HORIZON 2020 EU Research and Innovation Programme Opportunities and Challenges Vanya Simeonova Peter Jongebloed International Helpdesk 7 February, 2013
Horizon 2020 programme EC proposal for research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020) aiming to: Respond to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth Address people s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment Strengthen the EU s global position in research, innovation and technology
Drivers of HORIZON 2020 Excellence EU2020 strategy Seven societal challenges Research and innovation (ERA) European problems European solutions
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Seven Flagship Initiatives Smart Growth Sustainable Growth Inclusive Growth Innovation «Innovation Union» Education Climate, energy and mobility «Resource efficient Europe» Employment and skills «An agenda for new skills and jobs» «Youth on the move» Competitiveness Digital society «A digital agenda for Europe» «An industrial policy for the globalisation era» Fighting poverty «European platform against poverty»
Completing ERA by 2014 European Research Area: "A unified research area open to the world based on the Internal Market, in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely... Priorities: More effective national research systems; Transnational; An open labor market for researchers co-operation and competition; Gender equality and gender mainstreaming in research; Optimal circulation and transfer of scientific knowledge.
Seven Societal Challenges Health, and well-being; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine research & bioeconomy Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; Understanding European society and societal change Protecting freedom and security in Europe.
EU 2020 targets...and as the EU researchers informed me we shall... Employment R&D 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D Climate change / energy greenhouse gas emissions 20% 20% of energy from renewables 20% increase in energy efficiency Education Reducing school drop-out rates below 10% at least 40% of 30-34 year-olds completing third level education Poverty / social exclusion at least 20 million fewer people in risk of poverty & social exclusion
-Foundation of technologies, jobs, wellbeing -Attract and retain research talent -Access to the best infrastructures -Investments in key technologies -Innovation across sectors -Attract private investment in R&D -SMEs to create growth and jobs -Concerns of the society (environment etc...) -Multidisciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities -Promising solutions to be tested and scaled up
Horizon 2020: the EC vision Europe 2020 Priorities International cooperation European Research Area Shared objectives and principles Tackling Societal Challenges -Health, demographic change and wellbeing -Food sec.,sust.agriculture,marine res. & bioeconomy -Secure, clean and efficient energy -Smart, green and integrated transport -Supply of raw materials, resource efficiency& climate -Inclusive, innovative & secure societies Creating Industrial Leadership -Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (Biotechnology, ) -Access to risk finance -Innovation in SMEs Simplified access Excellence in the Science Base -Frontier research (ERC) -Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) -Skills and career development (Marie Curie) -Research infrastructures Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes Coherence with other EU and MS actions
Success in the FP7 programme
What is new in Horizon 2020 A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives Coupling research to innovation from research to retail, all forms of innovation Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond
Horizon 2020 partnership instruments Public-private partnership Public-public partnership European innovation partnership Grants for collaborative transnational projects Contractual agreement: (PPP Bio-based) Knowledge and Innovation communities (KICs ) ERA-Nets Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs ) Not funding instruments, but for coordination with other programmes (DG - Agro) Links with regional policies
Participation of SMEs Integrated approach - around 15% of the total budget A dedicated activity for research-intensive SMEs in 'Innovation in SMEs Access to risk finance' - strong SME focus (debt and equity facility) Enterprise networks involvement (EU, the Netherlands)
Cohesion policy Horizon 2020 Accompanying measures Widening participation -Support regions in building up their research and innovation capacity Development of smart specialisation strategies -Widen participation -Better coordination between the funding programmes -Support policy reforms -Twinning -ERA -ERA chairs support for access to international networks
Widening participation acceding countries candidate countries potential candidates and selected third countries that fulfil the relevant criteria (capacity, track record, close economic and geographical links to the Union, etc.)
Simplification of participation rules
Horizon 2020 Financial Scheme Total budget proposed: ~80 billion euro / seven years
P1 Excellence Science Base: 24 598 million
P2 Building Industrial leadership in Europe: 17 938 million
P3 Tackling societal challenges for better Europe: 31 748 million
Food security and sustainable agriculture: Phosphorus use issues in the EU Knowledge, tools, services and innovations to support more productive, environmentally-friendly resource-efficient and resilient agriculture and forestry, supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials and deliver ecosystems services. Enhance productivity and the adaptive capacity of plants, animals and production systems to cope with rapidly changing environmental/climatic conditions and scarce natural resources. Move towards a low energy, low emission and low waste economy, and to reduced natural resources demand and reduce food losses along the entire food and feed supply chain. Use of biomass and byproducts from agriculture and forestry for a wide range of non-food applications. Multi-disciplinary approaches to improve the performance of plants, animals, micro-organisms, while ensuring efficient resource use (water, land, soil, nutrients, energy and other inputs) and the ecological integrity of rural areas. Opportunities for rural communities for primary production and delivery of eco-systems services, production of new and diversified products (food, feed, materials, energy), low-carbon short-chain delivery systems Cohesion of rural areas to prevent economic and social marginalisation, resource management
Climate change, resource efficiency and raw materials: Phosphorus use issues in the EU Sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials, knowledge base on raw materials and develop innovative solutions for the cost-effective and environmentally friendly exploration, extraction, processing, re-use, recycling and recovery of raw materials Promote the sustainable supply and use of raw materials, including mineral resources, from land and sea, covering exploration, extraction, processing, re-use, recycling and recovery Find alternatives for critical raw materials Improve societal awareness and skills on raw materials Enabling the transition towards a green economy and society through eco-innovation
Budget project costs H2020 Maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs (except close to market actions: 70%) Indirect eligible costs: a flat rate of 25% of direct eligible costs Project Coordination: Direct costs 100%+ flat rate 25% (in KP7 was 60%)
Horizon 2020 Time line Since 30/11/11: EP and Council negotiate on EC proposal 2013: around April last calls FP7 Since end 2012 trilateral negotiations in process: MS-EP-EC budget 2014-2020 (budget Horizon 2020) By end 2013: Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on Horizon 2020 1/1/2014: Start Horizon 2020; launch of first calls
Dialogue Program Committee How is the lobby of Horizon 2020 organized? EU policies Feedback Strategic Research Agenda of European Technology Platforms Foresight studies Project portfolio Input from stakeholders Commission Proposal for the Work Programme Advisory group Call for Proposals Dutch Core group Dutch Advisory board
Road Map Horizon 2020 proposals Get aquatinted Horizon 2020 programs Consultations Coordinated lobby actions Project idea within the Horizon 2020 programs priorities Draft project proposal Networking- Consortiums core groups
Information and support on H2020 Participants portal CORDIS: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/calls Horizon 2020 site: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=home&video=none
Information and support on H2020 Wageningen International Helpdesk: Peter Jongebloed: Manager WI Helpdesk, contact point ASG, AFSG, SSG, RIKILT, CVI, IMARES Vanya Simeonova: contact person ESG Christianne Marcelis: contact point PSG Jaap Richter Uitdenboogaardt: financial and legal services Reynout Hana: legal services