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University of Manchester 11 September 2013 Sobia Aslam [email protected]
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Introduction to Horizon 2020 Overview of the Structure Cross-cutting Issues Highlights of Practical Aspects How to get involved Questions
introduction
The European Union’s new funding instrument for research and innovation from 2014-2020 Budget of EUR 70.2 billion The follow on programme to FP7 EC Horizon 2020 website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=home EC Horizon 2020 proposal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents
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Coupling research to innovation
– from basic research to market, all forms of innovation •
Focus on societal challenges
facing EU society, e.g., health, clean energy and transport •
Simplified access,
for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond
Official programme launch 1 January 2014 Before then: First Calls for Proposals expected on 11.12.2013
Draft Work Programmes might be published in the autumn Watch out for info days, brokerage events
Excellent Science European Research Council (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research Infrastructures Industrial Leadership Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) ICT, KETs, Space Access to Risk Finance Innovation in SMEs Societal Challenges Health and Wellbeing Food security Transport Energy Climate action Societies Security Widening Participation; Science with and for Society European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) EURATOM Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Personalising health and care Sustainable food security Blue growth Smart cities and communities Water innovation New ideas for Europe Disaster resilience Competitive low carbon energy Mobility for growth Digital security Energy Efficiency Waste
Pillar 1 – Excellent Science
Total budget = €21.6 billion Brings the four programmes together for first time New Committee structure: one PC for ERC / MSCA / FET; one for RI Should bring greater cohesion Overall objective: “to strengthen the excellence of European research.” European Research Council Research Infrastructures Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Future and Emerging Technologies
European Research Council
The ERC seeks to fund the best ‘frontier research’ proposals submitted by excellent researchers, with excellence as the single peer review criterion.
Will fund projects led by a Principal Investigator, if necessary supported by a team (no need for pan-European collaboration).
Will operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis, without pre-determined research priorities. 25 panels in 3 domains which proposals can be submitted to: Physical Sciences and Engineering Life Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities
Starting Grants Consolidator Grants Advanced Grants Synergy Grants Proof of Concept
Please see the ERC’s April 2013 statement on the timing of the 2014 calls: http://erc.europa.eu/update-ERC-calls-proposals-2014
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Operates in a ‘bottom-up’ basis, open to all research and innovation areas Mobility is a key requirement • • • • Key areas supported: Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge Co-funding of activities
FP7 ITN IEF IOF IIF CIG IAPP IRSES COFUND ITN IF Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Networks (Early Stage Researchers) Individual Fellowships (Experienced Researchers) RISE COFUND Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (Exchange of Staff) Cofunding or regional, national and international programmes
Future Emerging Technologies
Expanded from ICT and Energy to be used as cross-cutting funding scheme Supports frontier research: alternative ideas, concepts or paradigms of risky or non-conventional nature FET Open FET Proactive FET Flagships High Performance Computing PPP •Fostering novel ideas •Nurturing emerging themes and communities •10 Topics •Tackling grand Interdisciplinary science and technology challenges •Graphene •Human Brain •Support to Flagships •HPC towards Exascale •7 Topics
Non-topical and Non-descriptive • • • • Characteristics • Long Term Vision and S&T targeted Foundational – develop the basis for a new kind of technology High-Risk – complex projects that cross multiple disciplines Novelty – new ideas and concepts, not incremental Interdisciplinary Two Types of Projects • Early Proof of Principle of a new technological possibility, together with its scientific basis, as foundational contribution for a radically new line of science and technology research; or • Establish a solid baseline of feasibility and potential for a new technological direction, ready for early take-up with an early-stage emerging innovation ecosystem of high-potential actors.
• Involve new and high-potential research and innovation players
Objectives Exploratory: to stimulate the exploration of a variety of directions by building up critical mass of researchers and groups Path finding: translating science into concrete technological directions by projects that build on proof of concept, while high risk, to take them to the next level of development Nine Candidate Topics 1.
