EU research technology funds Europa Day

EU research & technology funds Europa Day – KU Leuven Association 6 November 2012 – afternoon session

Agenda • Overview of EU funding opportunities • Reflections from participants • • • Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers Health care – Walter Sermeus ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier • (How to write a competitive EU research project proposal)

Overview of EU research funding opportunities Europa Day, KU Leuven Association Stijn Delauré Research Coordination Office

Overview of this presentation • Introduction • Barriers and incentives for participation in FP 7 • EU research funding opportunities • • • in FP 7 (2007 -2013) outside FP 7 Horizon 2020 (2014 -2020) • How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

Start from EU is interested in impact on society, impact and work your way back economy, policy, careers, public, … Participation in EU projects often requires building bridges with other disciplines, sectors, … 5 Highly competitive “excellence” label Valorisation focus company network

KU Leuven participation in FP 7 (2007 -13) UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE KU Leuven UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UGent IMPERIAL COLLEGE IMEC ETH ZURICH UCL KU LEUVEN 350 contracts, 156 M€ ULB EPFL UA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON VUB KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET VIB UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH VITO DANMARKS TEKNISKE. . . ULg TU DELFT KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET SCK UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER IBBT LUNDS UNIVERSITET 0 100 200 300 400 KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR. . . KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA. . . Number of FP 7 contracts up to 02. 07. 2012 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Source: EC, via Flemish dep. of Economy, Science, and Innovation (EWI), 04. 09. 2012 UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT 0 100 200 300 400 500 Up to now: 441 approved FP 7 applications, ~200 M€

Anticipated research income 2009 -2014 Income from EU projects (M€) 40 30 20 10 0 2009 2010 2011 2012* 2013** 2014** Source: LRD and FMPC, 22. 10. 2012 (International funds: 7% of expenses, of which 85% FP)

KU Leuven in FP (1994 -2013) 175 0. 60% 150 125 0. 50% 100 Budget (M€) % of total FP budget 75 0. 40% 50 25 0 0. 30% FP 4 FP 5 FP 6 FP 7 * Source: European Commission, via Flemish dep. EWI * FP 7: up to 02. 07. 2012; 52. 6% of FP 7 budget allocated in contracts FP 4, 1994 -1998; FP 5, 1998 -2002; FP 6, 2003 -2006; FP 7, 2007 -2013

KU Leuven ZAP participation rate 50% 45% 30% KU Leuven 25% Biomedische Wetenschappen 20% Humane Wetenschappen 15% Wetenschap & Technologie 10% 5% IT IE S N C C AP C O O PE R AC AT I O ER PE O PL E 7 0% FP % applicants in ZAP 40%

Introduction to EU funding FP 7 funding: 2007 -2013 (only one call to go) Cooperation Ideas 32413 7510 Collaborative research Frontier Research (ERC) 10 thematic areas Marie Curie Actions People 4750 Research Capacity Nuclear Research Total budget: 50. 5 B€ JRC 175 1 Euratom 2751 Capacities 4097

Introduction to EU funding Cooperation : 10 thematic priorities 1, 8% But also SSH topics in other themes!

Participation per FP 7 program FP 7 -SS H FP 7 -NMP PEOPLE (Marie Curie actions) ERC FP 7 -Health FP 7 -ICT

KU Leuven FP 7 international partners Type of partners in FP 7 projects DE 48% academia UK 25% private company 22% research & techn. organisation IT CH BE NL ES FR 3% public body (hospital, ngo, …) 2% other

Overview of this presentation • Introduction • Barriers and incentives for participation in FP 7 • EU research funding opportunities • • • in FP 7 (2007 -2013) outside FP 7 Horizon 2020 (2014 -2020) • How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

Barriers and incentives for FP 7 participation Incentives for participation in FP 7 • unique opportunity to receive funding for international • • cooperation and networking international collaboration increases quality of research results topic of research might require a European approach for socio-economic sciences and humanities: world’s largest funding programme added value of going through the proposal procedure

