1. This Project is funded by the
Improved SME Competitiveness and European Union
Innovation Project
How to identify suitable EU
Innovation Programmes and
Funding
Networks for Innovation
Funding

2. Content
This Project is funded by the EU
Orientation sessions
1. Different Funding Sources
2. Main EU Funding programmes
3. EU Programmes for innovation
Practical advices
1. Approach to EU project development
2. Partner search and networking
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3. Funding Sources
This Project is funded by the EU
Overview of Support Programmes for SMEs in 2012 ( National and EU programmes)
http://www.icip-serbia.org/assets/Uploads/Brochure-May.pdf
Seed and micro-financing funding sources ( National, Bilateral, EU and others)
http://www.inkluzija.gov.rs/vodic/9-Vodic-kroz-finansijska-sredstva.html
European business angels, business angels networks (BANs), seed funds
www.eban.org
EU Venture capital funds
http://www.evca.eu/toolbox/membersearch.aspx?id=624
EIF Venture Capital
http://www.eif.org/what_we_do/equity/deals/index.htm
EBRD Projects
http://www.ebrd.com/saf/search.html?type=project
EIB Projects
http://www.eib.org/projects/topics/sme/index.htm
Main funding opportunities
available to European SMEs
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=4619
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4. European Funding Programmes
This Project is funded by the EU
Structural and Community Action External cooperation
Cohesion Funds Programmes Programmes
internal funds operated by the National operated by the European Commission in operated by the EC Delegations and coordinated by the
intermediaries Brussels EuropeAid
CIP - Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme Trans: Stability - Macro financial assistance - Humanitarian Aid
Cohesion
ERDF ESF Fund Culture 2007 Programme
Customs 2013 Pre-defined geographical zones:
Europe for Citizens
Fiscalis 2013
The European Development Fund (EDF)
FP7 - Seventh Framework Programme
Fundamental Rights and Justice
European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
Galileo
infrastructure, employment, environment and Hercule II.
innovation, social inclusion, transport infra-
investments institutional structure, LIFE+ - Financial Instrument for the Environment The financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI)
etc. capacity renewable energy
LLP - Lifelong Learning programme
Marco Polo II.
Instrument for Pre Accession
Media 2007
Pericles Programme
Progress Thematic : Asylum and Migration - Food Security – Environment
and Energy
Public Health Programme
Programmes for SMEs:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocum Safer Internet Programme
ent.cfm?doc_id=4619 Security and Safeguarding Liberties Framework Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights EIDHR
programme
Programmes for Research and TEN-E - Trans-European Energy Networks
Innovation: TEN-T - Trans-European Transport Networks Non-state actors and local authorities – investing in people etc
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/practical-guide-
rev3_en.pdf Youth in Action etc…
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5. New funding instruments
This Project is funded by the EU
Cohesion Justice and Home Affairs
Future Cohesion Policy Justice programme
European Social Fund Rights and Citizensip Programme
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund Asylum and Migration Fund
Programme for Social Change and Innovation Internal Security Fund
Education and Culture
PROGRESS Programme Erasmus for All Programme
PROGRESS Microfinance Creative Europe Programme
EURES Anti-fraud
Agriculture OLAF's Community Programmes: Hercule III and Pericles 2020
The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 Research, Innovation and Competitiveness
Connecting Europe Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and
Communication - A growth package for integrated Innovation
European infrastructures(46 Kb) Programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament (COSME) 2014-2020
and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Strategic Innovation Agenda for the European Institute of
Facility(707 Kb) Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Guidelines for trans-European telecommunication European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
networks(316 Kb) Life Programme
Energy The European Earth monitoring programme (GMES)
Transport Galileo and EGNOS programmes
Broadband External Relations
Financial Instruments Strengthening Europe's place in the world: budget 2014-2020
Europe 2020 Project Bonds Citizens
Health and Consumers Europe for citizens' Programme 2014-2020
Health for Growth Programme Civil Protection
Consumer Programme Union Civil Protection Mechanism
Customs Union and Taxation Statistical Programme
FISCUS Programme proposal European statistical programme 2013-2017
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6. EU Programmes for Research and Innovation
This Project is funded by the EU
Practical Guide to EU Funding Opportunities for Research and
Innovation
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/practical-guide-rev3_en.pdf
 Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)
 http://ec.europa.eu/cip/
 Understanding the Seventh Framework Programme
 http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/understanding/fp7inbrief/what-is_en.html
 Participant Portal is your entry point for electronic administration of
EU-funded research and innovation projects
 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home
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7. This Project is funded by the EU
7th Framework Programme for
research, technological development
and demonstration activities
Over €52 billion
FP7 is coming to an end and will be
replaced by Horizon 2020.
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8. This Project is funded by the EU
FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework
Programme for Research and Technological
Development with a strong focus on Innovation.
This is the EU's main instrument for funding research
in Europe and it will run from 2007 to 2013 with total
funding of 52 billion Euro.
FP7 supports research in selected priority areas -
the aim being to make, or keep, the EU as a world
leader in those sectors.
