Business Master Class Slides - Accessing Finance

1. European Europe Network
EnterpriseR & D Funding
Layla Burrows
Connecting you to New Business Opportunities in Europe

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52 countries
5,000+ staff
600 host organisations
Operates across the European Trade area covering 21m businesses and a
population of over 700m
Includes Russia, Israel, USA, Japan, Korea, Chile…

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Core service offerings
Partner search for commercial,
In-country support technical and R & D collaboration
IP support and advice
Trade Show and
Access to over 15,000 business Brokerage support
collaboration opportunities
European R & D
Information and advice on EU funding guidance
Regulation and Legislation

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Framework Programme 7

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FP7
7 year programme running 2007 – 2013
Total budget c.€50billion
5 main programme areas:
 ideas
 people
 euratom
 capacities
 cooperation

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Cooperation Theme
€32BN for collaborative transnational research in
ten key thematic areas
Health (€6BN) Security (€1.3BN)
Food Ag. & Biotech (€1.9BN) Environment (€1.8BN)
ICT (€9.1BN) Transport (€4.1BN)
Nanosciences materials & Socio-economic sciences &
production (€3.5BN) humanities (€610M)
Energy (€2.3BN) Space (€1.4BN)

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Cooperation Work Programme 2013
• Oceans of the Future
• Water
• Raw materials
• Smart cities
• Clean & efficient energy
• Public sector reform
• Brain research
• Anti-microbial resistance
• Bio resource efficiency

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Key characteristics
Collaborative - partners from at least 3 EU Member States or
associate countries (separate legal entities)
Co-financed - 50-75% of R&D effort (100% of management
activity). Projects €2m +
Strategic - project must align with the of European Commission’s
annual work programmes
Long term – 2-5 years, several years to market
Competitive - Clear IP exploitation and commercial potential,
European market requirement, supply chain…

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Who can participate in FP7 ?
• SME’s
• Corporate / large organisations
• Research groups at universities or research institutes
• Public or governmental bodies (local, regional,
national)
• Postgraduate researchers
• International organisations
• Charities

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Horizon2020
• 1st Jan 2014 - 2020
• €80Billion
• 3 priorities – Societal challenges, Industrial
leadership, Excellent science
• Simplified access & widened participation
• Final FP7 calls in place

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Eurostars

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What is Eurostars?
• First European R&D funding stream focused solely
on SMEs.
• Any technology area
• Minimum 1 European partner from 1 EU country
• Administered by national funding bodies - in UK by
Technology Strategy Board
• Deadline 4th April 2013

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What does a project look like?
• Bottom up - any technology area
• Duration - maximum 3 years
• Partners - 3 - 4 (2 - 3 EU countries)
• SME’s - universities and large companies can also
participate
• Match-funded - up to 50% funded
• Average project size €1.4m (€214k for UK partner)

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Eligibility
• Lead partner must be an R&D performing SME
• No partner or country can contribute more than 75%
• 50% of the project’s core activity should be carried out
by SMEs
• Separate legal entities & trading for more than 12
months
• Additional criteria for micro companies, universities and
large companies

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Benefits of Eurostars
• Straightforward application and procedures
• Bottom-up approach - not prescriptive to any
particular sector – the right project and level of
innovation will be funded
• Short lead-time - 3 months to funding decision
• Minimal reporting and admin - e.g. 1 report
every six months
• Success rates - around 1/4 if you are eligible

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How can I help?
• Discussion of requirements
• Identify opportunity
• Partner and consortium search
• Review applications prior to submission
• Sector specific events / activities
• Free, impartial, confidential advice

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Contact
EEN SW www.enterpriseeuropesw.org.uk
FP7 www.cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html
Eurostars www.eurostars-eureka.eu/
layla.burrows@businesswest.co.uk
01275 370 808
07980 795 239