Jill Leonard Na-onal Contact Point SMEs in Innova-on

Jill Leonard Na-onal Contact Point SMEs in Innova-on

Agenda 1 Horizon 2020 Overview 2 SMEs in Horizon 2020 3 Na-onal Funding Enterprise Ireland 4 Supports 5 Fast Track to Innova-on 6 How to par-cipate in Horizon 2020

SMEs in Horizon 2020

Some key facts and new approaches Nearly 80 billion over seven years 2014-2020, 1st calls: 11 Dec 2013 Covers in a streamlined way all research and innova-on funding 1.25 billion is the Irish Target for H2020 (FP7-600M, FP6-200M) Strong focus on societal challenges and innova-on Reaching out to non- tradi-onal actors More risk taking Strengthened support for high- tech SMEs More open, light & fast schemes

A stronger, clearer focus 3 priority areas Excellent Science Industrial leadership Societal challenges

One project, one rate - 100% A simpler approach except for close to market where it s 70% for profit making organisa;ons Single flat rate for indirect costs 25% No -me sheet requirement for full -me staff on a project Successful applicants to get working more quickly: reduc-on of average -me to grant

Interna-onal recogni-on research excellence? Shared research ac-vi-es? Rela-onships with mul-na-onal corpora-ons? Rela-onships with SMEs? New research jobs? Staff secondments? Knowledge direc-on of largest strategic research agendas Specific technology development? Product development and demonstra-on? Infrastructure at scale? What do you want from Horizon 2020

Collabora've projects Intended to facilitate collabora've research across Europe through transna'onal consor'ums of industry, that consist of minimum of three different partners (legal en--es) from three different EU member- states or countries associated to Horizon 2020. Same reimbursement rate for all*: Up to 100% of eligible cost (limited to maximum of 70% for innova-on ac-ons), 25% flat- rate for indirect costs

Evaluation Process Remote evaluation Panel of four independent experts Balancing knowledge of industry/technology, market, finance and sectors (selected keywords) No negotiation (only duration and starting date) Evaluation summary report (arithmetic average of scores) with a short feedback allowing the applicant to understand what can be improved in the proposal Thresholds: overall 12/15; score for "Impact" needs to be 4/5 or higher!

Time to grant Collabora-ve Project 5 months evalua-on 3 months Grant Agreement SME Instrument 8 weeks evalua-on 1 month to Grant Agreement

The Na-onal Support Network for Horizon 2020 A Na-onal Support Network of all major research funding organisa-ons led by Enterprise Ireland to op-mise Irish par-cipa-on in EU funding programmes - new Horizon 2020 website coming soon We ll guide you to the piece of the programme that s right for you right now- or influence next year s Call to posi'on you for success help you find the right partners help you through the wri-ng of your applica-on help you find the -me to do it and make you feel at home abroad support to academic researchers (co- ordina-on* and travel grants) *Please submit within 4 weeks a;er call opening date

Summary of EI Funding 2015 Start-ups SMEs Large Companies EXPANSION Growing your Business & Exploring New Opportunities HPSU Package HPSU Feasibility Grant Including: - Business Accelerator - Trade Fairs - Mentor Business Links Sprint Expansion & JEF Market Access Grant Graduate for Int. Growth Business Links Strategic Consultancy Mentor Key Manager Capital Investment Initiative Graduate R&D project for Int. Growth FP7 Innovation Partnerships AGE PRODUCTIVITY Addressing Competitiveness Lean Transform Lean Start and Plus Business Process Improvement Lean Transform Lean Plus Business Process Improvement INNOVATION Developing New Ideas Competitive Start Fund Innovation Vouchers (also small companies) R&D project Horizon 2020 Innovation Partnerships Technical Feasibility Business Innovation Initiative R&D project Horizon 2020 Innovation Partnerships Technical Feasibility

The SME Instrument

SME InstrumentMain Features Targeted at all types of innova-ve SMEs showing a strong ambi-on to develop, grow and interna-onalise Only SMEs will be allowed to apply for funding and support Single company support possible No obliga-on for applicants to sequen-ally cover all three phases; each phase open to all SMEs 70% funding (excep-ons possible)

The SME instrument is not an R&D programme. It is an accelerator for market introduction of promising technological or non-technological innovations. While the scheme does not exclude R&D activities, the purpose is not on knowledge development, but on developing a convincing commercial proposition.

