Transcript GERAINT GREEN HORIZON 2020 PRESENTATION

WEFO’s Horizon 2020 Unit:
supporting Welsh organisations
Geraint Green
Head of Horizon 2020 Unit
Welsh European Funding Office
WEFO’s Horizon 2020 Unit
• Established in January 2013
• A central contact point (one-stop-shop) for
integrated, consistent and targeted advice
and support for Welsh organisations on
accessing the most appropriate research
and innovation funding from the EU
• Teams in North and South Wales
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Rationale for Unit
• Building on existing relationships with Welsh
Government Departments, the European
Commission, Higher Education and those
representing business needs
• Located in WEFO – maximising opportunities
for synergy with the Structural Funds
• Extra resources and ambition to ‘raise the
game’ in Wales
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Role of Unit
• Proactively engaging and targeting existing
Welsh, UK and EU resources and expertise for
the benefit of Welsh organisations
• Working with stakeholders to identify gaps in
advice/support and how best to address them
• Where appropriate enhancing the support
available through additional investment, with
Structural Funds likely to play a role
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Overview of WEFO’s added value approach to
delivering Horizon 2020 support
Sector
forums
UK
Depts
National
Contact
Points
Others
European
Commission
Enterprises
Bid writing
Technology
Strategy
Board
UKRO
Chief
Scientific
Advisor
Horizon
2020
Unit
Enterprise Europe
Network Wales
(EEN)
HEFCW
ES&T
Sector
Teams
Welsh
Government
Office
Brussels
Welsh
Government
Depts.
Welsh
Higher
Education
Welsh
Higher Education
Brussels
Technical
advice
Capacity
building
Financial
support
Specific
networks
Examples of Unit’s activity
• Targeted awareness raising, e.g. today’s workshops
• Working with stakeholders to build new links
between existing support structures
• Working with stakeholders to identify and target
‘competitive funding ready’ researchers and
businesses
• Focussing investments on building capacity or
addressing barriers that will ensure improved access
to competitive research funding
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The Challenge:
For example,
raising the
participation of
industry and
SMEs is
important.
Not easy but
there is
something to
build on…
SCoRE Cymru
• Supporting Collaborative Research and
innovation in Europe
• Grants to support Welsh-based
organisations with the costs of accessing
EU programmes such as Horizon 2020
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SCoRE Cymru: Currently
supports…
• The travel and accommodation costs involved in:
– identifying and building consortia,
– negotiation of contracts
• The cost of subcontracted expertise for:
– writing funding proposals,
– negotiation and conclusion of consortium
agreements and/or contracts
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SCoRE Cymru: Grant available
Travel – up to £1,000
– Up to 100% of the costs for SMEs
– Up to 75% of the costs for HE
– Up to 50% of the costs for other organisations
travelling with a Welsh SME/HE partner
Expertise - up to £10,000
– Up to 100% of the costs for all organisations
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SCoRE Cymru: Features
• Quick turnover time
• Supports early consortium building
• Travel outside the EU and to UK
destinations allowed under certain
circumstances
• Assessment criteria focus on quality of
proposal and added value
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Other WG activity supporting the
‘stairway to excellence’
• A4B: technology transfer collaborations
• Innovation Vouchers (£25k/1yr)
• SMART Cymru: grants for feasibility to
exploitation
• IP advice (PATLIB)
• Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS)
• Business support
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Unit’s current activity
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Continuing to engage with stakeholders
Identifying key EU/UK events
Developing targeted Welsh workshops
SCoRE Cymru applications
Considering Structural Fund ideas
Scoping Study on Horizon 2020 support in
Wales underway
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Thank you
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