Suksesshistorier – hvordan lyktes vi?

Hvordan var samspillet med støtteapparatet?

v/Hilde Totland Harket

• https://www.forskningsradet.no/sok-om-finansiering/internasjonale-
midler/sok-horisont-2020/tips-fra-noen-som-har-lykkes/

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Suksesshistorier – Hvordan lyktes vi
Nhien Nguyen - Senior Researcher - nng@nforsk.no

EU-rådgiver og NCP-samling
Forskningsrådet – 8 May 2019
Nordland Research Institute
• Established 1979 as a foundation
Board • 2010 – Become limited research company:
o Nord University (51%)
o Nordland Research Foundation (49%)
Managing Director • Multi-disciplinary research on social science
• 45 employees in multiple locations
• Based in Bodø, Norway
Administration

Research Research Research

Director Director Director

Research Group Research Group Research Group

Welfare, Health Business and Environment and

and Work Industry Sustainability
 Nhien Nguyen
❑ Education:
• PhD in Innovation Management & Strategy (NTNU & NORSI)
• MBA (Sungkyunkwan University & MIT Sloan)
• Visiting fellow at Stanford, MIT Sloan.
❑ International experience:
• Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute (Norway)
• Associate Editor at The Learning Organization (Emerald journal)
• (Past) Sales & Marketing Specialist at Samsung Electronics
❑ Research Expertise:
• Innovation Management & Strategy (organizational level)
• Innovation System & Policy (regional & national level)
• RRI, Co-creation, Circular Economy
• Simulation Modelling
 I AM RRI (2018 – 2021) ▪ H2020 / SWAFS - RIA
RIA “Webs of Innovation Value
(Research and ▪ Duration: 36 months
Chains of Additive
Innovation ▪ 16 beneficiaries
Actions) Manufacturing in Europe
▪ Funding: 3 mil €
under consideration of RRI”

SeeRRI (2019 – 2021) ▪ H2020 / SWAFS - CSA

CSA ▪ Duration: 30 months
“Building self-sustaining

H2020
(Coordinating
research & innovation ▪ 12 beneficiaries
and Supporting
Actions) ecosystems in Europe ▪ Funding: 2,031 mil €

projects through RRI” ▪ First in class project

at NRI ▪ H2020 / CE - SC3 - IA

IA CityLoops (2019 – 2023)
(Innovation ▪ Duration: 48 months
“Closing the loop for
Actions) ▪ 28 beneficiaries
urban material flows”
▪ Funding: 10,6 mil €
1. What looks difficult but is actually
easy?

2. What looks easy but is in fact

essential?

3. What surprises me?

1. What looks difficult but is actually
easy?
How it looks like:
On the stage
How it looks like:
The participants
(198)
How it looks like:
Bilateral meetings
(for people with
booked meetings)
How it looks like:
Coffee area
(for people
without booked
meetings due to
late registration)
 Brokerage event day

198 participants
265 bilateral
meetings

→ Bring food for

lunch & water for
speed meetings!
2. What looks easy but is in fact essential?
 Få oversikt over mulighetene Utvikle søknad Gjennomføre prosjekt

1. Innføring i Horisont 2020 Prosjektutvikling og

søknadsstøtte 1
Budsjettering 1
eLæring: Innføring i EU-prosjekter, Funding and Tenders Portal (Finansiering og anbuds-portalen,
tidligere Deltagerportalen), jus og økonomi, innføring i Horisont 2020-pilaren "Fremragende
forskning".
Kurs for 2. Kurs for videre-kommende Horizon 2020 Proposal Writing Horizon 2020 — Master of

å søke Focus: Impact Finance and EU Audits

Horizon 2020 Proposal Writing Horizon 2020 — Project
Horisont Workshop — Thematic Focus Management and Finace

2020 How to write a successful

3. Forsknings-administrativ Kompetanse-utviklings-
ledelse program for forsknings-
administrasjon (NARMA-kurs)
Horizon 2020 Proposal
(Prosjektutvikling 2)
Consortium Agreement
Horizon 2020 — Financial Management and Consultancy

Getting ready for Horizon

Europe (neste
rammeprogram)
https://www.forskningsradet.no/sok-om-finansiering/internasjonale-midler/sok-horisont-2020/kurs-og-hjelp-med-soknad-til-horisont-2020/
1. Courses organized by The
Research Council of Norway

2. The super-helpful-yet-free
services: ask your NCPs!

3. PES 2020 support

Photo of me and Kristin Eikeland Johansen (NCP for SwafS)

Photo credit: Hilde Totland Harket
3. What surprises me?
 Starting point:
EU kurs – 2 / 2017
List of H2020 proposal applications & Results
No Application deadline Proposal Stage Result Role
1 IAMRRI Single Granted WP leader
1st batch 8 / 2017
2 TEN4CO Single Fail WP leader
400 – 500
3 ECOSIFU Single Fail WP leader hours
4 PLASMENTOR 1st stage Fail WP leader
2nd batch 5 2 / 2018 PHOODOLOGY 1st stage Fail WP leader 100 - 150
hours
6 CityLoops 1st stage Passed WP leader
3rd batch 7 4 / 2018 SeeRRI Single Granted Coordinator 50 – 75
6 CityLoops 2nd stage Granted WP leader hours
4th batch 9 / 2018
8 FURBI Single Fail Task leader
20 – 25
5th batch 9 SUNRISE Single n/a WP leader hours
1 / 2019
10 Cities4FOOD Single n/a WP leader
11 DigiTeRRI Single n/a WP leader
6th batch 4 / 2019
12 EtPAR Single n/a WP leader
 Building Self-Sustaining Research and Innovation Ecosystems in Europe through Responsible Research and Innovation

New opportunities – Gain awareness from EU network

Kick-off meeting
Bodø, January 24-25 2019
 Building Self-Sustaining Research and Innovation Ecosystems in Europe through Responsible Research and Innovation

New opportunities – New H2020 proposal invitation

RRI approach for transitioning the

traditional industry regions into
digitalised industry territories.
Kick-off meeting
Bodø, January 24-25 2019
 Timing & Milestone
Brokerage Event
(SwafS – Brussel) Proposal Meeting Submission Granted!

