name 2020
ICT Presentation
in
Horizon
(Name of presenter)
(Position)
(Division/Post
name,
ERA-Can+
Information
City)
Sessions – Atlantic Canada
March 2014
NCP Role
 Intelligence gathering
 Facilitate, coordinate and foster ICT research and innovation
partnerships -- A “Connector”
 Dissemination of information on H2020 activities, i.e.
workshops, conferences, Information/Proposer Days
 Assist in partner search activities
 A liaison role with the EC, establish a solid relationship
 Confidentiality and transparency for all
 Database of R&D organizations & individuals
www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/ncp
Why Participate?
 Horizon 2020 is “Open” – Canada needs to partner
 EU Strategy for International Cooperation under H2020 –
Canada is a valued partner
 Growing need for international cooperation to address
complex scientific challenges and share high-cost projects or
research infrastructures
 Creation of global research and innovation networks
enables working with the best in the world – increasingly
interlinked internationally, in a landscape that is changing
rapidly
 EU and Canada lead developments in key ICT sectors and
have a highly developed digital infrastructure
 We have strong trade relations, and are powerful players in
terms of industrial, technological and R&D capability
IDEAL-IST
www.ideal-ist.eu
The Ideal-ist network consists of more than 70 ICT National
Contact Points from all over the world, in line with the
international cooperation strategy of the EC.
 Established in 1996 and funded by the EC
 A quality labeled and pro-active partner search tool to connect
researchers
 Targeting the strategic objective of the ICT theme and is call-specific
 A quality team to support proposer, for a more focused proposal
submission
 Brokerage events with brokerage tools for big events
Horizon 2020
What’s New?
A single program to support research and innovation bringing together
formerly separate initiatives – a stronger and clearer focus (FP7+CIP+EIT)
Strong focus on societal challenges
More innovation and risk taking
Simplified access for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU
countries and open to the rest of the world
More open, light & fast schemes
And The Same?
Canadians need to bring expertise to the project not available in Europe
and self-funded
Research proposals still need at least 3 European researchers from 3
different countries
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science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges
Future & Emerging Technologies (FET)
FET Open – supports early stage S&T research around ideas for
radically new future technologies
40% of overall FET budget
Inspired by cutting edge science, unconventional collaborations or new
research and innovation practices
FETOPEN-1-2014: FET-Open research projects
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Research & Innovation Action
EUR 77M (deadline 30/09/2014)
EUR 38.5M (deadline 31/03/2015)
EUR 38.5M (deadline 29/09/2015)
FETOPEN-2-2014: Coordination and support activities
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EUR3M (deadline 30/09/2014)
FETOPEN-3-2015: Coordination and support activities
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EUR 1.5M (deadline 31/03/2015)
EUR 1.5M (deadline 29/09/2015)
Future & Emerging Technologies (FET)
FET Proactive: Nurturing emerging themes and communities
Global Systems Science (GSS)
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10M (deadline 01/04/2014)
Knowing, doing and being – cognition beyond problem
solving
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15M (deadline 01/04/2014)
Quantum Simulation
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10M (deadline 01/04/2014)
All are Research and Innovation Actions
FET (Cont’d)
FET Flagships tackle ambitious large-scale, science-driven
research aimed at grand interdisciplinary S&T challenges
The topics in the work programme continue to support and further develop
two FET flagships:
1. Human Brain Project - www.humanbrainproject.eu
2. Graphene – www.graphene-flagship.eu
Under FP7, an ERA-NET project was created and supported these 2 flagship
projects, providing a basis for transnational projects.
A follow-up ERA-NET co-fund action is foreseen in 2016:
FETFLAG-1-2014: Framework Partnership Agreement
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No budget allocation - Deadline (01/04/2014)
FETFLAG-2014: Policy Environment for FET Flagships
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1.6M (deadline 10/04/2014)
Excellent
science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges
Call for Proposals
Current Call:
Published: December 11, 2013
Most topics deadline – April 23, 2014 at 17:00 Brussels time
Except ICT 14a, 14b, 14c – deadline is November 25, 2014
Except ICT 37(SME Instrument) – deadline has various phases and is not
open to 3rd country participation
Next Call:
To be published: October 12, 2014
Deadline for all topics: April 14, 2015 at 17:00 Brussels time
Types of Actions
Research & Innovation Action
Primarily consisting of activities establishing new knowledge and/or
explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product,
process, service or solution.
May include basic and applied research, technology development and
integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a lab or
simulated environment.
Innovation Action
Primarily consisting of activities aiming at producing plans and
arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, process
or services, may include prototyping, testing, piloting, demonstrating,
large-scale product validation and market replication
Types of Actions (cont’d)
Coordination and Support
Actions consisting of accompanying measures such as standardization,
dissemination, networking, awareness-raising and communication,
coordination or support services, policy dialogues and mutual learning
exercises and studies, including design studies for new infrastructure and
may also include complementary activities of strategic planning,
networking and coordination between programmes in different
countries.
SME Instrument (not for Canada)
Targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to
develop, grow and internationalize. Provides staged support covering
the whole innovation cycle in three phases complemented by a
mentoring and coaching service.
Types of Actions (cont’d)
ERA-NET Cofund
Designed to support public-public partnerships, including joint
programming initiatives between Member States, in their preparation,
establishment of networking structures, design, implementation and
coordination of joint activities as well as the EC topping-up of a
transnational call for proposals.
