Royal Holloway, University of London

29 January 2014

Emma Carey (emma.carey@bbsrc.ac.uk)

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introduction

The European Union’s funding instrument for research

and innovation from 2014-2020

• Budget of EUR 70,2 billion

• From research to innovation – from basic research to bringing

ideas to the market

• Focus on societal challenges EU society is facing (e.g. health,

clean energy, food security, integrated transport)

• Promise of simplified access for all

• Horizon 2020 overarching priority = Exiting the economic crisis

and sustainable growth

Excellent

Science

European Research

Council (ERC)

Future and Emerging

Technologies (FET)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie

Actions (MSCA)

Research Infrastructures

Industrial

Leadership

Leadership in Enabling

and Industrial

Technologies (LEIT) -

ICT, KETs, Space

Access to Risk Finance

Innovation in SMEs

Societal

Challenges

Health and Wellbeing

Food security

Energy

Transport

Climate action

Societies

Security

Widening Participation; Science with and for Society

European Institute of Innovation

and Technology (EIT) Joint Research Centre (JRC) EURATOM

2014-2016 Strategic Programme included in the

Horizon 2020 Work Programme

Aims at ensuring a coherent, evidence-based

implementation

Will guide the preparation of the work programmes

Defines areas of special focus for the first work

programmes

Water innovation

New ideas for

Europe

Smart cities and

communities

Personalising health

and care

Sustainable food

security

Blue growth

Digital security

Mobility for growth

Disaster resilience

Waste

Energy Efficiency

Competitive low-

carbon energy

Excellent

Science

Better

Society

Competitive

Industries

Two-year work programmes for 2014-15

Harmonised structure across all EC Directorate-Generals

Strategic Programme defines overall focus areas

Topics structure: “Specific challenge”, “Scope”,

“Expected Impact”

Basic participation details

28 EU Member States (Croatia joined in 2013) • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,

Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

• Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to the

Member States

Associated Countries • Similar list to FP7 expected

Third countries (funding will depend on GDP) • BRIC no longer eligible for funding

Association Agreement renewal process well under way:

• Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Iceland, Turkey, Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Serbia, Albania, Montenegro,

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Republic of Moldova

N.B. Liechtenstein is not associated with Horizon 2020!

• Some might not sign agreement in time for Horizon 2020 start

but can still apply, as long as the agreement is signed in time for

grant signature.

* Final list still needs to be confirmed and will be available in early 2014

Pillar 1 – Excellent Science

European

Research

Council

Marie

Sklodowska-

Curie Actions

Research

Infrastructures

Future and

Emerging

Technologies

European Research Council

The ERC seeks to fund the best ‘frontier research’ proposals submitted by excellent researchers, with excellence as the single peer review criterion.

Will fund projects led by a Principal Investigator, if necessary supported by a team (no need for pan-European collaboration).

Will operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis, without pre-determined research priorities. 25 panels in 3 domains which proposals can be submitted to:

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Life Sciences

Social Sciences and Humanities

Starting Grants

Consolidator Grants

Advanced Grants

Synergy Grants

Proof of Concept

Please see the ERC’s April 2013 statement on the timing of the 2014 calls:

http://erc.europa.eu/update-ERC-calls-proposals-2014

2014 Calls StG CoG AdG PoC

Published 11 Dec 2013 11 Dec 2013 17 June 2014 11 Dec 2013

Deadline 25 Mar 2014 20 May 2014 21 Oct 2014 1 April 2014 & 1 Oct 2014

Budget EUR 485m EUR 713m EUR 450m EUR 15m

2015 Calls StG CoG AdG PoC

Published tbc tbc tbc tbc

Deadline 3 Feb 2015 12 Mar 2015 2 June 2015 23 Apr 2015 & 1 Oct 2015

Budget EUR 411m EUR 603m EUR 640m EUR 15m

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Operates in a ‘bottom-up’ basis, open to all research and innovation areas

