Horizon 2020: Update and EU funding opportunities Soton-eu-office@soton.ac.uk

1. Horizon 2020: Update and EU funding opportunities Soton-eu-office@soton.ac.uk http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm http://horizon2020projects.com/ , EU Office Health Tech USRG Nov 2013

2. European Office @ the UoSsoton-eu-office@soton.ac.uk • EU R&IS • EU FINANCE (FP7/H2020) Mrs Yan Qiao & team: Alexandra Le Count (FEE) Matt Ramsey (FEE) • Pre-award costing • Check Faculty approval • Formal signatures • Post-award/reporting Dr Sue Edwards team: Dr Elena Koukharenko Mr Georgios Papadakis • Funding opportunities • Liaising with EC and UKRO • Advice on schemes • Exemplars • Bid review/content • Contract negotiation 2

3. Change Horizon 2020Continuity vs. Change Continuity • Core elements will remain, collaborative research, ERC, MCA • Competition based on Excellence • European Added Value • EU Policy Needs • Shared cost • Integrates FP, EIT, CIP • New approaches • Focus on innovation • Covering the entire cycle from basic idea to market • Integration of SSH and ICT • Key Enabling Technologies • Strong industry focus Societal Challenges • Less prescriptive topics? • Revised Funding Rules • Strategic Programme and Focus Areas

4. Horizon 2020 structure & position of FEE €22.27 bln €15.51 bln €27.04 bln Widening Participation; Science with and for Society European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Joint Research Centre (JRC) EURATOM Dr Elena Koukharenko, EU Office FEE, EngSci 21st Oct 2013

5. ERCupcoming calls

6. Where to look? • All draft Work Programmes are here: https://sharepoint.soton.ac.uk/sites/ris/eu/default.aspx • Soc Ch. Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing • Area 3 Improved Diagnosis (tools & tech, in vitro, imaging, biomarkers) • Area 4 Innov. Treatments & technols (tools for advance therapies) • Area 5 Ageing (ICT, robotics, cog impairment, mental wellbeing) • Area 6 Integrated citizen-centred care (ICT, self-management) • INFO DAY – WEB STREAMING this FRIDAY!! • http://ec.europa.eu/research/health/horizon-2020-health-open-info-days_en.html

7. Where to look 2 • LEIT – ICT • Area 6 Photonics (ICT26 – Disease screening) • LEIT - Nano & Materials • Area 3 Healthcare (production, diabetes, cancer, Alz) • Area 5 Safety • LEIT – Biotechnology • Area 1 (Synthetic biology) • Area 3 (Metagenomics) • LEIT – Photonics PPP • Area 3 Life Sciences and Health

8. FET Activities • Expanded from ICT and Energy to be used as cross-cutting funding scheme • Supports frontier research: alternative ideas, concepts or paradigms of risky or non-conventional nature Open, light and agile Roadmap based research • New rule will be: 1 step application, 2 stage evaluation

9. Public-Private Patnerships • Contractual - the main calls: e.g. photonics • Joint Technology Initiatives • Run separately from H2020: • Strategic research agenda • Industry designed Work Programme • Own calls • Same reimbursement rates: IP rules - ? • Biobased Industries – BRIDGE http://bridge2020.eu/ • Innovative Medicines – IMI http://www.efpia.eu/topics/innovation/innovative-medicines-initiative/innovative-medicines-initiative-2

10. Nationally-Implemented European Funding • ERA-NETs: (Calls from UKRC or TSB) • Joint Programming Initiatives: • Alzheimer and other Neurodegenerative Diseases (JPND) • A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life • More Years, Better Lives - The Potential and Challenges of Demographic Change • Antimicrobial Resistance- The Microbial Challenge - An Emerging Threat to Human Health • Article 185 (Public Public Partnerships) • Active & Assisted Living Research and Development Programme • European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

11. Talking shops?? • European Innovation Partnerships: • Active and Healthy Ageing • http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?section=active-healthy-ageing&pg=about

12. Timing for key dates • Budget and participation rules agreed – now • First draft Work Programmes – now to Dec 2013 • UK launch event: Nov/Dec 2013 • First calls: 11 December 2013 • Launch of Horizon 2012: 1 January 2014 Dr Elena Koukharenko, EU Office FEE, EngSci 21st Oct 2013

13. How to start preparing? • Check the Horizon 2020 proposals - do they cover your research area? • Think about networking and building links with potential partners now • Who are the key players? • Who has been involved in previous projects / stakeholder groups? • How can you meet them? • Attending events • Joining the EU evaluators database (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/experts) • Joining European Technology Platforms or other relevant stakeholder groups • Call for Expert Advisory Groups: (http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-experts) • Some areas, such as Marie Curie and the ERC, are bottom-up so you could start early thinking about potential proposal ideas for H2020 • Sign up for UKRO Portal, and choose ‘policy’ category Dr Elena Koukharenko, EU Office FEE, EngSci 21st Oct 2013

14. Simplification in Rules for Participation 1. New programming cycle • Three year long strategic programmes • Two-year work programme for 2014-2015 • Topics structure: “Specific challenge”, “Scope”, “Expected Impact” 2.Simpler rules for grants – OK for SOUTHAMPTON • Single funding rate per project (max. 100%/70%) • Flat rate for indirect costs 25% • Inclusion VAT • 100% reimbursement for non-profit organisations • No timesheets for staff working full-time on Horizon 2020 projects • Shorter time to grant (5+3 months)