MURG/ WHEB workshop Brussels, 11 November 2013 Alan Cross

Research and Innovation


Horizon 2020: overview of opportunities and practicalities;

and outline of Societal challenges under pillar 3

MURG/ WHEB workshopBrussels, 11 November 2013

Alan Cross

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation


Horizon 2020, in brief…

• An instrument for growth and jobs

• A real break from the past:

• bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives into a single programme;

• coupling research to innovation – from research to retail, all forms of innovation;

• focusing on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport;

• providing simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond.

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Three priorities

Excellent Excellent sciencescience

Industrial Industrial leadershipleadership

Societal Societal challengeschallenges



• Proposed funding (million euro, 2014-2020)*

European Research CouncilFrontier research by the best individual teams

13 095

Future and Emerging TechnologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of innovation

2 696

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actionsOpportunities for training and career development

6 162

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2 488

*All funding figures in this presentation are subject to the pending Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation by the EP and the Council



Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

13 557

Access to risk financeLeveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

2 842

Innovation in SMEsFostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

616 + complemented by

expected 20% of budget of societal challenges + LEITs and

'Access to risk finance' with strong SME focus

Proposed funding (million euro, 2014-20)



• Proposed funding (million euro, 2014-2020)

Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 472

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the bio-economy

3 851

Secure, clean and efficient energy* 5 931

Smart, green and integrated transport 6 339

Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

3 081

Inclusive and reflective societies 1 309

Secure societies 1 695

Science with and for society 462

Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

*Additional funding for nuclear safety and security from the Euratom Treaty activities (2014-2018)



Timeline towards adoption and publication of work programmes

(Subject to inter-institutional decisions on MFF, and H2020)

• Informal consultation of Member States : Sept to mid-Nov 2013

• (opinion at or after third meeting,

• Adoption of (provisional) work programme: 10 December 2013

• Publication of first calls for proposals: 11 December 2013

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• Work Programme •and Calls



Horizon 2020 is different

• A strong challenge-based approach, allowing applicants to have considerable freedom to come up with innovative solutions

• Simplified list of possible types of action (e.g. research and innovation -100%; innovation actions - 70%,…)

• Less prescription, strong emphasis on expected impact

• Broader topics

• Cross-cutting issues mainstreamed (e.g. social sciences, gender, international…)

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A strategic programming approach

• Work programme preparation based on guidance obtained from a strategic programming exercise

• To increase impact of the funding, and a more integrated approach – where should resources be focused in first 2 years?

• Boosting growth & jobs remains the leitmotif - Horizon 2020 can make a significant contribution to this effort

• 12 focus areas identified, each covered by a specific call

Cutting across sectors; supporting full innovation chain; portfolio approach

• But many other important calls outside the focus areas10



Focus area calls

• Personalising health and care• Sustainable food security• Blue growth: unlocking the

potential of the oceans and seas

• Smart cities and communities • Competitive low-carbon

energy • Energy Efficiency• Mobility for growth•

• Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials

• Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe

• Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe

• Disaster-resilience: safeguarding and securing society, including adapting to climate change

• Digital security



Work programme structure

• General introduction • Strategic Programming, cross-cutting aspects

• Excellent Science (not ERC)• Industrial Leadership• Societal Challenges• Science with and for Society• Widening Participation• General Annexes

• Status of countries; eligibility & evaluation criteria; types of action etc.

• NB: Distinct WPs for: ERC, Euratom, JRC12

Series of calls:•scene-setter•topics•call conditions



Work Programme topics

•Structure reflects the challenge based approach •– 3 elements:

•Specific Challengeo sets the context, the problem to be addressed, why intervention is necessary

• Scope o delineates the problem, specifies the focus and the boundaries of the

potential action BUT without overly describing specific approaches

• Expected Impact o describes the key elements of what is expected to be achieved in relation to

the specific challenge

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Building on past experience…. - FP7 expert questionnaire

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Experts invited to participate 3.630 3.492 4.612 3.972 3.409 6.728

Responses received 2.281 1.682 2.373 1.744 1.926 2.282

Respondents finding the quality of the evaluation overall satisfactory to excellent (%)

96,1 97,6 97,6 97,4 98,2 98,4

Respondents rating the quality of the evaluation overall excellent

(%)

22,1 26,5 29 28,8 27,1 33

Respondents, having previously evaluated research proposals for national or international research funding schemes, finding the EU evaluation process better or much better (%)

52,6 61,3 61,0 60,8 63,9

65,7



…but adapting to Horizon 2020

• New types of call; new types of proposal• multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral; more emphasis on

innovation and close-to-market;

• Simplification, for applicants, experts, and for streamlined operations;

• Coherence across the progamme



Award criteria: Research and Innovation; Innovation Actions• Excellence

Progress beyond state-of-the-art (e.g. ambitious ground-breaking objectives; novel approach; … )

Clarity of conception (e.g. rigour; credibility; trans-disciplinarity…)

• 2. Impact: […] contribution to: The expected impacts listed in the work programme Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge; Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing

innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets; …measures to, disseminate and exploit the project results,… communication.

• 3. Quality and efficiency of implementation Coherence and effectiveness of work plan, … allocation of tasks, resources; Competences, experience and complementarity of the individual participants,

as well as of the consortium as a whole; Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures….risk

management.

Very

important!



Scoring/weights/thresholds

• As in FP7 each criterion scored out of 5; individual threshold of 3; overall threshold of 10

• Unlike FP7, for Innovation Actions and SME instrument…

• impact criterion weighted by factor of 1.5• Impact considered first when scores equal



Evaluation ProcessChain of individual, consensus and panel review maintained. But changes w.r.t. FP7:•Dealing with multi-disciplinary/sectoral proposals

• New expert profiles, new blood; Call for experts planned for November

• Robust rules on expert turnover;• More experts per proposal;• Clear procedures for cases where experts disagree

•Dealing with 8 month TTG• Proposals strictly evaluated on their own merit

No recommendations for substantial changes

• More multi-step (stopping evaluation when threshold failed)• Fast and simplified procedure for SME instrument (i.a.)



Submission

• Full use if pre-registered data (PIC etc)• Self check for SME status, financial viability • Proposal “part B” structure closely matching

criteria• Aligned with Grant Agreement “Description of

Work”• Simpler but tougher page limits • “warn and watermark” in first round of calls

• More 2-stage procedure; with simplified approaches for short proposals



Proposal structure

Based around evaluation criteria:• Excellence

• Eg. Objectives, concept, progress beyond state-of-art..

• Impact• Eg. Potential impact (incl. with reference to WP); measures

to maximise impact (dissemination, communication, exploitation)

• Implementation• Including work packages descriptions

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Topic: SFS 7 - 2014: Optimising external nutrient inputs in intensive crop production systems in Europe

European crop production is facing more and more difficulties in remaining competitive in the global market for many reasons. One of these reasons is certainly the high cost of external nutrient inputs necessary More…

Call title: Sustainable Food Security Status: Open

Call identifier: H2020-SFS-2014/2015 Deadline: 2014-03-18Topic: WATER 2 – 2014/2015: Integrated approaches to water and climate change

The rising demands of a growing world population for food, water, materials and energy will put increasing pressures on land use, water resources and ecosystems. Energy consumption is expected to increase, More…

Call title: Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe Status: Open

Call identifier: H2020-WATER-2014/2015 Deadline: 2014-03-18Topic: WATER 5 – 2014/2015: Strengthening international R&I cooperation in the field of water

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Call title: Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe Status: Open

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