National Research Infrastructures

Main Policy AspectsDr. Agnes Spilioti

GSRT, S&T Policy Planning Directorate Athens, 10-07-2019

Contents

National R&D Landscape and Main Policy Challenges

Towards a National Funding Plan for Research Infrastructures

Elements of the Multiannual Funding Plan for Research Infrastructures 2014-20

New Call: “Regional Excellence”

National R&D Landscape and Main Policy Challenges

General Picture and Challenges

R&D in Greece performs against a non high – tech industrialbackground (service economy dominated by tourism and publicservices). Traditional sectors occupy the major part of the Greekproduction fabric (agro-food, construction)

Business sector composed mainly by small and very small firms:95,5% of the Greek firms have less than 10 employees

Greek firms tend to import mature technology from abroad andperform relatively well in non technological innovation

Insufficient research potential in firms (1,31 researchers/1.000inhabitants versus an average of 4,48 in OECD)

Insufficient investment in research and innovation

Poor links between business and academia

Dramatically increased brain drain during the crisis time (around 10-fold increase)

Over - regulation and controlling mechanisms for EU State Aid andESIF

Greece is a moderate innovator

Strong

performance:

Human resources &

innovators (mostly

non technological

innovation), SMEs

collaborating with

others

Poor performance:

Business R&D

expenditures, Life

– Long Learning,

Patents, VCs, High

Tech exports

EUROPEAN INNOVATION SCOREBOARD

2019-Greece’s Profile over time

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Summary Innovation Index

R&D Intensity in Greece

Preliminary data 2017

Source:

National Documentation

Centre

Highly competitive human research potential…(regarding EC financial contribution from Η2020)

13th place

50,052,240.8851,212,951.6366,458,307.2973,125,620.6879,550,113.1185,509,207.5290,001,962.81103,312,178.90

150,888,819.98163,324,808.10171,211,092.56

232,848,669.23416,873,943.93434,293,977.99451,891,912.48457,609,277.01

549.631.648,11563,084,336.33566,410,915.43

630,440,520.76709,964,811.53

889,906,219.821,236,888,926.57

1,981,284,109.272,101,877,606.09

2,309,008,624.252,688,836,804.38

3,897,904,109.434,291,703,657.36

0.00 500,000,000.00 1,000,000,000.00 1,500,000,000.00 2,000,000,000.00 2,500,000,000.00 3,000,000,000.00 3,500,000,000.00 4,000,000,000.00 4,500,000,000.00 5,000,000,000.00

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EC Financial Contribution per CountryData: EC CORDIS, Reference date: 12/10/2017

Analysis by V. Gongolidis, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, GreeceOnly countries with EC contribution > 50 M€ shown

GR Performance in Horizon 2020 on ICT

H2020 EU contribution to GR on ICT

51,158,915

59,106,464

70,352,822

73,048,204

74,498,670

91,404,441

94,805,600

126,536,327

145,342,038

146,460,417

202.219.786

244,831,244

326,567,568

386,712,047

431,762,091

446,930,902

550,551,617

797,286,399

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DenmarkPortugalNorway

IsraelIreland

SwedenFinlandAustriaGreece

BelgiumNetherlands

ItalyUnited Kingdom

SpainFrance

Germany

H2020-ICT EU Contribution per countryData: Horizon 2020 Dashboard, Reference date: 31/3/2019

= 23%H2020 EU total contribution to GR

Highly competitive presence: Research Infrastructures

Programme - H2020

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Need for policy intervention in every part of the innovation chain

“Growth” Fund

Loans, VC, etc.(ERDF, ΕΙF)

80

m €

RIS3 GrantsApplied Research, Experimental Dev, Innovation pre-seed, seed capital

(ERDF)

1,2

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“Start up” FundVenture Capital(ERDF,EIF)

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“Innovation”Fund

Seed capital(ERDF, EIF)

80

m €

ELIDEK GrantsBlue Sky R&DHuman

Capital

(National,ΕΙΒ)

24

0 m

€

Demand-driven research (NSRF

2014-2020)

Curiosity-driven research

(ELIDEK)

Flagship Initiatives

(Medical Precision in Oncology, Cardiovascular

Diseases and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Agri-Food

Network, Climate Change Network

Pillars of National Policy on RTDI

ICT Technologies

Agro-food

Environment/Sustainable Development

Energy

Health/ Pharmaceuticals

ICT

Materials/ Construction

Transport/ Logistics

Culture/ Tourism/ Creative Industry

National Strategy for Smart Specialization: 8 main priority sectors

Main Implementation Instruments of the National RIS3

Promotion of research activities in firms, business –academia collaboration

Flagship Programme “RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE” >410 m€

