FTI- Fast Track TO Innovation Horizon2020
Israel Innovation Authority The country’s public entity which supports and funds local innovation, industrial research & development. (former name: “ O ffice of the C hief S cientist”) ISERD ISERD – Israel-Europe R&I Directorate: “Your Israeli gateway to cooperation in research and innovation with Europe” ISERD is the NCP for H2020 in Israel , and aims at maximizing the Israeli participation in the FPs
Horizon2020 Excellent Science Societal Challenges Industrial Leadership Health European Research Leadership in Enabling Council & Industrial Technologies Food • ICT • Nano, New Material Future & Emerging Energy • Biotechnology Technologies • Space Transport Marie Sklodowska- Access to Risk Climate Curie Actions Finance Inclusive Societies Research Innovation in SMEs Infrastructures Security Spreading Excellence Science for Society Euratom JRC EIT
Context: Taken from a presentation of the EC, about the EIC pilot, Access4SMEs EIC Webinar Dec. 2018
What is the FTI? 2020
Business Acceleration Services for SMEs Taken from the EC Impact report of the EIC Accelerator/SME Instrument
Who should apply? A consortium of min 3-5 participants, from min 3 countries. Mandatory industry involvement: Allocation of at least 60% overall budget to industry; or Min. 2 industry partners out of a consortium of 3-4; or Min. 3 industry partners out of a consortium of 5 Fully bottom-up ; classification by keywords
Highlights Consortium that could involve mature and ripe entities Main aim: market uptake of ground-breaking innovations; shape a new market and achieve wider deployment “Last push”
Technology Readiness Level TRL1: Basic principles observed TRL2: Technology concept formulated TRL3: Experimental proof of concept TRL4: Technology validated in lab TRL5: Technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies) TRL6: Technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies) TRL7: System prototype demonstration in operational environment TRL8: System complete and qualified TRL9: Actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies, or in space)
What is the money for? How much? 1-3 M € (70% funding rate for profit entities; 100% funding rate for How long? ~2 years project non profit entities ) Eligible activities : Piloting, test-beds, systems validation in real-world working conditions, validations of business models, pre-normative research, and standard-setting. What for? 'last push‘ for a product, service or process ; Increased participation of industry. Commercialization- maturity for market take up no more than 3 years; stimulate private sector investment
How are the winners chosen? EVALUATION Under the FTI grant proposals are evaluated by independent experts, on the basis of three award criteria Innovation and technology Execution Business, benefits IMPACT is the most significant part in the evaluation (50% of the final grade, while the two other criteria are 25% each) The grade for each criterion is from 0 to 5
A few more highlights Application size is 30 pages Threshold to be considered for funding is 13 (but actual funding requires a much higher grade) The threshold for 'Impact' and 'Excellence' is 4 The threshold for 'implementation' is 3 Evaluation process “through an investor’s eyes” No dilution ; 70% funding + 25% overhead
How is the funding of the project calculated? 70% funding of the project 25% overhead (= indirect costs ) calculated automatically from direct costs and other direct costs Example: Direct costs (personnel, travel, equipment) = 100 Euros Subcontracting = 50 Euros Overhead (=Indirect costs) calculated from the direct costs of 100 Euros: 25 Euros Overall budget of the project: 175 Euros EU contribution of 70%: 122.5 Euros (70% of 175)
Deadlines FTI • 21 February 2018 • 31 May 2018 • 23 October 2018 • - ------------------------ • 21 February 2019 • 23 May 2019 • 22 October 2019 • ----------------------- • 19 February 2020 • 09 June 2020 • 027 October 2020
Israel statistics 2015-2019 Israeli winning companies (11) Year Number of Israeli winners 2015 3 2016 4 Read more... 2018 3 2019 6
Israel statistics 2018-2019 (~180 submissions per cut-off, ~15 funded projects per cut-off) European success rate Israeli winners Cut-off 2018 (funded projects out of submissions) out of Israeli participants 10% 1 11.02% 16.7% 2 6.6% 0% 3 5.81% European success rate Israeli winners Cut-off 2019 (funded projects out of submissions) out of Israeli participants 10% 1 5.7% 0% 2 5.5% 12.1% 3 4.2%
How can ISERD assist? Ongoing guidance and support in submission ISERD website - FTI (webinars, FTI guide , reports, links and more) Red Team ( It is free…!) Preliminary review of Israeli proposals before the submission, by expert evaluators from the IIA. The draft proposal must be final and sent to ISERD at least one month before the deadline! For returning submitters (with a grade 13+) or SME Phase 1 / 2 winners or EIC Accelerator winners
Sources for more information ISERD’s website! Submitting the proposal: Funding and Tender portal FTIE-EIC call SEDIA IT Helpdesk contact form, Phone: +32229 92222 Email: ec-sedia-support@ec.europa.eu FTI Data hub You can address general questions to: Research Enquiry Service
SME_FTI@iserd.org.il www.iserd.org.il
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