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Published byGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)DLR Project Management AgencyNational Contact Point SocietyHeinrich-Konen-Straße 153227 Bonnhttp://www.nks-gesellschaft.de/enhttp://www.dlr.de/pt/en

Edited and layouted by Miriam Schriefers

Translated by Jutta Zimmermann

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Index page

Introduction 4

I. Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 – Analysis of Societal Challenge 6 8

» Objectives of Societal Challenge 6 8

» High attractiveness, low success rate 8

» Outstanding excellence in SC6 9

» Country ranking in SC6: Germany among the best, high geographic diversity in SC6 9

» Great impact of SC6 projects expected 9

» Better integration of humanities and more SSH experts needed 10

» EU funding essential for social sciences and humanities projects 10

» Growing variety of actors in SC6 projects 11

» Large thematic scope, strongly oriented towards EU agenda 11

» Priority funding of research and innovation measures 13

» SC6 impact in relation to sustainable development goals of United Nations Agenda 2030 13

II. Conclusion/Recommendations 14

III. Appendix: EU Parliament´s statement on funding social sciences and humanities within EU framework programme 15

IV. Sources and further information 16

Analysis of Societal Challenge 6 Evaluation of

the EU Framework Programme for Research

and Innovation (2014-2016)

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Introduction

Horizon 2020 is the European Union´s framework programme for

Research and Innovation. This funding programme seeks to build a

knowledge and innovation-based society and a competitive economy

throughout Europe, as well as to simultaneously contribute to sustai-

nable development. In doing this, Horizon 2020 will contribute to both

implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy of smart, sustainable and

inclusive growth1 and creation of the European Research Area (ERA)2.

According to article 32 of the Horizon 2020 (H2020) regulation, an

Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 is mandatory for the European

Commission by the end of 20173. The Interim Evaluation aims to con-

tribute to an enhanced implementation of H2020 in the last work pro-

gramme from 2018 to 2020, to deliver a database for the High Level

Group report chaired by Pascal Lamy4, and additionally to maximise the impact of EU funded research and innovation measures and provide knowledge for the design of future framework pro-grammes.

Die The Interim Evaluation refers to the first half of the duration of

H2020 (2014, 2015 and 2016). Furthermore, in a long-term perspecti-

ve, the report refers to further impact of past EU framework program-

mes.

The summary of the crucial results5 confirms the importance and attractiveness of the programme among other points. As an

example, more than 100,000 applications have been submitted within

the first three years of Horizon 2020, including top participants from

science, research and economy from over 130 countries. All in all,

20.4 billion € have been allocated to over 11,000 grantees.

1 Horizon 2020 is of central importance to implement the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sus-tainable and inclusive growth. Horizon 2020 does so by building a joint strategic framework for EU funding of excellent research and innovation based on the following: mobilisation of private and public funds, creation of new workplaces created, a long-term perspective on sustainabi-lity, growth, economic development, social inclusion that ensures industrial competitiveness in Europe, as well as tackling societal challenges throughout the European Union. https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/european-semester/framework/europe-2020-strategy_en2 http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/era-net-in-horizon-2020_en.html3 See REGULATION (EU) No. 1291/2013 OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUN-CIL of 11th Dec. 2013 on the framework programme for research and innovation Horizon 2020 (2014 – 2020) and repealing the decision No. 1982/2006/EG, Art.32.3: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/legal_basis/fp/h2020-eu-establact_en.pdf4 The high level group report was presented on 3 July 2017 at the conference ‘Research & Innovation – Shaping our Future‘ in Brussels: https://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2017/shaping-our-future/index.cfm?pg=home5 See EU Commission brochure „Key findings from the Horizon 2020 interim evaluation“:http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/brochure_interim_evaluation_horizon_2020_key_findings.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

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High Level Group on maximising impact of EU Research and Innovation Programmes In September 2016, the EU Commission convened a “High Level Group” consisting

of various experts. More than 350 experts had applied online following a call for

expression of interest. Since December 2016, the mandate of this group of 12 experts

is to advise the Commission in the context of the H2020 Interim Evaluation on how

to maximise the impact of EU investments in research and innovation. Pascal Lamy,

emeritus president of the Jacques Delors Institute, is chairman of this group. Another

group member is Milena Žic Fuchs, professor of Linguistics at the University of Zagreb,

fellow at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and member of the Net4Society

Advisory Board, the international NCP network for Societal Challenge 6 in Horizon

2020.

