European Framework Programme for Business Horizon 2020

Technology Strategy BoardDriving Innovation

EU Horizon 2020

What’s New?

Stephen AlexanderLegal & Financial NCPH2020UK National Contact Points

National Contact Points are a Technology StrategyBoard Resource to assist UK Business in engagingwith EU RTD & Innovation Funding opportunities

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FP7 2007-2013 ~ €52b

Cooperation32,413 M€

Ideas7,510

People4,750 M€

Capacities4,097 M€

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Energy

Environment

Transport

ICT

Health

Food Ag & Biotech

SpaceSocio-Economics

Nanotechnologies, Materials and Processes

Security

Co-operation programme: budget breakdown

European Framework Programme for Business FP7UKHorizon 2020 – objectives & structure

Tackling Societal Challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Food security and the bio-based economy

Secure, clean and efficient energy

Smart, green and integrated transport

Climate action, resource efficiency, including raw materials

Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

Secure societies

Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Framework

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Nanotech. Materials, Manf. & Processing Biotechnology SpaceAccess to risk finance Innovation in SMEs

Excellence in the Science Base• Frontier research (ERC)• Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)• Skills and career development (Marie Curie)• Research infrastructures

Shared objectives and principles

Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes

Europe 2020 priorities

Simplified access

International cooperation

Coherent with other EU and MS actions

European Research Area

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Budget distribution

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H2020 Changes

1. A new structure and focus•Only one Specific Programme•3 main pillars•More focus on societal challenges rather than specificTechnologies•More focus on innovation, closer-to-market activities•More cross-cutting activities

2. New programming cycle•Three year strategic programming, cutting across all pillars•This drives 12 focus areas food security, health care, green energy, security....)•Encapsulated in two-year work programmes and related funding opportunities

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Funding opportunities in Horizon 2020

• Some are broadly similar to FP7 and recognisable• ERC, MSC, FET, infrastructures• Technology ‘Themes’ in LEIT – ICT, NMP, Space,

Biotechnology

• But:• Big focus (& budget) in societal challenges• Shift in TRLs in LEIT (as well as societal challenges)

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Rules for Participation: what’s new?• PARTICIPATION PROCESSES SIMILAR TO FP7

• Workprogrammes, calls, proposals, evaluation, grant – BUT...

• SIMPLE & UNIFORM EVALUATION CRITERIA • Excellence – Impact – Implementation• Proposals evaluated ‘as-is’ – no more ‘negotiations’• Compressed grant preparation period could impact

Consortium agreement timescales?

• MARIE CURIE REFERENCE RATES REDUCED: also impacts scale of unit costs for SME owners without a salary (i.e. only two Marie Curie reference rates, 1720 productive hours, 25% indirect costs – reimbursement lower than FP7)

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Rules for Participation: what’s new?• AUDIT CERTIFICATE(CFS)

• Only at final cost claim and Reimbursement >€325k• Can be claimed as ‘other’ direct cost (not

subcontract)

• LARGE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS• Overhead costs for large research infrastructures

claimed as ‘direct’• Methodology and inspection required• TRAC costings could be basis for this?

• LESS INPUT ON PROPOSAL IDEAS FROM COMMISSION OFFICERS

• No formal ‘pre-proposal’ check as in ICT

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Potential traps for academia!• THE INNOVATION FOCUS, TRL SHIFT, INDUSTRY

INVOLVEMENT• Potentially different style of proposal• ‘Impact’ is increasingly important• Industrial and SME involvement, but...• Potential conflict between academic and industry

interests?

• MULTIDISCIPLINARY • Wider agenda for projects• Will come into evaluation

• SMEs AND GENDER ISSUES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT

• May be used where required in tie-breaking for projects on same score

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UK National Contact Point (NCP) structure

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UK wider support • H2020 NCPs

• More resource• Taken in-house by Technology Strategy Board• Greater integration with Lead Technologists, KTNs, EENs

• Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTNs)• Reformed as single ‘KTN Ltd’• The industry outreach mechanism for TSB• Some offices already established, cross-cutting function

• Enterprise Europe Network (EENs)• TSB bidding for EENs in English regions

• UKRO?

European Framework Programme for Business Horizon 2020

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Advice and Assistance:

FP7UK National Contact Points

Stephen AlexanderLegal & Financial NCPPhone: 07771-722217eMail: stephen.alexander@tsb.gov.uk

UK Website: www.h2020uk.org.ukEU Website: www.ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal