Irish NCP Structure and Activities

January 24

Conference: New Opportunities for Lithuanian Researchers for 2021-2027: HORIZON EUROPE

Garrett Murray

National Director for Horizon 2020 at Enterprise Ireland

Global AmbitionIf you’ve got the ambition we'll

help you take it global.

What we do• Enterprise Ireland helps companies start, innovate and scale

internationally

• Work with 5,000 Irish owned businesses across all sectors of manufacturing and internationally traded services, approximately 200 of which are large companies

• Annual budget of €343M

• Offer leadership, competitiveness, innovation, networking and financial supports made to match ambition at every stage of company development

• Mandate to drive collaboration and commercialisation of state-and European funded and research

• Innovation activities across all Irish industry (Micro SME, SME, Large Indigenous, Foreign MNC)

• 32 international offices; 10 offices throughout Ireland

• Key focus is the development and growth of Irish companies in global markets

• Responsibility for Foreign Direct Investment in food

32 International Offices

Ireland’s National Export Agency

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About Enterprise Ireland

Performance of Enterprise Ireland backed companies 2018

215,207employed in Enterprise

Ireland backed Companies

18,846new jobs created

9,119net new jobs created

Net jobsTotal new jobsTotal jobs

Performance of Enterprise Ireland backed companies

Enterprise Ireland innovation support for #GlobalAmbition

Start-up Growth Mature Harvest Re-invent(Company Journey)

Ireland in Horizon 2020• The Irish Policy Context – Innovation 2020

– Vision for Ireland – a Global Innovation Leader driving a strong sustainable economy and a better society.

– Continue to build on success of previous policy and strategies.

• H2020 High Level Group, Chaired by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

– Focus on €1.25bn cross governmental Horizon 2020 target

– All-Island (cross border) strategy and target

– Government departments with the R&D Funders

– Stimulating leverage - Strategic Research Proposals Group

– Policy Coordination

– Monitors Pipeline and progress

Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

Supporting Multinational Companies in Ireland

Supporting Research and Innovation for the Future

Supporting Indigenous Irish Companies

RDI FundingSpectrum

TRL

0. Idea

1. Basic research

2. Technology formulation

3. Applied research

4. Small scale prototype

5. Large scale prototype

6. Prototype system

7. Demonstration

system

8. First of a kind commercial system

9. Full commercial application

Science Foundation IrelandEnterprise Ireland

IDA

Ireland in Horizon 2020 • 10,217 unsuccessful applicants /1,532 successful applicants

• €630M in funding

• 1.7% of the total allocated Horizon 2020 budget

– [target: 1.56%; juste retour: 1.2%]

• Success rate: 15% (MS Average: 12%)

• By Sector:

– Higher Education: €330m (52%) – success rate 12%

– Companies: €238M (38%) – success rate 12.5% - ICT/MCSA/SMEI strong but a big recent win in Agrifood

– CareerFit - Opportunity for 50 experienced international researchers to research new commercial opportunities in sectors impacted by Enterprise Ireland's Technology Centre companies

• SMEs: €152.M (46% of company funding)

Irish NCP NetworkEnterprise Ireland leading the National Support Network for H2020

• 21 FTE at Enterprise Ireland across Horizon (inclusive of the European Enterprise Network – EEN) +15 part-time across major R&D Funders

– Supported by an IT engagement platform – shared training

• Awareness and outreach to potential applicants

• Clear explanation of potential and challenges!

• Teams working across higher education and business sector

• Support from day 1 to project start

• Financial support to Academic Leaders

• National Delegates and the influencing agenda – ‘the policy loop’

• Alignment of national supports and the Horizon agenda

SME Instrument - Horizon 2020 • NCP SME Instrument Team has engaged with and supported over 800 companies on the SME Instrument

since the commencement of Horizon 2020.

• This is driven by ongoing engagement with SMEs and driving awareness

• Across the SME Instrument there have been 97 successful participants, 103 projects coordinated and €71.3m approved

– These include 39 successful participants, 35 projects and €67.9m approved across Phase 2 of the Programme.

