HORIZON 2020, Social Sciences and
Humanities, and Social Innovation
Research
Heiko Prange-Gstöhl
European Commission
DG Research & Innovation
Social Sciences and Humanities
ROADMAP
1. HORIZON 2020: State-of-Play
2. Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon 2020
3. Social Innovation Research in the FP7 SocioEconomic Sciences and Humanities Programme
1.
HORIZON 2020 – State-of-Play
Summary
• A single programme bringing together three separate
programmes/initiatives (FP7, CIP, EIT)
• Coupling research to innovation, from research to
retail, all forms of innovation
• Simplified access, for all companies, universities,
institutes in all EU countries and beyond
• Focus on three priorities:
1. Excellent science
2. Industrial leadership
3. Societal challenges
Horizon 2020 – "Industrial Leadership"
estimated final amount in million euro (in current prices)
following Trilogue (12/7/2013)
Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)
Final
breakdown
Estimated final amount in million euro
(in current prices)
II Industrial leadership, of which:
22.09%
17 015
1.
Leadership in enabling
and industrial technologies
17.60%
13 557
2.
Access to risk finance
3.69%
2 842
3.
Innovation in SMEs
0.80%
616
Horizon 2020 – "Societal Challenges"
estimated final amount in million euro (in current prices) following
Trilogue (12/7/2013)
Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)
III Societal challenges, of which
1.
Health, demographic change
and wellbeing;
2.
Food security, sustainable
agriculture, marine and maritime
research and the bio- economy;
3.
Secure, clean and efficient
energy
4.
Smart, green and integrated
transport
5.
Climate action, resource
efficiency and raw materials
6.
Inclusive, Innovative &
Reflective societies
7. Secure societies
Final
breakdown
38.53%
9.70%
Estimated final amount in million euro (in
current prices)
29 678
7 472
5%
3 851
7.70%
5 931
8.23%
6 339
4%
3 081
1.70%
1 309
2.20%
1 695
Horizon 2020 – others & total amount
estimated final amount in million euro (in current prices) following
Trilogue (12/7/2013)
Science for and with societies
0.60%
462
Widening Participation
1.06%
816
EIT
3.52%
2 711
Non-nuclear direct actions of the
JRC
2.47%
1 903
TOTAL
100%
77 026
Rules for Participation: what’s new? (examples)
1. A SINGLE SET OF RULES
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Adapted for the whole research and innovation cycle
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Covering all research programmes and funding bodies
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Aligned to the Financial Regulation, coherent with other new EU Programmes.
2. ONE PROJECT - ONE FUNDING RATE
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Maximum of 100% of direct costs (except for actions close to market,
where a 70% maximum will apply)
Indirect eligible costs: a flat rate of 25% of direct eligible costs
3. SIMPLE EVALUATION CRITERIA
 Excellence – Impact – Implementation (Excellence only for the ERC)
4. SIMPLER RULES FOR GRANTS: broader acceptance of participants
accounting practices for direct costs, flat rate for indirect costs, no time-sheets
for personnel working full time on a project, possibility of output-based grants.
5. SPECIAL BONUS: agreement on the option of a special bonus of up to
€8000 a year per researcher on top of the ordinary staff costs.
2.
Social Sciences and Humanities in
HORIZON 2020
WHERE?
1) Societal Challenge 6 'EUROPE IN A CHANGING
WORLD - INCLUSIVE, INNOVATIVE AND REFLECTIVE
SOCIETIES'
2) 'Mainstreaming' SSH across all Horizon 2020 objectives
3) SSH in the 'Excellent Science'-Pillar
Societal Challenge 6 'EUROPE IN A CHANGING WORLD - INCLUSIVE,
INNOVATIVE AND REFLECTIVE SOCIETIES' [pre-final; based on Council PGA]
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Inclusive Societies:
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The mechanisms to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

Trusted organisations, practices, services and policies that are necessary to build resilient,
inclusive, participatory, open and creative societies in Europe

Europe's role as a global actor notably regarding human rights and global justice

The processes and practices to close the research and innovation divide in Europe

The promotion of sustainable and inclusive environments through innovative spatial and
urban planning and design
Innovative societies:

