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“A Technology focus for science parks – but what about the clients?”
UKSPA 30th Anniversary Summit
Roger PitfieldDirector Horizon Europa Ltd
Support for Research and Innovation from lab to market
Encourage incremental and disruptive innovation
Promote a closer relationship between research and entrepreneurship
Put SMEs in the lead in delivering innovations to the market.
Use more evaluators from the business and investor domains involved in the selection process
Provide greater access to risk capital for innovative SMEs & midcaps
Ensure a clear emphasis on innovation in the selection of projects
What’s changed for SME’s
Collaborative Projects13%
SME Instrument7%
Eurostars IIEnhancing Innovation Capacity
Market driven Innovation
Access to Risk Finance
20% Budgetary target in
LEITs & SC
“Innovation
in SME’s”
Integrated Approach
SME Support
Excellent Science
Societal challenges
Industrial Leadership
Marie Curie Actions - Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
Marie Curie Actions - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
SME instrument Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) Collaborative R&D Innovation projects
SME instrument Collaborative R&D or
innovation projects Access to Risk Finance (debt and equity facility) Innovation in SMEs
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie for Companies
RISEMSC-Research and
Innovation Staff Exchange
Establishing or deepening the collaboration with a
university or public research organisation abroad
IFMSC-Individual
Fellowships
Looking to attract excellent researchers from abroad for their
company
ITNMSC-Innovative
Training Networks
Interested in training young researchers,
sharing their knowledge on entrepreneurship
Marie Sklodowskca Curie
Eurostars in Horizon 2020
Aim:Research and Development (close to market)
Target group:
Research-intensive SMEs, big companies, universities, research centres
Characteristics:
International Cooperation (at least 2 different countries) Innovative products or services on the market at least 2 years
after project end “Bottom-Up“ – no thematic restrictions
Eurostars
“LEITs“ and “Societal Challenges“
Aim: Generating new knowledge and technologies
Target group: Companies (all size), universities & research centers
Characteristics: At least 3 partners from 3 different EU-MS or associated countries Work programmes lasting 2 years (2014-2015) Less detailed topic descriptions 1 and 2-stage proposals Funding depends on project type NEW: (pre)commercial procurement, procurement for innovative products, prizes
Collaborative Projects
Phase 1:
Concept and feasibility assessmentPhase 2
R&D, demonstration, market replication
Input: "Business plan 2" plus description of
activities under Phase 2 ~ 30 pages 90% budgetActivities: Development, Prototyping, Testing, Piloting, Miniaturisation, Scaling-up, Market replication, ResearchCoaching: 2 – 12 coaching days
Output: "investor-ready Business plan 3“
1-2.5 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.e.. IP management, knowledge sharing, dissemination
SME window in the EU financial facilities (debt facility and equity facility)
Possible connection to public procurement activities
No Direct Funding
Phase 3:
Commercialisation
Input: Idea/Concept: "Business Plan 1“
~ 10 pages 10% budgetActivities: Feasibility of concept Risk assessment IP regime Partner search Design study Pilot applicationCoaching 1 – 3 coaching days
OutputElaborated "Business plan 2
Lump sum: 50.000 € ~ 6 months
6-10%
SME Instrument
40-50%
Facilitated access to finance for RDI-driven / innovative SMEs and small mid-caps
Debt and equity instrument
Demand driven: “first come first served”
Allocation to SMEs and small midcaps exclusively via financial intermediaries (no direct provisions)
For all other organisations allocation via EIB (European Investment Bank)
Access to risk Finance
Pilot to be launched in 2015
• Topics in Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges
• Consortia: 3 – 5 Partners, open for all types of organisations
• Continuous open Call with 3 Cut Off Dates in 2015 planned
• Maximum of 3 M Euro Funding
• “Time to grant“ 6 months
• Higher weighting on impact
• Funding rate: 70%
Still to come“Fast Track to Innovation”
Fast Track to Innovation
Erasmus Mobilities
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
Internships
Work Placements e.g. KEAN
Expertise
Mobilities
Category Employees Turnover or B/ Sheet total
Medium-sized < 250 ≤ € 50 m ≤ € 43 m
Small < 50 ≤ € 10 m ≤ € 10 m
Micro < 10 ≤ € 2 m ≤ € 2 m
Careful of Definitions
More than 99% of all European businesses are SMEs
They provide 2/3rds of the private sectors jobs
Contribute to more than half of the total value-added created by businesses in the EU.
