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Horizon 2020 Why does it matter?

Maryline Fiaschi, Science|Business

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“In Italy, for a while, it was forbidden for researchers to interact with industry because of the choc of the Manhattan project”.

Carlo Rizzuto, Chair and Executive Director, CERIC-ERIC (Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium-ERIC)


EU R&D

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Framework Programmes Average annual budgets (€B)

• Big: 6% EC share of EU public R&D • Important: 31% Industry participation (first year

of Horizon 2020 v. 26% for FP7) • Complex: 13.39% Avg. Horizon 2020 success rate

(v.19-22% FP7) This is big and important enough to affect multinational R&D strategies –because it can shape EU tech markets, stimulate new standards and regulations, permit R&D networking or provide direct R&D subsidies. A company must choose how to respond.

Plus: >€100 billion Structural Funds go to innovation and green projects run by regional governments

Characteristics of classic, EU R&D

• International collaboration (>3 EU countries)

• Pre-competitive research (universities and research centers)

• Diffusion of results (commercialisable indirectly, through complementary internal company projects)

• EU projects involve large consortia with diverse set of partners

Advantages Disadvantages

Beyond cost sharing (not the sole benefit – there are easier ways to get money)

Explore new areas

Acquire knowledge for non-core peripheral new technologies

Include “elite” research players

Enhance reputation

Build and manage participation in larger networks and signalling

Impact on new policy design

High coordination costs

Complexity

Inflexibility, slowness

Insufficient market perspective

IP can be uncertain (but rules help)


Where the EU money goes - 1

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Private companies,

26.22%

Public bodies, 3.51%

Other, 2.41%

Universities, 38.02%

Research organisations,

29.84%

Where the money goes – 2 (Horizon 2020’s first year)


Multinationals draw down of research funding from Horizon 2020 (2014-2015)*

Company No. of projects Total funding awarded

(in millions)

Average funding per

project

Philips 31 € 21.111.656 € 681.021

Ericsson 14 € 7.520.954 € 537.211

Volvo 9 € 5.954.535 € 661.615

Huawei Technologies 9 € 5.357.170 € 595.241

Boeing 4 € 951.051 € 237.763

Toyota 1 € 381.600 € 381.600

*Data extracted from the EU’s Financial Transparency System; its open data portal; the e-corda internal database until June 2015; and the first Monitoring Report of Horizon 2020




• A panel of seven recognised scientists

• Independent of the Brussels machine, and transparent

• “The watchdogs of the system – the guardian angels”, Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General for R&I, European Commission

• Cybersecurity as priority issue

The EU R&I family - 1 The Scientific Advice Mechanism



The EU R&I family - 2 The European Innovation Council

• Popular ‘SME Instrument’ to be gradually converted into EIC

• EIC may also house other H2020 funding instruments – ‘Fast Track to Innovation’ & ‘Future and Emerging Technologies’

• Advisory forum of innovators – serial entrepreneurs, start-ups, business angels and venture capitalists

• Initial pilot phase – 2018-2020

• Budget TBC



What Next?

• FP7 (2007-2013): The European Research Council • H2020 (2014 – 2020): The Innovation Union • FP9 (Starting in 2021): ??

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