HORIZON 2020 Go Global! Opportunities for Japanese Researchers Open to the world!
Why Go Global?
Why Go Global? Why Collaborate Internationally? All science has become global Value chains are internationalised: making alliances, sharing costs, accessing markets, agreeing standards Need to address together global societal challenges Importance for the best EU researchers to cooperate with the best Japanese researchers Opportunities for Japanese researchers to participate, and to access big projects with important partners from EU and the World by only paying your researchers Importance of building networks: deep relationships with EU and world actors through R&D collaboration 3
Why Choose the EU to Go Global? 500 million people - 28 countries - a single market* 7% of the World's population 24% of world expenditure on research 32% of high-impact publications 32% of patent applications Member states of the European Union *Free movement of people, goods, services and capital Candidate and potential candidate countries
EU: An Attractive Partner in Research Distribution of scientific publications among main countries and groups 2012 Source: SCOPUS 5
EU-Japan: a Strategic Partnership in Science and Technology
A Strategic Partnership in S&T EU-Japan Summit November 2013 "Summit leaders underlined the strategic importance of EU- Japan cooperation in science and technology in contributing to growth and competitiveness and in addressing shared societal challenges". They welcomed the significant progress achieved together since the entry into force of the EU-Japan S&T Agreement between in key areas of mutual interest such as critical raw materials, aeronautics and ICT They called for further efforts to unlock the full potential of Japan-EU S&T cooperation and to promote greater collaboration" + Work in preparation for next EU-Japan Summit 7 May in Brussels 7
Some Excellent Successes 109 "bottom up" participations by 50 different Japan-based organisations in 79 FP7 projects 5 "top-down" jointly designed "Coordinated Calls" resulting in an additional 17 projects (ICT, aeronautics, energy, critical raw materials) Successful "support actions" e.g. CONCERT-JAPAN 8
Top Down Coordinated Calls Top Down - joint identification of key priority areas by EU and Japanese authorities Parallel call procedure, parallel evaluation, separate funding but joint work and joint results Worked particularly well with Japan 5 Calls 2011-2013 17 Projects jointly financed 2 more calls launched or in the pipeline
'Bottom up' Participations: Key Areas 10
Unfulfilled Potential? 109 11
Some Key Questions Why is overall Japanese participation in EU research programme so modest compared with key international partners? What can be done to improve participation of Japanese reseach entities (public and private) in the future? What are the bottlenecks? The obstacles? What best approach? Top Down? Bottom Up?
Balanced by Strong Participation by EU-based JP Companies 120 100 80 109 103 119 153 60 40 20 0 8,5 JAPANESE COMPANIES 40,6 50,8 EU-BASED JAPANESE COMPANIES Nb of Participations EU Participation in M EUR
Horizon 2020: New Opportunities for Japanese sceintists and research organisations
Horizon 2020: 'a Paradigm Shift' The biggest Research- and -funding programme in the world: over EUR 80 billion budget/ over 7 years The only area in the EU Budget to increase (+ 30% over previous programme FP7!) The most open programme in the World! International cooperation at its core 'Challenge-based approach, multisectorial activites to address global societal challenges (similar to Japanese Comprehensive STI strategy) Stressing : From Lab to Market Faster, simpler, less red tape! 15
Horizon 2020: Three Key Pillars Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges
Excellent science European Research Council Supporting top researchers from anywhere in the world to work in Europe Future and Emerging Technologies Supporting visionary thinking through collaborations between science and engineering Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions Providing opportunities for training and career development of individual researchers Research infrastructures- including e-infrastructure Ensuring access to world-class facilities 17
Industrial leadership Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Emphasising key technologies in areas such as advanced manufacturing, microelectronics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, ICT and space 18
Societal challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Secure societies 19
But Not Only About Money! Value of EU programmes much more than cash value! Deep relationships, collaboration goes on even when the money is gone! Working with the best brains in EU and internationally EU-based international companies (Japanese especially) have understood and are getting actively involved Key role for industry European Technology Platforms 20
Horizon 2020: A Central Role for International Cooperation
HORIZON 2020: Open to the World! Horizon 2020 is open to participation of researchers from anywhere in the world, to: Extend the frontiers of scientific knowledge Tackle global challenges that affect all of us Make industries more competitive 22
1. General opening Three Ways to Participate - Any international partner may participate 2. Targeted opening - In specific topics in calls for proposals, inclusion of intern'l partners may be: a) encouraged or b) required 3. Coordinated calls - Used for specific actions (e.g. identified through Joint S&T Committees) - Paired calls, linked evaluations, two separate contracts 23
Horizon 2020: What's NEW?
