1. SSH in HORIZON 2020
EAUH, 2014, Lisbon

2. Industrial leadership
Three priorities
Excellent science
Industrial leadership
Societal challenges

3. Priority 1: Excellent science Proposed funding (€ million, 2014-2020)
European Research Council (ERC)
Frontier research by the best individual teams
13 095
Future and Emerging Technologies
Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation
2 696
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)
Opportunities for training and career development
6 162
Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)
Ensuring access to world-class facilities
2 488

4. 'Access to risk finance' with strong SME focus
Priority 2: Industrial leadership
Proposed funding (€ million, )
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEITs)
(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)
13 557
Access to risk finance
Leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation
2 842
Innovation in SMEs
Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs
616 + complemented by expected 20% of budget of societal challenges + LEITs and
'Access to risk finance' with strong SME focus

5. Priority 3: Societal challenges
Proposed funding (€ million, )
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
7 472
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy
3 851
Secure, clean and efficient energy *
5 931
Smart, green and integrated transport
6 339
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
3 081
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
1 310
Secure societies
1 695
Science with and for society
462
Spreading excellence and widening participation
816
Additional funding for nuclear safety and security from the Euratom Treaty activities ( )

6. Integration of SSH in Horizon 2020
Supported through the 'Excellent Science' part of H2020 (ERC, Marie Curie and Infrastructures)
Integrated in Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) where relevant
Integrated in all Societal Challenges
SSH play a major role in the Societal Challenge 6: "Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies"
Opportunities under 'Widening' and 'Science with and for Society' support programmes

7. SSH in the first call of Horizon 2020
199 out of 540 topics in the first call of Horizon (Pillar 2 and 3 + RI, Widening and SWFS) are flagged as SSH-relevant
Within the flagged topics the involvement of SSH will differ from a dominating/defining role to a more limited role
The SSH flagged topics constitute 37 % of all topics and an estimated budget available for SSH of 448 million euros. This represents 5.3 % of the budget (3,8 % excluding SC6)
The Excellent Science pillar is a very important instrument to support SSH research - the indicated share of SSH of the budgets for the ERC and Marie Sklodowska- Curie represents approximately 700 million euros for SSH for the first call of Horizon 2020

8. The Innovation Divide

9. Specific eligibility criteria for WIDESPREAD
Given the particular political objectives of the "Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation" part of H2020 a targeted approach in terms of eligibility is needed to help those participants with low performance in R&I
H2020 legal texts refer to "low performing RDI Member States and regions”
A Composite Indicator that measures Research Excellence (capped at the 70% of the EU average) was chosen to define which Member States will be considered as “low RDI performing” for Widening actions:
“low RDI performing” Member States: Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Romania, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Hungary.

10. Overview of main measures under WIDESPREAD in H2020
Teaming for Excellence (CoEs)
Twinning (institutional networking)
ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions)
Total Budget for WIDESPREAD in H2020 ~ € 800 million

11. Teaming for Excellence
What?
Creation of new (or significant upgrade of existing) Centres of Excellence in low performing Member States and regions
How?
Proposals: Need to demonstrate the long-term science and innovation strategy of the future Centre based on a SWOT analysis
Stage 1: Funding for the development of a Business Plan for the new Centre of Excellence facilitated by a teaming process with a leading counterpart in Europe
Stage 2: Subject to the quality of the Business Plan, and a commitment of the Member State (e.g. support via Cohesion Policy Funds), the Commission may provide further substantial financial support for the first steps of implementation of the Centre.