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Time for Time Constructive Symbiosis Adaptive bottom-up construction New possibilities at the nano-bio-chem interface Knowing, doing, being Ecological technology Exploiting light-matter interactions Quantum technologies Global Science System
Graphene Human Brain Project Support to the FET Flagships
Research Infrastructures
Developing the European Research Infrastructures (RI) for 2020 and beyond: Developing new world class RIs Integrating and opening national RIs of pan-European interest Development, deployment and operation ICT based e Infrastructures Foster innovation potential of RI and their human capital Reinforcing European RI policy and international co-operation
Pillar 2 – Industrial Leadership
Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and innovation Europe needs more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs
Strong focus on industrial involvement and applied research Developing industrial capacity in focus areas: • Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) Micro- and nano-electronics, Photonics Nanotechnologies Advanced Materials Biotechnology Advanced Manufacturing and Processing
Pillar 3 – Societal Challenges
Concerns of citizens and society + EU policy objectives Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences and humanities Addressing challenges requires full research & innovation cycle, from research to market Focus on policy priorities without predetermining technologies or types of solutions to be developed
Climate Challenge Food Challenge Security Challenge Energy Challenge IIR Challenge Transport Challenge Health Challenge
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
1. Understanding health, wellbeing and disease •Understanding the determinants of health, improving health promotion and disease prevention •Improved understanding of health and disease •Improving surveillance and preparedness 2. Preventing Disease •Developing effective prevention and screening programmes + assessment of disease susceptibility •Improving diagnostics and prognosis •Better preventive and therapeutic vaccines 3. Treating and managing disease •Treating disease, including developing regenerative medicine •Transferring knowledge to clinical practice and scalable innovation actions 4. Active ageing and self-management of health •Active ageing and self-management of health •Individual awareness and empowerment for self-management of health 5. Methods and data •Improving health information and better use of health data •Improving scientific tools and methods to support policy making and regulatory needs •Using in-silico medicine for improving disease management and prediction 6. Health care provision and integrated care •Promoting integrated care •Optimising efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare provision and reducing inequalities by evidence-based decision making
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Draft Work Programme currently unavailable
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Topics may include:
Unravelling the complexity of health and disease Personalised, safer, and more effective health interventions Advancing active and healthy ageing Integrated, sustainable, citizen centred care Managing data, providing evidence for policies and regulation Focus Area likely to be personalising health and care
Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Marine and Maritime Research and the Bio-economy
1. Sustainable agriculture and forestry •developing more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems •developing services for thriving rural livelihoods •mitigation of climate change 2. Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet •developing healthy and safe foods •enabling better consumer choices, and competitive food processing methods which use less resources •making the food sector more competitive 3. Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources •securing food supplies by developing sustainable and environmentally friendly fisheries •increasing the competitiveness of European aquaculture •boosting marine innovation through biotechnology 4. Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries •transforming conventional industrial processes and products into bio-based resource and energy efficient ones •developing integrated bio-refineries •better use of biomass from primary production
Calls divided into the four specific activities, plus a number of topics within two ‘Focus Areas’: • • • • • • Sustainable agriculture and forestry (5 topics) Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector (4 topics) Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources (5 topics) Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries (6 topics) Focus area on sustainable food security (17 topics) Focus area on blue growth (17 topics) plus 1 topic each under other focus areas on Waste and Personalising Health and Care Types of projects to be funded: • • • • • Collaborative projects (CP) with 100% reimbursement rates, and first market replication projects (CP-CTM) with 70% reimbursement rates Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) 2x ERA-NETs 3x topics to be funded via the SME Instrument Also: Public-Private Partnership on Bio-Based Industries
Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy
Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint by smart and sustainable energy use Low cost, low carbon energy supply Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources A single, smart European electricity grid New knowledge and technologies Robust decision making and public engagement Low cost, low carbon energy supply Projects implementing the main aims of the
European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan
will be a big priority
1. Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint by smart and sustainable use •Bring to mass market technologies and services for a smart and efficient energy use •Unlock the potential of efficient and renewable heating-cooling systems •Foster European Smart cities and Communities 2. Low-cost, low-carbon electricity supply •Develop the full potential of wind energy •Develop efficient, reliable and cost-competitive solar energy systems •Develop competitive and environmentally safe technologies for CO2 capture, transport, storage and re-use •Develop geothermal, hydro, marine and other renewable options Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources •Make bio-energy more competitive and sustainable •Reducing time to market for hydrogen and fuel cells technologies •New alternative fuels 4. A single, smart European electricity grid 5. New knowledge and technologies 6. Robust decision making and public engagement 7. Market uptake of energy innovation
Calls for proposals divided into three
Focus Areas
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Energy Efficiency
(16 topics)
Competitive Low Carbon Energy
(20 topics)
Smart Cities and Communities
