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Horizon 2020: Basics and First Calls

Ronald Vopel

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Unit H.2 – Surface Transport

Maritime and Innovation Brokerage Event Santiago de Compostela,

27-28 November 2013

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Horizon 2020: Basics and First Calls

1. Horizon 2020 key characteristics and rules

2. Work programme: Features and mechanics

3. First calls: The contents for waterborne transport and Blue Growth

Horizon 2020: The Basics

CoherenceSimplification

Innovation

Watch the official Horizon 2020 presentation on-line:

http://prezi.com/dycpimkrkgml/horizon-2020-official-version-2013/





•Innovation,

•Simplification

•and Coherence

Rules for participation: Three main objectives

RfPHorizon

2020

CoherenceSimplification

Innovation

Keeping flexibility where needed.

A single set of rules

etc.

EU FinancialRegulation

Specific rules for participation

Covering all H2020 research and innovation actions

EU FinancialRegulation

Specific rules for participation

Conditions for Participation

Minimum conditions Standard collaborative actions

At least three legal entities each established in a different Member State or an

Associated Country

ERC, SME instrument, programme co-fund, coordination and support, training and mobility actions:

One legal entity established in a Member State or in an Associated Country

Additional Conditions In the work programme or work plan

Innovation actions higher weighting for IMPACT

STANDARD AWARD CRITERIA

QUALITY & EFFICIENCY

OF THE ACTIONIMPACTEXCELLENCE

Evaluation of proposals

Time to grant: speeding up the process

How to speed upthe process

No more negotiations:

• each proposal evaluated 'as it is'

• not as 'what could be'

Legal entity validated in parallel No more paper:

e-communication & e-signature of grants

One project = One rate For all beneficiaries and all

activities in the grant.

Defined in the Work Programme:

‒ Up to 100 % of the eligible costs;

‒ but limited to a maximum of 70 %

for innovation projects (exception for

non-profit organisations - maximum

of 100%).(*) Research and technological development includes scientific coordination. (**) For beneficiaries that are non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SMEs(***) The reimbursement of indirect eligible costs, in the case of coordination and support actions, may reach a maximum 7% of the direct eligible costs, excluding the direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary.(****) Including research for the benefit of specific groups (in particular SMEs)

Maximum reimbursement

rates

Research and technological development activities (*)

Demonstration activities

Other activities

Network of excellence

50%75% (**)

100%

Collaborative project(****)

50%75% (**)

50% 100%

Coordination and support action

100% (***)

A single funding rate

FP7

Personnel costs Wider acceptance of average

personnel costs

Acceptance of supplementary payments

Simplifying participation for SMEs

Less requirements for time records

…and more in the Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement

Cost reimbursement

Single indirect cost model

20% ?60% ?

Real ?

Simplified?

Single model:25 % Flat Rate

FP7

An example

New funding model: what impact on the EU contribution?

Direct costs

Indirect costs

Total costs

% EU contribution

EU contribution

Flat-rate (60%) 100 60 160 75% € 120

Direct costs

Indirect costs

Total costs

% EU contribution

EU contribution

100/25 Funding 100 25 125 100% € 125

FP7

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

Transport WP characteristics

Challenge-based approach: broad latitude for applicants to devise innovative solutions

Broader topics, less prescription, focus on impact

Biennial WP, annual calls (in most cases)

1 topic = various projects (in most cases)

No 'ring fencing' of topic budget (in most cases)

Simplified list of possible types of action(research and innovation actions: 100%; innovation actions: 70%;…)

2-stage evaluation for most topics

Facilitated access through keywords and tags (new interface on the portal)



Evaluation process

Single stage

- all Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs: 12 topics)

- ‘Green Vehicles’ call (RIAs: 4 topics, IAs: 4 topics)

Two stages‘Mobility for Growth’ call

(RIAs: 20 topics, IAs: 4 topics)

Stage 1 proposal submissionProposals of max 15 pages (excess pages are marked), focus on the S&T content, intended results and impact + 2 additional pages to describe the consortium and the estimated resources (this info is not subject to evaluation)

Evaluation stage 1 proposalsProposals evaluated remotely, two evaluation criteria: excellence and impactOutcomes: "NO GO" and "GO" proposals

Stage 2 proposal submission – "go" proposals only!Proposals retained in stage 1 invited to submit a complete proposal. Evaluation criteria: excellence, implementation and impact

Evaluation Stage 2 proposalsRemote evaluation with final panels in Brussels. Information on the outcome to be made available max. 5 months from call deadline.

