HORIZON 2020
Overview
Malta launch conference
7 February 2014
Alan Cross
DG Research & Innovation
European Commission
What is Horizon 2020
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The new European Union programme for research and
innovation for 2014-2020
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A budget of just over €79 billion; 30 per cent higher in real
terms than the 2007-2013 period
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A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European
Research Area:
− Responding to the economic crisis to invest in jobs and growth
− Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and
environment
− Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation
and technology
Simpler access for all stakeholders
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€ 79 billion from 2014 to 2020
Three priorities
Excellent
science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges
Priority 1. Excellent science
(24.4 Billion Euro)
Why:
• World class science is
the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and well-being
• Europe needs to develop,
attract and retain research
talent
• Researchers need access
to the best infrastructures
European Research Council
Frontier research by the best individual teams
13.095
Future and Emerging Technologies
Collaborative research to open new fields of
innovation
Marie Curie Actions*
Opportunities for training and career development
2.696
Research Infrastructures (including e-infrastructureEnsuring access to world-class facilities
2.488
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6.162
Priority 2. Industrial leadership
(17 Billion Euro)
Why:
• Strategic investments in
key technologies (e.g.
advanced manufacturing,
microelectronics)
underpin innovation
across existing and
emerging sectors
• Europe needs to attract
more private investment
in research and
innovation
• Europe needs more
innovative SMEs to create
growth and jobs
Leadership in enabling and
industrial technologies
(ICT, nanotechnologies,
materials, biotechnology,
manufacturing, space)
13.557
Access to risk finance
Leveraging private finance and
venture capital for research and
innovation
2.842
Innovation in SMEs
Fostering all forms of innovation
in all types of SMES
616 +complemented by
expected 20% of
societal challenges and
LEITs + 'Access to risk
finance with strong
SME focus'
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Priority 3. Societal challenges
(30 Billion Euro)
Why:
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
7.472
• Concerns of citizens and society
/EU policy objectives
(climate, environment, energy,
transport etc.) cannot be
achieved without innovation
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and
maritime and inland water research and the
bioeconomy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
3.851
Smart, green and integrated transport
6.339
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency
and raw materials
3.081
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
1.310
Secure societies
1.695
Science with and for society
462
Spreading excellence and widening participation
816
• Breakthrough solutions
come from multi-disciplinary
collaborations, including social
sciences & humanities
• Promising solutions need to be
tested, demonstrated and
scaled up
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5.931
Work Programme 2014
Funding for calls
Excellent Science Pillar: ~ € 3 billion
• European Research Council (4 calls) € 1 662 million
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (6 calls) € 800 million
• Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (4 calls) € 200 million
• European Research Infrastructures (including e-Infrastructures)
(4 calls) € 277 million
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Work Programme 2014
Funding for calls
Industrial Leadership Pillar: ~ € 1.8 billion
Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEITs)
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
(2 calls) € 700 million
• Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and
Production (5 calls) € 500 million
• Space (5 calls) € 128 million
• Access to Risk Finance (financial instruments) (2 calls) € 5 million
(€ 295 million NOT in calls)
• Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (1 call)
€ 10 million
• SME Instrument € 251 million
Work Programme 2014
Funding for calls
Societal Challenges Pillar: ~ € 2.8 billion
• Health, demographic change and wellbeing (2 calls) € 600 million
• Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and Maritime
and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy (3 calls) € 300 million
• Secure, clean and efficient energy (4 calls) € 600 million
• Smart, green and integrated transport (3 calls) € 540 million
• Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials (3 calls)
€ 300 million
• Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
(5 calls) € 112 million
• Secure Societies (4 calls) € 200 million
In addition
• Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation (3 calls) € 50 million
• Science with and for Society (4 calls) € 45 million
What is new?
Challenge-based approach
• Focusing on policy priorities without predetermining the
precise choice of technologies or solutions that shall be
developed
• Including basic research, applied research, knowledge
transfer or innovation
• Bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge
across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines
and research infrastructures to address the challenges
What is new?