Barriers and incentives for FP 7 participation Barriers for participation in FP 7 • complexity of proposal preparation o o o proposal writing LRD and DOC suppport! budget planning number of documents

KU Leuven EU-team • DOC (Research Coordination Office) Pre-award • Stijn Delauré, Iesel Van der Plancken, An Jansen, Mary Ann Doumen • +32 -16 -320 -944 or +32 -16 -324 -053 • EU-info@doc. kuleuven. be • LRD (Tech Transfer Office) • Budget advice and financial monitoring • Natalie Van Geel, Karen Franck, Patricia Pardon • Caroline De Meester www. kuleuven. be/EU/contact Post-award • Elke Lammertyn, Sofie Heroes, Tine Heylen, Sarah Malevé, Myriam Witvrouw, Monique Vanhaeren, Ilse Brondeel, Karolien Mariën • +32 -16 -320 -621 or +32 -16 -326 -520 • EU@lrd. kuleuven. be

Support service: KU Leuven EU-team lobby idea→proposal networking stimulate-inform-support EU Pro-Act proposal→project advice-support DOC EIT, FET -F, JPICH decentral support teams? preparatory funding project→post-project support-monitor-report LRD & FMPC Support for project management (central team at LRD)

Barriers and incentives for FP 7 participation Barriers for participation in FP 7 • complexity of proposal preparation o o o proposal writing LRD and DOC suppport! budget planning number of documents • low succes rate (9% compared to 20%), while highest average total score (13, 75/15) because of over-subscription • difficulties in consortium building KU Leuven: e. g. 27% succes rate in FP 7 -SSH! Partner search support

Success rates per Science Group Success rate per Group per programme 40% 35% 30% 25% KU Leuven Biomedische Wetenschappen 20% Humane Wetenschappen Wetenschap & Technologie 15% 10% 5% 0% FP 7 EU average PEOPLE ERC COOPERATION CAPACITIES

Barriers and incentives for FP 7 participation Impact of FP 7 research • significant progress beyond the state of the art through new • • ideas/concepts progress in comparative research methodology and data internationalisation of research development of interdisciplinary approaches relevance for companies and/or policy initiatives

Overview of this presentation • Introduction • Barriers and incentives for participation in FP 7 • EU research funding opportunities • • • in FP 7 (2007 -2013) outside FP 7 Horizon 2020 (2014 -2020) • How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

Current opportunities in FP 7 http: //cordis. europa. eu/fp 7/home_en. html http: //ec. europa. eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp 7_calls

Current opportunities in FP 7 Bottom-up calls (you decide): Ideas, People, Capacities Top-down calls (the EC decides): Cooperation, Capacities

Current opportunities in FP 7 - ERC IDEAS (7. 5 billion €) • Retain – Repatriate – Recruit • Favour “brain gain” and reverse “brain drain” o Increase competition, recognition, international visibility • Keep (young) researchers in Europe o o o Favour career opportunities and independence Groundbreaking, innovative, high-risk-high-gain research For researchers with excellent track record

Current opportunities in FP 7 - ERC IDEAS (7. 5 billion €) Starting Grant (2 -7 y post-Ph. D) – 17. 10. 2012 Consolidator Grant (7 -12 y post-Ph. D) – 21. 02. 2013 Advanced Grant (top scientists) – 22. 11. 2012 Proof of Concept grant (valorisation, for ERC grantees) Synergy Grant (collaboration of 2 -4 top scientists) – 10. 01. 2013

Current opportunities in FP 7 - PEOPLE (4. 75 billion €) ESR: early-stage researcher, 0 -4 y post master degree ER: experienced researcher, >4 y or Ph. D degree

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Industry-Academia (IAPP) 16. 01. 2013 ‘Industry’ means: private sector

