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SNAPSHOTIRISH PARTICIPATION IN HORIZON 2020

€72 million to Irish companies

€41.8 million ICT budget awarded to Irish participants with 23 successful Irish led projects: MPSTOR, Cellix, Movidius, Peracton, Q-Validus.

3 Big Data projects led by Ireland, each with Irish SME partners: Q-validus, Peracton, Sindice.

Energy effi ciency 8% of Energy Effi cient Building’s budget went to the Irishparticipants: Enerit Ltd, Zutec Technologies, Arden Energy Ltd,IBM, worth €4.6 million.

€24.8 million Irish SME’s win €25 million from SME instrument for close tomarket opportunities.

(Radisens Diagnostics €4.87 million, PMD Solutions €4.26 million, Oncomark €2.75 million, Sigmoid Pharma: €2.31 million).

HORIZON 2020 NATIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK LED BY ENTERPRISE IRELAND

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Cyber Security European Commission to fund up to €0.5 billion – open to Irish companies.

Ireland wins 9% of the overall European Horizon 2020 Fight Against Crime and Terrorism budget in 2016 (€3.8 million out of €42 million): Scorpion Networks, Reamda.

€50 million guarantee fund

Bank of Ireland secures €50 million for finance of risk based projects for Irish companies.

Company success EI and IDA clients win 82% of funding to the industry.

2 SMEs Irish led consortium looking at bringing 5% of toy and nursery manufacturing from China to Europe within the next five years: Manopt, MCOR Technologies.

Health Fleming Medical secure funding for innovative smart bandages in collaboration with Tyndall institute.

Innovation procurement

European Commission to provide €100 million plus opportunities for Irish companies to work with large public procurers across Europe

Cost Networks over 30,000 researchers, Irish researchers participate in approximately 80% of activities, opportunities for Irish companies to network in Europe through COST: General Paints Ltd

Enterprise Europe Network

Free support, information and training for SMEs on IPR. Innovation management capacities of 40 Irish companies assessed using EI’s Innovation Health Check Tool as part of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Programme, coaches have been assigned to address the gaps.

150 SMEs assisted in their technology and business partnering activities.

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