The High Level Group report „LAB – FAB – APP: Investing in the European future we want“ was presented at the conference “Research & Innovation – Shaping our

Future”, on July 3, 2017 in Brussels and - among other things - is based on:

• Available outputs of the Horizon 2020 Interim Evaluation;

• Results of the report “New horizons: Future scenarios for research & innovation

policies in Europe”

• A record of public investments in research and innovation and its expected impact

on growth and employment.

More information:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/index_en.cfm?pg=hlg

However, the summary also points out numerous challenges, such

as high oversubscription (average success rate in H2020: 11.6 %

to 18.4 % in FP7). An additional 62.4 billion € would have been

needed to fund all high quality applications.

In terms of needs for improvement, the report also mentioned –

among other things - the further inclusion of civil society, which

will be both involved in H2020 consortia and better informed about

EU funded research and innovation results, the better integration of social sciences and humanities or stronger international participation.

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The H2020 Interim Evaluation started in 2016 and was coordinated

by the evaluation department of the Directorate-General for Research

and Innovation (DG RTD) of the EU Commission. In October 2017, the

EU Commission will officially communicate the results by referring to

the essential issues of the Interim Evaluation, the Commission’s con-

clusion on the High Level Group report as well as the recommenda-

tions from the FP7 ex-post evaluation.

Even with the abovementioned next steps planned, on May 30,

2017, the EU Commission published a so-called working docu-

ment, the “Commission Staff Working Document”6. Attached in

Annex 2, the paper includes a detailed analysis of the three priori-

ties “Excellence of Science”, “Industrial Leadership” and “Societal

Challenges” as well as the two sub-areas “Spreading Excellence and

Widening participation” and ”Science with and for Society” which

have been assessed according to the five evaluation criteria rele-vance, efficiency, effectiveness, coherence and EU added value.

The document contains a detailed analysis of Societal Challenge 6 (SC6) “Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies”. The SC6 assessment is primarily based

on a desk study, consisting of information from the EU Commission’s

CORDA monitoring data and the analyses carried out by the FP7

project IMPACT-EV (Evaluating the impact and outcomes of EU SSH

Research) which are based on e-CORDA data of the EU Commission

and a survey of 56 H2020 projects that were funded in the work pro-

gramme 2014 – 2015. It was also based on the report of the study,

“Assessment of the Union Added Value and the Economic Impact

of the EU Framework Programmes” (FP7, Horizon 2020)” and the

position paper from LERU (League of European Research Universities,

Advice Paper No. 21, October 2016), as well as the policy reviews per-

formed by DG RTD-B6, the Commission’s unit responsible for Societal

Challenge 6. Finally, insights from the ex-post evaluation of the 7th

Research Framework Programme were added.

NCP Society made a summary of the Societal Challenge 6 Interim Evaluation for you on the following pages.

6 Annex 2 of COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT“, for Societal Challenge 6, see p. 950 – 1000:http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/archive/h2020_evaluations/swd(2017)221-annex-2-interim_evaluation-h2020.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

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Evaluation criteria of the Interim Evaluation

In reference to the “Better Regulation Guidelines”, the H2020 Interim Evaluation was

based on the following five criteria:

• Relevance: Inquiring whether the original H2020 objectives are still relevant and

still correspond to contemporary needs and challenges.

• Efficiency: Assessing the relation between the resources used for H2020 and the

changes effected by the programme.

• Effectiveness: Assessing the success of H2020 regarding the achievement of its

goals.

• Coherence: How much are the diverse H2020 funding areas consistent with each

other and to what extent do they complement other EU funding measures or poli-

cies?

