EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES IN EUROPEAN COMMISSION HORIZON 2020 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WORK PROGRAMME

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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES IN EUROPEAN COMMISSION HORIZON 2020 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WORK PROGRAMME APRIL 2017 (VERSION 1) Commissioned by Developed by Science. Communication. Knowledge. Innovation. 1

2 This is the Executive Summary of a longer report of the same title, which analyses advanced manufacturing Research and Innovation policies, key actions and funding under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. A copy of the full report is available from: David Brody Technology & Innovation Advisor LifeSciences, IDA Ireland Tel: david.brody@ida.ie To reference, please cite as: Bayliss-Brown, G.A., Murphy, D., McAvinia, R. and Baron, H. (2017) Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities in European Commission Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Work Programme - Executive Summary. AquaTT: Dublin, Ireland.

3 INTRODUCTION IDA Ireland would like to encourage its clients to assess and potentially avail of European funding for advanced manufacturing Research and Innovation. To frame the opportunity and stimulate discussion, IDA Ireland appointed AquaTT to map the EU funding ecosystem relevant to advanced manufacturing and provide key considerations and strategic recommendations for IDA clients interested in applying for such funding. Compiled by: Georgia A. Bayliss-Brown David Murphy Ruth McAvinia Helen Baron AquaTT PO Box 8989 Dublin 2 Ireland david@aquatt.ie +353 (0)

4 POLICY AND FUNDING LANDSCAPE What is Europe s Position on Advanced Manufacturing? The financial crash of caused upheaval and shrinkage in the European manufacturing sector. Manufacturing dropped from 34 million employees and 1,711 billion value added in 2006 to 29.7 million employed and 1,630 billion value added in The numbers employed in manufacturing, and the contribution to the European economy overall, are still recovering from the losses sustained during the financial crisis. The European Commission is encouraging growth within the area of advanced manufacturing through research and innovation investments to support sectoral development in manufacturing. The European Commission divides advanced manufacturing into three main areas: High Performance Manufacturing Technologies Industrial robots/handling systems Automated Warehouse Management Systems Technologies for safe humanmachine cooperation Processing alloy construction materials Processing composite materials Manufacturing micromechanical components ICT-Enabled Technologies VR/simulation in production reconfiguration VR/simulation in product design Supply chain management with suppliers/customers Product Lifecycle Management Systems Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Dry processing/minimum lubrication Recuperation of kinetic and process energy Control system for shut down of machines Combined cold, heat and power (Bi-/Trigeneration) Whilst employment numbers and losses sustained during the crisis are recovering, the European Union wants to return to a world-leading position in manufacturing and plans to do so through the development of advanced and sustainable methods and applications supported by investing in research, development and innovation through its funding instruments. European Union policy has focused on: protecting research and development in the face of cutbacks linked to the financial crisis; promoting support for skills that underpin manufacturing and industry; working on greater cooperation between Member States; and, converting more research to patented technology. A 2016 report commissioned by the European Commission 1 (An analysis of drivers, barriers and readiness factors of EU companies for adopting advanced manufacturing products and technologies) shows that businesses want to have policies like these to help make the change to advanced manufacturing to: provide financial incentives to implement and use advanced manufacturing technologies; offer subsidised training to employees to get acquainted with advanced manufacturing technologies; develop new curricula and education programmes/ methods for the creation of new skills and competences on advanced manufacturing technologies; increase access to technology services from competence centres such as research and technology organisations; build pilot/demonstration facilities for advanced manufacturing technologies and make them accessible to SMEs; increase the cultural acceptance of employees in overcoming organisational barriers; and, diffuse the knowledge and awareness on advanced manufacturing technologies among manufacturing companies. Europe also sees the promotion of advanced manufacturing in the context of energy use, so that new manufacturing methods will be sustainable and reduce carbon emissions. The cross cutting nature of advanced manufacturing means that no one division of the European Commission is responsible for its development, or the development of relevant technologies. Organisationally, relevant funding opportunities come from different Directorates General and there are different potential routes to funding. However, in recent years the EU has been working to simplify funding opportunities primarily through its research and innovation funding programme, Horizon

