FP5

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New opportunities for academic institutions
and enterprises to participate in EU RTD
programmes TU Kosice, 12-13 December 2002 New
Opportunities and challenges for SMEs
FP6 Manfred HorvatBIT - Bureau for
International Research and Technology
Cooperation, AT An initiative of the
Austrian Government and the Economic Chamber
Austria
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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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Encouraging SMEs to participate in FP6
Specific measures taken to involve the SMEs in
the 7 thematic priorities (Integrated Projects,
Networks of Excellence, STRP)
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Specific schemes in the form of actions on
collective and cooperative research on any area
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Appropriate information and assistance to
potential SME participants
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The 7 thematic priorities
Budget 11.285 M gt15 for SMEs 1.700 M 1
- Life science, genomics, biotechnology 2
- Information society technologies 3
- Nanotechnologies, materials, products
production 4 - Aeronautics and space 5 - Food
quality and safety 6 - Sustainable development,
global change 7 - Citizens and governance
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To implement the thematic prioritiesthe FP6
instruments
Traditional instruments
New instruments
Specific Targeted Research Projects Coordination
actions Specific support actions
Integrated projects Networks of
excellence Article 169
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Integrated Projects
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Networks of Excellence
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Specific Targeted Research Projects
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Special focus on SMEs
Specific measures taken in Integrated Projects,
Networks of Excellence and STREP (7 thematic
priorities)
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Objective to allocate at least 15 of the 7
thematic priorities budget to SMEs
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Encouraging SMEs to participate in FP6
Specific measures taken in Integrated Projects,
Networks of Excellence and STREP(in 7 thematic
priorities)
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• Participation of SME groupings
• Evaluation criteria related to SMEs
• Targeted calls for SME IPs in areas relevant for
  SMEs
• Pre-allocated budget for take-up measures in IPs
• Possibility to extend contracts to include new
  SMEs

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Participation of SME Groupings in the FP6 new
instruments (particularly IP)

• SME groupings involved in management
• RTD performers / technology suppliers
• Beneficiaries of TAKE UP MEASURES
• Assessment/trial/validation of promising
  technologies
• Easier access to/transfer of best practices for
  early use exploitation of technologies
• Training of SMEs executives / technical staff
• Dissemination of results

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Participation of SME Groupings in theFP6 new
instruments (particularly IP)

• If at the proposal / contract stage
• not having identified SMEs for take-up measures
• having pre-allocated budget
• SME Groupings or Associations could
• from contract stage,
• represent individual SMEs to be identified
• select SMEs in a latter stage for take-up
  measures

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SME Integrated Project (Thematic Priority 3)
Idea Within priority 3, to propose SME
Integrated projects with two objectives 1. To
assist traditional sectors in developing value
added products and services (Research intensive
SME as technology provider and developer) 2. To
help research intensive SME to further increase
their technology competencies (SME as technology
developer and researcher)
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Characteristics of SME Integrated Project

• Substantial SME participation
• SME with high RD capacity are leading the
  project
• probably smaller than normal IPs
• large companies can be present if SMEs so wish
• possible combination of EU-funding with Venture
  Capital

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Encouraging SMEs to participate in FP6
Specific schemes in the form of actions on
cooperative and collective research on any area
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Individual SME
Cooperative Research (CRAFT)
Industrial associations or industry groupings
Collective Research
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Cooperative research (CRAFT)
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Collective research
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Comparison of the projects sizes
In term of budget, duration, size of consortia
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Calls for proposals

• The projects can be submitted following to
  Callspublished in the EC Official Journal
• Most of the time, two-step submission process
• 1. Expression of Interest or outline proposal
• 2. Full proposal by consortia
• CRAFT one-step submission
• Evaluation criteria (relevance to the objectives
  of the call, ST excellence, strategic impact,
  quality of consortium, quality of the management)

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Summary SME in FP6
With RD capabilities in the 7 thematic
Priorities
With RD needs all topics
Partner in IP, NoE, STREP, (technology
provider or end-user)
Partner in CRAFT, Collective Research
Technology transfer from IP, NoE
min. 15 of budget ca. 1.7 billion EURO
ca. 400 Mill. Euro
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For further information SME National Contact
Point for EU Research Technology Projects BIT,
A-1220 Wien, Donaucity Strasse 1 http//www.bit.ac
.at DI Dr. Sabine Herlitschka herlitschka_at_bit.ac.
at Tel. 0043/1 / 581 16 16 - 103 DI Marcus
Bidmon bidmon_at_bit.ac.at Tel. 0043/1 / 581 16 16
- 146 Fax [phone] - 16