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An Overview of Austrian applied R&D

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, March 21, 2019

Ulrich Schuh

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Today‘s Menu

Background and motivationKey Features of Austrian applied research system

Facts & FiguresCurrent priorities & digital aspects

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Some facts about the Austrian economyPopulation 8.9 Mio (Lithuania 2.8 Mio)

GDP per capita 43.3 T€ (Lithuania 15.4 T€)Share of Manufacturing 16.6 % (Lithuania 17.3%)

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Lithuania

:Finished Products

FoodMachineryAustria:MachineryChemicals

Manufactured Goods

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314 headquarters1,000 international companies such as Siemens or Hewlett-Packard

Approximately 40 international institutions with a focus on the CEE regionOutstanding Central and Eastern European know-how on the part of Austrian service providers such as banks and law

firmshistorically matured cultural understanding for the CEE region, political stability as well as transparent laws© istockphoto.com

AUSTRIA, AN EXCELLENT HUB, WIDELY RECOGNISED >> BY GLOBAL COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS

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Qualified Staff & Low youth unemployment

Dual education system22 public universities11 private universities21 universities of applied sciences

© istockphoto.com / © boanet.at

AUSTRIA>> EXCELLENT EDUCATION POSSIBILITIES

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© shutterstuck.com / Source: Austrian Federal

Economic Chamber

Most important industrial sectors

Industrial production 2013 in EUR billion

AUSTRIA >> A WELL DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY LANDSCAPE ACROSS ALL RELEVANT SECTORS

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AUSTRIA >> IS THE HOME OF HIGHLY SPECIALISED WORLD MARKET LEADERS

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Source: BACI Daten, WIFO Berechnungen, 2012

68 % of Austrian’s global leaders

out of engineering

metal production and processing

chemical industry

Export

17,5 % Key Enabling Technologies

9,7 % Environmental

Technologies

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Austrian Innovation System

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European Innovation Scoreboard 2018

10EIS 2018

Summary Innovation Index (relative to EU 2010)Strong InnovatorRank 10

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Source:

Statistik Austria; Globalschätzung

2018

2018: 3,16%

of

GDP [EU-28

average

2,1%]

R&D EXPENDITURES IN AUSTRIA

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Austria: Research intensive Country12

Austria

GERD : 3,14 %

GermanyGERD: 2,94 %

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Sources of R&D financing

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EC Visit to ffg

3,7 billion EUR

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FFG » promotes in competition

» financing model of

fti

policy

EC Visit to

ffg

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*

esp

.

core

financing

RTOs,

contributions

to

international

organisations

Federal R&D expenditure; ESA/H2020 returns: distribution by financing mode

2017

3,7

billion

Euro

FWF 6

%

companies

7%

ESA/H2020

6%

tax

credit

16%

GUF („General University Funds“)

44%

others

*

16%

institutional and indirect research funding

2,8 billion Euro

76 % of total expenditure

universities, RTOs

5%

competitive

research

promotion

:

0,8

billion

Euro

24 %

of

total

expenditure

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ffg >> promoting innovationEC Visit to ffg

15

2,4

billion Euro

for applied research and

and

broadband infrastructure in Austria

2017

EU:

ESA/Horizon2020

equity capital in FFG-

funded projects

direct FFG-funding

(incl. broadband)

562

Mio.EUR

excl. broadband

Tax premium for companies

Supporting European Research Area

6.000 consultations

13 webinars

Strategic Programmes – structural transformation – R&I networks – human resources

3.775 funded projects

3.477 funded organisations

thereof 2.288 companies

thereof 1.809 SMEs

thereof 543 start ups

57 international

jurys

Supporting finance ministry

2.715 certificates

Quelle: FFG-Gesamtförderung inkl. Breitband (123 Mio. Euro); FFG-Förderstatistik 2017

in

million

Euro

1,5

billion

Euro

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types of support16

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FFG – CAPTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

THROUGH INNOVATION

FFG – 3 Key ActivitiesFunding at various stages of growth - Nurturing Start Ups and Growing BusinessesPartnership – between large organisations, SMEs and academic institutionsInternationalisation – reaching out for new markets

