Transcript FP7 - Enterprise Europe Network

Malta Council for Science and Technology
Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7)
15 July, 2008
Anthea Frendo
FP7 National Contact Point
FP7 at a glance
• EU’s main funding tool for supporting research and
technological development
• 2007-2013
• Total budget of over € 50 Billion
• Supports research in selected priority areas
• Objectives
– to strengthen the scientific and technological base of
European industry
– to encourage European competitiveness
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FP7 Structure
Cooperation – Collaborative research
Ideas – Frontier Research
People – Researcher Mobility
Capacities – Research Capacity
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Budget: €50,521 Million
Capacities, 4 097
JRC (EC), 1 751
People, 4 750
€ million
Ideas, 7 510
Cooperation,
32 413
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SMEs in FP7
The importance of SMEs in the European
economy:
• SMEs are at the core of European industry
and key players in the innovation system
• SMEs account for 67% of European GDP
• Provide 55% of the total jobs in the private
sector
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SMEs in COOPERATION
• Encouraged to participate in collaborative research
projects in all 10 research themes
• Target of 15% of Cooperation funding dedicated to
SMEs
• Identification of areas and specific measures of
particular interest to SMEs in the WP
• Simplified financial and administrative procedures
(e.g. 75% funding rate for SMEs, reduced
requirements for audit, no bank guarantees)
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Collaborative projects targeted to SMEs:
Different types of projects including “projects
targeted to special groups such as SMEs”
 Stimulate the participation of SMEs
 Research-intensive SMEs should play a leading
role in such projects
 Requested EC contribution to participating SMEs
must in all cases be substantial
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PEOPLE
• Marie Curie Actions focus on training, mobility
and career development of researchers
• Open to individual researchers both in public
and private sector
• No thematic priorities – bottom-up approach
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SMEs in PEOPLE - IAPP
Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
(IAPP)
supports cooperation between academia and
industry and encourage SME participation through:
 staff secondments between academia and industry
 temporary hosting of experienced researchers from
outside
funding is provided mainly for staff exchange;
recruitment and networking activities; research
costs and equipment costs for SMEs
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SMEs in PEOPLE - ITN
Initial Training Networks (ITN)
ITNs are networks of academic and private
research organisations which collaborate to train
researchers in order to improve their research and
entrepreneurial skills, and enhance their career
prospects
At least 3 participants proposing a coherent
research training programme
Funding covers recruitment of researchers,
networking activities and research costs
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IDEAS
• New in FP7
• Supports frontier/basic research
• Supports individual researcher-projects both
from the private an public sectors
• Evaluated on the sole criterion of excellence
as judged by peer review
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CAPACITIES
• Divided into 6 broad areas:
 Research Infrastructures
 Research for the benefit of SMEs
 Regions of Knowledge
 Research Potential
 Science in Society
 Specific Activities for International Cooperation
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Research for the benefit of SMEs
Objectives:
• Strengthen the innovation capacities of SMEs
to develop new products and markets by
outsourcing of research
 increase their research efforts
 acquire technological know-how
 extend their networks
 improve the exploitation of research results
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Research for the benefit of SMEs
Target groups:
• Research for SMEs
 low to medium technology SMEs with little or no research
capability
 research intensive SMEs that need to outsource research
to complement their core research capability
• Research for SME Associations
 SME associations representing their members and their
common technical problems
Bottom-up approach – no thematic focusing
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SMEs in FP7 – why?
Economic benefits can be achieved and innovation
performance increased
• Commercial risks are reduced
• Enhanced productivity and market share
• Establishing new European and International contacts and
partnerships
• Access to new markets
• Contribution to marketable technology
• Staff development
• Long term perspectives
Successful FP participation can lead to stronger
competitiveness of the enterprise
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Role of MCST in FP7
• MCST has appointed an NCP for every thematic and
horizontal area in FP7.
• Every local NCP is part of a NCP network at the
European level.
• Disseminates information on FP7.
• Identifies opportunities in current calls.
• Organises info days and training workshops.
• Advises in proposal writing and joining consortia.
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THANK YOU!
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