1. Prof. Vladimir Crnojevic – BioSense center
H2020 ICT call experience
Prof. Vladimir Crnojevic – BioSense center

3. Very successful in FP7 – 14 projects
4 projects won from H2020 until today
The only H2020 TEAMING project from Associated Countries - ANTARES
FP7 FUTURE INTERNET project proposer – FRACTALS
Largest project in Serbia
Over 7 Million EUR total budget
Over 5 to be distributed to innovative SMEs for ICT apps in Agri sector

4. Example from H2020 Robotics Call
2014

5. Example from H2020 Robotics Call 2014

6. "We are evaluating jackets, but we will chop you one mark because we don't like your shoes"
ESR problem
the same negative aspect is evaluated twice and marks are chopped from two criteria for the same reason

7. "We are evaluating jackets, but we will chop you one mark because we don't like your shoes"
ESR problem
the same negative aspect is evaluated twice and marks are chopped from two criteria for the same reason

8. “MEMBERS ONLY”
When it comes to successful proposals, out of 17 proposals:
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 4
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV 4
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN 4
RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN 3
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA 3
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA 3
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE 3
SERBIA 0 (But also other Associated countries Israel 0, Turkey 0)
Funded projects seem to circulate around a small group of “usual suspects”
It is very unlikely to find a project in the list, without one of those in the consortium

9. General Remarks Strategic aiming to fewer and bigger projects
To reduce administrative burden?
EC is making ICT Calls a closed circuit for few huge institutes/companies and does not allow "all flowers to blossom“
Specially ones from remote or not so polished gardens!

10. Funding Issues Problem with 28% funding in H2020 To Serbian ministry
SMEs and startups cannot finance projects
To Serbian ministry
A guarantee fund that will allow SMEs to get loans from banks if they are accepted in a H2020 project (Just like Turkey does)

11. H2020 TEAMING Call
To create new institution with EU level reputation – European Center of Excellence
Bottom-up topical approach
To support the region in terms of innovation transfer, creation of jobs and economic growth
1st stage budget: up to EUR for business plan development
2nd stage budget: up to 20 Million EUR (+ national contribution) for new CoE

12. ANTARES – H2020 TEAMING project
To evolve BioSense Center into European CoE
ICT research applied to Agriculture and Environment
The only H2020 TEAMING project from Associated Countries
Partners
BioSense – University of Novi Sad
DLO – Wageningen research
Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Tech.Development

13. ANTARES – H2020 TEAMING project
New European Center of Excellence
To boost ICT innovation in Agriculture and Environment
To support regional SMEs with technology transfer
To help faster rural development
To push the regional economy towards sustainable and efficient agricultural production