17. 01. 2013 IRSES “International Research Staff Exchange Scheme” Min. 2 European countries + 1 third country 2 -4 year duration, € 1900 per manmonth of mobility http: //cordis. europa. eu/fp 7/people

Individual Fellowships 14. 08. 2013

Current opportunities in FP 7

FP 7 -Cooperation • • Multi-national, multi-partner projects (~6 -10 or ~15 partners from EU) 10 theme’s – top-down research topics – private sector (SMEs) Key: the use of project results (impact) Current calls: http: //cordis. europa. eu/fp 7/cooperation Specific conditions • 3 partners from 3 MS/AC • 75% funding for RTD in collaborative projects (100% for coordination & support actions) • Involve ‘lead’-users, SMEs are beneficial in evaluation Duration: 2 -5 y Budget: small: 1 -3 M€ large: 6 -12 M€ Preparation/effort Next deadline: ICT (15 Jan), SSH (31 Jan), KBBE (5 Feb) • Partner: small effort – Coordinator: huge effort (but higher success) • Coordinator: start at least 6 months before deadline (drafts!) • Criteria: Scientific Quality – Management – Exploitation/Dissemnation Contact: Iesel Van der Plancken Success rate: • EU average: 14. 7% 34 • K. U. Leuven: 22. 3% (partner) – 28. 6% (coordinator)

Current opportunities in FP 7 cooperation COOPERATION (32, 4 billion €) ICT theme 15 -01 -2013 and 16 -04 -2013 Challenge 6: ICT for a low carbon economy Objective ICT-2013. 6. 1 Smart Energy Grids (15 -01 !) • bringing together stakeholders from both the energy utilities and the telecom sector • to develop common approaches for future digital networks and smart energy services infrastructure for electricity distribution • The focus is on data management including the exchange of information with transmission network operators and with end users. • Special attention is given to exploring new business models for Distribution System Operators.

Current opportunities in FP 7 cooperation COOPERATION (32, 4 billion €) KBBE theme 05 -02 -2013 KBBE. 2013. 2. 3 -01: Development and industrial application of sensors for food processing operations • Small and medium scale focused project (3 m€) – 20% to SMEs • • • versatile and affordable sensors for the quantitative, real-time, on-line or in-line control of critical quality and performance attributes for raw and in-process materials during food processing in the context of Process Analytical Technology

Current opportunities in FP 7 cooperation COOPERATION (32, 4 billion €) SSH theme 31 -01 -2013 SSH. 2013. 5. 2 -1 The multilingual challenge for the European citizen • Small and medium scale focused project (2, 5 m€) • • • Linguistic diversity in Europe Potentials of multilingualism Language related policies Language teaching New technological tools Translation and interpretation

• www. Net 4 Society. eu www. net 4 society. eu = network of SSH National Contact Points (NCP)

Current opportunities in FP 7 cooperation COOPERATION (32, 4 billion €) Also in other themes! Call topic SSH field of research SEC-2013. 6. 1 -2 Varying forms of terrorism – Capability Project Conservation and Heritage Research 2013 -01 -31 ENERGY. 2013. 7. 2. 4 Ensuring stakeholder support for future grid infrastructures Conservation and Heritage Research 2012 -11 -28 ICT-2013. 4. 1 Content analytics and language technologies ICT-2013. 8. 1 Technologies and scientific foundations in the field of creativity Deadline 2013 -01 -15 Humanities 2013 -01 -15

Current opportunities in FP 7

Current opportunities in FP 7 - capacities CAPACITIES (4, 1 billion €) Research infrastructures Research for the benefit of SMEs Regions of knowledge Research potential Science in society Activities of international cooperation

Current opportunities in FP 7 - capacities CAPACITIES (4, 1 billion €) Research for the benefit of SMEs 15 -11 -2012 • The scheme aims at supporting SMEs in need of outsourcing research • • • activities to RTD performers such as universities, research centres or research performing SMEs. Projects aim at creating new knowledge or achieving results with a clear exploitation potential to improve or develop new products, processes or services which meet the needs of the participating SMEs. Bottom-up scheme Min. conditions: 3 SMEs + 2 academia

