HORIZON 2020 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Smart Cities 15 October 2014

Monika Vrbkova

HORIZON 2020

• EU Framework Programme for funding research and innovation to strengthen Europe's competitiveness

• brings together three separate programmes(FP7, CIP, EIT)

• programming period 2014 - 2020

• budget €78,6 billion

HORIZON 2020 – GENERAL CONDITIONS

• minimum 3 partners from 3 different Member States or Associated Countries

• Work Programme (WP) = call specification

• one project = one funding rate

– up to 100% for research projects

– up to 70 % for innovation projects

• 25% flat rate for indirect costs

HORIZON 2020 – THREE PRIORITIES

Excellent Science€24.4 billion

Industrial Leadership€17 billion

Societal Challenges€29.7 billion

• European Research Council (ERC)

• Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)

• Research infrastructures

• Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)‐ ICT‐ Nanotechnologies and

advanced materials‐ Biotechnology‐ Space

• Access to risk finance• Innovation in SMEs

• Health• Food• Energy• Transport• Climate • Inclusive Societies• Security

Spreading Excellence €0.8 billion

Science for Society €0.5 billion

EIT €2.7 billion JRC €1.9 billion Euratom €1.6 billion

HORIZON 2020 – ENERGY

Energy Efficiency (EE)

• Buildings and consumers

• Heating and cooling

• Industry and products

• Finance for sustainable energy

Competitive Low-Carbon Energy (LCE)

• Renewable electricity and heating/cooling

• Modernising the European electricity grid

• Providing the energy system with flexibility through enhanced energy storage technologies

• Sustainable biofuels and alternative fuels for the European transport fuel mix

• Enabling the decarbonisation of the use of fossil fuels during the transition to a low-carbon economy

• Supporting the development of a European research area in the field of energy

• Social, environmental and economic aspects of the energy system

Smart Cities and Communities (SCC)

• Enhancing the roll-out of Smart Cities and Communities solutions by stimulating the market demand

HORIZON 2020 – SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES IN WP 2015

SCC1 Lighthouse projects

• large scale demonstration projects

• low energy districts + integrated infrastructures + sustainable mobility

• 2-3 lead cities + 2-3 follower cities

• industry + cities + research community

SCC3 Standards

• standardisation of integrated solutions

HORIZON 2020 – ICT

ICT Cross-Cutting Activities

• Platforms for Connected Smart Objects

FI-PPP Accelerator Projects

• CEED Tech

• EuropeanPioneers

• FI-C3

• Frontier Cities

• IMPACT

• INCENSe

• SOUL-FI

• Speed UP! Europe

HORIZON 2020 – NMP

Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials for low-carbon energy technologies and Energy Efficiency

• Materials for optimisation cooling in power plants

• Long-term in-service degradation of materials for energy capture, conversion, storage and transmission

Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB)

• Sustainable solutions for refurbishment of buildings

• Advanced thermal energy storage solutions

• Effective tools and methodologies for monitoring of energy performance of buildings

• Retrofitting of residential buildings

HORIZON 2020 – TRANSPORT

Mobility for Growth (MG)

• Safe and connected automation in road transport

• Innovative solutions for cleaner and better urban transport and mobility

• Transport infrastructure management

Green Vehicles (GV)

• Enhanced performance and integration into the transport system and the grid

EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP (EIP) ON SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

• speeds up the transformation of European citiesinto Smart Cities

• implementation of innovation results in cities

• cooperation between industry, policy makers research, cities and other end-users

• targets EU climate and energy 20-20-20 goals

– 20% reduction CO2 compared to 1990

– 20% share of renewable energy in total energy mix

– 20% improvement in energy efficiency

ENERGY ICT TRANSPORT

HORIZON 2020 – SME INSTRUMENT

Phase 1: Concept & Feasibility Assessment

Phase 2: Demonstration, Market Replication, R&D

Phase 3: Commercialisation

lump sum €50 000 €0,5 – 2,5 million financial instruments

max. 6 months 1 – 2 years

business plan market-matureproduct

market launch

coaching (3 days/12 days)

HORIZON 2020 – SME INSTRUMENT

• only single SME or consortium of SMEs

• highly innovative companies with potential to disrupt existing markets

• European and global impact

• funding rate up to 70%

• one submission or participation at one time

• recommended to start with Phase 1

• four cut-off dates per year

HORIZON 2020 – FAST TRACK TO INNOVATION

• speed up the time from idea to market

• increase the participation of industry, SMEs and first time applicants

• open to all type of participants

• bottom-up approach

• minimum 3 and maximum 5 partners

• funding rate up to 70% (maximum €3 million)

• three cut-off dates per year

HORIZON 2020 – EUROSTARS 2

• programme for R&D performing SMEs

• open to all technological areas

• at least 2 partners from 2 different Eurostarsmember countries

• market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion

• national funding

• average project: 3-4 partners from 2-3 countries, €1,4 million

• two cut-off dates per year

HORIZON 2020

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Contact JIC at internacionalizace@jic.cz

Thank you for your attention

Monika Vrbkova / International Funding Officer

vrbkova@jic.cz