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Presentation given over the Internet in a S2E event in Ljubljana on April 6, 2016 (Policy Instruments for Widening Participation). An introduction to policy measures for improving research and innovation performance in low-performing countries in the context of Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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PolicyResearch and Innovation Policy instruments to Widening participation Stairway to Excellence (S2E) event Dimitri CORPAKIS Head of Unit, RTD-B5 Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Directorate for Open Innovation and Open Science Directorate General for Research and Innovation European Commission Ljubljana, 6/4/2016 (delivered over the Web)
PolicyResearch and Innovation Background 2 • Disparities in research and innovation performance: barrier to competitiveness, growth and jobs across Europe • Some countries experience low participation in the EU Framework Programmes because of:  insufficient national R&D investments  lack of synergies between national research systems and the EU research landscape  system learning effects  reduced access to international networks  problems with information, communication and training
PolicyResearch and Innovation FP7 country participation 3 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% DE UK FR IT NL ES BE SE AT DK EL FI IE PT PL CZ HU SI RO BG CY EE HR SK LU LT LV MT FP7 Budget Share per country % "Widening" MS
PolicyResearch and Innovation The issues with catching-up economies Moris Abramovitz has summarised issues as follows: • Countries that are technologically backward have a potentiality for generating growth more rapid than that of more advanced countries, provided their social capabilities are sufficiently developed to permit successful exploitation of technologies already employed by the technological leaders. • The pace at which potential for catch-up is actually realized in a particular period depends on factors limiting the diffusion of knowledge, the rate of structural change, the accumulation of capital and the expansion of demand. • The process of catching up tends to be self-limiting, but the strength of the tendency may be weakened or overcome, at least for limited periods, by advantages connected with the convergence of production patterns as followers advance towards leaders or by endogenous enlargement of social capabilities” Catching Up, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 46, No 2, The Tasks of Economic History (Jun.1986), pp. 385-406 4
PolicyResearch and Innovation “….Arguably, to avoid being stuck along an inferior path and never catch up, “institutional instruments” may be needed to compensate for some of these “latecomer disadvantages”…. In particular what the developing country firm may need are “institutional instruments” that improve: • links with the technology frontier, • links with markets (and sophisticated users), • supply of needed skills, services and other inputs, • the local innovation system/network…”. Jan Fagerberg and Manuel Mira Godinho in Paper presented at the Workshop “The Many Guises of Innovation: What we have learnt and where we are heading”, Ottawa, October 23- 24.2003, organized by Statistics Canada. The issues with catching-up economies (II) 5
PolicyResearch and Innovation How the European Commission works on open and inclusive innovation 6
PolicyResearch and Innovation Promoting open and inclusive innovation • An integral part of President Juncker and Commissioner Moedas priorities; • drawing on a host of resources but primarily on:  the European Structural and Investment Funds  the Research and Innovation Framework Programme, Horizon 2020 Resources available:  around 100 Bn Euro from the ESIF  more than 800 M Euro from Horizon 2020 7
PolicyResearch and Innovation Major issues  Structural deficiencies of planning authorities at national and regional level  Absorptive capacity  Difficulties of small players in integrating global innovation value chains  Difficult or non-existent cooperation between universities and the business communities  Spirale of marginalisation and lack of ambition  Huge gaps in research and innovation investments correlate with gaps in innovation performance Commission response: emphasis on better planning tools and on institutional networking with no compromise on excellence 8
PolicyResearch and Innovation A major policy intervention: the Widening Package under H2020 Measures in Horizon 2020 under Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation: - Teaming (institution building) - Twinning (institutional networking) - ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions) - NCPs (information, communication, support) - Policy Support Facility (support for R&I Policy design) - COST ( stimulating cross border science networks) Total Budget in H2020 ~ € 800 million 9
PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming objective in H2020 • Creation of new (or significant upgrade of existing) Centres of Excellence in low R&I performing or "Widening" countries The Partnership: 2 parties in each Teaming project • (1) the COORDINATOR from a "Widening" country (must be a national/regional authority, research funding agency, university or res. organisation) • (2) a university or res. organisation with an international reputation in R&I excellence (from all EU28 or AC)  Implementation in 2 Phases 10
PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming: Scheme Design 11 Phase 1: Funding the development of a Business Plan for the new/upgraded Centre of Excellence facilitated by a teaming process with a leading counterpart in Europe Proposals (Phase 1): • Demonstrate the long-term science and innovation strategy of the future Centre • Outline how this strategy broadly fits with the RIS3 of the Widening country • Demonstrate that the project is based on a true joint venture between the parties Phase 2: Subject to the quality of the Business Plan, and the financial commitment for the project from other sources, the Commission may provide further substantial financial support for the first steps of implementation of the Centre Proposals (Phase 2): • Business Plan (Phase 1 deliverable) with robust financial commitments (national/ESIF/private funds)  IMPORTANT: Access to Phase 2 is only available to those proposals already supported in Phase 1!
PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming under the 2016-17 WP 12 Phase 1 Call : Business Plan for a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Budget: €12 million Call publication: 14 October 2015 Call opening: 28 July 2016 Call deadline: 15 November 2016 Project Size: €400,000 (eligibility condition) Project Duration: 12 months (eligibility condition) Funding for: Business Plan Implementation: Coordination and Support Action Phase 2 (Restricted) Call in 2018: Start-up/Implementation of the CoE Project size & duration: ~ €15 million & 5-7 years Implementation: Coordination and Support Action Funding for: Substantial support for the start-up phase of the CoE (administrative, personnel and operational costs as well as very limited support for equipment and consumables)  More information for Phase 2 in the future 2018 Work Programme
PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming 2014 Call: key stats 13 • 167 eligible proposals submitted from 20 countries (15 MS & 5 AC) • Requested budget: €73.8M with €11.85M foreseen in the WP • Average requested EU contribution per proposal: € 430.000 • 31 proposals selected for funding from 14 "Widening" countries • Most funded proposals in the area of Physics & Chemistry and Medicine & Life Sciences • Frequent 'advanced' partners in proposals: DE (136) and UK (67) • Successful 'advanced' partners - DE (21), AT (6), FI (6)
PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming: Analysis of proposals by country 14 Member States Proposals received Proposals funded Advanced partners (proposals received) 1 Bulgaria 11 2 AT, BE, DE, DK, HR, HU, IL, IT, SE 2 Croatia 6 0 AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, UK 3 Cyprus 14 3 AT, CH, DE, ES, EL, FR, IL, IT, NL, PT, SE, UK 4 Czech Republic 10 3 AT, DE, CH, IT, UK 5 Estonia 5 2 ES, FI, UK 6 Hungary 9 3 AT, BE, DE, ES, NL, UK 7 Latvia 7 1 AT, CH DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, SE 8 Lithuania 3 1 DE, DK, FR, FI, IE, SE, UK 9 Luxembourg 1 0 FR 10 Malta 5 1 DE, NL 11 Poland 19 3 BE, CZ, DE, DK, EL, FI, FR, LU, NL, SE, SL 12 Portugal 9 4 AT, BE, DE, NL, UK 13 Romania 24 1 AT, BE, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, IE, FR, IL, IT, HU, NL, PT, SE, UK 14 Slovakia 13 4 AT, BE, DE, EL, ES, IE, IT, FI, FR, NL, SK, UK 15 Slovenia 11 2 AT, CH, DE, ES, FR, IT, SE Total MS 147 30 Associated Countries 1 Albania 1 0 ES 2 Faroe Islands 1 0 DE, UK 3 Montenegro 1 0 IT, SL, RS 4 Serbia 15 1 CZ, DE, EL, ES, IE, IT, NL, PL, SL, UK 5 Turkey 2 0 AT, DE, EL, IT Total AC 20 1 Grand Total 167 31
PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming: Lessons learned Successful proposals marked by: • Clear objectives / vision /excellence, engaging strategically in a path of innovative growth • Well-chosen, carefully structured partnership & strong engagement from parties • Long term science and innovation strategy • Broad alignment with national/regional Smart Specialisation Strategies • Long term financial commitments from relevant authorities • Clear strategy on handling resources For the next call proposers should: • Clarify better their vision • Make clear pointers to integration with medium to long term growth strategies • Have clear plans on organisational and resource related issues 15
PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs - Objectives Objectives of the action: • Bring high quality researchers and managers (the ERA Chair and his/her team) to universities and other research organisations with the potential for research excellence. • Institutions should implement structural changes to achieve excellence on a sustainable basis. Participants • One single applicant (mono-beneficiary action) located in a Widening country. 16
PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: Proposal Design & Impact Proposals: • Bottom-up approach but connected with the ERA Chair holder expertise to fully capitalise on his/her presence; • Include measures to foster ERA priorities (open recruitment, peer review, gender balance, Charter & Code); • Include a plan to increase Research Capacity - if infrastructures foreseen present a strategy for funding (including possible use of ESIF funding). Expected Impact: • Increased attractiveness of institution and region for excellent researchers; • Research excellence in the fields covered by the ERA Chair; • Improved capability of the institution to succeed in competitive research funding; • Institutional changes to comply with ERA priorities. 17
PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: The ERA Chair holder • The ERA Chair should be an outstanding researcher and research manager with a proven record of leadership; • The ERA Chair appointment must follow an open and merit-based recruitment process - to be subjected to monitoring by the European Commission; • ERA Chair holder should be appointed in a full time position but part-time arrangements are possible; • The institution should ensure autonomy for the Chair and his/her team; • ERA Chairs can be of any nationality; 18
PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: Costs & Call 2017 details Eligible Costs: • Salaries of ERA Chairs and his/her team. • Contribution towards measures aimed at facilitating structural changes at the institution: - ERA priorities; - Costs including training, meetings, publication and patenting costs, equipment (minor part of budget and duly justified); • The grant will not cover infrastructures and research costs! ERA Chairs Call 2017: Budget: €33.91 million Call publication: 14 October 2015 Call opening: 12 April 2017 Call deadline: 5 October 2017 Project Size: up to €2.5 million (eligibility condition) Project Duration: up to 5 years (eligibility condition) Implementation: Coordination and Support Action 19
PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: 2014 call statistics 20 Total submitted: 88 Funded: 14 projects Success rate: 16% 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 PT PL EE LV RO SI CY BG CZ RS HR HU SK LU MD MK Proposals per Country
PolicyResearch and Innovation Institution Country Proposals per Country in the main list PT 4 EE 4 CY 2 PL 2 HR 1 RO 1 Total 14 ERA Chairs 2014 call – Successful proposals
PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: Lessons learned Lessons learned for future calls: • Clearly define objectives towards institutional changes • Demonstrate the role and autonomy of the ERA Chair holder • Work Packages should be consistent and contribute to an overall Action Plan • Management structures need to be well defined and simple. 22
PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Aim, Objectives & Partnership Aim of the action: Strengthen a defined field of research in a university or research organisation from a Widening country by linking it with at least two internationally-leading research institutions in other Member States or Associated Countries. Main objectives: • Enhance the S&T capacity of the institutions-Focus on institution in Widening country • Raise the research profile of the institution and of its research staff The Partners: (Minimum Conditions) • ONE institution located in a "Widening" MS/AC (COORDINATOR) • A minimum of TWO additional partners from two different MS or AC other than the country of the coordinator. 23
PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Proposal Design & Impact Proposals: • Scientific strategy for excellence and innovation in a defined area of research; • Outline the scientific quality of the partners; Activities supported: • Short term staff exchanges; expert visits and short-term training; workshops; conference attendance; dissemination and outreach activities. Expected Impact: • Research excellence, in particular, in the selected field of research; • Improved capability to succeed in competitive research funding; • Enhanced reputation, attractiveness and networking; • The expected potential impact of the project illustrated by a number of indicators. 24
PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Costs & Call 2017 details Eligible Costs: • Coordination and networking; • Joint activities; • Dissemination and outreach activities. Infrastructure, equipment & research costs will NOT be funded. Twinning Call 2017: Budget: €20 million Call publication: 14 October 2015 Call opening: 11 May 2017 Call deadline: 15 November 2017 Project Size: up to €1 million (eligibility condition) Project Duration: up to 3 years (eligibility condition) Implementation: Coordination and Support Action 25
PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: 2015 call statistics Successful Proposals: country of coordinator 26 Total submitted: 552 Funded: 66 projects Success rate: 12%
PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: 2015 call "advanced" partners Successful Proposals: "advanced" partners by country 27 • Total number of "advanced" partners: 184 • Average number of partners: close to 4 31 29 26 16 13 11 9 9 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 UK DE IT FR NL BE AT ES DK CH FI SE EL LU IE NO KR PL SI UA
PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Lessons learned Lessons learned for future calls: • Clear definition of the scientific strategy towards excellence in the relevant research field; • Better illustration of the scientific qualities of "advanced" partners and their added value to the project; • Outline the expected impact of the twinning exercise on the institution in the Widening country (and even at the national/regional level) based on specific indicators. 28
PolicyResearch and Innovation Criteria retained for Widening actions • The Composite Indicator of Research Excellence Why this indicator?  Excellence is a key factor for performance for the whole R&I system  Only indicator that can measure excellence embedding several dimensions  Parameters normalised to eliminate size and population biases  Innovation taken into account also through the patent applications variable  Strong correlation between the Excellence indicator and the FP7 Budget share per country 29
