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FET PROACTIVE CALL 2018 17.01.2018 | David Kolman, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. FET Proactive call 2018

…content and rules

…inspiration from/by the past

2. Proposal Preparation

…proposal structure

…tips & trics & usefull links

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FET MISSION

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New

Knowledge

New technologies

and their

applications

The power of FET complementary schemes

Individual research projects

FET-Open

Early Ideas

Critical mass making a case

FET Proactive

Exploration and

Incubation

Common research agenda

FET Flagships

Large-Scale

Partnering Initiatives

Exploring Developing Addressing

novel ideas topics & communities grand challenges

Roadmap based research Open, light and agile

THREE COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAM LINES

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THREE COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAM LINES

FET Open

FET Proactive FET Flagships

technology &

"gatekeepers"

policy

policy

scientific

community societal and industrial

challenges

Top down

Bottom up

Exploring

novel ideas

Developing

topics and

communities

Addressing

grand challenges

Explorative

research

Roadmap-based

research

<3 M€

4-7 € 500 M€

40% FET


FET IN EXCELLENCE SCIENCE PILLAR

ERC

Open

Flag

Top down

Bottom up

Blue sky research

Proact

SME

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TRLs

FTI

Prizes

FET

EIC

MSCA

Infra.


FET PROACTIVE: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS


1. Collaborative R&D projects

2. Broadly defined topics

…between FET Open and projects from the 2nd & 3rd pillar

3. Medium-size consortia:

…reasonable coverage of the respective community

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Cutting-edge high-risk high-gain R&D projects

…aiming to demonstrate a new technological paradigm

…developing a solid baseline of knowledge and skills

…fostering the emergence of a broader innovation ecosystem for

a new technology and for its future take-up

…to the stage that the results can be handed over to R&I

projects under LEIT or societal challenges


PROJECT SCOPE

…bringing together critical mass in the consortium

…going beyond research community if sensible

…could provide (internal) grants to 3rd parties to enhance impact

through supporting their small scale experimentation

…as a follow-up to a FET Open project or without a FET Open

predecessor


PROJECT IMPACT

Proposal has to demonstrate:

1. S&T contribution to the foundation and consolidation of a

future technology

2. Potential for future social or economic impact/return

3. Increase of the EU innovation capacity by involvement of

key actors of the future (younger researchers, SMEs…)

4. Building of a goal oriented interdisciplinary research

community beyond the consortium

5. Emergence of a broader innovation ecosystem around the

technology well beyond research


STANDARD H2020 REQUIREMENTS

Proposal has to include (in Section Impact):

• Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR)

• Strategy for Knowledge Management and Protection

…incl. measures for Open Access to scientific publications

• Discussion of Management of Research Data

…incl. measures for Open Access to (underlying) research data

• Communication Strategy

After the project start:

• Data Management Plan as one of the first

deliverables


Open access to scientific publication and research data in the context of dissemination and exploitation


PROJECT PARAMETERS

Typical project:

• Budget: 4-7 M€

• Duration: ≤ 5 years

• Consortium: 6-12 partners

• Medium size proposals: one stage submission, 30 pages

… mix of smaller and larger projects is welcome


Broadly defined topics developed in dialogue with stakeholders:

a. Artificial organs, tissues, cells and sub-cell structures (15 M€)

b. Time (13 M€)

c. Living technologies (20 M€)

d. Socially interactive technologies (15 M€)

e. Disruptive micro-energy and storage technologies (15 M€)

f. Topological matter (10 M€)

TOPICS 2018


Artificial organs, tissues, cells and sub-cellular structures

Proposals should aim at engineering biological, artificial or

hybrid sub-cellular systems (e.g., synapses, organelles,

vesicles), highly specific cell assemblies (including microbial),

tissues, organs or multi-organ systems. - Exploit recent advances in integrative biology (including modelling and simulation) and bio-

engineering

- Combine the growing understanding of genome, proteome, metabolome and cell behaviour with

strategies for the engineering and use of biological and hybrid functional constructs

• Possible long-term research targets include: - synthetic cell building

- organ reproduction, replacement, control or repair

- high-throughput organ- and body-on-chip technologies for the development of personalised

treatment, drugs or vaccines

- …. => engineer hybrids

• Ethical issues should be properly addressed

• Project size 4-7 M€, total budget 15 M€ 14

Time

This is about new technological possibilities inspired by

notions of time, not seen as a given and singular background

against which things unfold, but rather as a resource that

can be experienced and used in different ways.

