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SME Instrument & Fast Track to Innovation SPACE NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS Dr.Bertrand Wert FOR THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMME EASME – Project adviser IMPLEMENTING HORIZON 2020 – [email protected] Horizon 2020 Space Information Days Brussels 14/09/2016 2015 @bertrandwert in Warsaw

Why the SME Instrument?... …To get across the Valley of Death…

© Charles D. Wessner PhD

SME Instrument - A recipe for success It's not about writing a good proposal It's about defining a good project… …And ultimetly convincing the evaluators

SME Instrument target 1. SME with innovative ideas – single company ok 2. Ambition to grow and have a global/EU impact 3. Established SMEs with high growth potential 4. Clear European dimension 5. For profit SMEs of the EU and associated countries

SME Instrument target Technology readiness level 6 or above

SME Instrument phases

The 3 Project Phases Phase 1 - Concept & Feasibility Assessment

 €50.000 in EU funding  Feasibility study  Initial 10 page business proposal to be drafted  6 months in duration

Phase 2 – Innovation Project

 Between €0.5M & €2.5M of EU funding  Develop project through innovation strategy  Draft a more developed 30 pages business plan  1-2 years in duration

Phase 3 – « Commercialisation »

 No stand-alone phase!  No direct funding  Business coaching  Facilitate access to risk finance  Additional support & networking opportunities  SMEs “Business Club”

Success rates

Top Ten country success rates Faroe Islands - 33% Ireland - 14% Estonia - 12% Sweden - 12% Island - 12% Denmark - 11% Austria - 11% Norway - 11% United Kingdom - 10% Spain - 10%

European SMEs Champions League

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/sme-instrument-beneficiaries

Themes for 2016 & 2017 • High risk ICT innovation • Nanotech, or other advanced tech for manufacturing and materials • Engaging SMEs in space research and development • Diagnostics devices and biomarkers • Sustainable food production and processing • Blue growth

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Low carbon energy systems Greener and more integrated transport Eco-innovation and sustainable supply of raw material Urban critical infrastructure Biotechnology-based industrial processes Mobile e-government applications (2015 only) SME business model innovation (2015 only)

Why participating? • Rank among the best European SMEs • Get visibility at European & global level • Receive high-quality business coaching • Benefit from networking opportunities • Get support for follow-up financing

Who are we looking for ?

• Single company • Innovative idea – disruptive - demonstration stage (TRL 6) • Knowledge of the market and of competitors • Convincing commercialisation plan • Clear ambition to grow at EU/global level

Phase 1: May 2016 cut-off Phase I: 2005 proposals received

Phase 2: April 2016 cut-off

Phase 1: September 2016 cut-off

First lessons learnt Unsuccessful proposals were: • Too much focused on the project, not on the market opportunity • Without convicing description of the company • Without enough information on competing solutions • Not innovative enough • Without commercialisation concept (TRL too low) • Just trying ones' luck

And if you fail….. …..improve and apply again! Results show that the first resubmission has double chances to succeed!

Ultrahaptics SMEI Champion

• Feeling without touching • Company founded in 2013, Bristol (UK) • Jaguar Land Rover investigates ultrasound gesture controls in cars Grants and Funding: March 2015: €1.5M Phase 2 grant November 2015: private A round of 10.1 M£ Website: www.youtube.com/ channel/UCN1OKsIVyMxskq0apQA8Y1A www.ultrahaptics.com

Immunovia SMEI Champion

Blood test to diagnose pancreatic cancer founded in 2007, Stockholm (SE) Funding: December 2014: €4M Phase 2 grant 1 December 2015: IPO at NASDAQ Stockholm Website: https://youtu.be/p_fulQl70M4 http://www.immunovia.se/

Lingvist SMEI Champion

• Learn language in 200 hours • Company founded in 2013, Tallinn (Estonia) • Lingvist is a personally adaptive and mathematically optimized way of learning a new language, with an easy-to-use User Interface. Grants and Funding: October 2014: €1.6M Phase 2 grant November 2015: private A round of 7.5 M€ Website: www.lingvist.io

SME Instrument Phase 2: A Success Case SME INSTRUMENT PHASE 2

ADR1EN First European System for Active Debris Removal with Nets www.adr1en-project.eu This project has received funding from the EU H2020 research and innovation programme under GA No

Who is Stam A successful high tech company established in 1997 in Genova Active in: •

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This project has received funding from the EU H2020 research and innovation programme under GA No

Phase 1: ESA TRP Tender ADRiNET Net Parametric Characterisation and Parabolic Flight • Development and validation of mathematical model and parametric simulator for active debris removal with nets. • Design and development of a test rig and net ejector to validate concept through parabolic flight campaign.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Clean_Space/Want_to_snag_a_satellite_Try_a_net