Specific Actions in Priority Sectors (Aquaculture, Industrial Materials, Cultural Heritage) 30 m€

Support Innovation Intermediaries

Innovation Clusters, 24 m€

Competence Centres, 30 m€

Technology Transfer Offices in Universities and Research Centres, 15 m€

International Cooperation

Bilateral Cooperation (Germany, China, Russia, Israel) 50 m€

ERA related Actions (ERANets, JUs etc), 25 m€

PRIMA Art. 185 Initiative

Support to new innovative business firms

Equifund: Innovation Window (VCs), 70 m€

Research Infrastructures, 138 m€

Towards a National Funding Plan for Research Infrastructures

Role of RIs

RIs are key structural elements of the R&D ecosystem as

- enablers of innovation

- bonding elements within the knowledge triangle

Need for a coherent national plan for RIs

to support the decision making process and to optimize investments for RΙs

to support an evidence – based national strategy linked to EU priorities

Towards a national policy for RIs

Excellence

Critical Mass/ National –International Networking/

Governance – Access Policy

Impact/innovation Potential

Athens, Nov. 2017

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Limited national funds, dependence on structural funds (ESIF – ERDF)

International networking of Greek teamsStrong presence to H2020 – RI program and to ESFRI

Compliance with RIS3 (Ex-ante conditionality for Research Infrastructures)

Landscape and Challenges Targets

Fragmentation of effort &Infrastructures

Selection Process for funding

• Bottom up approach – 2 open calls for expressions of interest (GSRT)

• Peer review by international experts & thematic panels (GSRT)

• Strategic prioritization by a High Level Committee (GSRT) – Compliance to national RIS3

• Multi-annual funding plan (ex–ante conditionality for 2014-20)

• Call for updated proposals (ERDF MA)

• Eligibility check (ERDF MA)

• Funding from Structural Funds

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Evaluation Criteria (GSRT)

I ON/OFF CRITERIA

A Compliance with the definition of research infrastructure

B Contribution to the RIS3 priorities:

a. Its main activities are fully aligned to product / process / organizational innovation of

RIS3 priority sectors

b. The majority of the RI deliverables and services contribute to the RIS3 priority sectors

II RANKING CRITERIA Threshold: 4/5

A. Scientific, technological potential and maturity of the RI (1-5)

B. Effective Networking, Synergies within the Knowledge Triangle and International Visibility (1-5)

C. Access Policy (1-5)

D. Governance and Sustainability of the RI (1-5)

E. Innovation Potential & Contribution to Private Sector Innovation (1-5)

F. Contribution to National and Regional Growth & Socioeconomic Benefits (1-5)

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Multi- Annual Funding Plan for RIs 2014-20

28 RIs

93 m €

Multiannual funding Plan for National Research Infrastructures, November 2016ex-ante-1-2_Nov 2016 V.11 (1).pdf

Elements of the Multiannual Funding plan for Research Infrastructures 2014-20

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Elements of the multiannual funding plan for RIs

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ESFRI relation of Research Infrastructures

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Agrofood

Culture, Tourism & Creative Industries

Energy

Environment & Sustainable Development

Health & Pharmaceuticals

ICT

Materials & Construction

Transport & Logistics

Elements of the multiannual funding plan for RIs

Athens, Nov. 2017

Distribution of RIs per thematic priority

Budget Approved/ Sector

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ICT, Culture and Creative Industries

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Title Acronym

National Digital Infrastructures for Research HELIX

Detector Development and Technologies for High Energy Physics DeTAnet

Greek Infrastructure for Digital Arts, Humanities and Language Research and Innovation

APOLLONIS

So.Da.Net_CESSDA_GR: the Greek RI for social sciences So.Da.Net

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Contents of the presentationMore Info…

Detailed info on the multiannual funding plan

http://www.gsrt.gr/central.aspx?sId=128I510I1381I646I528387

New Call: “Regional Excellence”

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GERD (Μ€)

State Aid projects (RCI) (% of the total approved projetcs)

RI (% of the total approved projects)

Regional R&D Spending and Participation to

the national R&D calls

New Call: “Regional Excellence”

Target: increasing the RDI capacity in lagging regions (mostly remote & insular) through the development of state-of-the-art RIs and research teams addressing regional problems

Beneficiaries: HEIs, Public RTOs

Public Funding: 45m €

Thematic Priorities: Regional RIS3

Eligible Regions

Eastern

Macedonia

& Thrace

Western Macedonia

Ionian

Islands

Epirus

Sterea

Ellada

South

Aegean

Peloponnese

North Aegean

aspi [at] gsrt.gr

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Kατανομή Ερευνητικών Υποδομών ανά Τομέα RIS3

