Opportunities from the EU Horizon 2020 programme for ELS researchers

1. Opportunities from the EU Horizon 2020 programme for ELS researchers Vera Barron & Steve Parkinson R&I Division 11 December 2013

2. EU Horizon 2020 programme • Replaces Framework Programme 7 as the key EU research programme on 1 January 2014 • Will run from 2014 - 2020 • Overall budget of approx. €71bn • Key priorities: • Focus research spending on helping Europe overcome the economic crisis & achieve sustainable growth • Interdisciplinary and collaborative research on key societal challenges • Support areas of high growth & innovation potential • Support for industrial leadership (SMEs with R&D capability) • Individual excellent research • Programme structure = 3 key pillars: • Excellent science – bottom up, focuses on excellent individuals • Industrial leadership – top down; collaboration driven by industry • Societal challenges – top down; collaborative research consortia • 1stCalls published today; deadlines from March 2014

3. Funding opportunities in H2020 • Excellent science • European research fellowships (2-5 years, €2-3.5M, any research organisation in the EU) • Best frontier research; excellence - single peer review criterion • Will fund projects led by a Principal Investigator supported by a team (no need for EU partners) • Bottom – up basis; 25 panels in 3 domains • Starting Grants (2-7 post PhD) – deadline March 2014 • Consolidator Grants (7-12 post PhD) – deadline June 2014 • Advanced Grants (Leading researchers) – deadline October 2014 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-sections • Training and mobility actions (Marie Sklodowska Curie): • EU doctoral training networks – deadline April 2014 • Individual European and global mobility fellowships – September 2014 • Reintegration grants for EU scientists back into an EU research organisation • R & I Staff Exchange – deadline TBC http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/marie-sk%C5%82odowska-curie-actions

4. Funding opportunities in H2020 • Competitive Industries • Strong focus on industrial involvement & applied research • Developing industrial capacity in focus areas: • Micro- & nano- electronics • Photonics • Nanotechnologies • Advanced materials • Biotechnology • Advanced manufacturing and processing • Two schemes: • Leadership in enabling & industrial technologies – top down calls; international & industry-driven consortia • Innovation in SMEs – fostering all forms of SME innovation

5. Funding opportunities in H2020 3. Societal Challenges – 7 key challenges • Health, demographic change & well-being • Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research& the bio-economy • Secure, clean and efficient energy • Smart, green and integrated transport • Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials • Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies • Secure societies • Each challenge has a Work Programme with 70+topics • Solutions from multidisciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities • Promising solutions to be developed, tested, demonstrated and scaled-up (tier 1-7 research) • For further info: • http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/societal-challenges

6. Getting involved • Simpler programme structure, rules and guidance • 3 types of activity: • Research projects (100% funding rate for all institutions) • Innovation projects (70% funding rate for private, for profit & 100% for not for profit, including Universities) • Coordinating actions (100% funding + 7% indirect costs) • Single funding rate per project (rate defined in the Work Programme) • Indirect cost = flat rate of 25% for R &I projects • Shorter time to grant (5+3 months) • Comprehensive website and application platform – Researcher Participant Portal: • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/index.html • All documentation is on: • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2014-15 • Comprehensive summary of the Programme and its components is on: • http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/what-horizon-2020

7. Developing your project • Before you start: • Ensure that the scheme is right for your research • Do you have enough time to prepare? • Then: • Discuss your plans internally • Get help - (e.g. Research bidding support fund) to enable you to travel to info days; to meet your partners; organise proposal development workshops and to give you time to write your proposal http://www.ri.salford.ac.uk/internal_funding#RBSF • Speak to colleagues who have held EU funding before (we can help with identifying them) • Come to us for any advice – we can also access intelligence from UKRO, the National contact points and relevant DG Research units

8. Building your consortium • Using your own existing networks – best starting point • Cordis partner search facility • UKRO & IGLO; Enterprise Europe Network; Participant Portal • Who are the key players already? http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.html http://cordis.europa.eu/fp6/projects.htm • Consider – which partners have relevant expertise; how many do you need in relation to your project scope, available budget, etc. • Attend networking /brokerage events and info days – sign up to UKRO portal to receive alerts • Speak to colleagues at conferences (e.g. Chris Nester) • Join the EU’s evaluators database (currently open call) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2013:342:0003:0003:EN:PDF http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html • BBSRC European partnering award - £12-15K, 27/11/2013 http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/internationalfunding/europe.aspx • EPSRC Overseas travel grants – open deadline; http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/routes/int/Pages/otgs.aspx

9. Useful sources of information • Previously funded FP6/ FP7 Projects http://cordis.europa.eu/fp6/projects.htm http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.html • European Technology Platforms http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms • Partner searches & proposal advice • UK Research Office can distribute partner profiles • National Contact Points (NCPs) - Transport; Health Calls, etc. • CORDIS partner search facility • Information days organised by the EU Commission & the NCPs • Useful web sources http://www.ukro.ac.uk/Pages/UKRO.aspx http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/what-horizon-2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html