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FFG – 3 KeY

Activities

18Fundingat various stages of growth. Nurturing Start ups and growing businessesGrants

LoansVouchersConsulting services

(Tax Premium – support for tax officers and Ministry of Finance)

Internationalisation

reaching out for new

markets

Partnership

between LEs, SMEs and academic institutions

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funding awarded on defined quality criteria and in a competitive procedureindependent project selection and evaluation procedures

leverage effect: funded companies have to bear significant parts of their own costs strict project monitoring (ex ante, midterm review, final review)

periodical program-evaluationfunding priorities & bottom up schemesinternational reputation: EU commission and OECD recognized some of our programs as best practicebroad set of target groups and funding instruments

FFG – Funding >> Characteristics

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VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE

Funding range:

from TRL 2 to TRL 7/ TRL 8

Funding opportunities:

Instruments for project initiation

Instruments targeting collaborative research

Instruments dedicated to individuals

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FFG » Programmes

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Entry

Innovation

voucher

Exploration

Feasibility

study

Patent

voucher

Project.Start

Company

projects

Single firm

project

Frontrunnner

Early Stage

Interface Science/Economy

Bridge

Cooperative

projects

with

thematic

focus

COMET (K-Projekt

)

Flagship

projects

Model

projects

with

thematic

focus

Innovation

labs

with

a

thematic

focus

Research

structures

COMET(K1/K2)

RSA – Research Studios

COIN

build

up

Laura Bassi

Innovation / Open Innovation

Innovation

labs

without

thematic

focus

COIN

networks

Impact Innovation

R&D-Infrastructure

R&D

infrastructure

Incubation

/ Start-up

Fellowship-programme

single

firm

project

Markt.Start

Qualification

FoKo

– Seminars

FoKo – networks

ImpulseEndowed professorshipsFoKo – lecturesTalents Internships – pupils and studentsDissertations

Broadband

Connect

Backhaul

Access

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FFG – INSTRUMENTS

European and International Programmes/Services

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FFG – CAPTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH INNOVATION - PARTNERSHIP

Partnership – between large organisations, SMEs and academic institutions

FFG offers a range of Support Tools: Collaborative Projects Sector Specific SupportCenters of Excellence

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R&D IN AUSTRIA >> SUPPORTED BY STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS24

Source: Cluster

Platform

Austria, 2014

Centers of Excellence, Industry Clusters and networks

in Austria between Industry, SMEs and Academia

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Funding and Services to support international STI cooperation

>> more than 40 national research promotion programmes enable quick access to research funding services

100 Joint Calls proposed, with more than 1.400 proposals and more than 650 funded project General openness for international participationRTD cooperation project: international participation possible: up to 20% of budget or 400.000€ Dedicated programme for international cooperation:

Beyond EUROPEFFG is the hub of the Austrian National Contact Points (NCPs) for Horizon 2020, offering training, coaching and consultancy for applicants and project participants

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research priorities/Digital Aspects26

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FFG »

Funding

2017

»

Thematic

priorities

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Quelle: FFG-Gesamtförderung inkl. Breitband (123 Mio.€); FFG-Förderstatistik 2017

562

million

Euro

100% =

2017

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core business Digitalisation

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Quelle: FFG-Gesamtförderung mit Breitband; Angabe in Mio. €; FFG-Förderstatistik 2017

Every

2nd FFG-Funded-

Euro

is invested in digital related projects!

in Mio. Euro

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FFG Portfolio – focus Digitalisation29

Research and Development

Diffusion

Human Resources

Digital Innovation Hubs

AT.Net

Digital Fit Bootcamps

Digital Fit Trainings

ICT

of

the

Future

Production

of

the

Future

Mobility

of

the

Future

Broadband Austria 2000

Infrastructure

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Which digital Technologies?30

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Longterm or short Term research?

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Ulrich SchuhAustrian EUREKA Team, HLR of AUSTRIA at EUREKA Network