Based on the merger of the previous ERA-NET and ERA-NET Plus
actions
Allows for programme collaboration in any part of the entire researchinnovation cycle.
Main compulsory activity is the implementation of the co-funded joint
call for proposals that leads to the funding of transnational research
and/or innovation projects.
Evaluation Criteria
Majority of proposals are evaluated on:
Excellence
Impact
Quality and Efficiency of the Implementation
Each of the above 3 criteria will be scored out of 5, with a threshold of
3.
Overall threshold of proposal, applies to the sum of the 3 individual
scores, is 10.
Exceptions:
Innovation actions and SME instrument, (phase 1 and 2), the criteria
score for “impact” will be given a weight of 1.5.
For evaluation of first-stage proposals under a two-stage submission
procedure, only the criteria “excellence” and “impact” will be
evaluated. The threshold for both individual criteria will be 4.
ICT Work Programme
Components & Systems (Nov. 2014)
ICT 1-2014: Smart cyber-physical systems: next generation embedded
and connected systems (April 2014)
ICT 2-2014: Smart System Integration (April 2014)
ICT 3-2014: Advanced thin, organic and large area electronics (TOLAE)
technologies (April 2014)
Advanced Computing
ICT 4-2015: Customized and low power computing (April 2015)
ICT WP (cont’d)
Future Internet
ICT 5-2014: Smart networks and novel internet architectures (April 2014)
ICT 6-2014: Smart optical and wireless network technologies (April 2014)
ICT 7-2014: Advanced cloud infrastructures and services (April 2014)
ICT 8-2015: Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud
computing services (April 2015)
ICT 9-2014: Tools and methods for software development (April 2014)
ICT 10-2015: Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social
Innovation (April 2015)
ICT 11-2014: FIRE + (Future Internet Research & Experimentation) (April 2014)
ICT 12-2015: Integrating experiments and facilities in FIRE + (April 2015)
ICT 13-2014: Web Entrepreneurship (April 2014)
ICT 14-2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet
(Nov. 2014)
ICT WP (cont’d)
Content Technologies & Information Management
ICT 15-2014: Big data innovation and take-up (April 2014)
ICT 16-2015: Big data – research (April 2015)
ICT 17-2014: Cracking the language barrier (April 2014)
ICT 18-2014: Support to the growth of ICT innovative creative
industries (April 2014)
ICT 19-2015: Technologies for creative industries, social media and
convergence (April 2015)
ICT 20-2015: Technologies for better human learning and teaching
(April 2015)
ICT 21-2014: Advanced digital gaming/gamification technologies
(April 2014)
ICT 22-2014: Multimodal and natural computer interaction (April 2014)
ICT WP (cont’d)
Robotics
ICT 23-2014: Robotics (April 2014)
ICT 24-2015: Robotics (April 2015)
Micro-Nanoelectronics & Photonics
ICT 25-2015: Generic micro/nano-electronic technologies (April 2015)
ICT 26-2014: Photonics KET (Key enabling technology) (April 2014)
ICT 27-2015: Photonics KET (Key enabling technology) (April 2015)
ICT 28-2015: Cross-cutting KETs (April 2015)
ICT 29-2014: Development of novel materials and systems for OLED
lighting (April 2014)
ICT WP (cont’d)
ICT Cross-Cutting Activities
ICT 30-2015: Internet of Things and platforms for Connected Smart Objects
(April 2015)
ICT 31-2014: Human-Centric Digital Age (April 2014)
ICT 32-2014: Cyber-security, Trustworthy ICT (April 2014)
ICT 33-2014: Transnational Cooperation Among NCPs (April 2014)
Horizontal ICT Innovation Actions
ICT 34-2015: ICT Contribution to Pilot for Co-investments by Business Angels
in Innovative ICT Firms (April 2015)
ICT 35-2014: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support (April 2014)
International Cooperation Actions
ICT 38-2015: International Partnership Building and Support to Dialogues with
High Income Countries (April 2015)
Upcoming ICT Info Days
FET – May 16, 2014
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/fet-infodaycoordination-and-support-activities-call
Excellent
science
Industrial
leadership
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Societal Challenges
Health, Demographic Change & Wellbeing
Advancing active and healthy ageing
Integrated, sustainable, citizen-centred care
Improving health information and data exploitation
Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy
Energy efficiency/buildings and consumers
Competitive low-carbon energy /modernising the single European
electricity grid
Smart cities and communities
Smart, Green and Integrated Transport
Mobility for Growth
Societal Challenges (Cont’d)
Climate Action, Resource Efficiency & Raw Materials
Waste: A resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials
Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe
Europe in a Changing World-Inclusive, Innovative &
Reflective Societies
Reflective Societies – Cultural Heritage and European Identities
New Forms of Innovation
CSA on ICT for Learning and Inclusion
Secure Societies: Protecting Freedom & Security of Europe
and its Citizens
Digital security: cybersecurity, privacy and trust (DS)
Resources
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Sign up to the Canada-EU ICT Database
Links to ICT and FET Work Programmes, General Annexes and Horizon
2020
www.era-can.net – General Canada-EU Information and Activities
ICT and FET NCP
Debbie Kemp
Debbie.kemp@international.gc.ca
343-203-4062
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