UK Higher Education International Unit February 2014 EU research funding Horizon 2020 Overview UK HE International Unit who we are and what we do EU research funding Horizon 2020 et al ID: 929303
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Lisa
BungerothPolicy Officer - European ResearchUK Higher Education International UnitFebruary 2014
EU research funding - Horizon 2020
Slide2Overview
UK HE International Unit – who we are and what we do
EU research funding – Horizon 2020 et alBasicsEU policy contextUK positions and IU/UUK engagement Health in Horizon 2020How to get involved
Slide3Universities UK (UUK)
and the UK HE International Unit (IU)
IU represents the whole of the sectorIU delivers international and European policy for UUK IU and UUK working closely together over the whole course of the budget and programme negotiations
Slide4UK HE International Unit
Policy
Programmes:HEGlobal Phase 2: TNE information serviceScholarship schemes: SwB
Brazil, Dikti IndonesiaOutward student mobilityImproving existing schemes: Conacyt Mexico
Government
delegations:
Kazakhstan, China, Colombia, Australia, Indonesia
IU
delegations:
Lybia
, Myanmar, Chile and Argentina
Country
engagement: Syria, Turkey
Slide5UK Higher Education International Unit
Policy
Supporting UK Government Priorities, strategyRepresenting the sector
delegations Dialogue with other GovernmentsUKIERI, UK China PIE, Malaysia, Turkey, Saudi ArabiaInfluence European Union decision-makers:Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Bologna Process, EU legislation affecting HE and research
European University Association, UKRO, Science
Europe, …
Slide6EU Research Funding
Horizon
2020 and non Horizon 2020 fundingMultilateral research networksJoint Technology InitiativesJoint Programming InitiativesArticle 185 InitiativesEuropean Innovation Partnerships
European Structural and Investment Funds
Slide7Horizon 2020 - Basics
Horizon 2020 is the EU’s main funding programme for research and innovation and will run from 2014 to 2020
funding programme for all types of actors involved in research and innovation – academia, research, industry and other stakeholder organisationsHorizon 2020 represents EU funding for research and innovation on a larger scale
no funding for occasional travel for research meetings, or smaller stand-alone conferences or workshopsIncreasingly competitive
Slide8Horizon 2020 - Basics
Collaborative Project (CP) most common:
minimum of three participants from three different EU Member States or countries that are associated to Horizon 2020 (NOR, IL, IC, CH?)fund research activities including personnel costs, travel, consumables, management costs and disseminationCo-ordination and Support Actions (CSAs):
do not fund research as such but fund, for example, the co-ordination of research policies across Member States in a particular fieldA small or medium-scale Collaborative Project would usually last 2-4 years, and larger projects could run for 3-5 yearsFunding
mainly based on the reimbursement of actual direct costs incurred for a
project plus
flatrate
for indirect costs
Slide9Horizon 2020 – Policy context
Horizon 2020
Innovation Union Flagship
Europe 2020 Strategy
European Research Area (ERA)
Specific EU
policies (e.g. SET
plan, Health for Growth)
Slide10Horizon 2020 - Background
Commission Proposals – November 2011Competitiveness
Council Partial General Approaches on main legislative texts (excluding Budget) - Autumn 2012EP ITRE Committee adopted its report - Autumn 2012Trialogue meetings between the Irish Presidency, the Council of the EU and the
EP from January – June 2013 informal agreement in JuneFinal adoption in EP plenary and Council: November/December 2013Development of work programmes: Autumn 2013First calls for proposals: December 2013
Formal launch of Horizon 2020: 1 January
2014
UK launch: 31 January 2014
Slide11Main issues in negotiations
Budget
Commission proposal: €80bn (in constant 2011 prices)Final figure in negotiations: €70.2bn (in constant 2011 prices) €79bn adjusted for inflationProgrammeSingle funding rate vs full cost
Horizon 2020 architectureSME support
Slide12IU and UUK engagement
Extensive
briefing of MPs and a letter to David Willetts prior to the November 2012 Summit first budget negotiationJoint letter with the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) to Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to the February 2013
Summit second budget negotiation
Slide13IU and UUK engagement
High-level delegation in May 2013