I AM RRI Mar Jun Aug Dec 2017

Goal: Finding a good Goal: Be the WP leaders

Type: RIA
Role: Partner consortium & good
coordinator

Brokerage Event
(SwafS – Brussel) Proposal Meeting Submission Granted!
SeeRRI Jan Mar Apr July 2018

Type: CSA Goal: Finding the Goal: Delegating the

Role: Coordinator right partners! right task to the right
partners
 Timing & Milestone
2017 2018
CityLoops
Sep Dec Feb May Jul Sep Dec
Type: IA • Brokerage • Consortium • Stage 1 • Passed! • Proposal • Stage 2 • Granted!
Role: Partner Event established submission meeting submission
Connector (Smart Cities -
Stavanger)

❑ Network & Expose yourself at the Brokerage event: Unexpected

things will come!

❑ Having an interesting case / idea is important to participate in a

strong consortium

❑ Face to face meeting for proposal writing is the key to success

www.SeeRRI.eu

THANK-YOU
CICEROs EU-satsing
Sigrid Rian Song Forskningsrådet
forsknings- og EU-koordinator CICERO 8. mai 2019
CICERO i Horizon 2020
- 6 pågående H2020-prosjekter (SC3, SC5, SC6)
- 5 av 5 søknader under SC5 innvilget i 2018
Første prosjekt som koordinator: EXHAUSTION
“Exposure to heat and air pollution in EUrope –
cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of
mitigation and adaptation”
LC-CLA-03-2018: Climate change impacts in Europe

Konsortium med 14 partnere fra 10 land

Shuttersto
ck

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Suksessfaktorer?
– Motiverte og dyktige forskere
– Intern strategi: Ledelsesforankring,
kompetanseheving
– Stimuleringsordninger: PES, STIM-EU,
såkornmidler, konsulenthjelp,
forsterkningsmidler, kurs
– Kontrakt med UiO om støtte i prosessen
– Tilgjengelige personalressurser

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Sigrid Rian Song
<sigrid.rian.song@cicero.oslo.no>
cicero_klima
cicero.oslo.no
cicerosenterforklimaforskning
 MSCA-IF @ OsloMet

Florissa Abreu
Senior Advisor, Research &Development
08 May, 2019
MSCA-IF
Success Gear EU Team &
Supervisor(s)

RCN - NCP

Researcher
Actors & Actions for MSCA-IF
✓The EU-Team motivates supervisors to invite candidates
✓The interested supervisors provide information on their research
projects for announcing the positions
✓Human Resources publishes the announcements and follow up
the recruitment of candidates
✓Candidates are requested their CVs and a one-pager on their
research proposal.
• The long-listed ones are invited for a Skype interview. The short-listed ones are
invited to OSloMet to take part in the MSCA-IF master class
✓The EU-Team delivers the MSCA-IF master class: Full information
and training designed for candidates and supervisors
2019 Breakdown

❑Supervisors involved: 17
❑Total number of applications received: 115
❑Number of candidates interviewed: 27
❑Candidates invited to apply: 16
• First time applicants: 14
• Re-submissions: 2 confirmed
• EST fellowship: 14 / Career restart fellowship: 2
OsloMet MSCA IF - Highlights

2019
• 16 proposals in the
pipeline
2018
• 8 incoming proposals
2017 • 1 Granted –Score 99%
• 5 Submitted • 3 Above threshold
2016 proposals (in) • 2 Seal of Excellence
• 2 Granted
• 2 Submitted
• 4 Above threshold
proposals (out)
• 2 Granted
 185% Revenue, EU projects

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

 Scientific publications
201%
185% Revenue, EU projects

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

 225% Revenue, NRC projects
Scientific publications
201%
185% Revenue, EU projects

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

 241% Number of PhD students
225% Revenue, RCN projects
Scientific publications
201%
185% Revenue, EU projects

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

EU TEAM - R&D DEPARTMENT

The EU Team
@ OsloMet
 Mary Anderson-Glenna,
EU Team Coordinator, USN

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 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant
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 CONSORTIUM Norway
University of South-Eastern Norway
Germany Kongsberg Digital AS
Kongsberg Maritime AS
Ruhr University Bochum
RWE Power AG

China

Wuhan University of
Technology
United Kingdom

Liverpool John Moores

University
Malaysia

Institute of Technology
PETRONAS SDN BHD

Italy
Pakistan
Politecnico Di Milano
National University of Science &
Technology

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ENHANCE
ENHANCING HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN COMPLEX SOCIO-
TECHNICAL SYSTEMS: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING
NEW TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT SOLUTIONS FOR
IMPROVED SAFETY

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023

Initial Idea EU Application Improved Application ENHANCE ENHANCE Kick-
ENHANCE – Not ENHANCE – Reserve List Awarded off
successful
 TRUST

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 PROACTIVE

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 COORDINATOR

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“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We
must have perseverance and above all
confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we
are gifted for something, and that this thing, at
whatever cost, must be attained”

Marie Skłodowska Curie

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