Funding Opportunities for SMEs within FP6

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Funding Opportunities for SMEs within FP6

• FFG/EIP - Austrian Research Promotion Agency
• Marcus Bidmon
• Austrian National Contact Point for SME
• A-1220 Wien, Donau-City-Str. 1
• http//www.ffg.at

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Content

• review SMEs in the EU- Framework Programme (FP)
  so far
• small projects for SME
• CRAFT
• Collective Research
• SME-participation in EU-large projects
• Integrated Projects
• FFG- initiatives to support SME participation

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SME definition
NEW!!!

• An SME is an enterprise which
• has fewer than 250 employees
• has either an annual turnover not exceeding 50
  M or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding
  43 M
• For calculation of the enterprise data,
  connections/integration with other enterprises
  need to be considered

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The importance of European SMEs
MOTOR OF EUROPES CHANGING ECONOMY
by GENERATING NEW PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGIES High
tech SMEs create two-times more innovations per
employee than large companies
by SUPPORTING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF
LARGE COMPANIES 50 of SMEs are subcontractors
byCREATING EMPLOYMENT SMEs and
especially micro-firms are the main source of
new jobs
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Euro - Myths

• participation is a high-risk
• participation is expensive
• EU- research is only for big enterprises
• EU- research is only for high-tech-enterprises
• EU- research is a closed club

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Euro - Myths vs. RealitySME in FP5 (1)

• participation is a high-risk19.000 SME have
  submited project ideas in FP538 have been
  selected (CRAFT, Exploratory Award)
• participation is expensivean average
  CRAFT-Project (700 kEURO, 6 Partner) requires 70
  kEURO own investment per SME
• expectation for SME3,5 EURO for 1 EURO
  investment in CRAFT

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Euro - Myths vs. RealitySME in FP5 (2)

• EU- research is only for big enterprises 77
  of participants are small enterprises (lt50
  employee)
• EU- research is only for high-tech-enterprises
  35 of CRAFT- participants come from traditional
  sectors
• EU- research is a closed club 65 of SME were
  newcomers in FP5, 50 of the projects were new
  co-operations

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Participation of SME in EU- Framework Programme
(96-01)

• 10.000 High-tech SMEhigh research intensity
• 10.000 medium/low-tech SMElimited research
  intensity

overall approximately 20.000 SME received 1,4
billion EURO
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SME in FP6
large projects
small projects
approx. 1,7 Mrd. Euro
approx. 400 Mio Euro

• 3 - 7 years
• some Mio 10 Euro
• at least 3 countries

• 1 - 3 years
• 0,5 - 5 Mio Euro
• at least 3 countries

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Comparison of project sizes
In terms of budget, duration, size of consortia
legend CRAFT..... Cooperative Research Action
for Technology STREP..... Specific Targeted
Research Projects
Coll. Res.......... Collective Research IP........
............. Integrated Projects NoE.............
..... Network of Excellence
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Horizontal research activities
Specific schemes in the form of actions on
Collective and Cooperative Research (any topic)
Individual SME
Cooperative Research (CRAFT)
Industrial associations or industry groupings
Collective Research
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SME in FP6
CRAFT (Cooperative Research for
Technology) Marcus Bidmon FFG/EIP - Austrian
Research Promotion Agency
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CRAFT - 300 Mio Euro
scheme of project
industry
researcher
at least 3 SME from at least 2 nations
universities, research institutes, high-tech
SME, research lab of Industry
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CRAFT- example HIGHMAG Ecological and
effective high-speed-machining of magnesium

• partner
• AT Anton Anger
• AT ERKU Präzisionsteile
• AT Profactor Produktionsforschungs
• D Almü Präzisionswerkzeug
• D Zentrum Fertigungstechnik
• E Fundacion Tekniker Innovation
• E Brugarolas S.A.

FotosQuelle Firma Anger
cost 1.432.000 EURO support 716.000
EURO duration 01/00 - 12/01
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CRAFT- example Wasserglassin leather
production (in order to reduce tannery wastes)
07/98 - 12/99
partner AT Werner Vogl Co. DE
Lederfabrik Josef Heinen IT Industria Conciaria
Nobel IT Conceria Martucci Teresa AT HBLVA
für Chem. Ind. DE, IT leather institutes
horizontal consortium producer of automobile
upholsters shoe leather leather goods shoes
clothes shoes
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CRAFT- example Cardboard
partner 3 AT, 2 DE, 1 IT cost 987.500
EURO support 493.750 EURO duration 08/98 -
07/00
Manufacturing plant to produce a new corrugated
cardboard
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CRAFT- example Know-CoMKnowledge and
Co-Operation based engineering for die and Mould
making SMEs

