EU Directions on RTD and Innovation

1. EU Directions on RTD and Innovation Dr. Stephan Pascall Europlan Principal Ex Advisor to the Director DG INFSO European Commission Presentation to staff and students at Plovdiv University 15 Feb 2012

2. EU Directions on RTD and Innovation Seventh Framework Programme Horizon 2020 Structural Funds

3. EU Directions on RTD and Innovation Seventh Framework Programme

4. Research – Innovation cycle Innovation generates wealth Investment in research Knowledge is the basis of innovation Research generates knowledge

5. EU annual framework budget trend FP7 FP6 FP5 FP4 Billion Euro FP3 FP2 FP1 FP7 (2007-2013): ~55 billion Euro (1.5 billion remaining) Year

6. Slices of the FP7 cake Total: 51.5 billion Euro Billion Euro 2007-2013 Cooperation – Collaborative research Ideas– Frontier research People– Marie Curie actions Euratom Capacities – Research infrastructures

7. FP7 - where are we now?(completed/expected payments in each year) Billions of Euro Work programmes Intermediate review Open Consultation FP8 • Incremental trend of the funding • Bi-annual monitoring, mid term review • Preparation “FP8” (Open Consultation)

8. FP7 – Remaining Calls in CooperationWith deadline after 1 March 2012 * Open to proposals that have successfully completed Part 1

9. FP7 – Remaining Calls

10. FP7 funding schemes • Collaborative Projects (CP): Large scale integrating projects (IP) Specific targeted research projects (medium scale) (STREP) * Specific international cooperation actions (SICA) • Networks of excellence (NoE) • Coordination & support actions (CSA) Coordination or networking actions (CA) Specific support actions (SSA) • Collaborative projects&coordination actions (CP-CSA) * Now “small or medium scale focused research actions”

11. Call Call Call The project life-cycle Work programme 2011/2012 Evaluation Committee Proposal Proposal Proposal Impact Project execution D D D D Project Reviews Intermediate Final € € € Project payments Advance Interim Final

12. Guarantee fund

13. CSR IAR IAR IAR IAR IAR IAR IAR IAR IAR CSR CSR Hearings (for IP only) The Evaluation Process Submission Individual reading Consensus meetings Panel meeting Finalisation Proposal Proposals in priority order Final ranking list Proposal Proposal Rejection list IAR – Individual Assessment Report CSR – Consensus Summary Report

14. Evaluation criteria Proposals are judged principally on the following criteria: Scientific and Technical Quality(the concept, the work plan) Implementation(the consortium, the management) Impact(the expected benefits) What will they do? How well can they do it? Who will benefit?

15. Observations • Investment in R&D continues to increase in the EU • Calls for ~1.5 billion Euros for deadlines beyond 1 March are now open Conclusion • Many Call opportunities are still open End of the FP7 Presentation

16. EU Directions on RTD and Innovation Horizon 2020

17. Horizon 2020 – integrating the programmes Framework Programme for Research and Technical Development Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Horizon 2020 A new, integrated funding system that supports the research and innovation objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy Starts 1/1/2014

18. Horizon 2020 – Objectives and structure Europe 2020 priorities International cooperation European Research Area Shared objectives and principles Creating Industrial Leadership & Competitive Framework Tackling societal challenges Excellence in the Science Base Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes Simplified access Dissemination and knowledge transfer

19. Priorities – tackling societal challenges • Tackling societal challenges • Responding directly to EU objectives: whole chain from research to market • Health, demographic change and wellbeing • Food security, sustainable agriculture and bio-based economy • Secure, clean and efficient energy • Smart, green and integrated transport • Climate action and resource efficiency including raw materials • Inclusive, innovative and secure societies • Observation: plenty of opportunities for socio-economic sciences but not for humanities… Creating Industrial Leadership & Competitive Framework Tackling societal challenges Excellence in the Science Base

20. Priorities – creating industrial leadership; competitive frameworks Creating Industrial Leadership & Competitive Framework • Business led Research and Innovation; raising private investment • Enabling and industrial technologies • Access to risk finance • Support for innovaton to SMEs Creating Industrial Leadership & Competitive Framework Tackling societal challenges Excellence in the Science Base

21. Priorities – excellence in the science base Creating Industrial Leadership & Competitive Framework Tackling societal challenges Excellence in the Science Base • Developing world class excellence through • European Research Council (ERC); through frontier research, developing and attracting talent • Marie Curie actions; through career development skills and training • Future and Emerging Technologies (FET): across all themes, not only ICT/Energy • FET Flagships (Human Brain project, Guardian Angels, … • FET Open • FET proactive Excellence in the Science Base

22. Horizon 2020 - how much? • Overall amount for Horizon 2020 • 80 billion in constant 2011 prices • 46% increase compared to current period (2007-2013) • Research and innovation increases to 8.5% of EU budget • Publication: 30 November 2011 • For decision by European Council and European Parliament 80 billion Euro

23. Observation • There is a preference towards multidisciplinary working • Much more focus will be placed on innovation Conclusion • Universities should facilitate the creation of multidisciplinary teams and should consider how to respond to the new emphasis on innovation End of Horizon 2020 presentation

24. EU Directions on RTD and Innovation Structural Funds

25. Structural funds • Structural Funds are tools set up to implement the EU regional policy • Reducing disparities in income, wealth, and opportunities • They include • European Social Fund – to improve growth and employment prospects • European Regional Fund – addresses regional disparities • Cohesion Fund – environment and transport • In Horizon 2020 the structural funds will be more closely integrated with research and innovation

26. Economic output and innovation are linked Index of economic output Index of innovative output Source: Mikel Navarro et al, Basque Competitiveness Institute 2010

27. Research, innovation and regional growth • Innovation is not just R&D • For most companies and regions, competitiveness is not primarily dependent on R&D efforts but on • Knowledge absorption (education and training, advanced business services) • Diffusion (technology transfer, ICT, entrepreneurship) • R&D excellence and regional innovation are seen as complementary so European funding programmes are to be more closely integrated in Horizon 2020

28. Smart Specialisation • A new approach to avoid or minimise fragmentation, imitation and duplication of public R&D investments • It stresses a role for all regions in the knowledge economy, if they can identify comparative advantages in specific R&I domains/clusters (not just winning sectors) • Smart specialisation combines open innovation, with investment in (basic) research

29. End of the Structural Funds presentation

30. Effect of insufficient research investment Lack of investment in research Less wealth Brain drain Less knowledge generated Fewer innovations

31. Thank youEuroplan contact Dr Stephan Pascall Mobile: 00 32 495 24 1946 Email: stephan.pascall@europlan-uk.eu www.europlan-uk.eu