YOUR ISRAELI GATEWAY TO COOPERATION IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WITH EUROPE Lior Ben Artzi - Gershon Life Sciences Department
ISERD STEERING COMMITTEE The Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education Ministry of Economy and Industry Ministry of Science, Technology & Space Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Finance ISERD aims at maximizing the benefits of Israel s participation in the Framework Programmes (FP)
ISERD Encouraging Israeli entities to participate in the FPs and other related programmes An interface between the Israeli government and the European Union for all FP matters Representing Israel in the programme committees of the European Commission National Contact Point (NCP) for the different themes in the FPs, and the Israeli partner in networking projects Assistance throughout projects submission and management Information dissemination
Support Programs Along the R&D Chain Blue sky Research Basic Research International Program Nofar Tnufa Incubators Magnet Competitive R&D
HORIZON2020 European Framework Program EU's main funding instrument for R&D (since 1984) Goals: Strengthen the scientific & technological base of European Industry Support EU policies and address major Societal Challenge Create a European Research Area (ERA) Covering all major scientific and technological disciplines Targeting the major European industrial sectors
Funding Members of H2020
Horizon 2020 Excellent Science ( 24.4 B) European Research Council ( 13.1B) Future & Emerging Technologies ( 2.7B) Marie Sklodowska- Curie Actions ( 6.1B) Research Infrastructures ( 2.5B) Industrial Leadership ( 17 B) Leadership in Enabling & Industrial Technologies ICT Nano, New Material Biotechnology Space ( 13.5B) Access to Risk Finance ( 2.9 B) Innovation in SMEs ( 0.6 B) Spreading Excellence ( 0.8 B) Science for Society ( 0.5 B) Societal Challenges ( 29.7 B) Health ( 7.5 B) Food ( 3.9 B) Energy ( 6 B) Transport ( 6.3 B) Climate ( 3 B) Inclusive Societies ( 1.3B) Security ( 1.7 B)
Horizon 2020 A strong challenge-based approach, allowing applicants to have considerable freedom to come up with innovative solutions Simplified list of possible types of actions Flat rate of 25% of total direct costs Less prescription, strong emphasis on expected impact Broader topics Cross-cutting issues mainstreamed (e.g. social sciences, gender, international ) No Royalties payment. IPR - The EU does not have any share of the developed IP
. Environment in Horizon2020
Where can we find Environmental topics in H2020? Everywhere! EIP JPIs Joint Programming Initiative PPP SPIRE SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDUSTRY National programmes ERA-NETs Others
Societal Challenge 5 Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement - Decarbonisation - Climate adaptation - climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems - The Cryosphere - Knowledge gaps Greening the economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - circular economy - Raw Materials - Water - Innovating cities - Earth observation - Nature-based solutions - Heritage alive
Other programs PRIMA Other SCs (ICT, Health, NMP, etc) SPIRE
Israeli Participation in Environmental projects Israel in FP7 Environment 39 Environmental projects, with 56 participants 10.4 M (~6% of total budget) Water related projects: 7 projects with 12 participants 2.8 M Israel in H2020 Environment (Not final) 18 Environmental projects, with 28 participants 7 M Water related projects: 7 projects with 9 participants 1.6 M
Become an expert evaluator The benefits of being an evaluator: Learning the process and evaluating Meeting evaluators from across Europe and themes Learning the current thinking and state of the art Become part of the community Facilitate your own future participation in the program! Industrial background / Female candidate - might give an advantage.
Department Managers in ISERD Health; Food Agriculture and Biotechnology; Environment; Energy : Ms. Ayala Karniol, ayala@iserd.org.il Information Communication Technology; Future and Emerging Technologies; Security : Ms. Hadas Daar, hadas@iserd.org.il Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Processes; Transport (Incl. Aeronautics); Space; Research Infrastructures: Dr. Nili Mandelblit, nili@iserd.org.il ERC; Marie Curie Fellowships; Europe in a Changing World; Science with and for Society; Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation: Ms. Smadar Hirsh, smadar@iserd.org.il קרן סיוע " EUREKA Bilateral Programs: Eastern & Southern Europe, Spain, NCP Mr. Uzi Bar Sade, uzi@iserd.org.il Bilateral Programs: Northern & Western Europe, Italy, NCP Eurostars,EEN, SME Instrument, Access to risk finance: Mr. Ran Arad, ran@iserd.org.il
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