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Participation of SMEsin FP7

European CommissionDG Research - SME Unit

Lieve Van Woensel

SME National Contact Points17 June 2010

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SME Progress Report

• Fourth SME Progress Report: Published December 2009

• Fifth Progress Report: Available on Techweb 21 June 2010

Main objective:

• Monitor the SME participation in the CooperationProgramme

• In particular if the targeted 15% of the budget in the Cooperation Programme goes to SMEs

SME participation in Capacities and People is analysed too

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Key figures (1)

Contracts signed before 1 April 2010:

• 2.500 projects

• 28.100 participations, out of which 4.500 SMEs (16%)

• 8.800 million Euro EU contribution to the projects, 1.260 million for SMEs

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Key figures (2)1 April 2010

• 14,4 % going to SMEs within the Themes

• 14,1 % going to SMEs in FP7-Cooperation(including ESA, JTIs and General Activities) The "General Activities" cover - the CORDIS services, - the horizontal ERA-NET scheme, - Research organisations in the EU, - Strengthened coordination with EUREKA, - Scientific and technological cooperation activities carried out in COST, - the European Metrology Research Programme, etc

• 27,2% of budget used 1 April 2010• Budget still available in FP7-COOP: 23.500 million €

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Key figures (3)

Contracts signed before 1 April 2010:

• 318.000 € per participation:> 280.000 € per SME participation> 318.000 € for non-SME participations

• Size of consortia:- 11,1 partners- out of which 1,8 SMEs

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Themes in Cooperation

• HEALTH Health Research• KBBE Knowledge Based Bio-Economy

coverage: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology• ICT Information and Communication Technologies• NMP Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials &

New Production Technologies• ENERGY Energy Research• ENV Environment - including Climate Change• TPT Transport - including Aeronautics• SSH Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities• SPA Space Research• SEC Security Research

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% of EU Contribution going to SMEsTarget: 15%

Percentage of the EU Contribution going to SMEsFP7-Cooperation Programme, per theme and overall. Signed Grant Agreements

as of 1 April 2010

10,8

%

7,8

%

14,4

%

22,8

%

18,7

%

8,6

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17,4

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FP7-COOP per theme and overall, incl. ESA, JTIs and "General Activities"Source: CORDA data warehouse, (°) CORDA, with some adjustments

% 10,8% 7,8% 14,4% 22,8% 18,7% 8,6% 17,4% 3,7% 11,3% 20,2% 14,4% 14,1%

HEALTH KBBE ICT(°) NMP ENERGY ENV TPT(°) SSHSPA

(excl. ESA)

SECFP7-

COOP-Themes

FP7-COOP-Overall

Percentage of the EU Contribution going to SMEsFP7-Cooperation Programme, per theme and overall. Signed Grant Agreements

as of 1 April 2010

10,8

%

7,8

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14,4

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FP7-COOP per theme and overall, incl. ESA, JTIs and "General Activities"Source: CORDA data warehouse, (°) CORDA, with some adjustments

% 10,8% 7,8% 14,4% 22,8% 18,7% 8,6% 17,4% 3,7% 11,3% 20,2% 14,4% 14,1%

HEALTH KBBE ICT(°) NMP ENERGY ENV TPT(°) SSHSPA

(excl. ESA)

SECFP7-

COOP-Themes

FP7-COOP-Overall

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Trend EU Contribution going to SMEs

Without SME dedicated calls: 14%

FP7 - COOP - ThemesTrends analysis:

% of budget going to SMEs by month over two full years (cumulative)

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Source: CORDA (no adjustm ents)

r=0,8(correlation coefficient)

Value: 14,0

FP7 - COOP - ThemesTrends analysis:

% of budget going to SMEs by month over two full years (cumulative)

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Source: CORDA (no adjustm ents)

r=0,8(correlation coefficient)

Value: 14,0

FP7 - COOP - ThemesTrends analysis:

% of budget going to SMEs by month over two full years (cumulative)

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Source: CORDA (no adjustm ents)

r=0,8(correlation coefficient)

Value: 14,0

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Success rate - for all applicants: 20%- for SMEs: 17%

Success Rate SME applicants versus all applicants% of eligible proposals compared to Main list

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SME applicationsAll applications

SME applications 17% 15% 13% 28% 17% 17% 24% 8% 33% 15% 17%

All applications 22% 21% 16% 27% 21% 21% 27% 10% 36% 18% 20%

HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SECFP7-

COOP

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Size of Consortia:11,1 partners

out of which 1,8 SMEs

FP7-COOPAverage number of participations per project

SMEs versus other

11,110,9

6,45

8,9

13,5 13,9

11,1 12,6

9,3

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Average number of participations per project: SMEs and others

Other 9,3 11,5 7,8 9,3 9,1 12,3 10,9 8,5 6,07 8,9 9,3

SMEs 1,3 1,5 1,5 3,3 2,0 1,6 2,6 0,4 0,38 2,0 1,8

HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSHSPA (excl.

