European Commission Research & Innovation

Why are these calls important? Research and Innovation critical for stimulating growth and jobs in Europe Tackling the biggest societal challenges facing Europe EU research funding delivering the Innovation Union

Why are these calls important? Special attention on SMEs and exploiting research for innovation and growth Supporting the best researchers and innovators in Europe Smooth transition to Horizon 2020

FP Work Programme Decided by the Commission on 9 July An investment in the future, with an 8.1 billion stimulus for growth and jobs Supporting Europe's best researchers and innovators Publication on 10 July 2012: 52 calls for proposals Deadline for applications from September 2012

WP2013 Budget key figures growth and jobs INPUT EU Research Budget 10,8 billion of which Work programme funding 8,1 billion Cooperation themes 4,8 billion SMEs 1,2 billion ERC 1,75 billion Marie Skłodowska Curie 963 million RSFF - RSI 150 million OUTPUT Leverage 6billion in R&I public-private investment 210,000 increase in employment 75 billion GDP over 15 years Funding more than 1300 research projects, Generate more than collaborative links among participations worldwide Will fund more than SME participations, 40% of them directly invloved in high-tech research areas such as ICT, Transport, Space, … Over 900 individual researchers funded Funding an estimated fellows Up to 1billion in loans for SMEs and small Mid- Caps

Who is the target? All research actors in the EU and the Associated Countries: Universities Research organisations Public authorities Large industry SMEs Financial institutions

New special focus on key challenges (around 1.4 billion) Important for citizens, important for Europe: Oceans of the future Water Raw materials Smart Cities Secure clean and efficient energy Improving delivery of Public Sector Services Brain research Anti-microbial resistance Bio Resource Efficiency

Special focus on SMEs More than 1.2 billion package - Cooperation: around 970 M allocated to the support of SMEs (includes 140 M for continuation of a pilot action dedicated to SMEs in Health) - Capacities: 252 M "Research for the benefit of SMEs" Risk-Sharing Finance Facility – Risk Sharing Instrument (RSFF - RSI) Cooperation: 150 million boost for RSI loan guarantee facility for SMEs / small mid-caps => leveraging 1 billion loans for R&I

Special focus on innovation Exploitation of existing research results (at least 220 M) Both EU and non-EU funded results. Five themes with specific actions ERC proof of concept grants Demonstration projects (at least 265 M) 13 dedicated demonstration topics in five themes in Cooperation Prizes follow-up EU prize for Women Innovators support for organising competitions for innovative learning technologies European prize for innovation in Public Administrations Inducement prize from WP2012 call reminder (2 M)

Widening participation: Pilot action on ERA chairs ERA Chairs (12 M) 5 ERA Chairs to build excellence in less developed regions Pilot to be launched in the Autumn to prepare for Horizon 2020 ERA chairs = outstanding academics attracted by universities or institutions to build excellent teams ERA chairs host= institutions demonstrating the ability to support excellence (must provide excellent facilities and comply with ERA principles e.g. open recruitment)

Paving the way for Horizon 2020 Promoting excellence, wherever it is found Focusing on strategic priorities Boosting innovation Helping firms move from idea to market Special attention for SMEs

FP7 funding to date… 19,000 projects funded (signed contracts) 79,000 participations of which 13,691 are SMEs (signed contracts - universities, research organisations, businesses) 25.3 billion EU contribution as of 16/02/2012 (signed contracts) An estimated 50,000 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) and 5,000 (ERC) individual researchers' directly funded by the end of FP7

Evolution of the Framework budget (Current prices) 55,806 14,871 19,256 13,121 3,271 6,552 5,357

Participation per regions Europe

Country profile Romania R&D intensity target 2% Total number of participants, total EU financial contribution 685 participants receiving in FP7 Number of applicants (1.48% of EU-27) Success rate (EU-27 = 21,5%) 14.4% Total Population & EU 27 Population Share (4.3% of EU-27) Top collaborative links 1. DE - Germany (1.140) 2. IT - Italy (930) 3. UK - United Kingdom (857) 4. FR - France (853) 5. ES - Spain (768)

Participation per regions Romania

Success story Drawing on Forest Resources to Aid Sustainable Manufacturing – FORBIOPLAST(FP7) New ways to save wood by-products - better use of wood, without chopping trees Industrial applications – innovative processes of interactions between wood and polymers (packaging, farming sectors) Reducing European dependency on fossil resources for the production of value-added products New jobs and growth in new markets for bio-based products Total budget of the project: ~ 6 Mio EU contribution: ~ 4,3 Mio Coordinator: Universita di Pisa, Italy RO partners: INCERPLAST SA – Bucharest; Universitatea De Stiinte Agronomice Si Medicina Veterinara – Bucharest; SC RODAX IMPEX SRL – Bucharest Partners from: Germany, Italy, Belgium; Spain, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Hungary, Norway

Some example of calls in Romania Transport GC.SST : Feasibility analysis and technological development of on-road charging for long term electric vehicle range extension GC.SST : Demonstration of electric buses as urban public transport