Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC Text with EEA relevance
Modified by
- Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 June 2015on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments, 32015R1017, July 1, 2015
(1) 'research and innovation activities' mean the whole spectrum of activities of research, technological development, demonstration and innovation, including the promotion of cooperation with third countries and international organisations, the dissemination and optimisation of results and the stimulation of high quality training and mobility of researchers in the Union; (2) 'direct actions' mean research and innovation activities undertaken by the Commission through its Joint Research Centre (JRC); (3) 'indirect actions' mean research and innovation activities to which the Union provides financial support and which are undertaken by participants; (4) 'public-private partnership' means a partnership where private sector partners, the Union and, where appropriate, other partners, such as public sector bodies, commit to jointly support the development and implementation of a research and innovation programme or activities; (5) 'public-public partnership' means a partnership where public sector bodies or bodies with a public service mission at local, regional, national or international level commit with the Union to jointly support the development and implementation of a research and innovation programme or activities; (6) 'research infrastructures' mean facilities, resources and services that are used by the research communities to conduct research and foster innovation in their fields. Where relevant, they may be used beyond research, for example for education or public services. They include major scientific equipment or sets of instruments; knowledge-based resources such as collections, archives or scientific data; e-infrastructures such as data and computing systems and communication networks; and any other infrastructure of a unique nature essential to achieving excellence in research and innovation. Such infrastructures may be 'single-sited', 'virtual' or 'distributed'; (7) 'smart specialisation strategy' has the same meaning as smart specialisation strategy as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (See page 320 of this Official Journal).
(a) Excellent science; (b) Industrial leadership; (c) Societal challenges.
(a) Excellent science, EUR 24232,1 million in current prices;(b) Industrial leadership, EUR 16466,5 million in current prices;(c) Societal challenges, EUR 28629,6 million in current prices.
(i) Spreading excellence and widening participation, EUR 816,5 million in current prices; (ii) Science with and for society, EUR 444,9 million in current prices; (iii) Non-nuclear direct actions of the JRC, EUR 1855,7 million in current prices.
(a) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements and decisions of association councils or similar agreements; (b) European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members, or countries or territories covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy that fulfil all of the following criteria: (i) a good capacity in science, technology and innovation; (ii) a good track record of participation in Union research and innovation programmes; (iii) fair and equitable dealing with intellectual property rights;
(c) countries or territories associated to the Seventh Framework Programme.
(a) the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies as well as future and emerging technologies; (b) areas relating to bridging from discovery to market application; (c) interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research and innovation; (d) social and economic sciences and humanities; (e) climate change and sustainable development; (f) fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA and of the flagship initiative 'Innovation Union'; (g) framework conditions in support of the flagship initiative "Innovation Union"; (h) contributing to all relevant Europe 2020 flagship initiatives (including the Digital Agenda for Europe); (i) widening participation across the Union in research and innovation and helping to close the research and innovation divide in Europe; (j) international networks for excellent researchers and innovators such as European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST); (k) cooperation with third countries; (l) responsible research and innovation including gender; (m) SME involvement in research and innovation and broader private sector participation; (n) enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession; and (o) facilitating cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers.
(a) research activity aiming at human cloning for reproductive purposes; (b) research activity intended to modify the genetic heritage of human beings which could make such changes heritable Research relating to cancer treatment of the gonads can be financed. (c) research activities intended to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or for the purpose of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer.
(a) financial contributions from the Union to joint undertakings established pursuant to Article 187 TFEU under the Seventh Framework Programme, subject to the amendment of their basic acts; to new public-private partnerships established pursuant to Article 187 TFEU; and to other funding bodies referred to in points (iv) and (vii) of point (c) of Article 58(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. This form of partnerships shall only be implemented where the scope of the objectives pursued and the scale of the resources required justify it taking full account of the relevant impact assessments, and where other forms of partnerships would not fulfil the objectives or would not generate the necessary leverage; (b) contractual arrangements between the partners referred to in paragraph 1, which specify the objectives of the partnership, respective commitments of the partners, key performance indicators, and outputs to be delivered, including the identification of research and innovation activities that require support from Horizon 2020.
(a) the demonstration of the added value of the action at Union level and of the choice of the instrument to be used; (b) the scale of impact on industrial competitiveness, job creation, sustainable growth and socio-economic issues, including societal challenges, assessed against clearly specified and measurable objectives; (c) the long-term commitment, including a balanced contribution from all partners based on a shared vision and clearly defined objectives; (d) the scale of the resources involved and the ability to leverage additional investments in research and innovation; (e) a clear definition of roles for each of the partners and agreed key performance indicators over the period chosen; (f) complementarity with other parts of Horizon 2020 and alignment with the Union research and innovation strategic priorities, in particular those of the Europe 2020 strategy.
(a) an ERA-NET instrument using grants to support public-public partnerships in their preparation, establishment of networking structures, design, implementation and coordination of joint activities, as well as Union topping-up of no more than one joint call a year, and of actions of a transnational nature; (b) Union participation in programmes undertaken by several Member States in accordance with Article 185 TFEU where the participation is justified by the scope of the objectives pursued and the scale of the resources required.
(a) a clear definition of the objective to be pursued and its relevance to the objectives of Horizon 2020 and broader Union policy objectives; (b) indicative financial commitments of the participating countries, in cash or in kind, including prior commitments to align national and/or regional investments for transnational research and innovation and, where appropriate, to pool resources; (c) the added value of the action at Union level; (d) the critical mass, with regard to the size and the number of programmes involved, the similarity or complementarity of activities and the share of relevant research they cover; (e) the appropriateness of Article 185 TFEU for achieving the objectives.
