Participation in European

projects

Welcome

Introduction of our speakers today

What to expect of today’s session?

- Short introduction to EU funding

- Pre-proposal stage

- Proposal stage

European funding for R&D&I

3 main funding channels

- FP7 (Framework Programme)

- CIP (Competitiveness & Innovation Programme)

- Cohesion policy (ERDF/ESF,…)

Useful link to the Practical Guide to EU funding Opportunities for

Research and Innovation:

http://cordis.europa.eu/eu-funding-guide/home_en.html

7th Framework programme

Total budget: over € 50 billion for the period 2007-2013

(with a gradual increase of available resources towards

the end of the programming period)

Support for collaborative and individual research projects,

but also for the development of research skills and

capacity

Funding is allocated through the publication of ‘calls for

proposals’

European added value: trans-national nature

7th Framework Programme

Major building blocks (programmes)

- Cooperation (collaboration between industry &

academia)

- Ideas (basic research at the frontiers of science)

- People (mobility and career development)

- Capacities

- Euratom (fusion energy, nuclear fission and radiation

protection)

7th Framework programme: cooperation

- By far the largest component

- Research in a number of key thematic areas

- Also includes Joint Technology Initiatives and Joint

Undertakings

- Also coordination of non-community research

programmes (e.g. ERA-net)

- Multidisciplinarity and cross-theme research

7th Framework programme: Ideas

- investigator-driven research

- Very flexible

- In any area of science or technology

- Emphasis on cross-disciplinary, emerging and fast-

growing fields

- No obligation of cross-border partnerships

7th Framework Programme: People

- Support for research mobility and career development

(Marie Curie)

- Help build researchers’ skills and competences

- Activities such as initial researcher training, transfer of

knowledge, networking, lifelong training and

development…

- Foster collaboration with research groups outside

Europe

7th Framework programme: Capacities

- Helps strenghten and optimise the knowledge capacities

- Six specific knowledge areas: Research infrastructures,

Research for the Benefit of SMEs, Regions of

knowledge, Research Potential, Science in Society and

Internationale Cooperation activities

7th Framework Programme: funding

schemes

- Collaborative projects: focused research projects, clear

scientific and technological objectives and expected results

- Networks of Excellence: aimed at research organizations that

are willing to combine (part of) their activities

- Coordination and Support Actions: do not cover the research

itself, but the coordination and networking of projects, programmes

and policies

- Individual projects: by individual national or multinational

research teams

- Support for training and career development of

researchers

- Research for the benefit of specific groups, in particular

SMEs

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework

Programme

Total budget: over €3.6 billion for the period 2007-2013

It aims at fostering the competitiveness of (existing and

new) European enterprises (main target: SMEs)

Funding is allocated through calls for proposals, but also

through tenders and others types of support.

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework

Programme

Major building blocks:

- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP):

facilitates access to finance for SMEs and encourages

investment in innovation activities

- Information Communication Technologies Policy Support

Programme (ICT-PSP): aims to foster innovation and

competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use

of ICT

- Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE): focuses on fostering

energy efficiency and the rational use of energy sources

Cohesion policy

Aims to reinforce economic and social cohesion by

redressing the main regional imbalances

Decentralized management and programming

Three objectives:

- Convergence Objective

- Regional Competitiveness and Employment

- European Territorial Cooperation

Three funds:

- ERDF

- Cohesion Fund

- ESF

Cohesion policy: Convergence Objective

- Not applicable for Flanders

Cohesion Policy: Regional Competitiveness

and Employment Objective

- ERDF: economic development programmes, helping

regions to anticipate and promote economic change

through innovation, promotion of the knowledge society,

entrepreneurship, protection of the environment and the

improvement of their accessibility

- ESF: more and better jobs by adapting the workforce

and by investing in human resources

Budget at disposal of Flanders: € 265 million

Cohesion Policy: the European Territorial

Co-operation Objective

- Interreg IV A: cross-border cooperation for neighboring

countries (e.g. Flanders-France)

- Interreg IV B: international cooperation within a

European region (e.g. North western Europe)

- Interreg IV C: international cooperation between

European regions

Applications are made through the Managing Authorities

(do not send them to the Commission)

What’s next?

- Way too complicated

- Simplification

- Green Paper on the Common Strategic Framework

(online consultation open until 20 May)

It’s all about the money

- Overall European budget is built up by a certain

percentage of the Member States’ Gross National

Income (GNI): for this period 1.23% max

- For the period beyond 2013: less than 1%???

Evil rumors!!!!

This would mean that much less money will be available

in the coming framework programme

- One point of comfort: ICT = important sector

IBBT in FP7

- Figures from EC database

- Interim status (dating October 29th 2010)

- 31.29% of the total budget foreseen = allocated

Evolution Flemish participation FP4 – FP7

Interim Flemish participation in FP7

Flemish assigned budget per priority and per participating

category

Flemish return per priority and per participating category

Flemish top participants

Flanders in the European order (allocated budget/ GDP)

Flanders in the European order: allocated budget/#

inhabitants