Horizon 2020 WIDENING programme as a capacity building mechanism for the EUSDR Ralf König Austrian Research Promotion Agency ”Enhancing transnational R&I co-operation in the Danube Region” - Priority setting for activities and upcoming calls 2016/2017 - Joint workshop: Danube-INCO.NET EUSDR Priority Area 07 “Knowledge Society” PA07 WG 3: DRRIF and Coordination of National Funds within the Danube Region 18 September 2015, Vienna, Austria
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Horizon 2020 WIDENING programme as a capacity building mechanism for the EUSDR
Ralf KönigAustrian Research Promotion Agency
”Enhancing transnational R&I co-operation in the Danube Region”- Priority setting for activities and upcoming calls 2016/2017 -
Joint workshop:Danube-INCO.NET
EUSDR Priority Area 07 “Knowledge Society”PA07 WG 3: DRRIF and Coordination of National Funds within the Danube Region
1. Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEITs)
2. Access to risk finance
3. Innovation in SMEs
Target:Tackling Societal chalenges
1. Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing
2. Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy
3. Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy4. Transport5. Climate Action, Environment,
Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials
6. Europe in a changing world7. Secure societies
ExcellenctScience
(€24.232,1 Mio.)
IndustrialLeadership(€16.466,5 Mio.)
SocietalChallenges(€28.629,6 Mio.)
• Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation (€816,5 Mio.)• Science with and for Society (€444,9 Mio.)
• European Institute of Innovation and Technology (€2.383,0 Mio.) • Joint Research Centre (€1.855,7 Mio.)
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Objective:Enhancing economic growth and competitiveness in Low Research & Innovation (R&I) Performing Countries.
Strengthening research organisations:• Facilitating access to networks and partnering opportunities• Providing technical assistance and expertise• Increasing efficiency of the national research and innovation
systems• Improving Research & Innovation policies
FUNDING FOR 3-7 YEARS
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Who can Benefit?• Member States (MS):
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
• Associated Countries (AC):Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine
How does it work?• Through cooperation with leading R&I performing EU Member
States & Associated Countries.• Cooperation is established through several actions:
“Teaming”, “ERA-Chairs”, “Twinning”, “COST” and more.
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation - Topics
Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions… will invest in Europe’s research and innovation potential through supporting the creation of new (or upgrading of existing) Centres of Excellence on the basis of partnerships with internationally leading institutions.
Twinning of research institutions… aims to build on the huge potential of networking for excellence through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice between research institutions and leading partners.
ERA chairs… will bring outstanding researchers to universities and other research organisations that have high potential for research excellence.
COST Policy Support Facility (PSF) Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE VII , WIRE VIII) Experts (expert evaluators, experts groups, monitors) Studies & Conferences Strengthening the administrative and operational capacity of transnational networks of
National Contact Points Support to JPI Urban Europe
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation - TEAMING
Objective: Establishing a new Centre of Excellence or upgrading an existing one in low R&I performing countries
Two parties for Teaming : A public or private institution of research and innovation excellence or a consortium of such institutions A research organisation from a low R&I performing Member State
Two stages for Teaming : Stage 1: Submitting a Business Plan
• Demonstrating the potential of the future Centre, to develop new regional cluster formation, or connect effectively with an existing one
• Describing prospects of the hosting country or region to support the initiative
• Selected consortia will receive 12 month funding for further development of the plan
• Funding: € 0.2 - 0.5 Million
Stage 2: Selecting consortia for 5-7 years funding• Grant for setting up the Centre of Excellence, to be complemented by substantial funding from national authorities.
• Funding: € 15 Million
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation – ERA CHAIRS
Objective: Grant for hiring high quality personnel to implement structural changes necessary to achieve excellence on a sustainable basis
The grant covers: the ERA Chair holder and a number of team members.
Who can apply?: Universities and other eligible research organisations
Research areas: any
Duration of grant: 5 years
Funding: € 2.5 Million
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation - TWINNING
Objective: Grant for mentorship of an institution in a low R&I performing country, by internationally leading research institutions, in order to strengthen a defined field of research
Duration of grant: 3 years
Funding: € 1 Million
Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation – Calls
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
What? Strengthening a defined area of research of a knowledge institution in a low performing Member State or region through linking with at least two internationally-leading counterparts in Europe.
