SME support in HORIZON 2020

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1 SME supprt in HORIZON 2020 Dr Bernd Reichert Unit "Hrizn 2020 Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises" Eurpean Agency fr SMEs (EASME)

2 The 3 key pillars f Hrizn2020 Scientific Excellence Industrial Leadership Scietal Challenges

3 Hrizn 2020 Shared bjectives and principles Tackling Scietal Challenges Health, demgraphics, wellbeing Bi-ecnmy Secure, clean, efficient energy Smart, green, integrated transprt Climate, envirnment, raw materials Inclusive, innvative & reflective sciety Secure scieties Creating Industrial Leadership & Cmpetitive Framewrks Leadership in enabling technlgies ICT Nantech, Prductin, Materials Bitech Space Access t risk finance & venture capital Innvatin in SMEs Excellence in the Research Base Eurpean Research Cuncil Future and emerging technlgies Skills, training and career develpment Research infrastructures incl. e-infrastructures Cmmn rules, tlkit f funding schemes

4 SME Supprt

5 Framewrk 7 SME supprt under FP7: 17.2%

6 Outcme f impact assessments Less than 50% f industrial partners use the publicly funded applied research prjects strategically Only abut 22% f SMEs participating in EU research prgrams are strategic innvatrs Mst academics engage with industry t further their research rather than t cmmercialise their knwledge Results are nt explited because prjects were nt designed fr explitatin There is a strng relatinship between internatinalisatin and innvatin, but SMEs are nt aware f internatinalisatin supprt prgrammes. The infrmatin envirnment f (Eurpean) R&D prgrammes is unattractive and repelling t SMEs

7 Hrizn 2020 SME supprt: integrated apprach 20 % budgetary target in LEITs & SC Cllabrative prjects 13% SME instrument 7% = ~3 bn 'Innvatin in SMEs' Eurstars II Enhancing Innvatin Capacity Fellwships Access t Risk Finance

8 Why participate? Rank amng the best Eurpean SMEs Visibility at a Eurpean and glbal level Business/management caching Netwrking pprtunities Supprt fr fllw-up financing 8

9 Desired SME prfile Fr innvative SMEs with an ambitin t develp, grw and have an internatinal impact Fcused n established SMEs with high grwth ptential Single cmpany supprt pssible N bligatin fr applicants t sequentially cver all three phases; still a "linear" prcess is strngly encuraged 70% funding (exceptins pssible) 9

10 Timeline March 3, 2014 Open fr submissins April 1, 2014 Evaluatin starts 18 June 2014 First cut-ff date fr Phase 1 10

11 The 3 Prject Phases Phase 1 - Cncept & Feasibility Assessment in EU funding Feasibility study Initial 10 page business prpsal t be drafted 6 mnths in duratin 11

12 The 3 Prject Phases Phase 2 Innvatin Prject Between 0.5 millin and 2.5 millin in EU funding. Develp prject thrugh innvatin strategy Draft a mre develped, 30 page business plan 1-2 years in duratin 12

13 The 3 Prject Phases Phase 3 Market launch N direct funding Extensive supprt and caching Facilitate access t risk finance Additinal supprt and netwrking pprtunities (EEN) 13

14 Business caching Caches will drive the perfrmance f the rganisatin Caches suggested by EEN, and selected by the SME Vluntary business caching: Phase 1: 3 days Phase 2: 12 days 14

15 Themes fr In 2014 and 2015 the SME Instrument will spnsr SMEs perating within 13 themes: ICT: pen disruptive innvatin Nantech, r ther advanced tech fr manufacturing and materials Space research and develpment Diagnstics devices and bimarkers Sustainable fd prductin and prcessing Blue grwth Lw carbn energy systems Greener and mre integrated transprt Ec-innvatin and sustainable raw material supply Urban critical infrastructure Bitechnlgy-based industrial prcesses Mbile e-gvernment applicatins (2015 nly) SME business mdel innvatin (2015 nly) 15

16 Amunt f prjects Varies between themes E.g. frm 90 fr Phase 1 and 26 in Phase 2 fr ICT innvatin; t 8 in Phase 1 and 2 in Phase 2 fr Bitech Check the SME Instrument web page fr specific amunt f prjects t be supprted per theme 16

17 Call Organisatin Open call: Submissins can be submitted any time, and evaluated starting n April 1 st 4 cut-ff dates per year (March, June, September, December) fr ranking and finance decisins Budget: Fr % f the cmbined budget f SC and LEIT, verall minimum 7% f these cmbined budget. Ttal is rughly 3 billin. 17

18 Evaluatin prcess Remte evaluatin N cnsensus meetings Shrt standardised feedback N negtiatins Only ne applicatin per cmpany allwed fr all phases 18

19 Evaluatin criteria Pssible ecnmic impact Excellence in innvatin Cmmercialisatin ptential SME ptential achieving the envisaged results Evaluatin can be stpped if prpsals fail t achieve a threshld fr 'impact' criterin 19

20 Thank yu! Fr mre infrmatin g t: 20