1. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Praha, 2 December 2010 EUREKA and EUROSTARS Projects

2. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 2 What is EUREKA ?  EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses  EUREKA anniversary 25 years and Czech Republic 15 years EUREKA is : Intergovernmental initiative (39 Members and European Commission) Using national public and private funding Market-oriented (projects must result in a marketable product, process or service) Bottom-up (the consortium decides on the project aim; no thematic restriction) Since 1985, 26 billion euro of public-private investment has been mobilised to support some 3,100 EUREKA projects

3. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 3 The past is history In 1985 >1 8 countries and the Commission of the European Communities, CZ joined 1995 In 2005/2006 > Czech Chairmanship, UA joined In 2010 >39 countries and the Commission of the European Union

4. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 4 CERN CERN Positioning European R&D programmes and frameworks Innovation Basic research EU FP COST European Research Labs European Research Labs JRC NationalR&DProgrammes esa EUREKAEUREKA COST

5. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 5 39 EUREKA member countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France FYROM Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Associated country South Korea EUREKA NIP countries Albania

6. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 6 What is EUREKA ? EUREKA supports three types of projects Cluster projects EURIPIDES, ITEA2, CATRENE, EUROGIA, ACQUENAU Long-term, strategically-significant initiatives Large number of participants, many from Europe’s major companies Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness Individual projects Small, shorter-term projects Involve participants from at least two member countries Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector Eurostars projects Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two member countries Consortium leader is an SME-performing R&D Programmed jointly with the European Commission

7. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 7 What is EUREKA ? Participants of running i ndividual p rojects (700 projects, 2600 participants)

8. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 8 What is EUREKA ? Running individual projects by technological area ( n umber of projects)

9. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 9 Czech Participation in EUREKA Project co-funding EUREKA funding is targeted co-financing from governmental budget for international R&D cooperation All types of organisations: SMEs, Large companies, Universities and Research institutes (incl. Academy of Sciences) Eureka CZ (LF) from VES 2011 Support covered up to 50 % of relevant budget of involving Czech participant(s) in EUREKA project Financial limits of support: 80 000 € / 120 000 € (2 000 000 CZK/3 000 000 CZK) per project / year

10. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 10 Czech Participation in EUREKA (status October 2009) 84 running projects (43,8 M € ) SMEs 84 Research Instit. 21 Universities 19 LC 19 (total 143) 182 finished projects (71,5 M €) SMEs 167 Research Instit. 50 Universities 63 LC 54 (total 334)

11. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 11 Czech Participation in EUREKA ( Number of projects 1995 - 2008 )

12. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community The Eurostars Programme

13. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 13 The Eurostars Programme > Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support Programme to be specifically dedicated to R&D performing SMEs It’s a multi-annual joint programme (2007-2013), which combines: >National R&D programmes from 32 countries (300 M€ committed) >FP7 (up to 100 M€ committed) >EUREKA Secretariat (25 years of experience in national R&D programmes) First call for proposals: 8 February 2008 Second call for proposals: 21 November 2008 Third call for proposals: 24 September 2009 Fours call for proposals: 25 February 2010 Fifth call for proposals: 30 September 2010

14. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 14 Adoption by the European Parliament 10 April 2008 Adoption by the EU Council 23 June 2008 Eurostars is an Art. 169 of the Treaty, co-decision by the European Parliament and the EU Council Adoption by the European Communities

15. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 15 32 Eurostars member countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Status 2010

16. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 16 R&D-performing SME Existing and start-up companies > EU definition for SME applies Eurostars criteria R&D SME >10% of full-time equivalent dedicated to R&D or >10% of turnover dedicated to R&D

17. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 17 What is a Eurostars project? No restriction on thematic area (bottom up) Project duration up to 3 years Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion The R&D-performing SME is leader of project other project participants: SMEs, large companies, research institutes, universities At least two participants from Eurostars participating countries The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total R&D costs Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more than 75% of the project costs) The leading SME performs the core research……and gets to exploit the results

18. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 18 What is a Eurostars project? Project co-funding Support covered 50 % of relevant budget of involving Czech participant(s) in EUREKA project 10% bonus available when Czech participant is project leader Financial limits of support: 160 000 € (4 000 000 CZK) per project/year

19. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 19 Czech 1st Call Results ProjectRanking WINEurope514 E!4230 DYSLEXTEST440 E!4388 MICROFRUIT422 E!4366 RLACS420 E!4351 INsider418 E!4231 NEGFORT412 E!4249 TECTECH410 E!4261 GEMOSS404 E!4250 MIRSA400 E!4244 SECURITY MECH400 E!4269

20. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 20 Czech 2nd Call Results ProjectRanking PEASTAR 497 E!4770 Auto. Sew. Syst. 453 E!4607 CATAPULT439 E!4774 LIPIDIESEL435 E!4829 McXI431 E!4885 ECOTREE 417 E!4789 ARCA 414 E!4649 ProBaSensor407 E!4632

21. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 21 Czech 3rd Call Results 1/3 ProjectRanking EVEDA incomplete E!4987 FLUORSPAR 297 E!5066 MycoDripSeed473 E!5087 LEADAC349 E!5097 REPROTESTincomplete E!5110 MATRAM 386 E!5129 ILATAS 417,5 E!5157

22. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 22 Czech 3rd Call Results 2/3 ProjectRanking DISEMIH 377 E!5190 Wastewater-P recycle withdraw E!5230 VISYDACO245 E!5237 REPROGEN273 E!5239 NANOMETOOLS317 E!5240 TRAINREADER ineligible E!5243 APS 248 E!5254

23. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 23 Czech 3rd Call Results 3/3 ProjectRanking POPELIM 407,5 E!5164 MobilBank incomplete 5303 REAL-Bridge DBS withdraw E!5316 Neuropro incomplete E!5352

24. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 24 Overview 2008-2010 Czech participation in Eurostars projects Calls Number of Applications/Treshold First 22/10 Second 18/8 Third 18/3 Fours 10/1*

25. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community > 25 Thank you for listening Thank you for your attention www.eurekanetwork.org www.eurostars-eureka.eu www.msmt-vyzkum.cz www.msmt.cz tel: +420234811512 josef.martinec@msmt.cz