(2 topics ) Types of projects to be funded: • • • • • Collaborative projects (with 100% reimbursement rate) Coordination and Support Actions Several ERA-NETs Several topics funded via public procurement Also: some topics funded through the Energy Efficient Buildings and Sustainable Process Industries Public Private Partnerships
Smart, green and integrated transport
Four broad lines of activity: 1) Resource-efficient transport that respects the environment and public health 2) Better mobility and accessibility, less congestion, more safety and security 3) Global leadership for the European transport industry 4) Socio-economic and behavioural research and forward looking activities for policy making Mode of transport Transport integration Aviation Rail Road Waterborne Urban mobility Logistics Intelligent transport systems Infrastructures
Four calls: Mobility for Growth (46 topics) Clean Vehicles (10 topics) Blue Growth (4 topics) Smart Cities and Communities (2 topics) • • • • Types of projects funded: single or two-stage Collaborative Projects (CPs) with 100% or 70% reimbursement rates single stage Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) Small Business Innovation Research for Transport inducement prize in 2015 for the cleanest engine
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
Fighting and adapting to climate change Sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems Sustainable supply of non energy and non agricultural raw materials To achieve: Transition to a green economy through eco-innovation Contributing to focus areas Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe Disaster resilience: safeguarding and securing society, including adapting to climate change
1. Fighting and adapting to climate change •Better understanding of climate change and reliable projections •Innovative adaption and risk prevention measures •Climate change mitigation policies 2. Sustainability managing natural resources and ecosystems •Functioning of ecosystems, interactions with social systems and their role in sustaining economy and human beings •Support for decision making and public engagement 3. Ensuring the sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials •Better knowledge on availability •Promotion of sustainable supply (exploration, extraction, processing, recyling and recovery) •Alternatives for critical raw materials •Improve social awareness 4. Enabling the transition towards a green economy through eco-innovation •Strengthen eco-innovation and market uptake •Innovative policies and societal changes •Resource efficiency through digital systems
Calls for proposals divided into three
Focus Areas
: Waste (13 topics) Water Innovation (15 topics) Disaster resilience (20 topics ) Types of projects to be funded: • • • • • Single or two-stage collaborative projects (CP) with 100% and 70% reimbursement rates 5 x ERA-NETs 1 topic to be funded via the SME Instrument 1 co-ordination action for Pre-Commercial procurement (PCP) and 1 co-ordination action for Public Procurement for Innovation (PPI) 1 (possible) Inducement Prize
Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies
Inclusive societies Innovative societies Reflective societies To achieve: inclusive and innovative European societies in a context of unprecedented transformations and growing global interdependencies Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe
1. Inclusive societies •The mechanisms to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth •Resilient, inclusive, participatory, open and creative societies in Europe •Strengthening Europe’s role as a global actor •Promotion of sustainable and inclusive environments through innovative spatial and urban planning and design 2. Innovative societies •Strengthen the evidence base and support for the Innovation Union and European Research Area (ERA) •New forms of innovation, incl. social innovation and creativity •Innovative, creative and productive potential of all generations 3. Reflective societies •Cultural heritage •European values and identities
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Overcoming the crisis – new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe
Inclusive societies •Europe for the young generation (7 topics) •Europe as a global actor (12 topics) •Cooperation with third countries (1 topic ) Innovative societies •Boosting its value for Europe (15 topics) •Achieving Innovation Union and ERA (9 topics) •New forms of innovation (10 topics) •Digital empowerment of citizens (7 topics) Overcoming the crisis (14 topics) Reflective societies •Cultural heritage (10 topics) •European values and identities (8 topics) Types of projects to be funded: • Single stage collaborative projects (CP) and Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) with 100% reimbursement rate and some closer to market CPs with 70% reimbursement • 1 x ERA NET on ‘Uses of the past’ • Several prizes for European Women Innovators, innovation in the public administration, European Capital of Innovation, European social innovation etc.
• Public procurement, framework contracts, expert contracts on innovation policy and ERA
Secure Societies – Protecting Freedom and Security of Europe and its Citizens
1. Fight crime, illegal trafficking and terrorism •Avoiding incidents and mitigating potential consequences •New technologies & capabilities for fighting (cyber) crime, terrorism and illegal trafficking. •Understanding and tackling terrorist ideas and beliefs 2. Protect & improve resilience of critical infrastructures, supply chains and transport modes •New technologies, processes and capabilities to help protect critical infrastructures, systems and services •Analysing and securing networked infrastructures against any type of threats 3. Strengthen security through border management •Technologies and capabilities to improve border security, including control and surveillance issues •Consideration of effectiveness, compliance with legal / ethical principles, respect of fundamental rights, etc. •Improved integrated European border management 4. Improve cyber security •Prevention, detection and management of cyber-attacks •Research to enable quick reactions to new developments in trust and security •Particular attention to protection of children 5. Increase Europe’s resilience to crises and disasters •Technologies and capabilities to support different types of emergency management operations in crises and disasters •Interoperation between civilian and military capabilities; development of dual-use technologies to enhance this interoperability. 6. Ensure privacy and freedom and enhance the societal, legal and ethical understanding of security and risk •Safeguarding the human right of privacy •Controlling personal data •Perceptions, insecurity and the role of the media •Ethical, legal and human rights issues 7. Enhance standardisation and interoperability of systems, including for emergency purposes •Pre-normative and standardisation activities supported across all mission areas •Integration and interoperability of systems and services •Communication, distributed architecture, human factors.
