1. Funding Opportunities Horizon 2020
H2020 = largest and innovation program in the world. 80 bn euros.
How many have heard about H2020?
How many have had funding from H2020?
UU has somewhere between close to 150 projects within H2020.
In FP7 we had 250 projects.
60 ERC grants.
Anders Alderborn, Assoc Prof
Head of Research Support Unit
Office for Medicine and Pharmacy
Uppsala University

2. Many funding opportunities
Basic research
Applied research and innovation
International collaborations within EU (and outside)
Usually ≥3 countries involved
Academia – industry – public organisations
Cross-disciplinary research
Networking
European infrastructure
Training and mobility within and outside EU ! ! ! ! ! !

3. Many funding opportunities
Search regularly for calls to find your opportunities
H2020 is a program to reach political goals
Research with strong emphasis on innovation, international collaboration and creation of impact
Contact EU project coordinators for advice

4. Europe 2020 EU’s strategy for economical development
Common goals for EU development within:
Employment rate
Research and development
Climate/energy
Education
Social inclusion and poverty reduction
Broken down into seven flagship initiatives

5. Flagship initiatives Smart growth Sustainable growth Inclusive growth
Innovation union
Flagship
initiatives
Youth on the move
Digital agenda
Sustainable growth
Inclusive growth
Industrial Policy for the Globalization Era
European Platform Against Poverty
Resource Efficient Europe
Agenda for new Skills and Jobs

6. Flagship: Innovation Union
Improve framework conditions and access to funding for research and innovation
Make Europe a world-class science performer
Strengthen the innovation value chain
Turn ideas into products and services for at better society, growth, jobs and competitiveness
Revolutionise the way public and private sectors work together
Innovation = an idea put into practice with success,
e.g. technical and social innovations

7. Where is the funding?

8. Largest research/innovation programme in the world
Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing Europe 2020 and the Innovation Union
Largest research/innovation programme in the world
No 8 in a series of Frame Programmes:
FP1 to FP7, 1984 – 2013
Horizon 2020, 2014 – 2020
Horizon Europe, 2021 – 2027

9. Main goals
Strengthen the EU’s position in science (“Excellent science”)
Boost top-level research
Address major European concerns (“Societal challenges”)
Health problems, climate, energy, inequalities etc
Bridge the gap between research, healthcare and market
Strengthen European industry, in particular small companies (SMEs) (“Industrial leadership”)
Remove obstacles in industrial innovation

10. Main goals
Strengthen the EU’s position in science (“Excellent science”)
Boost top-level research
Address major European concerns (“Societal challenges”)
Health problems, climate, energy, inequalities etc
Bridge the gap between research, healthcare and market
Strengthen European industry, in particular small companies (SMEs) (“Industrial leadership”)
Remove obstacles in industrial innovation
=> A variety of calls formed in three ”priorities” (pillars)

11. Strengthen EU’s position in science
I will now briefly describe the most important programs for us at UU.
Strengthen European industry, in particular small companies (SMEs)
Address major European concerns in society

12. Strengthen EU’s position in science

13. ERC (European Research Council)
Groundbreaking research, “bottom-up” (a la VR)
Individual grants
Project types:
Starting Grant
2-7 years from dissertation
Consolidator Grant
8-12 years from dissertation
Advanced Grant
Highly prestigious grants for basic research

14. ERC Synergy Grant Basic frontier research, “bottom-up”
2-4 Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research questions
Up to € 10 million over 6 years
Proof of Concept Grant
For ERC Grant holders to investigate innovation potential

15. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Education/training combined with mobility
Research training
Develop the innovative potential of researchers
Funded persons must move to another country
Enhance employability in academia and non-academia
Any idea allowed (= bottom-up)

16. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Individual Fellowships (IF)
Individual grants for researchers with PhD or equivalent (ER) to work in a lab in another country for 3 – 24 months
Two alternatives:
In Europe – max two years
Outside EU – max two years abroad and one year in EU
Well suited for post-docs with some experience
Do you know anyone from abroad who want to work at UU?

17. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
～ universities and companies working together
European “research schools” to train creative and innovative ESRs (usually PhD students)
Training to face societal challenges and to convert ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit
Great opportunity for PhD students!

18. Do you have any visionary new idea to investigate?
FET Open
FET = Future Emerging Technologies
Funding to study radically new technological possibilities to “shape the future technology landscape”
Collaboration between academia and industry
Any idea allowed (= bottom-up) => with high future impact on a market
Do you have any visionary new idea to investigate?

19. Address major European concerns in society

20. Societal Challenges
Focus: Research/innovation projects to address challenges in society
Challenges in H2020:
Health, demography
Food, agriculture, forestry, water, bioeconomy
Energy
Transport
Climate, resources, raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Secure societies

21. Societal Challenges EU defines calls (”top-down”)
Collaborations between academia, industry and public sector
Bring together resources from different fields
Cover applied research and close-to-market activities
Three criteria:
Science
Impact
Implementation

22. Strengthen European industry, in particular small companies (SMEs)

23. Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)
Focus: Develop new technologies to boost competitiveness, create jobs and support growth
Collaboration between industry and academia
Industrial participants will maximise the chance to reach the market
Areas:
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Advanced materials
Advanced manufacturing and processing
Information and communications technology (ICT)
Space

24. Pan-European Networkning
Public-private partnerships

25. Excellent opportunity to be part of large international networks
COST
Network Actions within EU and 8 neighbors (36)
Strengthen cooperation in Europe
Close the gap between science, policy makers and society
Funded (no research):
Scientific workshops / conferences
Training for young scientists
Dissemination and publications
Excellent opportunity to be part of large international networks

26. Collaboration academia, industry and public partners
Focus: Entrepreneurship and innovation
UU involved in three EIT focus areas:
EIT Health
InnoEnergy
EIT raw material
Funding of projects within:
New education
Close-to-market research projects
Business creation opportunities

27. Public-private partnerships (PPP)
Long-term commitments between academia and industry
Funding collaborative projects within each PPP
Top-down calls within 7 PPPs:
Medicines and treatments Innovative (IMI2)
Energy and transport (FCH2)
Electronics manufacturing capabilities (ECSEL)
Clean Sky 2 (CS2): Aircraft
Bio-based Industries (BBI)
Railway infrastructure (Shift2Rail)
Air Traffic Management system (SESAR)

28. Many funding opportunities
Search regularly for calls to find your opportunities
H2020 is a program to reach political goals
Research with strong emphasis on innovation, international collaboration and creation of impact
Contact EU project coordinators for advice

29. The Funding & Tenders Portal

30. Information in MP (medarbetarportalen)

31. EU funding support at UU

32. Good luck!