Applying for funding: how does it work? Horizon 2020 'Health, demographic change and wellbeing' Open...

Applying for funding: how does it work?

Horizon 2020'Health, demographic change

and wellbeing'

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Disclaimer

Pending formal adoption by the EU of the Horizon 2020 legal texts, the content of these slides is not definitive and so should not be taken as such, nor used or referred to as such in any way or for any purpose

From CALL to GRANT

Publication of the calls

Submission of proposals

Signature grant agreement

Information on the outcome of the evaluator

Time to prepare the proposal

Finalisation of the grant

Evaluation

• Rules for Participation and Dissemination

• Finding funding opportunities-proposal submission

HORIZON 2020

Rules for Participation and Dissemination

Innovation,

Simplification

and Coherence

Rules for participation: Three main objectives

RfPHorizon

2020

CoherenceSimplification

Innovation

Keeping flexibility where needed.

A single set of rules

etc.

EU FinancialRegulation

Specific rules for participation

Covering all H2020 research and innovation actions

EU FinancialRegulation

Specific rules for participation

WE KEEP

Grants as main form of funding

Standard collaborative actions

Coordination and support

Use of Grant Agreements

Actual costs

Forms of funding - I

What is

Grants to SME instrument

Grants to Programme co-fund actions

Specific provisions targeting innovation:

• pre-commercial procurement,

• procurement of innovative solutions

• and inducement prizes.

Forms of funding - II

NEW

Enhanced use of other lump-sums, flat rates and unit costs.

SME Instrument:

Implemented via single centralised management structure

Bottom-up approach

Continuously open call

Only SMEs eligible for participation

Specific procedures : SME Instrument

Conditions for Participation

Minimum conditions Standard collaborative actions

At least three legal entities each established in a different Member State or an Associated

Country;

ERC, SME instrument, programme co-fund, coordination and support, training and mobility actions:

One legal entity established in a Member State or in an Associated Country.

Additional Conditions In the work programme or work plan.

No additional conditions in Health WP except for SME instrument

Participation

Open for all legal entities established in third countries and for international organisations.

International Cooperation - I

Restrictions only possible if introduced in the work programme.

For reciprocity reasons;

For security reasons.

Funding

Third country identified in the Work Programme or

General list in Annex A plus entities established in US

International Cooperation - II

participation deemed by the Commission essential in the actionor

when provided under a bilateral scientific and technological agreement

One project = One rate For all beneficiaries and all

activities in the grant.

Defined in the Work Programme:

‒ Up to 100 % of the eligible costs;

‒ but limited to a maximum of 70 %

for innovation projects (exception for

non-profit organisations - maximum

of 100%).(*) Research and technological development includes scientific coordination. (**) For beneficiaries that are non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SMEs(***) The reimbursement of indirect eligible costs, in the case of coordination and support actions, may reach a maximum 7% of the direct eligible costs, excluding the direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary.(****) Including research for the benefit of specific groups (in particular SMEs)

Maximum reimbursement

rates

Research and technological development activities (*)

Demonstration activities

Other activities

Network of excellence

50%75% (**)

100%

Collaborative project(****)

50%75% (**)

50% 100%

Coordination and support action

100% (***)

A single funding rate

FP7

Single indirect cost model

20% ?60% ?

Real ?

Simplified?

Single model:25 % Flat Rate

FP7

An example

New funding model: what impact on the EU contribution?

Direct costs

Indirect costs

Total costs

% EU contribution

EU contribution

Flat-rate (60%) 100 60 160 75% € 120

Direct costs

Indirect costs

Total costs

% EU contribution

EU contribution

100/25 Funding 100 25 125 100% € 125

FP7 Majority of HES & RTOs

Personnel costs Wider acceptance of average

personnel costs

Acceptance of supplementary payments

for non-profit organisations of up to 8000

euros/year/person

Simplifying participation for SMEs

Less requirements for time records

…and more in the Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement

Cost reimbursement

Controls and Audits

Financial

viability

Restricted to coordinators for projects ≥ €500 k€

CFS

[Certificate for

Financial Statements]

Only for final payments/per beneficiary /for actual costs ≥ €325 000 €

Optional Certificates on average personnel costs

Ex-post audits

Provisions in Horizon 2020 Regulation!

Commission's audits up to two years after payment of the balance

Audit strategy focused on risk and fraud prevention

Extrapolation New Financial Regulation will apply

Continuity with FP7Guarantee Fund

Ownership

• for the participant who generates results,

• joint-ownership only in specific

circumstances

Protectionwhere appropriate

Exploitation

• General obligation to exploit

Dissemination

• principle maintained;

Intellectual Property Rights - I

We keep

Transfer and exclusive licences outside the Union/Associated Countries

• the grant agreement may foresee right to object if a participant has received Union funding

Access rights

• for implementation and for exploitation purposes

(also for affiliated entities established in MS/AC)

Tailor-made provisions in the MGA for:

• security-related activities,

• ERC frontier research,

• SME instrument,

• mobility,

• support,

• KICs, etc.