• EU added value: To what extent is Horizon 2020 achieving an impact which would

not have been reached by member states at national or regional level?

Morre information:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020evaluation

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Objectives of Societal Challenge 6

Societal Challenge 6 “Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, inno-

vative and reflective societies” contributes to Horizon 2020 objectives

or priorities via projects, which develop solutions for 1) a better understanding of Europe, 2) for contemporary economic, soci-al and political problems, and 3) for the support of inclusive, innovative and reflective European societies in a context of

unprecedented transformations and growing global interdepen-

dencies.7

In comparison with FP7 projects, H2020 projects are characterized

by stronger interdisciplinary collaboration and joint research on

contemporary societal challenges. Moreover, H2020 is much more

focused on the impact of the funded projects8.

High attractiveness, low success rate

According to the report, while the social sciences and humanities

represent one of the largest research communities and student bodies in higher education in Europe, they have to content them-

selves with the smallest research funding area in H2020, Societal

Challenge 6 (SC6). Three-hundred and forty-two-point-one million

Euros were allocated between 2014 and 2016 to a total of 194 pro-

jects within the framework of SC6. Receiving 5% of available fun-

ding, they accounted for the smallest budget share within the whole

funding area “Societal Challenges” in H20209. These facts translate

into a very low success rate of only 6.7%. SC6 therefore repre-sents the lowest success rate among the overall framework programme.

7 See p. 950.8 See p. 950f.9 See p. 981.

Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 – Assessment of results from the Societal Challenge 6 detailed analysis

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Outstanding excellence in SC6

At the same time, SC6 applications are characterized by outstanding excellence in research and innovation. A high number of project

consortia in SC6 were assessed as either very good or perfect (scores

of 14 or 15), but could not be funded due to the limited budget.10 The

fact that the low success rate does not discourage applicants from par-

ticipating in an application is seen as a symbol for the high attractive-ness of the SC6 topics and consequently for their relevance and need for such funding.11

SC6 country ranking: Germany among the best, high geo-graphic diversity in SC6

So far, compared to other EU countries, with an amount of 40.6 million

€, Germany has been ranked second in terms of the allocation rate and

third regarding both the number of coordinators and the number of

project partners.

Sixty-eight percent of total EU funding in SC6 is allocated to the top 7 countries United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. In contrast, the EU 13 coun-

tries (9%), H2020 associated and candidate countries (5%), and third

countries (3%) only succeed to a minor extent. However, compared

with other Societal Challenges in H2020, Eastern European countries

are represented a little more in SC6 and it shows the highest share

of participation of third countries (in this case especially Brazil, China,

USA, Australia and South Africa) throughout Horizon 2020. Overall, the geographic diversity in SC6 is higher than in other Societal Challenges.12

Great Impact of SC6 projects expected

Since the investigated projects were still ongoing at the time of the sur-

vey, a final conclusion on their impact is not yet possible. However, the authors of the survey are expecting a very large impact (publica-

tions of project outputs in highly ranked scientific journals are already

available and there is a clear commitment to Open Access policies13)

also with regard to profitability and the enabling of cooperation bet-

ween specific stakeholders (including political decision-makers) .

Further development is found with regard to the expected outputs of

SC6 projects compared to social sciences and humanities projects in

FP7.

10 See p. 970.11 See p. 975, p. 982 and p. 998.12 See p. 959ff., p. 978f, p. 982.13 See p. 997.

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So far a higher share of databases, specific tools and simulation models can be noticed. This might raise the potential of SC6 projects

to create more product innovations than FP7 projects. The partici-pation of political and civil societal stakeholders beyond aca-demic and research bodies in SC6 has also risen. This means the

projected measures to achieve social and economic impact in SC6 go

much further than in FP7 projects, in which impact measures focused

particularly on publications and dissemination measures.14 Project outputs, however, should increasingly lead to custom-tailored policy advice for policy makers.15 The authors deem it necessary

