1. Russian National Contact Point on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology Food safety priorities in ЕС Framework Programme “Horizon 2020” Dr. Irina Sharova Deputy Head of Russian National Contact Point on «Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology» for Research Programmes of the EU A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia

2. NCP «Biotechnology»  Russian NCP “Biotechnology” was established by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science on the basis of A.N. Baсh Institute of Biochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences in May 2003  The main objective of Russian NCP “Biotechnology” is promotion of Russian science integration into the European Research Area through participation in the Framework Programme http://www.fp7-bio.ru, http://bio-economy.ru/ A.N. BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY RAS (INBI)

3. NCP «Biotechnology»  Exchange of information between representatives of science, business, ministries, agencies of Russia and the European Union for the establishment and development of scientific and technological cooperation.  Collecting and disseminating information on the activity in field of biotechnology within FP Programs of EU and promote Russian integration to the European Research Area.  Regional Infrastructure formation  Acting as the International Working Group of Russian Technology Platform “Bio-industry and Bio-resources - BioTech2030” http://www.biotech2030.ru  Thematic events organization  Implementing FP projects

4. « HORIZON 2020 »  EXCELLENT SCIENCE / ПЕРЕДОВАЯ НАУКА  INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP / ПРОМЫШЛЕННОЕ ЛИДЕРСТВО  SOCIETAL CHALLENGES / РЕШЕНИЕ ОБЩЕСТВЕННО ЗНАЧИМЫХ ПРОБЛЕМ Horizon 2020 Calls: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop /en/opportunities/h2020/index.html http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop /en/opportunities/h2020/index.html

5. Societal Challenge Societal Challenge covers three calls for proposals under which projects can apply for funding : Sustainable Food Security Blue Growth Innovative Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy In addition, the call under Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies will also be presented: LEIT - Biotechnology

6. ERA.NETs

7. ERA.NET RUS Plus «Strengthening STI links between Russia and the European Research Area» www.eranet-rus.eu  ERA NET specifically designed for fostering multilateral S&T cooperation between EU countries and Russia  Calls: ONE, 1 step procedure  Requirement: 3 participants: 2 MS/AC + Russia „Common pot“- 24 mln EUR

8. ERA.Net RUS Plus Nanotechnologies - Advanced nano-sensors for Environment and Health - Novel functional nanomaterials based on design and modelling - Nanomaterials for efficient lighting Environment/Climate Change - Increasing the reliability of regional climate projections: models and measurement - Environmental impact and risk of raw materials extraction and transportation - Extreme climate events and their impact on the environment Health - Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Function and Pathology - Regenerative Medicine and Biomaterials - Drug Discovery for Cancer, Cardiovascular and Infectious Diseases Social Sciences and the Humanities - Understanding Conflict, Identity, and Memory: Past and Present - Demographic Change, Migration and Migrants - Opportunities for and Challenges to Regional Development and Social Cohesion Innovation - No sub-topics pre-defined

9. ERA-IB 2 (Towards an ERA in Industrial Biotechnology) – http://www.era-ib.net http://www.era-ib.net EuroTransBio – http://www.eurotransbio.eu.http://www.eurotransbio.eu ERA-SME - http://www.era-sme.net/ http://fasie.ru/ ERA - NETs

10. ERA-IB ERA-NET “Towards an ERA in Industrial Biotechnology” www.era-ib.net Partners (18) and observers (8) from 21 different countries join forces to reduce fragmentation of national research efforts in the area of Industrial Biotechnology. ERA-IB and EuroTransBio (ETB) launch fifth joint call for Industrial Biotechnology research proposals - See more at: http://www.era-ib.net/era-ib- and-etb-launch-fifth-joint-call-industrial-biotechnology-research- proposals#sthash.UDuvbVIm.dpufhttp://www.era-ib.net/era-ib- and-etb-launch-fifth-joint-call-industrial-biotechnology-research- proposals#sthash.UDuvbVIm.dpuf Calls: annual, 2 step procedure, project costs up to 3 mln EUR

