ttopstart academy - essential guide for FTI Pilot-2016

1. • Webinar
• Opportunities for orphan drug
development in Horizon 2020
© ttopstart BV
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Fast Track to Innovation
Pilot
Patrick de Boer MSc – partner ttopstart
Horizon 2020 Calls for 2016-2017

2. FTIPilot-01-2016 Objectives
Scope of the program
Competencies
Implementation
Benefits for universities and companies
Call-specific information
Content of Presentation

3. • ttopstart is a science and business consulting
company (17FTE) specialized in assisting
researchers and innovative companies in the
fields of life sciences, medical technology and
health.
• We acquire funding for cutting-edge research and
development, co-create corporate strategies and
conduct detailed market assessments
• ttopstart operates in 15 EU countries and the US
(>150 clients)
Who are we?

4. FTI PILOT GUIDE 2016-2017

5.  Accelerate the commercialization process
 Provide bottom-up funding for projects close to market
 Projects in any field under the specific objective “Leadership in enabling
and industrial technologies”
 Specific objectives under the priority “Societal Challenges”
 Allows innovation actors to work together to deliver innovation onto the
market and society
 Nurtures transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation
FTI Objectives

6. FTIPilot-01-2016
Deadline: 15 March 2016
The FTI pilot supports projects undertaking innovation from the
demonstration stage through to market uptake
It targets relatively mature new technologies and concepts that need a last
development step to reach the market and achieve wider deployment (e.g.
Technology Readiness Level (TLR) at least 6)
Scope of the program

7.  It has the potential to change the dynamic of the market and
possibly to address a societal challenge
 Show the added value of your idea and explain why it is viable
and better than existing solutions. While, highlighting
opportunities
 You must demonstrate that you understand the risks
Competencies of your proposal

8.  Generate revenues and create jobs. Explain the market conditions and the evolution
of the competition
 Provide concrete and realistic figures: On the market size, the market share, the
sales price
 Show at least 3 years of projection of sales volume, turnover and number of jobs
created. Do not forget to describe your commercialisation plan
A key aspect to remember is that you have to demonstrate that your project has
a European or international dimension
If targeted at a national market, it won’t be supported by the SME Instrument. The
protection of intellectual property is very important and must be explained
Demonstrate that your proposal will:
:

9. A catchy title
An attractive abstract
You have 10 pages to present your plan, use them
 Each of the evaluators will look at 3 criteria:
impact, excellence, and implementation
Make sure your proposal is well balanced and covers all the
aspects for each evaluation criteria
Your proposal should have:

10. Describe both technical and commercial competence
The credibility of your team and of your work plan
Describe how you will organize your team and, if you intend to
use external partners to bring competences that you don't have
in your company
Project should fit into a realistic time frame
Implementation

11. Benefits
Universities/Research Institutions:
Initiate and build long-term partnerships with industrial partners
Gain access to expertise in industry
Exploit the business potential of your discoveries
Companies:
Work with researchers to drive discoveries and advancements that will best suit
your company’s needs
 Collaborate and benefit from the experience of top-class researchers using the
latest state-of-the-art equipment in academic institutions

12. General Information
Indicative
Budget
EUR 100 million from the 2016 budget are allocated to EIDs.
Duration There is no maximum duration.
However, market entry has to be achieved within 3 years after the start
of a FTI-project indicating a maximum project duration of 3 years
Consortium Consortia of at least 3 and maximally 5 independent entities from at
least 3 different EU countries. 60% of the budget should be allocated to
industry or the consortium must have a minimum of 2 industry partners
in consortia of 3-4 partners, and 3 in a consortium of 5 partners
Project Size Maximum grant EUR 3M with 100% funding rate for academia and 70%
for industry

13. “Empowering biomedical researchers and
entrepreneurs to establish breakthroughs”.

