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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES IN EUROPEAN COMMISSION HORIZON 2020 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WORK PROGRAMMEAPRIL 2017 (VERSION 1)
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This is the Executive Summary of a longer report of the same title, which analyses advanced manufacturing Research and Innovation policies, key actions and funding under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
A copy of the full report is available from:David Brody Technology & Innovation Advisor LifeSciences, IDA Ireland Tel: +353 1 6034274 Email: [email protected]
To reference, please cite as: Bayliss-Brown, G.A., Murphy, D., McAvinia, R. and Baron, H. (2017) Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities in European Commission Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Work Programme - Executive Summary. AquaTT: Dublin, Ireland.
IDA Ireland would like to encourage its clients to assess and potentially avail of European funding for advanced manufacturing Research and Innovation. To frame the opportunity and stimulate discussion, IDA Ireland appointed AquaTT to map the EU funding ecosystem relevant to advanced manufacturing and provide key considerations and strategic recommendations for IDA clients interested in applying for such funding.
Compiled by:
Georgia A. Bayliss-BrownDavid MurphyRuth McAviniaHelen Baron
AquaTTPO Box 8989Dublin 2Irelandwww.aquatt.ie
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INTRODUCTION
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POLICY AND FUNDING LANDSCAPE
What is Europe’s Position on Advanced Manufacturing?
The financial crash of 2007-2008 caused upheaval and shrinkage in the European manufacturing sector. Manufacturing dropped from 34 million employees and €1,711 billion value added in 2006 to 29.7 million employed and €1,630 billion value added in 2013. The numbers employed in manufacturing, and the contribution to the European economy overall, are
still recovering from the losses sustained during the financial crisis.
The European Commission is encouraging growth within the area of advanced manufacturing through research and innovation investments to support sectoral development in manufacturing.
The European Commission divides advanced manufacturing into three main areas:
Whilst employment numbers and losses sustained during the crisis are recovering, the European Union wants to return to a world-leading position in manufacturing and plans to do so through the development of advanced and sustainable methods and applications supported by investing in research, development and innovation through its funding instruments.
European Union policy has focused on:
• protecting research and development in the face of cutbacks linked to the financial crisis;
• promoting support for skills that underpin manufacturing and industry;
• working on greater cooperation between Member States; and,
• converting more research to patented technology.
A 2016 report commissioned by the European Commission1 (An analysis of drivers, barriers and readiness factors of EU companies for adopting advanced manufacturing products and technologies) shows that businesses want to have policies like these to help make the change to advanced manufacturing to:
• provide financial incentives to implement and use advanced manufacturing technologies;
• offer subsidised training to employees to get acquainted with advanced manufacturing technologies;
• develop new curricula and education programmes/methods for the creation of new skills and competences on advanced manufacturing technologies;
• increase access to technology services from competence centres such as research and technology organisations;
• build pilot/demonstration facilities for advanced manufacturing technologies and make them accessible to SMEs;
• increase the cultural acceptance of employees in overcoming organisational barriers; and,
• diffuse the knowledge and awareness on advanced manufacturing technologies among manufacturing companies.
Europe also sees the promotion of advanced manufacturing in the context of energy use, so that new manufacturing methods will be sustainable and reduce carbon emissions.
The cross cutting nature of advanced manufacturing means that no one division of the European Commission is responsible for its development, or the development of relevant technologies. Organisationally, relevant funding opportunities come from different Directorates General and there are different potential routes to funding. However, in recent years the EU has been working to simplify funding opportunities primarily through its research and innovation funding programme, Horizon 2020.
High Performance Manufacturing Technologies
ICT-Enabled Technologies Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies
• Industrial robots/handling systems
• Automated Warehouse Management Systems
• Technologies for safe human-machine cooperation
• Processing alloy construction materials
• Processing composite materials
• Manufacturing micromechanical components
• VR/simulation in production reconfiguration
• VR/simulation in product design
• Supply chain management with suppliers/customers
• Product Lifecycle Management Systems
• Dry processing/minimum lubrication
• Recuperation of kinetic and process energy
• Control system for shut down of machines
• Combined cold, heat and power (Bi-/Trigeneration)
1 http://bit.ly/AMdrivers
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POLICY AND FUNDING LANDSCAPE POLICY AND FUNDING LANDSCAPE
What is Horizon 2020?
Horizon 2020 is a single strategic framework that brings together all the European Union’s research and innovation funding strands. It began in 2014 and will continue until 2020.
It is part of the Innovation Union, one of the seven flagship initiatives of Europe 2020, the European Union’s ten-year jobs and growth strategy.
Horizon 2020 has a budget of just under €80 billion and has three pillars:
• Pillar 1 – Excellent Science
• Pillar 2 – Industrial Leadership
• Pillar 3 – Societal Challenges
KEY POINT: The European Commission has made significant efforts to simplify Horizon 2020, compared with past programmes, with a view to attracting organisations who were previously excluded due to the funding rules or organisations who elected not to engage because they were concerned about bureaucratic burden. Full details of the programme are available at: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
As the funding is broken down under each of the three pillars, the system becomes slightly more complicated – different programmes have discrete budgets for different types of activities including public-private partnerships, public-public partnerships, and large public consortia.
Some €78.6 billion has been allocated to the Horizon 2020 budget so far, and this includes €17 billion toward “Industrial Leadership” which contains projects most relevant to advanced manufacturing.
KEY POINT: Between 2014-16, the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 work programme has already invested substantially in advanced manufacturing research and innovation activities (€1.4 billion on advanced manufacturing topics, increasing to more than €2 billion if you include other research that could have relevance to advanced manufacturing).
Industrial Leadership funding is broken into different categories but by far the largest is the Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) initiative covering ICT and Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). The KETs include Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology; Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) including those covered by Factories of the Future (FoF); Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB); and, Sustainable Process Industry (SPIRE). By navigating these different funding programmes, companies and research institutes can identify funding opportunities for research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing. Support structures are in place in Ireland to aid organisations wishing to navigate the system, to identify suitable funding topics, and to submit competitive proposals.
KEY POINT: Given the scale of the Horizon 2020 programme, it can be daunting to navigate the funding system and identify opportunities. Ireland has a good support infrastructure to assisst companies wishing to explore the opportunities within the programme, build partnerships and submit proposals. A first starting point would be the National Contact Point network: http://www.horizon2020.ie/who-to-contact/european-advisors-competitive-industry/
Excellent Science
(24.4 b€)
Industrial Leadership
(17 b€)
Societal Challenges (29.7 b€)
European Research Council (13.1 b€)
LEIT = Leadership in enabling
and industrial technologies
•ICT•Nano, new materials
•Biotechnology•Space
(13.5 b€)
Health (7.5 b€)
Food (3.9 b€)
Energy (6 b€)
Transport (6.3 b€)
Climate (3 b€)
Inclusive Societies (1.3 b€)
Security (1.7 b€)
Future and Emerging Technologies
(2.7 b€)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
(6.1 b€) Access to Risk Finance (2.9 b€)
Research Infrastructures
(2.5 b€)Innovation in SMEs
(0.6 b€)
Spreading Excellence (0.8 b€)
Science for Society (0.5 b€)
European Institute of Innovation and
Technology (2.7 b€)
Joint Research Centre (1.9 b€)
Euratom (1.6 b€)
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KEY ACTORS AND PARTNERSHIPS
How can my Organisation Position itself in the European Research and Innovation Landscape?
Organisations interested in the development of advanced manufacturing in Europe can get involved in various interactions at the European level as a stakeholder. Participating in different dialogues can help support your organisations strategic objectives through helping to ensure there is an enabling environment
(policy, regulatory, and research and innovation) in which you can carry out and develop your business operations.
Different institutions/platforms/networks have varied roles and mandates and it can be difficult to navigate at times. The most significant structures for industrial partners working in advanced manufacturing are mapped below:
DG CONNECT
Communications, networks, content
and technology
DG R&I
Research & innovation
DG GROWTHInternal market
industry, entrepreneurship
& SMEs
EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMSwith EU representation
PPP Boards and Associations
EC and Industry-led
EFFRAA.SPIRE
E2BEU Robotics
NETWORKS, ASSOCIATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL BODIES
Industry-led Developing strategic R&I agendas
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs)
Joint Technology Initiatives
(JTIs)
Contractual PPPs
(FoF, EaB,SPIRE, etc)
EU TASK FORCE e.g. advisory groups, high-level groups
Advanced manufacturing
for clean production
Advanced processing
Advanced materials
Nanotechnologies
Modelling
ERA-NET PROJECTSM-ERA-NETMANUNETERA-MBT
CONFERENCESManufacture, Industrial Technologies,
EuroNanoForum, ICT Conference
ADVANCED / ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING
AM Platform
CECIMO
3D Printing Association
EPA-EuroAM
PHOTONICS
EPIC
Nanophotonic EuropeAssociation
ROBOTICSEUnited
MED/BIOTECHMedTech Europe
EFBEuropaBio
NCP NETWORKSTransport, Health, NMPB, SMEs,
Security
The European Commission (EC) promotes the general interests of the European Union (EU) by proposing and enforcing legislation as well as by implementing policies and the European Union budget. There are 31 Directorates General in the European Commission, but the three shown have the most relevance for advanced manufacturing.
Task Forces were established following the 2012 Industrial Policy Communication from the European Commission (A stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery). They are working groups that can include members from industry and they operate across six key priority areas including advanced manufacturing, key enabling technologies, bio-based products, sustainable industrial policy, clean vehicles and smart grids. Advisory groups are independent experts whom the EC consults for assistance. The Advisory Group on Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing (NMP/B comprises 32 members from academia, research, and industry, and publishes reports and meeting minutes online.
The Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are of two types – contractual and institutional - based on the structure of their funding. Private companies involved in contractual PPPs such as Factories of the Future (FoF) and Energy-Efficient Buildings (EeB) are represented by associations – in these cases EFFRA and E2B respectively. These associations’ members play an active role in shaping the European research and innovation agenda.
European Technology Platforms are industry-led stakeholder fora recognised by the European Commission as key actors in driving innovation, knowledge transfer and European competitiveness. They develop agendas and roadmaps for action at EU and national level to be supported by both private and public funding.
KEY POINT: Networking at a European level has numerous benefits including being on the pulse of developments, influencing funding priorities, feeding into policy and regulatory discussions and forming partnerships and collaborations.
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL
Horizon 2020 can be broken down by initiative areas under which “calls” for funding are launched on specific topic areas. The table below summarises the funding initiatives, and number of calls and successfully-funded projects, relevant to advanced manufacturing between 2014 and 2016:
Initiative Description Broad topics for innovation
Number of calls
Number of projects
ICT “ Information and Communication Technologies” and divided into sub-sectors of “robotics”, “photonics” and “future”
• 5G networks• Big data • High performance computing
• Photonics• Robotics
11 75
EeB “ Energy-efficient Buildings”
• Building envelopes• Construction processes• Energy-efficiency monitoring• Environmental Quality • Heating and cooling systems
• Insulation materials• Material recycling• Refurbishment• Retrofitting• Thermal energy
storage
16 34
FoF “ Factories of the Future” • Additive and subtractive manufacturing
• Advanced joining and assembly• Complex structures• Energy and resource efficiency
• Integrated design and production• Manufacturing intelligence• Process optimisation• Product personalisation• Smart factories
22 91
PILOT “ Pilot lines” covering PILOT projects and any NMP projects relevant to the development of pilot lines
• Customised thermal/electrical conductivity
• Open-access• Nano-factories
• Novel nano-materials and structures
• Nano-pharmaceuticals
• Scale-up production
10 26
What Does a Successful Project Look Like?
273 projects, that are directly relevant to advanced manufacturing, were funded under Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2014-2015 and 2016-2017. These projects represent a €1.4 billion direct investment by the European Commission.
An in-depth study was performed to analyse trends in projects funded to date (details are provided in the main report). Identifying trends and patterns can inform future strategies for organisations, including IDA clients, wishing to target and apply for future calls. By looking at the past, it is possible to identify:
• identify the expected level of competition for different types of topics and funding mechanisms;
• explore how other similar businesses are engaging with and benefitting from the programme;
• determine how consortia design and project structure can overcome any perceived barriers to participation; and,
• identify key strategic partners to align with on future calls.
What Type of Research and Innovation is Horizon 2020 Funding in Advanced Manufacturing?The pioneering innovative nature of advanced manufacturing is reflected in and recognised by the funding calls that are serving its growth within Horizon 2020. The range and depth of calls reflect the broad technological landscape in the fields of work covered under the umbrella of advanced manufacturing. The different funding mechanisms are intended to allow consortia to go beyond current state-of-the-art and push the boundaries of innovation in this exciting field of work.
KEY POINT: The Horizon 2020 themes funded are broad, encompassing a variety of aspects of advanced manufacturing development. In many cases, there are open funding calls (topics) which allow applicants to propose research and innovation activities that they believe will address the needs, challenges and opportunities within the sector.
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL
Initiative Description Broad topics for innovation
Number of calls
Number of projects
NMP/B “Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Production” (NMP), excluding those related to pilot lines, within the 2014-2015 Work Programme and all advanced manufacturing projects within the topic of “Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Production” (NMBP) within the 2016-2017 Work Programme
• Governance, standards and business models
• Healthcare• High-added value products and processes• Materials for energy technologies• Safety and regulations
7 9
SPIRE Sustainable Process Industry
• Flexible feedstock• Integrated process and data control• Metal and mineral recovery• Process intensification• Sustainability Assessments• Water management systems
14 38
80 273
INDUSTRIALLEADERSHIP
SOCIETALCHALLENGES
European Research Council (ERC)
ResearchInfrastructure
Marie SklowdowskaCurie Actions (MSCA)
Future of Emerging Technologies (FET)
HIGH PERFORMANCECOMPUTING
(FETHPC)
Joint ProgrammingInitiatives (JPI)
ERA-NET
European Institute ofInnovation and
Technology
Knowledge andInformation Communities
(KIC)
Joint TechnologyInitiatives (JTI)
Leadership in Enablingand Industrial Technologies
(LEIT)BIG DATA
PHOTONICS
ROBOTICS
FUTUREINTERNET (5G)
FUTURES
NMP/NMPBNANOTECHNOLOGIES,
ADVANCED MATERIALS, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
AND PROCESSING, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
PILOTS
SPIRESUSTAINABLE
PROCESSINDUSTRY THROUGH
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
EeBENERGY EFFICIENT
BUILDINGS
FoFFACTORIES OF
THE FUTURE
PUBLIC PRIVATEpartnerships
(ppps)
SPACE
Access to RiskFinances
Innovationin SMEs
ICT
KEY ENABLINGTECHNOLOGIES
EXCELLENTSCIENCE
The location of these funding initiatives (in blue) relative to the three Horizon 2020 pillars are illustrated below.
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL
What are the Chances of a Project Proposal being Successful?
Examining success rates for past calls is a useful exercise to identify trends and assess how much competition there may be in future calls. Given that it is a significant investment to write a high-quality bid, it is important to assess and target opportunities to maximise the chance of winning funding.
The overall success rates for the different funding initiatives varied significantly over the funding initiatives relevant to advanced manufacturing. The average success rate for a proposal submitted to the assessed
topics was 12.8%, between 2014 and 2016, where just over 2,600 proposals were submitted. Only 336 of those were funded (under 76 call topics), 273 of which are relevant to advanced manufacturing. This is higher than the average across all Horizon 2020 funding programmes, which is 10.7% (Source: http://sciencebusiness.net). The funding initiative with the most consistent chance of success was NMP/B, followed by ICT-Future, ICT-Photonics and SPIRE.
The following table outlines the number of projects submitted and won by the advanced manufacturing sector between 2014 and 2016:
Project Type
The project type is determined by the call text. More than half of the previously funded projects were Research and Innovation Action projects and a third were Innovation Action projects.
Of the €1.4 billion of funding, approximately €800 million was invested in Research and Innovation Action projects and €550 million to Innovation Action projects. The remainder was provided to Coordination and Support Actions and a single project funded by the ERA-NET Co-fund.
Submitted proposals (A)
Nunmber of projects awarded (B)
Overall success rate (A/B)
Number of projects relevant to advanced manufacturing
ICT – Robotics 518 50 9.7% 39
ICT – Photonics 247 44 17.8% 27
ICT – Future 182 40 22.0% 9
EeB 290 34 11.7% 34
FoF 768 91 11.8% 91
PILOT 364 26 7.1% 26
NMP/B 46 13 28.3% 9
SPIRE 218 38 17.4% 38
2633 336 12.8% 273
KEY POINT: There has been a lot of Horizon 2020 investment in advanced manufacturing to date (2014-16), with 273 projects being funded across different topic areas. The overall chance of funding success for advanced manufacturing calls is above the average compared with the overall Horizon 2020 funding programme.
KEY POINT: The themes funded are broad, encompassing a variety of aspects of advanced manufacturing development. In many cases, there are open funding calls (topics) which allow applicants to propose research and innovation activities that they believe will address the needs, challenges and opportunities within the sector.
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There exists a range of funding actions suited to different types of these research and innovation activities in support of advanced manufacturing:
Type of Action Description Funding ratio*
Research and Innovation Action (RIA)
Collaborative research projects of typically 36 to 60-month average duration with an average EC contribution of €2-5 million.
100% funding for all participants
Innovation Action (IA)
Projects producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes and services. Typically, 30 to 36-month average duration with an average EC contribution of €2-5 million.
100% for non-profit organisations and 70% funding to private-for-profit companies
Coordination and Support Action
Projects to accompany measures (standardisation, dissemination, policy dialogues etc.) of typically 12- to 36-month average duration with an average EC contribution of €0.5-2 million.
100% funding for all participants
* All projects include 25% overheads on all personnel and direct costs (excluding sub-contracting)
Project type Average contribution from the European Commission
per Project per Project Coordinator
Research and Innovation Action €5.2 million €0.9 million
Innovation Action €5.9 million €1.2 million
Coordination and Support Action €1.2 million €0.25 million
Project Value
The average contribution by the European Commission per project and Project Coordinator, by action type, varies widely, the highest being Innovation Action (on average):
Project Size
Consortia ranged in size from comprising 3 to 48 partners, whilst averaging eleven partners in a project. The size of the partnership is also directly correlated with the total contribution received from the European Commission:
PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL
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Project Partners and Partnership Composition
A range of organisation types are seen to partner with advanced manufacturing projects that have been funded by Horizon 2020: such as research and higher education organisations (REC), private-for-profit companies (PRC), public organisations (PUB) and other organisations (OTH; such as not-for-profits, clusters, non-governmental organisations and industrial bodies). The following table shows the ratio of these organisations, which have remained relatively constant, with some downward trends in participation of REC and PRC organisations, over the the different years of the Horizon 2020 Funding Programme.
Most winning consortia have a mix of different organisation types representing the different types of roles needed in projects. The main type of participant in advanced manufacturing projects are private-for-profit companies, along with a strong presence from research and higher education organisations.
Whilst research and higher education organisations are very active across all analysed funding initiatives, the proportion ratio of research and higher education organisations to private-for-profit companies involved in consortia (on average) is only the highest in NMP/B projects, whilst private-for-profit companies dominate all others.
KEY POINT: Proposal development in response to all call topics is bottom-up, meaning that a company that wants to target a call can select and build its own consortia and design its own project structure (roles, research activities, budget, intellectual property management, duration, etc.)to suit its needs whilst adhering to the scope of the topic and funding conditions as laid out in the call text.
Technology Readiness Levels
Approximately half of the funding calls indicated the expected Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) in the call text. In some cases, a starting TRL range was demanded, in other cases the starting TRL and an expected TRL target by the end of the project. Projects under the assessed SPIRE, PILOT, FoF and EeB funding initiatives will develop technologies that have been validated in the lab as a minimum (from TRL4), as might be expected with applied sectors that are more aligned with industrial needs, and sit closer to initial market introduction (as opposed to early stage innovations).
KEY POINT: Funding topics target different stages of development from conceptual (TRL4-6) to closer to market (TRL7-9) innovations.
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Partner Origin
Germany has been the most successful country in terms of participants in funded projects, followed by Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom and France. Participation of non-EU countries in consortia is possible in Horizon 2020 if strongly justified. The following table highlights the number of participations per country:
German partners also coordinate the most projects:
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - GENERAL PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Who are the Most Successful Research and Higher Education Organisations engaging with Horizon 2020?
Whilst research and higher education organisations made up less than 40% of partnerships, they led two-thirds of all advanced manufacturing projects. This might be expected as they are more experienced in funding programmes led by the European Commission and are administratively set up to manage these funding mechanisms.
The most successful research and higher education organisation is Fraunhofer (Germany) which partners with 74 projects, and coordinates 14 projects:
NOTE: All data was sourced from public information and is available on the European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service database, CORDIS. To find out more information about any particular project, search for the project acronym at: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html
Top 10 research and higher education organisations to coordinate and partner in the most projects
Number of projects
Coordinator Partner
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung EV 14 74
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation 7 35
Stiftelsen SINTEF 6 9
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis 4 11
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT 4 21
Politecnico di Milano 3 17
Technische Universiteit Delft 3 6
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives 3 22
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek – TNO
3 18
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 3 10
Fraunhofer received the highest total of funding from the European Commission (€47.7 million),
which was more than double that received by any other organisation:
Top 10 research and higher education organisations to receive the largest sum of funds from the European Commission
Total European Commission contribution
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV € 47,733,247
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives € 20,424,601
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation € 19,741,513
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT € 12,079,653
Politecnico di Milano € 10,309,665
Stiftelsen SINTEF € 9,018,994
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onder-zoek – TNO
€ 8,463,451
University of Patras € 8,040,032
Technische Universiteit Delft € 7,557,322
Teknologisk Institut € 7,527,528
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION
The largest contribution from the European Commission for a single project coordinated by a research and higher education organisation was granted for the DIVERSIFY project, led by Uninova (Portugal; €40.6 million):
Top 10 research and higher education organisations to coordinate the projects with the highest total budget
Project acronym Total project budget
Uninova - Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias
Diversify € 40,558,400
University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
Pixapp € 13,407,813
The University of Edinburgh Fortissimo 2 € 9,999,777
Institut National de l’Environnement et des Risques Ineris
Nanoreg II € 9,996,205
Natural Environment Research Council Nanofase € 9,954,479
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Mobile Flip € 8,606,175
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Eden2020 € 8,361,446
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit Precious € 8,291,218
Commissariat A l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
Robmosys € 8,000,000
Politecnico di Milano Beincpps € 7,999,489
Most of the research and higher education organisations coordinating the largest number of advanced manufacturing projects also partner in a significant number of projects. There is also a correlation to funding: eight research and higher education organisations participate in the most projects and received the highest total amount of funding from the European Commission. Furthermore, three of those coordinating the most projects, partner in and coordinate some of the largest projects led by research and higher education organisations:
• MOBILE FLIP, “Mobile and Flexible Industrial Processing of Biomass”, led by VTT (Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT; Finland);
• RobMoSys, “Composable Models and Software for Robotics Systems towards an EU Digital Industrial Platform for Robotics” led by CEA (Commissariat á l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies; France); and,
• BEinCPPES, “Business Experiments in Cyber-Physical Production Systems” led by Poltecnico di Milano (Italy).
The University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) was the research and higher education organisation that secured the largest individual budget as a Project Coordinator for its role in the Fortissimo 2 project (€5.9 million).
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Top 10 research and higher education organisations to receive the largest budget, as a Project Coordinator, from the European Commission for a single project
Project acronymTotal European Commission contribution
The University of Edinburgh Fortissimo 2 € 5,883,438
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
Robmosys € 4,911,970
Technische Universiteit Delft Rosin € 4,663,708
Teknologisk Institut Tt-Net € 3,458,148
Politecnico di Milano Beincpps € 2,841,875
University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
Pixapp € 2,799,958
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Eden2020 € 2,657,853
Natural Environment Research Council Nanofase € 2,381,246
Fundacion Cidetec Nanopilot € 2,045,560
Stiftelsen SINTEF Ree4eu € 2,019,588
Research and higher education organisations whom appeared more than once in the top ten lists are provided below:
• Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung EV
• Fundacion Technalia Research and Innovation
• Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
• Natural Environment Research Council
• Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappellijk Onderzoek - TNO
• Politecnico di Milano
• Stifelsen SINTEF
• Technosche Universiteit Delft
• Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT
• Teknologisk Institut
• The University of Edinburgh
• Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, National University Ireland Cork
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES
Top 20 private-for-profit companies to coordinate and partner in the most projects
Number of projects: as a partner
Project acronymsNumber of projects: as a Coordinator
Acciona Infraestructuras S.A. 14
Bresaer, Buildheat, E2vent, Eco-Binder, Ecoscale, Green, Instruct, Hephaestus,
Isobio, Kraken, Meman, Nanoleap, Opteemal, Re4, Veep
1
D’Appolonia S.p.A. 13
Am-Motion, Create, Disire, E2vent, Eco-Binder, Eeb-Ca2, Eensulate,
Manutelligence, Nanoleap, Polaroll, Rehap, Thermoss, Veep
3
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 12
Am-Motion, Bdve, Borealis, Far-Edg, Maya, Moder, Openhybrid, Paraddise,
Perform, Repromag, Robmosys, Scorpius
1
Stam SRL 9Bresaer, Caxman, Fortissimo 2,
Nanoleap, Newtrend, Re4, Stream-0D, Thermoss, Veep
0
Holonix SRL-Spin Off del Politecnico Di Milano
8Beincpps, Falcon, Human, I4ms-Growth, Manutelligence, Nimble,
Scorpius, Z-Fact0r0
FENIX TNT s.r.o. 7Create, E2vent, Eco-Binder, Eensulate,
Re4, Thermos, Veep0
Comau S.p.A. 7Digicor, Human, Perform, Proregio, Robmosys, Satisfactory, Versatile
0
MBN Nanomaterialia S.p.A. 5Ibd, Integral, Optinanopro, Procets,
Propat0
IBM Research Gmbh 5Dimension, Ict-Streams, L3matrix,
Prodia, Wipe0
Center Of Technology Research and Innovation Ltd
5Finesol, Green Instruct, Procets,
Stream-0D, Z-Fact0r0
Arcelik A.S. 5Disrupt, Falcon, Improve, Nanohybrids,
Proregio0
Robert Bosch Gmbh 4 Co4robots, Hiperdias, Recam, Scorpius 1
New Infrared Technologies S.L. 4 Amblifibre, Flair, Flexhyjoin, Mashes 0
Johnson Matthey Plc. 4 Adrem, Memere, Printcr3dit, Prodia 0
Nxtcontrol Gmbh 4Daedalus, Forzdm, Recam,
Symbioptima1
Prima Industrie S.p.A. 4Borealis, Icp4life, Manuwork,
Symbionica2
Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa Scoop
4Bresaer, Fof-Impact, Meman,
Rennovates1
Mostostal Warszawa Sa 4 Create, Hit2gap, Innovip, Rennovates 0
BASF SE 4 Consens, Prodias, Recoba, Samt 2
Arkema France Sa 4 Atlass, Consens, Fortape, Printcr3dit 0
Who are the Most Successful Private-For-Profit Companies engaging with Horizon 2020?
Whilst private-for-profit companies coordinate just over a quarter of all advanced manufacturing projects, they partner in 98.2% of them; and make up half of all partners. Acciona Infrastructuras S.A. (Spain) is involved in the most advanced manufacturing projects (14) and D’Appolonia S.p.A. (Italy), whilst partnering in 13 projects and coordinating three.
NOTE: Industry (SMEs and large companies) are eligible and encouraged to participate in Horizon 2020. Across the projects analysed in this report, private-for-profit companies have led or partnered in 268 (of 273) successful advanced manufacturing projects between 2014 and 2016.
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES
The most successful private-for-profit company in terms of the sum of funding received is Siemens (Germany),
who received €5.9 million in funding from the European Commission:
Top 20 private-for-profit companies to receive the largest sum of funds from the European Commission
Total European Commission contribution
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft € 5,937,178
Acciona Infraestructuras S.A. € 5,048,997
D’Appolonia S.p.A. € 4,041,600
BASF SE € 3,916,920
Stam SRL € 3,176,188
Holonix Srl-Spin Off del Politecnico di Milano € 2,909,063
Prima Industrie S.p.A. € 2,687,375
Midatech Biogune € 2,614,594
Ascora Gmbh € 2,495,935
Kuka Roboter Gmbh € 2,478,350
Elkem A.S. € 2,476,208
Johnson Matthey Plc. € 2,462,360
Ibm Israel - Science And Technology Ltd € 2,454,670
Comau S.p.A. € 2,388,681
Ams AG € 2,285,138
Evonik Industries AG € 2,168,766
Laing O’Rourke Plc € 2,105,494
Renishaw Plc € 2,028,759
Robert Bosch Gmbh € 2,022,084
Nxtcontrol Gmbh € 2,010,575
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES
The largest contribution from the European Commission for a single project coordinated by a private-for-profit
company was granted for the PRODIAS project, led by BASF (Germany; €10 million):
Top 20 private-for-profit companies to coordinate the projects with the highest total budget
Project acronym Total project budget
BASF SE Prodias € 9,993,011
Enel Ingegneria E Ricerca S.p.A. Matching € 9,715,559
I-Deals Innovation & Technology Venturing Services SL Methco2 € 8,622,295
Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh Digicor € 7,993,819
European Dynamics Advanced Systems of Telecommunications Informatics and Telematics SA Horse € 7,945,601
Midatech Biogune Nanofacturing € 7,898,783
Information Catalyst For Enterprise Ltd Vf-Os € 7,758,580
Atos It Solutions And Services SRO C2net € 7,126,498
Exergy Ltd Thermoss € 7,099,718
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Perform € 7,094,095
Laing O’rourke Plc Optimised € 7,012,638
Introsys-Integration For Robotic Systems-Integracao De Sistemas Roboticos SA Openmos € 6,932,292
Merck Chemicals Ltd Atlass € 6,508,046
Precision Varionic International Limited Hi-Response € 6,444,023
Intrinsiq Materials Limited Inspired € 6,414,873
Kompetenzzentrum - Das Virtuelle Fahrzeug, Forschungsgesellschaft Mbh Facts4workers € 6,362,445
Demo Consultants BV Insiter € 5,999,887
BASF SE Recoba € 5,999,349
Prima Industrie S.p.A. Borealis € 5,998,938
Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa Scoop Meman € 5,998,687
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BASF was also the private-for-profit company to receive the largest individual payment as a Project Coordinator
from the European Commission for its role in the same project (€2.8 million):
Top 20 private-for-profit companies to receive the largest budget, as a Project Coordinator, from the European Commission for a single project
Project acronymTotal European Commission contribution
BASF SE Prodias € 2,783,796
Midatech Biogune Nanofacturing € 2,614,594
Evonik Industries AG Romeo € 2,113,766
Laing O’rourke Plc Optimised € 2,105,494
Ducatt NV Lawin € 1,896,125
B.T.G. Biomass Technology Group BV Bio4products € 1,309,787
Information Catalyst For Enterprise Ltd Vf-Os € 1,241,875
Tie Nederland BV Crema € 1,239,084
Intrinsiq Materials Limited Inspired € 1,222,859
Kompetenzzentrum - das Virtuelle Fahrzeug, Forsc-hungsgesellschaft Mbh
Facts4workers € 1,218,060
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Perform € 1,172,920
Demo Consultants BV Insiter € 1,170,545
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH DIGICOR € 1,147,956
OBE OHNMACHT & BAUMGAERTNER GMBH & CO KG REProMag € 1,120,375
PRECISION VARIONIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Hi-Response € 1,056,826
I-Deals Innovation & Technology Venturing Services SL Methco2 € 1,042,335
Robert Bosch Gmbh Recam € 1,027,585
Produits Chimiques Auxiliaires Et De Synthese SA Homeskin € 985,000
Prima Industrie S.p.A. Borealis € 971,750
Koninklijke Bam Groep NV Rennovates € 957,688
Private-for-profit companies whom appeared more than once in the top twenty lists are provided below:
• Acciona Infrastructureas SA - renewable energy and infrastructure
• Airbus Defence and Space GMBH - space and defence solutions and services
• BASF SE - chemical manufacturers
• Comau SPA - manufacturing automation and robotics
• D’Appolonia AS - engineering services
• Demo Consultants BV – real estate information management
• Evonik Industries AG – business line catalysts
• Holonix SRL – Spin-off del Politecnico di Milano - process solutions specialists with expertise in the Internet of Things
• I-Deals Innovation and Technology Venturing Services S
• Information Catalyst for Enterprise Ltd – software and IT
• Intrinsiq Materials Limited – printed electronics
• Johnson Matthey PLC – sustainable technologies
• Kompetenzzentrum – Das Virtuelle Fahrzeug, Forschungsgesellschaft mbH – vehicle development
• Laing O’Rourke PLC - engineering
• Midatech Biogune – nanoparticle manufacturing and pharma/medtech
• Mondragon Corporation Cooperativa Scoop - Spanish business cooperative
• Nxtcontrol GMBH – engineering solutions
• Precision Varionic International Ltd – sensor developers
• Prima Industrie SPA - designers and manufacturers of industrial laser cutting machines
• Robert Bosch GMBH – engineering and electronics
• Siemens Aktiengescellschaft - manufacturing and electronics
• STAM SRL - design and manufacture of advanced power transmission systems
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - IRISH PARTICIPATION
Are Irish Organisations Participating in Advanced Manufacturing Horizon 2020 Projects?
Thirty Irish organisations are engaged with advanced manufacturing projects. Ireland is 15th of 38 countries for the number of times it partners in projects and is coordinating four advanced manufacturing projects. The Irish organisations, and the projects in which they partner, are listed below (yellow highlights an Irish Coordinator of a project).
Private-for-Profit Companies
Arden Energy Ltd TOPAS: Tools for cOntinuous building Performance Auditing (IA)
Blueacre Technology Ltd
OPENMIND: On-demand production of entirely customised minimally invasive medical devices (RIA)
C.C.I.C.C. LtdFactory2Fit: Empowering and participatory adaptation of factory automation to fit for workers (RIA)
Ceramix Ireland LtdCerAMfacturing: Development of ceramic and multi material components by additive manufacturing methods for personalized medical products (RIA)
Dawn Meats GroupNanoPack: Pilot line production of functional polymer nanocomposites from natural halloy-site nanotubes: demonstrating controlled release of active antimicrobials in food packaging application (IA)
Depuy (Ireland) Unlimited
ENCOMPASS: ENgineering COMPASS (RIA)
Eblana Photonics Ltd PIXAPP: Photonic Integrated Circuits Assembly and Packaging Pilot Line (IA)
Ecofix LtdBuilt2Spec: Built to Specifications: Self-Inspection, 3D Modelling, Management and Quality-Check Tools for the 21st Century Construction Worksite (RIA)
Element Six Ltd HIPERDIAS: HIgh throughPut LasER processing of DIamond and Silicon (RIA)
Enerit Ltd HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance GAP (IA)
IBM Ireland Ltd
CogNet: Building an Intelligent System of Insights and Action for 5G Network Management (RIA)
TOPAs: Tools for cOntinuous building Performance Auditing (IA)
Iris Advanced Engi-neering Ltd
PREVIEW: PREdictiVe system to recommend Injection mold sEtup in Wireless sensor networks (RIA)
Manopt Systems Ltd iBUS: An integrated BUSiness model for customer driven custom product supply chain (IA)
Mcor Technologies Ltd
iBUS: An integrated BUSiness model for customer driven custom product supply chain (IA)
Multimedia Computer System Ltd
sustainablySMART: Sustainable Smart Mobile Devices Lifecycles through Advanced Re-design, Reliability, and Re-use and Remanufacturing Technologies (RIA)
Oran Pre-Cast LtdBuilt2Spec: Built to Specifications: Self-Inspection, 3D Modelling, Management and Quality-Check Tools for the 21st Century Construction Worksite (RIA)
Redzinc Services Ltd 5GEx: 5G Exchange (IA)
UTRC-I
Factory2Fit: Empowering and participatory adaptation of factory automation to fit for work-ers (RIA)
OptEEmAL: Optimised Energy Efficient Design Platform for Refurbishment at District Level (IA)
Vornia LimitedMOZART: MesopOrous matrices for localiZed pH-triggered releAse of theRapeuTic ions and drugs (RIA)
Wattics LtdExcEED: European Energy Efficient buildingdistrict Database: from data to information to knowledge (CSA)
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Research and Higher Education Organisations
Boston Scientific Clonmel Ltd
COMPOSITION: Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes – Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation (RIA)
TOPAs: Tools for cOntinuous building Performance Auditing (IA)
Cork Institute of Technology
MOEEBIUS: Modelling Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability (IA)
Institute of Technology Tralee
ProPAT: Robust and affordable process control technologies for improving standards and optimising industrial operations (RIA)
National University of Ireland, Galway
BDVe: Big Data Value ecosystem (CSA)
Built2Spec: Built to Specifications: Self-Inspection, 3D Modelling, Management and Quality-Check Tools for the 21st Century Construction Worksite (RIA)
HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance GAP (IA)
NanoPilot: A Pilot Plant for the Production of Polymer based Nanopharmaceuticals in Compliance with GMP (RIA)
PHABLABS 4.0: PHotonics enhanced fAB LABS supporting the next revolution in digitalization (CSA)
Trinity College Dublin CO-PILOT: Flexible Pilot Scale Manufacturing of Cost-Effective Nanocomposites through Tailored Precision Nanoparticles in Dispersion (RIA)
NoCanTher: Nanomedicine upscaling for early clinical phases of multimodal cancer therapy (RIA)
SWIMming: Semantic Web for Information Management in Energy Efficient Buildings (CSA)
Tyndall, University College Cork
COMPOSITION: Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes – Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation (RIA)
PIXAPP: Photonic Integrated Circuits Assembly and Packaging Pilot Line (IA)
MOEEBIUS: Modelling Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability (IA)
NewTREND: New integrated methodology and Tools for Retrofit design towards a next generation of ENergy efficient and sustainable buildings and Districts (IA)
OCTCHIP: Ophthalmic OCT on a Chip (RIA)
SWIMming: Semantic Web for Information Management in Energy Efficient Buildings (CSA)
University College Dublin
NANOFACTURING: The Development of Medium- and Large-Scale Sustainable Manufacturing Process Platforms for Clinically Compliant Solid Core Nanopharmaceuticals (RIA)
NewTREND: New integrated methodology and Tools for Retrofit design towards a next generation of ENergy efficient and sustainable buildings and Districts (IA)
University of Limerick iBUS: An integrated BUSiness model for customer driven custom product supply chain (IA)
Waterford Institute of Technology
CogNet: Building an Intelligent System of Insights and Action for 5G Network Management (RIA)
Other
Zutec Inc (Irl) Ltd HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance GAP (IA)
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - IRISH PARTICIPATION
Irish organisations received €21.3 million from the European Commission for their involvement in advanced manufacturing projects between 2014 and 2016.
The Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork and National University Ireland, Galway are the two research and higher education organisations involved in the most projects (six and five projects respectively), and IBM is most prominent private-for-profit company (appearing in two projects). IBM is also the only Irish private-for-profit company who partners in more than one project.
The Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork received the largest single contribution from the European Commission in Ireland for its involvement in an advanced manufacturing project (€2.8 million), for its role as Project Coordinator for the PIXAPP project, that will establish the world’s first open access Photonic Integrated Circuit assembly and packaging Pilot Lines.
The Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork also received the greatest sum of funding (of all Irish organisations) from the European Commission
(€4.7 million). The National University of Galway (€1.6 million), Cork Institute of Technology (€1.5 million), IBM Ireland Ltd (€1.4 million), Trinity College Dublin (€1.3 million), and the University of Limerick (€1.2 million) all received more than €1 million over the course of the same period, with the University College Dublin and the Waterford Institute of Technology closely behind.
Aside from IBM, in terms of the top ten largest contributions received by an Irish private-for-profit company for a single project is Manopt System Ltd (now operating as Entellexi) who received a sum of approximately €800k for their involvement in the iBUS project, “an integrated business model for customer-driven custom product supply chain”. Blueacre Technology also received over €600k for their involvement in the OPENMIND project delivering “on demand medical services”.
When compared to countries of a similar population size (Austria, Sweden and Denmark), Ireland is roughly on a par with Denmark but significantly behind both Sweden and Austria in terms of both participation and funding pull down:
What Insights can be Gained from Examining Successful Projects?
Six funded projects were analysed in detail to gain insights into consortium structure and the reasons for a private-for-profit company engaging with the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. From analysing six case study projects, the following insights into way private-for-profit companies engage with Horizon 2020 projects were found:
• Collaborating with European partners can lead to the co-creation of innovative solutions and future potential commercial deals;
• They can gain access to pilot lines made available by projects for product development and testing;
• Companies can benefit from innovations arising from projects by appropriately protecting intellectual property;
• Companies can strategically partner with repeat performers who are willing to coordinate projects and have a track record in writing successful
proposals. This is especially beneficial for SMEs with limited internal resources and/or expertise in writing European Commission applications;
• Projects of low Technology Readiness Levels can allow multidisciplinary partnerships to come together to validate concepts. These projects can act as a test-bed to innovate and develop collaborations with a range of partners, such as high-end industrial designers and infrastructure managers to technology consultants;
• Project Management can be performed by specialist organisations taking that burden off private-for-profit companies; if well justified in terms of competence and value for money; and,
• If well justified, they can partner with organisations outside of Europe allowing global knowledge sharing and strategic partnerships to occur.
Country
Amount received from the European Commission Number of Projects
Coordinator Partner Coordinator Partner
Austria € 9,476,118 € 41,702,254 12 92
Sweden € 11,474,677 € 37,640,823 10 89
Denmark € 4,708,678 € 18,306,954 2 42
Ireland € 5,230,221 € 16,116,369 4 41
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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - IRISH PARTICIPATION PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS - INFOGRAPHIC OF KEY STATISTICS
Advanced Manufacturing in Horizon 2020
The financial crash of 2007-2008 caused upheaval and shrinkage in the European manufacturing sector. Whilst employment numbers and losses sustained during the crisis are recovering, the European Commission is encouraging growth within the area of advanced manufacturing through its investment in the sector.
Having already committed €1.4 billion into the sector through the Horizon 2020 programme since 2014, the European Commission is set to continue funding action in the following areas:
• ensuring future-proof connectivity and preparing for the internet of the future;
• building on European strengths and supporting the digitalization of industry;
• building a competitive and inclusive data-driven economy and society;
• setting up large-scale pilots addressing cross-sector challenges;
• boosting digital innovation capacity across Europe and supporting standards;
• exploring new high potential areas; and,
• further developing an ambitious international agenda serving our Digitizing European Industry strategy.
KEY STATISTICS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN HORIZON 2020 (2014-16*): *(correct to November 2016)
273 projects funded between 2014-16: Total investment >
€1.4b
Irish Participation45 partner occurrences 30 Irish organisations 30 projects
Irish participation by type of organisationPrivate-for-Profit: 20Research & Higher Education: 8Other: 2
Average budget of Project CoordinatorInnovation Action Project:
€1.2mResearch & Innovation Action project:
€0.9mCoordination & Support Action project:
€0.3m
€40.6m
Highest value project:DIVERSIFY (coordinated by UNINOVA)
€47.7m
Leading organisation: FRAUNHOFER Partner role: 14
Coordinator role: 60
Funding received:
Leading Country by total participantsPartner role:
Germany (545)Cooordinator role:
Germany (48)Leading Irish Organisationby value of funding received: Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork
€2.8m
€15.6mHighest value project coordinated by an Irish organisation: PIXAPP (Coordinated by Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork)
average success rate(Compared to 11% across all Horizon 2020 programmes)
13%
Types of Projects:
56% 34%10%
Research & Innovation Action projects
Innovation Action projects
Coordination & Support Action and other projects
Average Project Partners
11 (Smallest: 3 partners; Largest: 48 partners)
27%
Projects coordinated by private-for-profit organisations:
Average budgetResearch & Innovation Action and Innovation Action projects:
€6mCoordination & Support Action projects:
€1.2m
€21.3m
4 Projects coordinated by Irish organisations:
Position of Ireland for involvement in projects: 15th of 38 countries
Total budget for Irish participations
Proportion of partners from private-for-profit organisations:
49%
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What Future Opportunities are coming up in Horizon 2020?
At the time of writing, April 2017, the work programmes for 2018-2020 are still being finalised. It is expected that the final work programme will be published officially around September/October 2017. There are drafts, outlines, and discussion documents being distributed to various national delegates, expert groups etc. for consultation and input. In advance of the final work programmes, it is possible to predict key areas where there will be investments based on public policy documents that have been drafted by various expert working groups.
An important reference document is the EC’s Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020 – Strategic Programme Overarching Document2 .
The Strategic Programme Overarching Document outlines lessons learnt and key priorities and highlights the following areas:
• building a low-carbon, climate resilient future;
• digitising and transforming European industry and services;
• connecting economic and environmental gains – the Circular Economy; and,
• boosting the effectiveness of the Security Union.
Timeline: Consultation with the 2018-2020 Programme Committee in the configuration of the work programme drafts is taking place in Q1-Q3 of 2017. In late Q3 or Q4 of 2017, the Work Programme 2018-2020 will be adopted.
A range of working documents, industry recommendations, and roadmaps have been published that give indications of priorities for different areas, and illustrate the importance of continued communication with the industry networks. Recent examples include:
• “Scoping Paper for Horizon 2020 work programme 2018-2020 Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing (NMBP)”3 ;
• “Energy Efficient Buildings - Multi-annual roadmap for the contractual PPP under Horizon 2020” 4; and,
• “Factories 4.0 and Beyond Recommendations for the work programme 18-19-20 of the FoF PPP under Horizon 2020” 5.
Where can I get Help if I want to Apply for Funding?
National Contact Points are in place providing a support mechanism to newcomers (and existing partners) to the programme, as they navigate the system. National Contact Points are also able to provide access to insights into upcoming calls before official call announcements, and can raise your attention to Horizon 2020 Information Days, which inform potential applicants of relevant information.
National Contact Points
Topic: Nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing
Name: Dr Sergio Fernandez-CeballosOrganisation: Enterprise IrelandEmail: [email protected]: 01-7272704
Topic: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Name: Stephen O’ReillyOrganisation: Enterprise IrelandEmail: [email protected] Tel: 021-4800217
Name: Gerard KennedyOrganisation: Enterprise IrelandEmail: [email protected]: 061-777052
FUTURE FUNDING
2 http://bit.ly/H2020overarching 3 http://bit.ly/H2020scopingNMBP
4 http://bit.ly/H2020roadmapEEB 5 http://bit.ly/H2020factories
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FUTURE FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS FOR IDA CLIENTS
Different organisations have different strategies and policies for research and innovation and no one model fits all. Horizon 2020 is unlike previous European funding programmes and we would recommend that all companies carefully examine the opportunities and potential benefits presented through Horizon 2020 collaborations and consider reaching out and developing opportunities through the programme.
For IDA clients, leading or partnering in a Horizon 2020-funded project may provide one or more of the following benefits:
1. The opportunity to engage, collaborate, and exchange perspectives with the best research teams in Europe who are carrying out state-of-the-art research in fields of interest to you. Such interactions could:
- lead to new strategic research and development partnerships;
- provide ideas and inspiration for your day to day operations;
- help inform foresight and strategic activities in your organisation; and,
- identify intellectual property that you may want to secure or licence.
2. The provision of a source of research and development funding that may fund bottom-up or high risk ideas in your team at a local level without the requirement to use internal research and development budget.
3. The opportunity for your in-house researchers to see other working environments and potentially access novel or pilot research and development facilities/platforms to test ideas and concepts using equipment that you may not currently have in-house.
4. Advanced manufacturing is a rapidly advancing area where policy may need to adapt to establish suitable regulatory conditions for future business operations. By participating in Horizon 2020 and the relevant networks, platforms and fora surrounding the programme, your organisation can be exposed to key European actors tasked with debating, defining and designing future European research and innovation investments and policy/regulatory framework conditions. Feeding into such processes can allow your organisation to influence, as well as help predict, evolving conditions in advance of official announcements.
5. Your staff can be exposed to networks and forums that may lie outside of your core expertise or, whilst not being directly related to your core business today, those that might have applicability in the future. Such exposure could help develop strategic symbiotic relationships with other businesses or research organisations for future collaboration, commercialisation activities or acquisitions.
6. Help to identify talent that you may wish to recruit in the future.
One or more of the above benefits could contribute to ensuring your Irish operations justify its current or future activities but also can help ensure that your organisation continues to align with state-of-the-art research and innovation activity, working to ensure competitiveness in an ever-changing environment.
If you would like support in defining an organisational strategy to identify and pursue Horizon 2020 opportunities, please contact the IDA Contact Point to arrange a one-to-one exploratory meeting:
David Brody Technology & Innovation Advisor LifeSciences, IDA IrelandTel: +353 1 6034274 Email: [email protected]
IDA IrelandWilton Park HouseWilton Place Dublin 2Ireland
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CONCLUSION
This executive summary, and the full report that it summarises, serves to present an overview of the European Commission Horizon 2020 advanced manufacturing funding landscape in a clear accessible format that allows IDA clients to better understand and assess the opportunities within the funding programme.
Between 2014 and 2016, €1.4 billion was invested in advanced manufacturing. By October 2017, the calls for 2018-2020 will be launched and will transparently map out all the main opportunities for the remainder of the programme. Priorities and focus areas are already announced and present significant opportunities for IDA clients. One would predict that over €3.3 billion will be invested into NMP/B and ICT before the end of the programme, with projects funded in later rounds running for up to five years (predicted final project completion dates by 2025).
Key observations arising from report
• The European funding system can be difficult to navigate but this document provides an overview, sources of further information, insights, trends and contact points to support you in navigating through the system.
• Key platforms and fora are outlined to assist organisations in networking. Ensuring other actors are aware that your organisation is interested in participating, and there is a contact point for enquiries is important to ensure you receive approaches to participate;
• The European Commission has made significant efforts in Horizon 2020 to make the programme as open and accessible as possible. Industry is encouraged and funded to participate in Hoirzon 2020. Many consortia seek out relevant industrial actors to recruit into their consortia as a recognised, positive aspect at evaluation stage;
• The protection of intellectual property is an important issue of which the European Commission is aware. It is possible for companies to influence project design and ensure that intellectual property is protected within the consortia via robust contracts (namely, the Consortium Agreement and the Grant Agreement);
• There are many key performers with a track record of success in Ireland and across Europe. These key performers are listed in this report. Several have experience in all stages of project development, proposal writing and implementation of successful projects. Engaging with key performers can be part of an effective networking strategy to secure roles in strong consortia;
• National Contact Points and other Irish organisations (research organisations and also consultants) with expertise in European funding can provide much needed support and are able to open doors to European counterparts.
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“ Innovation is change that
unlocks new value.”
Jamie Notter
CONCLUSION
Science. Communication. Knowledge. Innovation.
