Collective Research Networking Funding for Transnational Collective Research for the benefit of SMEs Viktoria Cvetković, AiF, Chemnitz, February 10, 2014
Overview 1. Who is CORNET? Structure of the network 2. What is CORNET? Aims, objectives, beneficiaries 3. How does CORNET work? Mechanisms and processes
Who is CORNET? Network of Ministries and Funding Agencies Austria FFG Belgium-Flanders IWT Belgium-Wallonia SPW-DGO6 Czech Republic MPO Germany BMWi/AiF Poland NCBR The Netherlands Agentschap NL (Cyprus RPF) Join in - The network is open to interested funding organisations worldwide
What is CORNET? Aims, Objectives, Beneficiaries CORNET funds international pre-competitive Collective Research projects for the benefit of Groups of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to support SMEs with limited own research capacities tackling an identified common challenge by supporting pre-competitive R&D activities and broad dissemination of results across the sector for future exploitation without thematic restriction USP: in Horizon 2020 no research for the benefit of SME organisations
Who is CORNET? Essential Characteristics Combining national and regional funding schemes for pre-competitive Collective Research Independent, self-sustaining network following the ERA-NET principle Synchronisation of national procedures: - Joint calls for proposals (twice a year: March and September) - Common criteria for evaluation - One common ranking list of proposals - Synchronised funding of projects
How does CORNET work? Setting up a CORNET Project Requirements Cooperation of partners with different roles - SME organisations exclusively eligible for application! - Research organisations (RTOs) - Individual SMEs forming a User Committee (UC) Thematically open for all sectors (bottom-up approach) Typical pre-competitive topics: standardisation, adaptation of production processes, use of new materials Support of small consortia: cooperation between 2 participating countries
How does CORNET work? Setting up a CORNET Project Step by Step agree on common support Flanders: IWT provides funding via TETRA SME Organisation Coordinating SME Organisation SME Organisation Poland: NCBR provides funding via Inicjatywa CORNET Research Organisation Research Organisation SME UserSME User SME User WP 1, 3, 4 Committee Committee Committee WP 2, 4, 5 Flanders Poland Project
How does CORNET work? Benefits of a CORNET Project Low threshold for international cooperation: small consortia possible High success rate: currently 66 % Familiar national funding programmes and funding agencies Leverage effect: higher budget Insight into state-of-the-art in other countries Broad platform for dissemination opens up market opportunities Pragmatic reporting scheme compared to EU COM programmes USP: in Horizon 2020 no research for the benefit of SME organisations
Thank you for your attention! Contact Details CORNET Coordinator Viktoria Cvetkovic AiF F T K GmbH Tel: +49 221 37680 321 viktoria.cvetkovic@aif.de More information on funding programmes and next calls: www.cornet-era.net Next call deadline: 28 March 2014 12.00 p.m. (mid-day) Looking forward to your project proposals
Vienna, January 22 nd, 2013
How does CORNET work? Setting up a CORNET Project Step by Step agree on common support Flanders: IWT provides funding via TETRA SME Organisation Coordinating SME Organisation Poland: NCBR provides funding via Inicjatywa CORNET Research Organisation Research Organisation SME User WP 1, 3, 4 Committee WP 2, 4, 5 Flanders Poland Project
How does CORNET work? Setting up a CORNET Project Summary Look for project partners in your country & at least one more Contact your funding organisation Write a common proposal & submit it to CORNET coordinator: eu@aif-ftk-gmbh.de In parallel: prepare complementary national/regional application forms, submit these to your funding organisation Funding organisations evaluate proposal by using common criteria Partners with successful proposals get financial support from their own funding organisations (no common pot) Reporting on European level: Monitoring Meetings + common final report