EU research & technology funds Europa Day – KU Leuven Association 6 November 2012 – afternoon...

EU research & technology funds

Europa Day – KU Leuven Association6 November 2012 – afternoon session

Agenda

• Overview of EU funding opportunities

• Reflections from participants• Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers• Health care – Walter Sermeus• ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier

• (How to write a competitive EU research project proposal)

Overview of EU research funding opportunities

Europa Day, KU Leuven Association

Stijn DelauréResearch Coordination Office

Overview of this presentation

• Introduction

• Barriers and incentives for participation in FP7

• EU research funding opportunities • in FP7 (2007-2013)• outside FP7• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)

• How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

Start from impact and work your way back

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EU is interested in impact on society, economy, policy, careers, public, …

Participation in EU projects often requires building bridges with

other disciplines, sectors,…

Highly competitive “excellence” labelValorisation focus company network

KU Leuven participation in FP7 (2007-13)

Number of FP7 contracts up to 02.07.2012Source: EC, via Flemish dep. of Economy, Science, and Innovation (EWI), 04.09.2012

Up to now: 441 approved FP7 applications, ~200 M€

350 contracts,156 M€

Anticipated research income 2009-2014

Source: LRD and FMPC, 22.10.2012

(International funds: 7% of expenses, of which 85% FP)

KU Leuven in FP (1994-2013)

Source: European Commission, via Flemish dep. EWI* FP7: up to 02.07.2012; 52.6% of FP7 budget allocated in contractsFP4, 1994-1998; FP5, 1998-2002; FP6, 2003-2006; FP7, 2007-2013

KU Leuven ZAP participation rate

Introduction to EU fundingFP7 funding: 2007-2013 (only one call to go)

Collaborative research

10 thematic areasFrontier Research (ERC)

Capacities 4097

People 4750

Marie Curie Actions

Research

Capacity

Cooperation 32413

JRC 175

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Euratom 2751

Ideas 7510

Nuclear

Research

Total budget: 50.5 B€

Introduction to EU funding

Cooperation : 10 thematic priorities1,8% But also SSH topics in other themes!

Participation per FP7 program

PEOPLE(Marie Curie

actions)

FP7-ICT

FP7-Health

ERC

FP7-NMP

FP7-SSH

DE

UK

IT

FRESNL

BE

CH

KU Leuven FP7 international partners

Type of partners in FP7 projects

48% academia

25% private company

22% research & techn. organisation

3% public body (hospital, ngo,…)

2% other


• Introduction




• unique opportunity to receive funding for international cooperation and networking

• international collaboration increases quality of research results

• topic of research might require a European approach

• for socio-economic sciences and humanities: world’s largest funding programme

• added value of going through the proposal procedure

Incentives for participation in FP7

Barriers and incentives for FP7 participation

• complexity of proposal preparationo proposal writingo budget planningo number of documents


Barriers for participation in FP7

LRD and DOC suppport!

KU Leuven EU-team• DOC (Research Coordination Office)

• Stijn Delauré, Iesel Van der Plancken, An Jansen, Mary Ann Doumen

• +32-16-320-944 or +32-16-324-053• [email protected]

• LRD (Tech Transfer Office)• Elke Lammertyn, Sofie Heroes, Tine Heylen, Sarah Malevé,

Myriam Witvrouw, Monique Vanhaeren, Ilse Brondeel, Karolien Mariën

• +32-16-320-621 or +32-16-326-520• [email protected]

• Budget advice and financial monitoring• Natalie Van Geel, Karen Franck, Patricia Pardon• Caroline De Meester

Pre-aw

ard

Post-aw

ard

www.kuleuven.be/EU/contact

Support service: KU Leuven EU-team

idea→proposal proposal→project project→post-project

DOC LRD & FMPC

stimulate-inform-support advice-support support-monitor-report

lobby

EU Pro-Act

EIT, FET-F, JPICH

networking

decentral support teams? preparatory funding

Support for project management (central

team at LRD)

• complexity of proposal preparationo proposal writingo budget planningo number of documents

• low succes rate (9% compared to 20%), while highest average total score (13,75/15) because of over-subscription

• difficulties in consortium building


Barriers for participation in FP7

KU Leuven: e.g. 27% succes rate in FP7-SSH!

Partner search support

LRD and DOC suppport!

