Overview of the Horizon 2020

Ülle Must, Estonian Research CouncilUlle.Must@etag.ee

H2020 Information Day Tbilisi, 25 September 2015

H2020 Structure and Participation in EU

Partnerships

SESARJU 585 M€ Creating Industrial Leadership and

Competitive Frameworks- ICT, NanoTech,

- Materials, Biotech,

- Manufacturing,

- Space

- Access to risk finance

- Innovation in SMEs

Excellence in the Science Base- Frontier research (ERC)- Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)- Skills and career development (Marie Curie)- Research infrastructures

Tackling Societal Challenges- Health, demographic change and wellbeing- Food security and the bio-based economy- Secure, clean and efficient energy- Smart, green and integrated transport- Supply of raw materials, resource efficiency and

climate action- Inclusive, innovative and - Secure societies

JTIClean Sky

1755 M€

JTI ECSEL1185 M€

FCH2 JTI665 M€

IMI2 JTI1638 M€

Bio-basedIndustriesBBI JTI975 M€ EMPIR

Metrology300 M€

AAL 175 M€

EDCTP683 M€

FET Flagships: Grapheno

& Human Brain 2*1.000 M€

ESA 250 M€GNSS technologies

Galileo y EGNOS

COST300 M€

10*JPI

7*400 M€ ?

ERANET Cofond

2000 M€

BONUS150 M€?

Eurostars287 M€

JTIShift2Rail

450 M€

2711M€

Granting opportunities

Calls for year 2016-2017

• Draft work programmes 2016-17 are available at:

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/draft-work-programmes-2016-17

• Calls will be opened at the end of September: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Rules for participation (1)

Minimum conditionsStandard collaborative actions

At least 3 legal entities each established in a different Member State or Associated Country

• ERC, SME instruments, programme co-fund, coordination and support actions, training and mobility actions: 1 legal entity established in a Member State or

an Associated Country

Work programmes may apply additional conditions to the number of participants, their origin, type etc. or exclude participation of some countries

Rules for participation (2)

• Horizon 2020 is actually open to the whole World

• Nobody is excluded unless written so in the work programme

• Third country participants are funded, if their involvement is regarded as important under a certain topic, if their participation is suggested in the work programme or if there is a valid bilateral R&D cooperation agreement signed between the EC and the country

Types of actions (1)

• Research and innovation actions (100%)

• Innovation actions (70%, exception for non-profit organisations - maximum of 100%))

• Coordination and support actions (100%)

• Programme co-fund actions• ERA-NET• Pre-commecial procurement (PCP)• Public procurement of innovative solutions

(PPI)• Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (separate

work programme)• European Joint Programme

Types of actions (2)

• Other types of actions:• SME instruments• Financial instruments• Prizes

• To stimulate development of break-through technologies

• To attract more private insvetments into R&D&I • Procurements (studies, conferences, specific

services)

Funding options:• Reimbursement of eligible costs

• Flat-rate (eg Marie Sklodowska Curie actions or indirect costs)

• Lump-sum – fixed amount (eg SME instruments, reimbursement to ICPC coutries, travel cost)

There is a possibility to combine the funding schemes within the project. For example: travel costs as lump sum, research activities as reimbursement of costs

For International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) the Commission proposes simplified method –flat rate lump-sum amounts. They have been defined on the basis of World Bank data on cross national income levels in different countries. The partners from ICPC can still request the standard reimbursement of eligible costs.

• Prizes

Eligible costs of a project

• Actual • Incurred by the beneficiary• Incurred during the duration of the project• Determined in accordance with the usual

accounting and management principles and practices of the beneficiary

• Used for the sole purpose of achieving the objectives of the project

• Recorded in the accounts of the beneficiary

Direct and indirect costs

Direct costs:• Staff• Materials and equipment• Travel• Equipment (depreciation cost)• Subcontracting• Other

Indirect costs:Indirect costs are eligible costs not directly attributed to the project, which are in direct relationship with the eligible direct costs and can be identified by its accounting system (supporting staff, office and administrative costs, communication).

