Opportunities for the UK in Horizon 2020

Europe at the Heart of Internationalisation26 June 2013

Christina Miller, DirectorUK Research Office

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UK Research Office

FP72007-2013

Horizon 20202014-2020

European Funding for Research and Innovation

Innovation

aspects

of CIP

EIT

* Diagrams are not to scale

Proposal

Legislative Process

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020Proposal to Programme

Proposal

• Stakeholder Consultation• EU Policy Needs

Negotiation

• European Parliament• Council of the EU• European Commission

Implementa

tion

• Guidance and Implementation• Work Programmes• Adapting to Change

Continuity vs. Change

Continuity Change

Core elements will remain, collaborative research, ERC, MCA

Competition based on Excellence

European Added Value EU Policy Needs Shared cost

New approaches • Focus on innovation• Integration of SSH and

ICT• Key Enabling

Technologies• Societal Challenges• Less prescriptive topics?

Revised Funding Rules

H2020 Basic 3 Pillar StructureEuropean Commission Proposal (November 2011)

Excellence Industrial Leadership

Societal Challenges

• ERC• Marie Curie Actions• Research Infrastructures• Future and Emerging

Technologies

• Key Enabling Technologies

• ICT• Space• Access to risk finance• Innovation in Small and

Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

1. Health, demographics changes and well being

2. Food security, sustainable agriculture marine and maritime research and the bio-economy

3. Secure, clean and efficient energy

4. Smart, green and integrated transport

5. Climate action and resource efficiency including raw materials

6. Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

European Research Council

Marie Curie Actions

Future and Emerging

Technologies

Research Infrastructures

Excellent Science

‘Excellent Science’

‘Industrial Leadership’

•Key Enabling Technologies << 1) Micro- and nano-electronics; 2) photonics, 3) nanotechnologies, 3) advanced materials, 5) biotechnology, 6) advanced manufacturing and processing>>

•ICT•Space•Public Private Partnerships <<Factories for the Future: FoF ;Energy Efficient Buildings: EeB; Photonics ; Sustainable Process; Industries through Resource and Energy Efficiency: SPIRE>>

Leadership in enabling and

industrial technologies

(LEIT)

•Remedy market deficiencies in assessing risk finance for research and innovation•Debt funding facility – loans, guarantees, counter-guarantees•Equity funding facility – early stage venture capital

Access to Risk Finance

•Dedicated SME instrument, feasibility, grant, commercialisation•Dedicated activity for research-intensive SMEs in ‘Innovation in SMEs’

Innovation in SMEs

‘Societal Challenges’

Societal Challenges (*Partial General Approach)

Rationale and Approach

1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing

2. European bioeconomy challenges: food

security, sustainable agriculture and

forestry, marine and maritime and inland

water research

3. Secure clean and efficient energy

4. Smart, green and integrated transport

5. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw

materials

6. Europe in a changing world – inclusive,

innovative and reflective societies

7. Secure societies – protecting freedom and

security of Europe and its citizens

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

Integrated approaches to ICT and SSH

Horizon 2020: Broad Range of Opportunities

Public-Public Partnerships

• Joint Programming• ERA-NETs

Public - Private Partnerships

• Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs)

• Contractual Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)

European Institute of Innovation and

Technology

• Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)• Co-location centres

• Outreach

Proposal

Legislative Process

Horizon 2020

Where are we now?

European Commission Horizon 2020• http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm

UKRO • www.ukro.ac.uk• British Council European RTD Insight• ERC NCP• Marie Curie NCP

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