PolicyResearch and Innovation Composite Research Excellence Indicator at National level Origin: Developed by DG RTD & JRC, part of the IU progress at country level 2013 publication included in the IU Competitiveness Report 2013. Definition: "A composite indicator developed to measure the research excellence in Europe, meaning the effects of the European and national policies on the modernisation of research institutions, the vitality of the research environment and the quality of research outputs in both basic and applied research." Methodology: Composite indicator of four variables: 1. Highly cited publications of a country as a share of the top 10% most cited publications normalised by GDP 2. Number of world class universities and public research institutes in a country normalised by population in the world top 250 universities and research institutes 3. Patent applications per million population 4. Total value of ERC grants received divided by public R&D performed by the higher education and government sectors Threshold: MS below 70% of the EU average Resulting eligible MS: Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Romania, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Hungary
PolicyResearch and Innovation Bottom Line: • A significant effort for knowledge transfer • Not a cohesion but a performance oriented approach • Focus is on institution building • Marked importance of links with Smart Specialisation! • ESIF actions can be coupled to Teaming,Twinning and ERA Chairs initiatives Big expectations – big risks; but maybe also huge gains 31
PolicyResearch and Innovation 32 Learn more: Horizon 2020 Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/e n/opportunities/index.html Teaming 2014 Call press release: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-3885_en.htm ERA Chairs 2014 Call press release: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&year =2015&na=na-090213 Thanks for your attention! Credits: Telemachos TELEMACHOU, RTD.B5

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  • 1. PolicyResearch and Innovation Policy instruments to Widening participation Stairway to Excellence (S2E) event Dimitri CORPAKIS Head of Unit, RTD-B5 Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Directorate for Open Innovation and Open Science Directorate General for Research and Innovation European Commission Ljubljana, 6/4/2016 (delivered over the Web)
  • 2. PolicyResearch and Innovation Background 2 • Disparities in research and innovation performance: barrier to competitiveness, growth and jobs across Europe • Some countries experience low participation in the EU Framework Programmes because of:  insufficient national R&D investments  lack of synergies between national research systems and the EU research landscape  system learning effects  reduced access to international networks  problems with information, communication and training
  • 3. PolicyResearch and Innovation FP7 country participation 3 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% DE UK FR IT NL ES BE SE AT DK EL FI IE PT PL CZ HU SI RO BG CY EE HR SK LU LT LV MT FP7 Budget Share per country % "Widening" MS
  • 4. PolicyResearch and Innovation The issues with catching-up economies Moris Abramovitz has summarised issues as follows: • Countries that are technologically backward have a potentiality for generating growth more rapid than that of more advanced countries, provided their social capabilities are sufficiently developed to permit successful exploitation of technologies already employed by the technological leaders. • The pace at which potential for catch-up is actually realized in a particular period depends on factors limiting the diffusion of knowledge, the rate of structural change, the accumulation of capital and the expansion of demand. • The process of catching up tends to be self-limiting, but the strength of the tendency may be weakened or overcome, at least for limited periods, by advantages connected with the convergence of production patterns as followers advance towards leaders or by endogenous enlargement of social capabilities” Catching Up, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 46, No 2, The Tasks of Economic History (Jun.1986), pp. 385-406 4
  • 5. PolicyResearch and Innovation “….Arguably, to avoid being stuck along an inferior path and never catch up, “institutional instruments” may be needed to compensate for some of these “latecomer disadvantages”…. In particular what the developing country firm may need are “institutional instruments” that improve: • links with the technology frontier, • links with markets (and sophisticated users), • supply of needed skills, services and other inputs, • the local innovation system/network…”. Jan Fagerberg and Manuel Mira Godinho in Paper presented at the Workshop “The Many Guises of Innovation: What we have learnt and where we are heading”, Ottawa, October 23- 24.2003, organized by Statistics Canada. The issues with catching-up economies (II) 5
  • 6. PolicyResearch and Innovation How the European Commission works on open and inclusive innovation 6
