1. European Funding Opportunities for
Title
Research, development & Innovation
Sub-title
PLACE PARTNER’S
European Commission
LOGO HERE Enterprise and Industry
Outline
• ABC of European Funding
• European Programmes
7th Framework Programme for Research &
Technological development
Eurostars
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
• How to benefit from them & who can help?
National Contact Points
Enterprise Europe Network
ABC of European Funding
• European « Project »: preparation, submission,
evaluation, negotiation, management, reporting, exploitation
• Calls for proposals published by the EC
• Consortium with international partners
• Work language: English
• Bringing added value for Europe
• Timescale: medium (to long) term
• « Red tape »: reports, …
• Non refundable grant covering 50% ->100% of
costs
• & … Networking
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2. European Funding
Fundamental Applied
Idea Demonstration Product Market
Research Research
FP7 Cooperation – Energy &
Environment
FP7 Capacities – Research for the
benefit of SME (associations)
FP7 People - IAPP
EUROSTARS
CIP Intelligent Energy
Europe
ERASMUS for YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS
7th Framework Programme – FP7
• Period: 2007 – 2013
• Budget (total): > € 50 billions
• For research & development projects
• EC funding between 50% & 100% of costs
• In general: consortium of min. 3 partners from
different countries
• http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html
FP7 Specific Programmes
• 7th
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3. FP7 Sub-Programmes
Budget (2007-2013)
• Ideas € 7,5 millions
• People € 4,7 millions
• Capacities € 4,1 millions
• Cooperation € 32,4 millions
• Euratom (2007-2011) € 2,8 millions
• Joint Research Centre (JRC) € 1,8 millions
FP7 People (« Marie - Curie »)
• Training & mobility of researchers
• IAPP Projects
Industry - Academia Partnerships and Pathways
• EC funds researcher to go & work for industry
• Next IAPP call : end 2011 – mid 2012 (TBC)
• http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people/home_en.html
• Contact person:
NCP FNRS – M. Bruno Moraux - 02/ 504 93 05
bruno.moraux@frs-fnrs.be
FP7 Capacities
• Research for the benefit of SME (association)
- R&D outsourced to 3rd parties (universities, …)
- SME(s) own(s) 100% Intellectual Property Rights
- Consortium: minimum 3 SMEs + 2 Universities
- EU funding: max. 110% of R&D budget
- Duration: maximum 2 ans
- New 2010-2011: Demonstration actions
- http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/research-sme_en.html
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4. FP7 Cooperation
R&D projects involving academia & industry
• Health € 6,1 millions
• Agro-food € 1,9 millions
• Information & Communication Technologies € 9,1 millions
• Nanosciences, -technologies, -materials & -production € 3,5 millions
• Energy - area 2.3 WIND € 2,4 millions
• Environment € 1,9 millions
• Transport € 4,2 millions
• Socio-economic Sciences € 0,6 millions
• Security € 1,4 millions
• Space € 1,4 millions
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation/home_en.html
Focus on large scale offshore wind turbines
European Funding
Fundamental Applied
Idea Demonstration Product Market
Research Research
FP7 Cooperation – Energy &
Environment
FP7 Capacities – Research for the
benefit of SME (associations)
FP7 People - IAPP
EUROSTARS
CIP Intelligent Energy
Europe
ERASMUS for YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS
EUROSTARS
• Market oriented R&D Projects
• R&D intensive SMEs: min. 10% FTEP or turnover
• Consortium: min. 2 partners
• Duration: max. 3 ans (project result launched on market
after 2 first years of project)
• 2 yearly calls (next deadline: 24/03/2011)
• http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/home.do
• Contact person: INNOVIRIS – M. Paul Van Snick:
pvansnick@innoviris.be
02 600 50 27
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5. EUROSTARS
European Funding
Fundamental Applied
Idea Demonstration Product Market
Research Research
FP7 Cooperation – Energy &
Environment
FP7 Capacities – Research for the
benefit of SME (associations)
FP7 People - IAPP
EUROSTARS
CIP Intelligent Energy
Europe
ERASMUS for YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS
Competitiveness & Innovation
Programme - PCI
• Period: 2007 – 2013
• Budget (total): > € 3.6 billions
• Innovation Projects (no research!)
