Horizon 2020 ICT and Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

1. Introduction to Horizon 2020
Claire Griffin
NCP for SMEs in Horizon 2020
Enterprise Europe Network at Invest NI

2. • The EU Research Programme
• €80 Billion from 2014-2020
• €30 Billion available for 2018-2020
• Help to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive
economic growth
• Goals
 EU produces world-class science
 Remove barriers to innovation
 Private and public sectors work together
What is Horizon 2020?

3. Horizon 2020 in the UK
• +11,000 UK participants - €5,443M
• Success rate ~15.3%
• Top collaborators
 DE, ES, IT, FR, NL

4. Horizon 2020 in Northern Ireland• €81.1M
• 253 successful NI applicants
 30 are SMEs – 11.9% of NI applicants
• 204 separate proposals
• 53 have NI project co-ordinator
• Success rate of ~14.2%
• Average grant awarded €320,479
• NICPs
Horizon 2020 in NI

5. A range of services for growth-oriented SMEs
https://bit.ly/1WM18pT
ADVISORY
SUPPORT
ADVISORY
SUPPORT
Market intelligenceMarket intelligence
IPR expertiseIPR expertise
Advice on EU laws and
standards
Advice on EU laws and
standards
INNOVATION
SUPPORT
INNOVATION
SUPPORT
Access to finance and fundingAccess to finance and funding
Innovation Management
Services
Innovation Management
Services
Technology transferTechnology transfer
INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS
INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS
Partnership databasePartnership database
Brokerage eventsBrokerage events
Company missionsCompany missions
Enterprise Europe Network Overview

6. Partnership Building
Brokerage Events
•NMBP Event: Key Enabling Technologies Brokerage Event –
27th
June 2019, Strasbourg, France
•NMBP and ICT Event: Brokerage Event on ICT, Advanced
Materials and Manufacturing – 4th
July 2019 Dublin – Ireland
•Agri Food and Biotechnology Event: 3rd
July 2019, Brussels
Belgium
•Funding from InterTradeIreland, Innovate UK and KTN to
attend these events.

7. Partnership database
• Global Partnering opportunities
 5,503 opportunities available
 Search by keyword or view all
 Horizon 2020 – 29 current opportunities

8. How it works: innovation support
Tailored support packages to steer you onto the fast track to success.
Advice and help for innovative SMEs to access R&I
funding (H2020, SME Instrument …)
KAM services for SME Instrument beneficiaries
Help in finding the right technology to improve your innovation
Help in finding the finance it needs to grow.
Personalised support to help shape innovation potential into
international commercial success

9. Aiming to support
•Breakthrough, market creating, disruptive
innovation
•Non-bankable projects
•Innovative start-ups and SMEs with the
potential to scale-up
Enhanced European Innovation Council (EIC)
Pilot for 2019-2020
Access to Funding

10. The EIC Pilot 2019

11. Many types of innovation supported
• Disruptive innovation
• Breakthrough innovation
• Market-creating innovation
• Deep tech innovation

12. Enhanced EIC Pilot for 2019-2020

13. 3€ billion to support bottom up ideas

14. Pathfinder and Accelerator

15. Accelerator Pilot – formerly SME instrument
• Individual SMEs with high-risk, high-growth potential
 Creating new markets
• Substantial funding – last stages of development
• Bottom-up – all sectors, products, services, new
business models
Grant
• €0.5 - €2.5 million – 70% funding rate
With equity option (blended finance)
• Up to €15 million

16. Accelerator Pilot - Deadlines
• Accelerator grant-only
 5th
June 2019 (tomorrow)
• Accelerator blended finance and grant only
 9 October 2019
 08 January 2020
 18 March 2020
 19 May 2020
 9 October 2020

17. Practical Help
• What is an SME -
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_
• Submission is via Participant Portal
– http://
ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
• Contact your local Enterprise Europe Network https://bit.ly/2JTjGFD
• Contact a National Contact Point (NCP) or a NICP
 NCP-ICT-FET@innovateuk.ukri.org
 NCP-Rules@innovateuk.ukri.org
 NCP-AdvMan@innovateuk.ukri.org
 NCP-Food-Bio-Marine@innovateuk.ukri.org
 Northern Ireland Contact Points (NICP) http
://h2020ni.com/supportcontacts/