This project has received funding from the EU H2020 research and innovation programme under GA No

Phase 2: EC SME Instrument ADR1EN First European System for Active Debris Removal with Nets • Validation and qualification for space of scaled-up demonstrator • Development of business plans to reach the market • Increasing safety of space infrastructures against space debris

http://www.adr1en-project.eu/ This project has received funding from the EU H2020 research and innovation programme under GA No

Contacts

www.stamtech.com [email protected]

@Stam_Tech www.linkedin.com/company/stam-s-r-lUmberto Battista [email protected]

This project has received funding from the EU H2020 research and innovation programme under GA No

More information

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/sme/ Join us @H2020SME [email protected]

Join me @bertrandwert [email protected]

Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) Pilot

FTI Pilot - What is it? The FTI pilot is the only fully-bottom-up measure in Horizon 2020 promoting close-to-the-market innovation activities that is open to all types of participants

Three Priorities of Horizon 2020 Excellent Science (ES)

Fast Track To Innovation (FTI)

Industrial Leadership (IL)

Societal Challenges (SC)

FTI Pilot - What is the idea? innovation TRL9 fast track funding range € 1-3 million

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Reduce time from idea to market -last push market launch

Increase participation of industry, first-time applicants, SMEs Stimulate private sector investment in R&I

FTI Pilot – Key Features • • • •

Follows bottom-up logic (within SC and LEITs) One common call, permanently open, 3 cut-offs per year Time-to-grant 6 months Budget: €200 mn for 2015/2016 (100 + 100) — ca. 100 projects with average EU contribution of €2 mn • Funds innovation actions (70%), grant up to €3 mn

FTI Pilot – Key Features • Allows consortia of min. 3, max. 5 members — mandatory industry involvement • Proposals shall include a business plan (market development strategy) • Impact criterion has higher weighting in evaluations • Future of pilot (beyond 2016) only decided after full evaluation

FTI Pilot – Industry Involvement Industry-intensive consortia from EU or Associated Countries meaning: • Either 2 out of 3-4 partners are “industry” (= private for profit) • Or 3 out of 5 partners are private for profit • Or 60% of the budget (= total estimated eligible costs) is to be allocated to consortium partner(s) from industry Subcontractors allowed but the core must be in the partners SMEs and first-time industry applicants particularly welcome

Why participate? Pros:  Proof of your market potential  Funding 70% (100% for not-for-profit entities)  Enjoy higher visibility at EU level (communication about projects, by EC) Contras: • Limited funding - so what is the key: -Market relevance and business strategy -Impact (more jobs, capacity building, strengthening industrial basis, improving quality of life of citizens, other socio-economic benefits)

FTI Pilot – Planning and Implementation

• Topic = Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (bottom-up!) • Last call opening: 25/10/2016 • 33 M euro for 15-16 projects

FTI Pilot 2015 – First cut off results • A total of 269 proposals were submitted in response to this first cut off Country participation 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 AT BE BG CY

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FTI Pilot – First cut off results proposal distribution by keyword 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

FTI Pilot – Timeline

• April 29, 2015 First intermediary call deadline • End of July, 2015 First results from evaluation

– September 1, 2015 Second intermediary call deadline – End of October 2015 First grants signed

» December 1, 2015 Third intermediary call deadline & results of September call known » Next call in 2016 : 25 oct 2016 » No calls in 2017 but back in 2017-2018

FTI Pilot – Evaluation process • Remote evaluation • Panel of four independent experts • Balancing knowledge of industry/technology, market, finance and sectors (selected keywords) • No negotiation (only duration and starting date) • Evaluation summary report (arithmetic average of scores) with a short feedback allowing the applicant to understand what can be improved in the proposal • Thresholds: overall 12/15; score for "Impact" needs to be 4/5 or higher!

FTI Pilot – Ranking • Proposals with an overall initial score lower than 12/15 will not be ranked • Proposals with an initial score lower than 4/5 for impact will not be ranked; For the proposals that will be ranked, "Impact" will receive a higher weighting • Criteria for further differentiation will be: • • • • •

Value of 'Impact' criterion Size of budget allocated to SMEs Number of first-time industry applicants Number of industry participants Gender balance of consortium staff performing the proposed action

FTI Pilot – Useful Information • Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/ h2020/topics/9096-ftipilot-1-2015.html • Work Programme: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015 /main/h2020-wp1415-fast-track_en.pdf

QUESTIONS? For more information:

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/sme/ General mailbox:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries

More information

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/sme/ Join us @H2020SME [email protected]

Join me @bertrandwert [email protected]