Overview of the Horizon 2020 Ülle Must, Estonian Research Council H2020 Information Day Tbilisi, 25 September 2015

H2020 Structure and Participation in EU Partnerships

SESAR JU 585 M€ Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks  ICT, NanoTech,  Materials, Biotech,  Manufacturing,  Space  Access to risk finance  Innovation in SMEs Excellence in the Science Base  Frontier research (ERC)  Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)  Skills and career development (Marie Curie)  Research infrastructures Tackling Societal Challenges  Health, demographic change and wellbeing  Food security and the bio-based economy  Secure, clean and efficient energy  Smart, green and integrated transport  Supply of raw materials, resource efficiency and climate action  Inclusive, innovative and  Secure societies JTI Clean Sky 1755 M€ JTI ECSEL 1185 M€ FCH2 JTI 665 M€ IMI2 JTI 1638 M€ Bio-based Industries BBI JTI 975 M€ EMPIR Metrology 300 M€ AAL 175 M€ EDCTP 683 M€ FET Flagships: Grapheno & Human Brain 2*1.000 M€ ESA 250 M€ GNSS technologies Galileo y EGNOS COST 300 M€ 10*JPI 7*400 M€ ? ERA NET Cofond 2000 M€ BONUS 150 M€? Eurostars 287 M€ JTI Shift2Rail 450 M€ 2711M€

Granting opportunities

Calls for year Draft work programmes are available at: Calls will be opened at the end of September:

Rules for participation (1) Minimum conditions Standard collaborative actions  At least 3 legal entities each established in a different Member State or Associated Country ERC, SME instruments, programme co-fund, coordination and support actions, training and mobility actions:  1 legal entity established in a Member State or an Associated Country Work programmes may apply additional conditions to the number of participants, their origin, type etc. or exclude participation of some countries

Rules for participation (2) Horizon 2020 is actually open to the whole World Nobody is excluded unless written so in the work programme Third country participants are funded, if their involvement is regarded as important under a certain topic, if their participation is suggested in the work programme or if there is a valid bilateral R&D cooperation agreement signed between the EC and the country

Types of actions (1) Research and innovation actions (100%) Innovation actions (70%, exception for non- profit organisations - maximum of 100%)) Coordination and support actions (100%) Programme co-fund actions ERA-NET Pre-commecial procurement (PCP) Public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI) Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (separate work programme) European Joint Programme

Types of actions (2) Other types of actions: SME instruments Financial instruments Prizes To stimulate development of break-through technologies To attract more private insvetments into R&D&I Procurements (studies, conferences, specific services)

Funding options: Reimbursement of eligible costs Flat-rate (eg Marie Sklodowska Curie actions or indirect costs) Lump-sum – fixed amount (eg SME instruments, reimbursement to ICPC coutries, travel cost)  There is a possibility to combine the funding schemes within the project. For example: travel costs as lump sum, research activities as reimbursement of costs  For International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) the Commission proposes simplified method –flat rate lump-sum amounts. They have been defined on the basis of World Bank data on cross national income levels in different countries. The partners from ICPC can still request the standard reimbursement of eligible costs. Prizes

Eligible costs of a project Actual Incurred by the beneficiary Incurred during the duration of the project Determined in accordance with the usual accounting and management principles and practices of the beneficiary Used for the sole purpose of achieving the objectives of the project Recorded in the accounts of the beneficiary

Direct and indirect costs Direct costs: Staff Materials and equipment Travel Equipment (depreciation cost) Subcontracting Other Indirect costs: Indirect costs are eligible costs not directly attributed to the project, which are in direct relationship with the eligible direct costs and can be identified by its accounting system (supporting staff, office and administrative costs, communication).