18. How can we help you?
EEN Overview

19. een.ec.europa.eu
Thank you
Claire.griffin@investni.com
028 9069 8356 or @Claire_InvestNI
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20. -Financial implications of the UK change of status
-The Treasury guarantee: what we know
Stephen Alexander
Legal & Financial NCP
H2020UK National Contact Points
National Contact Points are an Innovate
UK resource to assist UK Business to
engage with EU Research & Innovation
Funding opportunities
Access to EU funding after Brexit– 17th
April, Inverness 2019

21. • UK-based individuals and organisations would remain eligible to
bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia including calls in
2019 and 2020 on the same basis as now
• If an agreement is reached, projects approved during this period will
be able to continue with an uninterrupted flow of EU funding
• But, ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’
Withdrawal Agreement: Horizon 2020
“Following withdrawal from the Union, the UK
will continue to participate in the Union
programmes financed by the MFF 2014-2020
until their closure.”
“Following withdrawal from the Union, the UK
will continue to participate in the Union
programmes financed by the MFF 2014-2020
until their closure.”

22. UK Eligibility to participate in H2020 post Brexit
(no deal)
• Free to participate as a third country across most of H2020
• Can continue to coordinate projects and distribute EU funds
• Not automatically eligible for EU funding
• Unless essential for action
• Or provision made in workprogramme/call
• Article-9 of Grant Agreement – ‘Implementation of action tasks by
beneficiaries not receiving EU funding’ will be introduced
• Some obligations under GA don’t apply
• UK not eligible for some actions – ERC, MSCA, SMEi, FTI
• For most ongoing projects and new projects, funding will be via the UK
Government underwrite guarantee

23. •The UK Government has committed to underwrite Horizon 2020 funding for all
successful UK bids submitted before exit, even if they are notified of their success after
exit, for the lifetime of the projects
•This will support UK participants to continue to take part in Horizon 2020 projects in
no deal scenario, subject to continued eligibility. The Government is seeking discussions
with the European Commission on this issue
Underwrite Guarantee

24. •In a no deal scenario, UK researchers and businesses would be able to
apply to and participate in all those Horizon 2020 calls open to third
country participants from the date of exit
Post EU Exit Guarantee Extension

25. What happens at exit _EU side

26. What happens at exit – ‘UK side’?
(ongoing projects)
• In broad terms…
• UK participants register their grants with UKRI (ongoing)
• Entity sets-up underwrite arrangements with UKRI
• Submit proof of EU grant agreement
• Submit proof of outstanding grant balance (break report)
• Agree offer (GB£), monitoring arrangements and T&Cs
• Assigned a UK monitoring officer
• Similar process for any new projects post-exit.
• Official guidance being prepared
• The underwrite process
• Participating as a third country N.B. ALL TO BE FINALISED!

27. Ongoing Eligibility – no-deal scenario

28. Underwrite portal
• As part of the underwrite commitment, current UK recipients of Horizon
2020 funding are invited to provide data about their projects on a portal
managed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The portal is designed to
ensure that UKRI has the information about projects and participants in
order to underwrite guarantee payments if required.
• The website is for UK participants who are in receipt of Horizon 2020
funding. It is also for UK participants in a Euratom Research and Training
project or an ongoing Framework Programme 7 project.
• Register your project on the portal at:
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/eu-grant/overview

29. • Government Horizon 2020 Q&A published in March
2018, updated in December 2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-
participation-in-horizon-2020-uk-government-overview
• Technical notice, August 2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/horizon-
2020-funding-if-theres-no-brexit-deal
• Key messages:
UK Government key messages and Q&A
Until the date when the UK leaves the EU, it remains a Member State, with all
the rights and obligations that entails. This means that UK entities are eligible to
participate in all aspects of the Horizon 2020 programme while we remain a
member of the EU.
The Government’s priority remains ensuring the draft Withdrawal
Agreement is finalised. This would mean that UK Horizon 2020
participants and projects would be unaffected by EU exit.
The Government’s Underwrite Guarantee and the Post EU Exit Guarantee
Extension remain in place in the event that commitments made in the Joint
Report are not met.

30. Contact
For further information on H2020
and on the rules for participation:
Stephen Alexander
Email: NCP-
RULES@innovateuk.gov.uk
Phone: 07771-722217
Web: www.h2020uk.org