#fiwarepamplona - training day - european public funding opportunities for smes
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Index 2
H2020 SME Inst. FTI PhD
recruitment
in SMEs
Pilots UIA
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H2020 – The basics
H2020. What is it? 4
Biggest investment by the EC on R&D and innovation
+€70b between 2014 and 2020
H2020. How is it structured? 5
= H2020
Biannual Work Programme Cross
Cutting
Calls
Topics/Objectives
NMBP
Health ICT
SME
INST FTI PhD
Recr.
H2020. Consortium 6
Cooperation: 5 – 20 partners
Researchers, industries, associations, etc
Minimum: 3 partners from 3 different countries of the EU
H2020. Instruments for funding. How much I’m getting
then?
7
TRL >6 TRL<5
AND/OR
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
INNOVATION
100% 100% 70%*
* Non for profit always 100%
H2020. Medium-long term projects 8
Launch Call Proposal
Assessment
Grant
Agreement
Signature
Proposal
submitted Evaluation
Summary
Report
Grant
Agreement
Signed
3 - 6 months 5 months 3 months
12 months
H2020. Opportunities for SMEs 9
Lighthouse projects
in Smart Cities
SCC-1-2016-2017
Internet of things
IoT-1-2016
Cross
Cutting
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Lighthouse projects
Lighthouse projects in Smart Cities
SCC-1-2016-2017
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TRL7 or above!
3 cities (core)
3 cities (followers)
Ecosystem around each city
Projects lead by cities (TALK TO THEM)
€12-18M per
project
“To demonstrate solutions at district scale integrating smart buildings,
smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles and smart charging
infrastructures, using the latest generation ICT platforms (and
infrastructure) based on open specifications”
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Lighthouse projects in Smart Cities. Existing cities 12
Valladolid (ES)
Nottingham (UK)
Eskisehir (TU)
Eindhoven (NE)
Manchester (UK)
Stavanger (NO)
San Sebastián (ES)
Florence (IT)
Bristol (UK)
Running projects in the following cities (they cannot repeat)
London (UK)
Lisbon (PT)
Milan (IT)
Vitoria (ES)
Tartu (EE)
Sonderborg (SE)
Lyon (FR)
Munich (DE)
Vienna (AT)
Lighthouse projects in Smart Cities. Final tips 13
Complex
projects
€60M
for 5-7 projects
05 April 2016
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IoT projects
IoT projects. IoT-1-2016 15
TRL7 or above! €15-30M per
project
“The challenge is to foster the deployment of IoT solutions in Europe
through integration of advanced IoT technologies across the value chain,
demonstration of multiple IoT applications at scale and in a usage context,
and as close as possible to operational conditions.”
5 Pilots: Smart living environments for ageing well
Smart Farming and Food Security
Wearables for smart ecosystems
Reference zones in EU cities
Autonomous vehicles in a connected environment
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IoT Projects. Final tips 16
Complex
projects
€100M
for 1project per
pilot
12 April 2016
Search good
consortiums!
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H2020 - exceptions
Why exceptions? 18
Exceptions. New instruments inside H2020 19
SME Instrument FTI PhD recruitment in SMEs
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SME Instrument
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SMEs on
their own or
consortia
Broad
topics:
nearly
bottom-up
SME Instrument
3 DIFFERENT PHASES
SME Instrument. Phase 1 22
Funding 50.000€
Proposal 10 pages (a business plan)
Score +12/15
Length 6 months
Activities covered:
risk assessment, market study, user involvement,
Intellectual Property (IP) management, innovation
strategy development, partner search, feasibility of
concept (this is the basis for the Phase 2 proposal).
SME Instrument. Phase 2 23
Funding 70% [€0.5M - €2M]
Proposal 30 pages
Score +12/15
Length 1-2 years
Activities covered
demonstration, testing, prototyping, piloting, scaling-up,
miniaturisation, design, market replication
SME Instrument. Phase 3 24
No direct funding!
Activities covered
Indirect support measures and services as well as access
to the financial facilities. Building a community of
successful European SMEs and easing investment by VC
and big companies.
SME Instrument. Dates 25
Phase 1
Phase 2
24-02-2016
03-05-2016
07-09-2016
09-11-2016
15-02-2017
03-05-2017
06-09-2017
08-11-2017
03-02-2016
14-04-2016
15-06-2016
13-10-2016
18-01-2017
06-04-2017
01-06-2017
18-10-2017
SME Instrument. Success Stories 26
Also from the FIWARE Accelerate Programme
2 out of the 3 best projects in FINODEX call 1
succeeded in SME phase 1 instrument too.
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Fast Track to Innovation topic
28 Fast Track to Innovation
Projects near to the market
Validated Technologies
Prototypes developed
29
3-5 entities (mainly
SMEs) Bottom-up
Fast Track to Innovation
€1-3M funding
Innovation Action
(70%-100%)
2-3 years length and
then go-to-market
30 FTI. Main activities
Demonstration
Developing and Testing / Scaling up
Deep market analysis
Partners search Business agreements
FTI
FTI. Tips for a good proposal 31
Include the whole value
chain of the product /
service:
Supplier – Manufacturer –
End customer
ESR with detailed
comments about the
project. Use it to improve
your proposal.
Be concise. You have 30
pages
Describe the extended and
refined version of the
business plan
FTI. Dates 32
15-03-2016
01-06-2016
25-10-2016
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PhD recruitment in SMEs
PhD recruitment in SMEs. Objective 34
SMEs are supported to employ a highly-skilled
experienced researcher e.g an 'associate' for one year
from September 2017. With their associate, these
SMEs will explore for one year the potential of their
innovative idea and turn it into an innovation project.
PhD recruitment in SMEs. stages 35
Phase 1: 11/02-30/06/2016 - Testing
ideas and job vacancies
Phase 2: (optional): 01/07/2016-
28/02/2017 - Parallel recruiting
phase
Phase 3: 01/03-30/04/2017 – Publish
your job offer
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Urban Innovation Action
Urban Innovation Actions 37
Not H2020
Innovative actions
under four domains. 31/03/2016
€5M project
80% funding
3 years
Projects lead by ONE city
Urban Innovation Actions . Topics 38
Integration of migrants and refugees
Energy transition
Job and skills in the local economy
Urban poverty
And last but not least… 39
Public funding
Your business
Thanks!
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