5 POLICY AND FUNDING LANDSCAPE What is Horizon 2020? Horizon 2020 is a single strategic framework that brings together all the European Union s research and innovation funding strands. It began in 2014 and will continue until It is part of the Innovation Union, one of the seven flagship initiatives of Europe 2020, the European Union s ten-year jobs and growth strategy. Horizon 2020 has a budget of just under 80 billion and has three pillars: Pillar 1 Excellent Science Pillar 2 Industrial Leadership Pillar 3 Societal Challenges Some 78.6 billion has been allocated to the Horizon 2020 budget so far, and this includes 17 billion toward Industrial Leadership which contains projects most relevant to advanced manufacturing. KEY POINT: Between , the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 work programme has already invested substantially in advanced manufacturing research and innovation activities ( 1.4 billion on advanced manufacturing topics, increasing to more than 2 billion if you include other research that could have relevance to advanced manufacturing). KEY POINT: The European Commission has made significant efforts to simplify Horizon 2020, compared with past programmes, with a view to attracting organisations who were previously excluded due to the funding rules or organisations who elected not to engage because they were concerned about bureaucratic burden. Full details of the programme are available at: ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ As the funding is broken down under each of the three pillars, the system becomes slightly more complicated different programmes have discrete budgets for different types of activities including public-private partnerships, public-public partnerships, and large public consortia. Industrial Leadership funding is broken into different categories but by far the largest is the Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) initiative covering ICT and Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). The KETs include Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology; Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) including those covered by Factories of the Future (FoF); Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB); and, Sustainable Process Industry (SPIRE). By navigating these different funding programmes, companies and research institutes can identify funding opportunities for research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing. Support structures are in place in Ireland to aid organisations wishing to navigate the system, to identify suitable funding topics, and to submit competitive proposals. Excellent Science (24.4 b ) European Research Council (13.1 b ) Future and Emerging Technologies (2.7 b ) Industrial Leadership (17 b ) LEIT = Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies ICT Nano, new materials Biotechnology Space (13.5 b ) Marie Skłodowska- Curie Actions (6.1 b ) Access to Risk Finance (2.9 b ) Research Infrastructures (2.5 b ) Innovation in SMEs (0.6 b ) Societal Challenges (29.7 b ) Health (7.5 b ) Food (3.9 b ) Energy (6 b ) Transport (6.3 b ) Climate (3 b ) Inclusive Societies (1.3 b ) Security (1.7 b ) KEY POINT: Given the scale of the Horizon 2020 programme, it can be daunting to navigate the funding system and identify opportunities. Ireland has a good support infrastructure to assisst companies wishing to explore the opportunities within the programme, build partnerships and submit proposals. A first starting point would be the National Contact Point network: horizon2020.ie/who-to-contact/europeanadvisors-competitive-industry/ Spreading Excellence (0.8 b ) Science for Society (0.5 b ) European Institute of Innovation and Technology (2.7 b ) Joint Research Centre (1.9 b ) Euratom (1.6 b ) 5

6 KEY ACTORS AND PARTNERSHIPS How can my Organisation Position itself in the European Research and Innovation Landscape? Organisations interested in the development of advanced manufacturing in Europe can get involved in various interactions at the European level as a stakeholder. Participating in different dialogues can help support your organisations strategic objectives through helping to ensure there is an enabling environment (policy, regulatory, and research and innovation) in which you can carry out and develop your business operations. Different institutions/platforms/networks have varied roles and mandates and it can be difficult to navigate at times. The most significant structures for industrial partners working in advanced manufacturing are mapped below: EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS with EU representation DG CONNECT Communications, networks, content and technology DG R&I Research & innovation DG GROWTH Internal market industry, entrepreneurship & SMEs The European Commission (EC) promotes the general interests of the European Union (EU) by proposing and enforcing legislation as well as by implementing policies and the European Union budget. There are 31 Directorates General in the European Commission, but the three shown have the most relevance for advanced manufacturing. EU TASK FORCE e.g. advisory groups, high-level groups Advanced manufacturing for clean production Advanced processing Advanced materials Nanotechnologies Modelling Task Forces were established following the 2012 Industrial Policy Communication from the European Commission (A stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery). They are working groups that can include members from industry and they operate across six key priority areas including advanced manufacturing, key enabling technologies, bio-based products, sustainable industrial policy, clean vehicles and smart grids. Advisory groups are independent experts whom the EC consults for assistance. The Advisory Group on Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing (NMP/B comprises 32 members from academia, research, and industry, and publishes reports and meeting minutes online. Industry-led Developing strategic R&I agendas PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) Contractual PPPs (FoF, EaB, SPIRE, etc) PPP Boards and Associations EC and Industry-led EFFRA A.SPIRE E2B EU Robotics The Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are of two types contractual and institutional - based on the structure of their funding. Private companies involved in contractual PPPs such as Factories of the Future (FoF) and Energy-Efficient Buildings (EeB) are represented by associations in these cases EFFRA and E2B respectively. These associations members play an active role in shaping the European research and innovation agenda. European Technology Platforms are industry-led stakeholder fora recognised by the European Commission as key actors in driving innovation, knowledge transfer and European competitiveness. They develop agendas and roadmaps for action at EU and national level to be supported by both private and public funding. KEY POINT: Networking at a European level has numerous benefits including being on the pulse of developments, influencing funding priorities, feeding into policy and regulatory discussions and forming partnerships and collaborations. NETWORKS, ASSOCIATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL BODIES ADVANCED / ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AM Platform CECIMO 3D Printing Association EPA-EuroAM PHOTONICS EPIC Nanophotonic Europe Association ROBOTICS EUnited MED/BIOTECH MedTech Europe EFB EuropaBio ERA-NET PROJECTS M-ERA-NET MANUNET ERA-MBT NCP NETWORKS Transport, Health, NMPB, SMEs, Security CONFERENCES Manufacture, Industrial Technologies, EuroNanoForum, ICT Conference 6