Budget of a Horizon 2020 project ( Research and innovation actions ) Participant Eligible costs Total costsEC contribution Direct costs Indirect costs (25%) University A Foundation B University C SME D Enterprise E SME F TOTAL

Cooperation with industry

SME support: integrated approach SME instrument 7% Collaborative projects 13% Eurostars II Enhancing Innovation Capacity Market-driven Innovation Access to Risk Finance 20 % budgetary target in LEITs & SC 'Innovation in SMEs'

? IDEAbusiness coaching and complimentary services MARKET Concept & Feasibility Assessmen t Demonstration Market Replication Research Development Commercialisation SME window EU financial facilities Procurement SME instrument 16

Phase 1: Concept and feasibility assessment Phase 2: R&D, demonstration, market replication Input: Idea/Concept: "Business Plan 1" (~ 10 pages) 10% budget Activities: Feasibility of concept Risk assessment IP regime Partner search Design study Pilot application etc. Output: elaborated "Business plan 2" Input: "Business plan 2" plus description of activities under Phase 2 (~ 30 pages) 88% budget Activities: Development, prototyping, testing, piloting, miniaturisation, scaling-up, market replication, research Output: "investor-ready Business plan 3" Lump sum: € ~ 6 months No direct funding Phase 3: Commercialisation 1-3 (5) M€ EC funding ~ 12 to 24 months Promote instrument as quality label for successful projects Facilitate access to private finance Support via networking, training, information, addressing i.a. IP management, knowledge sharing, dissemination SME window in the EU financial facilities (debt facility and equity facility) Possible connection to PPC (and PPI?) 10% success30-50% success Phase 3 = 2% budget

Main features Targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise Only SMEs will be allowed to apply for funding and support Single company support possible No obligation for applicants to sequentially cover all three phases; each phase open to all SMEs 70% funding (exceptions possible)

HORIZON 2020 "Access to Risk Finance" o Part of the Horizon 2020 budget (3.69%)* will not be provided through grant funding but in the form of risk-sharing (for loans and guarantees) and by providing risk finance (equity) o Building a bridge from R&D to Innovation: Effective and cost-efficient way to complement grant funding under Horizon 2020 and translate R&D results to the market o The loan is given to SMEs (up to 500 employees) for research and innovation activities o H2020 covers 50% of the risk and reducing the interest rate by 0.5 percentage point

H2020 Signed Grant Agreements: Proportion of SMEs by pillar

H2020: a new strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation

Three main objectives: Strengthen EU's excellence and attractiveness in R&I, as well as its industrial & economic competitiveness Tackle global societal challenges Support the EU's external policies Dual approach: Openness: Horizon 2020 open to participation from across the world Revision of list of countries receiving automatic funding - BRIC countries + Mexico will no longer receive automatic funding - all other countries: no change. Targeted actions: 1. Thematic targeting: identifying areas for international cooperation on basis of EU policy agenda 2. Differentiation by country/region to identify partners for cooperation

Multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with countries/regions Enlargement and neighbourhood countries, and EFTA Focus on alignment with the European Research Area (ERA) Support enlargement and neighbourhood policies Industrialised countries and emerging economies Focus on competitiveness Tackle global challenges Business opportunities and access to new markets Developing countries Support development policy by building partnerships contributing to sustainable development Address relevant challenges (e.g. poverty-related diseases, energy, food security, climate change, biodiversity…)

Calls for Eastern partnership countries in „ Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies“ WP for The European Neighbourhood Policy covers Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the Republic of Moldova, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine. ENG-GLOBALLY : Science diplomacy for EU neighbourhood policies Expected Impact: This coordination and support action will result in a consolidated corpus of knowledge on science diplomacy in service of the European Neighbourhood Policy as well as research insights in how it could be best deployed in the challenging context of the EU Neighbourhood. It will put together a set of recommendations for EU science diplomacy strategies, policies and concrete actions in these regions and provide an assessment of these activities against criteria that it will develop. Based on these policy-relevant insights, the coordination and support action will feed research insights into the future development of EU science diplomacy in the neighbourhood with an eye to reinforcing stability, promoting democracy and prosperity in its near abroad. It will ensure a wide dissemination of these results to the relevant stakeholders including policy-makers.

"Horizon first results„

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