The “Horizon 2020” proposal from the EU Commission will now be discussed with the Council, the European Patliament and the Committee of the regions. Next important days will be December 5, 2011, when the 1st Innovation convention will be held in Brussels, the Presentation of Horizon 2020 to the Competiveness Council 5 December followed by discussions with the co-legislators: the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament
The European Commission held a press conference on the “Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)”.
Key messages for us:
– In total 80 billion of funding for research and innovation – an increase vs. the € 56 bn in FP 7
– A Key Enabling Technology Box – comprising Photonics – with a dedicated budget (EUR 6663 million) is included in the Horizon2020 proposal. The proposed budget for the ICT related KETs, Photonics and Nanoelectronics, is EUR 1795 million in total.
– Installation of further Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Horizon2020 are considered in the proposal. Photonics and Robotics are mentioned as potential new PPPs.
– Organic Electronics is included in the “Industrial Leadership” ICT part of the program.
We like to draw your attention to the documents and give you a brief overview on the content as well as on the links, where you can find more details.
The “Horizon 2020” proposal from the EU Commission will now be discussed with the Council, the European Patliament and the Committee of the regions. Next important days will be December 5, 2011, when the 1st Innovation convention will be held in Brussels, the Presentation of Horizon 2020 to the Competiveness Council 5 December followed by discussions with the co-legislators: the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament
For all documents related please go to the following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents
€ 80 billion investment in research and innovation, to boost growth and jobs
In their communication the European Commission proposed a € 80 billion investment in research and innovation, to boost competitiveness, growth and jobs. Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has announced Horizon 2020, an €80 billion programme for investment in research and innovation. This includes Strategic Innovation Agenda for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which will receive €2.8 billion of funding under Horizon 2020 as well as a complementary new programme to boost competitiveness and innovation in SMEs, with an additional budget of €2.5 billion. The funding programmes will run from 2014 to 2020.
In her introduction Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn stated: “For the first time, Horizon 2020 brings together all EU research and innovation funding under a single programme. It focuses more than ever on turning scientific breakthroughs into innovative products and services that provide business opportunities and change people’s lives for the better. At the same time it drastically cuts red tape, with simplification of rules and procedures to attract more top researchers and a broader range of innovative businesses.”
Funding will focus on three key objectives
Horizon 2020 will focus its funds on three key objectives “Excellent Science”, “Industrial Leadership” and “Societal Challenges”.
1. “Excellent Science” has a dedicated budget of €24.6 billion, including an increase in funding of 77% for the very successful European Research Council (ERC).
2. “Industrial Leadership” has a budget of €17.9 billion. This includes a major investment of €13.7 billion in key technologies, as well as greater access to capital and support for SMEs.
3. “Societal Challenges” has a proposed budget of €31.7 billion addressing six key themes: Health, demographic change and well-being; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; and Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
An integrated approach to Key Enabling Technologies
The Key Enabling Technologies play a major role in the Horizon 2020 programme to achieve “LEADERSHIP IN ENABLING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES”. Commission is asking for an integrated approach to Key Enabling Technologies: “Following on from recommendations made by the High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs)21, ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ will allow treating KET’s as a key priority of Horizon 2020, highlighting their importance for growth and jobs. This includes a dedicated budget of EUR 6663 million for the KETs of photonics, micro- and nanoelectronics, nanotechnologies, advanced materials, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing and processing. As part of this integrated approach to KETs, dedicated support will be provided for activities exploiting the accumulated benefits from combining a number of KETs, in particular through support for larger-scale pilot line and demonstrator projects.”
The proposed Budget for the Industrial Leadership Section
Photonics is mentioned in the “Industrial Leadership Section” in the session “Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies”, which in total shall receive a € 15580 mio. funding.
The ICT sector thereof foresees a support of EUR 8975 million of which EUR 1795 million are assigned for photonics and micro-and nanoelectronics, EUR 4293 million for nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, EUR 575 million for biotechnology and EUR 1737 million for space. As a result, EUR 6663 million will be available to support Key Enabling Technologies.
Organic Electronics is included in the ICT sector: “1.1.1. A new generation of components and systems: engineering of advanced and smart embedded components and systems” together with nano-bio systems, large area integration and the underlying technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Further establishing of Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
In their “Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 -The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)” the EU Commission also comments the Public Private Partnerships and their essential role in the future framework programme:
“For achieving sustainable growth in Europe, the contribution of public and private players must be optimised. This is essential for consolidating the European Research Area and for delivering on the Innovation Union, the Digital Agenda and other Europe 2020 flagship initiatives. Furthermore, responsible research and innovation requires that best solutions be derived from interactions between partners having various perspectives but common interests.”
Aside from continuing the PPP’s established in FP 7 further PPP’s are considered – amongst those partnerships in the ICT areas of Photonics, Robotics, sustainable process industries, on bio-based industries and on security technologies for maritime border surveillance.