7 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL What Does a Successful Project Look Like? 273 projects, that are directly relevant to advanced manufacturing, were funded under Horizon 2020 Work Programmes and These projects represent a 1.4 billion direct investment by the European Commission. An in-depth study was performed to analyse trends in projects funded to date (details are provided in the main report). Identifying trends and patterns can inform future strategies for organisations, including IDA clients, wishing to target and apply for future calls. By looking at the past, it is possible to identify: identify the expected level of competition for different types of topics and funding mechanisms; explore how other similar businesses are engaging with and benefitting from the programme; determine how consortia design and project structure can overcome any perceived barriers to participation; and, identify key strategic partners to align with on future calls. What Type of Research and Innovation is Horizon 2020 Funding in Advanced Manufacturing? The pioneering innovative nature of advanced manufacturing is reflected in and recognised by the funding calls that are serving its growth within Horizon The range and depth of calls reflect the broad technological landscape in the fields of work covered under the umbrella of advanced manufacturing. The different funding mechanisms are intended to allow consortia to go beyond current state-of-the-art and push the boundaries of innovation in this exciting field of work. KEY POINT: The Horizon 2020 themes funded are broad, encompassing a variety of aspects of advanced manufacturing development. In many cases, there are open funding calls (topics) which allow applicants to propose research and innovation activities that they believe will address the needs, challenges and opportunities within the sector. Horizon 2020 can be broken down by initiative areas under which calls for funding are launched on specific topic areas. The table below summarises the funding initiatives, and number of calls and successfully-funded projects, relevant to advanced manufacturing between 2014 and 2016: Initiative Description Broad topics for innovation Number of calls Number of projects ICT Information and Communication Technologies and divided into sub-sectors of robotics, photonics and future 5G networks Big data High performance computing Photonics Robotics EeB Energy-efficient Buildings Building envelopes Construction processes Energy-efficiency monitoring Environmental Quality Heating and cooling systems Insulation materials Material recycling Refurbishment Retrofitting Thermal energy storage FoF Factories of the Future Additive and subtractive manufacturing Advanced joining and assembly Complex structures Energy and resource efficiency Integrated design and production Manufacturing intelligence Process optimisation Product personalisation Smart factories PILOT Pilot lines covering PILOT projects and any NMP projects relevant to the development of pilot lines Customised thermal/ electrical conductivity Open-access Nano-factories Novel nano-materials and structures Nanopharmaceuticals Scale-up production

8 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL Initiative Description Broad topics for innovation NMP/B Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Production (NMP), excluding those related to pilot lines, within the Work Programme and all advanced manufacturing projects within the topic of Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Production (NMBP) within the Work Programme Governance, standards and business models Healthcare High-added value products and processes Materials for energy technologies Safety and regulations Number of calls 7 9 Number of projects SPIRE Sustainable Process Industry Flexible feedstock Integrated process and data control Metal and mineral recovery Process intensification Sustainability Assessments Water management systems The location of these funding initiatives (in blue) relative to the three Horizon 2020 pillars are illustrated below. Research Infrastructure European Research Council (ERC) Future of Emerging Technologies (FET) Marie Sklowdowska Curie Actions (MSCA) EXCELLENT SCIENCE Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) SOCIETAL CHALLENGES Knowledge and Information Communities (KIC) European Institute of Innovation and Technology Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI) HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (FETHPC) FUTURES BIG DATA FUTURE INTERNET (5G) Access to Risk Finances SPACE ICT INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) ROBOTICS ERA-NET Innovation in SMEs KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC PRIVATE partnerships (ppps) PILOTS EeB ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS FoF FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE PHOTONICS NMP/NMPB NANOTECHNOLOGIES, ADVANCED MATERIALS, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SPIRE SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDUSTRY THROUGH RESOURCE EFFICIENCY 8

9 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL What are the Chances of a Project Proposal being Successful? Examining success rates for past calls is a useful exercise to identify trends and assess how much competition there may be in future calls. Given that it is a significant investment to write a high-quality bid, it is important to assess and target opportunities to maximise the chance of winning funding. The overall success rates for the different funding initiatives varied significantly over the funding initiatives relevant to advanced manufacturing. The average success rate for a proposal submitted to the assessed topics was 12.8%, between 2014 and 2016, where just over 2,600 proposals were submitted. Only 336 of those were funded (under 76 call topics), 273 of which are relevant to advanced manufacturing. This is higher than the average across all Horizon 2020 funding programmes, which is 10.7% (Source: sciencebusiness.net). The funding initiative with the most consistent chance of success was NMP/B, followed by ICT-Future, ICT-Photonics and SPIRE. The following table outlines the number of projects submitted and won by the advanced manufacturing sector between 2014 and 2016: Submitted proposals (A) Nunmber of projects awarded (B) Overall success rate (A/B) Number of projects relevant to advanced manufacturing ICT Robotics % 39 ICT Photonics % 27 ICT Future % 9 EeB % 34 FoF % 91 PILOT % 26 NMP/B % 9 SPIRE % % 273 KEY POINT: There has been a lot of Horizon 2020 investment in advanced manufacturing to date ( ), with 273 projects being funded across different topic areas. The overall chance of funding success for advanced manufacturing calls is above the average compared with the overall Horizon 2020 funding programme. KEY POINT: The themes funded are broad, encompassing a variety of aspects of advanced manufacturing development. In many cases, there are open funding calls (topics) which allow applicants to propose research and innovation activities that they believe will address the needs, challenges and opportunities within the sector. Project Type The project type is determined by the call text. More than half of the previously funded projects were Research and Innovation Action projects and a third were Innovation Action projects. Of the 1.4 billion of funding, approximately 800 million was invested in Research and Innovation Action projects and 550 million to Innovation Action projects. The remainder was provided to Coordination and Support Actions and a single project funded by the ERA-NET Co-fund. 9