Ireland - Success Rates Phase 1 Ø 19 2014 Ø 3 2015 Phase 2 Ø 5 2014 Ø 1 2015 hmps://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/sme- instrument- beneficiaries

SME Instrument Phase 1 2014 Cut- off 18/06/2014 Cut- off 24/09/2014 Cut- off 17/12/2014 Total in 2014 Proposals 2662 1947 2363 6972 Above threshold 317 (12%) 237 (12%) 320 (13,5%) 874 (12,5%) Funded 155 (49%) 178 (75%) 259 (81%) 592 (68%) Budget allocated 7.750.000 8.900.000 12.950.000 29.600.000 Single companies rate for funded proposals 95% 91% 90% 92%

Ph.1: SMEs years of trading

Phase 1 - Country distribu'on of proposals (only coordinators) top 10 Proposals from 37 countries IT 18% IE - 1,7% IE 18,4 % IT 6,8%

Phase 2 2014 Cut- off 09/10/2014 Cut- off 17/12/2014 Total in 2014 Proposals 580 629 1209 Above threshold 132 (23%) 180 (29%) 312 (26%) Funded 60 (45%) 74 (41%) 134 (43%) Budget allocated 111.328.800 (1,85 M per project) 117.615.077 (1,59 M per project) 228.943.877 (1,71 M per project) Single companies rate for funded proposals 82% 80% 81%

Phase 2 SMEs years trading

ICT 37-2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluates 2211 364 Proposals above threshold 254 91 Proposals funded 125 28

Smart, green and integrated transport IT 1 2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 660 105 Proposals above threshold 79 25 Proposals funded 70 24

Nanotechnologies and advanced materials NMP 25-2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 796 149 Proposals above threshold 99 41 Proposals funded 62 13

Health, demographic change and wellbeing PHC 12 2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 553 168 Proposals above threshold 77 67 Proposals funded 77 19

Climate action, environment resource efficiency and raw materials SC5-20- 2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 686 98 Proposals above threshold 109 19 Proposals funded 60 13

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bio economy SFS 08 2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 401 59 Proposals above threshold 59 8 Proposals funded 32 7 Budget allocated 1.600.000 8.974.854

Energy challenge SIE 01-2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 941 140 Proposals above threshold 117 38 Proposals funded 94 18

Space Space SME 2014 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals evaluated 142 8 Proposals above threshold 21 5 Proposals funded 21 4

Top- 10 country success rates 2014 (all beneficiaries and all phases combined)

March 2015 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals 1556 619 Above threshold 251 (16%) 233 (38%) To be funded 149 (59%) 37 (16%)

Phase 1 and 2 Applica-ons Submimal period: SME Instrument Project applica-ons for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 funding can be submimed any-me during the year. The evalua-ons of project applica-ons are conducted at predefined -mes during the year.

SMEs: Con'nuous learning process

FTI Pilot - What is it? The FTI pilot is the only fully-bottom-up measure in Horizon 2020 promoting close-to-the-market innovation activities that is open to all types of participants

FTI Pilot First cut off results A total of 269 proposals were submitted in response to this first cut off 60 50 40 30 20 10 Country par'cipa'on 0 AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EL ES FI FR HR HU IE IL IT MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR UK Final H2020- FTIPilot- 2015-1

The FAST TRACK To INNOVATION pilot (open in 2015) supports projects undertaking innovation from the demonstration stage through to market uptake 1. It covers piloting, test-beds, validation in real world/working conditions, pre-normative research and standard-setting 2. It targets relatively mature new technologies, concepts, processes and business models that need a last development step to reach the market and wider deployment

