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Why to look into Horizon 2020’s work programmes for Transport, Energy and ICT 20 November 2017 Mareike Lutz Grants Office
Information event on last calls in Horizon 2020 Chalmers, 9 November 2017 Information material https://www.vinnova.se/sa-framjar-vi- innovation/kalender/?current=periods&lightbox=lightbox&numberofhits=&take=70&type=calendar &url=%2Fkalenderhandelser%2F2017%2F11%2Finformationsdag-om-horisont-20202%2F
Horizon 2020
Societal Challenges JTI
ECSEL, IMI2,
Excellent Industrial Clean Sky, BBI,
FCH
Science Leadership
Contractual
PPP
EeB, FoF,
research driven market driven SPIRE, EGVI, 5G
PPP
Pillar I Pillar II Pillar III EDCTP2;
ERC, FET, MSCA health; food security; energy; LEIT (ICT, NMPB, space); EMPIR;
transport; climate action; access to risk finance; Eurostars2;
inclusive, innovative & innovation in SMEs AAL
reflective societies; secure
societies
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Where can you find Horizon 2020 calls?
• Participant Portal
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
• Research Professional
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re information here:
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Horizon 2020
2018-2020 Work Programme
Focus areas
• Winning the race for a low-carbon,
climate resilient Europe
SC transport
• Digitisation
• Connecting economic & environmental gains –
the Circular Economy
• Supporting the Security Union
SC energy LEIT ICT
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Smart, Green & Integrated Transport
2018-2020 Work Programme
⇒ boost competitiveness of the European transport
industries and achieve a European transport system that
is resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-
friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens,
the economy and society
Calls for proposals
• Mobility for Growth (MG)
• Digitising and transforming European industry and services:
Automated Road Transport (ART)
• Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Green Vehicles (GV)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-transport_en.pdf 7
Smart, green and integrated transport
(societal challenge 4)
Call schedule 2018-2020
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Horizon 2020: WP 2018-2020
Transport Info Day
• 13 December 2017, Brussels
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/horizon-2020-wp-2018-2020-transport-info-day
• webstream
• ETNA2020 Networking and Brokerage event
https://www.b2match.eu/h2020transportcall2018/
• Two conferences that the Swedish national reference
group alerted
http://www.egvi.eu/calendar/122/20/EGVIA-ERTRAC-1st-European-Conference-Results-from-road-transport-
research-in-H2020-projects
http://www.traconference.eu/
• Info on events related to SC transport
http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/index.cfm
Secure, clean and efficient energy
2018-2020 Work Programme
⇒ transition to a competitive energy system
7 objectives & research areas:
⇒ Reducing energy consumption & carbon footprint
⇒ Low-cost, low-carbon electricity supply
⇒ Alternative fuels & mobile energy sources
⇒ A single, smart European electricity grid
⇒ New knowledge and technologies
⇒ Robust decision making & public engagement
⇒ Market uptake of energy and ICT innovation.
Priorities:
• Energy efficiency
• Low carbon technologies
• Smart cities & communities
• Policy driver
11Secure, clean and efficient energy
2018-2020 Work Programme
Calls for proposals
• Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future:
secure, clean & efficient energy
• Energy efficiency
• Global leadership in renewables
• Smart and clean energy for consumers
• Smart citizen-centred energy system
• Smart Cities and Communities
• Enabling near-zero CO2 emissions from fossil fuel power plants and carbon
intensive industries
• Joint Actions
• Cross-cutting issues
• Transforming the energy sector through digitization
• Other actions
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-energy_en.pdf 12Secure, clean and efficient energy
(societal challenge 3)
Call schedule 2018-2020
13Information & Communication Technologies
2018-2020 Work Programme
⇒ response to the need to maintain a strong expertise in key
technology value chains, and to the necessity to move
quicker from research excellence to the market;
strong support to industrial roadmaps with new
mechanisms to encourage disruptive innovation
• Photonics
• Content technologies & information management
• Micro & nanoelectronics
• Robotics
• Future internet
• A new generation of components & systems
• Advanced computing
14Information & Communication Technologies
2018-2020 Work Programme
Calls for proposals
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Digitising and transforming European industry and services:
digital innovation hubs and platforms
• Cybersecurity
• EU-Japan Joint Call; EU-Korea Joint Call
• Other
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-leit-ict_en.pdf 15Information & Communication Technologies
(LEIT)
Call schedule 2018-2020
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What to think about when writing a project proposal? 20 November 2017 Silvia Durmeier Grants Office
Preparation (1)
Keep an eye on the Work Programmes for the next years
Read the Call topic carefully!
