Preparing a Horizon 2020 proposal: how to get started Lerend netwerk – 17 september 2015 Annelies Stockmans

Preparing a Horizon 2020 proposal

- Horizon 2020: What?

- Context and relevance of your project

- Find funding opportunities

- Understand the call topic

- Proposal writing

- More information?

Horizon 2020: What?

EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014-2020)

Financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness.

Horizon 2020: What?

Context and relevance of your project

Research institutes/universities Project idea proposal

Industry/society

Societal challenges/

Industry needs Project idea proposal

Research institutes/universities

Move to challenge-based calls, attracting more multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral proposals

Context and relevance of your project

Context and relevance of your project

Context and relevance of your project

Context and relevance of your project

Impact: the stumbling block for researchers!

Context and relevance of your project: EU policy Europe 2020

3 PRIORITIES

Smart growth

Sustainable growth

Inclusive growth

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EAS

Employment 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be

employed 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to

be employed

R&D 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested

in R&D

Climate change and

energy sustainability

greenhouse gas emissions 20% lower than 1990

20% of energy from renewables

20% increase in energy efficiency

Education

Reducing the rates of early school leaving below 10%

At least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing third level education

Reducing the rates of early school leaving below 10%

At least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing third level education

Fighting poverty

and social

exclusion

At least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social

exclusion

Digital agenda for Europe

Innovation Union

Youth on the move

Resource-efficient Europe

An industrial policy for the globalisation era

Agenda for new skills and jobs

European platform against

poverty

7 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union

Impact and understanding the context of your research

Innovation Union: Pooling efforts for breakthroughs stakeholder advisory platforms: 1. European Innovation Partnerships (EIP)

Impact and understanding the context of your research 2. European Technology Platforms (ETP)

Impact and understanding the context of your research Priorities of the Junker Commission

A new boost for jobs, growth and investment

A connected digital single market

A resilient energy union with a forward-looking climate change policy

A deeper and fairer internal market with

a strenghtened industrial base

A deeper and fairer economic and

monetary union

A reasonable and balanced free trade agreement with the

U.S.

An area of justice and fundamental rights based on

mutual trust Towards a new policy on migration

A stronger global actor

A union of democratic change

Impact and understanding the context of your research 3 O’s of the Commissioner for Research and Innovation Carlos Moedas

Open Innovation

Open Science

Open to the world

Impact and understanding the context of your research

Europe 2020 strategy: http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm

EU Flagship Initiatives: http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/europe-2020-in-a-nutshell/flagship-

initiatives/index_en.htm European Innovation Partnerships:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=eip

European Technology Platforms: http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/ Commission priorities and 2015 Work Programme: http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/

Open Innovation, Open science, Open to the world: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-5243_en.htm

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 Reference documents

HORIZON 2020 : REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

Legal basis Regulation of establishment Rules of participation Specific programme

Biannual work programmes Introduction to the Horizon 2020 WP WPs for the particular parts of Horizon 2020 General Annexes to the main WP

All information on Horizon 2020: Research and Innovation Participant portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 Reference documents

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 Reference documents

Specific programme – Annex I broad lines of activities: What are the grand challenges that need to be

adressed? What are the objectives defined for each challenge?

Which activities are necessary to reach the objectives defined for each challenge?

General introduction: Political context: Link H2020 – priorities EC

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 Reference documents

Focus area calls

Internet of Things

Automated Road

Transport Digital Security

Smart and Sustainable

Cities

Energy Efficiency Competitive

Low-carbon Energy

Industry 2020 in the Circular

Economy

Blue Growth Sustainable

Food Security

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 Reference documents

Cross-cutting issues: SSH in H2020 Promotion of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Gender dimension in research International cooperation …

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 – Reference documents

Structure of Societal challenges WPs: 1. Introduction to the work programme

2. Call(s) on focus & non-focus area(s) Introduction Call topics Conditions for the call: opening dates, deadlines, eligibility and

admissibility conditions, evaluation procedure and criteria,…

3. Coordination activities (e.g. support for EIP, ERA-NET, calls from other organisations/initiatives)

4. Other actions (e.g. subscription fees, prizes, tenders,..)

5. Budget

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 documents – intranet DOC

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 documents – intranet DOC

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 documents – intranet DOC

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 documents – intranet DOC

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 documents – intranet DOC

Context and relevance of your project: Horizon 2020 documents – intranet DOC

Context and relevance of your project

Get familiar with the context of your research: − EU policy

− Introduction to the Horizon 2020 WP

− Introduction to the particular part of the WP in which the call topic features

− Any relevant road map, strategic direction or policy

documents referred to in the WP (which may be in the general introduction, the introduction to your call topic, and/or in the topic description)

