1. I RELAND ’ S EIT SUPPORT SCHEME Catriona Ward, Enterprise Ireland Dámaris Fernández, Trinity College Dublin

2. No Irish participation to date. EIT an important part of the Horizon 2020 negotiations Proposed budget of €2.86B Need to act now to be part of the next wave.

3. Action required. 3 new KIC topics to launch in 2013/14 Healthy living and active aging Food4Future Raw Materials How to support Irish activity in this area?.

4. Solution 3 grants of €100K, one for each area Very tight turn around Funding for 12 person months and travel, no overhead allowed  23 Nov 12 – call launched  17 Dec 12 – call closed  18/19 Dec 12 – call evaluation  20 Dec 12 – awardees informed.

5. Criteria Must discuss application in advance with Enterprise Ireland Must include the 3 pillars of the EIT: Education, Innovation and Research Must not be a single institution but a national initiative Excellence most important.

6. Criteria Expected to work with the relevant NCP Expected to share knowledge between the 3 awardees Meeting of all 3 on 28 Jan to kick-off Enterprise Ireland will not interfere in partner selection, KIC selection etc. Leave this to the experts

7. Expected outcome Irish participation in all 3 of the next wave of KICs (ambitious!) Expect to see a national coordinated approach in these areas for future European activity Expect long term links with KIC partners whether successful or not If not successful, work to join the winners.

8. Food4Future Award to Teagasc (Irish agriculture and food development authority) Active in a KIC proposal Funding to be used to develop and broaden Irish activity Funding to be used for KIC preparation, working groups etc. Contact: declan.troy@teagasc.ie.

9. Healthy living Award to Trinity College Dublin Not active in a KIC proposal Funding to be used to kick start Irish activity in all 3 pillars Funding to be used to identify a good KIC consortium and gain access Contact: tilda@tcd.ie.

10. Raw Materials Award to Trinity College Dublin Active in RM Initiative at EU level Funding to be used to:  Develop national agenda in RM  Coordinate current activities across Ireland  Identify the best strategy  Gain access to strong KIC consortium.

11. EIT and Raw Materials :.

12. Irish Initiative in Raw Materials :.

14. Mission 1) To strengthen Irish potential in Raw Materials (as a baseline) 2) To guide the efforts across Ireland (Stakeholders: ACAD-RES-IND) 3) To contribute to position Ireland as a key role player in Europe’s Raw Materials activities

15. Goals 1) To develop a National Agenda in Raw Materials (baseline) 2) To coordinate Irish Stakeholders (ACAD-RES-IND + GOV) 3) T o be partners of the RM KIC Consortium by contributing with New Technologies relevant to key areas of Raw Materials life cycle.

16. Irish RM-KIC Contribution: Use of New Technologies relevant to key stages of the Raw Materials cycle Irish RM-KIC Contribution: Use of New Technologies relevant to key stages of the Raw Materials cycle Coordination Group for the Irish National Initiative for Raw Materials: Professor Mike Lyons, National Coordinator, melyons@tcd.ie Dr. Dámaris Fernández, Project Manager, dafernan@tcd.ie

17. I RELAND ’ S EIT SUPPORT SCHEME Catriona Ward, Enterprise Ireland, Catriona.ward@enterprise-ireland.com Dámaris Fernández, Trinity College Dublin