Specific Challenge
Can your research contribute to solve this challenge?
Scope: What does the Call expect?
“Proposals should address one or several of the following”
“The proposed actions should include all of the following aspects”
2Preparation (2)
What are the specific requirements?
“Proposed actions should build on the knowledge and results of ongoing projects
addressing …..”
“In line with the Union's strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation,
international cooperation is encouraged. In particular, proposals should consider
cooperation with projects or partners from ……
Proposals should foresee twinning with entities participating in projects funded by …. to
exchange knowledge and experience and exploit synergies.
“The research will help achieve the European White Paper "X" objective by contributing
to (…..). On a longer term, the research will also contribute to reach (e.g.) Sustainable
Development Goal 3”
3Preparation (3)
Budget frame
“The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution
from the EU between EUR X to Y million would allow this specific
challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not
preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other
amounts.”
This gives you an idea about the expected size of the project.
Expected Impact
Does your proposal clearly contribute to the expected Impact?
4Preparation (4)
Consortium
Do you have the main scientific players in the area on board?
Do you have important non-academic players on board?
Involvement of end users?
Collaboration outside Europe required/an asset?
Use partner search tools:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/partner_search.html
http://h2020viz.vinnova.se/#/
5The Writing (1)
To get familiar with the required structure and content of the
proposal and the criteria your application will be judged against:
Take a copy of the proposal template Part B
Take a copy of the standard evaluation form
Follow the instructions in the proposal template carefully!
6The Writing (2)
Try to catch the reader’s attention from the beginning!
On the first page of your proposal it should be clear
What you want to achieve and how are you going to do this
Why this is important (in line with Work Programme/contributes solving a challenge)
Why your project is best suited to deal with this topic (expected Impact)
Why your consortium is the right one (scientific excellence, other sectors,
complementarity, involves end users, …)
7The Writing (3)
A proposal is evaluated against three criteria:
1. Excellence
2. Impact
3. Implementation
Excellence is important, but not all
Impact and Implementation are equally important
Pay the same effort and attention to all criteria
8The Writing (4) – Pay special attention to:
1. Excellence
1.2 Relation to the work programme
How does your proposal address the specific challenge and scope of
the topic, as set out in the work programme?
1.4 Ambition
Advance of your proposal beyond current state-of-the-art
Innovation potential (ground-breaking objectives, novel concepts/approaches, new products,…)
9The Writing (5) – Pay special attention to:
2. Impact
2.1 Expected impacts
Relate to each of the impacts listed in the Work Programme
Other impacts on: strengthening innovation capacity and competitiveness, society, (…)
Describe potential obstacles (regulations, standards, public acceptance, …)
2.2 Measures to maximise impact (tbc)
Dissemination and exploitation of results (mainly for scientific audience, end users)
Communication activities (other target groups)
10The Writing (6) – Pay special attention to:
Dissemination and exploitation of results :
Your plan to disseminate and exploit the project's results is key to
maximising the project’s impact.
What is the area in which you expect to make impact?
Who are the potential end users of your results?
What are the appropriate channels to reach the target audience?
Communication activities:
Who outside the scientific community is interested in your results?
What are the appropriate channels to reach the target audience?
11The Writing (7) – Pay special attention to:
3. Implementation
3.1. Work plan with work packages and deliverables
Describe the different components of your work plan and the timing
Give enough details to justify resources and to monitor success
Include management, dissemination and communication in your work plan
3.2. Management structure, milestones and procedures
Describe decision-making processes within the consortium
Innovation– and risk management are important, describe in detail!