14. THE APPROACH
FFWD: FIT – FRAMEWORK – WRITE – DEVELOP

15. Qualityassurance

16. Qualityassurance

17. Strategic advice
Develop and write the proposal, using information from consortium
Guide the application process
Send out templates for WPs, participant information and budget
Send out consecutive versions of the proposal for feedback
Act as help desk
Quality control
We do not develop scientific plans or determine budgets
Service in a nutshell

18. PIC code of organizations
Participant information (admin and profile)
Descriptions or articles of technology / state of the art /proof of concept
Content for work packages
Budget
Feedback on drafts
Required input

19. Fast Track to Innovation
Call-specific information

20. Perspective
Fast Track to Innovation

21. Consortium
Fast Track to Innovation
• at least 60% of the overall budget of the proposal must be allocated to consortium
partner(s) from industry
or
• the minimum number of industry participants must be 2 in a consortium of 3 or 4
partners, and 3 in a consortium of 5 partners.
Budget: max EUR 3 million.
Industry: 70% funding (with 25% flat overhead)
Universities: 100% funding (with 25% flat overhead)
Timeline: 2-3 years

22. The FTI pilot supports projects undertaking innovation from the demonstration stage
through to market uptake, including stages such as:
• piloting
• test-bed
• systems validation in real world/working conditions
• validation of business models
• pre-normative research
• standard-setting
It targets relatively mature new technologies, concepts, processes and business
models that need a last development step to reach the market and achieve wider
deployment.
Fast Track to Innovation

23. Award criteria
• Excellence
Sound concept, beyond state of the art and innovation potential +
interdisciplinary approach and use of stakeholder knowledge
• Impact
Contribute to each of expected + non-mentioned impacts
(innovation capacity, new market opportunities, growth of companies...)
Exploitation + dissemination
• Implementation
Quality and effectiveness of work plan, management, consortium
How will the proposal be scored?

24. List of Participants
Start page count
1. EXCELLENCE
2. IMPACT
3. IMPLEMENTATION
Stop page count
Gantt Chart
4. Members of the consortium
5. Ethics and security
6. Clinical trials study document
What is needed? Build up of the proposal
Max 30 pages
No maximum

25. Important aspects
Business plan-logic
• Market relevance and positioning / exploitation strategy
• Financing needs / framework conditions
• Return on investment
Tips by the EC
• EU added value at another level than the prospective economic one also
important
• Solution should be described in a way that it is clear that it will go beyond the
current state-of-the-art in its field
• Resources: complementary & cost-effective
Thresholds: overall 12/15; score for "Impact" needs to be 4/5 or higher!

26. • Deadline: 15-03-2016 (17:00)
• Single stage application
• Submission through participant portal
• Need for PICs of all participants
• Budget of 30-40M
• Outcome of evaluation: 100 days after submission
• Signing of grant agreement: 8 months after submission
Need-to-knows

27. Fast Track to Innovation
Proposed project

28. Budget and Requirements for FTI:
Maximum Grant: 3M
 Direct personnel costs
 Other direct costs
 Direct cost for subcontracting
 Special unit costs
Budget for FTI

29. Planning
Feb  Kick-off meeting
 Develop detailed planning including regular TCs and updates
 Set-up basis for WPs
 Prepare all documentation including instructions to partners
 Send out standardised work packages templates (see Fig 1) and other templates (e.g.
budget) to all partners
Feb - March Start FRAMEWORK Phase
 Develop Framework and first concept
 Planning document
 Complete Administrative Part (Part A) and send for review
Start WRITE Phase
 Start writing proposal (Part B): the Excellence (1) section
 Provide support for developing the project budget
 Part B: First versions of #2(Impact), #3 (Implementation), #4 (Members of the
consortium) and #5 (Ethics and Security)
Early March  First draft version of the entire application
 E.g. internal and/or external reviews (if needed)
 Final versions and reviews by consortium
15-03-2016 Deadline application

30. Ttopstart will send:
1. Work package templates
2. Templates for administration at the EC (e.g. PIC Code)
3. Participation information template
4. Template for clinical study protocol
5. Planning document
6. Template for budget
7. Request for information and deadlines
Next steps

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For life sciences and medical technology
The ttopstart team:
Patrick de Boer, MSc
Jochem Bossenbroek, MSc
ir. Jasper Levink
Sanne Kuijper, PhD
Marije aan den Toorn, PhD
Ferdinand Los, PhD
Jean-Pierre Sommeijer, PhD
Michelle van Wijk, MSc
Andrée Schram, PhD
Georgia Xouri, PhD
Antoin de Weijer, PhD
Karlijn Bastiaansen, PhD
Karin Bosch-Elberse, PhD
Jelle Zijlstra, MSc
Anouk IJlst, MA