• partner
• AT Burg Informatics
• AT Meusburger Georg
• AT Profactor
• D Universität Halle-Wittenberg

E Fundacion Tekniker E Troqueles y Calibres E
Analisis Simulacion LV Ripo-1
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CRAFT- example SIMULATIONMOLDINGSMEPractical
simulations of injection-moulding processes using
special polymers for small parts
RTD AT polyconcent Plastics engineering and
development DE Technische Hochschule Aachen
Inst. f. Kunststoffverarbeitung NL Netherlands
Organiszation for Applied Scientific
Research AT UNI LINZ Physikalische Chemie AT
Montanuniversität Leoben Inst. f.
Kunststoffverarbeitung DE SIMCON
kunststofftechnische Software
partner SME AT Awender
Kunststofftechnik IT Westan Syste AT CAMO
Formen-und Werkzeugbau CZ TERMOPLAST Lisova
Plastü DE Weißer Grießhaber MT FILDAN
Accossories NL Dollwin Tooling
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CRAFT - 300 Mio Euro

• topic any topic science technology
• partner - at least 3 SME from at least 2 nations
  and
• - at least 2 RTD from 2 nations
• size total cost 0,5 - 2 Mill. EURO
• EU-share gt 50 of project costs
• duration 1-2 years
• property rights ownership to the SMEs
  proposers
• support research innovation up to 50
  consortium management up to 100

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Cooperative research (CRAFT)
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Opportunities for SMEs through CRAFT

• more money for RTD
• additional personnel resources
• know-how
• sharing risks
• accelerated innovation processes
• strengthening market positions by new
  technologies
• new markets through international contact
• building strategic alliances

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CRAFT-results in FP6increasing quantity and
quality

• 1st CRAFT - deadline
• Austrian CRAFT- Co-ordinators
• almost all Co-ordinators consulted by FFG/EIP
• 7,4 of all successful proposals
• 35 success rate (EU- average 19)
• Austrian CRAFT- participation
• 3,29 (according to PD)

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SME in FP6
Collective Research Marcus Bidmon FFG/EIP -
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
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Collective research - 100 MEuro

• Industrial Association/Grouping assigns
  scientific- and Innovation activities to external
  research providers
• Themes (bottom-up) of interest for a large number
  of SME or SME-sectors, e.g.
• Research aimed at reinforcing the technological
  basis of particular sector(s)
• Development of technological tools (e.g.
  diagnosis, safety equipment)
• Pre-normative research (research to provide a
  scientific base for European norms and
  standards)
• Research aimed at addressing common
  problems/challenges (e.g. to meet regulatory
  requirements, such as health safety at work
  legislation, environmental performance).

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Collective research
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Collective research - 100 MEuro

• theme any topic of science technique
• partner - 2 national Indust. Associations/Groupin
  gs or 1 European Indust. Association/Grouping
  - SME-core group with at least 2 SME - at least
  2 RTD
• size total cost 2 - 5 Mio EURO
• EU-share gt 50 of Project costs
• duration 2-3 years
• support research innovation up to 50
  consortium management up to 100 training up
  to 100

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Collective research - Supported activities

• Research and innovation-related activities
• Well-defined, sharply focused research programme
• Dissemination conferences, publications,
  workshops, web-based activities to large
  communities of SMEs
• Training activities
• Focused on results generated by the project
• Targeted to technical and managerial staff from
  Industrial Associations and SMEs
• Consortium management activities
• Led by one Industrial Association OR one RTD
  Performer
• Overall management (legal, contractual,
  financial)
• Coordination of technical activities
• Knowledge management

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What is an IAG

• Industrial Associations/Groupings are enterprise
  groupings, meaning any
• legal entity
• made up, directly or indirectly, for the most
  part of SMEs,
• and representing their interests.
• Examples
• sectoral industrial associations, regional
  industrial associations, chambers of commerce,
  etc.

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Collective research - Roles of Industrial
associations

• Lead Steering Committee
• Take care of links with their SME members
• Disseminate and exploit the results and
  exploitation
• Training their staff and SME members staff
• Use their networks
• If appropriate, scientific and administrative
  coordination

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Collective research - Roles of Core Group SME

• Input to demands
• Participation in project meetings
• Active role in different work packages
• Key role in technical management
• Test, validation and exploitation of results
• Installation of pilot production plant
• Training their staff and other SME
• In return direct and immediate access to project
  results Time advantage in the market.