12. Teaming (2) The Partners - 2 parties in each Teaming project:
(1) the participant organisation (COORDINATOR) from a low performing Member State (for example a research agency at national or regional level, or a regional authority);
(2) an institution of research and innovation excellence (public or private) or a consortium of such institutions;

13. Teaming (3)
Call 2014 ("Stage 1"): Business Plan for a Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Budget: € 11.85M
Call deadline: 17 September 2014
Project Size: € € per proposal
Project Duration: 12 months
Deliverable: Business Plan of the CoE
2016: ("Stage 2") Implementation of the CoE
Budget: ~ € M
Project Size: €15-20M
Project Duration: 5-7 years
Funding for: Substantial support for the implementation phase of the CoE
Implementation: Specific Grant Agreement established under a Framework Partnership Agreement (Coordination and Support Action)
Total Budget for Teaming in H2020: ~ € 270 M

14. Twinning
What?
Strengthening a defined field 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
Funding for:
expert visits and short-term on-site or virtual training;
workshops & conference attendance;
organisation of joint summer school type activities;
dissemination and outreach activities.
Equipment & researchers' salaries will NOT be funded.

15. Twinning (2) The Partners
ONE institution located in a Low Performing MS/region (COORDINATOR)
A minimum of TWO additional partners from two different Member States or Associated Countries.
Call 2015 Details:
Budget: ~ € 64 M
Call publication date: 2 July 2014
Call deadline: 2 December 2014
Project Size: €1 M per proposal
Project Duration: 3 years
Type of action: Coordination and Support Action
Total Budget for Twinning in H2020: ~ € 100 M

16. ERA Chairs
What?
To bring high quality researchers and managers (ERA Chairs and their team) to universities and research organisations (in low performing MS and regions) with the potential for research excellence to help them implement structural changes to achieve excellence on a sustainable basis.
Proposal Design:
Proposals can be in any scientific domain of research and innovation but expected to be in line with regional/national strategies for smart specialisation.
Shall comprise measures to foster compliance with ERA priorities (open recruitment, peer review, gender balance, innovative doctoral training).
Include a plan to increase Research Capacity: measures for better use of the installed research capacity; description of any necessary investments in facilities and infrastructures and present a strategy to mobilise support for them (including possible support from ESI Funds).

17. ERA Chairs (2) Funding for: Salaries of ERA Chair and his/her team.
Support for measures aimed at structural changes in the institution (Possible costs that could be funded: trainings, meetings, publication and patenting costs, equipment)
Call 2014 Details:
Budget: ~ € 34 M
Call deadline: 15 October 2014
Project Size: max €2.5 M per proposal
Project Duration: 5 years
Type of action: Coordination and Support Action (Mono-Beneficiary)
Total Budget for ERA Chairs in H2020: ~ € 240 M

18. What is Science with and for Society?
Main objective:
'The aim is to build effective cooperation between science and society, to recruit new talent for science and to pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility.'

19. The objectives of Societal Challenge 6
"To foster a greater understanding of Europe, provide solutions and support inclusive, innovative and reflective European societies in a context of unprecedented transformations and growing global interdependencies" Horizon 2020 Regulation SC6 includes „research and innovation activities contributing to make societies more inclusive, innovative and reflective, and also specific measures supporting particular cross-cutting issues mentioned in this societal challenge ." Horizon 2020 Specific Programme

20. Structure of Societal Challenge 6
Inclusive Societies:
Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
Building resilient, inclusive, participatory and open societies in Europe
Europe's role as a global actor
Sustainable and inclusive environments through innovative spatial and urban planning
Innovative societies:
Strengthening the evidence-base and support for the IU and ERA
New forms of innovation, incl. social innovation and creativity
Make use of the innovative, creative and productive potential of all generations
Cooperation with third countries
Reflective societies:
European heritage (memory, identity)
European countries' and regions' history
Europe's role in the world; intercultural relations

21. Societal Challenge 6  5 Calls
"EURO"-CALL: Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe "YOUNG"-CALL: The young generation in an innovative, inclusive and sustainable Europe "REFLECTIVE"-CALL: Reflective societies: cultural heritage and European identities "INT"-CALL: Europe as a global actor "INSO"-CALL: New forms of innovation

22. Support
Calls, Topics, Modalities
IT issues

23. More information needed?
HORIZON 2020:
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 6 - WORK PROGRAMME 2014/2015:
innovative-and-reflective-societies
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS:
FACT SHEETS (on open access, international participation etc.):
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