Success rates per Science Group

EU average

• significant progress beyond the state of the art through new ideas/concepts

• progress in comparative research methodology and data

• internationalisation of research

• development of interdisciplinary approaches

• relevance for companies and/or policy initiatives

Impact of FP7 research



• Introduction




Current opportunities in FP7http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls

Current opportunities in FP7Bottom-up calls (you decide): Ideas, People, Capacities

Top-down calls (the EC decides): Cooperation, Capacities

IDEAS (7.5 billion €)IDEAS (7.5 billion €)

Current opportunities in FP7 - ERC

• Retain – Repatriate – Recruit

• Favour “brain gain” and reverse “brain drain”o Increase competition, recognition, international visibility

• Keep (young) researchers in Europeo Favour career opportunities and independence

o Groundbreaking, innovative, high-risk-high-gain researcho For researchers with excellent track record

IDEAS (7.5 billion €)IDEAS (7.5 billion €)

Current opportunities in FP7 - ERC

Starting Grant (2-7y post-PhD) – 17.10.2012

Consolidator Grant (7-12y post-PhD) – 21.02.2013

Advanced Grant (top scientists) – 22.11.2012

Proof of Concept grant (valorisation, for ERC grantees)

Synergy Grant (collaboration of 2-4 top scientists) – 10.01.2013

Current opportunities in FP7 - PEOPLE

PEOPLE (4.75 billion €)PEOPLE (4.75 billion €)

ESR: early-stage researcher, 0-4y post master degreeER: experienced researcher, >4y or PhD degree

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22.11.2012

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22.11.2012

Industry-Academia (IAPP)

‘Industry’ means: private sector

16.01.2013

IRSES“International Research Staff Exchange Scheme”

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people

Min. 2 European countries + 1 third country2-4 year duration, €1900 per manmonth of mobility

17.01.2013

Individual Fellowships

14.08.2013

Current opportunities in FP7

FP7-Cooperation

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• 3 partners from 3 MS/AC• 75% funding for RTD in collaborative projects (100% for coordination & support actions) • Involve ‘lead’-users, SMEs are beneficial in evaluation

Specific conditions

Next deadline: ICT (15 Jan), SSH (31 Jan), KBBE (5 Feb)

Budget: small: 1-3 M€ - large: 6-12 M€

Duration: 2-5 y

• Multi-national, multi-partner projects (~6-10 or ~15 partners from EU) • 10 theme’s – top-down research topics – private sector (SMEs)• Key: the use of project results (impact)• Current calls: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation

• Partner: small effort – Coordinator: huge effort (but higher success)• Coordinator: start at least 6 months before deadline (drafts!) • Criteria: Scientific Quality – Management – Exploitation/Dissemnation

Preparation/effort

Success rate: • EU average: 14.7%• K.U.Leuven: 22.3% (partner) – 28.6% (coordinator)

Contact: Iesel Van der Plancken

Challenge 6: ICT for a low carbon economyObjective ICT-2013.6.1 Smart Energy Grids (15-01 !)

•bringing together stakeholders from both the energy utilities and the telecom sector •to develop common approaches for future digital networks and smart energy services infrastructure for electricity distribution•The focus is on data management including the exchange of information with transmission network operators and with end users. •Special attention is given to exploring new business models for Distribution System Operators.

Current opportunities in FP7 cooperation

COOPERATION (32,4 billion €)COOPERATION (32,4 billion €)

ICT theme 15-01-2013 and 16-04-2013

KBBE.2013.2.3-01: Development and industrial application of sensors for food processing operations

•Small and medium scale focused project (3 m€) – 20% to SMEs

•versatile and affordable sensors •for the quantitative, real-time, on-line or in-line control •of critical quality and performance attributes •for raw and in-process materials •during food processing in the context of Process Analytical Technology



KBBE theme 05-02-2013

SSH.2013.5.2-1 The multilingual challenge for the European citizen

•Small and medium scale focused project (2,5 m€)

•Linguistic diversity in Europe•Potentials of multilingualism•Language related policies•Language teaching•New technological tools•Translation and interpretation



SSH theme 31-01-2013

• www.Net4Society.eu

• www.Net4Society.eu

www.Net4Society.eu = network of SSH National Contact Points (NCP)