Mobility is a key requirement

Key areas supported: • Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of

researchers

• Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

• Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge

• Co-funding of activities

FP7 Horizon 2020

ITN ITN Innovative Training Networks

(Early Stage Researchers)

IEF

IF Individual Fellowships

(Experienced Researchers)

IOF

IIF

CIG

IAPP RISE

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (Exchange of Staff) IRSES

COFUND COFUND Cofunding or regional, national and

international programmes

Participants defined as ‘academic’ and ‘non-academic’

Early stage researchers (ESRs) only

The Innovative Doctoral Programme strand will move to the COFUND scheme

The ITN scheme consists of 3 strands: • European Training Networks (minimum of three participants) • Joint Doctorates (at least three academic participants who can

deliver a doctoral degree) • European Industrial Doctorates (minimum one academic and

one non-academic participant)

2 strands in IF scheme:

• Outgoing Fellowship

(MS/AC to third country), with mandatory return phase

• European and Reintegration Fellowship

(any country to MS/AC)

2 main changes to FP7:

• Optional intersectoral secondment in a MS/AC during the

fellowship

• ICPC return phase removed

Focused on knowledge exchange through staff secondment visits

Amalgamation of IAPP and IRSES with some changes • Project to be based on new or existing ‘joint research project’

• Supports ESRs, ERs and administrative/managerial/technical staff

• Covers intersectoral or international exchanges, as well as a combination of both

• For intersectoral stream - minimum 3 participants, including both academic and non-academic sectors and from at least 2 different MS/AC

• For international stream – minimum 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC and 1 participant from a third country

• No exchanges between institutions located in third countries or within the same MS/AC will be supported

• Secondment period - 1 to 12 months – does not need to be continuous

• One simplified funding system – ‘unit cost’ with country co-efficient factors

• Maximum 540 research months

Supports 2 programmes: • Doctoral programmes

• Fellowship programmes

Funding model in COFUND will differ from FP7

• Standard ‘unit costs’- fixed amounts per researcher /year

• Maximum EU contribution to single legal entity/ year

• Programmes up to 60 months

• Shorter time to grant

• All researchers should be covered by full social security

• Principles of the Charter and Code should set out provisions for ESRs

Website www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecurie

Commission’s Horizon 2020 webpages on Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/marie-sk%C5%82odowska-curie-actions

Commission’s Marie Curie Actions website ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions

Future and Emerging Technologies

Expanded from ICT and Energy

New actor in S&T funding landscape: • Promote and support emergence of radically new technologies

• Initiate and shape development of European research and innovation eco-systems

• Turn Europe into the best environment for responsible and dynamic multi-disciplinary

collaborations on future and emerging technologies

FET Open

Exploring Novel Ideas

• Individual research projects

•Early ideas

•Mostly Research & Innovation

actions, some Coordination and

support activities

FET Proactive

Developing topics & communities

•Topical clusters of research

projects

•Global Systems Science (GSS)

•Knowing, doing being:

cognition beyond problem

solving

•Quantum Simulation

•Towards exascale high-

performance computing

(implementing part of the HPC

strategy)

FET Flagships

Addressing grand challenges

•Common research agendas

•Graphene

•Human Brain

•Support to Flagships

Open, light and agile Roadmap based research

Research Infrastructures

Developing the European Research Infrastructures (RI) for

2020 and beyond:

Developing new world class RIs

Integrating and opening national RIs of pan-European

interest

Development, deployment and operation ICT based e-

Infrastructures

Foster innovation potential of RI and their human capital

Reinforcing European RI policy and international co-operation

Pillar 2 – Industrial Leadership

Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced

manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across

existing and emerging sectors

Europe needs to attract more private investment in research

and innovation

Europe needs more innovative SMEs to create growth and

jobs

Emphasis on combining enabling technologies to find solutions

for societal challenges – particularly energy efficiency targets,

sustainability and climate change objectives

Cross-cutting themes: • Integration of technologies

• Demonstration of capacity to make and deliver innovative products and

services

• User and customer pilots to prove feasibility and added value

Strong focus on industrial involvement and applied

research

Developing industrial capacity in focus areas:

