An overview of FP7 in Ireland

Dr Imelda Lambkin

Forest based industries sector - opportunities in FP7 for 2008, Dec ‘07

FP7 2007-2013

European Commission's instrument for supporting R&D Budget - over €50 Billion; Term - 7 years Key route to internationalisation in Ireland’s STI Strategy Substantially improved opportunities for industry

The programme is bigger and longer term than ever before, Ireland performed well in FP6 (€200m from a €17.8bn budget) and Ireland’s ability to leverage funding is at an all-time high

FP7 2007-2013

€32.2bn€4.2bn

€4.6bn

€7.5bn

- There is something in FP7 for everyone- Opportunities for forestry span many of these areas

The National Support Network for FP7 New National Support Network headed by a National Director Dedicated national office at heart of a distributed network of delegates and

full-time contact points National Experts assigned to all areas

What We Do

Fund Advise Influence and Represent Provide “hands-on” support covering all stages in the

project lifecycle

We speak your language - knowledge-based We cover ALL parts of the programme - trans-disciplinary; horizontal approach We support ALL participants - we will facilitate directly and indirectly across the constituencies

FP7 – key activities I

National Launch – Nov 2006 General promotion

Attendance: 530 attendees at 5 events to date Theme-specific information days

Attendance: >1700 attendees at 24 events Multiple client-specific activities

Universities, IoTs, industry associations, MNCs, SMEs, others

FP7 – key activities II

Launch of revamped financial supports (Mar 2007): Travel Support - grants up to a maximum of €3,000 for multiple visits Coordination Support - grants up to a maximum of €25,000 Feasibility Study for Companies - grants up to a maximum of

€25,000 Proactive ‘Marketing’ of FP7 Ireland locally and internationally

Branding Website Raising awareness of Ireland’s excellence in S&T at President and

Ambassador-hosted meetings in Brussels

Financial Support ‘Results’ – early days

Travel Support – 188 applications approved in 8 months [compare to 261 for FP6 2002-2006]

Coordination Support – 43 applications approved [33 for FP6 2003-2006]

Feasibility Study for Companies – 15 applications approved

- Evidence of a high level of FP7 proposal preparation activity on the ground- We will have given out more financial support in 1 year of FP7 than in the whole of FP6

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First Call ‘Results’ – evaluation reports

ICT: over €15 million for Irish researchers - 40% to enterprise Health: over €6 million - 39% Agrifood: €3.8 million – 18% Transport: €2 million – 22% Energy: €1.6 million - 26% Research Infrastructures: €1.8 million SME-specific: €1.5 million Ideas/ERC: 4 of 120 Irish proposals successful in Stage 1 [in

>9000 applications]

Some Take Home Messages

There is evidence of a high level of FP7 proposal preparation activity on the ground

There is more support available nationally than ever before – in terms of knowledge and finance

Extremely positive First Call results are emerging – suggesting no lag period at programme start (as seen in FP5 and FP6)

Are you using our supports? Are there gaps not being filled by current support schemes? Do you have ‘Forestry Opportunities’ that you would like us to facilitate?

Imelda LambkinEnterprise Ireland

National Support Network

01-808 2665imelda.lambkin@enterprise-ireland.com

http://www.fp7-ireland.com