• Possible research areas proposals could address include: - technologies for subjective time awareness (and its neural basis) and distortion

- the role of time in processes like aging, healing, learning or evolution and how this can be

influenced

- understanding non-linear temporality in complex systems

• New ways to represent, modulate, duplicate or experience and use

time could come from technologies in, for instance: - extreme electronics/photonics

- data-streams analytics

- time aware artificial intelligence

- virtual and augmented reality

- bio-engineering or neuroprosthetics


Living technologies

Proposals should develop new functional biological,

technological or hybrid artefacts with features of living

systems such as physical autonomy, growth, interaction and

enaction, adaptation and evolution. This could involve, for

example: - hybrid materials and systems with programmable features of shape, structure, functionality and

evolvability

- possibly starting from naturally existing complexes

- research on multi-level mathematics and complexity of living systems or the

boundaries/characteristics of life could be a part of the work proposed

• Proposals could use relevant results from evolutionary biology,

ethology, micro-, plant- and animal biology, synthetic biology, systems

biology and /or chemical biology

• Ethical issues should be addressed


Socially interactive technologies

This addresses technologies to support

deeper social interaction between people in

groups which range in size from pairs to

crowds

• This new socially interactive media should facilitate building trust and

understanding, social integration, engagement, collaboration,

learning, creativity, entertainment, education and wellbeing

• Proposals should include novel combinations of social sciences and

humanities with neuroscience, engineering and computing to develop

new experimental tools and paradigms - These tools could take into account, for example, context, culture, emotion, and factors of

embodiment and cognition

• Ethical issues and the gender dimension should be addressed


Disruptive micro-energy and storage technologies

Proposals should address next generation technologies

for local (close to where needed) energy generation,

capture or storage

• This proactive covers: - Technologies for micro-energy or nano-scale energy generation, transfer, dissipation and

conversion

- bio-inspired energy technologies

- the use of soft or intelligent materials

- new types of batteries

• Smart integration of novel energy sources within hybrid/distributed

energy systems can be addressed.

• Sustainability and environmental impact issues should be addressed

• Scalability should also be addressed.


Topological matter

This topic addresses new materials exploiting

interactions between quantum effects and topology

• Topological insulators already studied - possible applications in spintronics

• Other material properties can be addressed - applications in photonics, mechanics (eg elasticity, acoustics), superconductivity and

plasmas are possible examples

• Proposals should go beyond pure physics and mathematics - Prototypes should be built, tested and benchmarked

• Methodology should include an engineering approach for using the

quantum effects of wave-matter interactions in novel components


CALL PARAMETERS

• Call budget: 88 M€*

• Deadline for submission of proposals: 22 March 2018 17:00

• At least two highest-ranked proposals for each sub-topic will

be funded provided they attains all thresholds.

* Same budget is expected in 2020 for a new round of topics


RULES FOR PARTICIPATION

• Any type of legal entities can participate: academia,

industry, end-users…

• From anywhere in the world

• Minimum requirement: at least 3 independent legal entities

from at least 3 different EU countries or countries

associated to H2020*

• Only participants from European, accociated and developing

countries get funded


* WHO CAN GET FUNDING?

Entities established in:

• EU Member States (MS), or

• Associated Countries (AC): Albania, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,

Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Macedonia, Moldova,

Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Tunisia, Turkey

• ‘Developing countries’ as listed in Annex A of H2020, e.g. Argentina,

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa-Rica, Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan,

Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama,

Peru, Philippines, Venezuela, Vietnam…

• International European interest organisations, e.g.

CERN, EMBL, ESA, EUROFUSION, XFEL…


FUNDING RATE

• FET Proactive = Research and Innovation Action:

• Funding rate 100% of eligible direct costs*

• + 25% thereof to cover indirect costs

• for any type of legal entity


* ELIGIBLE DIRECT COSTS

• PERSONAL COSTS

• Travel costs and related subsistence allowance

• Costs for other [minor] goods and services

• Costs for subcontracting or for providing support to 3rd parties

• Depreciation costs for equipment, infrastructure or other assets

• Capital and/or operating costs of large research infrastructures


PAST CALLS

Calls open only every other year:

Success rate in both cases: ~ 7%

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1. April 2014 13 RIAs funded

12. April 2016 12 RIAs funded

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http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/first-future-and-emerging-technologies-fet-proactive-projects-under-horizon-2020-framework

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/12-new-fet-proactive-projects-defy-bounds-innovation

List of running FET Proactive projects:

• http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/first-

future-and-emerging-technologies-fet-proactive-projects-

under-horizon-2020-framework (April 2014)

• https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/12-new-

fet-proactive-projects-defy-bounds-innovation (April 2016)

PAST PROJECTS














































Science – photovoltaic materials and

surface chemistry

Technology – photoelectrocatalytic

devices for solar energy capture

Society – potential for a carbon-neutral

fuel cycle using conventional

hydrocarbon fuels.