Current opportunities in FP 7 - capacities CAPACITIES (4, 1 billion €) Research infrastructures Research for the benefit of SMEs Regions of knowledge Research potential Science in society Activities of international cooperation

Current opportunities in FP 7 - capacities CAPACITIES (4, 1 billion €) Science in Society 16 -01 -2013 • Si. S. 2013. 2. 2. 1 -1: Raising youth awareness to Responsible Research and Innovation through Inquiry Based Science Education o SSH Relevant Scientific Field: Cultural Anthropology, Education, Ethics, Gender Science, Humanities, Law, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology o Coordination and Support Actions (Supporting Action) o 2, 5 M€

Overview of this presentation • Introduction • Barriers and incentives for participation in FP 7 • EU research funding opportunities • • • in FP 7 (2007 -2013) outside FP 7 Horizon 2020 (2014 -2020) • How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

COST actions • flexible, fast, effective and efficient tool to network and coordinate nationally funded research activities; bringing scientists together, light strategic guidance • COST is based on networks (“COST actions”) centred around research projects • bottom-up, organised in 9 scientific domainsw. cost. esf. org/ Specific conditions • at least 5 countries - “breaking in” is possible (joining existing actions) • funding covers networking activities, no research itself: meetings, conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges and dissemination activities Duration: xx Budget: <10, 000€ for meetings, <3500€ for secondments Preparation /effort • relatively low effort (~12 pages; two stage submission) • ideally for ‘young’ researchers to establish and consolidate network Contact: Iesel Van der Plancken cost@fwo. be – www. cost. eu 46 Next deadline: 29 March 2013 Success rate: low

Directorates general Calls for tender, relevant to Arts (example) • DG Education and culture (EAC through EACEA) http: //eacea. ec. europa. eu/about/call_tenders_en. php • DG Translation (DGT) http: //ec. europa. eu/dgs/translation/index_en. htm • DG Interpretation (SCIC) http: //ec. europa. eu/dgs/scic/index_nl. htm • • • DG Enterprise DG Connect DG Development DG Health & Consumers …

Member States funding for EU research • Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) o o Collaborative research in Grand Societal Challenges Pooling of member states’ research funding “Virtual common pot”, no funding from FP 10 initiatives upcoming/running: • • • Neurodegenerative diseases Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change Cultural Heritage and Global Change Heritage@KULeuven A Healthy diet for a healthy Life The microbial challenge Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe More Years, Better Lives - Demographic Changes Urban Europe – Global Challenges, Local Solutions Water Challenges for a Changing World Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans

JPI Cultural Heritage: first call The JPICH topics for the 2013 call are : • tangible heritage and effect of weathering including climate change • use and re-use of buildings and landscapes, including the relation between changes and policy • Insight into values, valuation, interpretation and identity Funding: • Most likely support from FWO (2 projects/call, 200 k€) Heritage@KULeuven task force: Koen Van Balen in JPICH scientific advisory board

Other joint programmes • ERA-Net FWO: HERA, M-ERA, TRANSCAN, E-RARE, … • IWT: LEAD-ERA, ECO-INNOVERA, ERA-IB, … • • ERA-SME • www. era-sme. net • Ambient Assisted Living joint programme • www. aal-europe. eu • Eureka, for market oriented industrial R&D www. eurekanetwork. org • Eureka-Eurostars, for R&D SMEs www. eurostars-eureka. eu

