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Riestra: How to Design and engineer Competitive Horizon 2020 Proposals
The document outlines strategies for designing and engineering proposals for Horizon 2020 funding, emphasizing the importance of understanding the competitive landscape and adhering to specific evaluation criteria. It highlights the need to create compelling proposals that address societal challenges and demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation. Key recommendations include assembling the right project team, delivering a unique value proposition, and meticulously following established rules to increase the chances of success.
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Riestra: How to Design and engineer Competitive Horizon 2020 Proposals
- 1. How to designand engineer Horizon 2020 Proposals Ruben Riestra Workshop on Proposal Writing and International Fundraising Sina Institute at Birzeit University April 2, 2014. 1 Competitive
- 2. ……How to get EUfunding for your Research + Innovation projects
- 3. Agenda 1. The competitivelandscape 2. How to create killer proposals 3. How to deliver killer proposals 4. Rounding up the process 3
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- 5. The EU R&Dfunding system so far 5 4 5 7 13 15 19 50 77 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 FP! FP2 FP3 FP4 FP5 FP6 FP7 FP8 RTD Framework Programmes Budget (Bn €) 110 Billion Euros! 1984-1988 2007-2013 2014-2020 H2020
- 6. Horizon 2020: Anew era Industry in driver´s seat, SMEs in front row Solutions to Societal Challenges Coupling Research to Innovation
- 7. 7 Our competitive scenario Our Evaluators Our PROPOSAL Our COMPETITORS H2020realm: • H2020 Programme • Rules for Participation • Work programme(s) • Call text
- 8. Deliver a ClearValue proposition Build credibility Make their life easy Avoid the creation of “their own Project” Win the soul & brains of 5-10 persons 8 Our Evaluators
- 9. Know them (who,how,…) Understand their + & - Benchmark them 9 Our Competitors # proposals/topic: 150 STREPs/Call + 15-30 IP/Call Success rates: 5%-15% So;
- 10. The bad news -Mature market, strong competitive pressure - Expert players, established communities,… - Uncertainties due to new rules/context The good news + H2020 should be great for innovators + Eurocrats always looking for “new faces” + Room for fast movers 10 Challenges & opps
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- 12. Proposal delivery process 1.Learn by heart the Rules of the Game 2. Choose When, Where, and How to compete 3. Gather THE intelligence for your Project 4. Build up THE best possible Project Team 5. Deliver THE Killer proposal 12
- 13. Basic rules ofthe Game Nobody forces you to play. But if you dare,….. a) You die by what it is written by EC, so READ!!, b) You win by what it is NOT in the written rules, so UNDERSTAND AND BE UNIQUE!! c) Expect the unexpected, so ANTICIPATE THE PROBLEMS!! 13
- 14. 1.Opportunity/problem addressed 2. Whoare our direct beneficiaries 3. The measurable results 4.Main impacts to be triggered 14 The Proposal´s CORE
- 15. Where and Howto compete Demand issue vs. Research Field Big Project vs. Small project Core vs. Contributing partner 15
- 16. Three priorities •Excellent science •Industrial leadership •Societal challenges 38% 32% 22% + EIT,JRC, Widening, SwfS 8% 16
- 17. Creating Industrial Leadershipand Competitive Frameworks Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies ICT Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. and Processing Biotechnology Space Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs Excellence in the Science Base Frontier research (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Skills and career development (Marie Curie) Research infrastructures Shared objectives and principles Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes Europe 2020 priorities Simplified access Dissemination & knowledge tranfer Tackling Societal Challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture and the bio-based economy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Secure Societies EIT JRC ICT ICT ICT ICT ICT ICT ICT ICT ICT 17
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- 20. 1. EXCELLENCE 2. IMPACT 3.IMPLEMENTATION 20 Evaluation Criteria
- 21. Clarity and pertinenceof the objectives; Credibility of the proposed approach; Soundness of concept; Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation potential, beyond SOA. 21 1. EXCELLENCE
- 22. 2. IMPACT The expectedimpacts listed in work programme; Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets; Effectiveness of measures to exploit and disseminate the project results 22
- 23. 3. IMPLEMENTATION Coherence andeffectiveness of work plan; Well-balanced consortium (forget flags); Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures 23
- 24. A KILLER proposalis: Criteria aim Aimed score Excellence 4.5 14.5Impact 4.5 Implementation 4.5 24
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- 26. Key factors indelivery 1. The proposal must address the topic within the work 2. Partners: excellent and appropriate for the tasks 3. Proposal must address ALL 3 evaluation criteria 4. Convince the evaluators from line 1 5. Respect the Rules ….Be paranoid: Devil is in the details !! 26
- 27. Innovation potential • Doesit solve a relevant industry /social problem? • Does it cut costs / create a key capability? • Will be easy to adopt for the target customers? • Is your idea protectable or defensible? • Does it go beyond product innovation? • Can you scale your concept quickly? How? 27
- 28. 1. Opportunity/problem 2. Directbeneficiaries 3. Measurable results 4. Main impacts 28 FOCUS IN THE CORE! The VISION