Intellectual Property Rights - II

What is Additional exploitation /dissemination obligations

(in the work programme)

Open access:

• obligatory for scientific publications and,

• to research data (in appropriate areas and when foreseen in the work programme)

Access rights:

• for the Union under all parts of the programme and,

• for MS under 'Secure societies',

Specific provision:

• for pre-commercial public procurement and

• for procurement of innovative solutions

Intellectual Property Rights - III

NEW

Time to grant: speeding up the process - I

A maximum TTG of 8 months

5 monthsfor informing all applicants

on scientific evaluation

3 monthsfor signature of GA

Time to grant: speeding up the process - II

How to speed upthe process

No detailed negotiations: each proposal evaluated 'as it is',

not as 'what could be';

Legal entity validated in parallel.

No more paper: e-communication & e-signature of grants.

Finding funding opportunities -proposal submission

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All call related documentation is published on the Participant Portal

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home

• User friendly Participant Portal• Easy to find funding opportunities

H2020 Calls

Provisional

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home

Home page

Search Topics

Other Funding Opportunities

Call Updates

Calls

Horizon 2020

COSME

Stay informed

RSS feed iCal Email notification

Previous Framework Programmes (FP7 & CIP)

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the new EU funding programme for research and innovation running from 2014 to 2020 with a €70 billion budget. The first calls for proposals for Horizon 2020 are envisaged for December 2013. Its simplified rules and submission and grant management tools should facilitate participants' tasks. For practical guidance, see the H2020 Funding Guide.

H2020 supports SMEs with a new instrument that runs throughout various funded research and innovation fields, so it should be easy for SMEs to find opportunities in many calls.

H2020 also aims to enhance EU international research cooperation so there are more opportunities for Third Country participation.

Having built H2020 around the main societal challenges like an ageing population, food security, energy efficiency, the EU attaches high importance to embed socio-economic sciences and humanities into the work programme.

Another important priority of the Commission is to ensure gender is embedded in the design of Horizon 2020 project proposals.

Other calls

This page lists additional research activities, initiatives executed by several Member States or joint programmes, co-funded calls, thematic opportunities, and intergovernmental actions.

Call updates

The page displays the latest updates to the calls, like change of deadlines.

Search

The call search tool has several filtering options to help you select funding opportunities that are most relevant to your activities.

COSME

Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) will run from 2014 to 2020, with a planned budget of €2.3bn. It will facilitate SME access to finance, create supportive environment for business creation, help small businesses operate outside their home countries and improve their access to markets.

FP7 and CIP – previous programmesFP7 and CIP are previous instruments to fund research and innovation activities in Europe for the period 2007 to 2013. You can view closed calls information of these programmes.

Funding opportunities landing page

HORIZON 2020 CALLS F U N D I N G G U I D E

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Call Updates

Calls

Horizon 2020

COSME


Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges

Spreading excellence and widening participation

Science with and for society

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66 results

Specific Programme:

Status:

Type:

◎ Open calls○ Closed calls○ Forthcoming calls

☑ Calls for proposal☑ Calls for tender

◎ Publication date

Sort by: ○ Deadline

○ Title ○ Call ID

Horizon 2020 calls

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Cross-cutting Key-Enabling Technologies (KETs)

ERA-NET

Gender

International cooperation

SME Instrument

Socio-economic science and Humanities

Search keywords: climate change SearchCOSME

Calls

Search TopicsHorizon 2020 predefined criteria:

Search topics

Horizon 2020

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Search keywords: climate change SearchCOSME

Calls

Horizon 2020 predefined criteria:

3 results○Publication date◎Deadline○Title○Call ID

◎ Open calls○ Closed calls○ Forthcoming calls

Filter options: Sort by:

Topic: SFS 7 - 2014: Optimising external nutrient inputs in intensive crop production systems in Europe

European crop production is facing more and more difficulties in remaining competitive in the global market for many reasons. One of these reasons is certainly the high cost of external nutrient inputs necessary More…

Call title: Sustainable Food Security Status: Open

Call identifier: H2020-SFS-2014/2015 Deadline: 2014-03-18

Topic: WATER 2 – 2014/2015: Integrated approaches to water and climate change

The rising demands of a growing world population for food, water, materials and energy will put increasing pressures on land use, water resources and ecosystems. Energy consumption is expected to increase, More…

Call title: Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe Status: Open

Call identifier: H2020-WATER-2014/2015 Deadline: 2014-03-18

Topic: WATER 5 – 2014/2015: Strengthening international R&I cooperation in the field of water

Developing countries, especially in Africa, are facing serious challenges for sustaining its development. Sustainable water supply and sanitation is fundamental to the food security, health, survival More…

Call title: Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe Status: Open

Call identifier: H2020-WATER-2014/2015 Deadline: 2014-03-18

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Cross-cutting Key-Enabling Technologies (KETs)

ERA-NET

Gender

International cooperation

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Topics▶WATER 1 – 2014/2015: Bridging the gap from innovative water solutions to market replication

▶WATER 2 – 2014/2015: Integrated approaches to water and climate change

▶WATER 3 – 2014/2015: Stepping up EU research and innovation cooperation in the water area