ERA-SMEs • Wat? o internationale innovatie netwerking en samenwerking tussen KMO’s en onderzoeksinstellingen • Samenstelling van het consortium? o o Duitsland, Oostenrijk, Tsjechië, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Nederland Partners uit minstens twee landen/regio’s met minstens één KMO per betrokken land/regio en minstens één onderzoek- en technologieorganisatie per project. • Het IWT financiert Vlaamse partners via kmo-programma • Doelgroep? o niet-O&O intensieve KMO's die beroep doen op onderzoeksinstellingen voor het uitvoeren van hun O&O, kunnen een projectvoorstel indienen • Meer informatie? http: //www. cornet-era. net

CIP: Competitiveness & Innovation • Funding for pilot actions, involving both public and private organisations, for validating in real settings, innovative and interoperable ICT based services in areas such as: ICT for health, ageing and inclusion; Digital Libraries; ICT for improved public services; ICT for energy efficiency and smart mobility; Multilingual web and Internet evolution.

Overview of this presentation • Introduction • Barriers and incentives for participation in FP 7 • EU research funding opportunities • • • in FP 7 (2007 -2013) outside FP 7 Horizon 2020 (2014 -2020) • How to write a competitive EU research project proposal

What’s next? “Horizon 2020” (20142020) 2014 -2020 http: //ec. europa. eu/research/horizon 2020 • Overall budget for Horizon 2020 (EC proposal): • € 80 billion (constant 2011 prices) ~ 25% of all competitive funding in EU • 46% increase compared to FP 7 (2007 -2013) • Research and innovation increases to 8. 5% of EC budget 55 • For decision @ European Council and Parliament !

Structure & budget breakdown • ~80 B€ • Earliest deadlines: winter 2014 EIT JRC Societal Challenges Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Cross-cutting issues: • ERA • Dissemination & knowledge transfer • Simplified access and reimbursement • International cooperation • Synergies with cohesion policy (Structural Funds)

Structure & budget breakdown • • More bottom-up FET/FEST 2 SSH challenges > EIT budget EIT JRC Societal Challenges Excellent Science Industrial Leadership

Cross-disciplinary collaboration 2. Creating industrial leadership; competitive frameworks - Examples of key enabling technologies in this challenge: - Application-driven: cross-disciplinary collaborations required - Additional cross-disciplinary critical mass? KULLOCs?

Upcoming large initiatives (2013 -2020) • FET Flagships (ICT) – 6 pilots 2 initiatives o o o Guardian Angels Futur. ICT, ITFo. M, Robo. Com Graphene, Human Brain Project • EIT 2014 o o o Healthy ageing Critical raw materials Food 4 Future EIT 2018 – Urban mobility – Smart & secure societies – Added-value manufacturing • Joint Programming Initiatives 10 Grand Challenge initiatives o o Cultural Heritage Urban Europe Food-Agriculture-Climate …

Agenda • Overview of EU funding opportunities • Reflections from participants • • • Marie Curie actions – Bert Pluymers (productietechnieken, machinebouw, automatisering) Health care – Walter Sermeus (ziekenhuis- en verpleegwetenschap) ICT in SSH – Jos Dumortier (Recht en informatica) • (How to write a competitive EU research project)

FP 7 evaluation criteria in detail 72

8 steps to a successful proposal* 1. Check the relevant documents 2. Your impact section has an impact! (B 3. 1) 3. Build your consortium around the call text (B 2. 3) 4. Set out achievable and verifiable objectives (B 1. 1) 5. Make your work plan manageable (B 1. 3) 6. Use an appropriate management structure (B 2. 1) 7. Show you will transfer results to use (B 3. 2) 8. Make it easy on the evaluator * This list is not exhaustive!

Step 8: Make it easy on the evaluator Objectives (and proposal in general) should meet the 4 C’s: Credibility The idea is convincing and achievable “it has to make sense” Communication Clear description of what will be done Concrete Very specific, not general concepts “who will do what, when, and how? ” Consistency High quality documentation (proof read) Written by consortium, but edited ~Hyperion 92

Summarizing… Guide for applicants Impact, impact Good luck with your application! EU-info@doc. kuleuven. be www. kuleuven. be/eu 97