1. www.sspc.ie Fast Track to Innovation Pilot

2. www.sspc.ie Fast Track to Innovation Pilot 3 Call deadlines: 28 th April/1 st Sept/1 st Dec 2015 Type of Action: Innovation Action (70%) Budget: 1-3 million H2020 Pillar: FTI pilot must relate to any field under ‘Societal challenges’ or ‘LEIT’ pillar.

3. www.sspc.ie Fast Track to Innovation Pilot Only bottom up measure in H2020 promoting close-to-market innovation activities – Aims to reduce the time from idea to market – Increase industry participation and first time industry applicants – Nurture trans-disciplinary and cross-sector approaches – Must be business driven and demonstrate potential for quick deployment and market up- take

4. www.sspc.ie Eligibility Criteria 1.Max. of 5 and min. of 3 legal entities can participate in a project. All legal entities must be established in EU Member States or Associated Countries. 2.Proposals must include a business plan 3.If proposal involves technological innovation the TRL level must be at least 6

5. www.sspc.ie Eligibility Criteria 4.At least one of the following conditions must be met: – Either at least 60% of overall budget must be allocated from industry or – The minimum number of industry participants must be 2 in a consortium of 3 or 3 in a consortium of 5 partners

6. www.sspc.ie Evaluation Criteria Proposals must achieve the threshold for each of the three criterion of Impact, Excellence and Implementation The prioritorisation of evaluation is based in the following order; 1.Impact (threshold 4) 2.Involvement of SME’s 3.First-time industry participants 4.Gender balance

7. www.sspc.ie Contact Details For further information please contact the SSPC funding team: Abigail Pattenden abigail.pattenden@ul.ieabigail.pattenden@ul.ie Aisling Arthur aisling.arthur@ul.ieaisling.arthur@ul.ie Orla Kelly orla.kelly@ul.ieorla.kelly@ul.ie Irish NCP for Fast Track Innovation Pilot sean.burke@enterprise-ireland.com