acqueau workshop helsinki 2015_funding opportunities_tuomas lethinen_tekes
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Funding opportunity for ACQUEAU projects
Tuomas Lehtinen
Acqueau Workshop 12.3.2015
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Focus areas of Tekes’ strategy
Market access
New business ecosystems
Wellbeing and health
Digitalisation
Natural resources and resource efficiency
Intangibility and value creation
Tekes as an active and visible playmaker in selected fields
Bioeconomy
Digitalisation renewing business and industry
Cleantech
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Natural resources and sustainable economy
Arctic Seas 2013–2017
BEAM – Business with Impact 2015– 2019
Green Growth – Towards a Sustainable Future 2011–2015
Green Mining 2011–2016
Groove – Growth from Renewables 2010–2014
Tekes programmes
Vitality of People
BioIT – 2012–2014
Bits of Health 2014–2018
Innovations in Social and Healthcare services2008–2015
Learning Solutions 2011–2015
Skene – Games Refueled2012–2015
Intelligent environments
5thGear 2014–2019
EVE – Electric Vehicle Systems 2011–2015
Feelings – Intangible Value Creation and Experienced Value 2012–2018
Innovative Cities 2014– 2020
Industrial Internet – Business Revolution 2014–2019
Witty City 2013–2017
Smart Procurement 2013–2016
Built Environment 2009–2014
Trial – Environment for Cognitive Radio and Systems 2011–2014
Working life
Liideri – Business, Productivity and Joy at Work 2012–2018
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Tekes research calls 2015 Collaborative research with enterprises
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Funding for innovation poject on water sector in Finland ”Natural resources and resource efficiency” is one of the focus
areas of Tekes strategy
Funding is available for challencing innovation projects for growth-seeking SMEs for international cooperation
• via individual projects and joint projects
• via Tekes programmes (Calls like ”Sustainable Growth” campaign D.L. 28.4.2015)
• via Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation
Tekes is actively promoting international opportunities like Horizon 2020 and EUREKA & Eurostars to Finnish companies and universities
EUREKA ACQUEAU - Project type ”Joint projects”
• The motivation of joint projects arise from companies' research and business renewal needs.
• A joint project includes companies' own R&D projects and a parallel public research project conducted by research organizations.
− In joint projects, companies' total costs must be at least 50% of the total joint project volume, if company partners are SMEs (min. 3 company partners needed)
− In joint projects, companies' total costs must be at least 70% of the total joint project volume if company partners are large corporations
− In addition to each partner’s own project plans, a shared general level description about the aims, tasks and results of the joint project must be included
− strong national consortium (value chain) needed from Tekes side!
− In joint projects the applications can be submitted to Tekes at any time
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Tekes funding is either a grant or a loanWe cover a part of the project expenses. In order to receive Tekes funding, a company must have the prerequisites for arranging its own financing share.
Grantsare paid every six months in phase with realised expenses• To SMEs, usually 35% or 50% (max.65%*)• To large enterprises, 25%- 40% (max.50%*)• To research organisations ,60% (max. 70%*)*if international project (Eureka, Eurostar..)
Loans are risk loan without collaterals; a part of the loan can be paid in advance• To SMEs, usually 50% or 70%• To large enterprises, 25-35%(piloting and demonstrations)
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