A maximum of 5 legal entities can participate in an FTTI project. At least one of the following minimum conditions shall be met: either o at least 60% of the overall budget of the proposal must be allocated to consortium partner(s) from industry Or the minimum number of industry participants must be 2 in a consortium of 3 or 4 partners, and 3 in a consortium of 5 partners. The maximum EU contribution per project is EUR 3 million. Proposals shall relate to the specific objective 'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies' and/or to any of the specific objectives under the priority 'Societal challenges'. A proposal must include a business plan. For this pilot phase of the FTI, only applications involving entities all of whom must be established in the EU Member States or countries associated to Horizon 2020 are eligible.

Proposals with an overall initial score lower than 12/15 will not be ranked Proposals with an initial score lower than 4/5 for impact will not be ranked; For the proposals that will be ranked, "Impact" will receive a higher weighting Criteria for further differentiation will be: Value of 'Impact' criterion Size of budget allocated to SMEs Number of first-time industry applicants Number of industry participants Gender balance of consortium staff performing the proposed action

Breakdown of Phase Activity

Business opportunity At the end of Phase 2, par-cipa-ng companies should have developed a NEW Innova'on led idea (product, process, service) that can be deployed and launched on the market. The business innova-on plan III to be developed by the end of Phase 2 will contain a detailed marke-ng and commercialisa-on strategy and a financing plan describing how private investment will be used

Implementa-on and Planning 29/4/2015 1/9/2015 1/12/2015 Ø Impact 4 out of 5 overall score 12 out of 15 Ø Proposals will be reviewed on an on- going basis Ø TRL 6

How to par-cipate in Horizon 2020

Crea-ng ECAS Account

ECAS Access is restricted to persons who have: a user account access rights Individual users: have to register as a user only once will be asked to agree to the system's Terms and Condi-ons on their first login

Crea-ng an ECAS Account Detailed procedure for crea'ng an ECAS account Step 1 - Go to the ECAS register page and enter: a user name your first name, last name and e- mail address and the displayed security code. Step 2 - Select 'Sign up' You will receive an e- mail to the address that you specified, containing a link you can use to complete the registra-on process. Step 3 - Click the link and you will be asked to choose and confirm a password. Step 4 - Go to the Par-cipant Portal website. Step 5 - Click 'LOGIN' and log in with your ECAS user name and password.

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Here are 6 lessons the Commission learnt from this very first evalua-on exercise that we think can be useful for the future applicants. Most of the non- selected proposals were: Too much focused on the project and not enough on the business opportunity; Not convincing when describing the company (you have to explain why your company will succeed and not your compe-tor); Not providing enough informa-on on compe'ng solu'ons; Having a too low level of innova'on, planning to develop a product that already exists on the market; Proposing just an idea without any concept for its commercialisa'on; Just trying their luck (the SME Instrument is not a lomery!). If you keep these 6 points in mind when drating your proposal, you may have higher chances to succeed.

What your proposal should demonstrate Demonstrate that your project has a European or Interna'onal dimension Demonstrate that your project will generate revenue and create employment Once you decide to apply, be convincing in ALL aspects Ensure your proposal is well balanced and covers all aspects of evalua-on criteria Don t forget to provide a convincing commercialisa-on plan Your proposal should demonstrate a thorough knowledge of your target market Your proposal should demonstrate a clear ambi'on to grow at EU level Check that your project is in line with work programme objec'ves Invest 'me and effort in your proposal, do not trust in luck Think big funding isn t aimed at developing products that already exist or are incremental developments of same.

Meet the Experts www.horizon2020.ie

Contact: Jill Leonard, EI Dublin t: 00353 1-727 2751 e: jill.leonard@enterprise- ireland.com Sean Burke, EI Shannon t: 00353 61-777 048 e: Sean.Burke@enterprise- ireland.com www.horizon2020.ie