ESA)SEC FP7-COOP

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Average contribution :280 k€ for SME participation

318 k€ for other participation

Average EU-contribution - per participationfor SME participations and other participations

34

6k€

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Average EU Contribution per Participation per Theme

SMEs

Other

SMEs 345.617 165.640 315.080 269.172 360.664 167.318 249.708 154.602 227.144 300.906 280.757

Other 388.513 255.692 364.705 327.822 334.573 227.092 280.391 173.537 323.444 274.166 318.097

HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC FP7-Themes

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Recurrence of SMEs within themes

FP7-COOPSME participations and recurrence of SME participants per theme

For FP7, the recurrence ratio of SMEs is 1,23Source: CORDA

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SME "Recurrence rate" per themeNumber of SME Participations and unique SME participants

Nr of SME Participations 520 235 1.291 882 299 312 689 47 87 135

Unique SME Participants 422 217 988 762 256 270 500 42 74 126

HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC

1,23 1,08 1,31 1,16 1,17 1,16 1,38 1,12 1,18 1,07

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SME Coordinators

SME Coordinatorsin percentage of the projects, per theme

6,3

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5,2

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11

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SME Coordinators:Women versus Men

SME Coordinators: Women versus Men

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Percentage of women within the SME Coordinators Number of female and male coordinators from SMEs

Men

Women

Men 19 4 64 18 13 13 28 3 2 6

Women 7 4 42 18 7 4 14 2 1 1

HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC

27% 50% 40% 50% 35% 24% 33% 40% 33% 14%

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Countries with number of SME participations per country

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Country profile (1) SMEs per theme

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Regional analysisCooperation Programme

FP7-COOP: Beneficiaries - regional distribution

FP7-COOP: SME Beneficiaries - regional distribution

FP7-COOP: Contribution to SMEs per region

FP7-COOP: Regional analysis of the 15% target

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Key figuresCapacities Programme

Capacities Programme:

Research for the benefit of SMEs

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Capacities ProgrammeResearch for the Benefit of SMEs

• 1.400 SMEs benefit as far as for 1 April 2010 using 288 million Euro of the programme’s budget in signed GA's

• Extrapolation towards the expected SME participation by the end of FP7:

With 1.300 million Euro for the programme in FP7,6.400 SME participations are within reach

Capacities Programme

88% of the EU Contribution

goes to SMEs

FP7-Research for the benefit of SMEsSME Beneficiaries - regional distribution

FP7-Research for the benefit of SMEsEU Contribution to SME Beneficiaries - regional distribution

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PEOPLE Programme:

Marie Curie- Industry Academia

Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)

- Initial Training Networks (ITN)

FP7-PEOPLE – Marie-Curie ITN & IAPPSME Beneficiaries - regional distribution

FP7-PEOPLE – Marie-Curie ITN & IAPPEU Contribution going to SME Beneficiaries - regional distribution

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About the SMEsparticipating in FP7

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SMEs in FP7 Projects(1)

• SMEs have a high commitment:42% of the SMEs is Work Package leader

• 10% of the Cooperation projects are coordinated by an SME

• The median "company age" of an SME at the call closure date is 10 years, 50% of the participating SMEs above and 50% below 10 years

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Predictionsextrapolation of the data in the Fifth SME Progress

Report:• COOPERATION :

more than 16.000 unique SMEs• CAPACITIES: “Research for the benefit of SMEs”

more than 4.000 unique SMEs• + JTI’s, Eurostars, …

20.000 SMEs could benefit from FP7

20.000 SMEs within reach in FP7, until 2013

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“Cooperation Programme” in FP7:

1 April 2010:14,1% going to SMEs

Towards the 15% target ?

Action:Measures to increase the SME participation in the Cooperation ThemesWP 2011

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Key Figures

280.000€average EU-contribution per SME participation

5 billion €EU-contribution for SMEs in FP7 Cooperation Programme

20.000 SMEswill benefit from FP7

What does EU research cost to the tax payer?500.000.000 EU citizens

14 €per “head” per year for FP7

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Fifth« SME Progress Report »

Spring 2010

Full report and Summary leafletwill be published on the SME TechWebhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/index_en.cfm?pg=publications