to fund instruments for the ex post evaluation of the projects’ impact.16

Better integration of humanities and more SSH experts needed

Room for improvement is, however, identified especially in regard to the integration of humanities in SC6 and overall in H2020 respectively. In addition, appropriate wording of SSH flagged topics in H2020 is recommended (calls, in which the parti-

cipation of social sciences and humanities – in short: SSH – is requi-

red), so that applicants from social sciences and humanities feel truly

addressed. Furthermore, an appropriate degree of participation of social sciences and humanities experts within evaluation panels

for SSH flagged topics is necessary.17 Another recommendation is to

phrase the SC6 topic descriptions more clearly and transparently, to

focus more deeply on one research dimension and limit the varie-

ty of themes within a topic.18

EU funding is essential for social sciences and humanities projects

In reference to European added value, it was stated that SC6 funded

projects would not have been possible without EU funding. They pro-

mote both a way of knowledge exchange, of network building

between essential European and international stakeholders in the indi-

vidual disciplines, and also a cost reduction not possible otherwise.

14 See p. 973 and 981.15 See p. 989.16 See p. 997f.17 See p. 980 as well as the position paper of the German Federal Government from January 2017, see p. 9: https://www.bmbf.de/en/horizon-2020-the-european-research-framework-programme-1427.html 18 See p. 981 and p. 998.

Great Impact of SC6 projects expected

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According to this report the funding of the social, economic and political dimensions of the contemporary societal challenges by the European Union remains vital. All in all, the authors view

social sciences and humanities research as indispensable for a greater understanding of contemporary developments within the European Union and for the solutions of the challenges involved.19

Growing variety of actors in SC6 projects

The majority of participants in SC6 still originate from the publicly

funded fields Science and Research (35% from Higher or Secondary

Education establishments, 18% from research institutions). However, the percentage of participants from private for-profit centres,

such as small and medium-sized enterprises or business consultancies,

has grown by 24% in comparison to 9% in FP7. Participants from

public bodies like ministries or regional and local authorities amount

to 12%. The remaining 11% are distributed among other actors like

civil society organisations. Thirty-three percent of the participants are newcomers, which had not applied in FP7, with most of them

coming from the private sector or other areas. The growing variety of project actors is seen as very positive.20

Large thematic scope, strongly oriented towards EU agenda SC6 is characterized by a large thematic scope strongly oriented towards the political and social agenda of the EU: growing mutu-

al economic and cultural interdependencies; violence and radicalisati-

on; demographic change; poverty and social exclusion; integration and

disintegration; inequalities and diversity; migration; the growing digital

divide; promotion of innovation and creativity in enterprises and socie-

ty and a growing (cross-border) loss of trust in democratic institutions

as well as within society. In addition, the issue of the EU as a political

system, its role and future is tackled by research in SC6.21

19 See p. 991f.20 See p. 957f., p. 978.21 See p. 962.

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A clear focus is set on four of five objectives of the Europe 2020 stra-

tegy (Employment, Research & Development, Education, Poverty and

Social Exclusion) and on four of seven EU flagship initiatives (Innovation

Union, Youth on the Move, New Skills and Jobs, Poverty).22 However, the work programme reflects to a larger extent the orientation towards these EU strategies and policies than towards social needs identified by social actors.23

Thirty-four point five percent of the SC6 budget for work programmes

is allocated to ICT-related topics. Further thematic cross-cutting areas in

SC 6 are sustainability, climate protection and biodiversity.24

Thematic references and additions of SC6 to other sub-areas of Horizon 2020 exist, though only in very limited form. This is

the case for Societal Challenge 7 “Secure Societies” (SC7), Societal

Challenge 5 “Environment” (SC5), and for parts of the ICT funding

area within the second pillar of Horizon2020, “Industrial leadership”

and – very limited – for research on cultural heritage of European coas-

tal regions in Societal Challenge 2 “Marine, Maritime and Limnological

Research” (SC2).25

The coherence of SC6 with other EU programmes is limited to certain

areas (culture, development, education, industry, and competitiveness).

