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Horizon 2020
Vanessa Davies, Horizon 2020 UnitWelsh European Funding Office
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What is Horizon 2020?
• EU Research & Innovation programme worth nearly €80 billion
• 7 year programme (2014-2020)• A core part of Europe 2020,
Innovation Union & European Research Area
Structure of Horizon 2020 Excellent Science
Health, demographic change and well-being
Food security, sustainableagriculture, forestry, marine,maritime, inland water and
bio-economy
Secure, clean andefficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, environment, Resource efficiency,
Raw materialsInclusive, innovative
and reflective societies
ERC
MarieSklodowska- Curie
Infrastructures
Industrial Leadership
Leadership in enabling andindustrial technologies
Access to Risk Finance
Financial instruments EIB,
EIF
Innovation in SMEs
FET
Secure Societies:Protecting the Freedom and
Security of Europe and its citizens
Joint Research Centre
Societal Challenges
Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Science with and for Society
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
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Excellent Science - €22 billion• European Research Council
– Frontier Research by the best individual teams
• Future and Emerging Technologies– Collaborative Research to open new fields of innovation
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (including COFUND)– Opportunities for training and career development
• Research Infrastructures (including e-infrastructures)– Ensuring access to world-class facilities
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Industrial Leadership - €15 billion
• Leadership in Industrial and Enabling Technologies – ICT, nanotechnologies, biotechnology, photonics,
manufacturing, space
• Access to risk finance– Leveraging private finance and venture capital for
research
• Innovation in SMEs– Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs
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Societal Challenges - €26 billion1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing
2. Food, agriculture, marine research and the bioeconomy
3. Secure, clean and efficient energy
4. Smart, green and integrated transport
5. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
6. Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
7. Protecting freedom and security in Europe
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Implementation
• Run by the European Commission• 3 year strategic programme• 2 year work programmes• Competitive calls (historic 20% success rate)• 3 partners in 3 countries (in most cases)• 8 month time to grant (Commission ambition)• Criteria: excellence, impact, implementation• Reimbursement: 100% direct costs (70% close to
market) + 25% indirect costs
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Something to build on?(FP7 – Nov 2013)
• 393 participations (2.5% of UK)• €125.6m approved (2.0% of UK)• Relative success in Health and Food,
Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotech• Sectors (approx):70% HE, 24%
Industry
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Existing funded activity supporting the ‘stairway to excellence’
• Existing ‘centres of excellence’• A4B: technology transfer collaborations• Innovation Vouchers/SMART Cymru grants• IP advice (PATLIB)• Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS)• Business support
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Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich dyfodol Europe & Wales: Investing in your future
Horizon 2020: new opportunities?
• More innovation – more opportunities for applied science and industrial strengths?
• Focus on societal challenges – does Wales have multi-disciplinary strengths?
• Widening participation – can we open the ‘closed shops’?
• Greater SME involvement – greater opportunity for synergies with Structural Funds?
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Example of an open callDedicated SME Instrument:(Used to fund projects by high-growth companies under the industrial leadership and societal challenges pillars. Approx. €9.3bn will be spent over the seven-year period; in 2014 and 2015 largest pockets of money can be found in health, energy and transport. There is an open call system with cut off dates for evaluation throughout the year. More information is available via the Commission’s website.
Open now within Health:•PHC-12-2014-1: Clinical research for the validation of biomarkers and/or diagnostic medical devices•Deadline date: 17 December 2014
Specific SME initiatives
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SME Instrument: three phases1.Feasibility study (upto €50,000). To fund a 6-month feasibility study. Application is short (10 pages) but requires firms to set out a clear business plan, and to have a new product development as part of that agenda.2.Innovation activities, e.g. testing, scaling-up, market replication (70/100% funding). Successful companies will be granted between €500,000 and €2.5 million for demonstration and piloting the product. Whilst the money will be available solely for SMEs, research and technology organisations may also be able to benefit from contracts under the projects. 3.Facilitating access to risk capital – mentoring (no direct funds)
Mentoring and coaching in all 3 stages
Access to Risk FinanceUnder the 'Industrial Leadership' pillar, this section will help companies and other types of organisation engaged in research and innovation (R&I) to gain easier access, via financial instruments, to loans, guarantees, counter-guarantees and equity finance.
In brief:•Debt facility – focus on R&I SMEs•Equity facility – focus on early-stage SMEs•Administered through the European Investment Bank (EIB) /European Investment Fund (EIF) and Financial Intermediaries
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Horizon 2020 Unit
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WEFO’s Horizon 2020 Unit
• Established in January 2013• A central contact point (one-stop-shop) for
integrated, consistent and targeted advice and support for Welsh organisations on accessing the most appropriate research and innovation funding from the EU
• Teams in North and South Wales
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Role of Unit
• Proactively engaging and targeting existing Welsh, UK and EU resources and expertise for the benefit of Welsh organisations
• Working with stakeholders to identify gaps in advice/support and how best to address them
• Where appropriate enhancing the support available through additional investment, with Structural Funds likely to play a role
Bid writing
Technical advice
Capacity building
Financial support
Specific networks
National Contact Points
Horizon 2020
Unit
Others
ChiefScientific Advisor
ES&TSectorTeams
Welsh Higher
Education
UKRO
Enterprises
European CommissionUK
Depts
Technology Strategy
Board
Welsh Government
Depts.
HEFCW
Welsh Higher Education
Brussels
Welsh Government
Office Brussels
Enterprise Europe Network Wales
(EEN)
Sector forums
Overview of WEFO’s added value approach todelivering Horizon 2020 support
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Examples of Unit’s activity
• Targeted awareness raising• Working with stakeholders to build new links
between existing support structures• Working with stakeholders to identify and target
‘competitive funding ready’ researchers and businesses
• Focussing investments on building capacity or addressing barriers that will ensure improved access to competitive research funding
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SCoRE Cymru
• Supporting Collaborative Research and innovation in Europe
• Grants to support Welsh-based organisations with the costs of accessing EU programmes such as Horizon 2020
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Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich dyfodol Europe & Wales: Investing in your future
SCoRE Cymru: Currently supports…
• The travel and accommodation costs involved in:
– identifying and building consortia,
– negotiation of contracts
• The cost of subcontracted expertise for:
– writing funding proposals,
– negotiation and conclusion of consortium agreements and/or contracts
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SCoRE Cymru: Grant available
Travel – up to £1,000 – Up to 100% of the costs for SMEs– Up to 75% of the costs for HE– Up to 50% of the costs for other organisations
travelling with a Welsh SME/HE partner
Expertise - up to £10,000– Up to 100% of the costs for all organisations
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SCoRE Cymru: Features• Quick turnover time for travel applications• Supports early consortium building• Travel outside the EU and to UK
destinations allowed under certain circumstances
• Assessment criteria focus on quality of proposal and added value
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Useful contacts• WEFO Horizon 2020 Unit email: Horizon2020@wales.gsi.gov.uk
– WEFO Helpline 0845 010 3355– WEFO website http://wefo.wales.gov.uk/programmes/horizon2020/?lang=en
• UK Horizon 2020 website https://www.h2020uk.org/
• European Commission Horizon 2020 site
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en
• Participant Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
• Fit for Health: http://www.fitforhealth.eu/Developed by the Fit for Health network in close cooperation with the Health-NCPs. The quality checked database contains expertise profiles of researchers and SMEs acting in the Health / Life sciences sector. The service includes partner search activities advice on all aspects related to a research project.
• EEN http://www.enterpriseeuropewales.org.uk