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Collective research - Roles of RTD Performers

• Carrying out research
• Reporting, presentation of results in meetings
• Close co-operation with Industrial Associations
  and Core Group SME
• Preparing dissemination material
• Training Industrial Associations and Core Group
  SME staff

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Collective research - Specific conditions

• Balance between the participantsRTD Performers
  at least 40 of the RI activities total
  eligible cost
• RTD Performers fully paidThey will receive 100
  of their RI total cost within a ceiling to be
  agreed by the consortium
• Consortium agreement mandatory (to be ready by
  the signature of the contract)

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Collective research examples of pilot-phase of
FP5

• Oil-Free Powertrain - reducing the burden on oil
  reserves and the environment
• Chromatex - phasing out cancer-causing chromium
  VI from the automotive industry
• Space2Tex - solving the waste water recycling
  problem in textile production
• Ultra-Melt - energy-saving tool for injection
  moulding
• FASTOOL - Fast and Automated Tooling

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example1 Oil-Free Powertrain - reducing the
burden on oil reserves and the environment (1)

• European industry used around 5 million tonnes of
  oil-based lubricants a year under one-third of
  this is collected, recycled or properly disposed
  of. Using an innovative approach, a consortium of
  industrial associations from four different
  countries want to develop an oil-free
  transmission system to help SMEs improve their
  products.
• Project Costs 2.567.630 Euro
• Duration 36 month
• EC-Contribution 1.262.240 EURO

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example 1 Oil-Free Powertrain - reducing the
burden on oil reserves and the environment (2)

• partners
• 5 Associations
• VDMA - Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und
  Anlagenbau, D
• FMS - Fachverband der Maschinen- und
  Stahlbauindustrie, AT
• National Association of Hungarian Engineering
  Industry, H
• Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of
  Engineering Technique, CZ
• Automotive Industry Association, CZ
• 19 SME-Partners
• 4 RTD-Performers

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example 2 Chromatex - phasing out
cancer-causing chromium VI from the automotive
industry

• SMEs working in the automotive metal protection
  industry using chromium (CR6) plating may suffer
  if a proposed law is passed to ban this
  environmentally harmful and potentially
  carcinogenic substance, according to a group of
  four industry associations from four different
  countries making up the Chromatey project. They
  plan to raise awareness of this issue and help
  SMEs wishing to phase out Cr6 by 2007.
• Duration 24 Months
• Budget 2,500,000 EURO
• EC-Contribution over 1,2 million EURO

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example 3 Space2Tex - solving the waste water
recycling problem in textile production

• Inspired by space technology, a consortium led by
  the European textile association, and composed of
  26 SMEs from six countries, have come up with a
  unique idea for more cost-effective and efficient
  waste-water recycling in textile finishing.
• EC-Contribution almost 1,1 million EURO

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example 4 Ultra-Melt - energy-saving tool for
injection moulding

• Because of high production costs, Europes SMEs
  are relying too heavily on plastics being moulded
  in countries outside the EU. A consortium of four
  industrial associations from 4 EU countries want
  to create an ultrasonic melting system and
  equipment to improve plastic flow. Reducing
  energy consumption in polymer processing by 30.
  The cost savings will allow some 2 000 European
  SMEs to produce such plastics in-house.
• EC-Contribution 1,3 million EURO

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example 5FASTOOL - Fast and Automated Tooling
(1)

• Develop automated procedures to generate NC
  programs for pre-milling moulds and electrodes by
  high speed milling in much reduced timescales (up
  to 95) using a knowledge-based system which will
  determine the optimum set of tools and operating
  parameters for each geometry.
• Use the electrodes to EDM the premilled mould
  cavity to the finished geometry.
• Generate that part of the electrode geometry that
  is not pre-milled in much reduced timescales (up
  to 90), using Boolean operations and a
  knowledge-based tooling system.
• Integrate high speed milling machines for
  electrode generation and electro-discharge
  machines (EDMs) for mould production, to increase
  machine tool efficiency from 16 to 50.
  Existing machine controllers will be used, to
  enable the developed system to be retrofitted.

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example 5FASTOOL - Fast and Automated Tooling
(2)

• Partners
• 4 Associations
• GTMA (UK)
• Metaal Unie (NL)
• NCG NC-Gesellschaft (D)
• ASCAMM Catalan Association of Mould Die
• Manufacturers Foundation (E)
• 4 RTDs
• 4 SME Cluster

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The next deadlines forCRAFT Collective
Research

• CRAFT last deadline
• 14.09.2005
• Collective Research last deadline passed
• next possibility in FP7

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SME in FP6
SME - participation in large projects Marcus
Bidmon FFG/EIP - Austrian Research Promotion
Agency
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SME - participation in large projects

• 1. Integrated Projects (IP)
• 2. Network of Excellence (NoE)
• 3. Specific Targeted Research Projects
  (STREP)

large projectsin the 7 thematic
priorities 1,7 Mrd for SME
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The 7 thematic priorities
(11,285 M, gt15 for SMEs) 1 - Life
science 2 - Information society technologies 3
- Nanotechnologies 4 - Aeronautics and space 5
- Food quality and safety 6 - Sustainable
development 7 - Citizens and governance
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How can SMEs participate?

