1. Head of European Research & Innovation University College London
EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE
Michael Browne
Head of European Research & Innovation
University College London

2. Presentation Structure
Introduction to UCL
UCL’s strategy for Horizon 2020
Connecting with innovation actors on a European (global) scale
Examples of how Research Technology Organizations & SMEs can work together

3. A bit about me/UCL London’s Global University
More than 700 FP7 projects
Total cumulative budget of €400M
110 ERC Projects
Europe’s lead HEI in Health research
Consistently ranked in top 5 HEIs
in Europe across all of FP7
UK lead in collaborative research
Plan to be Europe lead in collaborative
research
HORIZON 2020 REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY

4. Dedicated Proposal Writing Support Service
UCL’s Horizon 2020 Mission Statement
Dedicated Proposal Writing Support Service

5. Horizon 2020 = €80 billion: Focus areas
International Cooperation
European Research Area
Tackling Societal Challenges
Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks
Health, demographics and wellbeing
Food security and sustainable bio-resources
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Resource Efficiency and Climate Challenge
Secure and inclusive societies
Leadership in enabling technologies (ICT, nanotech, bio-economy, manufacturing, space & biotechnology
Access to risk finance
Integrating research, education and innovation (EIT)
Innovation in SMEs
Seamless Connections
Excellence in the Science base
Europe 2020 priorities
Frontier research (ERC), FET
Skills and career development - Marie Curie
Priority research infrastructures
Coherent with other EU and MS actions
Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes 5
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6. Vision2020: connecting research and innovation actors across Europe
Key objective for UCL is to work with other sectors across Europe
Primary focus is SMEs – from all thematic areas (focus on innovation)
Vision2020 is central to UCL’s strategy to connect with SMEs – this is already happening – Kitforkids, Cell2b and iQur

7. Thank you! www.ucl.ac.uk/reseach/europe michael.browne@ucl.ac.uk