Access to Research Funding – Ireland’s Experience
Dr Imelda Lambkin, 29 April 2013
imelda.lambkin@enterprise-ireland.com
+353-1-727 2665
http://www.fp7ireland.com
FP7…
 More than 1,500 successful FP7 applicants
 Ranging from bright young research fellows through to high tech SMEs
and multinational corporations using FP7 as a business opportunity
 Funding of more than €500M since 2007 i.e. over twice the funding to
Ireland in FP6
 Currently averaging €100M coming into Irish research per year
 Ireland’s industry drawdown: 4 times that of FP6 at over €110M
 78% of industry funding to SMEs
The FP7 experience - snapshots
 New research jobs at the Tyndall National Institute at the cutting-edge
of telecommunications, nanoelectronics, medical devices &
environmental monitoring
 Intel collaborating with Microsoft, SAP, Siemens, BMW, IBM etc in
ICT, Nanotech, e-Health, Manufacturing (energy) and local partners
include TCD, UCD, WIT, Tyndall, Lake Communications
 The Irish Research Council co-funding more than 50 international
research fellowships in Science Engineering and Technology
 Professor Kevin O’Rourke, TCD, Ireland’s first ERC Advanced Grant
studying Trade and the Great Depression in a Long Run Perspective
The National Support Network for FP7, Ireland
National Contact Points:
Interaction versus FP7 Success
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
18%
22%
437
186
31%
209
Not Successful
Successful
95
52
94
No contact with
Some
Detailed
NCP
interaction with interaction with
NCP
NCP
EU Average = 22%
OUR OFFER…
We…
…guide you to the piece of the programme that’s right for you right now
…or influence next year’s Call to position you for success
…help you find the right partners
…and handhold you through the writing of your application
…help you find the time to do it
…and make you feel at home abroad
Some observations…
Several universities now have twice their funding from FP6
70 participants have > €1M for participation in a single proposal
Companies often have the same success rates as academics
Use of the ‘Research for the Benefit of SMEs’ programme, targeted
to low tech companies, is a huge success story for Ireland
 We’re beginning to see results/impacts of projects
 We compare ourselves to Finland, Denmark and Austria, small
countries with longer histories of S&T investment: population adjusted
figures place Ireland slightly behind Finland and Denmark and parallel
to Austria
 And the UK? Population adjusted figures place Ireland ahead
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The future…
 Planning for Horizon 2020: positioning Ireland for success; leveraging
national investments; providing quality support systems
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NOW:
NOW:
Q2 2013:
Q1-Q4 2013:
1/1/2014:
Final calls under FP7
Work programme design for Horizon 2020
Adoption of H2020 legislation
Project teams forming; proposal preparation starts
Horizon 2020 launch of first calls