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EUREKA European Industrial Research and Innovation EUREKA and Eurostars XX International Symposium – INNOVATION 2013 Tuesday December 3, 2013; Prague, CZ Dr. Peter Chisnall Eurostars Programme Call Coordinator Doing business through technology www. eurekanetwork. org

What is EUREKA? >2 > EUREKA: a public network with nearly 30 years experience in supporting R&D-performing businesses. > Market-oriented - products, processes or services for civilian use. > Bottom-up: The consortium decides. There is no thematic restriction. > Financed using national and regional public and private money. EUREKA has 41 full members • Transitional status: Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina • Associate countries: South Korea Canada >2 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France FYR Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA projects >3 > Collaborative R&D&I projects within any field of technology. 34 Bn€ > Development of a product, process or service for any civilian market. > The huge participation by industry ensures that R&D&I results are rapidly brought to the market. >3 Participation in 5000+ Projects www. eurekanetwork. org

SMEs and internationalization >4 > SMEs are the European growth engine: • More than 99% of all companies being either small or medium-sized • 85% of all jobs created over the last years are in SMEs > Benefits of internationalisation: • Internationalised SMEs create more jobs • Internationalised SMEs are more innovative • Internationalised SMEs are more competitive The EUREKA Network supports SMEs with specific funding instruments >4 www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA: Three Pillars Start with Individual Projects Introduction of Clusters >5 Introduction of Eurostars Total Number of EUREKA projects: 5310 >5 www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Individual projects >6 > Small, shorter-term projects > Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector ~4 participants Typically 33 lead month average duration 1. 7 >6 SME M€ www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Cluster projects >7 > Medium-term, strategicallysignificant initiatives > Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness ~20 participants Large Company >7 can lead 40 month average duration 20 M€ www. eurekanetwork. org

The Eurostars Programme >8 > A joint EUREKA-EU funding programme running 2008 -2013 and continued under Horizon 2020 > National funding support in 33 countries, all agreeing to common rules > Projects led by high-growth, Innovative SMEs > Simple and fast application > 1. 15 Billion Euro of public support available between 2014 -2020 > Close to market innovation without thematic restriction; market access within 5 years of funding decision. Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30 EUREKA member countries and the European Union

The Eurostars Programme under Horizon 2020 Eurostars ‘ 2’ 33 countries involved + third countries R&D performing SME lead R&D performing SME* lead 2008 - 2013 2014 – 2020 400 M€ Budget is tripled to 1. 15 Over 3500 projects submitted… > > >9 783 projects funded (1. 1 Bn€ total value) 79% of participants are SMEs Annual approval rate of 20 -25% Fast processes compared to equivalent programmes (less than 10 months from application to funding received) Billion € > *R&D definition widened > Even faster time to contract > More standardisation >Remove duplication > Fast and simple >Reduce bureaucracy > Partnership with third countries >South Korea, Canada Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30 EUREKA member countries and the European Union

Eligibility criteria > 10 • Consortium Leader is an R&D-performing SME > Target group • At least 2 participants from 2 different Eurostars members > International project • Project duration is less than 3 years > Market driven • Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion > Direct impact on the company turnover • The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total R&D cost (excluding sub -contracting) > SME driven projects • Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more than 75% of the project costs) > Effective partner cooperation • No restriction on thematic area (bottom up) > Answer future needs Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30 EUREKA member countries and the European Union

Eurostars Projects > 11 An international evaluation based on 3 major criteria: > Project planning and consortium quality > Level of technology and innovation of product, process or service > Market access and competitiveness 1. 2. 3. Assessment by 3 experts Financial Viability check Scoring & Ranking by an Independent Panel 3 to 4 participants, 2 to 3 countries involved R&D performing SME lead 29 month average duration 1. 4 M€ Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30 EUREKA member countries and the European Union

A global project base > 12 EUREKA member country Associated country (may lead projects but it must include a full EUREKA member; 1+1 rule) Country has participated as a ‘third’ country (may contribute to projects with two EUREKA members; 2+1 rule) >12 www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA – Success Stories > 13 www. eurekanetwork. org/projects/success-stories >13 www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA SUCCESS STORY Injection System for Administration of drugs > 14 Transderm Design, test and validate on human skin a needle free drug delivery injector with the advantages: easy to use, safe, efficient in terms of injection, no contamination, no fear from needle. The growing market of new drugs like biologics is targeted. Countries > France, Austria Cost: 3. 58 M€ >14 EUROSTARS project > E! 4258 ISTAR • Cross. Ject, the company leading the project, signs a $ 470 M worldwide contract • plans to double its staff in the next 5 years www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA SUCCESS STORY > 15 Managing Academic Knowledge with INtegrated, collaborat. Ive Tools Develop a consistent database of academic knowledge, driven by semantic algorithms, to manage and share academic content, and to achieve superior recommendations based on personalised user profiles and user preferences. Countries > Austria, UK, Estonia Cost: 0. 86 M€ >15 EUROSTARS project > E! 4811 MAKIN’IT UK Company Mendeley has sold developed technology for $ 100 M their www. eurekanetwork. org

Country Focus 138 running projects Active in >16 > 16 399 projects Since 1995 161 M€ of CZ investment www. eurekanetwork. org

Country Focus - Eurostars INSIDER > 17 Eurostars backed high-tech firm helps taxi drivers As the trend for geo-location applications is rapidly expanding, Correlation Systems developed RAE is a device which adapts the principle of data-mining to GPS and helps taxi companies to work more efficiently. The additional turnover expected in two years is of 10 million euros. 8 new jobs were created in the company during the course of the project. Countries > Israel, Hungary, CZECH REPUBLIC Cost: 0. 5 M€ Duration: 12 Months Contact: info@correlation-systems. com >17 www. eurekanetwork. org

Country Focus - EUREKA Cluster The Future control of > 18 airport passport Digital security specialists, major European electronics makers, and experts in biometrics worked together to make passport control at airports faster. The technology also could have broader applications on the way our identity documents are design and on the way we access public services. EUREKA Cluster project – MEDEA+ Bio. P@ss Countries > Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden Cost: 23 M€ Duration: 12 Months Contact: patrice. plessis@gemalto. com >18 www. eurekanetwork. org

Information website > www. eurekanetwork. org > 19 Thank you for your attention Peter Chisnall Eurostars Programme Call Coordinator peter. chisnall@eurekanetwork. org >19 www. eurekanetwork. org