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FFG - The Austrian Research Promotion
Agency
Management of Innovation and
Technology Policy Programmes
in Austria
Martin Reishofer,
4 May 2011
wbc-inco.net,
Seminar on Innovation Management
in the EU Frameworkprogramme
Ohrid / Macedonia
1) Overview on FFG and FFG Funding Schemes
2) The Programme COIN as a good practice
example of
a FFG Innovation Funding Scheme
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www.ffg.at
Catching-up: Expanding R&D spending
Ambition to join the club of „innovation leaders“
• GERD 2010: 2,76% of GDP, rank 3 on
european level (leading: Schweden
and Finnland)
Austria
Germany
• rank 7 in European Innovation
Scoreboard („Innovation Follower“)
EU-25/27
Gross expenditures on R&D in % GDP;
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Source: Eurostat; chart: ABA
Strengths and weaknesses of the Austrian innovation system according to CIS (2009)
weaknesses
EU 27
S&E and SSH graduates
ENABLERS
S&E and SSH doctorate graduates
Tertiary education
Life-long learning
Youth education
Public R&D expenditures
Venture Capital
Private credit
Broadband access by firms
FIRM ACITIVITES
Business R&D-expenditures
IT expenditures
No n-R&D innovation expenditures
k. A.
SMEs innovating in-house
Innovative SMEs collaborating
Firm renewal (SMEs entries + exits)
Public private co-publications
EPO patents
Community trademarks
Community designs
Techn. Balance of Payments flows
SMEs introducing product or process innovations
OUTPUTS
SMEs introducing marketing or organisational innovations
Resource efficiency innovators
k. A.
Reduced labour costs
Reduced use of materials and energy
Employment in medium-high & high-tech manufacturing
Employment in knowledge-intensive services
Medium-tech and high-tech manufacturing exports
-market
sales
New toNew-to
market
sales
New-to -firm sales
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k. A.
strengths
Parliament
Committee for Research, Innovation
& Technology
Federal Government
BMF
BMWFJ
BMVIT
BMWF
Austrian Science Fund
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www.ffg.at
FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency
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Founded in September 2004
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Merger of four organisations
Austrian Industrial Research Promotion Fund
Technologie Impulse Gesellschaft
Austrian Space Agency
Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation
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Legal structure: private limited company
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Owner: Federal Government, represented by
Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
Federal Minister of Economy, Family and Youth
Budget 2010
• 555 million € budget (2009: 508 Mio €)
• 225 staff (full-time equivalents)
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www.ffg.at
Organisational Structure
Internal audit
Management
Aeronautics
and Space
Agency (ALR)
Internal services
General
Programmes
Structural
Programmes
Thematic
Programmes
(GP)
(SP)
(TP)
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Strategy
European
and
International
Programmes
(EIP)
www.ffg.at
FFG-Research Promotion Statistics
2009
Development
from 2008 to 2009
2006
2007
2008
Accepted
projects
1.221
1.805
2.545
Partners
2.113
2.703
5.088
5.220
+3%
3.072
+ 21 %
funding
Agreed
447 Mio. €
406 Mio. €
548 Mio. €
508 Mio. €
-9%
Cash value
296 Mio. €
255 Mio. €
424 Mio. €
371 Mio. €
- 13 %
Payments
310 Mio. €
306 Mio. €
366 Mio. €
378 Mio. €
+3%
Source: FFG Promotion Statistics 2009
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FFG-Research Promotion Statistics II
Allocation of cash values according to type of organisations in
2009
3,27;
1%
Business
Research Organisations
4,02;
1%
71,22;
14%
Universities
Intermediates
others
47,17;
9%
TOTAL PAYMENTS
378,73;
75%
Source: FFG Promotion Statistics 2009
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www.ffg.at
FFG-Research Promotion Statistics III
New FFG-apllicants 2007- 2009
Antragsteller in genehmigten Projekten
New Applicants
Experienced Applicants
3500
3000
2500
1.129
1.307
2000
39%
46%
1500
1000
436
31%
1.409
500
2.913
2.863
1.556
1.784
973
0
2007
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2008
2009
General Programmes (GP)
Objective
• Strengthening the technological competitiveness of companies
based in Austria
• Broadening of the innovation base (attracting newcomers)
Funding model is based on
• In-house project assessment and selection
• Open call
• Bottom-up (no thematic focus)
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www.ffg.at
General Programme
target group:
companies, individual researchers/ inventors, research institutes
consortium:
single applicant, co-operating working groups
tailored instruments: up to 50 % (or 70 %) of the total project costs: grants, low
interest loans, bank guarantees
calls:
submission at any time and regular decision board meetings
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any technology fields or firm sizes
experimental research and development projects
projects with a concrete chance of commercial exploitation
funding: fulfilment of technical and economical criteria
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General Programmes (bottom up)
Programmes and Initiatives
SMEs
Large scale
enterprise
Innovation Voucher
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BRIDGE (Programme)
x
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General application-oriented research funding
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(HighTech) Start up Funding
x
Feasibility Studies
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Headquarter Strategy
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Young Experts (preperation for diplomas)
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Collective Research
x
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Service Innovations
x
x
International Projects (EFRE, EUREKA, EraNET,
….)
x
(x)
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x
Thematic Programmes (TP)
Programmes
 FIT-IT – Information technologies
 At:net – Austrian Electronic Network
 BENEFIT – New technologies for elderly people
 Intelligent transport systems and services (IV2S)
 Energy Research
 NANO Initiative – nano sciences and nano technologies
 KIRAS – Safety research
 TAKE OFF – the Austrian aeronautics programme
 GEN-AU – Genome research
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www.ffg.at
European and International Programmes (EIP)
Objectives
• Support of Austrian researchers in industry and science with
a view to promoting participation in the European
Research Framework Programme, EUREKA,CIP, etc.