  • 7. PolicyResearch and Innovation Promoting open and inclusive innovation • An integral part of President Juncker and Commissioner Moedas priorities; • drawing on a host of resources but primarily on:  the European Structural and Investment Funds  the Research and Innovation Framework Programme, Horizon 2020 Resources available:  around 100 Bn Euro from the ESIF  more than 800 M Euro from Horizon 2020 7
  • 8. PolicyResearch and Innovation Major issues  Structural deficiencies of planning authorities at national and regional level  Absorptive capacity  Difficulties of small players in integrating global innovation value chains  Difficult or non-existent cooperation between universities and the business communities  Spirale of marginalisation and lack of ambition  Huge gaps in research and innovation investments correlate with gaps in innovation performance Commission response: emphasis on better planning tools and on institutional networking with no compromise on excellence 8
  • 9. PolicyResearch and Innovation A major policy intervention: the Widening Package under H2020 Measures in Horizon 2020 under Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation: - Teaming (institution building) - Twinning (institutional networking) - ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions) - NCPs (information, communication, support) - Policy Support Facility (support for R&I Policy design) - COST ( stimulating cross border science networks) Total Budget in H2020 ~ € 800 million 9
  • 10. PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming objective in H2020 • Creation of new (or significant upgrade of existing) Centres of Excellence in low R&I performing or "Widening" countries The Partnership: 2 parties in each Teaming project • (1) the COORDINATOR from a "Widening" country (must be a national/regional authority, research funding agency, university or res. organisation) • (2) a university or res. organisation with an international reputation in R&I excellence (from all EU28 or AC)  Implementation in 2 Phases 10
  • 11. PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming: Scheme Design 11 Phase 1: Funding the development of a Business Plan for the new/upgraded Centre of Excellence facilitated by a teaming process with a leading counterpart in Europe Proposals (Phase 1): • Demonstrate the long-term science and innovation strategy of the future Centre • Outline how this strategy broadly fits with the RIS3 of the Widening country • Demonstrate that the project is based on a true joint venture between the parties Phase 2: Subject to the quality of the Business Plan, and the financial commitment for the project from other sources, the Commission may provide further substantial financial support for the first steps of implementation of the Centre Proposals (Phase 2): • Business Plan (Phase 1 deliverable) with robust financial commitments (national/ESIF/private funds)  IMPORTANT: Access to Phase 2 is only available to those proposals already supported in Phase 1!
  • 12. PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming under the 2016-17 WP 12 Phase 1 Call : Business Plan for a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Budget: €12 million Call publication: 14 October 2015 Call opening: 28 July 2016 Call deadline: 15 November 2016 Project Size: €400,000 (eligibility condition) Project Duration: 12 months (eligibility condition) Funding for: Business Plan Implementation: Coordination and Support Action Phase 2 (Restricted) Call in 2018: Start-up/Implementation of the CoE Project size & duration: ~ €15 million & 5-7 years Implementation: Coordination and Support Action Funding for: Substantial support for the start-up phase of the CoE (administrative, personnel and operational costs as well as very limited support for equipment and consumables)  More information for Phase 2 in the future 2018 Work Programme
  • 13. PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming 2014 Call: key stats 13 • 167 eligible proposals submitted from 20 countries (15 MS & 5 AC) • Requested budget: €73.8M with €11.85M foreseen in the WP • Average requested EU contribution per proposal: € 430.000 • 31 proposals selected for funding from 14 "Widening" countries • Most funded proposals in the area of Physics & Chemistry and Medicine & Life Sciences • Frequent 'advanced' partners in proposals: DE (136) and UK (67) • Successful 'advanced' partners - DE (21), AT (6), FI (6)
  • 14. PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming: Analysis of proposals by country 14 Member States Proposals received Proposals funded Advanced partners (proposals received) 1 Bulgaria 11 2 AT, BE, DE, DK, HR, HU, IL, IT, SE 2 Croatia 6 0 AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, UK 3 Cyprus 14 3 AT, CH, DE, ES, EL, FR, IL, IT, NL, PT, SE, UK 4 Czech Republic 10 3 AT, DE, CH, IT, UK 5 Estonia 5 2 ES, FI, UK 6 Hungary 9 3 AT, BE, DE, ES, NL, UK 7 Latvia 7 1 AT, CH DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, SE 8 Lithuania 3 1 DE, DK, FR, FI, IE, SE, UK 9 Luxembourg 1 0 FR 10 Malta 5 1 DE, NL 11 Poland 19 3 BE, CZ, DE, DK, EL, FI, FR, LU, NL, SE, SL 12 Portugal 9 4 AT, BE, DE, NL, UK 13 Romania 24 1 AT, BE, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, IE, FR, IL, IT, HU, NL, PT, SE, UK 14 Slovakia 13 4 AT, BE, DE, EL, ES, IE, IT, FI, FR, NL, SK, UK 15 Slovenia 11 2 AT, CH, DE, ES, FR, IT, SE Total MS 147 30 Associated Countries 1 Albania 1 0 ES 2 Faroe Islands 1 0 DE, UK 3 Montenegro 1 0 IT, SL, RS 4 Serbia 15 1 CZ, DE, EL, ES, IE, IT, NL, PL, SL, UK 5 Turkey 2 0 AT, DE, EL, IT Total AC 20 1 Grand Total 167 31