• as coordinator
• as individual participants
• as member of participating SME groupings
• (as subcontractors)

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SME - participation in large projects

• Participation of SME groupings possible
• integration of SME evaluation criterion in
  quality of the consortium
• targeted calls in SME relevant areas (e.g. IP
  for SME / nanotechnology)
• pre- allocated budget for Take-up measures
• possible contract enlargement for additional SME
  in ongoing EU-projects (internal call)

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Roles of a participating SME

• technology / service provider
• RTD-performer
• technology user
• take-up-measures assessment / testing /
  validation of promising technologies
• training of SME executives / technical personnel
• exploitation / dissemination
• involved in management
• at an early stage application and exploitation of
  technologies
• easy access to / transfer of Best Practice

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Integrated Projects

• Average data
• Duration nb. partners Funding
• IP 3-5 30 12,5 Mio
• Project activities
• protection of IPR
• training activities
• dissemination of results
• demonstration projects
• application of results (take-up activities)
• technology foresight
• management

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SME - IP EuroTooling 21Integrated project to
preparare the European tooling industry for the
21st century

• Goals of the Project
• to improve competitiveness in European
  Mouldmaking and Special Tooling Industries.
• Bottom-up Approach
• The starting point are the industrial needs, in
  order to allow the adequate and competitive
  choice of the different technologies for the
  development of RD activities within an
  industrial application purpose.
• These developments enable mouldmaking companies
  to position themselves in increasingly higher
  levels of the value chain of large and complex
  final products.
• The project achievements will be materialized in
  the development of three Case Studies, whose
  requirements drive 3 Research Activities.

More Info under http//www.eurotooling21.com/
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SME - IP Eurotooling 21
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SME - IP Eurotooling 21
This project's 34 Partners represent 10 European
countries, namely Portugal, Spain, Germany,
Belgium, France, Italy, United Kingdom, The
Netherlands, Austria and Poland.
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SME in FP6
FFG - EU - initiatives for SME Marcus
Bidmon FFG/EIP - Austrian Research Promotion
Agency
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FFG-EU-initiatives for SME

• Industrial technologies
• Plastics PLASTeam
• Nano- and Mikro- technology NaoMITec
• Nano- technology implementation NanoRoadSme
• Wood Woodism

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FFG-EU- initiative Plasteam

• Goal of the Project
• treatment of specific SME technology requests
  through the European plastics -expert platform.
• Involvement of Austrian SME in EU-projects in the
  6. EU- Framework Programme in the plastics
  sector.
• Advantages for SME
• analysis of the research- and development
  needs(Online Tool for technological diagnoses).
• Specific solution proposals of plastics expert .
• Free consulting and training in terms of a
  participation at EU-Projects.
• Information about existing EU-supports,
  EU-Project deadlines, policy and procedures of
  the 6. EU-Framework Programme

Contact Marcus Bidmon (marcus.bidmon_at_ffg.at),
Susanne Dragosits (susanne.dragosits_at_ffg.at)
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FFG-EU- initiative Plasteam Expert Tool Maker

• More info under http//www.plasteam.org

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FFG-EU- initiative Plasteam Expert Tool Maker

• WARWICK http//137.205.180.61/plasteam/DesktopDef
  ault.aspx

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FFG-EU- initiative Plasteam Expert Tool Maker

• Spontaneus profiles
• http//www.plasteam.org/library/profiles_library_f
  older/profile_listing

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FFG-EU- initiative NaoMITec(Nano and Micro -
TEC SMEs in IPs and NoE)

• Goals of the Project
• increasing participation of SME in Nano- and
  Micro- technology- projects in FP6
• access of SME to new technologies
• Advantages for SME
• Information about supported or planned European
  research projects in the field of Nano- and
  Micro- technology
• assistance and consulting for your participation
  in big European research projects
• integration with experts in this fieldcontacts
  with other European SMEs and researcher

Contact Marcus Bidmon (marcus.bidmon_at_ffg.at),Rit
a Ebner (rita.ebner_at_ffg.at)
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Partnering market NaoMITec

