The document provides an overview of Horizon 2020, the European Union's research and innovation program for 2014-2020. Some key points: 1) Horizon 2020 has a budget of 79 billion euros to fund projects that address major societal challenges and support industrial leadership and excellent science. 2) It aims to boost Europe's innovation capacity with a stronger focus on innovation and a simpler funding model. 3) Support for small- and medium-sized enterprises is increased, including a new SME instrument to provide funding and coaching for innovative SMEs. 4) The main elements are collaborative projects, public-private partnerships, a fast track innovation pilot, and coordination and support actions to stimulate markets and international cooperation

1. http://www.ictic.org/h/v/bf.pdf
FP7UK
Horizon 2020 Introduction
Peter Walters
FP7UK National Contact Point Team

2. European Union
• Bound together by “The Treaty”
• Creates a budget to be spent on things which
are ‘good for Europe’
• Research Framework:
Strengthen the scientific & technological base of
European industry and encourage Europe’s
International competitiveness
• Funding for member and associated states
and sometimes beyond
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:083:0047:0200:en:PDF

3. The 7th Research Framework
Strengthen the scientific and technological base
of European industry;
Encourage Europe’s international
competitiveness, while promoting research that
supports EU policies.
Some Numbers (6 years)
Theme
Health
ICT
All
Grant M€
UK
All
670
4,000
734
6,302
5,205
34,160
Participations
UK
All
1,419
9,554
1,899
17,929
13,451
130,889

4. FP7 ICT Areas of Research 2011-2013
Socio-economic goals
6. ICT for
a low
carbon
economy
Green Car
Technology roadblocks
Energy
7. ICT for the
Enterprise and
Manufacturing
Factory
of the
Future
1 Pervasive and Trusted Network
Efficient
Buildings
and Service Infrastructures
8. ICT for
Learning
and
Access to
Cultural
Resources
Future Internet
2 Cognitive Systems
and Robotics
3 Alternative Paths to
Components and Systems
4 Technologies for Digital
Content and Languages
ARTEMIS
ENIAC
Future and Emerging
Technologies (FET)
Public Private
Partnerships
5. ICT for
Health,
Ageing Well,
Inclusion
and
Governance

5. Competitiveness & Innovation
Programme
2007 to 2013 - overall budget 3.6 B€
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Programme (EIP)
Information and Communication
Technologies Policy Support
Programme (ICT-PSP)
Intelligent Energy Europe Programme
(IEE)

6. Co-operation
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Doing something you want to do
Access to missing skills
Achieving new things
Obtaining a different viewpoint
Sharing development costs
Building broader networks
Learning about others
To underpin a product that you can sell
And getting some money to help you do it

7. Collaboration
At least
3 Independent Partners
from 3 different countries
NB For some support measures a single participant is sufficient

8. Collaboration
Not Limited to European
States

9. Collaboration – Why do it?
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Extends field of Impact & Influence
Expands context for R&D activity – better overall
knowledge
Benefit from others’ efforts in same direction ->
Leverage
Raises profile
Staff retention – more interesting and varied work
context
Fosters links into other parts of supply chain at technical
level
Business development opportunities
Helen Finch:
Infineon Technologies UK. Ltd

10. Results
(FP7 ICT Call 1)
Failure:
Ineligible
Low Quality
Low Budget
Success:
Retained for negotiation
Retained
317
Below
Thresholds
1012
Eligible
Low
For
Budget
Funding
884

11. Winning
Understand the Workprogramme
Understand The Commission
Go to Commission events
Get into dialog with Commission Officers
Talk to your NCP
Start Early
Become an evaluator
EFFORT, DEDICATION, COMMITMENT

12. The 7th Research Framework
Strengthen the scientific and technological base
of European industry;
• Poor industrial impact
• Long time to Grant
Encourage Europe’s international competitiveness,
• SME Hostile
while promoting research that supports EU
• Bureaucratic
policies.
Some Numbers:
Total Budget 52 B€
ICT Budget 9.2 B€
1900 UK Participations
Grant ~ 750 M €
Duration 7 Years 2007 - 2013

13. The future
“As in a glass darkly”

14. What is new?
• A single programme (FP7 + CIP + EIT)
• Strong focus on societal challenges (game changing for ICT…)
• More innovation
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Reaching out to non-traditional actors
More risk taking
Strengthened support for high-tech SMEs
More open, light & fast schemes
Budget 79 B € (at current prices)

15. Innovation
• Activities directly aiming at producing plans
and arrangements for new, altered or
improved products, processes or services
• May include:
Protyping,
Testing,
Demonstrating,
Piloting,
Large-scale product validation and
Market replication

16. Research & Innovation
• Activities aiming to establish new knowledge
and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or
improved technology, product, process,
service or solution.
• May include:
basic and applied research,
technology development and integration,
testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a
laboratory or simulated environment

17. H2020: What’s Important?
Industrial
Societal
Excellent
Challenges
leadership
Science

18. Generation of H2020
Commission
European
Parliament
Council
Horizon 2020 Legislation
Commission Communication
The three
documents
Establishing Regulation
Rules for the participation and
dissemination
Member State
oversight
The proposal
Specific programme
Independent
expert input
Advisory Groups &
Stakeholder Groups
On 25 June 2013, political agreement
Programme
Committees was reached
Multi-annual Work Programmes (with indicative budget)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents
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19. Main elements of H2020 compromise
A simple funding model:
• 100% Direct Costs + 25%.........
Faster time to grant, Less audits
• Time-to-grant of 8 months ("5 + 3 months”)
Dedication of budgets to key topics
• SME Research & Innovation, Energy and FET
Fast Track to Innovation Pilot:
• A Fast Track to Innovation pilot is to be launched in 2015 :
Derogations from the Rules of Participation for JTIs
Revenues and repayments of the financial instruments
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20. What sort of projects?
• Collaborative Projects:
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CP 100% / 70% LARGE / SMALL
Public Private Partnerships,
Joint Technology Initiatives
IMI > IMI 2, ENIAC + ARTEMIS > ECSEL
MS Collaborative ERANET, FET Flagships
Pilots A?, B
• Coordination & Support aka CSA,…..
• Market stimulation
Think SBRI
– Pre Commercial Procurement
– Public Procurement of Innovation
• ETC:
– Prizes, IP, International Cooperation, Financial Support, FET Proactive, …
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Continuous submission:
– FET(open), Fast Innovation(2015 ----), SME
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/WP_participants.ppt

21. SME instrument in
Horizon 2020
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22. SME support: integrated
approach
'Innovation
in SMEs'
Eurostars II
Enhancing Innovation Capacity
Market-driven Innovation
Access to Risk Finance
20 %
budgetary
target in
Industrial &
Social
Collaborative projects
SME instrument
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23. SME instrument
IDEA
business coaching throughout the project
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Demonstration
Market Replication
Research
Development
Concept &
Feasibility
Assessment
10 Page proposal
50 k€ Grant
10% success rate
Delivers Business plan etc
From Business plan etc
1 – 5 M€ Grant
50% success rate
MARKET
Procurement
Commercialisation
SME window EU
financial facilities
No Direct Financial support
Mentoring etc
by Support Projects
Gotchas:
Money to SMEs Only
Strict limit on no of applications by given company
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