▶WATER 4 – 2014: Harnessing EU water research and innovation results for industry, policy makers and citizens

▶WATER 5 – 2014/2015: Strengthening international R&I cooperation in the field of water

WATER INNOVATION: BOOSTING ITS VALUE FOR EUROPE

H2020-WATER-2014/2015

Publication date: 2013-12-11 Deadline Date: 2014-03-18 +17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

Stage 2: 2014-05-22 +17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Budget: €65.000.000 Specific programme: Societal challengesStatus: Open OJ reference: OJ C2020 11 of December 2013Call summary Water is an invaluable resource for human health, food security, sustainable development and the environment, and is an economic sector of growing importance for Europe. However, water resources are constantly under pressure from climate change, urbanisation, pollution, overexploitation of freshwater resources and increasing competition between various user groups, and the improvement of the state of water resources will trigger substantial economic benefits.

More…

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Call documents

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COSME

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Submission Service

Horizon 2020 calls – Call details

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Call: Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe

Topic: Bridging the gap from innovative water solutions to market replication

WATER 1 – 2014/2015

Specific challenge: One of the main factors hampering the market uptake of innovative solutions in the field of water is the lack of real scale demonstration of their long term viability. In addition, highly promising and advanced eco-innovative water technologies, processes, products and services often do not reach the market due to pre-commercialisation challenges and the residual risk linked to scaling-up. The first Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water has identified as priority areas: water reuse and recycling; water and wastewater treatment, including recovery of resources; water and energy integration; flood and drought risk management; and the role of ecosystem services in the provision of water related services.

Scope: Actions should address one or more of the following:

• demonstration/pilot activities of new or improved innovative water solutions (technologies, processes, products and/or services) in a real environment

• the first application and market replication of near commercial water solutions.

They should focus on the priorities identified in the first Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water, and/or helping process industries become less water dependant while ensuring efficient management of other resources (e.g. raw materials and energy), and/or exploiting untapped potential of ICT by developing and deploying advanced ICT solutions for water resources management in agriculture and urban areas.

Expected impact: Wide and fast deployment of eco-innovation in the water sector in line with the priority areas of the EIP 'Water'. Support to the objectives of the Sustainable Process Industries Public-private Partnership (SPIRE PPP), in particular helping process industries to view water as a highly valuable asset rather than a consumable. Market penetration, long-term application and sustained use of successful solutions by various end-users, and creation of new market opportunities both inside and outside Europe. Increased resource efficiency and environmental performance of the water sector, through synergies between public water authorities, water utilities, various economic sectors, big companies, SMEs and research organisations.

Type of action: Innovation actions (70%)

COSME

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ServiceCall Documents

Horizon 2020 calls – Topic details: topic description

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Submission Service

To access the Electronic Submission Service of the call, please select the type of action that is most relevant to your proposal from the list below. You will then be linked to the correct entry point.

To access existing draft proposals for this call, please login to the Participant Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section.

Download the user guide of the Participant Portal Submission Service.

COSME

Calls

Submission Service

Call Documents

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WATER 1 – 2014/2015

Water1-…

Horizon 2020 calls – Topic details: submission service

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Call: Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe

Topic: Bridging the gap from innovative water solutions to market replication

Topic ConditionsTopic

Description

Horizon 2020

Find your project partners

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal

http://www.fitforhealth.eu

• Finding funding opportunities

• SC1-proposal submission

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Electronic SubmissionElectronic Submission System accessed from the call page• ECAS password• PICs for all partners• Prepare proposal,

• On-line for Part A structured part• Upload Part B - pdf file(s)

• Submit the proposal!• Validation checks• Complete submission, before the 17h00 deadline

Submission failure rate in the past = + 1%Only reason for failure; waiting till the last minute

Technical problems Panic-induced errors (uploading the wrong proposal) Too late starting upload, run out of time

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Part A – online 1/2Section 1

• Title, acronym, objective etc.• Fixed and free keywords• 2000 character proposal abstract• previous/current submission• Declarations

Section 2 (one form per partner)• Participant Identification Code (PIC) compulsory!• Department• Dependences• Contact information• Other contact information

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Part A – online 2/2Section 3

• Cost and requested grant details

Section 4• Ethics' questionnaire

Section 5• Call related questionnaire, e.g. for clinical trials

Provisional

Part B - pdf file(s)Based around evaluation criteria:• Excellence

• Eg. Objectives, concept, progress beyond state-of-art...

• Impact• Eg. Potential impact (incl. with reference to WP);

measures to maximise impact (dissemination, communication, exploitation)

• Implementation• Including work packages descriptions• Information on third parties and subcontractors

Template supplied by the submission system (.rtf)39

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Submission in H2020

• Self check for SME status, financial viability • Proposal part B closely matching criteria• Aligned with Grant Agreement “Description of

Work”• Tougher page limits • “warn and watermark” in first round of calls• Two-stage and single-stage calls indicated with the

topics

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ExpertsAppropriately qualified individuals may apply to work

as experts in H2020 evaluations• Application via

Participant Portal

Call for experts planned for NovemberRegister as an expert

… or make sure that your profile is up to date

We need your expertise!

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Learn more

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http://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html

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