12The Writing (7) – Conclusions
The successful proposal:
Well structured, clear, concise language
Strong research idea - strong consortium – strong impact
Original and innovative approach
Covers all issues required in the work programme/ template
Leaves no open questions/doubts
Clear objectives and work plan
Understandable language, reader-friendly lay-out (enough space, appropriate
amount of useful figures, no optical overload)
13The Writing (8) – Conclusions
Common shortcomings:
Unclear structure, long, complicated sentences
Strong research idea, but impact not sufficiently well explained
Originality not sufficiently explained
End-users not taken into account
Consortium lacks important players
Too many general statements
Weak work plan
Proposal is difficult to read (long, complicated sentences; no space between paragraphs;
too many different styles, too many figures not adding any value; too many repetitions)
14The Writing (8) – Conclusions
Evaluators are also only human beings…
They have to read many proposals in a short time
They often read proposals after a long working day
One of them might not be a specialist in your area, but a generalist
Don’t take it for granted that everybody knows everything about your area
15Do you have any questions?
Are you looking for templates or documents?
Do you need help with your proposal?
Contact:
grantsoffice@chalmers.se
16How Grants Office provides support during proposal writing and beyond 20 November 2017 Jacqueline Plette Grants Office, Operations Support
Grants Office Support for EU-funded Research
How to plan, apply for and conduct an EU-funded project
Pre-award Post-award
CALL PROPOSAL Submission EC
DEADLINE DECISION
Project planning
Applicant
Analyse Analyse the Project concept
funding call Applicants, Coordination
opportunities collaborators, Writing proposal Dissemination
Check infrastructure WHY bother
Attend funder Chalmers policy WHY now Research Utilization
seminars for funder Roles, tasks, time WHY you
Project
Information Application kick-off Content support Grant starts
about call based on evaluation criteria Negotiation
Research policies and funder Advice on format, (e.g. excellence, impact, implementation) Grant & consortium Project management
Grants Office
Competitive Intelligence content, budget, providing checklists, budget templates, agreements incl. kick-off meeting
Seminars & intellectual assets legal counselling (e.g. NDA)
Lobbying workshops
Follow up
Strategic inputs Application review Reporting
Hearings & interview training
Cross-reading
Letter of Support
Golden Lane = first contact with GO >9 months before deadline
Silver LaneWhat to expect from Grants Office Golden Lane (>9 months) = full proactive customized support throughout the entire process Silver Lane (
Grants Office Support by a Crossfunctional Team
Also linked to
Procurement
Innovation Office 4
HREU Research Support = Integrated Part of Grants Office
Anders Friberg Mareike Lutz
Research Adviser Research Adviser
Coordinator Grants Office
Silvia Dürmeier Jacqueline Plette
Research Adviser
EU Grant Manager
Stefan Forsaeus Nilsson
Research Adviser
40 %
grantsoffice@chalmers.se
Michelle Abraham Per Eklund
Legal counselling Financial Officer
75 %
5Proposal Support from Grants Office
• Upfront information about calls from funders
• Review and/or cross-reading of proposal
• Interview trainings and hearings
• Content support based on evaluation criteria
(in collaboration with the Innovation Office)
• Budget and filling in the forms
• Legal counselling, review, negotiation
(e.g. consortium agreement, non-disclosure agreement, memorandum of understanding,
contract with third party, subcontracting)
• Start meeting for granted projects
6Enhanced financial support from
Grants Office
• Best practice
• Checklists, templates, working procedures
• Internal network for financial officers at all departments
• To get more efficient, simplified and improved EU reporting
• To raise actual questions with colleagues
• To share and build common knowledge
• Audit support Per Eklund
per.eklund@chalmers.se
• Helpdesk function for financial questions phone: 5191
7Pre- and Post-award Project Management Support
For H2020 projects with Chalmers as coordinator
Coordination of administrative setup
(e.g. EC grant agreement, EC participant portal, Chalmers internal requirements incl
financial structure, project specific requirements for communications and documentation)
Coordination of legal counselling, review, negotiation
(e.g. consortium agreement, non-disclosure agreement, memorandum of understanding,
contract with third party)
Coordination and planning of start meeting
Want to get rid of
this feeling?
Jacqueline Plette
jacqueline.plette@chalmers.se
phone: 5260
8Not there yet but curious about H2020?
Register to become a Horizon 2020 evaluator
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html
Open consultations
e.g. food safety, trans-European networks, environment, research & technology,
energy, transport, climate action
https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations_en
Register of Commission expert groups
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=calls.calls_for_app
9Grants Office
EU Support Team
Offers project management support
Offers enhanced financial support
Operates as crossfunctional team
Is integrated in Chalmers Grants Office
Do not hesitate to contact us!
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