Midi-Pyrénées Region’s experience in MNT-ERA.NET Network

CPMR WORKING GROUP ON REGIONSIN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA8 December 2009

Why MNT ERA-Net?

• Micro and nano technologies are key enabling technologies of the 21st century and the global market is growing rapidly.

• Europe has a strong R&D base in many MNT areas but its funding programmes are fragmented and dispersed among many national and regional funding bodies.

���� MNT ERA-Net stimulates close and long-term cooperatio n between national funding programmes (focusing on applied RTD) to improve and complement the European funding portfolio

What is MNT-ERA.NET ?

• A EU (FP6 & FP7) project• A large network of national & regional funding programmes for micro and nano technologies (MNT), each represented by a funding agency or ministry• Combined annual public budget of ca. 400 M€• A real tool to fund and stimulate near-to-market Micro and Nano Technologies for a highly competitive European industry

MNT-ERA.NET History

FP 6:• 5-year Coordination Action 2004-2008

2004: 8 partners � 2008: 22 partners

FP 7:• 2.5-year Coordination Action 2009-2011

80% of MNT ERA-Net I partners + 5 new partners���� 21 agencies (17 EU MS + 4 AC, incl. 3 regions)

• 2012+: ? ERA-NET PLUS ?

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

MNT-ERA.NET I MNT-ERA.NET II PLUS ?

Austria FFG (Coordinator)Belgium DGOEERCyprus RPFCzech Republic CSNMTFinland TekesFrance OSEOFrance CR Midi-PyreneesGermany VDI/VDE-ITGermany PTKAHungary NKTHNordic Countries Nordic Innovation CentrePoland NCBIRPortugal FCTRomania NCPMSlovakia SASSlovenia MHESTSpain InnobasqueSpain Basque Govt.Sweden VinnovaSwitzerland OPETTurkey TÜBITAK

MNT-ERA.NET Consortium (2009)

MNT ERA-Net activities � Expand the MNT ERA-Net network

� Analyse national and regional MNT funding programmes

� Identify similarities, complementarities, compatibility problems

� Facilitate harmonisation of processes

� Exchange evaluators between programmes

� Cooperate with other European networks

� Organise joint transnational calls for RTD proposals

� Synchronise and harmonise national funding decisions

� Establish long-term cooperation between funding agencies

� Exploit best practices

� Design and implement efficient processes for coordinated evaluation and funding

of projects

� Accomodate the needs of our clients

� Open attractive channels for transnational cooperation

���� Support the competitiveness of the European industry

• Systematic cooperation with the European RTD community … exploit roadmaps & strategy papers published by Technology Platforms

• Best possible integration of national, regional and European strategic priorities & goals � establish a systematic multi-annual plan & joint RTD programme

• Well accepted funding instrument : transnational calls transparent criteria - low administrative efforts - high success rates for excellent proposals � stimulate the creation of a new highly competitive industry and increased participation of SMEs & newcomers in transnational RTD

• Streamlining of MNT support services

• Mobilisation of resources towards a foreseen ERA-NET PLUS activity

• Sustainable, long-term cooperation even beyond the end of the project

Targets & progress beyond the state of the art

Transnational Calls 2006 + 2007 + 2008 (+ 2009)

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Scope: “all MNT topics, but national priorities“market orientedmin. 2 partners

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Summary of Joint Calls 2006-2008:

45 funded projects30 M€ funding

NICe � FI, NO, SE

How are the calls designed ?

Thematic scope:- European level: broad MNT scope (2006-2008)

specific application fields (2009)- national & regional level: programme rules & priorities

Project type:- market oriented R&D projects (max. 3 years)- focus on industry participation- small consortia encouraged (min. 2 parties, min. 2 countries)

Funding:- national & regional budgets- national & regional criteria

� combine advantages of European network with advantages of local administration !

���� complement existing funding tools

Receiving, evaluating and selecting projects

ERA-NET

2009: 89 pre-proposals

Nanostructured materials

Micro and nano manufacturing

Micro- and nano electronics

Medical devices

Microsystems

Instrumentation

Optical devices

Energy devices

Microsensors

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Call topics 2006-2009

Calls 2006 - 2009: type of applicants

… >45% industry

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Midi-Pyrénées Region involved in 5 projects:

• NANOMULTIPLEX (Parallelized Single Biomolecule Nano-assays) – Midi-Pyrénées / Spain

• PROSYNA (Processes For Synthesis Of Nanomaterials) – Midi-Pyrénées / Spain

• NANOMED2 (Nanostructured bioceramic coatings deposited by low energy plasma for medical implants) – Basque Country (Spain) / Midi-Pyrénées

• WiNaV ( Wide Range Nanotable Vacuum Environment) – Midi-Pyrénées / Basque Country (Spain)

• NEMIS (MEMS Based Millimeterwave Imaging System)– Midi-Pyrénées/Finland/Romania

Total funding : 950 K € from Midi-Pyrénées Region

TBC• EASIMECA ( freestanding structure optimisation by mechanical tensile test)– Midi-

Pyrénées/Luxemburg• PAUNE K (Keratoconus contact lens)- Midi-Pyrénées/Portugal/Spain

• large network of >20 participating countries and regions

• funding instrument complementing other programmes

• close relations between funding agencies and clients

• low administrative barriers � especially attractive for SMEs

• Accelerated and coherent funding decisions

• high success rate

���� attractive channel for R&D projects

What are the benefits for clients ?

MNT ERA-Net encourages the participation of newcomers and small consortia.

Funded projects – network analysis

Benefits and challenges for funding agencies

• Awareness and consideration of various national programme details

• Flexible and well accepted approach to transnational calls• Low bureaucracy • Large network � critical mass, stable procedures• Added value for all participating programmes through shared

analysis• Good basis for sustained cooperation

� opportunities for streamlining of national programmes

���� complement the portfolio of European funding instruments

market orientation

FP7 calls

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NMP Initiatives: cooperation model 2011+ ?

Focus 1:

Cooperation

Integration

Implementation

Core team: strategy, infrastructure, PR, management, EC contract

Focus 2 :

Cooperation

Integration

Implementation

Focus 3 :

Cooperation

Integration

Implementation

Focus X :

Cooperation

Integration

Implementation

Coordination

Funding organisations –variable geometry; EC contract required ?

ERA-NET +

• ERA-NET + : 5 participants of 5 different States /

Joint call of minimum 5 M€ / 5 years

• Bigger administrative complexity

• Monitoring costs : non eligible

• Which flexibility in topic choice ?

• Evaluation criteria / final ranked list

=> Which added-value for regional authorities

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