R&D support in North-Rhine Westfalia & Germany

Dr. Bernd Janson ZENIT GmbH

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1. Regional R&D Funding in North-Rhine Westphalia

2. Federal R&D Funding in Germany

3. Enterprise Europe Network

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1. Regional R&D Funding in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW)

Research & Development Opportunities

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o Structural Funds of the European Union• European Regional Development Fund

(2007 till 2013): 1,3 Billion Euro (Grant)• NRW Cluster Competition: 600 Mio. Euro• Grant Funding Rates: 15-100%, e.g.

SME in Basic Research 100 % and in Industrial Research 60-70%

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• 5 Lead Markets with 16 Clustertopics: Health Transport and Logistics New Materials and Production

Technologies Energy Knowledge intensive Production

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o RFID & sensor networkso Broadbando IT-securityo Geo-information o Mobile communicationso Smart citieso SOA (Service Orientated Architectures) / SaaS

ICT-Cluster NRW – Thematic Networks

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o Other R&D Funding Schemes• Start-up Support, Project Funding (loans

and credits): NRW.Bank• Consultancy Service: NRW.Bank,

Ministries for Innovation and Economics, ZENIT, Chambers of Commerce

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2. Federal R&D Funding in Germany

Research & Development Opportunities

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o Central Innovation Programme for SME (ZIM): Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi)• 900 Mio. Euro (2009 and 2010), Federal

Economic Recovery Programme, (100 Mio. Euro: basis)

• Funding schemes: Cooperations, Networks, Individual Funding,

• Grant rates: 35 – 50 % of eligible costs• Very popular: 1000 proposals (Individual)

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o SME Innovativ Programme: Federal Ministry of Education and Research• 250 Mio. Euro (2007 to 2009)• Topics: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology,

Information and Communication Technologies, Production Technologies, Efficient Energy Technologies and Efficient Resources Technologies

• Funding schemes: Individual funding, Cooperations

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o SME Innovativ Programme• Funding schemes: Individual funding,

Cooperations• Grant Rates: 50 % of eligible costs (SME

rate is higher)

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o Other Funding Programmes• Innovation Alliance: Strategic

Cooperations between Universities and Industry in specific lead markets (Budget 600 Mio. Euro, 2007 to 2008, supposed leverage effect: 5)

• Leading Cluster Competition: 600 Mio. Euro, 2008 till 2010

• Research Awards, Start-up Support, Consultancy Services

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Research & Development Opportunities

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o Present in 550 organisations in Europe (Chambers of commerce, banks, consultants, regional development bodies)

o Present in 44 countries (EU27, candidate countries, other third countries) with 3,000 experts

o Present in 18 thematic groups (Sector Groups)

Comprehensive and competent support

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o Germany: 57 partner organisationso North Rhine-Westphalia:

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o 723.000 small and medium-sized enterprises

o NRW exports amount of 172 billion €

o Eight of NRW‘s twelve most important trade partners are members of the EU

o 59 universities and universities of applied sciences, 60 non-university research institutions

o 50 technology centres and 28 technology transfer units (Source: Knowledgebase-nrw.de, 2008)

Relevance for NRW

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NRW.Europa in a nutshell o Central contact point for all EU-related information (one-stop shop)o Early information about current EU topics and funding opportunitieso Local access to experts and informationo Competent advice from experts experienced in SME and EU issueso Use of international network of contactso Sound decision making through customised support

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Thank you very much for your attention!

Contact:

Dr. Bernd Janson

ZENIT GmbH

Mülheim / Ruhr

Tel.: 0049-208-3000422

Email: bj@zenit.de

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