Funding Opportunities, GSA grants and call for proposals 2016

1. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
GALILEO SAR Workshop
European Space Solutions 2016
The Hague 2 June 2016

2. DOWNSTREAM VALUE CHAIN
Integrated approach: understanding the market,
stimulating the demand, creating a competitive EU offer
E-GNSS USER ADOPTION
EU PUBLIC BENEFITS
MARKET
SEGMENTS
Road
LBS
Aviation
Rail
Maritime
Agriculture
Surveying &
Mapping
Timing &
Synchronization
Support EU
of Services,
applications
and receivers
COMPETITIVE
OFFER
Fundamental
Elements
User
Satisfaction
•Understand market
and user needs and
satisfaction
DEMAND &
ADOPTION
Stimulate
• EGNSS added Value
• Cooperate with receivers
and aps
• Roadmaps with
stakeholders
• Support EC policies
Bodies
influencing
the market
Navigation
Signal
Providers
Chipset,
receiver
Devices
Content &
Apps
Service
providers

3. …addressing different elements of the value chain
and have different objectives
DOWNSTREAM VALUE CHAIN
R&D Tools
targeting the
value chain
Fundamental
Elements
Other MKD
initiatives
e.g. user satisfaction management, users needs and
requirements definition, market analysis, input for regulation
GSA MARKET DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
ADOPTION
ROADMAPS
targeting users
and value chain
Navigation
service
provision
Chipset,
Receivers,
Devices
Content &
Applications
Commercial
Service
Providers
Users &
Stakeholders

4. GNSS application development in FP7
programme achieved tangible results

5. Source: www.visionaryadvertising.co.uk

6. Horizon 2020
Responding to the
economic crisis to
invest in future jobs
and growth
Addressing peoples’
concerns about their
livelihoods, safety
and environment
Strengthening the
EU’s global position
in research,
innovation and
technology
A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union and European Research Area
the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years from 2014 to 2020

7. H2020-Galileo-2014-2015 Calls in numbers
1st Call 2nd Call TOTAL
Budget available 40.2 mln EUR 25.0 mln EUR 65.2 mln EUR
Budget requested 174.3 mln EUR 192.2 mln EUR 366.5 mln EUR
No of projects
granted
27 13* 40
No of proposals
submitted
105 89 194
No of beneficiaries 221 100 321
No of applicants 775 634 1 409
26% success
rate
15% success
rate
21% success
rate

8. H2020 Application R&D portfolio (1st + 2nd call)
Horizon 1st and 2nd call – Application Projects by market segment
Budget split by market segment # of selected projects by market segment
Agriculture 5%
Aviation
19%
Awareness
Raising
10%
GNSS Signal
Processing
2%LBS
9%Maritime
5%
Rail
14%
Road
16%
Search & Rescue
10%
Surveying 5%
Timing&Synchronization 5%
Agriculture, 2
Aviation, 8
Awareness
Raising, 5
GNSS Signal
Processing, 1
LBS, 5Maritime, 2
Rail, 3
Road, 6
Search & Rescue, 3
Surveying, 4
Timing & Synchronization, 1

9. Source: www.visionaryadvertising.co.uk

10. Applications in Satellite Navigation – Galileo – 2017
Call Is Published!
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http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en

11. Applications in Satellite Navigation-Galileo-
2017
Type of
Action
Topic Budget
(EUR mln)
Funding rate Indirect costs
IA
EGNSS Transport Applications 14.50
70%
(except for non-profit
legal entities, where
a rate of 100%
applies)
25% of the total
eligible costs
excluding:
• Subcontracting
• Costs of resources
made available by 3rd
parties
• Financial support to
3rd parties
IA
EGNSS Mass Market Applications 9.00
IA
EGNSS Professional Applications 8.00
CSA
EGNSS Awareness raising and
capacity building
1.50 100%
Total budget: 33.00
IA: activities aimed at producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved
products, processes or services.
CSA: consisting of accompanying measures such as standardisation, dissemination, awareness-raising
and communication, networking, policy dialogues and studies.
Opening: 08 November 2016
Deadline: 01 March 2017

12. Compulsory Preliminary Business Plan
GALILEO-1,2,3
What: Demonstrate the commercial potential of the product and/or service and
describe how this potential will be realised.
Why: It is an input to evaluate the Impact criteria.
How: Template available in the participant portal.
• Define the proposed offering: the product and/or service and target market sector.
• Review the market sector: structure, size, drivers, market and technology trends.
• Assess the competition: main players, their current offerings and market share.
• Describe the innovation of the proposed offering in the context of the competition and the
sector’s needs
• Summarise potential business model(s) together with possible entry price(s) and costs
• Assess the key risks to market entry and possible options for risk mitigation.
• Outline, graphically, the roll-out of the offering: timescale, sales growth and market share.

13. Admissibility criteria
1. Submitted in the electronic submission system
before the deadline  Acknowledgement of Receipt
2. Complete (requested administrative forms + proposal description + supporting documents)
3. Readable, accessible and printable
4. Respecting page limit (RIA/IA: 70 pages; CSA:50 pages;
PCP 90 pages)
– Outside the limit:
• participating organisations
• ethics self assessment, data management plan
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14. Eligibility criteria
1) Out of scope
2) Minimum participation and any other eligibility conditions set out for the type of action
Research & innovation
action
a. Three legal entities.
b. Each of the three shall be established in a different Member
State or associated country.
c. All three legal entities shall be independent of each other.
Innovation action
Pre-commercial
Procurements (PCP)
The same as RIA & IA (a, b & c) out of which there are two
independent legal entities which are public procurers from two
different Member States or associated countries.
Coordination & support
action
One legal entity established in a Member State or associated
country.

15. Simplification – a single funding rate
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16. Be focused and concrete:
Build on fairly mature application or business concepts and fill the gap
Think to bring the products / services on the market at the end of the project
Successful proposal- some hints
Build on market understanding and business expertise:
Ideally, coordinator with good expertise in the specific market
Demonstrable capability to commercialise the products and services developed
Demonstrate a clear motivation to commercialise the products and services:
Market entry plan (marketing strategy & business plan)
Previous achievements in the specific market
Focus on practical impact:
 Maximise the use of the available signals
 Prefer trials and large scale demonstration, involving final users in their real life procedures
 Produce practical tools useful for the GNSS developer community
Select applications where EGNOS and Galileo differentiators
are key for the product/service success

18. What are Fundamental Elements?
• Fundamental Elements was created by the 2013 GNSS Regulation
• Specific Research and Development activities related to chipsets
and receiver development
• High-level objectives
• Facilitate the adoption of the European GNSS Systems
building on innovative services and differentiators
• Increase the EU industry competitiveness
• Address the user needs in priority market segments,
maximising the benefits for the citizens
• The end product target all the users in all market segments
From the GNSS Regulation:
• “Facilitate the development of applications across
different sectors of the economy” (Initial Considerations,
paragraph 9)
• “Manage and achieve the objectives of the Galileo
and EGNOS programmes, in particular support for
research and development of fundamental elements,
such as Galileo enabled chipsets and receivers,
including as appropriate positioning and integrity-
monitoring software modules.” (Initial
Considerations, paragraph 21)
• “Promotion of the development of fundamental
elements relating to the programmes.” (Initial
Considerations, paragraph 29)
• “The Union budgetary appropriations assigned to the
Galileo and EGNOS programmes shall, in accordance
with Article 9(2), also be granted to finance activities
relating to research and development of fundamental
elements, such as Galileo-enabled chipsets and
receivers.” (Article 7, paragraph 2)
• “Promoting the development of fundamental
elements, such as Galileo-enabled chipsets and
receivers.” (Article 14, paragraph 2.d)
Budget envelope of 111,5 mllion €
(2014 and 2020)

19. GSA Grants and Call for Proposals 2016
Each year GSA publishes an annual
work programme, including
information on grants that are going
to be awarded during the year:
• objectives,
• schedule of the call for
proposal(s) indicative amount,
• expected results,
• essential selection and award
criteria to be used to select the
proposals.
GALILEO 2016 Annual Grant Plan 2016: http://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/grants

20. Planned call on Galileo SAR in 2016
Name
Proc/
grant
Summary
Indicative
publication
date
Indicative
budget
MEOSAR
Beacon
prototyping
Grant
Objectives:
- Development of the Galileo-based MEOSAR beacon and
its technology building blocks;
- Testing and demonstrating the prototype’s capabilities.
- Development of a demonstration kit platforms targeted
at application developers.
- The following capabilities shall be incorporated:
- independent location accuracy
- cancellation function
- better encoded location
- improved location accuracy, availability and TTF
- return Link Service (RLS)
- additional data encoded in beacon message
- automatic activation on indication of
emergency
October
2016
4 Mil EUR

21. Important dates

22. Latest information at GSA website and social networks
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www.gsa.europa.eu
http://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/grants
https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGnssAgency
https://twitter.com/EGNOSPortal

24. GNSS Market Report as a source of market
knowledge for your projects
GNSS SEGMENTS COVERED:
• LBS
• Aviation
• Road transport
• Maritime
• Rail
• Surveying
• Agriculture
• Timing&Synchronisation
of Critical Infrastructure

25. R&D for GALILEO & EGNOS mobile application
and Project Portfolio
To highlight the tangible
results coming out of the 7th
Framework Programme
(FP7) and H2020 1st Call
serving as inspiration for
those participating in H2020,
the GSA launches its new
EGNSS R&D application:
FP7 brochure offering an
overview of results from
GNSS research under the
FP7 R&D programme:
http://www.gsa.europa.eu/sites/default/
files/FP7-brochure2015_7.pdf
http://www.gsa.europa.eu/rd-for-galileo-egnos-app
GNSS Projects’ Portfolio
http://www.gsa.europa.eu
/r-d/gnss-project-portfolio

26. GOOD LUCK!
THANK YOU
Carmen Aguilera, Carmen.Aguilera@gsa.europa.eu
Manuel Lopez Martinez, Manuel.LopezMartinez@gsa.europa.eu