  • 15. PolicyResearch and Innovation Teaming: Lessons learned Successful proposals marked by: • Clear objectives / vision /excellence, engaging strategically in a path of innovative growth • Well-chosen, carefully structured partnership & strong engagement from parties • Long term science and innovation strategy • Broad alignment with national/regional Smart Specialisation Strategies • Long term financial commitments from relevant authorities • Clear strategy on handling resources For the next call proposers should: • Clarify better their vision • Make clear pointers to integration with medium to long term growth strategies • Have clear plans on organisational and resource related issues 15
  • 16. PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs - Objectives Objectives of the action: • Bring high quality researchers and managers (the ERA Chair and his/her team) to universities and other research organisations with the potential for research excellence. • Institutions should implement structural changes to achieve excellence on a sustainable basis. Participants • One single applicant (mono-beneficiary action) located in a Widening country. 16
  • 17. PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: Proposal Design & Impact Proposals: • Bottom-up approach but connected with the ERA Chair holder expertise to fully capitalise on his/her presence; • Include measures to foster ERA priorities (open recruitment, peer review, gender balance, Charter & Code); • Include a plan to increase Research Capacity - if infrastructures foreseen present a strategy for funding (including possible use of ESIF funding). Expected Impact: • Increased attractiveness of institution and region for excellent researchers; • Research excellence in the fields covered by the ERA Chair; • Improved capability of the institution to succeed in competitive research funding; • Institutional changes to comply with ERA priorities. 17
  • 18. PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: The ERA Chair holder • The ERA Chair should be an outstanding researcher and research manager with a proven record of leadership; • The ERA Chair appointment must follow an open and merit-based recruitment process - to be subjected to monitoring by the European Commission; • ERA Chair holder should be appointed in a full time position but part-time arrangements are possible; • The institution should ensure autonomy for the Chair and his/her team; • ERA Chairs can be of any nationality; 18
  • 19. PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: Costs & Call 2017 details Eligible Costs: • Salaries of ERA Chairs and his/her team. • Contribution towards measures aimed at facilitating structural changes at the institution: - ERA priorities; - Costs including training, meetings, publication and patenting costs, equipment (minor part of budget and duly justified); • The grant will not cover infrastructures and research costs! ERA Chairs Call 2017: Budget: €33.91 million Call publication: 14 October 2015 Call opening: 12 April 2017 Call deadline: 5 October 2017 Project Size: up to €2.5 million (eligibility condition) Project Duration: up to 5 years (eligibility condition) Implementation: Coordination and Support Action 19
  • 20. PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: 2014 call statistics 20 Total submitted: 88 Funded: 14 projects Success rate: 16% 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 PT PL EE LV RO SI CY BG CZ RS HR HU SK LU MD MK Proposals per Country
  • 21. PolicyResearch and Innovation Institution Country Proposals per Country in the main list PT 4 EE 4 CY 2 PL 2 HR 1 RO 1 Total 14 ERA Chairs 2014 call – Successful proposals
  • 22. PolicyResearch and Innovation ERA Chairs: Lessons learned Lessons learned for future calls: • Clearly define objectives towards institutional changes • Demonstrate the role and autonomy of the ERA Chair holder • Work Packages should be consistent and contribute to an overall Action Plan • Management structures need to be well defined and simple. 22
  • 23. PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Aim, Objectives & Partnership Aim of the action: Strengthen a defined field of research in a university or research organisation from a Widening country by linking it with at least two internationally-leading research institutions in other Member States or Associated Countries. Main objectives: • Enhance the S&T capacity of the institutions-Focus on institution in Widening country • Raise the research profile of the institution and of its research staff The Partners: (Minimum Conditions) • ONE institution located in a "Widening" MS/AC (COORDINATOR) • A minimum of TWO additional partners from two different MS or AC other than the country of the coordinator. 23
