dr. Siegler Andrásigazgató

Európai BizottságKutatási és Innovációs Főigazgatóság

Why are these calls important?

• Research and Innovation critical for stimulating growth and jobs in Europe

• Tackling the biggest societal challenges facing Europe

• EU research funding delivering the Innovation Union

Why are these calls important?

•Special attention on SMEs and exploiting research for innovation and growth

• Supporting the best researchers and innovators in Europe

• Smooth transition to Horizon 2020

FP7 2013 Work Programme

• Decided by the Commission on 9 July

• An investment in the future, with an €8.1 billion stimulus for growth and jobs

• Supporting Europe's best researchers and innovators

• Publication on 10 July 2012: 52 calls for proposals

• Deadline for applications from September 2012

WP2013 Budget key figures “growth and jobs”

INPUTEU Research Budget €10,8 billionof which Work programme funding: €8,1 billion

Cooperation themes €4,8 billion

SMEs €1,2 billion

ERC €1,75 billion

Marie Skłodowska Curie €963 million

RSFF-RSI €150 million

OUTPUT

• Leverage €6billion in R&I public-private investment

• 210,000 increase in employment• €75 billion GDP over 15 years

• Funding more than 1300 research projects,

• Generate more than 170 000 collaborative links among 15 500 participations worldwide

• Will fund more than 4 000 SME participations,

• 40% of them directly invloved in high-tech research areas such as ICT, Transport, Space, …

Over 900 individual researchers funded

Funding an estimated 14 800 fellows

Up to €1billion in loans for SMEs and small Mid-Caps

Who is the target?

All research actors in the EU and the Associated Countries:

• Universities

• Research organisations

• Public authorities

• Large industry

• SMEs

• Financial institutions

New special focus on key challenges (around €1.4 billion)

Important for citizens, important for Europe:• Oceans of tomorrow• Water• Raw materials• Smart Cities• Secure clean and efficient energy• Improving delivery of Public Sector Services• Brain research• Anti-microbial resistance• Bio Resource Efficiency

Special focus on SMEs

More than 1.2 billion package- Cooperation: around €970 M allocated to the support of SMEs (includes €140 M for continuation of a pilot action dedicated to SMEs in Health)

- Capacities: €252 M "Research for the benefit of SMEs"

Risk-Sharing Finance Facility – Risk Sharing Instrument (RSFF - RSI)Cooperation: €150 million boost for RSI loan guarantee facility forSMEs / small mid-caps => leveraging €1 billion loans for R&I

Special focus on innovation Exploitation of existing research results (at least €220 M)

Both EU and non-EU funded results. Five themes with specific actions

ERC “proof of concept” grants

Demonstration projects (at least €265 M)

13 dedicated demonstration topics in five themes in Cooperation

Prizes

• follow-up EU prize for Women Innovators

• support for organising competitions for innovative learning technologies

• European prize for innovation in Public Administrations

• Inducement prize from WP2012 call reminder (€2 M)

Widening participation: Pilot action ERA Chairs (€12 M)

5 ERA Chairs to build excellence in less developed regions

• Pilot to be launched in the Autumn to prepare for Horizon 2020

• ERA chairs = outstanding academics attracted by universities

or institutions to build excellent teams

• ERA chairs host= institutions demonstrating the ability to

support excellence (must provide excellent facilities and comply

with ERA principles e.g. open recruitment)

Paving the way for Horizon 2020

• Promoting excellence, wherever it is found

• Focusing on strategic priorities

• Boosting innovation

• Helping firms move from idea to market

• Special attention for SMEs

FP7 funding to date…

• 19,000 projects funded (signed contracts)

• 79,000 participations of which 13,691 are SMEs (signed contracts - universities, research organisations, businesses)

• €25.3 billion EU contribution as of 16/02/2012 (signed contracts)

• An estimated 50,000 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) and 5,000 (ERC) individual researchers' directly funded by the end of FP7

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Participation per regions Europe

Country profile Hungary

R&D intensity target 1.8%

Total number of participants, total EU financial contribution

1.020 participants receiving €179.817.747 in FP7

Number of applicants 5.231 (1.59% of EU-27)

Success rate (EU-27 = 21,5%) 20.4%

Total Population & EU 27 Population Share 9.985.722 (2% of EU-27)

Top collaborative links 1. DE - Germany (1.550) 2. UK - United Kingdom (1.169) 3. FR - France (1.042) 4. IT - Italy (1.028) 5. ES - Spain (913)

Participation per regions Hungary

Success story – 1.

Striving for equal access to quality education? – EDUMIGROM (FP7)

• Examining disparities in educational access among minority and non- minority students

• Addressing high policy issue for equal access to quality education in Europe

• Removing invisible ethnic barriers

• Follow up observations and advocacy work

Total budget of the project: ~ 1,6 Mio €EU contribution: ~ 1,3 Mio € Coordinator: Central European University, Budapest, HungaryHU partners: Institute for Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Partners from: Germany, France, Romania, Demark, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Sweden

Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft (ESPOSA)

Success story – 2.

Country % of FP7 funding awarded

Austria 3.00 Belgium 4.70 Bulgaria 0.50Cyprus 0.30Czech Republic 1.20Denmark 2.30Estonia 0.40Finland 2.80France 11.60Germany 18.00Greece 3.50Hungary 1.10Ireland 1.30Italy 11.50Latvia 0.10Lithuania 0.30Luxembourg 0.10Malta 0.10Netherlands 6.70Poland 1.90Portugal 1.70Romania 0.90Slovakia 0.40Slovenia 0.80Spain 7.70Sweden 4.30 United Kingdom 12.70

Distribution of FP7 funding among Member States

as of spring 2012Source: Paul Zagamé at al.: Consequences of the 2013 FP7 calls for the economy and unemployment in the EUERASME, Paris, 31 May 2012

ERC Advanced Grants 2008-2011: Number of selected proposals by country of host institutions (EU-15)

ERC Advanced Grants 2008-2011: Number of selected proposals by country of host institutions (EU-12)

ERC Advanced Grants 2008-2011: Selected proposals by country of host institutions

"Cooperation" programme: success rate EU-15

"Cooperation" programme: success rate EU-12

BG CY CZ EE HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK 0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

Applicants (%)EC Financial Contribution (%)

Hungarian participation* in projects signed

* "Cooperation" programme

EC contribution* received by Hungarian participants

*Cooperation programme

Hungary - most active FP7 research priority areas

Hungary - most active FP7 research priority areas by number of applicants

Hungary - most active FP7 research priority areas by success rate

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