PROJECT EXAMPLE A-LEAF

Artificial photosynthesis

for fuels and chemicals

Theoretical and experimental studies of CO2/water reactions at surfaces to make fuels

Optimisation of results and transfer to photo-electrochemical cells

Scaling up results in a photoelectrocatalytic device

Rare and/or expensive materials will be avoided

The project goal

How?

Impact on

To create an artificial photosynthesis device that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon

dioxide into fuels and other chemicals, mimicking the action of plant leaves.

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PROJECT EXAMPLE MAGENTA

Magnetic nanoparticle based

liquid energy materials for

thermoelectric devices

Experiments and theory used to understand thermoelectric properties of various ionic ferrofluids

Materials optimised to maximise the thermoelectric effect

Construction of prototype thermoelectric cells and testing in realistic conditions

The project goal

How?

Impact on

Develop novel thermoelectric materials based on ionic ferrofluids for use in devices to

convert waste heat produced by many aspects of daily life into more useful forms of energy

(e.g. electrical).

Science – novel thermoelectric materials

Technology – new devices for energy

harvesting in "self powered" devices

Society – more efficient use of energy

resources

Power generating cell (MAGENTA / CEA)

Science – information coding in neural signals

Technology – flexible neural electrodes using

new materials

Society – better rehabilitation for patients after

a stroke

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PROJECT EXAMPLE BRAINCOM

High-density cortical implants

for cognitive neuroscience and

rehabilitation of speech using

brain-computer interfaces

Develop large-area cortical and intra-cortical neural interfaces for recording and stimulation

Develop H/W (ASICs) to handle very large number of signal channels

Use animal studies to understand link between surface and intra-cortical signals

Study distributed brain circuits of speech before and after a stroke

Clinical testing to develop decoding strategies for speech based on cortical activity

The project goal

How?

Impact on

Develop a new generation of very large-scale neuroprosthetic cortical devices based on novel

materials and technologies to further basic understanding of cortical speech networks and

facilitate rehabilitation in disabled patients using new brain-computer paradigms.

Flexible electrodes (BRAINCOM)

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. FET Proactive call 2018

…content and rules

…inspiration from/by the past

2. Proposal Preparation

…proposal structure

…tips & trics & usefull links

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SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM: PARTICIPANT PORTAL

Participant Portal of the European Commission:

ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Funding opportunities

H2020

Future and Emerging technologies (FET)

FET Proactive – Boosting emerging technologies

FETPROACT-01-2018*

* You need an ECAS account (universal European

Commission’s account) to start proposal submission


http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html



PROPOSAL COMPOSITION

Part A: Administrative part of the proposal (online)

Part B: Narrative part (core proposal; word document)

• Cover page (1 page A4)

• Section 1: S&T Excellence

• Section 2: Impact

• Section 3: Implementation

• Section 4: Members of the consortium (Additional information)

• Section 5: Ethics and Security (Additional information)

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PROPOSAL COMPOSITION

• Page limit: Sections 1-3 together are strictly limited to 30 pages,

…but could be less

• No page limit applies to Sections 4-5.

• Template: The structure of the template has to be strictly

followed!

• Description/content of sections 1-3 matches the

description/content of the respective evaluation criteria

=> Familiarize yourself with the evaluation criteria before

writing!


EVALUATION CRITERIA FET OPEN-PROACTIVE-FLAGSHIPS

Deviations from the standard rules of H2020:

S&T Excellence is the name of the FET game!

Criterium Treshold Weight

Excellence 4/5 60%

Impact 3.5/5 20%

Implementation 3/5 20%


COVER PAGE

• Acronyme

• Title

• Subtopic (a.-f.)

• List of participants


SECTION EXCELLENCE: TEMPLATE STRUCTURE

• Objectives

• Relation to the work programme

• Concept

• Methodology

• Ambition


SECTION EXCELLENCE: EVALUATION CRITERIA*

The following aspects will be taken into account:

1. Clarity of long-term vision of a science-enabled technology.

2. Concreteness and ambition of the proposed science-to-

technology breakthrough that addresses this vision.

3. Range and added value from interdisciplinarity, novelty and

non-incrementality of the research proposed.

4. High-risk of the research proposed and plausibility and

flexibility of the approach.

* Generic criteria in Annex H do not apply to FET Proactive


SECTION EXCELLENCE: OTHER HINTS

• Objectives (goals) should comply with the SMART principle

(Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely)

• Objectives should be mirrored in/consistent with impacts

(Section 2) and in tasks (Section 3)

• Methodology should allow for proper measures to be taken in

case of failures

• Claims (esp. to State of the Art) should be supported by

references


SECTION IMPACT: TEMPLATE STRUCTURE

• Expected impact

• Dissemination and exploitation of results

• Communication


SECTION IMPACT: EVALUATION CRITERIA*


1. The extent to which the outputs of the project would contribute

to the expected impacts mentioned in the work programme

under the relevant FET topic.