10 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL There exists a range of funding actions suited to different types of these research and innovation activities in support of advanced manufacturing: Type of Action Description Funding ratio* Research and Innovation Action (RIA) Innovation Action (IA) Coordination and Support Action Collaborative research projects of typically 36 to 60-month average duration with an average EC contribution of 2-5 million. Projects producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes and services. Typically, 30 to 36-month average duration with an average EC contribution of 2-5 million. Projects to accompany measures (standardisation, dissemination, policy dialogues etc.) of typically 12- to 36-month average duration with an average EC contribution of million. 100% funding for all participants 100% for non-profit organisations and 70% funding to private-for-profit companies 100% funding for all participants * All projects include 25% overheads on all personnel and direct costs (excluding sub-contracting) Project Value The average contribution by the European Commission per project and Project Coordinator, by action type, varies widely, the highest being Innovation Action (on average): Project type Average contribution from the European Commission per Project Research and Innovation Action 5.2 million 0.9 million Innovation Action 5.9 million 1.2 million per Project Coordinator Coordination and Support Action 1.2 million 0.25 million Project Size Consortia ranged in size from comprising 3 to 48 partners, whilst averaging eleven partners in a project. The size of the partnership is also directly correlated with the total contribution received from the European Commission: 45,000,000 40,000,000 35,000,000 Total Contribution 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000, Number of Project Partners 10

11 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL Project Partners and Partnership Composition A range of organisation types are seen to partner with advanced manufacturing projects that have been funded by Horizon 2020: such as research and higher education organisations (REC), private-for-profit companies (PRC), public organisations (PUB) and other organisations (OTH; such as not-for-profits, clusters, non-governmental organisations and industrial bodies). The following table shows the ratio of these organisations, which have remained relatively constant, with some downward trends in participation of REC and PRC organisations, over the the different years of the Horizon 2020 Funding Programme Number of Organisation Occurances REC PRC PUB OTH Most winning consortia have a mix of different organisation types representing the different types of roles needed in projects. The main type of participant in advanced manufacturing projects are private-for-profit companies, along with a strong presence from research and higher education organisations. Whilst research and higher education organisations are very active across all analysed funding initiatives, the proportion ratio of research and higher education organisations to private-for-profit companies involved in consortia (on average) is only the highest in NMP/B projects, whilst private-for-profit companies dominate all others. Technology Readiness Levels Approximately half of the funding calls indicated the expected Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) in the call text. In some cases, a starting TRL range was demanded, in other cases the starting TRL and an expected TRL target by the end of the project. Projects under the assessed SPIRE, PILOT, FoF and EeB funding initiatives will develop technologies that have been validated in the lab as a minimum (from TRL4), as might be expected with applied sectors that are more aligned with industrial needs, and sit closer to initial market introduction (as opposed to early stage innovations). KEY POINT: Proposal development in response to all call topics is bottom-up, meaning that a company that wants to target a call can select and build its own consortia and design its own project structure (roles, research activities, budget, intellectual property management, duration, etc.) to suit its needs whilst adhering to the scope of the topic and funding conditions as laid out in the call text. KEY POINT: Funding topics target different stages of development from conceptual (TRL4-6) to closer to market (TRL7-9) innovations. 11

12 Germany Spain Italy United Kingdom Netherlands France Belgium Greece Austria Sweden Norway Portugal Finland Ireland Israel Switzerland Denmark Slovenia Hungary Slovikia Cyprus Germany Spain Italy United Kingdom France Netherlands Belgium Greece Austria Sweden Switzerland Finland Portugal Poland Ireland Denmark Norway Slovenia Israel Czech Republic Turkey Hungary Romania Cyprus Luxembourg Bulgaria Lithuania Serbia Latvia Croatia Estonia Iceland Slovakia Rest of the World PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL Partner Origin Germany has been the most successful country in terms of participants in funded projects, followed by Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom and France. Participation of non-eu countries in consortia is possible in Horizon 2020 if strongly justified. The following table highlights the number of participations per country: Total Number USA Japan Taiwan China Russia German partners also coordinate the most projects: Total Number

13 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION Who are the Most Successful Research and Higher Education Organisations engaging with Horizon 2020? Whilst research and higher education organisations made up less than 40% of partnerships, they led two-thirds of all advanced manufacturing projects. This might be expected as they are more experienced in funding programmes led by the European Commission and are administratively set up to manage these funding mechanisms. The most successful research and higher education organisation is Fraunhofer (Germany) which partners with 74 projects, and coordinates 14 projects: NOTE: All data was sourced from public information and is available on the European Commission s Community Research and Development Information Service database, CORDIS. To find out more information about any particular project, search for the project acronym at: projects/home_en.html Top 10 research and higher education organisations to coordinate and partner in the most projects Number of projects Coordinator Partner Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung EV Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation 7 35 Stiftelsen SINTEF 6 9 Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis 4 11 Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT 4 21 Politecnico di Milano 3 17 Technische Universiteit Delft 3 6 Commissariat a l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives 3 22 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO 3 18 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 3 10 Fraunhofer received the highest total of funding from the European Commission ( 47.7 million), which was more than double that received by any other organisation: Top 10 research and higher education organisations to receive the largest sum of funds from the European Commission Total European Commission contribution Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV 47,733,247 Commissariat a l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives 20,424,601 Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation 19,741,513 Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT 12,079,653 Politecnico di Milano 10,309,665 Stiftelsen SINTEF 9,018,994 Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO 8,463,451 University of Patras 8,040,032 Technische Universiteit Delft 7,557,322 Teknologisk Institut 7,527,528 13

