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5. Overview of SME supportin Horizon 2020
What is wrong –or 'not appropriate in our context' ?
Funding Gap(range: 1-3 M€)
A popular view:From research to innovation/commercial use
Howimportantis researchforinnovation? Start-up –
not existingcompany
SMEs' options to innovate –and build 'competitiveness'
OpenIn-house
clientsCollaborationoptions university
Product
Business model and valuechain innovation are'disruptive' and havelarger growth potential forthe economy
Business modelProcessInnovation
opportunities
Has beensupported so far
suppliers'
Value chain
Key EU support for SME innovation
SME Instrument
Industrialleadership
(LEITs)6 key
technologies
Eurostars II
Positioning
EU Structural and Investment Funds(national / regional implementation)
Horizon 2020 (2014-20)
Societalchallenges
Structural fundsOverall budget – 325 bn €2014-2020Innovation priorities and budget specific to each region
Flagship R&DI programme of the Innovation Union Overall budget - 77bn €
Collaborative projects3 ways for SMEs within Horizon 2020 & Eurostars
3 pillars
Collaboration amongSMEsand withR&D
providers
EUREKAEUREKA / Eurostars –intergovernmental cooperation (incl.CH, KOR, CAN) with EU participation / contribution Total €0.9-1.3bn to 2020
Special rules for 'coordinated
funding' between ESIF & H2020
Excellence in science
3 opportunities in H2020 –How to direct companies?
Horizon 2020 –collaborative
projects
EUREKA Eurostars
SMEinstrument
R&D by topics -6 Key technologies
/ Societalchallenges
Applied R&DI –product
development
Business innovation -
breakthroughObjective
R&D Market opportunity
- SMEs with corebusiness in R&D,
as partner in large projects
- SMEs which canprovide an 'application
environment' for R&D projects
Researchintensive SMEs
(>10% turnover)
Innovative SMES with an ambition to develop, grow
and have an international
impactEstablished SMEswith high growth
potential
SMEstargeted
77 overall incl. up to 5,8 for SMEs
(excl. Sme instrument)
0,3 (0,9 -1,3 overallincl. Bugets by
Member States)
2,8(linked to Horizon
2020 umbrella)
EU Budget2014-2020
(bn €)
Horizon 2020 –collaborative
projects
EUREKA Eurostars
SMEinstrument
Large consortiaSmall
transnational groups
Single company(but SME partners& sub-contracting
possible)
Participants in the call
R&D Market opportunity
Issues to beaddressed are
defined
Transnational R&D
Existing marketgaps to attract
investors to radical innovation
Call focus
Scientificexcellence
Technicalexcellence –
market prospects
Innovation excellence –
create or shapenew markets
Key successfactor
typically a single deadline
Several deadlines per year to start
evaluations
Continuous streamof evaluation
(cut-off dates for award)
Application deadline & Evaluation
3 opportunities in H2020 –How to direct companies?
'Champions league' for the most innovative European SMES
Phase 1Idea / Concept
Feasibilityassessment
Phase 2Innovation
projectDevelopment / Product testing
Phase 3Access to
markets and finance
50 000 € 0,5 -2,5Mio € -
ca 6 months Ca 12-24 months -
Business Plan 1(10 pages)
Business Plan 2 + description of
activities for project
(30 pages)
-
10% 88% 2% % Budget2014/2015
EC fundingper project
Project duration
What to do -application
3 days 12 daysSupport
and networking to facilitate access
to risk finance
VoluntaryCoaching –
(coach suggested by EEN, selected by
SME)
Recognition among the best European SMEsVisibility at European and global levelOther benefits
SME Instrument Package
Phase 3Access
to…
Equity investors
Loans
Geographicmarkets
Large enterprises
Procure-ment
An importantrole for theEEN to play !
Topics for 'SME instrument'
13 broad topics linked to societal challenges and 'technologies areas' Example:ICT 37 – 2014/15: Open Disruptive Innovation SchemeThe challenge is to provide support to a large set of early stage high risk innovative SMEs in the ICT sector. Focus will be on SME proposing innovative ICT concepts, products and service sapplying new sets of rules, values and models which ultimately disrupt existing markets.The objective of the ODI is threefold:- Nurture promising innovative and disruptive ideas;- Support their prototyping, validation and demonstration in real world conditions;- Help for wider deployment or market uptake. […]
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SME instrument looks forEnterprisesCompanies with high growth ambition and potentialCompanies already on the market More convincing if they
have a record of successful innovation
AND Start-ups ! Specific issue to finance
phase 2 without steady revenues
IdeasIdeas that relate to a published topic Ideas that 'shape new markets'Business ideas that develop into an ambitious business plan
NOT: 'ideas for technology projects to enhance an existing product to be sold to the same customers'
Proposals phase 1
2 662 / 1 994
Actual 1st/2nd
Cut-off
received
2 602 / 1 917
eligible
317 / 237
evaluatedabove threshold
155 / 178
Initial estimate p1per cut-off
funded
2 500
3rd cut-off12/2014
2316 >50%
Proposals phase 2
580
Actual 1st cut-off
received
571 eligible
132 evaluatedabove threshold
60
Initial estimate p2per cut-off
funded
500
>50%
Evaluation – 3 key questions
Solution is feasible and better than
existing ones
Market opportunity
Company's potential to achieve proposed results
Market potential and economic impact
Excellence in innovation
Company's growth
potentialAdditional requirement for EU funding:
EU added value to be demonstrated by the applicant
The company and the idea have to be here!
Horizon2020 – Part 'Innovation in SME''Better innovation support services'
Policy learning for a better innovation support- Peer learning of innovation agenciesInnovation support services (i) from Europe to SMEs- IPR helpdesk(ii) By local organisations- Innovation management services in the EEN(iii) experimenting new approaches- Clusters as animators of new value chains for collaborating SMEs
'EU contribution to EUREKA/Eurostars'Intergovernmental cooperation to create synergies between national funding schemes for SME innovation projects
Montenegro is not yet member of EUREKA
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'Project types' in Horizon2020 rules
'normal' Research or Innovation projectsGeneral rules apply:(i) Minimum 3 partners(ii) Funding rate 100% for research projects / 70% for innovation projects (but 100% for not-for-profit entities in innovation projects)
Coordination and support actions100% funding and single partner allowedBut 'peer learning innovation agencies' 3 partners
16Some more project types exist, which are however not relevant for SME …. So they are not include here!
SME instrumentOnly SMEs can be partnerSingle partner is possiblePhase 1: lumps sum 50.000Phase 2: innovation action = 70% funding