Also in other themes!Call topic SSH field of research Deadline

SEC-2013.6.1-2 Varying forms of terrorism – Capability Project

Conservation and Heritage Research

2013-01-31

ENERGY.2013.7.2.4 Ensuring stakeholder support for future gridinfrastructures

Conservation and Heritage Research

2012-11-28

ICT-2013.4.1 Content analytics and language technologies

2013-01-15

ICT-2013.8.1 Technologies and scientific foundations in the field of creativity

Humanities 2013-01-15

Current opportunities in FP7

Current opportunities in FP7 - capacities

CAPACITIES (4,1 billion €)CAPACITIES (4,1 billion €)

Regions of knowledgeRegions of knowledge

Research for the benefit of SMEsResearch for the benefit of SMEs

Research potentialResearch potential

Research infrastructuresResearch infrastructures

Activities of international cooperationActivities of international cooperation

Science in societyScience in society



Research for the benefit of SMEs

• The scheme aims at supporting SMEs in need of outsourcing research activities to RTD performers such as universities, research centres or research performing SMEs.

• Projects aim at creating new knowledge or achieving results with a clear exploitation potential to improve or develop new products, processes or services which meet the needs of the participating SMEs.

• Bottom-up scheme

• Min. conditions: 3 SMEs + 2 academia

15-11-2012



Regions of knowledgeRegions of knowledge

Research for the benefit of SMEsResearch for the benefit of SMEs

Research potentialResearch potential

Research infrastructuresResearch infrastructures

Activities of international cooperationActivities of international cooperation

Science in societyScience in society



Science in Society

• SiS.2013.2.2.1-1: Raising youth awareness to Responsible Research and Innovation through Inquiry Based Science Education o SSH Relevant Scientific Field: Cultural Anthropology, Education, Ethics, Gender

Science, Humanities, Law, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociologyo Coordination and Support Actions (Supporting Action)o 2,5 M€

16-01-2013


• Introduction




COST actions

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• at least 5 countries - “breaking in” is possible (joining existing actions)• funding covers networking activities, no research itself: meetings, conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges and dissemination activities

Specific conditions

Next deadline: 29 March 2013Budget: <10,000€ for meetings, <3500€ for secondments

Duration: xx

• flexible, fast, effective and efficient tool to network and coordinate nationally funded research activities; bringing scientists together, light strategic guidance

• COST is based on networks (“COST actions”) centred around research projects• bottom-up, organised in 9 scientific domainsw.cost.esf.org/

• relatively low effort (~12 pages; two stage submission)• ideally for ‘young’ researchers to establish and consolidate network

Preparation /effort

Success rate: lowContact: Iesel Van der [email protected] – www.cost.eu

Directorates general

Calls for tender, relevant to Arts (example) • DG Education and culture (EAC through EACEA)

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about/call_tenders/call_tenders_en.php

• DG Translation (DGT)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/index_en.htm

• DG Interpretation (SCIC)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/scic/index_nl.htm

• DG Enterprise

• DG Connect

• DG Development

• DG Health & Consumers

• …

• Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI)o Collaborative research in Grand Societal Challengeso Pooling of member states’ research fundingo “Virtual common pot”, no funding from FPo 10 initiatives upcoming/running:

• Neurodegenerative diseases • Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change • Cultural Heritage and Global Change Heritage@KULeuven• A Healthy diet for a healthy Life • The microbial challenge• Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe • More Years, Better Lives - Demographic Changes• Urban Europe – Global Challenges, Local Solutions• Water Challenges for a Changing World• Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans

Member States funding for EU research

JPI Cultural Heritage: first call

The JPICH topics for the 2013 call are :

•tangible heritage and effect of weathering including climate change

•use and re-use of buildings and landscapes, including the relation between changes and policy

•Insight into values, valuation, interpretation and identity

Funding:

•Most likely support from FWO (2 projects/call, 200k€)

Heritage@KULeuven task force:

Koen Van Balen in JPICH scientific advisory board

Other joint programmes

• ERA-Net• FWO: HERA, M-ERA, TRANSCAN, E-RARE, …• IWT: LEAD-ERA, ECO-INNOVERA, ERA-IB,…

• ERA-SME• www.era-sme.net

• Ambient Assisted Living joint programme• www.aal-europe.eu

• Eureka, for market oriented industrial R&Dwww.eurekanetwork.org

• Eureka-Eurostars, for R&D SMEswww.eurostars-eureka.eu

ERA-SMEs• Wat?

o internationale innovatie netwerking en samenwerking tussen KMO’s en onderzoeksinstellingen

• Samenstelling van het consortium? o Duitsland, Oostenrijk, Tsjechië, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Nederland o Partners uit minstens twee landen/regio’s met minstens één KMO

per betrokken land/regio en minstens één onderzoek- en technologieorganisatie per project.