14 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION The largest contribution from the European Commission for a single project coordinated by a research and higher education organisation was granted for the DIVERSIFY project, led by Uninova (Portugal; 40.6 million): Top 10 research and higher education organisations to coordinate the projects with the highest total budget Uninova - Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork Project acronym Total project budget Diversify 40,558,400 Pixapp 13,407,813 The University of Edinburgh Fortissimo 2 9,999,777 Institut National de l Environnement et des Risques Ineris Nanoreg II 9,996,205 Natural Environment Research Council Nanofase 9,954,479 Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Mobile Flip 8,606,175 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Eden2020 8,361,446 Stichting Katholieke Universiteit Precious 8,291,218 Commissariat A l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives Robmosys 8,000,000 Politecnico di Milano Beincpps 7,999,489 Most of the research and higher education organisations coordinating the largest number of advanced manufacturing projects also partner in a significant number of projects. There is also a correlation to funding: eight research and higher education organisations participate in the most projects and received the highest total amount of funding from the European Commission. Furthermore, three of those coordinating the most projects, partner in and coordinate some of the largest projects led by research and higher education organisations: MOBILE FLIP, Mobile and Flexible Industrial Processing of Biomass, led by VTT (Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT; Finland); RobMoSys, Composable Models and Software for Robotics Systems towards an EU Digital Industrial Platform for Robotics led by CEA (Commissariat á l Energie Atomique et aux Energies; France); and, BEinCPPES, Business Experiments in Cyber-Physical Production Systems led by Poltecnico di Milano (Italy). The University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) was the research and higher education organisation that secured the largest individual budget as a Project Coordinator for its role in the Fortissimo 2 project ( 5.9 million). 14

15 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION Top 10 research and higher education organisations to receive the largest budget, as a Project Coordinator, from the European Commission for a single project Project acronym Total European Commission contribution The University of Edinburgh Fortissimo 2 5,883,438 Commissariat a l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives Robmosys 4,911,970 Technische Universiteit Delft Rosin 4,663,708 Teknologisk Institut Tt-Net 3,458,148 Politecnico di Milano Beincpps 2,841,875 University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork Pixapp 2,799,958 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Eden2020 2,657,853 Natural Environment Research Council Nanofase 2,381,246 Fundacion Cidetec Nanopilot 2,045,560 Stiftelsen SINTEF Ree4eu 2,019,588 Research and higher education organisations whom appeared more than once in the top ten lists are provided below: Commissariat a l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung EV Fundacion Technalia Research and Innovation Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Natural Environment Research Council Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappellijk Onderzoek - TNO Politecnico di Milano Stifelsen SINTEF Technosche Universiteit Delft Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Teknologisk Institut The University of Edinburgh Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, National University Ireland Cork 15

16 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES Who are the Most Successful Private-For-Profit Companies engaging with Horizon 2020? Whilst private-for-profit companies coordinate just over a quarter of all advanced manufacturing projects, they partner in 98.2% of them; and make up half of all partners. Acciona Infrastructuras S.A. (Spain) is involved in the most advanced manufacturing projects (14) and D Appolonia S.p.A. (Italy), whilst partnering in 13 projects and coordinating three. NOTE: Industry (SMEs and large companies) are eligible and encouraged to participate in Horizon Across the projects analysed in this report, private-for-profit companies have led or partnered in 268 (of 273) successful advanced manufacturing projects between 2014 and Top 20 private-for-profit companies to coordinate and partner in the most projects Number of projects: as a partner Project acronyms Number of projects: as a Coordinator Acciona Infraestructuras S.A. 14 D Appolonia S.p.A. 13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 12 Stam SRL 9 Holonix SRL-Spin Off del Politecnico Di Milano FENIX TNT s.r.o. 7 Comau S.p.A. 7 MBN Nanomaterialia S.p.A. 5 IBM Research Gmbh 5 Center Of Technology Research and Innovation Ltd Arcelik A.S Bresaer, Buildheat, E2vent, Eco-Binder, Ecoscale, Green, Instruct, Hephaestus, Isobio, Kraken, Meman, Nanoleap, Opteemal, Re4, Veep Am-Motion, Create, Disire, E2vent, Eco-Binder, Eeb-Ca2, Eensulate, Manutelligence, Nanoleap, Polaroll, Rehap, Thermoss, Veep Am-Motion, Bdve, Borealis, Far-Edg, Maya, Moder, Openhybrid, Paraddise, Perform, Repromag, Robmosys, Scorpius Bresaer, Caxman, Fortissimo 2, Nanoleap, Newtrend, Re4, Stream-0D, Thermoss, Veep Beincpps, Falcon, Human, I4ms- Growth, Manutelligence, Nimble, Scorpius, Z-Fact0r Create, E2vent, Eco-Binder, Eensulate, Re4, Thermos, Veep Digicor, Human, Perform, Proregio, Robmosys, Satisfactory, Versatile Ibd, Integral, Optinanopro, Procets, Propat Dimension, Ict-Streams, L3matrix, Prodia, Wipe Finesol, Green Instruct, Procets, Stream-0D, Z-Fact0r Disrupt, Falcon, Improve, Nanohybrids, Proregio Robert Bosch Gmbh 4 Co4robots, Hiperdias, Recam, Scorpius 1 New Infrared Technologies S.L. 4 Amblifibre, Flair, Flexhyjoin, Mashes 0 Johnson Matthey Plc. 4 Adrem, Memere, Printcr3dit, Prodia 0 Nxtcontrol Gmbh 4 Prima Industrie S.p.A. 4 Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa Scoop 4 Daedalus, Forzdm, Recam, Symbioptima Borealis, Icp4life, Manuwork, Symbionica Bresaer, Fof-Impact, Meman, Rennovates Mostostal Warszawa Sa 4 Create, Hit2gap, Innovip, Rennovates 0 BASF SE 4 Consens, Prodias, Recoba, Samt 2 Arkema France Sa 4 Atlass, Consens, Fortape, Printcr3dit

