Industrial Partners in Horizon 2020
Ben Williams, EU Team, Funding Development, RIS
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• Intro to Horizon 2020
• Industrial participation in Horizon 2020
• Engaging Industry
Agenda
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The European Team
Funding Development TeamMartin Hamilton, Head of Funding Development
Ben WilliamsEuropean Manager
Sanita DeviEU Finance Officer
Keri DunningEuropean Post Award
Administrator
Jesús OrtegaEU Research
Development Manager
Maggie CredlandEU Funding
Administrator
Alex BraithwaiteEU Finance Officer
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• 2007-13, €52.521bn
• 4 “Pillars”
• Large or small/medium research projects• Changes implemented after mid-term review and
financial crisis
• ‘Bridging the gap’ activities, especially in final calls
Framework Programme 7
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• European Commission released a proposal on 30th November 2011
• Three broad areas:• Tackling Societal Challenges• Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive
Frameworks• Raising Excellence in the Science Base
What is the structure of Horizon 2020?
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Horizon 2020 vs FP7Horizon 2020 Objective Specific Areas FP7 Equivalent
Tackling societal challenges
Multi-disciplinary, collaborative research projects - Grand Challenges
Health, demographic changes and wellbeing Cooperation: Health Theme
Food security and bio-based economy
Cooperation: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Biology Theme
Secure, clean and efficient energy Cooperation: Energy Theme
smart, green and integrated transport Cooperation: Transport Theme
Resource efficiency and climate Cooperation: Environment Theme
Inclusive, Innovative and Responsive Societies Cooperation: SSH Theme
Secure societies Cooperation: Security Theme
Creating industrial leadership & competitive frameworks
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
Cooperation: covering ICT, NMP and Space themes
Innovation in SMEs Capacities: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Access to risk finance Risk-sharing Finance Facility
Raising excellence in the science base
‘Bottom-up’ research
European Research Council (ERC) European Research Council (ERC)
Marie Curie Marie Curie Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Cooperation: ICT theme FET component
European research infrastructures Capacities: Research Infrastructures
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• Not a straight continuation from FP7
• Inclusion of Innovation• Incorporates 3 funding programmes in the field of
research and innovation:
• The Framework Programme• The Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)• The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
How will Horizon 2020 differ from FP7?
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• Topics for funding are much broader• Topics are less prescriptive
• Much more emphasis on use of results• Uptake of results into products/processes/society
requires non-academic partners, and frequently industrial partners
How will Horizon 2020 differ from FP7?
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Duration: 7 years, 2014-2020
Budget: €70.2 billion awarded
Or is it €79bn??!!
Duration and Budget
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The Role of Industry
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• Collaborative projects» Societal Challenges» Roles as RTD performers, end users, quality control,
prototyping and proof of concept
• ITNs» Mandatory non-academic partner» Intersectoral opportunities» Offer placements / training» Little commitment
Generally
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• LIET topics (ICT, NMP, Space)
• JTIs
• PPPs
• ITNs – EID scheme
• Marie Curie RISE
Specifically
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• Horizon 2020 will not work without them
• Better reimbursement of costs
• ‘Catch up’ with other EU member states
BIS has been attempting to redress the imbalance of UK industrial participation since early FP7 compared to DE and FR.
Why should they participate?
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Funding
Reimbursement (%)
Activity Horizon 2020 FP7
Research and Innovation 100 75
Innovation 100 (70) 50
Coordination/support 100 100
Indirect costs 25 60
One model for all partners
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Reimbursement vs. FP7 - academia
€100k total direct costs identified
FP7
60% overheads. 75% reimbursement
€100k direct costs
€60k indirect costs
€160k total
€120k reimbursed by EC
€75k for research
€45k for overheads
H2020
25% overheads.100% reimbursement
€100k direct costs
€25k indirect costs
€125k total
€125k reimbursed by EC
€100k for research
€25k for overheads
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Reimbursement vs. FP7 - industry
€100k total direct costs identified
FP7
20% overheads. 50% reimbursement
€100k direct costs
€20k indirect costs
€120k total
€60k reimbursed by EC
€50k for research
€10k for overheads
H2020
25% overheads.100% reimbursement
€100k direct costs
€25k indirect costs
€125k total
€125k reimbursed by EC
€100k for research
€25k for overheads
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• Do we manage them? At what level?
– Transformation Funds?
– Hubs?
– Schools?
– Faculties?
– Personal?
• Do we need to manage them?
How do we manage industrial links?
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How do we encourage involvement of strategic links, personal links and new links?
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What barriers do you feel could prevent industry from
participating?
How can we overcome them?
How would you sell H2020 to them?
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• Split into groups
• Write as many ideas as you can on separate post-its
• ‘Cluster’ common ideas into groups
Barriers
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• Impact – how much impact will the problem identified have on Industrial participation
• “Solve-ability” – is there an obvious solution immediately? Or not?
Barriers
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Barriers
“Solve-ability”- +
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Imp
act
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For the problems that are of high impact and low solve-ability:
• What could be done to make this lower impact on participation?
• What could be done to start solving the issue? – e.g. what are the constituent parts of the problem that can be addressed?
Barriers – next step
Industrial Partners in Horizon 2020
Ben Williams, EU Team, Funding Development, RIS