2. Effectiveness of measures and plans to disseminate and use

the results (including management of IPR) and to

communicate the project to different target audiences.



SECTION IMPACT: OTHER HINTS

• Impact = Impact after the end of the project

• Put your work in broader context: societal and economic impact

• Try to quantify your statements

• Dissemination & Communication measures should be creative

and specific (which conferences; how many students in Summer

Schools…)

• Business plan usually not relevant in this stage of research

• Data Management Plan & IPR Management: outline your

principles (which data you expect; how will you protect your

knowledge and how will it be made available…)


SECTION IMPLEMENTATION: TEMPLATE STRUCTURE

• Work plan – Work packages, deliverables

• Management structure, milestones and procedures

• Consortium as a whole

• Resources to be committed


SECTION IMPLEMENTATION: EVALUATION CRITERIA*


1. Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan to achieve

project objectives and impacts, including adequate allocation

of resources to tasks and partners.

2. Appropriateness of the research and innovation management

structures and procedures.

3. Role and complementarity of the participants and extent to

which the consortium as a whole brings together the

necessary expertise.



SECTION IMPLEMENTATION: HINTS

• Proper timing of tasks, incl. enough time for feedback loop(s)

• Typically 2-3 significant milestones per year

• Less deliverables, but with sufficient content

• Budget and person-months allocation must correspond to the

work plan

• Consortium fit for purpose:

- no more no less that what you need: those who will the best

perform the tasks foreseen;

- no false consideration (friendship, new member states…)!


SECTION CONSORTIUM

This section is NOT part of the expert evaluation and is NOT

covered by the page limit.

HOWEVER, the information provided here will be used to judge

the operational capacity [of project partners]!

• Participants (applicants), how their expertise and capacity

match the tasks assigned, CVs of key personnel…

• Third parties involved in the project (third party resources)


SECTION ETHICS AND SECURITY

This section is NOT part of the expert evaluation and is NOT

covered by the page limit.

• Ethics: to be filled in ONLY if the ethical issues in Part A

flagged

• Evtl. security issues, classified info


GENERAL SUGGESTIONS

• Do not count your evtl. U.K. partners towards the minimum

of 3 independent legal entities

• Include also Education, Training and Public outreach in your

work plan

• If feasible, devote certain project budget to an SME (high

potential actor)


GENERAL SUGGESTIONS

• Select the right call and thus the right template!

• Follow the template structure!

• Use graphics/figures, make sure you are well understood!

• .

• Submit a concise and consistent proposal on time!


„Summary box“ is a very useful tool, despite the space restrictions

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FURTHER SUGGESTIONS

Check EC instructions to FET-Open Evaluators 2017:

• https://ec.europa.eu/info/briefing-remote-evaluators-fet-open-

ria-cut-date-17-january-2017_en

Perform self-evaluation using the self-evaluation form:

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/

call_ptef/ef/h2020-call-ef-fetproact-ria-01-2018_en.pdf

Submit your draft proposal to FFG for pre-proposal check:

• [email protected]


https://ec.europa.eu/info/briefing-remote-evaluators-fet-open-ria-cut-date-17-january-2017_en





















http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/call_ptef/ef/h2020-call-ef-fetproact-ria-01-2018_en.pdf















mailto:[email protected]

FURTHER SUGGESTIONS

Consult successful Austrian FET-proactive applicants from 2016:

• Project A-LEAF, TU Wien, Ms. Ulrike Diebold,

http://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/www/surface/group/diebold

• Project CresPace, Meduni Wien, Mr. Mariann Gyöngyösi,

[email protected]

Get inspiration from „Outcomes“ of project A-LEAF:

• http://www.a-leaf.eu/outcomes





http://www.a-leaf.eu/outcomes/





LINKS TO GUIDES

Exploitation & Dissemination:

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-

guide/grants/grant-management/dissemination-of-results_en.htm

Communication:


guide/grants/grant-management/communication_en.htm

Guidelines Communicating EU research and innovation

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/gm/

h2020-guide-comm_en.pdf


http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/grants/grant-management/dissemination-of-results_en.htm











http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/grants/grant-management/communication_en.htm







http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/gm/h2020-guide-comm_en.pdf








LINKS TO GUIDES

Open Access:


guide/cross-cutting-issues/open-access-data-management/open-

access_en.htm

Data Management:


guide/cross-cutting-issues/open-access-data-management/data-

management_en.htm

Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research

Data in Horizon 2020

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/

hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf

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http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/cross-cutting-issues/open-access-data-management/open-access_en.htm

















http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/cross-cutting-issues/open-access-data-management/data-management_en.htm

















http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf










THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

David Kolman

• National Contact Point

for Future and Emerging Technologies

• Tel: +43 (0)5 7755 4208

• [email protected]



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