11. Mission - fostering cooperation between SME‘s in the biotech sectors (all areas- green, red, white...) Annual calls with a 1-step procedure, average costs of the projects - ~1 mln EUR Minimum 2 partners (SME‘s) from 2 countries (regions) Expertise carried out by the Funding agencies, consensus reached jointly Funding agencies from: Germany, France, Spain (4 regions), Belgium, Austria, Finland, Italy Eurotransbio – cooperation for biotech SME‘s www.eurotransbio.eu

12. ERA-IB partner  ERA-IB partners: Belgium, Denmark; France; Germany; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Spain; Turkey; United Kingdom; Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) Russia  ETB partners: Austria; Belgium; Finland; Spain. See more at: http://www.era-ib.net/era-ib-and-etb-launch-fifth-joint-call-industrial- biotechnology-research-proposals#sthash.UDuvbVIm.dpuf

13. Current Call http://www.era-sme.net/calls/current-callhttp://www.era-sme.net/calls/current-call The 14th Call for proposals - deadline March 28, 2014 Minimum: 2 partners from 2 countries The participating countries/regions in this call are: Austria, Belgium-Flanders, Belgium-Wallonia, Germany, Russia For your application the following documents are needed: Application Form (pdf) completely filled out in English Example Consortium Agreement (pdf) Submitted electronically using the submission system Application Form Example Consortium Agreement submission system Simultaneously: Submitted to the funding agencies according to the national program EraSME - cooperation between SME‘s

14. Activity Streams Section 2 International cooperation Research in the framework of international multilateral and bilateral cooperation Participation in large-scale international scientific and scientific- technological events Activity 2.1 Activity 2.2 Activity 2.3 The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Support of R&D in the framework of cooperation with the EU countries Federal Targeted Program «R&D for priority areas of the development of S&T complex of Russia» for the 2014—2020

15. Support of R&D in the framework of cooperation with the EU countries Integration of the Russian research into the world research community; linking Russian and foreign research centres, creating strong S&T basis Research in the framework of international multilateral and bilateral cooperation (apart from the EU countries) Goal Joint and co-ordinated calls Salaries, materials, equipment (if essential for the project), travel, administrative costs 1-4 years from 50% Bottom-up through initiating proposals Up to 50 mln. Rbls. per year; on average for Act. 2.1 – 15 mln. Rbls./year, for Act. 2.2 – 20 mln. Rbls./year Formation of topics R&D projects, Public Grants Structure of expenses Funding schemes Type of calls Project size Co-funding Project duration Activity 2.1 Activity 2.2

16. Bioeconomy international 2014 Bio-Germany/Russia, Topics of the Call Development of new and improved biocatalysts (enzymes, cells) and microbial strains for innovative and more efficient bioprocesses by e.g. metabolic engineering, synthetic and systems biology approaches, directed evolution technologies and/or exploiting natural biodiversity Innovative fermentation and integrated biocatalytic processes including bioprocess engineering for platform chemicals, biomonomers, biopolymers and second generation and advanced biofules Biotechnological processing (including strain development, separation and conversion) of different carbon sources like biomass, syngas and various side streams into value added products Sustainable and integrated utilization of biomass in bio-refinery concepts Development of novel, unique-performance biobased products Waste (agricultural, industrial, municipal) valorization via biotechnology means Foresighting in industrial biotechnology–bioeconomy area The deadline for submission of proposals is March 27 th, 2014  https://www.bioeconomy-international.de/lw_resource/datapool/_items/item_23/topics_gerrus2014_module2_final.pdf https://www.bioeconomy-international.de/lw_resource/datapool/_items/item_23/topics_gerrus2014_module2_final.pdf  http ://2014.fcpir.ru/participation_in_program/contests/list_of_contests/ http ://2014.fcpir.ru/participation_in_program/contests/list_of_contests/

17. Possible ways of cooperation Within the Framework Programme “Horizon 2020” ERA-NET mechanisms: ERA-IB, EuroTransBio Bilateral programmes Regional dialogue Cooperation between individual Universities, Research Centers, Companies, SME Cooperation on the level of National Technology Platforms, Clusters

18. www.bioforum21.ru Bio Forum, Pushchino, April 21-25

19. Dr. Irina Sharova sharova@inbi.ras.ru Deputy Head of Russian National Contact Point on «Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology» www.fp7-bio.ruwww.fp7-bio.ru, www.biotech2030.ruwww.biotech2030.ru