Strengthening the evidence-base and support for the IU and ERA

Explore new forms of innovation, with special emphasis on social innovation and creativity
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Make use of the innovative, creative and productive potential of all generations
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Ensure societal engagement in research and innovation

Promote coherent and effective cooperation with third countries
Societal Challenge 6 'EUROPE IN A CHANGING WORLD - INCLUSIVE,
INNOVATIVE AND REFLECTIVE SOCIETIES'
[pre-final; based on Council PGA]
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Reflective societies – cultural heritage and European identity:
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Study European heritage, memory, identity, integration and cultural interaction
and translation, including its representations in cultural and scientific collections,
archives and museums

Research into European countries’ and regions’ history, literature, art,
philosophy and religions and how these have informed contemporary European
diversity
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Research on Europe's role in the world, on the mutual influence and ties
between the world regions, and a view from outside on European cultures
'Mainstreaming' SSH across all Horizon 2020 objectives:
Cross-cutting issues and support measures in Horizon
2020
"Social sciences and humanities
• Social sciences and humanities research will be fully integrated into
each of the pillars of Horizon 2020 and each of the specific objectives.
• In relation to the societal challenges, social sciences and humanities
are mainstreamed as an essential element of the activities needed to
tackle each of the societal challenges to enhance their impact.
• The specific objective of the societal challenge 'Europe in a changing
world: Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies' will support social
sciences and humanities research by focusing on inclusive, innovative
and reflective societies."
'Mainstreaming' SSH across all Horizon 2020 objectives':
Examples in terms of themes in 'Societal Challenges'
1) Health-Challenge: - analyses of the reform of public health
systems; - research on the evolution of health inequalities and of their
interplay with other economic and social inequalities; - effectiveness
of policies to reduce inequalities
2) Transport-Challenge: - analyse socio-economic aspects of
transport, prospective studies and technology foresight; - understand
user behaviour, social acceptance, and the impact of policy
measures
3) Climate Action-Challenge: - research on cultural, behavioural,
socio-economic and institutional change needed to move to a more
self-reliant and resource efficient economy; - develop robust
indicators to assess the transition towards a green economy and
policy measures
'Mainstreaming' SSH across all Horizon 2020 objectives':
Examples of possible practical implementation
- use forward-looking exercises to identify interdisciplinarity
themes
- consultation: SSH researchers will need to be involved in the
early stages of defining the work programmes; interdisciplinary
composition of the External Advisory Group(s)
- evaluation of calls for proposals: interdisciplinary panels
- a regular review of the implementation of interdisciplinarity in
each Societal Challenge should also be organised during the
lifetime of Horizon 2020
SSH in Horizon 2020: 'Excellent Science'
•
European Research Council: 17% of the ERC budget is planned
to be invested in SSH 'curiosity-driven' research, i.e. approx. 2 bill.
Euro; under FP7 the ERC already funds SSH projects of more
than 1 bill. Euro
•
Marie Curie Actions: under FP7, more than 10% of MC Actions
are devoted to SSH researchers
•
Research Infrastructures: under FP7, already a number of SSH
research infrastructures are being supported, e.g. the European
Social Survey (ESS) and CLARIN – Common Language
Resources and Technology Infrastructure – with an EU
contribution of 5 mio. Euro
3.
Social Innovation Research in the
FP7 Socio-Economic Sciences and
Humanities Programme
Social Innovation in the EUROPE 2020 Strategy
Social innovation and the EUROPE 2020
Strategy:
‘…to design and implement programmes to
promote social innovation for the most
vulnerable, in particular by providing innovative
education, training, and employment opportunities
for deprived communities, to fight discrimination
(e.g. disabled), and to develop a new agenda for
migrants' integration to enable them to take full
advantage of their potential…’
Social Innovation in the INNOVATION UNION
Flagship
Social innovation and the Innovation Union
Flagship Initiative (Committment 27-B):
‘…Starting in 2011, the Commission will support
a substantial research programme on
public sector and social innovation, looking
at issues such as measurement and evaluation,
financing and other barriers to scaling up and
development...’
SSH research on ‘social innovation’ - Overview
•
Legacy of projects dealing with social innovation starting in
FP5
•
Currently, 7 projects running which directly address social
innovation
•
Current EU contribution more than 15 mio. EURO
•
More than 20 mio. EURO to be spent under SSH work
programme 2013 (projects will start early 2014)
•
Wide variety of topics, policies covered
Areas of on-going SSH research on ‘social innovation’
• Research on the theoretical, empirical and policy
foundations for social innovation (project TEPSIE)
• Research on welfare innovations at the local level
(project WILCO)
• Research on social innovation and poverty reduction
(project IMPROVE)
• Research on the role of social innovation to tackle
social exclusion of young people (projects SOCieTY &
CITISPYCE)
• Research on social innovation in the public sector
(project LIPSE)
• Innovative Social Services (project InnoServ)
Check SI-inventory on http://ec.europa.eu/research/socialsciences/pdf/ssh-projects-fp7-5-6-social-innovation_en.pdf
Upcoming research on ‘social innovation’:
SSH Work Programme 2013
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Social innovation – empowering people, changing societies?
[large-scale: €4 mio-€5 mio]
understanding how and under what conditions social innovation leads
to change in existing structures, policies, institutions and behaviour
 identify and assess the factors that are crucial for social innovation to
have a sustainable social impact and to be scaled-up
 European and the non-European dimension – covering an
appropriate number of countries and a wide range of policy areas
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Economic underpinnings of social innovations [small/mediumscale: up to €2.5 mio]
 what type of economic foundations do social innovations need to be
sustainble and allow scaling up?
 development of indicators and methods of evaluting social innovation
initiatives
Upcoming research on ‘social innovation’:
SSH Work Programme 2013

