1. EU Research and Innovation: Horizon 2020
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2. + + - - Population Food Energy Climate +50% by 2050 +70% by 2050
Societal challenges require scientifc based solutions +
Population
Food
+50% by 2050
+70% by 2050 + -
Energy
Climate
+100% by 2050
+2o by 2050 - 2 2

3. Research and innovation – The main engines of future growth and jobs

4. The EU's share of world R&D expenditure is falling

5. The EU's share of world patents is falling

6. EU MS are far from reaching their R&D targets

8. Competitive Business SMEs
The Multiannual Financial Framework : European Council conclusions, 8 February 2013
Key challenge: stabilise the financial and economic system while taking measures to create economic opportunities
Smart & inclusive growth (€451 billion)
Sustainable growth, natural resources (€373 billion)
Security and citizenship (€16 billion)
Global Europe (€58 billion)
Administration (€61.6 billion)
HORIZON 2020
Competitive Business SMEs
Education, Youth, Sport
Connecting Europe
Cohesion
TOTAL
€960 billion

9. KEY FEATURES OF HORIZON 2020
The first integrated programme, covering both basic research and close-to-market innovation.
Total budget of ~ EUR 77 billion. Less than 10% of public R&D spending in the EU.
A 3 pillar approach with one general objective: “To contribute to building a society and economy based on knowledge and innovation across the Union." #1
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10. Horizon 2020 with three main pillars
1. Excellence (€ Mrd) - ERC (European Research Council) € Future and Emerging Technologies € Marie Sklodowska Curie € European Research Infrastructure € Industrial Leadership (€ Mrd) - Key enabling technologies: € Risk and venture capital : € Innovation in KMUs: € Societal Challenges (€ Mrd) - Health € Food Security and Safety € Energy € Transport € Climate change € Society € Security €
To maximise impact, all of the funding in Horizon 2020 is focused on three priorities: excellent science, industrial leadership and societal challenges.

11. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING 2014-2016
WHERE WE STAND
ALLOCATION OF FUNDING
Excellent Science Pillar : EUR 7.5 billion to 5964 projects
Additional priorities:
EUR 994 million
to 270 projects
EUR 20.4 billion
3. Societal Challenges Pillar: EUR 7.4 billion
to 2941 projects
2. Industrial Leadership Pillar:
EUR 4.5 billion to 1933 projects
Additional priorities: on widening participation, including society, EURATOM and the pilot for fast-track-to innovation:
Excellent Science: to reinforce and extend the excellence of EU’s science base and to consolidate the European Research Area
Industrial Leadership: to speed up the development of the technologies and innovations that will underpin tomorrow’s new technology and help innovative European SMEs to grow into world-leading companies
Societal Challenges: responds directly to grand societal challenges and aims to stimulate a critical mass of research and innovation efforts to help address these
75% of funding for collaborative projects
23.9% for SMEs (above the legal target of 20%!)
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12. WHERE WE STAND APPLICANTS, PROPOSALS AND SIGNED GRANTS
submitted over 100,000 proposals
requesting EUR ~173 billion
~11,000 grants were signed for ~EUR 20 billion
Overall success rate was 11.6%
Less than 1 in 4 high-quality proposals could be funded

13. KEY STRENGTHS
An attractive, simplified and well-performing programme, highly relevant for stakeholders and societal needs.
On track to deliver value for money and to meet its knowledge-creating objectives.
Strong EU Added Value through unique opportunities, competition & access to new knowledge. €
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14. KEY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT
Underfunding Has lower success rates than FP7, esp. for high quality proposals. Support for market-creating innovation Demonstrates potential for breakthrough, market-creating innovation, but it should be strengthened substantially. Greater outreach to civil society Should better explain the impacts of R&I, and involve even more the users & citizens in agenda-setting & implementation.
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