Four calls:
1. Fighting Crime and Terrorism •Forensics topics •Law enforcement capabilities •Urban Security •Ethical /Societal Dimension 3. Improving Border Security •Maritime border security •Border crossing points •Supply chain security •Ethical/social dimension 2. Enhancing societal resilience to natural and man-made disasters •Crisis Management •Disaster resilience and Climate Change •Critical infrastructure programme •Communication technologies and interoperability •Ethical / Societal Dimension 4. Providing enhanced cyber security (inc. privacy and data use) •Privacy •Access control •Secure information sharing •Trust eServices •Risk management and assurance models •The role of ICT in critical infrastructure protection
Cross-cutting aspects and international co-operation
Overall aim is to bring the benefits of progress in technologies to European citizens and businesses ICT is essential to address Europe's societal challenges (e.g. sustainable healthcare, healthy ageing, better security, lower carbon economy, intelligent transport) Support for development of ICT in Science, ICT in industrial leadership and ICT in societal challenges
Excellent Science
ICT in bottom up schemes ERC, MSCA, FET, and eInfrastructure
Industrial Leadership
ICT in LEIT – micro nanoelectronics KET and photonics KET
Societal Challenges
ICT embedded in Societal Challenges
Health:
e-health, self management of health, improved diagnostics, improved surveillance, health data collection, • active ageing, assisted living; Example topic: impairments” “ICT solutions for older people with cognitive
Food:
“Food chain data standardisation”
Energy:
smart cities; energy efficient buildings; smart • electricity grids; smart metering; Example topic “Market uptake of energy efficiency products and services via ICT”
Transport:
smart transport equipment, infrastructures and services; innovative transport management • systems; safety aspects Example topic: “ICT for smart logistics”
Climate:
ICT for increased resource efficiency; earth • observation and monitoring Example topic: “Roadmap for electronic waste”
Societies:
Digital inclusion; social innovation platforms; e-government services; e-skills and e • learning; e-culture Example topic: “Preservation of digital art”
Security:
Cyber security; ensuring privacy and • protection of human rights on-line Example topic: “Secure information sharing”
Social Sciences and Humanities across Horizon 2020
“Social sciences and humanities (SSH) research will be fully integrated into each of the general objectives of Horizon 2020”
Excellent Science Base Industrial Leadership •SSH fully supported under the ERC, MCSA and research infrastructures •FET calls for “intense collaboration across disciplines…cognitive sciences, social sciences or economics…and with the arts and humanities” •“Societal engagement on responsible nanotechnology” •“Innovative materials for creative industries” •“Developing smart factories that are attractive to workers” •“Human-centric digital age”
“SSH will be mainstreamed as an essential element of the activities needed to tackle each of the societal challenges”
Health Food security Energy • “Individual empowerment for self management of health” • “Promoting integrated care” • “Optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of health care systems and reducing inequalities” • “Socio-economic challenges, price shocks, food choice and hidden hunger” • Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation” • “Diet, impulsivity and compulsivity” • “Consumer engagement for energy efficiency” • “The human factor in the energy system” • “The economics of climate change mitigation”
Transport • “Monitoring user behaviour, mobility patterns and social acceptance in the context of new social trends and future demand” • “Transport societal drivers” Climate action • “Urban metabolism: novel concepts and mechanisms to reconcile urban and natural resources management” • “Interactions and trade-offs between sustainable energy, land use, water resources and climate change” Security • “The role of new social media networks in national security” • “Better understanding the links between culture and disaster” • “Impact of climate change in 3 rd countries on Europe’s security”
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies “Always more inequalities? New views on equality, solidarity and democracy” “The future of European integration – ‘More Europe – less Europe?’” “Individual reactions to the crisis and challenges to European solidarity” “Reflections of Europe’s colonial past in today’s European Union” “The young as a driver of socio ecological transition” “Conflict heritage – the cultural heritage of war in contemporary Europe” “Unity in diversity: prospects of a European identity and public sphere” “Translation and multilingualism” “Digital social platforms” “Empowering citizens to manage and monitor their personal data” “Museums in the 21 st Century” “Preservation of digital art”
International Co-operation across the Programme
No specific programme for international co-operation, but collaborating with third countries is highlighted across Horizon 2020
Pillar 1 (open to researchers from third countries)
• European Research Council • • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research Infrastructures
Pillar 2 (international collaborations strongly encouraged)
• Key Enabling Technologies
Pillar 3 (numerous topics recommending international collaborations)
• All Societal Challenges
EURATOM and COST
• • • Funding Instruments research and innovation projects (collaborative projects with international partners) networking activities joint initiatives with international partners such as coordinated calls and joint calls • • Who can participate?
