Horizon2020 og Eurostars 04.12.2014

Horizon2020 og Eurostars 04.12.2014

What do we do to promote more international cooperation in Europe? Public R&D Actors needs to support Industry and in particular SMEs in this Challenge, but 89% of the EU Public R&D funds are at National Level Fragmentation prevents the Realization of A European Open Innovation System Source ESE DG RTD

Danish Funding of International Projects EU framework programme Horizon 2020 - Fully funded by the EU-Commission Evaluation and funding conducted by EU Innovation Fund Denmark s 3 platforms for international R&I Danish projects with foreign partners international partners invited by Danish partners Danish funded projects with international cooperation Intergovernmental cooperation Platforms: EUREKA, ERAnets and bilateral cooperation - Joint calls and matchmaking meetings Joint programmes in Horizon 2020 Platforms: Eurostars, ERA+, ect. Joint calls and matchmaking meetings Joint and national application,but national evaluation and funding of own partners Joint evaluation, common ranking list but (mostly) national funding and administration of own partners 3

A merger of three funds How to exploit the differences? The overall picture before the merger The overall picture - now

Innovation Fund Denmark: The annual budget is 200+ million euro Target The foundation is responsible for implementing grants for research, technology development and innovation prioritized from societal and commercial challenges and needs. The foundation will be led by an experienced Leadership team reporting to an independent board.

1 Strategic Research Content Investment in competence building in basis and market oriented R&D via public privat partnerships. Increased focus on projects with a clear user-perspective. Pro- Projects jek- ter Typical partners Investment size Knowledge institutions are the main drivers. App. DKK 10-20 mio. but up to DDK 50+ mio. Duration 3-7 years, typically 5 years Talenter ter Research Development Market Applica-tion process Same process as all investments over DDK 5 mio. 2 phases, 1-2 calls per year Time to contract: 5 months from 1. phase to approval of 2. phase application 1 RRI = Responsible research & innovation

2 Market oriented R&D Projects Content Investments in public private cooperation on state-of-the-art R&I focousing on new processes, products or generation with a high market potential Pro- Projects jek- ter Typical partners Investment size SMEs and bigger interprises, knowledge institutions and public institutions. Firms are the main drivers App. DKK 5-20 mio. in a few cases up to DKK 50+ mio. Talenter ter Duration 2-5 years, typically 3 years Research Development Market Applica-tion process Same proces as all investments of more than DDK 5 mio.søgninger på > DKK 5 mio. 2 phases, 2-4 calls annually Time to contract: 5 months from 1. phase to approval of 2. phase application

3 Innovation and Commercialization Content Investments which contribute to releasing an industrial potential of products, services etc. De-risking privat investments Typical partners Virksomhed (både store og SMV er) og universiteter Tjenesteydelser o.a. fra underleverandører kan indkøbes Tidshorisont Pro- Projektjekter Størrelse Typisk DKK 5-20 mio. I enkelte tilfælde op til DKK 50+ mio. 1-3 år, typisk 2 år Talenter ter Research Development Market Ansøgnings proces Følger processen for alle ansøgninger på > DKK 5 mio. 2 faser, 2-4 gange årligt Typisk gennemløbstid: < 5 mdr. fra interessetilkendegivelse til svar på endelig ansøgning

7 Entrepreneur Pilot Beskrivelse Et tilbud om månedlige økonomisk investering i samt sparring til dimittender fra landets videregående uddannelser, som har en innovativ iværksætteridé med et udviklingspotentiale Tidshorisont Pro- Projektejekter Talen Talents ter Målgruppe Størrelse Individer: Nyuddannede fra videregående uddannelser, der har lyst og mod på at starte egen virksomhed op Samarbejde mellem iværksætteren, Pluss konsulenthus og fem regionale DKK 200.000 væksthuse (svarende til dagpengesatsen for 1 år) 1 år Forskning Udvikling Marked Ansøgnings proces 2 årlige ansøgningsfrister Gennemløbstid: 1-2 måneder fra ansøgning til svar

Eurostars countries

A typical Eurostars project in Denmark... 3 participants 2-3 countries 31 months average duration 1.9 M average project cost

SMEs in the driving seat

Eurostars in numbers

Eurostars in numbers, Denmark PROJECTS SUBMITTED CUT-OFF 1-10 27,5 % SUCCESS RATE PROJECTS FUNDED CUT-OFF 1-10 291 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS 80 NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS 461 NUMBER OF APPLICANTS 126 NUMBER OF APPLICANTS 255.4 MILLION TOTAL COSTS OF APPLICATIONS 69.3 MILLION TOTAL COSTS OF APPLICATIONS FUNDED 33 COUNTRIES INVOLVED 20.6 MILLION ESTIMATED PUBLIC FUNDING

Evaluation criteria 2014

Participants profile

Technological and market area

Foreign partners in projects with Danish participants 80 Number of participations by partner country 70 60 50 40 Applied Funded 30 20 10 0 Sweden Germany United Kingdom Norway Netherlands Spain France Israel Switzerland Italy Slovenia

Decentralised funding procedures

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Contact: Jens Peter Vittrup Organisation: InnovationFonden E-mail: jpv@fi.dk Telephone: +45 6190 5061