1. Open Materials Research and Innovation in Europe K. J. Kurzydlowski European Materials Forum

2. Launched in 2004 To stimulate strong contacts between research community and industry Provides a forum to advocate independent scientific advices President Prof. Michal KLEIBER Represented by Prof. K. J. Kurzydlowski, Director of Applied Research Funding Agency of Poland

3. Open innovation system – funding In what sense the current system is closed and locked? Fragmentation in terms Private and public National and European National spending exceeds by far European 95 to 5% Approximately 1/3 of spending comes from the National (Domestic) Funding Agencies

4. On average NF Agencies act separately Provide funding within administrative borders Against the intensifying diffusion of business activities Against the increasing mobility of human resources A clear need to diffuse the borders between the NFA

5. Some actions already in place ERA-NETS, Joint Planning, Eureka, Eurostars M-era.Net - a European network of public funding organisations and funding programmes on materials science and engineering 25 European countries 37 funding organisations, (29 national and 8 regional) The whole innovation chain from basic to applied research and innovation A single ERA-NET contract

6. Austria: FFG: www.ffg.atwww.ffg.at Austria: bmvit: www.bmvit.gv.atwww.bmvit.gv.at Austria: FWF: www.fwf.ac.atwww.fwf.ac.at Belgium-Flemish: FWO: www.fwo.bewww.fwo.be Belgium-Flemish: IWT: www.eurotransbio.euwww.eurotransbio.eu Belgium/Walloon Region: DGo6: http://spw.wallonie.be/http://spw.wallonie.be/ Cyprus: RPF: www.research.org.cywww.research.org.cy Germany: BMBF: www.bmbf.dewww.bmbf.de Germany: DFG: www.dfg.dewww.dfg.de Germany: JULICH: www.ptj.dewww.ptj.de Germany: KIT: www.ptka.kit.eduwww.ptka.kit.edu Estonia : ETF: www.etf.eewww.etf.ee Spain Andalusia: IDEA: www.agenciaidea.eswww.agenciaidea.es Spain Asturias: IDEPA: www.idepa.eswww.idepa.es Spain BasqueCountry: Innobasque: www.innobasque.comwww.innobasque.com Spain Madrid: fmi+d: www.madrimasd.orgwww.madrimasd.org Finland: Tekas: www.tekes.fiwww.tekes.fi France: ANR : www.agence-nationale-recherche.frwww.agence-nationale-recherche.fr France MidiPyrenees: RMP: http://www.midipyrenees.fr/Midi- Pyrenees,3650http://www.midipyrenees.fr/Midi- Pyrenees,3650 The M-era.Net Consortium  Hungary: OTKA: www.otka.hu www.otka.hu  Israel: MATIMOP: www.matimop.org.il www.matimop.org.il  Iceland: RANNIS: www.rannis.is www.rannis.is  Italy: MIUR: www.miur.it www.miur.it  Italy Piemonte: REGIONE PIEMONTE: www.regione.piemonte.it & FINPIEMONTE: www.finpiemonte.it www.regione.piemonte.it www.finpiemonte.it www.regione.piemonte.it www.finpiemonte.it  Lithuania: RCL: www.lmt.lt www.lmt.lt  Luxembourg: FNR: www.fnr.lu www.fnr.lu  Latvia: LAS: www.lza.lv www.lza.lv  Netherlands: NWO: www.nwo.nl www.nwo.nl  Norway: RCN: www.rcn.no www.rcn.no  Poland: NCBiR: www.ncbir.gov.pl www.ncbir.gov.pl  Portugal: FCT: www.fct.pt www.fct.pt  Romania: UEFISCDI: www.uefiscdi.ro www.uefiscdi.ro  Sweden: Vinnova: www.vinnova.se www.vinnova.se  Slovenia: MESCS: www.mizks.gov.si www.mizks.gov.si  Slovakia: SAS: www.sav.sk www.sav.sk  Turkey: Tübitak: www.tubitak.gov.tr www.tubitak.gov.tr  UK: TSB: www.innovateuk.org www.innovateuk.org

8. Sets a stage for further actions, in particular strengthening participation of SMEs The efficient way is to take advantage of "European coordination groups" Especially in the field of materials support of such organizations as E-MRS and FEMS Support the European SMEs with Materials KIC Materials KIC with participation of NFA

9. Innovation system open for SMEs SME free to apply with public research organizations to NFA disregarding their country of origin Simple and efficient system for granting access to resources of public research organizations Access to specialized research infrastructure The cost of R&D shared by EU and NFA