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Cypriot Research Achievements in H2020 SPACE Dr. Konstantinos Katzis Department of Computer Science and Engineering European University Cyprus 1

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Cypriot Research Achievements in H2020 SPACE

Dr. Konstantinos Katzis

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

European University Cyprus

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• H2020 – SPACE

• Coming 2016-2017 Calls. What shall we expect?

• H2020

• Cyprus in H2020

• Cypriot H2020 (SPACE) Achievements

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1.EU’s largest legal instrument for funding research and innovation in Europe (proposed by the Commission and

adopted by the Council and Parliament)

2.≈ € 80 billion for the period 2014 – 2020

3. Programmes address Societal Challenges (Environment, Health, Energy,...), Industrial Leadership and Competitiveness (ICT, Space, Nano,...), as well as Excellencein world leading scientists, future & emerging technologies and training & career development through mobility

4. Projects are funded through (very) competitive Calls-for-Proposals, stemming from 2-year Work Programmes, and must have a “European Dimension” and “Impact”

H2020 Programme

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• Enabling European competitiveness, non-dependence and innovation of the European space sector.

• Enabling advances in space technologies

• Enabling exploitation of space data

• Enabling European research in support of international space partnerships

H2020 Specific Programme Objectives

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“Where to find”… funding for Space-

related research

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“Where to find”… funding for SPACE-

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Participant Portal

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H2020 Calls for Proposals

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H2020 Space Building Blocks

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Indicative Budget

Revised EFSI Budget

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• 36 732 eligible proposals were submitted under Horizon 2020’s First 100 calls

• These eligible proposals requested a total EU financial contribution of €80.3 billion, and were evaluated by 9 325 experts.

• 4,315 proposals were retained for funding. The overall success rate of eligible full proposals under the first 100 calls is around 14%, compared with around 20% for the whole of FP7.

• 38% of successful applicants were newcomers (compared to 13% in 2013, the last year of FP7), of which 1 100 were SMEs.

• The 20% budget target for SMEs has been achieved.

• 3 236 grant agreements were signed by the end of April 2015

• These grant agreements awarded a total EU contribution of €5.5 billion towards total eligible costs of €6.5 billion.

H2020 – Key facts

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Source: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/sites/horizon2020/files/horizon_2020_first_results.pdf

Cypriot Research Achievements in H2020-2014 (SPACE)

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• 22 Proposals were submitted.

• Aiming at Galileo, EO and COMPET calls.

• 5 were successful (CY position: 2 Coordinators + 3 Partners).

• In 2014, CY organisations were allocated 512,063 €.

• In 2015, CY organisations were allocated 661,670 €.

• Aim for more in 2016 -2017

• We can do achieve more!

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Contact information:

Dr. Konstantinos Katzis

Associate Professor / PC Member H2020 SPACE

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

European University Cyprus

Email: [email protected]

Questions

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