rita lečbychová european commission directorate-general for research & innovation
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Rita Lečbychová
European CommissionDirectorate-General forResearch & 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
FP7 2013 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”
INPUTEU 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 170 000 collaborative links
among 15 500 participations worldwide
• Will fund more than 4 000 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 14 800 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 forSMEs / 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
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Participation per regions Europe
Country profile Czech Republic
R&D intensity target 1% for public R&D intensity only
Total number of participants, total EU financial contribution
282 participants receiving €52.554.515 in FP7
Number of applicants 4.535 (1.38% of EU-27)
Success rate (EU-27 = 21,5%) 20.2%
Total Population & EU 27 Population Share 4.390 (1.40% of EU-27)
Top collaborative links 1. DE - Germany (1.748) 2. UK - United Kingdom (1.188) 3. FR - France (1.108) 4. IT - Italy (1.042) 5. ES - Spain (860)
Participation per regions Czech Republic
Success story
The new generation of microscopic robots – CHOBOTIX (FP7)
• "Intelligent Cleaning" system to remove toxic spill devastating human bodies, animals and ecosystem
• Treatment of patients in a more efficient way: exact amount of a drug to a targeted area of the body
• Finding sources of pollution, identification chemicals or cancerous cells in the human body
• Applications in medicine, agro-chemistry, cosmetics, and consumer chemistry
Total budget of the project: ~ 1,6 Mio €EU contribution: ~ 1,6 Mio € Beneficiary: The Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
Total budget of the project: ~ 1,6 Mio €EU contribution: ~ 1,6 Mio € Beneficiary: The Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
Some example of calls in Czech Republic
• Transport
• GC.SST.2013-1: Feasibility analysis and technological
development of on-road charging for long term electric
vehicle range extension
• GC.SST.2013-4: Demonstration of electric buses as urban
public transport