STW Open Technology Programme. H2020 Future & Emerging Technology. and. GRANTS WEEK 2015 October 9 th

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9/12/2010 INDIVIDUAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN EUROPE

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GRANTS WEEK 2015

October 9

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STW

Open Technology Programme

and

H2020

Future & Emerging Technology

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European/ International eu‐[email protected] Melanie Telma Rolf

SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH FUNDING ACQUISITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

National funding [email protected]

www.utwente.nl/subsidies

Arend

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“bottom-up” funding opportunities

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Future & Emerging Technology

Telma Esteves

[email protected]

‐ what’s FET about?

‐ “lessons learned” in 2014‐15

‐ the upcoming FET 2016‐17 work programme

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Grand Societal Challenges Industrial

Leadership Excellent

Science

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FET mission

• To promote and support the emergence of radically new technology areas that will renew the basis for future European competitiveness and growth and will make a difference for society in the decades to come.

• To initiate and shape the development of European research and innovation eco-systems around such future and emerging technologies, as seeds of future industrial leadership and potential solutions for

societal challenges.

• To turn Europe into the best environment for responsible and dynamic multi-disciplinary collaborations on such future and emerging

technologies, including facilitating the wider training

of researchers in new areas.

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The FET lobbyists

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‘The Future of FET’

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FET Proactive

Exploration and Incubation

Topical clusters of research projects

FET-Open

Early Ideas Individual research projects

Exploring novel ideas

Large-Scale Partnering Initiatives

Common research agendas

Addressing grand challenges

FET Flagships

Developing

topics & communities

Roadmap based research

Open, light and agile

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FET-Open : novel ideas for radically new technologies

“FET-Open is open!”

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No thematic restriction, not necessarily ICT emphasis

o New areas: space research, medicine, energy…

o TRL 1-3, successful FET project result is a proof of a concept in a lab

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Bottom-up, but targeted - not blue sky research

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Collaborative research

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Total budget: ~160M€ in 2014-15

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Instrument

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Research and Innovation Action (RIA) - 154M€

o

Coordination and Support actions (CSA) – 6M€

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FET-Open call

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Submission & Evaluation

o 1 step submission - 1 step evaluation based on FET specific evaluation criteria

o High quality peer review – 4 experts per proposals to best address multi-disciplinary nature of FET

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Time to contract of max. 8 months from cut-off date

o ESR within 5 months, contracts within 3 extra months

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Composition of proposals

Section 4 & 5 are not covered by the page limit.

Section 1,2 & 3 are strictly limited to 15 pages!

Cover page strictly limited to 1 page

Part A: Administrative part of the proposal

Part B : Scientific part of the proposal

16 pages – core proposal

Cover page

Section 1: S&T Excellence Section 2: Impact

Section 3: Implementation Additional information

Section 4: Members of the consortium

E.g. legal entity, CV, subcontract, third party Section 5: Ethics and Security

Ethics self-assessment & supporting documents

Security checklist

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Excellence Impact Implementation

Clarity of targeted breakthrough and its specific science and technology

contributions towards a long-term vision.

Novelty, level of ambition and

foundational character.

Range and added value from

interdisciplinarity.

Appropriateness of the research methods.

Importance of the new technological

outcome with regards to its transformational impact on technology and/or society.

Quality of measures for achieving impact on science, technology

and/or society.

Impact from

empowerment of new and high potential

actors towards future technological

leadership.

Quality of the

workplan and clarity of intermediate targets.

Relevant expertise in the consortium.

Appropriate allocation and justification of

resources (person- months, equipment, budget).

Threshold: 4/5

Weight: 60% Threshold: 3,5/5

Weight: 20% Threshold: 3/5 Weight: 20%

Link to slides with details on each of the evaluation criteria

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Results from 2014-15

• 643 RIA proposals submitted by cut-off date 1 (09/2014)

• 24 proposals selected for funding from the first evaluation

• Success rate for RIA~3,7%

• 670 proposals submitted by cut-off date 2 (03/2015) [resubmission from cut-off 1: ~ 30%]

• Expected number of funded proposals (09/2015) ~ 12:

~1,8% success rate

RIA = Research and Innovation Action

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Summary of evaluation results RIA

First cut-off (March 2014)

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12

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Disciplines addressed by RIA retained for funding proposals

23 13

10 7

7 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1

0 5 10 15 20 25

Physical sciences Materials engineering Chemical sciences

Electrical and electronic engineering Computer sciences, information science and…

Medical engineering Basic medicine Social sciences Mathematics Civil engineering Mechanical engineering Biological sciences Environmental engineering