• Key Enabling Technologies (KETs)

Micro- and nano-electronics,

Photonics

Nanotechnologies

Advanced Materials

Biotechnology

Advanced Manufacturing and Processing

New generation of components and

systems Future Internet

Advanced Computing

Content technologies and

information management

Robotics

Micro- and nano-electronic technologies/

Photonics KETs

Cross-cutting and horizontal activities and International Co-operation

Photonics PPP

Robotics PPP

5G PPP

Work programme divided into four areas

• New satellite navigation applications (Galileo)

• Earth observation

Space enabled applications

Tools for access to space data

• Protecting European assets in/from space

• Competitiveness of the European Space Sector

European competitiveness in space technology

Space science and exploration

International co-operation

Outreach and communication

2014 deadlines: 26 March except Galileo

Galileo topics: 3 April

Note: Note that

infrastructure

development of

Galileo and GMES

(now Copernicus)

funded outwith

Horizon 2020

Replaces Research for SMEs instrument (R4SME)

Dedicated SME instrument

Target highly innovative SMEs looking to develop and grow in international environment

Single company or collaborative

Allows for out-sourcing of research

Three stage support through innovation cycle

One project can access all three in order

One application per year

Pillar 3 – Societal Challenges

Concerns of citizens and society + EU policy objectives

Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary

collaborations, including social sciences and humanities

Addressing challenges requires full research &

innovation cycle, from research to market

Focus on policy priorities without predetermining

technologies or types of solutions to be developed

Energy Challenge

Health Challenge

Food Challenge

IIR Challenge

Transport Challenge

Climate Challenge

Security Challenge

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing

EIP Active and Healthy Ageing

Health for Growth

Structural Funds

Ambient Assisted Living

Research Innovation Deployment

Horizon 2020 Health - Context

Calls divided into the 8 specific activity areas • Understanding health, aging and diseases (2 topics) • Effective health promotion, diseases prevention,

preparedness and screening (6 topics) • Improving diagnosis (3 topics) • Innovative treatments and technologies (6 topics) • Advancing active and healthy aging (3 topics) • Integrated, sustainable, citizen-centred care (7 topics) • Improving health information, data exploitation and

providing an evidence base for health policies and regulation (5 topics)

• Co-ordination activities e.g. AHA EIP; More years, Better Lives; Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Innovative Medicines Initiative homepage -

http://www.imi.europa.eu/

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials

Partnership homepage - http://www.edctp.org/

More Years Better Lives homepage - http://www.jp-

demographic.eu/

Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease homepage -

http://www.jp-demographic.eu/

Joint Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance homepage -

http://www.jpiamr.eu/

Food Security, Sustainable

Agriculture, Marine and Maritime

Research and the Bio-economy

Sustainable Food Security

Blue Growth

Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy

• Three calls:

Sustainable Food Security

Unlocking the potential of Seas and Oceans

Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy

• Involvement of end users (farmers, fishers,

consumers, public authorities, society at large) will

be key

• Several topics flagged for international co-operation, including: EU-China

Transatlantic Research Alliance

International KBBE Forum (EU, Australia, Canada, New Zealand)

EU Africa

• Also look for opportunities in: LEIT

Challenges on Health, Energy, Climate Action and Inclusive Societies

European Commission pages on EU-funded research on the bioeconomy, plus details of new EU Bioeconomy Strategy:

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy/policy/

European Commission pages on EU ‘Blue Growth’ strategy:

• http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/blue_growth/index_en.htm

European Innovation Partnership on Agriculture:

• http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eip/

Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate

Change (UK among the participating countries):

• http://www.faccejpi.com/

Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy

Reducing energy

consumption and carbon

footprint by smart and

sustainable energy use

Low cost, low carbon

energy supply

Alternative fuels and

mobile energy sources

New knowledge and

technologies

A single, smart European

electricity grid

Robust decision making

and public engagement

Low cost, low carbon

energy supply

Projects implementing the main aims of the

European Strategic Energy Technology

(SET) Plan will be a big priority

Calls for proposals divided into three Focus Areas:

Types of projects to be funded:

• Research and Innovations Actions (with 100% reimbursement rate) • Innovation Actions (with 70% reimbursement rate) • Coordination and Support Actions • 1 x ERA-NET • 1 x Prize

Energy Efficiency (20 topics)

Competitive Low Carbon Energy (23 topics)

Smart Cities and Communities (4 topics)

European Commission, DG Research & Innovation / Energy website

http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/index_en.cfm

SET Plan webpages

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/set_plan/set_plan_en.htm

European Commission, DG Energy website

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.htm

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (FCH JTI)

http://www.fch-ju.eu/

Knowledge and Innovation Community on InnoEnergy

http://www.kic-innoenergy.com/

Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community

http://www.climate-kic.org/

Smart Cities and Communities EIP

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/initiatives/smart_cities_en.htm

Smart, green and integrated transport

Four broad lines of activity:

1) Resource-efficient transport that

respects the environment

2) Better mobility, less congestion,

more safety and security

3) Global leadership for the

European transport industry

4) Socio-economic and behavioural

research and forward looking

activities for policy making

Mode of transport

Aviation

Rail

Road

Waterborne

Transport integration

Urban mobility

Logistics

Intelligent Transport Systems

Infrastructure

Three calls:

Other actions: • €5 million inducement prize in 2015 for the cleanest engine

Types of projects funded: • Single or two-stage Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs) or

Innovation Actions (IAs)

• Single stage Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs)

• Small Business Innovation Research for Transport

• Prizes

Mobility for Growth (42 topics)

Green Vehicles (8 topics)

Small Business and Fast Track to Innovation (2 topics)

European Commission’s Transport website

http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/index_en.htm

Transport Research & Innovation Portal

http://www.transport-research.info/web/index.cfm

The European Green Cars Initiative website

http://www.green-cars-initiative.eu/public/

Clean Sky website

http://www.cleansky.eu/

2011 Transport White Paper - Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/strategies/2011_white_paper_en.htm

2012 Transport Communication – Research and Innovation for Europe’s Future Mobility

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0501:FIN:EN:PDF

Flightpath 2050 – Europe’s Vision for Aviation (2011)

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/doc/flightpath2050.pdf

Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

To achieve a resource – and water- efficient and climate change resilient economy and society, the protection

and sustainable management of natural resources and

ecosystems, and a sustainable supply and use of

raw materials to meet the needs of a growing global

population within the sustainable limits of the

planet’s natural resources and eco-systems

• Focus on innovation for a green

economy

• Actions targeted at addressing gaps in

knowledge to

• Understand changes in environment

• Identify policies, methods and tools

needed to address climate impact,

reducing raw materials/natural

resources, and current consumption

patterns

• Support innovators and business bring

green solutions to market

Lead for focus areas:

Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials

Water Innovation: boosting its value for Europe

Organised in three sections:

Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials

• The whole production and consumption cycle is addressed, from waste prevention, through recycling, to waste disposal and reuse

Water Innovation: boosting its value for Europe

• Addresses integrated approaches to water and climate change; bringing innovative water solutions to market; and harnessing water research and innovation results for the benefit of industry, policy makers and citizens

Growing a low carbon, resource efficient economy with a sustainable supply of raw materials

• Fighting and adapting to climate change

Climate information services; economics of sustainable climate change action; cities’ air quality and carbon footprints; coordination of research and innovation for climate action

• Protecting the environment, sustainably managing natural resources, water, biodiversity and ecosystems

Drivers of change in bio-diverse systems; effectiveness of eco-system restoration; and coordination of research and innovation for the management of natural resources

• Ensuring the sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw material

New approaches to sustainable supply and substitution of raw materials

• Enabling the transition towards a green economy through eco-

innovation

Support green-growth in small businesses and consolidation of global

green-economy knowledge

• Developing comprehensive and sustained global

environmental observation and information systems

Earth observation, including coordination and support activity within

Europe and in liaison with North Africa, the Middle East and within the

Balkan region

Deadlines

Single stage calls

First stage of 2014 two stage calls

Second stage of two stage calls 16 September 2014

First stage of 2015 two stage calls 16 October 2014

8 April 2014

European Commission pages on EU-funded Environmental research / policy http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index_en.cfm