• Genf, CERN, 11.01.2005
• International partnering meeting
• Nanotechnologies, Multifunctional Materials, New
  Processes,
• Information Society technologies
• facilitate the setup of consortia
• in particular the collaboration between SMEs and
  RD institutions
• project co-ordinators present their project ideas
  
• high-tech SMEs present their skills
• consortia can be completed
• take advantage of CERNs technology transfer
  possibilities

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FFG-EU- initiative NanoRoadSme(Development of
Advanced Technology Roadmaps in Nanomaterial
Sciences and Industrial Adaptation to Small and
Medium sized Enterprises)

• Goals of the Project
• identification of research- and development
  trends, new products and application in the field
  Nanomaterials
• development and implementation of technology
  roadmaps for SME, to permit the integration of
  n-Technology-results factor of the ability to
  compete!
• Advantages for SME
• access to new trends of Nanomaterials
• Information about possible application and
  advantage of Nanomaterials for your enterprise
• guideline for implementation of Nanomaterials in
  your products and/or in your processes
  (Workshops)

Contact Marcus Bidmon (marcus.bidmon_at_ffg.at),
Rita Ebner (rita.ebner_at_ffg.at)
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FFG-EU- initiative WOODISM

• Goals of the Project
• increasing of participation of SME from the field
  forest- and wood industry and relative
  technologies in 6. EU-FP
• forestry and environment (incl. agriculture,
  monitoring, risk management, ecology, etc.)
• wood processing
• saw industry and slab production
• carpentries, joinery, furniture fabrication
• fibre-, pulp- and paper- production and
  -processing
• packing materials
• waste wood
• wood processing-machinery
• etc.
• access to new technologies

Contact Marcus Bidmon (marcus.bidmon_at_ffg.at),
Susanne Dragosits (susanne.dragosits_at_ffg.at)
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Initiatives Our range of services offers

• Information of suitable support to find a
  solution of your specific request/ for further
  development of your technologies
• strength analysis / weaknesses of your
  enterprise, your innovation potential and your
  technological needs
• Information of current calls and EU-support
  programmes, about deadlines, project partner and
  themes
• assistance at the formulation or your
  Projectidea/application
• Finding international partners
• common creation of an organisations-profile, to
  permit new co-operations (European Databases).
• Information to new possibilities of application
  of Nano- and Mikro-technologies in your branch
  (technology-RoadMaps).
• Contacts with other European enterprises and
  experts (conferences, Partnering market , working
  group, etc...).
• etc.

...OUR SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE!!!
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SME participation in FP6 instruments
With RD needs, all topics
With RD capabilities in the 7 thematic
priorities
Partner in CRAFT, Collective Research
Partner in IP, NoE, STREP, (technology
provider or end-user)
Technology transfer from IP, NoE
min. 15 of budget ca. 1.8 billion EURO
ca. 400 Mill. Euro
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What you have to do!?!

• As a project co-ordinating organisation
• innovative idea
• rough concept
• partners? Partner search with networks of FFG
• financing through national funding body
• composition of the project proposal
• submission in time
• As a Project partner
• observation Which Projects are looking for
  partners?
• Partner search with networks
• elaborate your company profile
• entry in the European Databases of FFG-initiatives

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Further co-operation possibilitiesfor small
and medium-sized enterprises

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Innovation Relay CentreTechnology cooperations
example

• What? - technical co-operation, RD
• - product.-, distribution-, licensing agreement
• - Know-how transfer
• How? 1) co-operationsprofile
• 2) Email Newsletter
• Time? input 2 - 8 hours
• Int. contacts 1 - 12 weeks
• framework? none
• advantage?
• Many solutions at RD Problems
• quicker implementation techn. developments
• access to new foreign market

Comp. Riess (NÖ) MTR-Recycling
(Bgld) Theme stress crack Handy Recyling at
enamel (no Know-how for Hightech Lab) battery
Recy. was missing How search- Profile Email
Newsletter Partner BRD (12 provider) battery
Recy. (UK) Duration 4 month 8
month advantage RD Know-how deployment of a new
recipe common. Recycling system
www.IRCA.at Innovation Relay Centre Your Access
to international technology co-operation
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Useful links

• 6th Framework Programme http//europa.eu.int/comm
  /research/fp6/
• Research programmes and projectshttp//www.cordis
  .lu
• SME Websitehttp//www.cordis.lu/sme
• SME National Contact Pointshttp//sme.cordis.lu/a
  ssistance/NCPs.cfm

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Thank you for your attention Marcus
Bidmon Austrian National Contact Point for
SME FFG/EIP - Austrian Research Promotion
Agency A-1220 Wien, Donau-City-Str.
1 http//www.ffg.at