  • 24. PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Proposal Design & Impact Proposals: • Scientific strategy for excellence and innovation in a defined area of research; • Outline the scientific quality of the partners; Activities supported: • Short term staff exchanges; expert visits and short-term training; workshops; conference attendance; dissemination and outreach activities. Expected Impact: • Research excellence, in particular, in the selected field of research; • Improved capability to succeed in competitive research funding; • Enhanced reputation, attractiveness and networking; • The expected potential impact of the project illustrated by a number of indicators. 24
  • 25. PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Costs & Call 2017 details Eligible Costs: • Coordination and networking; • Joint activities; • Dissemination and outreach activities. Infrastructure, equipment & research costs will NOT be funded. Twinning Call 2017: Budget: €20 million Call publication: 14 October 2015 Call opening: 11 May 2017 Call deadline: 15 November 2017 Project Size: up to €1 million (eligibility condition) Project Duration: up to 3 years (eligibility condition) Implementation: Coordination and Support Action 25
  • 26. PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: 2015 call statistics Successful Proposals: country of coordinator 26 Total submitted: 552 Funded: 66 projects Success rate: 12%
  • 27. PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: 2015 call "advanced" partners Successful Proposals: "advanced" partners by country 27 • Total number of "advanced" partners: 184 • Average number of partners: close to 4 31 29 26 16 13 11 9 9 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 UK DE IT FR NL BE AT ES DK CH FI SE EL LU IE NO KR PL SI UA
  • 28. PolicyResearch and Innovation Twinning: Lessons learned Lessons learned for future calls: • Clear definition of the scientific strategy towards excellence in the relevant research field; • Better illustration of the scientific qualities of "advanced" partners and their added value to the project; • Outline the expected impact of the twinning exercise on the institution in the Widening country (and even at the national/regional level) based on specific indicators. 28
  • 29. PolicyResearch and Innovation Criteria retained for Widening actions • The Composite Indicator of Research Excellence Why this indicator?  Excellence is a key factor for performance for the whole R&I system  Only indicator that can measure excellence embedding several dimensions  Parameters normalised to eliminate size and population biases  Innovation taken into account also through the patent applications variable  Strong correlation between the Excellence indicator and the FP7 Budget share per country 29
  • 30. PolicyResearch and Innovation Composite Research Excellence Indicator at National level Origin: Developed by DG RTD & JRC, part of the IU progress at country level 2013 publication included in the IU Competitiveness Report 2013. Definition: "A composite indicator developed to measure the research excellence in Europe, meaning the effects of the European and national policies on the modernisation of research institutions, the vitality of the research environment and the quality of research outputs in both basic and applied research." Methodology: Composite indicator of four variables: 1. Highly cited publications of a country as a share of the top 10% most cited publications normalised by GDP 2. Number of world class universities and public research institutes in a country normalised by population in the world top 250 universities and research institutes 3. Patent applications per million population 4. Total value of ERC grants received divided by public R&D performed by the higher education and government sectors Threshold: MS below 70% of the EU average Resulting eligible MS: Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Romania, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Hungary
  • 31. PolicyResearch and Innovation Bottom Line: • A significant effort for knowledge transfer • Not a cohesion but a performance oriented approach • Focus is on institution building • Marked importance of links with Smart Specialisation! • ESIF actions can be coupled to Teaming,Twinning and ERA Chairs initiatives Big expectations – big risks; but maybe also huge gains 31
  • 32. PolicyResearch and Innovation 32 Learn more: Horizon 2020 Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/e n/opportunities/index.html Teaming 2014 Call press release: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-3885_en.htm ERA Chairs 2014 Call press release: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&year =2015&na=na-090213 Thanks for your attention! Credits: Telemachos TELEMACHOU, RTD.B5