17 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES The most successful private-for-profit company in terms of the sum of funding received is Siemens (Germany), who received 5.9 million in funding from the European Commission: Top 20 private-for-profit companies to receive the largest sum of funds from the European Commission Total European Commission contribution Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 5,937,178 Acciona Infraestructuras S.A. 5,048,997 D Appolonia S.p.A. 4,041,600 BASF SE 3,916,920 Stam SRL 3,176,188 Holonix Srl-Spin Off del Politecnico di Milano 2,909,063 Prima Industrie S.p.A. 2,687,375 Midatech Biogune 2,614,594 Ascora Gmbh 2,495,935 Kuka Roboter Gmbh 2,478,350 Elkem A.S. 2,476,208 Johnson Matthey Plc. 2,462,360 Ibm Israel - Science And Technology Ltd 2,454,670 Comau S.p.A. 2,388,681 Ams AG 2,285,138 Evonik Industries AG 2,168,766 Laing O Rourke Plc 2,105,494 Renishaw Plc 2,028,759 Robert Bosch Gmbh 2,022,084 Nxtcontrol Gmbh 2,010,575 17

18 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES The largest contribution from the European Commission for a single project coordinated by a private-for-profit company was granted for the PRODIAS project, led by BASF (Germany; 10 million): Top 20 private-for-profit companies to coordinate the projects with the highest total budget Project acronym Total project budget BASF SE Prodias 9,993,011 Enel Ingegneria E Ricerca S.p.A. Matching 9,715,559 I-Deals Innovation & Technology Venturing Services SL Methco2 8,622,295 Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh Digicor 7,993,819 European Dynamics Advanced Systems of Telecommunications Informatics and Telematics SA Horse 7,945,601 Midatech Biogune Nanofacturing 7,898,783 Information Catalyst For Enterprise Ltd Vf-Os 7,758,580 Atos It Solutions And Services SRO C2net 7,126,498 Exergy Ltd Thermoss 7,099,718 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Perform 7,094,095 Laing O rourke Plc Optimised 7,012,638 Introsys-Integration For Robotic Systems-Integracao De Sistemas Roboticos SA Openmos 6,932,292 Merck Chemicals Ltd Atlass 6,508,046 Precision Varionic International Limited Hi-Response 6,444,023 Intrinsiq Materials Limited Inspired 6,414,873 Kompetenzzentrum - Das Virtuelle Fahrzeug, Forschungsgesellschaft Mbh Facts4workers 6,362,445 Demo Consultants BV Insiter 5,999,887 BASF SE Recoba 5,999,349 Prima Industrie S.p.A. Borealis 5,998,938 Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa Scoop Meman 5,998,687 18

19 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES BASF was also the private-for-profit company to receive the largest individual payment as a Project Coordinator from the European Commission for its role in the same project ( 2.8 million): Top 20 private-for-profit companies to receive the largest budget, as a Project Coordinator, from the European Commission for a single project Project acronym Total European Commission contribution BASF SE Prodias 2,783,796 Midatech Biogune Nanofacturing 2,614,594 Evonik Industries AG Romeo 2,113,766 Laing O rourke Plc Optimised 2,105,494 Ducatt NV Lawin 1,896,125 B.T.G. Biomass Technology Group BV Bio4products 1,309,787 Information Catalyst For Enterprise Ltd Vf-Os 1,241,875 Tie Nederland BV Crema 1,239,084 Intrinsiq Materials Limited Inspired 1,222,859 Kompetenzzentrum - das Virtuelle Fahrzeug, Forschungsgesellschaft Mbh Facts4workers 1,218,060 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Perform 1,172,920 Demo Consultants BV Insiter 1,170,545 AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH DIGICOR 1,147,956 OBE OHNMACHT & BAUMGAERTNER GMBH & CO KG REProMag 1,120,375 PRECISION VARIONIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Hi-Response 1,056,826 I-Deals Innovation & Technology Venturing Services SL Methco2 1,042,335 Robert Bosch Gmbh Recam 1,027,585 Produits Chimiques Auxiliaires Et De Synthese SA Homeskin 985,000 Prima Industrie S.p.A. Borealis 971,750 Koninklijke Bam Groep NV Rennovates 957,688 Private-for-profit companies whom appeared more than once in the top twenty lists are provided below: Acciona Infrastructureas SA - renewable energy and infrastructure Airbus Defence and Space GMBH - space and defence solutions and services BASF SE - chemical manufacturers Comau SPA - manufacturing automation and robotics D Appolonia AS - engineering services Demo Consultants BV real estate information management Evonik Industries AG business line catalysts Holonix SRL Spin-off del Politecnico di Milano - process solutions specialists with expertise in the Internet of Things I-Deals Innovation and Technology Venturing Services S Information Catalyst for Enterprise Ltd software and IT Intrinsiq Materials Limited printed electronics Johnson Matthey PLC sustainable technologies Kompetenzzentrum Das Virtuelle Fahrzeug, Forschungsgesellschaft mbh vehicle development Laing O Rourke PLC - engineering Midatech Biogune nanoparticle manufacturing and pharma/medtech Mondragon Corporation Cooperativa Scoop - Spanish business cooperative Nxtcontrol GMBH engineering solutions Precision Varionic International Ltd sensor developers Prima Industrie SPA - designers and manufacturers of industrial laser cutting machines Robert Bosch GMBH engineering and electronics Siemens Aktiengescellschaft - manufacturing and electronics STAM SRL - design and manufacture of advanced power transmission systems 19

