1. Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Fast Track to Innovation 1

2. Fast Track to Innovation Pilot - the concept in a nutshell… The FTI pilot (2015-2016) is the only fully bottom-up measure in Horizon 2020 promoting close-to- the-market innovation activities that is open to all types of participants…

3. … while cutting across 2 of the main 3 Horizon 2020 priorities! Excellent science (ES)Excellent science (ES) Industrial Leadership (IL)Industrial Leadership (IL) Societal Challenges (SC)Societal Challenges (SC) FTI

4. Objectives: Increase the participation of industry, SMEs and first time applicants in Horizon 2020 Stimulate private sector investment in research and innovation Promote research and innovation with a focus on value creation and accelerate the development of technologies into innovative products, processes and services Means: Full-scale pilot running in 2015 and 2016 In-depth assessment as part of interim evaluation 2017 Horizon 2020

5. Reduce time from idea to market ('last push') Increase participation of industry, first-time applicants, SMEs Stimulate private sector investment in R&I Main policy drivers behind the scheme…

6. What type of activities can be supported? Advanced and specific research and development activities Standard setting and advanced performance testing / piloting / demonstration activities Validation of solutions in real working conditions / certification Business model validation ~

7. Proposals relating to any technology field under LEITs and Societal Challenges (bottom-up driven logic) Open to any legal entity - consortia of 3 to 5 participants About 100 grants will be given Permanently open call with three cut-off-dates per year Impact criterion given a higher weighting in evaluations Time-to-grant: 6 months Horizon 2020

8. at least 60% of the overall budget of the proposal must be allocated to consortium partner(s) from industry, or the minimum number of industry participants must be 2 in a consortium of 3 or 4 partners, and 3 in a consortium of 5 partners. The maximum EU contribution per project is EUR 3 million. The indicative EU contribution per project is expected to be between EUR 1 million and EUR 2 million. Horizon 2020

9. Max. 30 pages for technical annex (sections 1,2,3) Impact ! Excellence Implementation Business plan-logic Market relevance and positioning / exploitation strategy (IPR?!) Financing needs / framework conditions Return on investment? EU added value at another level than the prospective economic one also important Solution should be described in a way that it is clear that it will go beyond the current state-of-the-art in its field Resources: complementary & cost-effective

10. Implementation Timeline for 2015 January 6, 2015 Open for submission April 29, 2015 First intermediary call deadline End of July, 2015 First results from evaluation September 1, 2015 Second intermediary call deadline End of October 2015 First grants signed December 1, 2015 Third intermediary call deadline & results from September intermediary call deadline known

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