Any legal entity based in a third country However, only countries that have a GDP below EUR 3 trillion will be eligible to receive automatic funding
Basic participation details
28 EU Member States (Croatia joined in 2013) • • Associate Countries (similar list to FP7 expected) Still under negotiation Some might not sign agreement in time for Horizon 2020 start but can still apply as long as the agreement is signed in time for grant signature.
• Third countries (funding will depend on GDP) BRIC no longer eligible for funding
Two-year work programmes for 2014-15 Harmonised structure across all EC Directorate-Generals Strategic Programme defines overall focus areas Topics structure: “Specific challenge”, “Scope”, “Expected Impact”
Publication of work programmes and calls for • • proposals The first work programmes will cover 2014 and 2015 The first calls are expected to be launched in December Work programmes explain what is funded (topics, grant schemes) and the expected policy impact Calls for proposals give details on the timeline (deadline, evaluation, results) and the eligibility criteria
CP: Collaborative Project CSA: Coordination and Support Action SME Instrument cPPP: contractual Public/Private partnership ERANET Prizes PCP: Pre-contractual procurement PPI: Public procurement of innovative solutions “Traditional” multi-national, multi-partner collaborative projects 100% - predominantly research 70% - largely closer to market “innovation projects” “Traditional” multi-national, multi-partner support actions 100% or 70% SMEs only – research can be subcontracted to HEIs Vehicle to pursue specific technological roadmap. Part funded by industry. EU funding element from Horizon 2020. Issue research calls – same funding regime as Horizon 2020 Research programmes run by network of national funders in specific field part funded by EU from Horizon 2020. Issue research calls on their own funding regimes All or nothing specific competitive calls – content varies Non-competitive actions Non-competitive actions
Practical aspects of Horizon 2020
Commission promises single set of rules Now rules are based on general EU Financial Regulation Should be coherent with rules of other funding instruments (Structural funds, Erasmus+)
• • • Single funding rate per project 100% for research projects 70% for innovation projects (100% for non-profit organisations including universities) Rate defined in the Work Programme Indirect cost flat rate 25%
No time sheets for staff working full-time on Horizon 2020 projects Shorter time to grant (5+3 months) Promise of broader acceptance of participants’ accounting practices Promise of risk and fraud prevention based audit strategy One audit certificate (Certificate on the Financial Statements) at the end of each project per beneficiary
To be single entry point to Horizon 2020 grant management • • Move to electronic signatures only Legal Entity Representative (LEAR) will nominate those authorised to sign eReceipt – digitally signed PDF
Still under development Web book for applicants, participants and experts • • planned To include glossary and FAQ database Will guide through the manual • • Horizon 2020 Manual User manual Text based guidance for participants Will include Vademecum • Horizon 2020 Vademecum For Commission/agency staff
How to get involved and how to influence
Drafts the Horizon 2020 work programmes Seeks internal and external input during the development stage Internal input from relevant policy Directorate-Generals External input from a range of stakeholders
Expert Advisory Groups Programme Committees European Technology Platforms Joint Programming Initiatives European Innovation Platforms
Become active in a ETPs and or relevant EIPs Follow the work of JPIs in your area Attend stakeholder/networking/brokerage events Contact colleagues in other Member States Become an evaluator to learn more about the process
Commission maintains a database of independent experts • • • Experts are called upon for the evaluation of proposals the review of projects the monitoring of programmes or policies
Experts: need high level expertise in research or innovation in any scientific and technological field, including managerial aspects and industry expertise have at least a university degree have to be available for occasional, short-term assignments
Check the Horizon 2020 proposals-Do they cover your research area? Think about networking and building links with potential partners now Who are key players?
Who has been involved in previous projects / stakeholder groups?
How can you meet them?
• Attending events • Joining the EU evaluators database ( http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/experts ) • Joining European Technology Platforms or other relevant stakeholder groups Position yourself as a key partner.
Some areas, such as Marie Curie and the ERC, are bottom-up so you could start early thinking about potential proposal ideas for H2020 Sign up for UKRO Portal, and choose ‘policy’ category