Συμμετέχοντες φορείς

Εγκεκριμμένη ΔΔ (€)

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4,942,8634,000,000

2,974,891

Κατανομή Ερευνητικών Υποδομών ανά ΤομέαΗμ/νία αναφοράς: 22/2/2019

Κατανομή εγκεκριμένης Δ.Δ ανά Περιφέρεια

Αττικής, 47,079,809, 52%

Κρήτης, 13,670,594, 15%

Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, 11,951,469, 13%

Δυτικής Ελλάδας, 7,733,809, 9%

Θεσσαλίας, 3,716,451, 4%

Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας & Θράκης, 2,475,445, 3%

Βορείου Αιγαίου, 1,830,254, 2%

Ηπείρου, 1,683,001,

2%

Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, 300,319, 0%

Ιονίων Νήσων, 290,000, 0%

Πελοπόννησος, 215,890, 0%

Κατανομή Ερευνητικών Υποδομών ανά ΠεριφέρειαΗμ/νία αναφοράς: 22/2/2019

Ερευνητικές Υποδομές Α’ & Β’ κύκλος Χρηματοδότηση & Πληρωμές

6,917

34,000

222,694

460,660

157,000

833,967

992,781

2,265,543

3,499,652

3,557,792

11,991,772

215,890

290,000

300,319

1,683,001

1,830,254

2,475,445

3,716,451

7,733,809

11,951,469

13,670,594

47,079,809

Πελοπόννησος

Ιονίων Νήσων

Δυτικής Μακεδονίας

Ηπείρου

Βορείου Αιγαίου

Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας & Θράκης

Θεσσαλίας

Δυτικής Ελλάδας

Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας

Κρήτης

Αττικής

ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020: ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΕΣ ΥΠΟΔΟΜΕΣ (Α' & Β' ΚΥΚΛΟΣ)Επεξεργασία: Β. Γογγολίδης, Ημ/νία αναφοράς 25-6-2019

Δ.Δ (€) Πληρωμές (€)

Ηealth35

Title Acronym

ELIXIR-GR: Managing and analyzing biological data ELIXIR-GR

The Greek Research Infrastructure for Molecular and Behavioral Phenotyping of biological model organisms for chronic degenerative diseases

Infrafrontier– Phenotypos

The Greek Research Infrastructure for Personalised Medicine pMED-GR

The National Research Infrastructures on Integrated Structural Biology, Drug Screening Efforts and Drug target functional characterization

INSPIRED

A Greek Research Infrastructure for Visualizing and Monitoring Fundamental Biological Processes

BIOIMAGING-GR

An Open-Access Research Infrastructure of Chemical Biology and Target-Based Screening Technologies for Human and Animal Health, Agriculture and the Environment

OPENSCREEN-GR

Infrastructure for preclinical and early-phase clinical development of drugs, therapeutics and biomedical devices

EATRIS-GR

Strategic expansion of the Greek Biobanking Infrastructure BBMRI-GR

Agro-food

36

Title Acronym

Centre for the study and sustainable exploitation of Marine Biological Resources CMBR

Synthetic Biology: from omics technologies to genomic engineering OMIC-ENGINE

Upgrading the Plant Capital PlantUp

Food Omics GR. A consortium for comprehensive molecular characterisation of food products

FoodOmicsGR

Research Infrastructure on Food Bioprocessing Development and Innovation Exploitation

Food Innovation RI

Environment

37

Title Acronym

Research Infrastructure for Waste Valorization and Sustainable Management of Resources

INVALOR

Panhellenic infrastructure for atmospheric composition and climate change PANACEA

National Infrastructure for Marine Research and Water Resources HIMIOFoTS

Hellenic Plate Observing System HELPOS

Hellenic Research Fleet (only for the PHILIA vessel). PHILIA

Energy / Transport & Logistics

38

Title Acronym

PROMETHEUS: A Research Infrastructure for the Integrated Energy Chain PROMETHEUS

Centre of Excellence for Future Vehicle Environmental Performance FuVEP

Intelligent Research Infrastructure for Shipping, Supply chain, Transport and

Logistics

EN.I.R.I.S.S.T

Materials

39

Title Acronym

National Infrastructure in Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials and Micro/Nanoelectronics

Innovation-EL

The HiPER, ELI and LASERLAB Europe Synergy & IPERION-CH.gr HELLAS-CH

Cluster of Accelerator Laboratories for Ion Beam Research and Applications CALIBRA