Since SC6 mainly deals with the economic, social and political dimensions of current societal challenges, SC6 specific topics are thus seen as complementary, rather than overlapping with other work programmes.26 According to the authors, however, there is the

potential of thematic relations with all areas of Horizon 2020 and other

EU programmes. These relations should, however, be highlighted more

by the EU Commission. The potential for improvement is also seen in stronger synergies with national funding programmes.27

22 For the objectives of Europe2020 Strategy, see:https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/european-semester/framework/europe-2020-strategy_en For the seven EU flagship initiatives, see:http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/europe-2020-indicators/flagship-initiatives-of-europe2020 23 See p. 997. Since work programme 2016 -2017, SC6 topics refer to the priorities of the EU Commission 2015 - 2019, namely Priority 1 (A new Boost for Growth, Jobs and Investment, reducing inequalities), 2 (A connected Digital Single Market), 6 (A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union), 7 (An Area of Justice, Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust), 8 (Towards a New Policy on Migration), 9 (A Stronger Global Actor contributing to global justice and stability) and 10 (A Union of Democratic Change – with focus on strengthening citizenship), s. p. 952, S. 964 and p. 986.24 See p. 961.25 See p. 984f26 See p. 987.27 See p. 989.

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Priority funding of research and innovation measures

Fifty-four percent of the SC6 work programme budget went to 64 Research and Innovation Actions (RIA),20% to 41 Coordination

and Support Actions (CSA), and 13% to 13 Innovation Actions (IA).

The remaining 13% were distributed among three ERA-NET actions

and 83 projects funded in the framework of the SME Instrument. The

average EU funding contribution in SC6 amounts to 2.5 million € per

project (without SME instrument).28

SC6 impact in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030

With regard to the evaluation criteria “relevance”, SC6 topics also have an impact on the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially on three of

overall 17 Sustainable Development Goals:16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justi-ce for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels‘; ’10: Reduce inequality within and among countries’ sowie

’11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’.29

28 See p. 955f.29 See p. 964 and for more information on UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sustai-nabledevelopment.un.org

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Conclusion/Recommendations:

• SocietalChallenge6(SC6)ischaracterisedbya very high oversubscriptionofspecifictopics,whichisseenasasignalfortherelevanceandtheneed for funding of social sciences and humanities topics in Horizon 2020.

• SC6ischaracterizedbyalarge thematic scope.

• SC6projectsshowagrowing variety of project actors.

• Avery large impactisexpectedfromSC6projectsregardingExcellenceofScienceand enablingofcooperationwithspecificstakeholders.

• SC6topicshaveapotentialimpact on the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

• SC6projectoutputsshouldleadevenmoretocustom-made policy advice for policy makers.

• Theauthorsofthesurveydeemitnecessary to fund instruments for ex post impact evaluation.

• Better integration of humanities in SC6 and overall H2020 is needed.

• More social sciences and humanities experts within evaluation panels for SSH flagged topics throughout H2020 are necessary.

• Stronger synergies with national funding programmes are required.

• ImportantpotentialtopicsintheareaofsocialsciencesandhumanitieswithinthefutureEUFrameworkProgrammeforResearchandInnovation(FP9)are:Continuance of refugee crisis in Europe; the future of the European Union after the Brexit; political consequences for Europe after the election of Trump and the reflection on a European defence strategy.

• Manyareasofsocialscienceandhumanitiesdrivenresearchmay significantly contribute to a deepening of the “European Idea”.

• EU funding is essential for social sciences and humanities research projects. SSH projects are vital for a greater understanding of contemporary developments within the European Union and generate solutions for the challenges involved. (seep.992and966).

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Appendix: EU Parliament´s state-ment on funding social sciences and humanities within the EU Framework Programme

A statement of the European Parliament from June 13, 2017 on the

Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 and on future EU research funding

supports the conclusion of the available analysis that sufficient EU fun-

ding for collaborative research in the social sciences and humanities is

essential.

