Lithuanian BBI JU info day 2019

1. LithuanianBBI JU info day 2019 Dieter BRIGITTA Project Officer 16 April 2019

2. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks

3. BBI (Bio-based industries)? BBI and their value chains are facing complex and substantial technological and innovation challenges Biomass and waste Biorefineries Fuel Product deliveryrisk High capital costs Feedstocksupplyrisk Chemicals and materials Insufficient infrastructure Product developmentrisk Fragmentedsupplychain Feed & foodingredients Technologyrisks Marketaccess

4. BBI Joint Undertaking (BBI JU)? • Mission: to implement, under Horizon 2020 rules, the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA) developed by the industry and validated by the EC. • Public-Private Partnership (PPP) developing sustainable and competitive bio-based industries in Europe • Partners: • European Union (via EC) • Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) www.bbi-europe.eu

5. BBI JU: Public Private Partnership

6. The BBI JU annual cycle Strategic level: SIRA Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda guiding document developed by BIC Drafting – Approval – Supporting + Scientific Committee + States RepresentativesGroup Operational LevelAnnual Work Plan Call for proposals(RIAs, IAs, CSAs) Publication & Implementation Reporting – monitoring Dissemination – comm. Portfolio management

7. BBI JU Impact By 2030 50% greenhouse gas emissions 20% biomass supply 25% mobilization of unused sources 30% replacement of petroleum-based products 10 times more bio-based materials

8. BBI JU: a high-impact initiative • “the objectives could not be addressed with traditional Union instruments. • “structuring effect, bringing together the sectors and actors towards deployment of new value chains, and it has mobilised increasing investments on developing innovations for the bio-based industries”. (Oct 2018) • Structuring effect • Mobilizing effect • BBI JU is well aligned vs initial challenges + specific KPIs on track • BBI JU ” has been instrumental in the development of new bio-based value chains centred around the use of renewable resources including waste”. • BBI JU “is proving crucial in supporting the development of European industrial bio-based infrastructures and value chains”

9. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks Any urgent questions?

10. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities& differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks

11. Similarities: IT environment • Funding & Tendering Opportunities Portal • (Previouslycalled ‘Participant Portal’) • Since BBI JU’s start (Call 2014) • Find calls & partners, register organisations, submit proposals,… • Terminology & help

12. Similarities: types of action

13. Similarities: 3 main evaluationcriteria • Excellence Impact Impact Impact • Implementation

14. Similarities: ‘Open to the World’ • All organisations canparticipate… • …but not all organisations are automaticallyeligible for funding • Terminology • EU countries • Associated countries (16) • Developing countries • Industrialised countries and emergingeconomies • H2020 online manual, international cooperation section

15. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks

16. Differences: annual cycle • Call opens

17. Differences: types of action

18. Differences: fundingpercentages (1) TRL = Technology Readiness Level (value 1-9; higher TRL = closer to market) (2) However: de facto no (0%) BBI JU funding for large enterprises (3) Non-profit beneficiaries / linked third parties may be reimbursed at 100%

19. Differences: Consortium own contribution Leverage of private investments is crucial! The consortium own contribution in BBI JU projects consists of: • In-kind contributions The eligible costs incurred by one partner implementing the project minus the funding requested from BBI JU • Financial (‘in cash’) contributions Financial transfers from one or more to one or more partners of a BBI JU project to implement part of the action • Additional investments Investments (e.g. infrastructure, facilities, durable equipment, etc.) that contribute to achieving the objectives of the projects and the BBI JU initiative (maximize impact) outside the budget of the project

20. Differences: business case/plan • Only for IAs(Innovation Actions) • Close to market(TRL 6-7 or even 8) → business case and plan needed • No page limits(canbeincluded in section 4-5 of the proposal) • More info: seeAnnex 4b of the Call 2019 Guide for Applicants

21. Differences: someevaluationsubcriteria • Althoughthe 3 main evaluationcriteria(Excellence, impact, implementation) are the same… • …the previouslymentioneddifferenceswith Horizon 2020 have been translatedinto (some) BBI JU-specificevaluationsubcriteria • More information: see ‘how to write a good BBI JU proposal’ part

22. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks Any urgent questions?

23. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks

24. Call 2019 key figures • Call timing • Call opening: 4 Apr2019 • Call closure: 4 Sept 2019, 17:00 CET • Results to applicants: End of Dec 2019 (tentative) • GA Signature: By 3 May 2020 • Budget

25. Call 2019 types of action

26. Call 2019: strategic orientations vs. topics TOPICS FEEDSTOCK R1, D1, D2, F1 Scaling-up lignin conversion; OFMSWaste (F1); tree species for new VC; microalgae PROCESS Operations and treatments; end-of-life of plastics, holistic valorization (F2), oils & fats, residual streams R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, F2 PRODUCTS High volume products, high performance materials (F3), bio-pesticides, functional ingredients, R8, R9, R10, D3, D4, F3 MARKETUPTAKE Brand owners, mixed feedstocks, participatory public input, support SME S1, S2, S3, S4

27. Call 2019 - RIAs

28. Call 2019 - DEMOs

29. Call 2019 - Flagships • Note: a dedicated budget line per Flagship topic • F1: € 15 million • F2: € 20 million • F3: € 12 million

30. Call 2019 - CSAs • Note: • Although all CSA topics fallunder the same budget line (total: € 5 million)… • …max. 1 CSA projectcanbefunded per topic

31. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal • Final remarks Any urgent questions?

