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Funding for Transnational Collective Research for the benefit of SMEs

Viktoria Cvetković, AiF CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event, Vienna, January 22nd, 2013 Collective Research Networking

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

Overview

• 1. Who is CORNET?

Structure of the network

• 2. What is CORNET?

Aims, objectives, beneficiaries

• 3. How does CORNET work?

Setting up a collective research project

Who is CORNET?

Network of Ministries and Funding Agencies

Austria Belgium-Flanders Belgium-Wallonia Czech Republic Germany Poland The Netherlands (Cyprus

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

– FFG – IWT – SPW-DGO6 – MPO – BMWi/AiF – NCBR – Agentschap NL – RPF)

Who is CORNET?

Structure of the Network

Combining national and regional funding schemes for pre-competitive Collective Research Self-sustained network following the ERA-NET principle Synchronisation of national procedures:

• Joint calls for proposals (twice a year: March and September)
• Common criteria for evaluation
• One common ranking list of proposals
• Synchronised funding of projects

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

What is CORNET?

Aims, Objectives, Beneficiaries

CORNET funds international pre-competitive Collective Research projects … … for the benefit of Groups of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) … to support SMEs with limited own research capacities … tackling an identified common challenge … by supporting pre-competitive R&D activities … and broad dissemination of results across the sector for future exploitation … without thematic restriction

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

How does CORNET work?

Setting up a CORNET Project – Requirements

Cooperation of partners with different roles

• SME organisations → exclusively eligible for application!
• Research organisations (RTOs)
• Individual SMEs forming a User Committee (UC)

Thematically open for all sectors (bottom-up approach) Typical pre-competitive topics: standardisation, adaptation of production processes, use of new materials Support of small consortia: cooperation between 2 participating countries

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

How does CORNET work?

Setting up a CORNET Project – Step by Step

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013 Flanders: IWT provides funding via TETRA Poland: NCBR provides funding via Inicjatywa CORNET

Poland Flanders

SME Organisation Research Organisation Research Organisation SME User Committee

Project

Coordinating SME Organisation

WP 1, 3, 4 WP 2, 4, 5

agree on common support

How does CORNET work?

Setting up a CORNET Project – Summary

Look for project partners – in your country & at least one more Contact your funding organisation Write a common proposal & submit it to CORNET coordinator: eu@aif-ftk-gmbh.de In parallel: prepare complementary national/regional application forms, submit these to your funding organisation Funding organisations evaluate proposal by using common criteria Partners with successful proposals get financial support from their own funding organisations (no common pot) Reporting on European level: Monitoring Meetings + common final report

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

How does CORNET work?

Working in a CORNET Project – Reporting

National/regional level: Partners report to their respective programmes European level:

• Monitoring Meetings (at least once during project duration)
• One common final written report in English language

Save the date – next meetings:

Monitoring Meeting and Partnering Event, combined with “Innovation Day” Berlin, May 16th, 2013 (+ maybe day before or after)

CORNET Monitoring Meeting Vienna, January 23rd, 2013

How does CORNET work?

Benefits of a CORNET Project

Low threshold for international cooperation: small consortia High success rate: currently 66 % Familiar national programmes and funding agencies Leverage effect: higher budget Insight into state-of-the-art in other countries Broad platform for dissemination opens up market opportunities Pragmatic reporting scheme compared to EU programmes USP: in Horizon 2020 no research for the benefit of SME organisations

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013

Thank you for your attention!

Contact Details CORNET Coordinator

Viktoria Cvetkovic AiF F·T·K GmbH Tel: +49 221 37680 321 viktoria.cvetkovic@aif.de For project proposal submission: eu@aif-ftk-gmbh.de

More detailed information on funding programmes and next calls:

www.cornet-era.net Next call deadline: March 28th, 2013 – 12.00 p.m. (noon) Looking forward to your project proposals ☺

CORNET and EraSME Partnering Event Vienna, January 22nd, 2013