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EU Parliament: statement on Interim Evaluation and future EU research funding

The EU Parliament also adopted a statement on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon

2020 and future EU research funding. In this paper, the EU Parliament mentioned

the social sciences and humanities (SSH):

The European Parliament, [...]

8. considers that TRLs may exclude non-technological forms of innovation generated by fundamental or applied research, particularly from social scien-ces and humanities (SSH);[…]31. Recalls that SSH integration means SSH research in interdisciplinary pro-jects and not an ex-post add-on to otherwise technological projects, and that the most pressing problems faced by the EU require methodological research that is more conceptually focused on SSH; notes that SSH are underrepresen-ted in the current Framework Programme; calls on the Commission to strengthen

the possibilities for SSH researchers to participate in the interdisciplinary FP projects

and to provide sufficient funding for SSH topics; […]

More Information:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P8-TA-2017-

0253+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN

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Sources and further information:

Annex 2 of “COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT” – for

Societal Challenge 6 , s. p. 950 – 1000:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/archive/h2020_eva-

luations/swd(2017)221-annex-2-interim_evaluation-h2020.

pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

Web page of EU Commission with all relevant documents on Horizon

2020 Interim Evaluation:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/index_

en.cfm?pg=h2020evaluation

Brochure of EU Commission „Key findings from the Horizon 2020

interim evaluation“:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/brochure_interim_evaluati-

on_horizon_2020_key_findings.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

Summary of the overall Interim Evaluation:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/archive/

h2020_evaluations/swd(2017)221-interim_evaluation-h2020.

pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

Brochure „Results of Horizon 2020 Stakeholder Consultation – Interim

Evaluation of Horizon 2020“:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/archive/h2020_evalua-

tions/h2020_stakeholder_consultation_042017_web.pdf

Position paper of the German Federal Government (January 2017) on

the Horizon 2020 Interim Evaluation:

https://www.bmbf.de/en/horizon-2020-the-european-research-frame-

work-programme-1427.html

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NCP Society

The National Contact Point Society works on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and is located at the Project Management Agency (Part of the German Aerospace Center, DLR). Authorised by the German federal government, NCP Society is responsible for Societal Challenge 6 „Europe in a changing world – inclusive, inno-vative and reflective societies“ in Horizon 2020, the European Research and Innovation Framework Programme.

We are a team with many years of experience in consulting, preparing, implementing and managing European research projects. Our service is free of charge and aimed at potential participants from universities, cultural, edu-cational and research institutions, companies, associations, CSOs, NGOs, SMEs and public authorities.

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We help you to find suitable funding opportunities and project partners for your project idea on European level.

We guide you individually in the application process and in the realisation of your project – you are welcome to send us your drafts and proposals.

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We provide you with all important information and documents currently available on our website: http://www.nks-gesellschaft.de/en

We offer you events tailored to your needs, e.g. information events, work-shops and seminars on Horizon 2020 for various target groups and topics.

We work together with other National Contact Points as well as other net-works – national and international. Take advantage of that!

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DLR Management Agency – Your contact person

Research, innovation and education – the DLR Project Management Agency has been providing an array of services to assist key decision-makers from government, science, industry and education for over 40 years. We develop practical strategies, manage funding programmes and projects, assist in dialogue processes and support knowledge transfer and utilisation on behalf of our clients. A designated worldwide partner, we open up networ-king opportunities and encourage international collaboration. Here, we place a focus on interdisciplinarity, internationality and innovation.

We serve the broadest possible range of topics. Managing research funds totalling approximately around one billion euros, in 2016 alone we supported 10,000 scientific projects in the areas of education, society, healthcare, key technologies, environment and European and international collaboration. A professional service provider, we stand for procedural and process reliability (certified according to ISO 9001), as well as neutrality.

As part of DLR, the Project Management Agency is a key contributor to DLR’s ‘Science, Innovation and Education’ field of operations.

DLR German Aerospace Center (DLR)Project Management AgencyHeinrich-Konen-Str. 153227 BonnMail: [email protected]: http://www.dlr.de/pt/en