European Innovation Partnership on water: • http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/innovationpartnership/index_en.htm

Joint programming initiatives: • Water: http://www.waterjpi.eu/home • Oceans: http://www.jpi-oceans.eu/home • Climate: http://www.jpi-climate.eu/home

European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation community): http://www.climate-kic.org/

Life+ programme: • http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus.htm

Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies

Young generation in

an innovative,

inclusive and

sustainable Europe

Reflective societies:

cultural heritage

and European

identities

Europe as a global

actor

To achieve: inclusive and innovative European societies in a context

of unprecedented transformations and growing global

interdependencies

Overcoming the

crisis: new ideas,

strategies and

governance

structures

New forms of

innovation

Types of projects to be funded: • Single stage collaborative ‘Research and Innovation Actions’ and

‘Coordination and Support Actions’ with 100% funding • ‘Innovation actions’ and ‘SME instruments’ with 70% funding • 1 x ERA-NET on ‘Uses of the past’

Overcoming

the crisis: 6

topics

Young

generation: 5

topics

Reflective

societies: 10

topics

Europe as a

global actor:

15 topics

New forms of

innovation: 10

topics

European Commission pages on SSH research

http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/index_en.html

Horizon 2020 web pages on SSH

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/area/social-sciences-humanities

European Commission pages on the Innovation Union

http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm

EU vision for ‘Deep and Genuine Economic and Monetary Union’

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-

2014/president/news/archives/2013/04/20130430_1_en.htm

Youth on the move

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=950&langId=en

Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) on Cultural Heritage

http://www.jpi-culturalheritage.eu/

Secure Societies – Protecting Freedom and Security of Europe and its Citizens

H2020 Context – Societal Challenge 7

“To develop and apply innovative technologies, solutions, foresight tools and knowledge, stimulate co-operation between providers and users, find civil security solutions, improve the competitiveness of European Security, industry and services, including ICT and prevent and combat the abuse of privacy and breaches of human rights on the internet and

elsewhere, while ensuring European citizens’ individual rights and freedoms”

Fight crime, illegal

trafficking and terrorism

Protect and improve

resilience of critical

infrastructures, supply chains and transport

modes

Strengthen security through

border management

Improve cyber security

Increase Europe’s resilience to crises and disasters

Ensure privacy and freedom

and enhance the societal, legal

and ethical understanding of security and

risk

Enhance standardisation

and interoperability

of systems, including for emergency purposes

1) Enhancing societal resilience to natural and man-made disasters

• Crisis Management

• Disaster resilience and Climate

Change

• Critical infrastructure programme

• Communication technologies and

interoperability

• Ethical / Societal Dimension

2) Fighting Crime and Terrorism

• Forensics topics

• Law enforcement capabilities

• Urban Security

• Ethical /Societal Dimension

3) Improving border security

• Maritime border security

• Border crossing points

• Supply chain security

• Ethical/social dimension

4) Providing enhanced cyber security (including privacy and data use)

• Privacy; access control

• Secure information sharing

• Trust eServices

• Risk management and assurance

models

• The role of ICT in critical infrastructure protection

Calls 1, 2 and 3: deadlines 28 August 2014 and 27 August 2015

Call 4 (Cyber Security): deadlines 13 May 2014 and 21 April 2015

Work Programme indicates:

• timing of topic (2014 or 2015)

• type of project (collaborative / co-ordination and support actions);

• level of project (capability / integration / demonstration)

• funding level (70% / 100%)

New focus on cyber security

Specific topics on ethical and societal dimension, requiring range of actors;

integrated across the four calls

European Commission pages on EU-funded research on Security:

• http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/security/index_en.htm

EU Security Industrial Policy Communications

• http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/security/industrial-policy/communication/index_en.htm

