Horizon 2020

Skopje, 19.11.2014
 Horizon 2020
• Horizon 2020 is the new EU funding programme for research and innovation
running from 2014 to 2020 with a €80 billion budget.
• H2020 supports SMEs with a new instrument that runs throughout various funded
research and innovation fields, so it should be easy for SMEs to find opportunities
in many calls.
• H2020 also aims to enhance EU international research cooperation so there are
more opportunities for Third Country participation.
• Having built H2020 around the main societal challenges like an ageing population,
food security, energy efficiency, the EU attaches high importance to integrate
social sciences and humanities into the work programme.
• Another important priority of the Commission is to ensure gender is embedded in
the design of Horizon 2020 project proposals.
 What is a Work Programme ?

• Funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 are set out in multiannual work
programmes, which cover the large majority of support available. The work
programmes are prepared by the European Commission within the framework
provided by the Horizon 2020 legislation and through a strategic programming
process integrating EU policy objectives in the priority setting.
• The main Horizon 2020 work programme comprises 18 thematic sections and the
general annexes describing general rules such as standard admissibility conditions
and eligibility criteria, types of action, selection and award criteria, etc. Each
thematic section is self-contained, and describes the overall objectives, the
respective calls for proposals, and the topics within each call.
 Horizon 2020 programme sections

•Excellent Science
•European Research Council
•Future and Emerging Technologies
•Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
•European Research Infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures
 Horizon 2020 programme sections

•Industrial Leadership
•Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
•Information and Communication Technologies
•Robotics
•Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced
Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
•Space
•Access to risk finance
•Innovation in SMEs
 Horizon 2020 programme sections

•Societal Challenges
•Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing
•Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and
Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy
•Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy
•Smart, Green and Integrated Transport
•Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials
•Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
•Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
 Horizon 2020 programme sections

•Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (2015-2016)

•Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
•Science with and for Society
•European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
•Euratom
 How to participate

• Step 1 - Find a suitable Call for Proposals

• Step 2 - Find project partners or apply as an individual
• Step 3 - Create an account on the portal
• Step 4 - Register your organization
• Project Preparation
• Step 5 - Submit your project proposal to the
Commission