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Research Infrastructures and Horizon 2020

The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020

Mariano Menna

DG Research & Innovation

DERri Final Meeting,

Milano, Italy, 10th-11th October 2013

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Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

• (5 targets) 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D

• 7 flagship initiatives

Innovation Union, flagship initiative

• 34 detailed commitments

European Research Area

�EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020 (Commission proposal)

�Horizon 2020, EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020

• Priorities >> actions

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What is Horizon 2020

• Commission proposal for a 80 billion euro research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020)

• Part of proposals for next EU budget, complementing Structural Funds, education, etc.

• A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area:

• Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth

• Addressing peoples’ concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment.

• Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology

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HORIZON 2020 Rules for participation and disseminationStakeholders consultation

Some key messages from the stakeholders

� Different sets of rules

� Administrative burden

� Complexity

� Excessive controls

�Time-to-grant

�Time-to-pay

� Trust

� Reliance on the usual

accounting practices

� Consistency in the

application of the

rules

� Innovation

� New forms of funding (eg. prizes, output based, etc)

� Reimbursement of real

costs as the main

funding mode

� Simplification

measures

� Funding levels

� Basic IPR orientations

� Other successful

elements of FP7

REDUCE INCREASE MAINTAIN & IMPROVE

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Access over Framework Programmes

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What’s new?

• A single programme bringing together three separateprogrammes/initiatives*

• Coupling research to innovation - from research toretail, all forms of innovation

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

• Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes inall EU countries and beyond.

*The 7th research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to

the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

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Horizon 2020, three priorities:

1. Excellent science

2. Industrial leadership

3. Societal challenges

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Priority 1. Excellent science

• Why:

• World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing

• Europe needs to develop, attract and retain research talent

• Researchers need access to the best infrastructures

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• Proposed funding (million euro, 2014-2020)

European Research Council

Frontier research by the best individual teams

13 268

Future and Emerging Technologies

Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation

3 100

Marie Curie actions

Opportunities for training and career development

5 572

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures)

Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2 478

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Why a EU approach?

• To open access to the research infrastructures existing in the individual Member State to all European researchers

• To avoid duplication of effort and to coordinate and rationalise the use of these research infrastructures

• To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop interoperability of facilities and resources, develop the training of the next generation of researchers

• To connect national research communities and increase the overall quality of the research and innovation

• To help pooling resources so that the Union can also acquire and operate research infrastructures at world level

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From FP7 to Horizon 2020

• An increased budget, from around €1.7 billion (FP7) to €2.5 billion (Horizon 2020 – 2011 constant prices)

• New activities to support the implementation and operation of world-class infrastructures such as ESFRIinfrastructures

• Continuation of the successful FP7 Integrating Activities

• Reinforcement of the support to e-infrastructures

• New objective of better exploiting the innovation potential and human capital of infrastructures

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� Europe 2020 � http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020

� Innovation Union � http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union

� EC Research Infrastructures and ESFRI� http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures

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Thank you for your attention!

Find out more:

www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020