EPA Small Scale Study for Horizon 2020 Topic “SC5-18-2017: Novel in situobservation systems”

Why the EPA commissioned this mapping study...

Horizon 2020 EU Funding Opportunities

Novel in-situ observation systems

Background - Horizon 2020 SC5-18-2017:Novel in-situ observation systems

Top 10 Institutes / Organisations to recieve funding across all of the databases searched

Overview Keywords Searched

Authors: Aoife Moloney and Kevin Fitzgibbon

Water Systems & Services Innovation Centre(WSSIC), Nimbus Centre, Cork Institute of Technology

Databases Searched Key Initiatives...................................

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Systems Engineering& Measurement

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CommunicationsTechnology (ICT)

DigitalTechnology

Citizens & LocalUser Communities

Social Sciences& Humanities

Industry Partnersfrom relevant

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SMEs fromrelevantsectors

Identify EU research projects

Identify key research Institutes

Consortium Mapping

Mapping of Top Institutes

Analysis of EU & GlobalInitiatives

Within Horizon 2020, Earth Observation (EO), and more specifically novelin-situ observation systems are key research areas under Societal Challenge 5 (SC5): Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials.

EO research within Horizon 2020 represents an important area of opportunity and a major funding source for Irish researchers (in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), Industry, and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)). One of the key challenges for Irish researchers wanting to participate in the Horizon 2020 SC5 specifically is to target and identify possible relevant consortia to partner with.

This EPA Small Scale Study project (2015-SE-SS- 2) is focused on opport-unities for Irish researchers for participation in the Horizon 2020 topic – ‘SC5-18-2017: Novel in-situ observation systems’. This report is part of a study which aims to map research excellence and capacity, in Ireland andat EU level, to support participation in Horizon 2020. The output of thisstudy will support researchers who wish to participate in consortia applying for funding under this topic in the forthcoming 2017 call.

Total of 83 projects identified across the databases searched

Total of 20 Horizon 2020 projects identified

Total of 63 FP7 projects identified

Under Horizon 2020 Irish researchers involvedin 3 Earth Observation related research projectsto date (Feb 2016)

Under FP7 Irish researchers were involved in 5EO related research projects

EO research activities under Horizon 2020 are considered an essential element to accompany, and build on the invest-ments made by the EU in Copernicus, and in the Global Earth Observation Systems of Systems (GEOSS).

Research and innovation actions addressing EO, aims at developing innovative solutions to complete the in-situ component of Copernicus and GEOSS.

Earth Observation Cordis - Horizon 2020 & FP7

Citizens' Observatories

In-situ

Disposable Sensors

Monitoring Platforms

Unmanned-Platforms

Copernicus

Citizens Observatories

Copernicus

European Space Agency ClimateChange Initiative (ESA CCI)

GEOSS - Global Earth Obervation System of Systems

GEOGLAM - Group on EarthObservations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative

GEOBON - Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network

GFOI - Global Forest Observations Initiative

Global Mercury ObservationSystem

AfriGEOSS-African EarthObservation Initiative

BLUE PLANET

GEONETCast

GEO-GSNL

EU Mapping Study Methodology

Summary of Key Findings

observation

In-situGEOSS

Copernicus

NovelDisposable-sensorsCommunication

Resilient-communities PolicyCitizens

Earthsystems

Unmanned-platforms

InformationEfficiencyTechnological sensors Cost effectivenesssolutions Low-energy

Local -usersSensor-science

Climate-changeNatural-resources

Embedded Systems Research

PortugalSpain

Barcelona

Paris

Brussels

Hamburg

London

Rome

France

Germany

Denmark

Poland

Italy

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Switzerland

AustriaRomania

Serbia

Crotia

Belgium

UK

Ireland 4

Norway

Key Findings

16 11 10 7 6 5 Others