £150k and estimated
project sizes ranging between £50k and £250k. Duration: up to
12 months
• Deadline: 3 September 2014
National Grants

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IC Tomorrow (TSB)
• IC tomorrow is a programme to stimulate innovation and
economic growth in the digital sector
• IC tomorrow network supports innovation across a variety of
industry sectors
• runs a range of funded contests across the digital and creative
sectors. These contests are run in collaboration with leading
partners who help to set relevant challenges that will encourage
innovation in new digital applications or services.
National Grants

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IC Tomorrow: Entertainment on the move -
Innovation Contest
• Up to £25k for four businesses to encourage innovation on:
• music on the move with the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI)
• books on the move with the Publishers Association (PA)
• magazine content on the move with the Professional Publishers
Association (PPA)
• interactive entertainment/games on the move with UK Interactive
Entertainment (Ukie).
• Deadline: 29 July 2014
National Grants

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Other TSB Grants
• Feasibility Studies
• Small Business Research Initiative
• Collaborative R&D
• Catalysts (jointly w/ Research Councils)
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
National Grants

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TSB Grants / Competitions
National Grants
https://www.innovateuk.org/funding-competitions

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EU Funding

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Horizon 2020
• 3 Priorities
EU Grants

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Funding: calls for proposals
• Excellent Science Pillar: ~ € 3 billion
• European Research Council (4 calls) € 1 662M
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (6 calls) € 800M
• Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (4 calls) € 200M
• European Research Infrastructures (including e-
Infrastructures) (4 calls) € 277 million
Horizon 2020

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Funding: calls for proposals
• Industrial Leadership Pillar: ~ € 1.8 billion
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
(2 calls) € 700 million
• Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Production (5
calls) € 500 million
• Space (5 calls) € 128 million
• Access to Risk Finance (financial instruments) (2 calls) € 5 million
(€ 295 million NOT in calls)
• Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (1 call)
€ 10 million
• SME Instrument € 251 million
Horizon 2020

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Funding: calls for proposals
• Societal Challenges Pillar: ~ € 2.8 billion
• Health, demographic change and wellbeing (2 calls) € 600 million
• Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and
Maritime
and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy (3 calls) € 300 million
• Secure, clean and efficient energy (4 calls) € 600 million
• Smart, green and integrated transport (3 calls) € 540 million
• Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials (3
calls)
€ 300 million
• Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies
(5 calls) € 112 million
• Secure Societies (4 calls) € 200 million
Horizon 2020

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Strong focus on SMEs
Horizon 2020
• SMEs can participate (w/ consortia) in almost all topics / calls for
proposals
• Projects from <€100K to > €50M
• New SME instrument > € 500 million in 2014-2015
• Support measures under 'Innovation in SMEs'
• Access to risk finance
• Eurostars joint programme

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SME funding under H2020
Horizon 2020
Strategic positioning
R&D
driven
projects
Horizon 2020
SME instrument
Target: Business innovation
motivated SMEs
Eurostars 2
Target: R&D
intensive SME
Horizon 2020
Collaborative
Research
Target: R&D topics
Market
opportunity
driven
projects

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SME Instrument
Horizon 2020
• Targets at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong
ambition to develop, grow and internationalise.
• Provides staged support covering the whole innovation cycle in
three phases complemented by a mentoring and coaching
service.
• Each phase is open to new entrants.

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SME Instrument
Horizon 2020

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SME funding under H2020
Horizon 2020
Strategic positioning
R&D
driven
projects
Horizon 2020
SME instrument
Target: Business innovation
motivated SMEs
Eurostars 2
Target: R&D
intensive SME
Horizon 2020
Collaborative
Research
Target: R&D topics
Market
opportunity
driven
projects

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Eurostars
Horizon 2020
• Beneficiaries: R&D-performing SMEs [A company that invests 10% or more of
turnover or full-time equivalent to research activities].
• Aim: to provide SMEs with funding and support for market-oriented research
and development Project closer to market!
• Minimum no of partners: 2 organisations from 2 different M.S. or AC
• Funding: Partly funded by EC and TSB (in the UK) - National rules apply:
• Contribution: up to 60% funding of eligible costs
• Max amount of grant per UK participant: €360K in any single project
• Grant only for SMEs, but Academics and large companies are welcome to
participate

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Evaluation
EU Funding
• Typically 3 Evaluators per proposal
• Proposals:
• Eligibility
• Section Threshold, overall threshold
• Ranking: Budget allocation according to ranking

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Next Steps
Access to Funding
• Contact your local Enterprise Europe
Network office
• Get free access to funding support

41. Thank you
Carolina Fernandes, Meng
carolina.f@gle.co.uk
www.een-london.co.uk