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Analysis of current and forthcoming Calls of the European Union

1. Tekes briefly

2. Are there any ”Steel calls” in 7. Frame Programme (FP) ?

3. FP 7 2012 NMP Calls (2013?, FP 8?)

4. Some advices for proposal preparation

Topics:

Århus

13.10.2011

Kari Keskinen, Tekes

Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for

Technology and Innovation

Tekes is the most important publicly funded expert organization for

financing research, development and innovation in Finland.

Tekes works with the top innovative companies and research units

in Finland.

Every year, Tekes finances some 2 100 research and development

projects

Total Tekes funding anually is ca 600 M€

280 employees in Helsinki and 100 employees in regional network

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The funding will be channeled through different

operating methods as follows:

• Around 40 % for customer initiatives based on demand

• Around 20 % for research programmes of the Strategic

Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK)

• Around 25 % to focus areas through Tekes programmes

• Around 15 % to other strategic choices

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Tekes programmes in brief

Effective utilisation of research results is ensured by scheduling

the projects of research institutes and universities concurrently

with company R&D projects, and by networking with them.

02-2009 DM 30256 and 218475

Synergy Networking Part financing

Company R&D

projects

Research projects

at universities and

research institutes

Loans Capital loans

Steering group

Companies

Grants

Grants

Tekes

Preparation

Coordination

Decision

making

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Steel in Frame Programmes

RFCS: Typically in the range of 1-2 million €, EU 60%

Frame Programme: Typically in the range of 3 – 25

million €, EU 75%/50%

Several themes, in practise NMP (= Nanosciences,

nanotechnologies, materials & new production

technologies) is the most potential home for steel

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Health

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology

Information & communication technologies

Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production

technologies Energy

Environment (including Climate Change)

Transport (including aeronautics)

Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

Space

Security

Coordination of Research Activities

Joint Technology Initiatives

Cooperation - themes

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ULCOS (Biggest Steel project in FP)

ULCOS stands for Ultra–Low Carbon dioxide(CO2) Steelmaking

It is a consortium of 48 European companies and organisations

from 15 European countries

The aim of the ULCOS programme is to reduce the Carbon

dioxide(CO2) emissions of today’s best routes by at least 50 percent

The budget is 75 million Euro over a 6 year period

Future:

The Hisarna pilot plant (8t/h) is under construction in Tata Steel,

Netherlands, and first trials are planned in first half 2011

The demo project is expected to capture 0,5 Mt / yr

France, Lorraine region, total cost is 590M€.

Construction could commence 2012/2013, and the carbon storage

could ideally start in 2015

The European commission financially contributes the remaining 40

percent through its 6th/7th Framework and the RFCS

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Other success stories for ESTEP research proposals

FP7

3 projects where ESTEP‟s stakeholders are partners have been approved

- BUILDING UP, a Coordination and Support Action for setting-up a long term

research & innovation roadmap to overcome technological and non- technological

barriers in the construction of energy efficient buildings

- STEELPROST, a collaborative project on innovative fire protecting coatings for

steel structures

- MACPLUS, a collaborative project promoting steel for energy has been approved:

Material- Component Performance- driven Solutions for Long term efficiency

increase in Ultra Supercritical power plants

Leonardo da Vinci fund

Proposed by the Working Group 5, the Greening Technical VET (Vocational

Education & Training), a sustainable training module for the European steel

industry has been approved within the Leonardo da Vinci fund.

RFCS

Even if the Research Fund for Coal and Steel remains a bottom-up approach,

annual priorities are defined. The different ESTEP Working Groups have made

numerous proposals in line with these priorities and obtained for the last call a

success rate of 35% which is much higher than the average.

NMP Work Programme 2012

No?

No?

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NMP

Evaluation

”Normal” NMP cooperation calls:

Stage 1 (proposal 10 + 2 pages): 8/10 (S/T Quality ja

Impact)

Stage 2 (Complete proposal): 12/15 (S/T Quality,

Impact ja Implementation)

One stage calls:

Stage 1: 10-12/15

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EU funding (as a percentage of project costs)

Research organisations and SMEs 75%

Large enterprises 50%

DEMO calls 50%

Project management 100%

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NMP Work Programme 2013 ?

No information

First draft December 2011

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FP 8?

Recommendations for the future FP8:

-ESTEP underlined that steel is an indispensable

constituent of an advanced economy. For the FP8,

more emphasis should be placed on structural

materials, production processes of these materials

and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) approach.

-In collaboration with other ETPs, ESTEP is ready to

contribute to the FP8 preparation.

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Reminder of overall NMP approach

Strong impacts needed at EU level (dissemination, exploitation of results)

Transition towards knowledge-based society & sustainable development, from resource-based to knowledge-based

Promotion of real breakthroughs not incremental research

Integrated, multi-disciplinary and holistic approach

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Some advice

Begin early (but there will be further calls)

Read carefully the contents of the Work Programme!

Take into account the evaluation criteria (from the 1st stage…)

Submit a draft version on EPSS one week before the deadline!

Do not leave it until the last minute to present the « Submit » button!

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What proposals should avoid

• Pure software development with no research

• Pure methodology with no research and innovation on

technology and/or pilot cases

• Consultancy activities, without any real/proven industrial

participation (both solution providers and end users)

• ‘Local' applications with no added value at European level

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What has been changed (from FP1 to FP7)

FPs are coming bigger and bigger (7. FP 53 000 M€ !)

Electronic proposals for the EU program (EPSS), good !

More complicated

• more instruments, like new DEMO

• Negotations with commission takes too much time (up to 1,5 years!)

Topics will continue to span spectrum from enabling research to

applications and demostration activities

PPP (public private partnership) = good and fast

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