EU Internal Security Strategy

• http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/internal-security/internal-security-strategy/index_en.htm

EU Cyber Security Strategy

• http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/internal-security/internal-security-strategy/index_en.htm

Practical aspects of Horizon 2020

Basic model for research projects

• 100% direct costs +

• 25% indirect costs (overhead)

Basic model for “innovation” projects

• 70% direct costs +

• 25% indirect costs For Universities involved in innovation projects: 100% direct costs

Same model applies for ERC and for Coordination and Support projects

Some calls different – e.g. inducement prizes

Marie Curie calls different – fixed allowances

European Commission Participant Portal: to become the main entry point for EU research and innovation funding • calls will be deposited here

• Proposal submission via Participant Portal

• Will also be used for negotiations, project management, evaluators, documentation…

Use also:

UKRO Portal email alerts

UKRO Portal factsheets

Call for Proposals

Call description • Call summary

• Link to ‘Topics and

submission

service’

Call documents: e.g.

• Guide for

Applicants

• Work Programme

• Legal basis

Get support: e.g.

• NCPs

• Research Enquiry

Service

• IT Helpdesk

• IPR Helpdesk

• Ethics

• H2020 Online

Manual

Subscribe to

Notifications: • RSS feed

Topic description • Specific challenge

• Scope

• Expected Impact

• Type of action

Topic conditions

& documents e.g.

• Eligibility

• Evaluation

Submission

Service

Participation options

• Coordinator = responsible for leading the project, managing the project finances and representing the Consortium vis-à-vis the Commission

• Partner = responsible for delivering its part of the project and managing its share of the funding

Third parties:

• Sub-contractor = contracted by one of the beneficiaries to carry out specialised tasks that are not ‘core’ project tasks

• Other third party = making available its resources to a beneficiary or in very specific cases carrying out parts of the work on behalf of a beneficiary

Be

ne

ficia

ries

Co-ordinator

Prepares and submits proposal

Links with the Commission and the consortium members

Monitors compliance on the project

Financial distribution, record keeping, reports to the Commission

Organises scientific and project management meetings

Maintains the Consortium agreement

Partner

Works on their work package(s)

Submits reports to co-ordinator

• Depends on topic

• Partners must match activities in proposal

• Diverse consortium

• Certain target partner types:

Small Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), international

dimension, Government, community groups etc

• Have you worked with the partner institutions before?

• Can you trust them?

• Make clear from the beginning what will be expected from

them

• Talk about the budget early on

• Existing contacts

• FP7 Projects

• http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.html

• EU conferences (including events on the calls) and project evaluation

• Networks of Excellence

• European Technology Platforms http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-

platforms

• Commission websites including Participant Portal

• Partner searches:

• NCPs

• CORDIS

• Enterprise Europe Network

• Social Media? (Linked-in etc)

Structure reflects challenge based approach

• Specific challenge

Sets context, the problem to be addressed, why intervention is necessary

• Scope

Delineates the problem, specifies the focus and the boundaries of the

potential action BUT without overtly describing specific approaches

• Expected impact

Describes the key elements of what is expected to be achieved in relation

to the specific challenge

Evaluation (and therefore success) reflects this structure

State any specific requirements

• international component, involvement of SME/other stakeholder, use of

specific data source (eg GMES), open access/open data pilot

Suggest budget required to do the action

State kind of action it is

Explain any unusual evaluation criteria

Say whether it is a one or two-stage application process

Two selection criteria

• Financial capacity: in line with financial regulation and rules for participation

• Operational capacity: assessed ability to carry out the project effectively

Three award criteria

• Excellence, Impact, Implementation

Each criteria scored out of 5

• Threshold for each is 3

• Overall threshold: 10

• For innovation actions impact score weighted at 1.5

Proposals then ranked by scores

Projects funded according to ranking within budget

Priority order for proposals with same score

• Highest excellence score*; then highest impact score*; then size of budget for SMEs; then gender balance in project team

* for Implementation actions this order is reversed