Find funding opportunities Horizon 2020 website: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/

Find funding opportunities Horizon 2020 website: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/

Find funding opportunities Horizon 2020 website: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/

Find funding opportunities participant portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Find funding opportunities: participant portal

Understand the call topic: call topic description

1-stage call

2-stage calls

Understand the call topic: call topic description

1-stage call = full proposal by given deadline 2-stage calls stage 1: outline proposal (max. 15 pages, only total budget see proposal template)

stage 2: full proposal

Understand the call topic: call topic description

1 – stage versus 2-stage calls Scope: taken werkpakket Impact: eindresultaat/objectieven Types of actions Technology readiness levels Klinische studies

Project tasks

Project budget

Results

Understand the call topic: call topic description

Type of action specifies: − the scope of what is funded − the reimbursement rate − specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding

RESEARCH & INNOVATION ACTIONS

EU funding rate – 100%

INNOVATION ACTIONS EU funding rate – 70% (except non-profit, which are still funded 100%)

COORDINATION & SUPPORT ACTIONS EU funding rate – 100%

More information: General Annexes to the Work Programme

Understand the call topic: call topic description

Technology readiness levels

− TRL 1 – basic principles observed − TRL 2 – technology concept formulated − TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept − TRL 4 – technology validated in lab − TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant − environment in the case of key enabling technologies) − TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially

relevant − environment in the case of key enabling technologies) − TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment − TRL 8 – system complete and qualified − TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment (competitive

manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space)

Understand the call topic: call topic description

Understand the call topic: call topic description

Proposal writing Structure your project idea: Write a 1-page summary

Proposal writing Find partners: − Existing contacts (direct or indirect) − Participate in conferences/brokerage events − Follow activities of ETPs and EIPs − Previously approved projects:

http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html − Enterprise Europe network: http://een.ec.europa.eu/

− National Contact Points

Proposal writing Plan your activities carefully!

Proposal writing

Proposal writing

Proposal writing

Coaching sessions Horizon 2020 (Industrial leadership/Societal challenges)

What?

Half-day (3 to 4 hours) coaching session Advise by 2 Ernst & Young Subsidia experts on:

the optimal positioning of the project idea within the spirit of Horizon 2020;

the fit of the project idea within the call topic; the content of the project (voids, impact,...); the composition of the consortium; the H2020 application template; time management to ensure the timely finalization of the project

proposal.

Coaching sessions Horizon 2020 (Industrial leadership/Societal challenges)

Who?

To be eligible for a coaching session: The call for which the proposal is prepared, must be

situated within the pillar "Industrial leadership" or "Societal challenges";

Hasselt University needs to act as a coordinator; The project proposal needs to be detailed enough (a

coaching session is only useful if all the components specified in the one page proposal have been sufficiently worked out);

There needs to be enough time left to finalize the proposal

Coaching sessions Horizon 2020 (Industrial leadership/Societal challenges)

Procedure?

Complete one page proposal (intranet DOC) that summarizes the most important information of the project proposal (call topic, consortium, context, objectives, work packages, work plan, budget estimation, ...)

Express your interest to the Research coordination office

(euresearch@uhasselt.be) by submitting the completed one page proposal

EY Subsidia advises to submit the one page proposal at

least 6 months before the deadline

Proposal writing Points of attention: - UHasselt is already registered: do not create a new

PIC code!

- Add Research Coordination Office as a participant contact when preparing a proposal in the participant portal:

- LEAR: Ilse Haeldermans (ilse.haeldermans@uhasselt.be) AND - The staff member responsible for the programme e.g. Leen

Lambrechts for MSCA or Annelies Stockmans for Societal Challenges (research@uhasselt.be)

More information? Online manual:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/index_en.htm

FAQ – how to: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/faq.html

UKRO: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/