All FP7 projects are collaborative !
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9. Serbia's success in Framework Projects
This Project is funded by the EU
Projects
All Projects with Serbia - http://itconsult-eu.de/serbia/countries.asp
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Nearly all Serbs were partners in other people’s project consortia
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10. The Programmes within FP7
This Project is funded by the EU
COOPERATION IDEAS
THEMES (Research areas) European Research Council
(ERC)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “challenging Europe‟s brightest
minds”
PEOPLE CAPACITIES
Regions of
Knowledge
Science in
Research
structures
Potential
Society
Marie Curie Measures
SMEs
INCO
Infra-
Academia
Learning
Industry-
Life-long
Training
Specific
Actions
Initial
INCO
Development of Research Policies
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11. COOPERATION: Research Themes
This Project is funded by the EU
1 Health
2 Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
3 Information and Communication Technologies
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
4 Production Technologies
5 Energy
6 Environment (including Climate Change)
7 Transport (including Aeronautics)
8 Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities
9 Space
10 Security
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12. The Role of SMEs in FP7
This Project is funded by the EU
SMEs play an increasingly important role in the
"research to innovation chain".
By the end of September 2012, SMEs made up 18.5%
of all participations on the Cooperation programme.
74.5% of all projects involve at least one SME and
11.1% of all the projects have an SME as its
coordinator.
Around 11,000 SMEs were involved in the Cooperation
Programme with a budget share of 16.3 %.
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13. The Role of SMEs in FP7
This Project is funded by the EU
Within R&D project:
• Not the main research partner
• Application partner
• Developer, targeting commercial applications after the
end of the project
• System integration
• Testing in real life environments
• Future end user
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14. Motivation: Pro and Contra
This Project is funded by the EU
• PRO • CONTRA
• Substantial Funding • You share your ideas
• Lower risk for new R&D with others
• Profit from the other • „Time to market‟ very
partners long ( > 3 years)
• build new markets with • ...
the partners
• ...
Long-term, strategic Short term, market
approach oriented approach
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15. Cooperation - collaborative research:
This Project is funded by the EU
 Calls for projects are published once a year.
 Topics are chosen by the Commission.
 Topics change every year!
 The whole process from having the first idea to
the start of the research takes up to 2 yr!
The final FP7 Calls is published
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16. Capacities - Research for the benefit of SMEs
This Project is funded by the EU
Who should take part in this programme?
- Innovative SMEs that have little or no research
capacity themselves, that are looking for new
markets, new business partners and possibilities to
extend their knowledge-base through R&D and
innovation.
- Research performing SMEs who need to complement
their core research activities through outsourcing.
- It focuses on outsourcing research by SMEs to
specialised 'RTD performers' (universities, research
centres,…)
- It needs at least 3 SMEs and 2 RTD performers
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17. Horizon 2020 will spend €74.28 billion to:
This Project is funded by the EU
Provide major simplification through a single set of rules.
Combine all research and innovation funding provided through
FP7, CIP and EIT
Excellent science: Horizon research and innovation
(Ideas), Marie-Curie Infrastructures;
Competitive Industries: ICT, Micro- and nano-electronics;
photonics, Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Advanced
manufacturing and processing (NMP), Biotechnology (KBBE)
Better Society: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
(Health); Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and
maritime research, and the bio-economy (KBBE); Secure, clean
and efficient energy (Energy); Smart, green and integrated
transport (Transport); Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
(SSH); Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
(ENV).
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18. Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
This Project is funded by the EU
1. To foster the competitiveness of enterprises, in particular of
SMEs
2. To promote all forms of innovation, including eco-innovation
3. To accelerate the development of a
sustainable, competitive, innovative and inclusive information
society
4. To promote energy efficiency and new renewable energy
sources in all sectors, including transport
CIP programme is composed of 3 operational sub-programmes
1) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme
2) ICT Policy Support Programme
3) Intelligent Energy Europe.
Calls for Proposals http://www.cip-srbija.rs/
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19. Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
This Project is funded by the EU
The upcoming call for Eco-innovation “First application and
market replication projects, is expected in the beginning of May.
Call priorities are: Reducing environmental impacts, in
particular greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing resource
efficiency, by environmental-friendly processes, products and
services by innovation to design, manufacture and recycle and
support to enterprises in greening business.
Priority will be given to sectors with important improvement
potential e.g., material recycling and re use as well as
material substitution and food and drink sector and other
innovations that assist adaptation to climate change.
2012 call for proposals - application pack
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/getting-
funds/application-packs/index_en.htm
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20. How to find Calls for Proposals?
This Project is funded by the EU
A good place to start is www.eufunds.info
FP7 CORDIS,
http://cordis.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls?
CIP SERBIA http://www.cip-srbija.rs/
WBC INCO NET, http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/news/list
ISDACON http://www.evropa.gov.rs/Evropa/PublicSite/Ipa.aspx
EU Funding Guide for SMEs
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=
4619
and other links from www.eufunds.info
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