32. Table of contents • Bio-based industries (BBI) vs. BBI Joint Undertaking (JU) • Horizon 2020 vs. BBI JU: similarities & differences • Call 2019 • How to write a good proposal? • Final remarks

33. Brussels Info daypresentations • 2016: « Thinklikean evaluator » • 2017: « Write for an evaluator » • 2018: • Excellence Impact Impact Impact • Implementation

34. One sentence that ‘stuck’… • « Everywordcounts » • …on mainly 3 levels • Topic text • Evaluation (sub)criteria • Proposaltemplate

35. The BBI JU annual cycle Strategic level: SIRA Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda guiding document developed by BIC Drafting – Approval – Supporting + Scientific Committee + States RepresentativesGroup Operational LevelAnnual Work Plan Call for proposals(RIAs, IAs, CSAs) Publication & Implementation Reporting – monitoring Dissemination – comm. Portfolio management

36. 1. Annual topic text creation • Furtherrefining • Longlist to shortlist • Shortlisted topic texts are continuouslyupdated… • …soeverywordcounts • How to write a good proposal? • Copy/paste the topic text • Divideit in different (grouped) sentences • Doesyourproposalideatick all the boxes? What / who (expertise) are youmissing?

37. 2. Evaluation (sub)criteria • Excellence Impact Impact Impact • Implementation

38. 2. Evaluation (sub)criteria • Different ‘types’ of evaluation subcriteria • ‘Standard’ Horizon 2020 subcriteria • BBI JU-specific subcriteria • Differences between ‘types of action’ • Coordination & Support Actions (CSAs) • Research & Innovation Actions (RIAs) • Innovation Actions (IAs) • DEMOs • Flagships

39. Excellence: WHAT?

40. H2020 subcriteria (RIAs and IAs) • Extent that proposed work is beyond the state of the art (SOTA), and demonstrates innovation potential. • What is the state of the art (SOTA)? What’s the benchmark? • ...and how does your proposal go beyond the SOTA? • Tip: • clearly describe the (starting and end) TRLs • e.g. via a table (left: SOTA + start TRL; right: envisaged end TRL)

41. BBI JU-specific subcriterion (IAs) • Coverage of the whole value chain (IAs are close to market => this subcriterion checks that your idea take into account biomass, processing and end products & markets)

42. Impact: SO WHAT?

43. H2020 subcriteria (all actions) • Outputs of the project vs. the expected impacts mentioned in the work plan • Are all ‘expected impacts’ listed in the topic text dealt with in your proposal... • ...in a qualitative AND quantitative manner? • Oftenlinkwith BBI JU KPIs • More info on BBI JU KPIs: seeSIRA • SIRA is more than a theoreticaltext

44. H2020 subcriteria (all actions) • Exploitation, dissemination and communication of project results (including IPR and - where relevant - research data management) • Dissemination & exploitation: more than an eligibility criterion; this is also evaluated by experts • Tips: • Also provide quantative data (how many conferences, publications, target audiences,...) => be specific, avoid ‘generic’ diss./comm./expl. plans • Include relevant (also public) deliverables • Explicitly describe IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) management – every word counts

45. BBI JU subcriteria (RIAs and IAs) • Extent to which the proposed consortiumown contribution, including additional investments, will help maximising the impact of the action

46. BBI JU subcriteria (RIAs and IAs) • Extent to which the proposed consortiumown contribution, including additional investments, will help maximising the impact of the action • Clearly describe if and how much “own contribution” (‘in kind’, ‘in cash’ and/or ‘additional investments’) is included in the proposal... • ...AND explain how this will maximise the impact of the action • Don’t just list the amounts, also explain them • Where to explain this? See: • FAQ for Applicants • Guide for Applicants

47. Implementation: HOW?

48. Significance of ImplementationCall 2018 case

49. Significance of ImplementationCall 2018 case → Biggest ‘difference to 5’ in implementation (same as in 2016 & 2017)

50. H2020 subcriteria (all actions) • Allocation of tasks, ensuring that all participants have a valid role and adequate resources • Football analogy: • Sometimes, a certain amount of ‘home-grown’ players is required... • ...but they’re only part of the team pro forma; they seldom play. • Tip: convince expert-evaluators that you don’t have ‘token’ consortium members, e.g. via resource allocation (money talks...)