• Het IWT financiert Vlaamse partners via kmo-programma

• Doelgroep? o niet-O&O intensieve KMO's. KMO's die beroep doen op

onderzoeksinstellingen voor het uitvoeren van hun O&O, kunnen een projectvoorstel indienen

• Meer informatie? http://www.cornet-era.net

CIP: Competitiveness & Innovation

• Funding for pilot actions, involving both public and private organisations, for validating in real settings, innovative and interoperable ICT based services in areas such as: ICT for health, ageing and inclusion; Digital Libraries; ICT for improved public services; ICT for energy efficiency and smart mobility; Multilingual web and Internet evolution.


• Introduction




What’s next? “Horizon 2020” (2014-2020)

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2014-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

•Overall budget for Horizon 2020 (EC proposal):• €80 billion (constant 2011 prices) ~ 25% of all competitive funding in EU• 46% increase compared to FP7 (2007-2013)• Research and innovation increases to 8.5% of EC budget

•For decision @ European Council and Parliament !

Structure & budget breakdown

Excellent Science

Industrial Leadership

Societal Challenges

EITJRC

Cross-cutting issues:•ERA•Dissemination & knowledge transfer•Simplified access and reimbursement•International cooperation•Synergies with cohesion policy (Structural Funds)

• ~80 B€• Earliest deadlines:

winter 2014

Structure & budget breakdown

Excellent Science

Industrial Leadership

Societal Challenges

EITJRC• More bottom-up

• FET/FEST• 2 SSH challenges• > EIT budget

2. Creating industrial leadership; competitive frameworks- Examples of key enabling technologies in this challenge:

- Application-driven: cross-disciplinary collaborations required

- Additional cross-disciplinary critical mass? KULLOCs?

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Upcoming large initiatives (2013-2020)• FET Flagships (ICT) – 6 pilots 2 initiatives

o Guardian Angelso FuturICT, ITFoM, RoboComo Graphene, Human Brain Project

• EIT 2014 EIT 2018o Healthy ageing – Urban mobilityo Critical raw materials – Smart & secure societieso Food4Future – Added-value manufacturing

• Joint Programming Initiatives 10 Grand Challenge initiativeso Cultural Heritageo Urban Europeo Food-Agriculture-Climateo …

Agenda


• Reflections from participants• Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers

(productietechnieken, machinebouw, automatisering)• Health care – Walter Sermeus (ziekenhuis- en

verpleegwetenschap)• ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier (Recht en informatica)

• (How to write a competitive EU research project)

Agenda


• Reflections from participants• Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers

(productietechnieken, machinebouw, automatisering)• Health care – Walter Sermeus (ziekenhuis- en

verpleegwetenschap)• ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier (Recht en informatica)

• (How to write a competitive EU research project)

FP7 evaluation criteria in detail

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8 steps to a successful proposal*

1. Check the relevant documents

2. Your impact section has an impact! (B3.1)

3. Build your consortium around the call text (B2.3)

4. Set out achievable and verifiable objectives (B1.1)

5. Make your work plan manageable (B1.3)

6. Use an appropriate management structure (B2.1)

7. Show how you will transfer results to use (B3.2)

8. Make it easy on the evaluator

* This list is not exhaustive!

Step 8: Make it easy on the evaluator

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CredibilityCredibility The idea is convincing and achievable “it has to make sense”

The idea is convincing and achievable “it has to make sense”

CommunicationCommunication Clear description of what will be doneClear description of what will be done

ConcreteConcrete Very specific, not general concepts“who will do what, when, and how?”Very specific, not general concepts“who will do what, when, and how?”

ConsistencyConsistency High quality documentation (proof read)Written by consortium, but edited

High quality documentation (proof read)Written by consortium, but edited

~Hyperion

Objectives (and proposal in general) should meet the 4 C’s:

Summarizing…

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Guide for applicants Impact, impact, impact

Good luck with your application!

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