Tasks
• National competence and service centre for European and
international R&D programmes and initiatives
• Professional information and counselling on all
programmes by competent national contact points
• Establishment of contacts with international R&D
networks
• Monitoring of Austrian participation in EU Framework
Programme
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Aeronautics and Space Agency (ALR)
Objectives
• International positioning and networking of Austrian industry,
economy, science
• Securing Austria‘s competitiveness at the international level
• Implementation of Austrian aeronautics and space policy
Tasks
• Central contact point for coordination of activities
• Representing Austria in EU bodies, ESA, EUMETSAT
• Management of participation in bilateral and international aerospace
programmes, management of the Austrian space programme
• Sustainable development and strengthening of the Austrian
aeronautics and space cluster
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www.ffg.at
Structural Programmes
FFG
Structural
Programmes
Science
Excellence and
Competence
Co-operation and
Innovation
Human
Potential
Industry
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www.ffg.at
Structural Programmes - Mission
• To support sustainable networks and partnerships
between science and industry
• To improve and accelerate the transformation of
knowledge into innovation
• To strengthen human potential in Austria as a location for
research and innovation
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COIN – a good practise example of a
FFG Innovation Funding Programme
COIN – Funding the transfer of knowledge into innovation
(focused on SMEs)
• Initiated by two Austrian ministries (programme owner cooperation)
• Thematically open calls
• Target groups: companies (especially SMEs), Intermediaries, RTOs
• Consortia type projects
• Open Calls with „cut off dates“ twice a year
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COIN - Basic Requirements and Regulations
• FTE-Richtlinien (Basic Guidelines by Federal Ministry of
Transport, Innovation and Technology and Federal Ministry of
Economy), based on the European Framework Programme
• Programme Document COIN (owned by the ministries)
(guidelines for the implementation of the programme)
• Guidelines for calls
(detailed regulations for proposer’s, tips and hints for submission)
• Reporting Guidelines (for project processing, resp. monitoring)
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COIN Calls in 2 Programme Lines
COIN – „Competence Building“
• aims at building competences and strengthening those agents, that are
core partners for enterprises in terms of R&D an innovation
• partners are not mandatory; only RTO partners are allowed to receive
funding; company partners have to be orderer of R&D in Phase 2 of the
project running time
COIN – „Cooperation and Networks“
• is focused on cooperation projects strengthening the innovation level
especially of SMEs by technology and knowhow transfer
• Consortia type projects: min. cooperation of 3 companies (2 of them
SMEs)
• Additional (optional) partners: universities, universities of Applied
Sciences (UAS), research institutes, higher education institutes, other
intermediaries (e.g. Technology Centers, Clusters, …)
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COIN „Cooperation and Networks“ Funding Scheme
Knowledge- and Technologytransfer to SMEs
- innovative products
- Innovative procedures
- innovative services
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Practical Application
in Form of Consortia
minimum 3 companies (SMEs),
additional RTOs, Intermediaries,
further companies
Co-operation
Innovation
two basic requirements
- Build-up of sustainable innovation
oriented cooperation
- Implementation of innovation projects
based on existing networks between
SMEs and RTOs
Funding Conditions in Detail
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Minimum project configuration is 3 companies (thereof 2 SMEs)
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Funding by grants
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funding rate is limited to 60% of the total project costs (40% own
resources can be brought in by cash or in Form of “in kind”, e.g. by
working hours)
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Maximum funding: 500.000 Mio EUR
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At least 60% of the project costs must be costs of the consortia
partners, i.e. max. 40% external costs
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Duration: projects can be funded for maximum 3 years running time
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COIN – Call Management
Proposals (submitted by e-call)
P2
P3
P4
P5
Pn
FFG
„Check on Eligibility“ & Technical Expertise
Jury of Experts
Ex ante Evaluation of Proposals,
Explicit Funding-Recommendation
Minister
Announcement of Decision
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Call Deadline
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P1
Communication
of Results
Best Practise Example of Consortia Project Structure
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Facts and Figures
(based on 4 COIN Calls “Cooperation & Networks”)
• 248 proposals (Ø 60 proposals p.a.)
• 74 selected and funded projects -> Ø quota of success: 30%
• Total funding amount: approx. 25,5 Mio EUR
• More than 450 funded Consortia Partners
• - Ø Volumen per project: approx. 600.000 EUR
- Ø Funding per project: approx. 350.000 EUR
• Mainly 2 years running time
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Split of Consortia Partners
On average 5 to 6 Partners per project
TechnologyCenters
Clusters
RTDI-Institutes
other
Intermediaries
Consulters
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productive SMEs
COIN „Special“
Transnational Funding within a national programme by
COIN „Cooperation & Networks International“
Partner Countries:
Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Croatia,
Macedonia,
Montenegro,
Serbia
(inkl. UNMIK/Kosovo)
Ukraine,
Turkey,
Moldova
Russia,
Belarus
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan
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Funding Criteria and Procedure related
to COIN „Cooperation & Networks“, but …
- Funding up to 70% (RTDI-Institutes 75%)
- min. 4 companies/SMEs (thereof 2 from Austria)
- min. 15 % and max. 50% funding to non Austrian Partners
R&D makes an Impact
>> www.ffg.at
FORSCHUNG WIRKT.
Thank You
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