20 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - IRISH PARTICIPATION Are Irish Organisations Participating in Advanced Manufacturing Horizon 2020 Projects? Thirty Irish organisations are engaged with advanced manufacturing projects. Ireland is 15th of 38 countries for the number of times it partners in projects and is coordinating four advanced manufacturing projects. The Irish organisations, and the projects in which they partner, are listed below (yellow highlights an Irish Coordinator of a project). Arden Energy Ltd Blueacre Technology Ltd C.C.I.C.C. Ltd Ceramix Ireland Ltd Dawn Meats Group Depuy (Ireland) Unlimited Eblana Photonics Ltd Ecofix Ltd Element Six Ltd Private-for-Profit Companies TOPAS: Tools for continuous building Performance Auditing (IA) OPENMIND: On-demand production of entirely customised minimally invasive medical devices (RIA) Factory2Fit: Empowering and participatory adaptation of factory automation to fit for workers (RIA) CerAMfacturing: Development of ceramic and multi material components by additive manufacturing methods for personalized medical products (RIA) NanoPack: Pilot line production of functional polymer nanocomposites from natural halloysite nanotubes: demonstrating controlled release of active antimicrobials in food packaging application (IA) ENCOMPASS: ENgineering COMPASS (RIA) PIXAPP: Photonic Integrated Circuits Assembly and Packaging Pilot Line (IA) Built2Spec: Built to Specifications: Self-Inspection, 3D Modelling, Management and Quality- Check Tools for the 21st Century Construction Worksite (RIA) HIPERDIAS: HIgh throughput LasER processing of DIamond and Silicon (RIA) Enerit Ltd IBM Ireland Ltd Iris Advanced Engineering Ltd HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance GAP (IA) CogNet: Building an Intelligent System of Insights and Action for 5G Network Management (RIA) TOPAs: Tools for continuous building Performance Auditing (IA) PREVIEW: PREdictiVe system to recommend Injection mold setup in Wireless sensor networks (RIA) Manopt Systems Ltd ibus: An integrated BUSiness model for customer driven custom product supply chain (IA) Mcor Technologies Ltd Multimedia Computer System Ltd Oran Pre-Cast Ltd Redzinc Services Ltd UTRC-I Vornia Limited Wattics Ltd ibus: An integrated BUSiness model for customer driven custom product supply chain (IA) sustainablysmart: Sustainable Smart Mobile Devices Lifecycles through Advanced Redesign, Reliability, and Re-use and Remanufacturing Technologies (RIA) Built2Spec: Built to Specifications: Self-Inspection, 3D Modelling, Management and Quality- Check Tools for the 21st Century Construction Worksite (RIA) 5GEx: 5G Exchange (IA) Factory2Fit: Empowering and participatory adaptation of factory automation to fit for workers (RIA) OptEEmAL: Optimised Energy Efficient Design Platform for Refurbishment at District Level (IA) MOZART: MesopOrous matrices for localized ph-triggered release of therapeutic ions and drugs (RIA) ExcEED: European Energy Efficient buildingdistrict Database: from data to information to knowledge (CSA) 20

21 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - IRISH PARTICIPATION Research and Higher Education Organisations Boston Scientific Clonmel Ltd Cork Institute of Technology Institute of Technology Tralee National University of Ireland, Galway Trinity College Dublin Tyndall, University College Cork University College Dublin University of Limerick Waterford Institute of Technology Zutec Inc (Irl) Ltd COMPOSITION: Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation (RIA) TOPAs: Tools for continuous building Performance Auditing (IA) MOEEBIUS: Modelling Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability (IA) ProPAT: Robust and affordable process control technologies for improving standards and optimising industrial operations (RIA) BDVe: Big Data Value ecosystem (CSA) Built2Spec: Built to Specifications: Self-Inspection, 3D Modelling, Management and Quality- Check Tools for the 21st Century Construction Worksite (RIA) HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance GAP (IA) NanoPilot: A Pilot Plant for the Production of Polymer based Nanopharmaceuticals in Compliance with GMP (RIA) PHABLABS 4.0: PHotonics enhanced fab LABS supporting the next revolution in digitalization (CSA) CO-PILOT: Flexible Pilot Scale Manufacturing of Cost-Effective Nanocomposites through Tailored Precision Nanoparticles in Dispersion (RIA) NoCanTher: Nanomedicine upscaling for early clinical phases of multimodal cancer therapy (RIA) SWIMming: Semantic Web for Information Management in Energy Efficient Buildings (CSA) COMPOSITION: Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation (RIA) PIXAPP: Photonic Integrated Circuits Assembly and Packaging Pilot Line (IA) MOEEBIUS: Modelling Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability (IA) NewTREND: New integrated methodology and Tools for Retrofit design towards a next generation of ENergy efficient and sustainable buildings and Districts (IA) OCTCHIP: Ophthalmic OCT on a Chip (RIA) SWIMming: Semantic Web for Information Management in Energy Efficient Buildings (CSA) NANOFACTURING: The Development of Medium- and Large-Scale Sustainable Manufacturing Process Platforms for Clinically Compliant Solid Core Nanopharmaceuticals (RIA) NewTREND: New integrated methodology and Tools for Retrofit design towards a next generation of ENergy efficient and sustainable buildings and Districts (IA) ibus: An integrated BUSiness model for customer driven custom product supply chain (IA) CogNet: Building an Intelligent System of Insights and Action for 5G Network Management (RIA) Other HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance GAP (IA) 21