SIMPLER!
Simpler Implementaion Simpler Control and Risk Strategies Simpler Funding Rules Simpler Structure
Simpler Rules of Participation Minimum conditions Collaborative actions: At least three legal entities each established in a different Member State or Associated Country; ERC, SME instrument, coordination and support, training and mobility actions: at least one legal entity established in a Member State or in an Associated Country. Additional conditions In the work programme or work plan 27
Simple Funding Rules for International Partners Participation OPEN to organisations from any country - "Open to the World" Automatic funding by EU Member states, including EU-based entities from other countries (e.g. Japanese Companies in Europe) Associated countries 'Developing economies' 'Industrialised countries' (e.g. Japan) and BRICs: general rule own funding, but EU funding possible in some cases 28
FASTER!
Concretely, How does it Work?
Success Stories: An Example Project CEOP-AEGIS 'Coordinated Asia-European long-term observing system of Qinghai Tibet plateau hydro- meteorological processes and the Asian-monsoon system with ground satellite image data and numerical simulations' Total cost: EUR 4 462 293 EU contribution: EUR 3 403 076 From 5/2008 to 4/2013 31
Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG FRANCE Participants UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA ARIESPACE SRL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA COLD AND ARID REGIONS ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE TE FUTUREWATER BV CHINESE ACADEMY METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE WATERWATCH BV INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS JAPAN ESPAÑA ITALIA INDIA CHINA NEDERLAND CHINA ITALIA CHINA NEDERLAND NEDERLAND CHINA INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CHINA INSTITUTE OF TIBETAN PLATEAU RESEARCH CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES S CHINA UNIVERSITAET BAYREUTH DEUTSCHLAND TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT NEDERLAND STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK NEDERLAND
Publication of the calls Signature grant agreement How? Speedier Process from Call to Grant Time to prepare the proposal Curent Call: 1500 projects published 15.000 proposals expected! Finalisation of the grant Submission of proposals Information on the outcome of the evaluator Evaluation 33
How? Faster Evaluation of Proposals STANDARD AWARD CRITERIA EXCELLENCE IMPACT QUALITY & EFFICIENCY OF THE ACTION 34
How? Faster Decision Process! Maximum Time to Grant : 8 months 3 months for signature of GA Simpler negotiation process No more paper: all electronic (submission, communication, signature etc.) 35
In Summary: How to Get Involved? 36
Key Areas of Opportunity for Japan: Work Programmes 2014-2015
Areas of Special Interest for Japan 2014 EU-Japan Development Cooperation in Net Futures Advanced 5G network infrastructures for the future internet Research in support of nanotech regulation NANOREG II Coordination of EU an international efforts in safety of nanotechnology Assessment of environmental impact of nanomaterials Increasing the capacity to perform nano-safety assessment Cooperative ITS for safe, congestion-free and sustainable mobility Aeronautics EU-Japan Support Action Coordinating and supporting critical raw materials research 38
Areas of Special Interest for Japan 2015 Novel materials by design for substituting critical elements Next generation of tools for risk governance of nanomaterials New approaches to improve predictive human safety testing Tackling disease related challenges and threats faced by farmed aquatic animals Tackling malnutrition in the elderly International cooperation in aeronautics International partnership building and support to dialogues with high income countries 39
Where to Find Information? How to Apply?
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/ 41
Information Resources: Your Check List Horizon 2020 Participant Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/deskt op/en/home.html Horizon 2020 European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ The Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for Japan 42
CONCLUSION もっとがんばりましょう Let us do better, together
どうもありがとうございまし Thank you!