Budget of a Horizon 2020 project (Research and innovation actions )

Participant

Eligible costs

Total costs EC contributionDirect costs Indirect

costs (25%)

University A 100 25 125 125

Foundation B 100 25 125 125

University C 100 25 125 125

SME D 100 25 125 125

Enterprise E 100 25 125 125

SME F 100 25 125 125

TOTAL 600 150 750 750

Cooperation with industry

SME support: integrated approach

SME instrument7%

Collaborative projects

13%

Eurostars IIEnhancing Innovation

CapacityMarket-driven Innovation

Access to Risk Finance

20 % budgetary target in LEITs & SC

'Innovation in SMEs'

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IDEA business coaching and complimentary services

MARKET

Concept & Feasibility

Assessment

DemonstrationMarket

ReplicationResearch

Development

Commercialisation

SME window EU financial facilities

Procurement

SME instrument

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Phase 1: Concept and feasibility

assessment

Phase 2: R&D, demonstration,

market replication

Input: Idea/Concept: "Business Plan 1"

(~ 10 pages) 10% budget

Activities:Feasibility of concept

Risk assessmentIP regime

Partner searchDesign study

Pilot applicationetc.

Output: elaborated "Business plan 2"

Input: "Business plan 2" plus description of activities under Phase

2 (~ 30 pages)88% budget

Activities:Development,

prototyping, testing, piloting,

miniaturisation, scaling-up, market

replication, research

Output: "investor-ready Business plan 3"

Lump sum: 50.000 €

~ 6 monthsNo direct funding

Phase 3: Commercialisation

1-3 (5) M€ EC funding

~ 12 to 24 months

Promote instrument as quality label for

successful projects

Facilitate access to private finance

Support via networking , training,

information, addressing i.a. IP management, knowledge sharing,

dissemination

SME window in the EU financial facilities (debt

facility and equity facility)

Possible connection to PPC (and PPI?)

10% success 30-50% success

Phase 3 = 2% budget

Main features

• Targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise

• Only SMEs will be allowed to apply for funding and support

• Single company support possible

• No obligation for applicants to sequentially cover all three phases; each phase open to all SMEs

• 70% funding (exceptions possible)

HORIZON 2020 "Access to Risk Finance"

o Part of the Horizon 2020 budget (3.69%)* will not be provided through grant funding but in the form of risk-sharing (for loans and guarantees) and by providing risk finance (equity)

o Building a bridge from R&D to Innovation: Effective and cost-efficient way to complement grant funding under Horizon 2020 and translate R&D results to the market

o The loan is given to SMEs (up to 500 employees) for research and innovation activities

o H2020 covers 50% of the risk and reducing the interest rate by 0.5 percentage point

H2020 Signed Grant Agreements: Proportion of SMEs by pillar

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7.4

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5.68.3 6.7

19.9

H2020: a new strategy for internationalcooperation in research and innovation

Three main objectives:• Strengthen EU's excellence and attractiveness in R&I, as well as

its industrial & economic competitiveness• Tackle global societal challenges• Support the EU's external policies

Dual approach:Openness:• Horizon 2020 open to participation from across the world• Revision of list of countries receiving automatic funding- BRIC countries + Mexico will no longer receive automatic funding- all other countries: no change.Targeted actions:1. Thematic targeting: identifying areas for international cooperationon basis of EU policy agenda2. Differentiation by country/region to identify partners for cooperation

Multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with countries/regions

• Enlargement and neighbourhood countries, and EFTA• Focus on alignment with the European Research Area (ERA)• Support enlargement and neighbourhood policies

• Industrialised countries and emerging economies• Focus on competitiveness• Tackle global challenges• Business opportunities and access to new markets

• Developing countries• Support development policy by building partnerships

contributing to sustainable development• Address relevant challenges (e.g. poverty-related diseases,

energy, food security, climate change, biodiversity…)

Calls for Eastern partnership countries in „Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies“ WP for 2016-2017The European Neighbourhood Policy covers Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the Republic of Moldova, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine. ENG-GLOBALLY-04-2017: Science diplomacy for EU neighbourhood policiesExpected Impact: This coordination and support action will result in a consolidated corpus of knowledge on science diplomacy in service of the European Neighbourhood Policy as well as research insights in how it could be best deployed in the challenging context of the EU Neighbourhood. It will put together a set of recommendations for EU science diplomacy strategies, policies and concrete actions in these regions and provide an assessment of these activities against criteria that it will develop. Based on these policy-relevant insights, the coordination and support action will feed research insights into the future development of EU science diplomacy in the neighbourhood with an eye to reinforcing stability, promoting democracy and prosperity in its near abroad. It will ensure a wide dissemination of these results to the relevant stakeholders including policy-makers.

"Horizon 2020 - first results„http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/horizon-2020-statistics

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