Social entrepreneurship for innovative and inclusive societies
[small/medium-scale: up to €2.5 mio]
 better understand the conditions under which social
entrepreneurship can contribute effectively and efficiently to solving
societal challenges in a sustainable way
 research should address both the European and the non-European
dimension and different sectors or services in a comparative and
interdisciplinary manner
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The impact of the third sector on socio-economic development
in Europe [small/medium-scale: up to €2.5 mio]
 what are the long-term developmental trends of third sector
activities in Europe?
 under what conditions do third sector activities yield economic or
social returns, when do they not?
…but don't forget social innovation research in other
parts of FP7
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Health: "Social Innovation for Health Promotion", 24 mio.
EURO
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ICT: "Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and
Social Innovation", 15 mio. EURO
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Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy: "Assessemnt of the impact
of global drivers of change on Europe's food security"; "New
technologies to study brain function in relation to eating
behaviour", 13 mio. EURO
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Environment: "Transition to sustainable, low-carbon
societies"; "Urban biodiversity and green infrastructure", 9 mio.
EURO
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Coherent Development of Research Policies (Capacities–
SP): "Support to trans-national network of incubators for social
innovation", 2 mio. EURO
Social Innovation in HORIZON 2020 – A self-standing
activity line under Societal Challenge 6 ‘Inclusive,
innovative and reflective societies’
6.2.2. Exploring new forms of innovation, with special emphasis on
social innovation and creativity
«…
•
understand how social innovation and creativity may lead to change in
existing structures and policies and how they can be encouraged and
scaled-up;
•
platforms networking citizens and allowing them to collaborate and cocreate solutions;
•
support will also be given to networking and experimentation as well
as to networks of social innovators and social entrepreneurs
…»
Social Innovation across HORIZON 2020
PART I – Excellent Science
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Activity 1 – The European Research Council
PART II – Industrial Leadership
•
Activity 3 – Innovation in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
PART III – Societal Challenges
Social innovation as horizontal activity across Challenges, but
particularly mentioned in:
•
SC 1 "Health, demographic change and wellbeing"
•
SC 2 "European Bio-economy challenges"
•
SC 6 "Europe in a changing World - Inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies"
Next steps
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Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on
Horizon 2020
Preparation of Work Programmes 2014/15
Setting up of Expert Advisory Groups
1 January 2014 [?]: Horizon 2020 starts; launch of 1st
calls
SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH
IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Policy Review written by
Jane Jenson and Denis Harrisson
http://www.siresearch.eu