90% are micro companies with less than 10 employees.
With an average of 6 people per organisation
21m SME’s Europe
About 1 to 6 % of all SMEs belong to the target group, i.e. 200,000 to 1.2 million SMEs.
8k-20k potential target SME’s UK
UKSPA ≈4000 SME’s (av.8.8-10)
Target Group
Focused Cynical Driven Ambitious Over committed Passionate Stubborn Innovative Resource poor
SME Characteristics
Through knowledge comes successwww.Horizoneuropa.eu
SME Perception
Through knowledge comes successwww.Horizoneuropa.eu
Finance Knowledge Skills Expertise Personnel Capacity Structure Regulation Time
SME Challenges
Good Practice
Factory Berlin
Seedcamp
Startupbootcamp
Springboard
NDCR Launchpad
Propeller Venture Accelerator Fund
.
Joining up the Delivery
Identification
Programming
Co-ordination
Marketing
Delivery
Local/Regional Support
LEP’s
Local /Regional Government
KTP’s
Chambers of commerce
Corporate
National Support
Networks: EEN, BIS, NCP,
Specialist Networks: Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs
NPO; Horizon Europa
UKTI, UKRO, TSB
I.O.F
H2020-INNOSUP-2015-1
Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains30th April 2015
Support innovation activities and/or channel a mix of different targeted entrepreneurial and innovation support measures (such as mentoring, coaching, innovation and technical assistance vouchers, etc.) directly to the innovation actors of the validated innovation projects to further support their development, integration and large-scale demonstration in a strategic manner.
At least 75% of the total proposed budget shall be allocated to support innovation in SMEs directly.
EU Funding Science Parks
H2020-INNOSUP-7-2015
Professionalization of open innovation management in SMEs21st Jan 2015
Open innovation can be an important lever for growth for SMEs. It is important to investigate the size-related challenges and the required competencies and put them in an SME context and develop promising practices, specifically
Collection and analysis of information and data EU-wide diffusion of success stories of SMEs using open innovation. Development and testing of open innovation indicators to support management support
tools within an SME Development of practical management tools
EU Funding Science Parks
H2020-INNOSUP-8-2015
Measuring open innovation inputs and outputs in SMEs21st Jan 2015
Currently available open innovation data is also insufficient to support business operations. The project will develop methodologies to gather, measure and analyse data on open innovation. The project will then carry out practical testing of methodologies and indicators to describe the importance and characteristics of open innovation across countries, industrial sectors, firm size and develop recommendations for their further use. Specifically
Stocktaking of available open innovation indicators, indices and methodologies Development of quantitative tools to present evidence and impact of
open-innovation in SMEs. Identification of policy conditions to make open innovation a
reality in SMEs..
EU Funding Science Parks
H2020-INNOSUP-2015-5
Peer learning of Innovation Agencies16th Dec 2014
In a collaborative exercise the PRO-INNO Europe 'INNO-Partnering Forum' (IPF, 2009-2012) has developed two important methodologies : a quality management system implemented through a peer review system based on the EFQM methodology and a 'twinning+' methodology that combines elements of traditional peer reviews and twinning in small learning groups of interested agencies.
The proposed activities will provide incentives in the form of small lump sum grants to national and regional innovation agencies for engaging in peer learning on all topics relevant for design and delivery of innovation support programmes for SMEs.
EU Funding Science Parks