22 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - IRISH PARTICIPATION Irish organisations received 21.3 million from the European Commission for their involvement in advanced manufacturing projects between 2014 and The Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork and National University Ireland, Galway are the two research and higher education organisations involved in the most projects (six and five projects respectively), and IBM is most prominent private-for-profit company (appearing in two projects). IBM is also the only Irish private-for-profit company who partners in more than one project. The Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork received the largest single contribution from the European Commission in Ireland for its involvement in an advanced manufacturing project ( 2.8 million), for its role as Project Coordinator for the PIXAPP project, that will establish the world s first open access Photonic Integrated Circuit assembly and packaging Pilot Lines. The Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork also received the greatest sum of funding (of all Irish organisations) from the European Commission ( 4.7 million). The National University of Galway ( 1.6 million), Cork Institute of Technology ( 1.5 million), IBM Ireland Ltd ( 1.4 million), Trinity College Dublin ( 1.3 million), and the University of Limerick ( 1.2 million) all received more than 1 million over the course of the same period, with the University College Dublin and the Waterford Institute of Technology closely behind. Aside from IBM, in terms of the top ten largest contributions received by an Irish private-for-profit company for a single project is Manopt System Ltd (now operating as Entellexi) who received a sum of approximately 800k for their involvement in the ibus project, an integrated business model for customer-driven custom product supply chain. Blueacre Technology also received over 600k for their involvement in the OPENMIND project delivering on demand medical services. When compared to countries of a similar population size (Austria, Sweden and Denmark), Ireland is roughly on a par with Denmark but significantly behind both Sweden and Austria in terms of both participation and funding pull down: Country Amount received from the European Commission Number of Projects Coordinator Partner Coordinator Partner Austria 9,476,118 41,702, Sweden 11,474,677 37,640, Denmark 4,708,678 18,306, Ireland 5,230,221 16,116, What Insights can be Gained from Examining Successful Projects? Six funded projects were analysed in detail to gain insights into consortium structure and the reasons for a private-for-profit company engaging with the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. From analysing six case study projects, the following insights into way private-for-profit companies engage with Horizon 2020 projects were found: Collaborating with European partners can lead to the co-creation of innovative solutions and future potential commercial deals; They can gain access to pilot lines made available by projects for product development and testing; Companies can benefit from innovations arising from projects by appropriately protecting intellectual property; Companies can strategically partner with repeat performers who are willing to coordinate projects and have a track record in writing successful proposals. This is especially beneficial for SMEs with limited internal resources and/or expertise in writing European Commission applications; Projects of low Technology Readiness Levels can allow multidisciplinary partnerships to come together to validate concepts. These projects can act as a test-bed to innovate and develop collaborations with a range of partners, such as high-end industrial designers and infrastructure managers to technology consultants; Project Management can be performed by specialist organisations taking that burden off private-for-profit companies; if well justified in terms of competence and value for money; and, If well justified, they can partner with organisations outside of Europe allowing global knowledge sharing and strategic partnerships to occur. 22

23 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - INFOGRAPHIC OF KEY STATISTICS Advanced Manufacturing in Horizon 2020 The financial crash of caused upheaval and shrinkage in the European manufacturing sector. Whilst employment numbers and losses sustained during the crisis are recovering, the European Commission is encouraging growth within the area of advanced manufacturing through its investment in the sector. KEY STATISTICS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN HORIZON 2020 ( *): *(correct to November 2016) 273 projects funded between : Total investment > 1.4b Types of Projects: 56% 34% 10% Average Project Partners 11 Research & Innovation Action projects Innovation Action projects Coordination & Support Action and other projects (Smallest: 3 partners; Largest: 48 partners) Leading Country by total participants Partner role: Germany (545) Cooordinator role: Germany (48) 13% average success rate (Compared to 11% across all Horizon 2020 programmes) Leading organisation: FRAUNHOFER Partner role: 14 Coordinator role: 60 Funding received: Projects coordinated by private-for-profit organisations: 27% Highest value project: DIVERSIFY (coordinated by UNINOVA) 40.6m Proportion of partners from private-for-profit organisations: 49% 47.7m Average budget Research & Innovation Action and Innovation Action projects: 6m Coordination & Support Action projects: 1.2m Average budget of Project Coordinator Innovation Action Project: 1.2m Research & Innovation Action project: 0.9m Coordination & Support Action project: 0.3m 21.3m Total budget for Irish participations Projects coordinated by Irish organisations: Position of Ireland for involvement in projects: 15th of 38 countries 15.6m Highest value project coordinated by an Irish organisation: PIXAPP (Coordinated by Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork) Irish Participation 45 partner occurrences 30 Irish organisations 30 projects 4 Irish participation by type of organisation Private-for-Profit: 20 Research & Higher Education: 8 Other: 2 Leading Irish Organisation by value of funding received: Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork 2.8m Having already committed 1.4 billion into the sector through the Horizon 2020 programme since 2014, the European Commission is set to continue funding action in the following areas: ensuring future-proof connectivity and preparing for the internet of the future; building on European strengths and supporting the digitalization of industry; building a competitive and inclusive data-driven economy and society; setting up large-scale pilots addressing cross-sector challenges; boosting digital innovation capacity across Europe and supporting standards; exploring new high potential areas; and, further developing an ambitious international agenda serving our Digitizing European Industry strategy. 23