Coupling research to innovation
• For those that would like to bring results to the market,
support via:
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Demonstration activities
Testing
Prototyping
Pilot type activities etc.
What is new?
New approach to Work Programme and Calls
More strategic work programmes
 Focusing on areas where EU level action has greatest impact
 With a coherent set of actions from research to innovation
 Greater integrated across different parts of Horizon 2020
Less prescriptive calls
 More open to innovative proposals
 Stronger emphasis on impact
 Stimulating inter-disciplinary projects
Two year work programmes
 More advanced notice for applicants
 Planning ahead
Partnerships with industry and Member States
• Additional contractual
Public-Private Partnerships
In addition:
• €22 billion Innovation Investment
Package proposed by Commission
(July 2013)
• Joint programmes
(with Member States, under Article
185)
• Joint Technology Initiatives
(with industry under Article 187)
Strong focus on SMEs
• 20% of budget
 from societal challenges and
LEITs
• New SME instrument
 > € 500 million in 2014-2015
• Support measures under
'Innovation in SMEs'
• Access to risk finance
• Participation with Member
States (Public-Public)
Eurostars joint programme
International cooperation
Principle of general openness
the programme will remain the
most open funding programme in
the world
Open to the association of
enlargement countries / EFTA /
European Neighbourhood (and
others associated to FP7)
Targeted actions to be
implemented taking
a strategic approach to
international cooperation
Gender and Socio-economic sciences and
humanities (SSH)
Embedding socio-economic sciences and humanities (SSH)
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Integrated approach: SSH included as an integral part of the activities,
working beyond 'silos' (e.g. understanding the determinants of health and
optimising the effectiveness of healthcare systems)
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The 'Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies' challenge:
issues such as smart and sustainable growth, social transformations,
social innovation and creativity as well as the position of Europe as a
global actor
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Bottom-up funding: ERC, MSCA, Research Infrastructures
Embedding gender
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Integrated approach: where relevant, a gender dimension will be
integrated in the research and innovation programming and content
Simpler access through the
Participant Portal
• Single entry point
from calls to electronic submission of proposals
• New tools for smart searches for the benefit of users,
including newcomers to the programme.
Evaluation
STANDARD AWARD CRITERIA
EXCELLENCE
IMPACT
 ERC frontier Research actions
 Innovation actions
QUALITY &
EFFICIENCY
OF THE ACTION
only EXCELLENCE
higher weighting for "IMPACT"
Attention
• Proposal strictly evaluated by the experts “as it is” and not as “what it could
be” = no need for negotiation!
• Page limits apply!
Malta and Horizon 2020
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Maltese participation in FP7
• 173 'participations' from Malta in
• 146 signed grant agreements, with a
• total EU contribution of 17.46 million euros.
• The MT applicant success rate is 18.9%
(EU average = 20.9%)
Malta: top 5 priority areas in terms of EU contribution
Number of
grant holders
EC contribution
(EUR million)
Research for the benefit of
SMEs
31
3.95
Information and
Communication Technologies
14
1.84
Transport (including
Aeronautics)
7
1.31
Science in Society
13
1.25
Marie-Curie Actions
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1.20
Security
8
1.00
FP7 Priority Area
For further information
• Participant Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
• Helpdesk
http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries
• Expert evaluators needed!
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html
• Learn more about Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/horizon2020
Support services
National Contact Points:
• On the ground support from specialists, in your own language
Horizon 2020 Helpdesk:
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Questions about any aspect of European R&I in general and Horizon 2020
Enterprise Europe Network:
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Every company that wants to apply for Horizon 2020 funding or has already
receiving funding for an innovation project under the SME instrument is
entitled to free support from the network
Specific Helpdesks:
• Helpdesks for ethical issues. Intellectual property rights (IPR) and
standardisation can be consulted
IT Helpdesk:
• For any IT-related problems on the Participant Portal, this helpdesk is to be
contacted
See:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
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Thank you for your
attention!