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Country participation

Country Participation Participation in

Retained Proposals %

Germany 578 27 4,7%

United Kingdom 525 22 4,2%

Italy 461 5 1,1%

France 386 21 5,4%

Spain 322 12 3,7%

Netherlands 210 6 2,9%

Sweden 118 6 5,1%

Switzerland 116 4 3,4%

Belgium 115 2 1,7%

Austria 113 7 6,2%

Greece 108 6 5,6%

Finland 88 3 3,4%

Israel 79 7 8,9%

Denmark 72 3 4,2%

Portugal 69 4 5,8%

Poland 46 2 4,3%

Ireland 45 0 0,0%

Hungary 44 0 0,0%

Norway 43 0 0,0%

Slovenia 39 1 2,6%

Czech Republic 37 0 0,0%

Croatia 28 1 3,6%

Turkey 23 0 0,0%

Romania 19 0 0,0%

Cyprus 18 1 5,6%

Bulgaria 17 0 0,0%

Serbia 15 0 0,0%

Slovakia 11 1 9,1%

Other countries 91 0 0,0%

Grand TOTAL 3.952 145 3,7%

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Total coordinators and other partners per country in retained proposals

5

2 1 1 3 3

16 26

4 5 4

2 2

1 1

10 5

17 2

5

30

1

2 2

2

1 5

0 5 10 15 20 25

AT BE HR CY DK FI FR DE EL IT NL PL PT SK SI ES SE UK

Coordinator Participant

Country participation

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Applicants' activity type

Submitted

Proposals % Retained

Proposals %

Public Body (excl. research and education) 20 0,5% 0 0,0%

Research Organisations 927 23,4% 35 24,1%

Higher or Secondary Education 2.194 55,4% 89 61,4%

Private for Profit (excl. education) 668 16,9% 17 11,7%

Others 148 3,7% 4 2,8%

3.957 100% 145 100,0%

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 experience 2014

 evaluators value…

 targeted by yet visionary ideas

 perfection at all levels: give special attention to

communication, outreach, dissemination, open access, ethics…

 involvement of women and young promising researchers

 My advice

 Don’t compromise: take your time and focus on preparing a spotless proposal

 Get advise: know anyone with a successful proposal?..

Views and suggestions

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FET Work Programme 2016-2017

• FET-Open indicative budget MEUR 88 (2016) and 113 (2017)

• FET-Proactive will include:

• Emerging themes and communities

• Future tech for society

• Biotech for better life

• Disruptive info technology

• Energy for energy and functional materials

• High Performance Computing

• Consult all draft Work Programmes at ec.europa.eu

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Views and suggestions

[Consensus Report]

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STW Open Technology Programme. H2020 Future & Emerging Technology. and. GRANTS WEEK 2015 October 9 th

GRANTS WEEK 2015

October 9

STW

Open Technology Programme

and

H2020

Future & Emerging Technology

SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH FUNDING ACQUISITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

“bottom-up” funding opportunities

Future & Emerging Technology

Telma Esteves

‐ what’s FET about?

‐ “lessons learned” in 2014‐15

‐ the upcoming FET 2016‐17 work programme

FET mission

• To promote and support the emergence of radically new technology areas that will renew the basis for future European competitiveness and growth and will make a difference for society in the decades to come.

• To initiate and shape the development of European research and innovation eco-systems around such future and emerging technologies, as seeds of future industrial leadership and potential solutions for

societal challenges.

• To turn Europe into the best environment for responsible and dynamic multi-disciplinary collaborations on such future and emerging

technologies, including facilitating the wider training

of researchers in new areas.

The FET lobbyists

‘The Future of FET’

FET Proactive

FET-Open

FET Flagships

Roadmap based research

Open, light and agile

FET-Open : novel ideas for radically new technologies

“FET-Open is open!”

No thematic restriction, not necessarily ICT emphasis

Bottom-up, but targeted - not blue sky research

Collaborative research

Total budget: ~160M€ in 2014-15

Instrument

Research and Innovation Action (RIA) - 154M€

Coordination and Support actions (CSA) – 6M€

FET-Open call

Submission & Evaluation

Time to contract of max. 8 months from cut-off date

Composition of proposals

Part A: Administrative part of the proposal

Part B : Scientific part of the proposal

Results from 2014-15

• 643 RIA proposals submitted by cut-off date 1 (09/2014)

• 24 proposals selected for funding from the first evaluation

• Success rate for RIA~3,7%

• 670 proposals submitted by cut-off date 2 (03/2015) [resubmission from cut-off 1: ~ 30%]

• Expected number of funded proposals (09/2015) ~ 12:

~1,8% success rate

Summary of evaluation results RIA

First cut-off (March 2014)

Disciplines addressed by RIA retained for funding proposals

Country participation

Total coordinators and other partners per country in retained proposals

Country participation

Applicants' activity type

Views and suggestions

Selection of proposals

All above threshold proposals in each topic are listed in descending order of overall score.

Proposals are selected for funding starting from the top of the list,

until the available budget is exhausted.