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Finding your way in
European Research
Funding
Mischa Peters – Grant Office
REBO
Monday, 20 July 2015
Grant Office REBO
European Research Funding: a broad range of
possibilities
EU funding is complex, since there are
many different types of programmes
managed by different bodies,
covering areas such as:
• education
• health
• consumer protection
• environmental protection
• humanitarian aid.
• research
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Two main types of funding
Grants for specific projects, usually following a public
announcement known as a 'call for proposals'.
Public contracts to buy services, goods or works to ensure the
operations of EU institutions or programmes. Contracts are awarded
through calls for tenders (public procurement) and cover a range of
areas: studies, technical assistance and training; consultancy,
conference organisation, etc.
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POLICY CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES
EUROPE 2020 TARGETS - Strategy for Growth & Jobs
1.Employment: 75% of 20- 64 year-olds employed
2.R&D / Innovation: investment of 3% EU’s GDP
3.Climate Change & Energy: 20% less emissions, 20% more energy efficiency and 20% of energy renewable
4.Education: school drop-outs below 10% and at least 40% 30-40 year-olds completing third-level education
5.Poverty/ Social exclusion: at least 20 mln fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion
Personalising
Health & Care
Overcoming
the crisis
HORIZON 2020 STRATEGIC AGENDA 2014-2015
Sustainable
Food Security
Smart cities &
communities
Energy
Efficiency
Blue Growth
Water
innovation
Low carbon
energy
Disaster
resilience
Digital Security
Waste
Mobility
STRUCTURE HORIZON 2020
Excellence
• ERC
• Marie Sklodowska Curie
• Future & Emerging
Technologies (FET)
• Research Infrastructures
Industrial Leadership
• ICT
• Nanotechnologies, Advanced
Materials, Biotechnology,
Advanced manufacturing,
Processing
• Space
• Innovation in SMEs
• Access to Risk Finance
Societal Challenges
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Health & Demography
Food & Agro
Energy
Transport
Climate, Resource efficiency &
Raw materials
Inclusive, innovative, reflective
societies
Secure societies
Research Funding Days 2013
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How do I find the right funding for my research??
a couple of questions might guide you:
1. Is you research curiosity driven, very scientific and groundbreaking? Does it include research projects for a number of postdocs and PhD-students?
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If yes: ERC individual grants.
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2. Are you looking for training or expertise which you cannot get at
your current institute but which is available at an institute abroad?
Do you know a post-doc who would want to spent some time in
Utrecht to get additional training or gain additional expertise?
If yes: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSC)
3. Does your research need large, expensive infrastructures (including
big databases)
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• If yes: research infrastructures
4. Is your idea so out of the box and a little bit controversial that you
are unsure whether anybody would be interested in funding it?
• If yes: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET):
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5. Is there a European dimension to your research? Or does your
research provide answers to some societal question? Do you have a
European consortium, or could you create or find a European
Consortium, to collaborate with?
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If yes: work programmes from pillar three: the grand
societal challenges.
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Finding your way in the working programmes
1. Check the call topics
2. Check the call texts
• Specific challenge
• Scope
• Expected impact
• Type of action
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The research you want to do needs to be the answer to
(almost) all the issues mentioned here
Example: Energy Efficiency - Market Uptake
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What do you need to know?
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The funding scheme for most types of funding (except Marie Curie)
is 100% funding for the direct cost (staff and other costs) and 25%
overhead.
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The work programmes are valid for two years so check the call
deadline for the topic you are interested in. Some will only open in
2015 (which gives you plenty of time to prepare)!
•You participate on behalf of Utrecht University – make sure
you follow the right procedure
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What can you do to increase your changes
Register as an expert
If you register as an expert you have a chance of being selected to
assist in the:
• evaluation of proposals
• monitoring of actions
• preparation, implementation or evaluation of programmes
and design of policies.
Do some background research
Check what the most recently funded projects on the topic are.
Check your academic network
If you want to participate in a European project but do not want to
coordinate yourself you will need to find a consortium. Ask around in
your academic network to see whether any of your colleagues has
plans to start a project.
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Useful documents that might help you
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REBO guide: Finding your way in H2020
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Official EU information: H2020 online manual
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Opportunities for Researchers from the Socio-economic
Sciences and Humanities (SSH)
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What can the Grant Office do for you?
Preparation phase:
• Made-to-measure advise
Application phase:
• Support with
• Budget
• Management Structure
• Consortium selection
• Help with technical issues such as:
• Gantt chart, Pert chart
• Application tool
• Getting all the forms from all your partners
Project phase:
• Legal Issues:
• Grant agreement
• Consortium agreement
• Project Management:
• Overseeing workflow, scheduling, meetings
• Preparation of reporting
• Financial Administration
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