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Horizon 2020 SME Instrument - Societal Challenge 5
1. Manuel MENDIGUTÍA
Leyla MERTOL
Unit A.2 "Horizon 2020 Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises"
Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME)
Horizon 2020
SME Instrument – SC5
2. • SME with innovative ideas – single company ok
• Ambition to grow and have a global/EU impact
• Established SMEs with high growth potential
• Clear European dimension
• For profit SMEs of the EU and associated countries
SME Instrument target
4. Why?
• Rank among the best European SMEs
• Get visibility at European and global level
• Receive high-quality business coaching
• Benefit from networking opportunities
• Get support for follow-up financing
6. The 3 Project Phases
Phase 1 - Concept & Feasibility
Assessment
• Feasibility study
• Proposal (10 pages): Idea,
initial business plan, activities
• Duration project: ~6 months
• EU funding: €50 000
• Up to 3 coaching days
=> Outcome: feasibility assessment
with a more elaborated business plan
7. Phase 2 – Innovation Project
• Proposal (30 pages): idea with
feasibility assessment+ full business
plan
• EU funding: €0.5 -€2.5M
• Up to 12 days coaching
• Duration:1-2 years
• Develop project through
innovation strategy
Outcome:
new idea (product, service, process) to
launch on the market
a business innovation plan with a
commercialization strategy & plan to
attract investors
8. Phase 3 – Commercialisation
• No stand-alone phase!
• No direct funding
• Facilitate access to risk finance
• Support services
• Networking opportunities
• EEN helping business
commercialisation
9. Topics for 2014 & 2015
• High risk ICT innovation
• Nanotech, or other
advanced tech for
manufacturing and
materials
• Space research and
development
• Diagnostics devices and
biomarkers
• Sustainable food production
and processing
• Blue growth
• Low carbon energy systems
• Greener and more integrated
transport
• Eco-innovation and sustainable
supply of raw material
• Urban critical infrastructure
• Biotechnology-based industrial
processes
• Mobile e-government
applications (2015 only)
• SME business model innovation
(2015 only)
11. Eligibility
• Profit-SMEs
• <250 employees
• <€50 million turnover/ balance sheet <€43 million
• SME based in EU MS or H2020 Associated Countries
12. Evaluation of proposals
• By independent experts
• Award criteria:
• IMPACT
• EXCELLENCE
• QUALITY
• Threshold
• Phase 1 : per individual criteria is 4. Overall is 13
• Phase 2 : per individual criteria is 3 (except for "Impact"
which is 4). Overall is 12
13. Evaluation: IMPACT
Convince evaluators that your project will make
money and create jobs
• Market (will to pay) - targeted users
• Market conditions – competition – Market share
• Commercialisation plan
• EU/global dimension
• Knowledge protection
• Jobs created in Europe
14. Evaluation: EXCELLENCE
Convince evaluators that your innovation is
excellent
• Innovative product/process/service
• Viable & Disruptive technology
• Added value
• Better than existing solutions
• Commercial potential
• Understanding of risks and opportunities
15. Evaluation: IMPLEMENTATION
Convince evaluators that you will make it
• Credibility of the work plan
• Right resources internally
• Right partners and stakeholders
• Team organisation
• Realistic time frame
16. Unsuccessful proposals were:
• too strongly technology-oriented
• Missing company profile
• Not describing innovative technology
• Not including convincing commercial potential –
''freedom to operate'' assurance;
• Not mentioning the least required TRL6 (Ph1–Ph2)
• Not correct topic chosen!
First lessons learnt
17. Before taking a strategic decision to apply
• Look carefully at the programme target
• Assess if your project is mature
• Take advise on other funding programmes from
NCP, EEN or others, notably incubators
• Try a 3 minute pitch
• If you work with a consultant choose a
success fee rather than a fixed price
Hints and tips
18. When applying:
• Make sure your proposal is balanced and covers
all aspects of each evaluation criteria
• Write to convince evaluators to invest
• Put concrete realistic figures
• Invest in a caching title and a good abstract
• Use the full 10 pages (phase 1) – delete the
hints in the template
• Form matters, test your proposal, review the
language
Hints and tips
19. PHASE 1 & 2:
2014-2015
Funded projects
per cut-off
29. SME instrument grant
2014 - Phase 1
CREST project: Revolutionizing weather forecast models for the
tropical region, which are used for implementing Climate Resilient
Agriculture in West Africa. 82% accuracy compared to 39% for
existing conventional models. Farmers can boost their yield.
30. UPCYCLING THE OCEANS project: High quality clothes made from
marine plastic litter. Objective: produce and sell fabrics and
clothes made from marine plastic litter, by recycling and industrial
methods to convert these plastics into high properties textiles.
SME instrument grant
2014 - Phase 1
31. SME instrument grant
2014 - Phase 1
2015 - Phase 2
An autonomous and mobile water treatment plant powered by
solar energy. Goal: providing a solution for fast, simple and
efficient wastewater treatment and energy supply for remote
regions.
32. SME instrument grant
2014 - Phase 1
Slight Granulation project: innovative production process reducing
water and the energy consumption in ceramic tiles industry. The
new process will address a specific phase of production chain (i.e.
granulation), reducing by 40% the use of water and completely
cutting off energy consumption.
The SME Instrument aims to identify European growth champions and to showcase and support the excellent innovation potential of European small companies. It does not aim to substitute or compensate the lack of national or regional activities to boost innovation capacity. What we intend to stage is champions league. Don’t select any application which is not at that level.
Besides the competition among the very best European companies and the visibility this provides - and we can provide through the SME Agency and our various support networks - the impact of the SME Instrument shall come from the combination of financial support with a number of services, like leadership development (through business coaching) and various links to parallel or subsequent networking and finance possibilities.
Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Israel and Moldova, Faroe Island
Unsuccessful proposals were
too much project focussed, not enough business opportunity oriented
Description of company not convincing (why would this company succeed and not the competitor)
No information on competing solutions
Innovation content too low; product exists already on the market (just incremental improvement)
Just ideas, no proof of existing commercialisation concept (TRL far too low)
Just trying ones luck
Map of beneficiaries available on the EASME website
