PONGRATZ CONSULTING-EURIDA RESEARCH

HORIZON 2020 TRAINING WORKSHOP

Rita Clancy and Ingemar PongratzWorkshop Developers

About the Organizors• Rita Clancy, Founder CEO

Eurida Research Management• Extensive experience in

international research• Planning and implementation

of non-scientific activities • Strategic scientific

communication• Creation of dialogue and

alliances between diverse stakeholders • Maximise project impact and

sustainability • Establishment of sustainable

project innovation

• Ingemar Pongratz, Founder CEO Pongratz Consulting• Extensive experience from

EU funding programs• Successful track record with

over 50 Million EUR in accepted projects• Research Background in

Molecular Biology• Experience from EU project

administration and Communication• Descartes Prize finalist 2005

for best collaborative EU research• Communication Star Prize

2011 for best EU project Communication

Introduction to Workshop• Obvious need for a general training session• Most workshop cover one priority, do not provide whole

picture• Can lead to isolation due to lack of information

• Only Workshop to cover Horizon Policy and Strategy• Extensive Background and Policy studies

•We aim to provide participants with information to develop a funding strategy

Topics covered• Background of Horizon 2020• European policies and policy goals behind Horizon 2020• EU strategies for Research and Innovation (Europe 2020, Innovation Union)• Horizon 2020 programme structure• International aspects and collaboration

• The “Industrial Leadership” Priority and Funding for SMEs• The SME Instrument• Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT)• Access to Risk Finance• • The “Societal Challenges” Priority• Presentation of the different focus areas• Cross-cutting topics relevant to all areas• The role of ”Responsible Research and Innovation” in Societal Challenges,

incl. communication, social sciences and humanities•  

Topics covered• The “Excellent Science” Priority• Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions• Research Infrastructures

• Rules of Participation• Legal and financial aspects

• Communication in Horizon 2020• Open Access and IPR• Interplay between Open Access and IPR

 • Non-Horizon 2020 funding• EUROSTARS• LIFE+• COSME• CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY• CREATIVE EUROPE

Testimonials• “Thank you for excellent workshop organisation. Workshop was for me definitely very useful. I have left Berlin with clear HORIZON 2020 overview and some new ideas”

• “Thank you heaps for the workshop which was a profound overview of everything happening in terms of finance”

• “I would just to like to echo the pervious comments and thank you and everyone for an excellent workshop”

Group Photo Berlin Sept 2013

Contact Information

•Workshop Homepage

• Pongratz Consulting• Pongratz Consulting in Swedish• Eurida Research Management

• Ingemar Pongratz• Rita Clancy