Letter to MEPs about effective and sustainable investment in research and FEC option in June 2013OngoingOfficer engagement in BrusselsFeeding in to BISInfluencing work programmes13
Slide14Horizon 2020 and UK position
Overall, Horizon 2020 is well-aligned with the UK position:
Excellence is main funding criterionSupport across the innovation spectrumFocus on societal challenges (ageing population, food security, climate action etc)
Enhanced support for European Research CouncilFocus on cross-cutting technologies (ICT, nano, bio)Mainstreaming of social sciences and humanitiesRadical simplification (less paperwork, audit burden reduced, shorter ‘time to grant’
etc)
Slide15Policy context: EU research funding in the UK
In
FP7 so far, the UK has received €6.1bn - 15.4% of the total FP7 funding only Germany has received more funding
UK most successful MS in European Research Council and the Marie Curie ActionsThe UK is involved in more successful projects than either France or Germany Access
to large, transnational, multi-disciplinary projects as well as to established collaborative networks
increase research impact
Pooling resources for large infrastructures
Slide16Policy context: EU research funding in the UK
Slide17Horizon 2020 structure
Slide18EU Research Funding - Health
H2020
Societal Challenge 1: Health, demographic change and wellbeingSocietal Challenge 2: areas relating to health and food; Societal Challenge 6: health-related topics within the social sciences and humanities;Societal Challenge 7: health aspects related to crises management and disaster resiliencePillar 2: Leadership in Industrial and Enabling Technologies (LEIT) in the field of advanced materials and nanotechnology related to health
Slide19Health topics across H2020
The Leadership in Industrial and Enabling Technologies
Societal Challenge - 2Societal Challenge -
6 Societal Challenge - 7Scale-up of nanomedicine production
Networking of SMEs in the
nano
-biomedical sector
Biomaterials for the treatment of diabetes mellitus
Nanomedicine
therapy for cancer
Biomaterials for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s diseases
Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to multiple food-related toxic substances
Improving the control of infectious epidemics and foodborne outbreaks through rapid identification of pathogens
Tackling malnutrition in the elderly
Always more inequalities? New views on equality, solidarity and democracy
Early job insecurity and labour market exclusion
Youth mobility: opportunities, impacts, policies
Inclusive and sustainable urban planning for a modern society
Feasibility study for strengthening capacity-building and security protection in case of large-scale pandemics
Crises and disaster resilience – operationalizing resilience concepts
Slide20EU Research Funding - Health
Non-H2020EU Health for Growth Programme (DG SANCO)
nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions more directly included here WP expected for MarchMultilateral
research networksAmbient Assisted Living joint programmeJoint Programming Initiative ‘More Years, Better Lives’JPI on Neurodegenerative Diseases JPI on Antimicrobial ResistanceJTI: Innovative
Medicines Initiative 2
(IMI
)
Article 185: European
and Developing Country Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP
)
Active
and Healthy Aging European
Innovation
Partnership
Slide21Main differences
– FP7 to H2020Simplification – single reimbursement
rate, shorter time to grant etc.H2020 is a research and innovation programme, and not just research as in FP7 (integration of FP, EIT, CIP under one programme)New instruments such as Fast Track to Innovation Call topics more open/ less
prescriptive‘Challenge-based’ Pillar 3
Slide22How to get involved
Publication
of work programmes and calls for proposals:Work programmes explain what is funded and what is expected from project in terms of policy impactCalls
for proposals give details on the eligibility criteria and the timeline (deadline, evaluation, results)Horizon 2020 Participant Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
Slide23How to get involved
Expert Advisory GroupsCall
for expressions of interest is still ongoing (first groups have been selected) http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-experts15 groups, consisting of 20-30
expertsEU evaluators database (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/experts)Start thinkingHorizon 2020 proposals - do they cover your research area?
N
etworking
and building links with potential partners
now
Slide24Thank you.
lisa.bungeroth@international.ac.uk
www.international.ac.uk
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk