Dissemination and Exploitation –Horizon Dashboard andHorizon Results Platform

Horizon 2020 outreach event

12 February 2020

Tallinn, Estonia

Katrina BARKANE

Directorate General for Research and Innovation

European Commission

Horizon 2020 Programmeincreased importance given to D&E

H2020 Legal basis

Rules for Participation state clear obligations for beneficiaries:

• "Each participant that has received Union funding shall use its best efforts to exploit the results it owns, or to

have them exploited by another legal entity…"

• "Subject to any restrictions due to the protection of intellectual property, security rules or legitimate interests,

each participant shall through appropriate means disseminate the results it owns as soon as possible."

• "… participants shall provide any information on their exploitation and dissemination related activities, and

provide any documents necessary in accordance with the conditions laid down in the grant agreement"

Horizon 2020 Programmeincreased importance given to D&E

H2020 Implementation rules

• Proposal template highlights Dissemination and Exploitation (D&E) plan as an admissibility condition and

included in the Impact criterion evaluation

• Grant agreement (GA) includes articles 28 on Exploitation and 29 on Dissemination ,and possibly additional

D&E obligations following the WP

• Periodic and continuous reporting include D&E related sections

• Key exploitable results are the outputsgenerated during the project which can be usedand create impact, either by the projectpartners or by other stakeholders.

• Project results can be reusable and exploitable(e.g. inventions, prototypes, services) as such, orelements (knowledge, technology, processes,networks) that have potential to contribute forfurther work on research or innovation.

What are project results?

Any tangible or intangible output of the action, such as data,knowledge and information whatever their form or nature,whether or not they can be protected.*

*http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/reference_terms.html

What is communication?

Communication

Taking strategic and

targeted measures for

promoting the action itself

and its results to a multitude

of audiences, including the

media and the public, and

possibly engaging in a two-

way exchange*

Reach out to society as a whole

Demonstrate how EU funding contributes to tackling societalchallenges

Strategically planned with communication objectives and notonly ad-hoc efforts

Uses pertinent messages, right medium and means

*Shortened from: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/glossary

What is dissemination?

Dissemination

Making the results of a project public, not only by scientific publications in any medium*

Circulation of knowledge and results to the ones that can bestmake use of them

Enabling the value of results to be potentially wider than theoriginal focus

Essential element of all good research practice and vital part ofthe project plan

Strengthens and promotes the profile of the organisation

*Shortened from: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/glossary

What is the difference?

What is exploitation?

Exploitation

The utilisation of results in developing, creating and marketing a product or process, or in creating and providing a service, or in standardisation activities.*

Make use of results; recognising exploitable results and their stakeholders

Concretise the value and impact of the R&I activity for societal challenges

Can be commercial, societal, political, for improving public knowledge and for policy making

Project partners can exploit results themselves, or facilitate exploitation by others (e.g. through making results available under open licenses)

*Shortened from: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/glossary

What is the difference?

• Perceiving D&E as ‘’tick-boxes’’, not important for the ‘’real work’’ of the project (research)

• Focusing on implementation vs aligning work with the needs of users and stakeholders

• Lack of skills (or interest) to consider or share the value and potential benefits of the results

for wider society

• Lack of knowledge of dissemination and exploitation risks and opportunities

• Not (yet) truly part of the project design

• Often interpreted as an activity after the project lifetime

What is the road block for D&E?

• Attract new talent to join the team

• Maintain international and interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities

• Improve access to other funding opportunities

• Identify innovation potential

• In case of commercial exploitation new source of income

• Contribute to societal goals thereby providing more visibility/prestige to the

researcher/institution

Why is D&E important for the project?

• Increase intelligence on the results’ data we receive from Research and Innovation (R&I)

projects

• Complete the Framework Programme (FP) data with data coming other sources

• Cluster results in all areas of the FP and make them available in a structured way to all the

interested parties

• Support and advice the beneficiaries on the potential use of their results

• Facilitate synergies with other EU initiatives on the R&I results

Why is D&E important for the Commission?

Why do we need D&E?

Why do we need D&E?

Better dissemination and exploitation of the project results contributes to:

• More effective circulation of knowledge and new ideas

• Increase of the innovation potential and the creation of new business

opportunities

• Maximisation of the impact created through the R&I investment

Dissemination and exploitation = catalyser for impact creation of

Research and Innovation investment, European competitiveness and

the welfare of our society

D&E Reporting Obligations

• Part A (under continuous reporting)

• Publishable summary

• Deliverables, milestones, risks, etc.

• Answers to the questionnaire (H2020 Key Performance Indicators)

• Part B – narrative part

• Explanation of the work carried out by the beneficiaries and an overview of the progress

• Update of the plan for dissemination and exploitation of results

• Explanations on deviations from the Description of Action (DoA)

Technical report

• Results and not only scientific, tangible, planned results

• Exploitation is not only commercialisation

• Consider policy relevant evidence as an exploitable result

Things to remember:

• Update the plan for dissemination and exploitation of results (if applicable)

Include in this section whether the initial plan (as described in DoA) needs to be updated and

provide details.

• Pay attention and do not leave the sections on D&E blank or incomplete

• Include (particularly, in the final report) the forward looking elements

e.g. What are the follow-up plans for D&E?

Things to remember:

D&E Guidance and Tools

• H2020 online manual & Funding and Tenders Portal

• Dissemination and Exploitation

• Open Access and Data Management

• Communication

• H2020 Glossary

• Coordinators’ Day presentation

• …

Resources supporting beneficiaries

• IPR Helpdesk

• Guidance

• Helpline

• Trainings

• New Guidance on Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation under development

• Dissemination towards potential users of the results

Resources supporting beneficiaries

• Horizon Dashboard

• CORDIS

• Projects for Policy (P4P) reports

• Innovation Radar (IR)

• The Booster

• Horizon Impact Award

• Horizon Results Platform

D&E tools offered to beneficiaries

EU Research and Innovation data at your fingertips

Horizon Dashboard

• FP7 and H2020:

• Proposals, projects

• Participants, success rates

• Country profiles, collaboration

• Project results:

• IPRs and Scientific Publications

• As declared/reported to the EC

• Based on the continuous reporting

Horizon Dashboard

• Special focus areas:

• European Innovation Council pilot

• Seal of Excellence

• Data refreshed on a monthly basis

Horizon Dashboard

• Target audience:

• General Public

• EU Member States and Associated Countries

• Research and Innovation community

Horizon Dashboard

• Mobile friendly

• Advanced search and export options

• Interactive

• Filtering

• Drill downs

• Colour switch

• Many visuals

• Several pages (views) with detailed information

Key features

• Link to organisation profile

• Topic:

• two new fields, i.e. topic code and topic description

• drill down now possible (from thematic priorities to topics)

• Keywords

• Regional Aspects (drill down from NUTS level 1 to level 3)

Novelties

• Country profile – interactive and detailed

• Country profile summaries – concise and printable

Novelties

• KPIs and detailed figures per country or region

• Comparisons with other countries

• Overview by programme

• Details on SME performance

• Collaboration with other countries

• Indicators on the R&D landscape

Country Profile

Country profile – Quick Link

https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index.cfm?pg=country-profiles

CORDIS

• Point of reference to seek information on EU-funded research projects

• Focus on dissemination

• Products and services offered:

• Publishable summaries for H2020

• Results Packs

• Enhanced Results in brief

• H2020 public deliverables and Publications

• Offers support for accessing Open Air results

CORDIS

https://cordis.europa.eu/en

Innovation Radar

• Data-driven methodology to deliver intelligence on:

• Innovations emerging from the projects

• The Innovators: who and where?

• Market Readiness: how can we get to the market?

• Structured systematic data

• Applicable for the entire H2020 programme, i.e. not topic=specific

Innovation Radar

www.innoradar.eu

• Advantages for the beneficiaries:

• Expert assessment on your project innovation(s)

• Identify your go-to-market needs/barriers

• Matchmaking with partners, investors

• Explore the innovation landscape in your country/region, field

• Innovation Radar Prize – yearly award based on public voting

Innovation Radar

www.innoradar.eu

Horizon Results PlatformMaking results matter

“… to turn the high volume and quality of its (Europe’s)

science and research results faster and deeper into

innovations which generate value for economy and

society…”

– Pascal Lamy, when speaking of Europe’s challenges and ambitions

… and contribute to the sustainability of our Planet

Horizon Results Platform

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/horizon-results-platform

• Online advertising space for EU-funded research results

• Beneficiaries can disseminate their Key Exploitable Results (KERs) to targeted

audiences

• Maximises match-making opportunities for exploitation purposes

• Now: FP7 + H2020

• In the future: Any Programme under the F&T Portal!

• Service provider and link to other service providers

Horizon Results Platform

• Access via F&T Portal account – beneficiaries can upload their project results

• Peer-to-peer validation (by project partners, EC Project Officer, Platform Moderators)

• Multiple results per project

• Live Platform

• Key filters, i.e. target audience, needs, R&D maturity, Investor Readiness

flags, all drive the match-making process

• Video, Influence on Policy, Testimonials/References, contributions to UN

SDGs, Innovation Radar assessments – all enhance each result’s profile

How does it work?

The Boosterhttps://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/d-e-booster

The Booster

• Set of 3 tailor-made services offered to Framework Programme

beneficiaries for:

• Capacity building in Dissemination and Exploitation

• Increasing the benefit of the dissemination of results by clustering R&I projects into

a portfolio of similar or complimentary project results

• Increasing their exploitation potential and access to market

The Booster

• Aims to:

• Ensure an effective transfer of R&I project results to policy makers, industry and society

• Maximise the impact of R&I public investment

• Demonstrate and amplify the added value of the Framework Programmes

• IMPORTANT: The Booster provides professional support and guidance NOT

additional funding for D&E

The Booster

• Who can apply?

• Any FP7 or H2020 beneficiary of ongoing and/or closed projects depending on the

requested services

• How to apply?

• Projects can apply via an online submission form on the F&T Portal:

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/DE-Booster-Service-Request

• Projects can select specific module(s) of a service, according to their needs – 1 or

more specific service(s) up to the full set of services.

• IMPORTANT: Project can only receive a particular service/module once

The Booster

• Selection based on:

• Eligibility criteria (depending on the requested service)

• Motivation: to benefit from the services, the project(s) or project groups will be

requested to commit and allocate time and resources to participate actively and

cooperatively

• Delivery of the services:

• External service provided for a 4 year framework contract

• Via e-mails, teleconferences, face-to-face meetings…

• IMPORTANT: NO additional reimbursements for travel costs

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