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Finding your way in European Research Funding

Discover the broad range of possibilities in European research funding, including grants for specific projects and public contracts for services, goods, or works. Learn about the policy context, funding priorities, and structure of Horizon 2020. Find the right funding for your research by considering the research type, training needs, infrastructures, innovative ideas, European dimension, and societal impact. Increase your chances by registering as an expert.

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Finding your way in European Research Funding

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  1. Finding your way in European Research Funding Mischa Peters – Grant Office REBO Finding your way in H2020 for Institutions Researchers

  2. Grant Office REBO European Research Funding: a broad range of possibilities • EU funding is complex, since there are many different types of programmes managed by different bodies, • covering areas such as: • education • health • consumer protection • environmental protection • humanitarian aid. • research Finding your way in European Research Funding

  3. Two main types of funding • Grants for specific projects, usually following a public announcement known as a 'call for proposals'. • Public contracts to buy services, goods or works to ensure the operations of EU institutions or programmes. Contracts are awarded through calls for tenders (public procurement) and cover a range of areas: studies, technical assistance and training; consultancy, conference organisation, etc. Finding your way in European Research Funding

  4. POLICY CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES • EUROPE 2020 TARGETS- Strategy for Growth & Jobs • Employment: 75% of 20- 64 year-olds employed • R&D / Innovation: investment of 3% EU’s GDP • Climate Change & Energy: 20% less emissions, 20% more energy efficiency and 20% of energy renewable • Education: school drop-outs below 10% and at least 40% 30-40 year-olds completing third-level education • Poverty/ Social exclusion: at least 20 mln fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion HORIZON 2020 STRATEGIC AGENDA 2014-2015 Personalising Health & Care Sustainable Food Security Water innovation Low carbon energy Waste Funding priorities 2014-2015 (further elaborated in work programmes) Energy Efficiency Digital Security Smart cities & communities Disaster resilience HORIZON 2020 – 70,2 bn euro EU financial instrument 2014-2020 to realise these policy objectives Overcoming the crisis Blue Growth Mobility STRUCTURE HORIZON 2020 Approx. 39.1% • Excellence • ERC • Marie Sklodowska Curie • Future & Emerging Technologies (FET) • Research Infrastructures • Industrial Leadership • ICT • Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Advanced manufacturing, Processing • Space • Innovation in SMEs • Access to Risk Finance • Societal Challenges • Health & Demography • Food & Agro • Energy • Transport • Climate, Resource efficiency & Raw materials • Inclusive, innovative, reflective societies • Secure societies Approx. 22.1% Approx. 31.7%

  5. Research FundingDays 2013 Finding your way in European Research Funding

  6. How do I find the right funding for my research?? • a couple of questions might guide you: • Is you research curiosity driven, very scientific and ground-breaking? Does it include research projects for a number of post-docs and PhD-students? • If yes: ERC individual grants. Finding your way in European Research Funding

  7. Are you looking for training or expertise which you cannot get at your current institute but which is available at an institute abroad? Do you know a post-doc who would want to spent some time in Utrecht to get additional training or gain additional expertise? • If yes: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSC) • Does your research need large, expensive infrastructures (including big databases) • If yes: research infrastructures • Is your idea so out of the box and a little bit controversial that you are unsure whether anybody would be interested in funding it? • If yes: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET): Finding your way in European Research Funding

  8. Is there a European dimension to your research? Or does your research provide answers to some societal question? Do you have a European consortium, or could you create or find a European Consortium, to collaborate with? • If yes: work programmes from pillar three: the grand societal challenges. Finding your way in European Research Funding

  9. Research FundingDays 2013 Finding your way in the working programmes • Check the call topics • Check the call texts • Specific challenge • Scope • Expected impact • Type of action • The research you want to do needs to be the answer to (almost) all the issues mentioned here • Example: Energy Efficiency - Market Uptake Finding your way in European Research Funding

  10. What do you need to know? • The funding scheme for most types of funding (except Marie Curie) is 100% funding for the direct cost (staff and other costs) and 25% overhead. • The work programmes are valid for two years so check the call deadline for the topic you are interested in. Some will only open in 2015 (which gives you plenty of time to prepare)! • You participate on behalf of Utrecht University – make sure you follow the right procedure Finding your way in European Research Funding

  11. What can you do to increase your changes • Register as an expert • If you register as an expertyou have a chance of being selected to assist in the: • evaluation of proposals • monitoring of actions • preparation, implementation or evaluation of programmes and design of policies. • Do some background research • Check what the most recently funded projects on the topic are. • Check your academic network • If you want to participate in a European project but do not want to coordinate yourself you will need to find a consortium. Ask around in your academic network to see whether any of your colleagues has plans to start a project. Finding your way in European Research Funding

  12. Research FundingDays 2013 Useful documents that might help you • REBO guide: Finding your way in H2020 • Official EU information: H2020 online manual • Opportunities for Researchers from the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Finding your way in European Research Funding

  13. What can the Grant Office do for you? • Preparation phase: • Made-to-measure advise • Application phase: • Support with • Budget • Management Structure • Consortium selection • Help with technical issues such as: • Gantt chart, Pert chart • Application tool • Getting all the forms from all your partners • Project phase: • Legal Issues: • Grant agreement • Consortium agreement • Project Management: • Overseeing workflow, scheduling, meetings • Preparation of reporting • Financial Administration Finding your way in European Research Funding

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