• From a regional development perspective it is important to note 19 of the successful Phase 2 participants are located outside of Dublin

€1.12m

€0.66m

€0.64m

€2.48m

€1.09m

€0.18m

€1.72m

€1.01m

€4.27m

€4.49m

€0.99m€1.6m€1.26m

€0.40m

€2.75m

€2.20m

€3m

€1.12m

€1.12m

€1.52m

Irish Support Network:www.horizon2020.ie

Looking Ahead

• Maintain strong support structure

• Does our network maximise impact?

• Are we achieving ‘cross cutting’ success?

• Driving institutional buy-in

• Profile excellent science and industry capability and successes

• Continue to influence EC policy for Irish and likeminded participants

• Realign team focus v results/targets

• HLG - Big projects (>€50m)

• Getting to the next generation of researchers (COST)

NCP Academy – ncpacademy.eu • Enterprise Ireland is the Coordinator of the project.• To build on existing activities by improving and enhancing tools and services already provided by

the NCP Academy as well as by developing new tools to address the needs of the various stakeholders

• 11 consortium members and involvement from 21 member states• Project commenced in November and first Consortia Meeting has taken place.• The Workplan has four work packages to be completed over a two year period:

– specific support for the NCPs for Legal and Financial aspects– capacity building measures tailor-made for the needs of the NCP community by implementation of a high-

quality training programme and provision of opportunities for the exchange of experiences and of good practices

– developing the NCP system; platform for the NCP Coordinators and NCP network projects and joint NCP knowledge hub

– management and coordination

Ireland is 10th most innovative country in the worldGlobal Innovation Index 2017

Ireland: The Innovation Advantage

Irish SMEs are no.1 in the EU for innovationEuropean Commission 2017 Innovation Scorecard

Ireland is 1st in the EU for getting economic value out of its researchEuropean Commission 2016

www.knowledgetransferireland.com

R&D FundingIntellectual Property (IP) Strategy Offer.develop a strategy to manage and exploit the various forms of IP resulting from their RD&I, including patents, designs, tradesecrets, copyright, brands etc.

Technical Feasibility Study.This should include an evaluation of both the technical feasibility and the commercial potential of the project.

Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) Fund.Supporting the development of new or substantially improved products, services or processes.

Agile Innovation Fund.Agile Innovation projects supports companies in sectors with rapid design cycles to maintain their technology position.

Start a Business Section R&D for HPSU companies comes in the form of equity investment.

Collaborate on R&D Projects with Colleges and/or Companies

Access EU and ESA Research and Innovation Supports

R&D and innovation supports for companies

Technology Centres More InfoIndustry-led research in emerging technology sectors

EU, Horizon 2020 and ESA More InfoAccess funding and research partners across Europe

Technology Gateway Programme More InfoNationwide network of industry focused gateways delivering technology solutions for industry through collaborative industrialprojects

Innovation Partnerships More InfoAvailable for collaborative projects between companies and research teams in Higher Education

RD&I Funding More InfoGrants for in-house Research & Development or Business Innovation projects or Agile Innovation projects

Innovation Vouchers More InfoDeveloped to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (i.e. higher education institutes, public research bodies)and small businesses.

24 Rialtas na hÉireann | Government of Ireland

DTIF What types of projects will be funded

1. Projects of up to 3 years of scale and commercial impact;

2. Large-scale projects (€5-10 million total cost over 3 years) are encouraged.

3. €180 million available to 2022;

4. A minimum of 1 SME in every consortium;

5. Collaboration is an essential requirement;

6. Funding sought should be at least €1 million;

7. Co-funding from enterprise partners will be required:

- for companies up to 50% of the eligible costs (including overheads)

- for RPOs, up to 100% of eligible costs plus overheads.

25 Rialtas na hÉireann | Government of Ireland

Collaboration Types

• Multinationals located in Ireland and Irish enterprises;

• Enterprises and Research Performing Organisations located in Ireland

• Any combination of the above

• An SME must be one of the participants;

• Other partners welcome to participate also but DTIF funding is limited to eligible enterprises and RPOs located in Ireland.