How? Proposals: Will have to outline the scientific strategy for stepping up and stimulating scientific excellence and innovation capacity in a defined area of research as well as the scientific quality of the partners involved in the twinning exercise.
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
Specific challenge… to address networking gaps and deficiencies between the research institutions of the Widening countries and internationally-leading counterparts at EU level. Driven by the quest for excellence, research intensive institutions tend to collaborate increasingly in closed groups, producing a crowding-out effect for a large number of promising institutions.
Scope/ObjectiveTwinning aims at significantly strengthening a defined field of research in a university or research organisation from a WIDENING Country by linking it with at least two internationally-leading research institutions in other Member States or Associated Countries.
Twinning will:• Enhance the S&T capacity of the linked institutions.• Help raise staff’s research profile as well as the one of the
institutions involved.
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
Successful Twinning proposals
• will have to clearly outline the scientific strategy for stepping up and stimulating scientific excellence and innovation capacity in a defined area of research as well as the scientific quality of the partners involved in the twinning exercise;
• are encouraged to explain how the Twinning activity will contribute to the overall Smart Specialisation (or any other relevant thematic regional/national) Strategy of the specific location of the initiating institution;
• should include a comprehensive set of measures to be supported.
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
Impact• measurable and significant improvement in the overall scientific and innovation capacity
of the initiating institution in a particular area of research;• linkages with research intensive counterpart institutions in other Member States ;• positive impacts on the overall research and innovation potential of the Member State or
the region the initiating institution is located in.
Improvement could be (e.g.) measured through• increased peer-reviewed publications;• increased impact factors in terms of citations etc.
Impact indicators• should reflect an increase in relative terms based on the situation before the project
compared to the projected situation immediately after the project is completed, as well as within the foreseeable future after completion.
• are important for determining the potential regionaland national impact, as well as long-term sustainability and viabilityof the beneficiary organisations.
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
The Partners• ONE institution located in a Low Performing EU Member State/Region or
Associated Country (COORDINATOR)• A minimum of TWO additional partners from two different EU Member
States or Associated Countries.
Call 2017 Details• Call publication: October 2015• Call deadline: 15 November 2017• Call budget: 20.00 Mio. EUR• Project budget: 1 Mio. EUR• Project duration: max. 3 years• Type of action: Coordination and Support Action
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
Eligible Costs
Funding for:• short term staff exchanges• expert visits and short-term on-site or virtual trainings• workshops• conference attendance• organisation of joint summer school type activities• dissemination and outreach activities
Equipment will NOT be funded• no support to infrastructure and equipment• no support for hiring new permanent research staff
however, personnel costs ( i.e. salaries) are eligible
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
Eligibility conditions
• The applicant organisation should be established in a Member State that is ranked below 70% of the EU27 average of the composite indicator on Research Excellence.
• The selected corrective threshold of 70% of the EU average has been chosen in line with the particular policy requirements of the measure, to ensure the greatest possible impact through targeting only the lowest performing Member States, and thereby maximising the real value of these actions.
The following Member States will be eligible to submit proposals:• Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
The following Associated Countries will be eligible to submit proposals:• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey andUkraine
Spreading Excellence and Widening ParticipationTwinning Programme
Composite indicator of Research Excellence• measures the research excellence in Europe
"Research and Innovation Performance in EU Member States and Associated Countries 2013 - Innovation Union progress at country level"http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/pdf/state-of-the-union/2012/innovation_union_progress_at_country_level_2013.pdf
• meaning:– the effects of European and national policies on the modernization of research
institutions– the vitality of the research environment and– the quality of research outputs in both basic and applied research.
The indicator is composed of four variables:• the share of highly cited publications in all publications where at least one of the authors has an
affiliation in a given country• number of top scientific universities and public research organizations in a country divided by
million population• patent applications per million population• total value of ERC grants received divided by public R&D performed by the