Month 0

Month 3

Month 4

Month 8

Month 9

Month 12- 13

Negotiations and signature of the GAsSignature: max. 3 months from the results of the evaluations

Call publication

Timeline (tentative)

EVALUATION PLANNING 2014

GV(1 stage)

Deadline 28/08

GV

Evaluation 15-26/09

+Consensus/Final Panel

06-24/10

ESR to proposers:Beginning December

MfGCSA

(1 stage)Deadline

27/03CSA

Evaluation14/04 - 02/05

+Consensus/Final Panel

12-23/05

ESR to proposers:Beginning

June

Deadline 28/08CSA

MfGRIAs and IAs

(2 stages)Deadline

18/03Stage 1

Deadline 28/08

Stage 2

March April May June July August September October Nov. December



CALLS

• Calls in the Field of Transport:

Mobility for Growth

Green Vehicles

Small Business and Fast-Track Innovation for Transport

• Transport Challenge contribution to other Calls:

Blue Growth

Smart Cities and Communities



CALL ‘MOBILITY FOR GROWTH’

• Areas addressing Mode-Specific Challenges:

1. Aviation; 2. Rail; 3. Road; 4. Waterborne

• Areas addressing Transport Integration Specific Challenges:

5. Urban; 6. Logistics; 7. Intelligent Transport Systems; 8. Infrastructure

• Areas addressing Cross-Cutting Issues:

9. Socio-economic and behavioural research and forward looking activities for policy-making



WATERBORNE

EUROPE NEEDS:

• A modern, safe, secure and resource efficient waterborne transport system that interfaces with the overall transport system

• Sustainable development: optimal use of energy sources, minimization of environmental impacts (pollution, noise, space demand etc.)

• (Global) competitiveness: creation and deployment of R&I solutions; exploring new frontiers in terms of vessels (and their production), operational paradigms (also in new areas), and the industrial use of oceans and seas



WATERBORNE Topicssee pre-published WP 2014-2015:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/news/items/smart_green_transport_2014-2015_en.htm

• Towards the energy efficient and very-low emission vessel 2014 – 2 stages

• Safer and more efficient waterborne operations through new technologies and smarter traffic management 2014 – 2 stages

• System modelling and life-cycle cost and performance optimisation for waterborne assets 2015 – 2 stages

• Advancing innovation in the Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) sector 2014 – 2 stages



• The objective is to address wide and complex ocean challenges

which are cross-cutting in nature ("The Ocean of Tomorrow"

legacy)

• Links across several Societal Challenges (Bio-economy (SC2),

Environment (SC5), Transport (SC4), Energy(SC3) and other pillars of

Horizon2020 (Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies,

Excellent Science)

• Addressed in the Focus area "Blue Growth" (see next)

Cross-cutting marine & maritime research in Horizon 2020



AREA 1: Sustainably exploiting the diversity of marine life

BLUE GROWTH FOCUS AREA

BG 1 – 2015:Improving the preservation and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystemsBG 2 – 2015: Forecasting and anticipating effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture BG 3 – 2014: Novel marine derived biomolecules and industrial biomaterialsBG 4 – 2014: Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-derived enzymes




BG 5 – 2014: Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy BG 6 – 2014: Delivering the sub-sea technologies for new services at seaBG 7 – 2015: Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollutions

AREA 2: The new offshore challenge




AREA 3: Exploitation of deep sea resources – deep sea mining To be addressed in SC 5: "Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials"

=> Sustainable production of raw materials




BG 8 – 2014: Developing in-situ Atlantic Ocean Observations for a better management and sustainable exploitation of the maritime resources BG 9 – 2014: Acoustic and imaging technologies

AREA 4: Ocean observations systemsand technologies




BG 10 – 2014: Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of seafood marketsBG 11 – 2014: Monitoring, dissemination and uptake of marine and maritime researchBG 12 – 2014/2015: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and market replication of innovative solutions for Blue Growth

AREA 5:Horizontal aspects (1)




BG 13 – 2014: Ocean literacy – Engaging with society – Social innovationBG 14 – 2014: Supporting international cooperation initiatives: Atlantic Ocean Cooperation Research AllianceBG 15 – 2014: European polar research cooperationBG 16 – 2015: Coordination action in support of the implementation of the Joint Programming Initiative on 'Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans'

AREA 5:Horizontal aspects (2)



Blue Growth Focus Area, next steps

Pre-publication of WP 2014-2015 in week of 25 November 2013

Brussels info day 17 January 2014

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Contact:[email protected]

Visit our website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/index_en.htm

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