• In general: consortium with EU added value ->
several independent partners from different countries
(EU 27 + …)
http://ec.europa.eu/cip/index_en.htm
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6. CIP - Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)
• Awareness raising & dissemination projects
• Objectifs:
Improve energy efficiency (SAVE)
Promote renewable energy sources (ALTENER)
• Duration: max. 3 years
• Budget: between € 0.5 & 2.5 millions
• EU funding: max. 75% of costs
• http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/
• 2011 call for proposals:
Closure: 12/05/2011 @ 17h00 sharp
PCI / Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)
European Funding
Fundamental Applied
Idea Demonstration Product Market
Research Research
FP7 Cooperation – Energy &
Environment
FP7 Capacities – Research for the
benefit of SME (associations)
FP7 People - IAPP
EUROSTARS
CIP Intelligent Energy
Europe
ERASMUS for YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS
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7. Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
• Exchange programme between young &
experienced entrepreneurs from different countries
Young entrepreneur: Business plan & max. 3 ans of activity
• Objectives:
Stimulation of entrepreneurship & acquisition managment
skills
Internationalisation of activities :access to new markets
• EC funds the young entrepreneur
• Internship duration: between 1 & 6 months
• Contact person: Mrs. Nadine Bettens – 02 422 00 21 –
nbe@bea.irisnet.be
• http://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu/index.php
How to benefit from them & who can help?
• Different roles:
Coordinator, partner, subcontractor, evaluator, …
• Best practices:
Project objectives must fit your strategy
Experienced Coordinateur (EU projects & consortium
managment)
Core consortium with known partners
Long term preparation
• As National Contact Point (NCP) recognized by the
EC, BEA helps you before, during and after your
European project
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8. How to find partners?
• Your own networks
• International networks:
C-Energy PLUS: Network of FP7 Energy NCPs
• http://www.c-energyplus.eu/
Enterprise Europe Network
• Largest European network for technology transfer
• 47 countries: EU 27 + USA, China, Russia, Israel,
Turkey, …
• 580 members (regional development agencies, …)
• Quality-checked partnership offers & requests
R&D projects
Innovation partnerships
Business collaborations
Technology offer example
• Small wind turbine with high starting torque for
mounting on an inclined roof. (Ref: 10 RO 662C 3IK2 )
• A Romanian inventor has developed a small wind turbine
with cross flow runner, designed to be mounted on a roof.
The main innovative aspect of the wind turbine involves
the addition of a small casing and of a wind deflector,
which, combined with the roof, acts as a wind
concentrator, improving the efficiency of the wind turbine.
The Inventor is looking for Companies interested in
License Agreement, Joint further development, Testing of
new applications and adaptation to specific needs.
Technology offer example
• Ridge Wing Turbine (RWT) - a new wind energy
system (Ref: 10 DK 20B7 3IXT )
• A Danish inventor of a newly patented wind energy
system, Ridge Wing Turbine (RWT), which uses the
turbulent and high wind speeds occuring when wind hits
building and landscape projections for energy production,
is looking for an investor who ideally has a significant
market knowlegde in the field. The concept is specifically
suitable for urban environments and estate installations.
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9. Technology offer example
• Design and analysis of horizontal and vertical axis
wind turbines of small and medium size (from 1 to 50
KW) (Ref: 07 IT SUUN 0IV2 )
• An Italian research group has designed and built a
prototype of a 5-kW Horizontal Axis small Wind Turbine
(HAWT) and it is working on an innovative Vertical Axis
small Wind Turbine (VAWT) to be patented soon. The
small wind turbines proposed are easy to install and to
maintain; they work well with medium wind intensity
(average wind speed 5.5 m/s); they have low cost. The
research group is looking for industrial partners interested
in further development and in the industrialisation phase.
Technology offer example
• Vertical axis turbine for micro wind engines (Ref: 10
IT 55X5 3HRS )
• The company based in Northern Italy with a specialized
laboratory in Verona is offering to cede the patent of a
vertical axis wind turbine for domestic use and well as for
a wind farm with an electric utility capacity up to 1,5kW.
Prototypes showed efficient results. The company is
furthermore interested in a joint venture to build up wind
farms and to get in contact with distributors for do-it-
yourself shops given the fact that this product requires
only a simple packaging and a self-assembly.
Technology request example
• Technology for 30-100 kW output wind turbine
generator (Ref: 09 HU 50S2 3F4E )
• A medium-sized Hungarian company active in the
production of iron parts of generators for big-sized wind
turbine generator (with several MW power output), is
looking for the production technology and the
manufacturing license of wind turbine generators with 30-
100 kW power output. The sought technology should be
field tested or already on the market. Collaboration type
looked for: licensing agreement or commercial agreement
with technical assistance (technical consultancy).
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10. Thank you for your attention
Alexandre Bonnyns
International Programmes Manager
Phone: +32 (0)2 422 00 45
Email: abo@bea.irisnet.be
Skype: abo_at_bea
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