Some News about the next EUROPEAN Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020.
The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020: Commission’s proposals 29 June 2011
Key challenge: stabilise the financial and economic system while taking measures to create economic opportunities.
What is Horizon 2020
- Commission proposal for a 80 billion euro research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020)
- A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area:
– Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth
– Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment
– Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology
What’s new
- A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives*
- Coupling research to innovation – from research to retail, all forms of innovation
- Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport
- Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond.
*The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects ofCompetitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Priority 1. Excellent science
Why:
- World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing
- Europe needs to develop, attract and retain research talent
- Researchers need access to the best infrastructures
Priority 2. Industrial leadership
Why:
- Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors
- Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and innovation
- Europe needs more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs
Priority 3. Societal challenges
Why:
- Concerns of citizens and society/EU policy objectives (climate, environment, energy, transport etc) cannot be achieved without innovation
- Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities
- Promising solutions need to be tested, demonstrated and scaled up
Simplification
- Single set of simpler and more coherent participation rules
- New balance between trust and control
- Moving from several funding rates for different beneficiaries and activities to just two
- Replacing the four methods to calculate overhead or «indirect costs» with a single flat rate
- Major simplification under the forthcoming financial regulation
- Successful applicants to get working more quickly: reduction of average time to grant
Next steps
- Ongoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposals
- Ongoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget 2014-2020 (including overall budget for Horizon 2020)
- July 2012: Final calls under 7th Framework Programme for research to bridge gap towards Horizon 2020
- Mid 2013: Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on Horizon 2020
- 1/1/2014: Horizon 2020 starts, launch of first calls
Switzerland and FP7 Challenges
- Participation of private sector: bigger companies (SME on average 15.27%)
- Positioning of universities towards societal challenge approach
- Capacities, International Cooperation
- SSH in ERC, Security, Space
- Women participation
cited by a presentation of Robert-Jan Smits (DG Research and Innovation), held in Lausanne 1 June 2012.
Further Information: www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020