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EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE

EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE. Michael Browne Head of European Research & Innovation University College London. Presentation Structure. Introduction to UCL UCL ’ s strategy for Horizon 2020 Connecting with innovation actors on a European (global) scale

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EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE

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  1. EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE Michael Browne Head of European Research & Innovation University College London

  2. Presentation Structure • Introduction to UCL • UCL’s strategy for Horizon 2020 • Connecting with innovation actors on a European (global) scale • Examples of how Research Technology Organizations & SMEs can work together

  3. A bit about me/UCL London’s Global University More than 700 FP7 projects Total cumulative budget of €400M 110 ERC Projects Europe’s lead HEI in Health research Consistently ranked in top 5 HEIs in Europe across all of FP7 UK lead in collaborative research Plan to be Europe lead in collaborative research HORIZON 2020 REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY

  4. UCL’s Horizon 2020 Mission Statement Dedicated Proposal Writing Support Service

  5. Horizon 2020 = €80 billion: Focus areas International Cooperation European Research Area Tackling Societal Challenges Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks • Health, demographics and wellbeing • Food security and sustainable bio-resources • Secure, clean and efficient energy • Smart, green and integrated transport • Resource Efficiency and Climate Challenge • Secure and inclusive societies • Leadership in enabling technologies (ICT, nanotech, bio-economy, manufacturing, space & biotechnology • Access to risk finance • Integrating research, education and innovation (EIT) • Innovation in SMEs Seamless Connections Excellence in the Science base Europe 2020 priorities • Frontier research (ERC), FET • Skills and career development - Marie Curie • Priority research infrastructures Coherent with other EU and MS actions Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes 5 Simplified Access

  6. Vision2020: connecting research and innovation actors across Europe Key objective for UCL is to work with other sectors across Europe Primary focus is SMEs – from all thematic areas (focus on innovation) Vision2020 is central to UCL’s strategy to connect with SMEs – this is already happening – Kitforkids, Cell2b and iQur

  7. Thank you! www.ucl.ac.uk/reseach/europe michael.browne@ucl.ac.uk Michael Browne

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