(a) strengthening the Union's excellence and attractiveness in research and innovation as well as its economic and industrial competitiveness; (b) effectively tackling common societal challenges; (c) supporting the Union's external and development policy objectives, complementing external and development programmes including international commitments and their related goals, such as the achievement of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Synergies with other Union policies will be sought.
(a) initiatives aimed at widening awareness and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020, in particular for those regions or types of participants that have a relatively low participation; (b) targeted assistance to projects and consortia to provide them with adequate access to the necessary skills to optimise the communication, exploitation and dissemination of results; (c) actions which bring together and disseminate results from a range of projects, including those that may be funded from other sources, to provide user-friendly databases and reports that summarise key findings, and, where relevant, communication and dissemination to the scientific community, industry and the general public; (d) dissemination to policy makers, including standardisation bodies, to promote the use of policy-relevant results by the appropriate bodies at international, Union, national and regional level; (e) initiatives to foster dialogue and debate on scientific, technological and innovation related issues with the public through involvement of the research and innovation community and civil society organisations, and to take advantage of social media and other innovative technologies and methodologies, especially in order to help raise public awareness of the benefits of research and innovation in meeting societal challenges.
(a) the level of consumption and the efficiency in the use of the funds allocated according to Article 6(3) of this Regulation, differentiating between the amount used for the development of the first wave of KICs and the effect of the seed money for the subsequent waves, and the ability of the EIT to attract funds from the partners in the KICs and especially from the private sector, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 294/2008; (b) the contribution of the EIT and the KICs to the priority "Societal challenges" and the specific objective "Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies" and the performance assessed on the basis of the indicators defined in Annex I; (c) the contribution of the EIT and the KICs to the integration of higher education, research and innovation; (d) the ability of the KICs to integrate relevant new partners where they can provide added value.
(a) the achievements (at the level of results and progress towards achieving an impact, based, where applicable, on the indicators outlined in Annex II of the specific programme) of the objectives of Horizon 2020 and continued relevance of all related measures; (b) the efficiency and use of resources, with particular attention to cross-cutting issues and other elements referred to in Article 14(1); and (c) Union added value.
the participation of participants that have at their disposal high-end research infrastructures or have a history of using full-costing in the Seventh Framework Programme; the simplification for participants that have at their disposal high-end research infrastructures or have a history of using full-costing in the Seventh Framework Programme; the acceptance of the usual accounting practices of beneficiaries; extent of use of the additional remuneration to personnel as referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013.
the research and development (R&D) target (3 % of GDP) of the Europe 2020 strategy; the innovation output indicator in the context of the Europe 2020 strategy COM(2013)0624. the share of researchers in the active population.
organisations from universities, business and research integrated in the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs); collaboration inside the knowledge triangle leading to the development of innovative products, services and processes.
(a) "The European Research Council (ERC)" shall provide attractive and flexible funding to enable talented and creative individual researchers and their teams to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science, on the basis of Union-wide competition. (b) "Future and emerging technologies (FET)" shall support collaborative research in order to extend Europe's capacity for advanced and paradigm-changing innovation. It shall foster scientific collaboration across disciplines on radically new, high-risk ideas and accelerate development of the most promising emerging areas of science and technology as well as the Union-wide structuring of the corresponding scientific communities. (c) "Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions" shall provide excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges. (d) "Research infrastructures" shall develop and support excellent European research infrastructures and assist them to contribute to the ERA by fostering their innovation potential, attracting world-level researchers and training human capital, and complement this with the related Union policy and international cooperation.
(a) "Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies" shall provide dedicated support for research, development and demonstration and, where appropriate, for standardisation and certification, on information and communications technology (ICT), nanotechnology, advanced materials, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and processing and space. Emphasis will be placed on interactions and convergence across and between the different technologies and their relations to societal challenges. User needs shall be taken into account in all these fields. (b) "Access to risk finance" shall aim to overcome deficits in the availability of debt and equity finance for R&D and innovation-driven companies and projects at all stages of development. Together with the equity instrument of the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) (2014-2020) it shall support the development of Union-level venture capital. (c) "Innovation in SMEs" shall provide SME-tailored support to stimulate all forms of innovation in SMEs, targeting those with the potential to grow and internationalise across the single market and beyond.
(a) Health, demographic change and well-being; (b) Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy; (c) Secure, clean and efficient energy; (d) Smart, green and integrated transport; (e) Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials; (f) Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; (g) Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.
(a) By fostering novel ideas ('FET Open'), FET shall support early stage science and technology research exploring new foundations for radically new future technologies by challenging current paradigms and venturing into unknown areas. A bottom-up selection process widely open to any research ideas shall build up a diverse portfolio of targeted projects. Early detection of promising new areas, developments and trends, along with attracting new and high-potential research and innovation players, will be key factors. (b) By nurturing emerging themes and communities ('FET Proactive'), FET shall, in close association with the societal challenges and industrial leadership themes, address a number of promising exploratory research themes with the potential to generate a critical mass of inter-related projects that, together, make up a broad and multi-faceted exploration of the themes and build a European pool of knowledge. (c) By pursuing grand interdisciplinary scientific and technological challenges ('FET Flagships'), FET shall, taking into full account the outcome of FET preparatory projects, support ambitious large-scale, science and technology-driven research aiming to achieve a scientific and technological breakthrough in areas identified as relevant in an open and transparent manner involving the Member States and relevant stakeholders. Such activities could benefit from the coordination between European, national and regional agendas. The scientific advance should provide a strong and broad basis for future technological innovation and economic application, plus novel benefits for society. These activities shall be realised using the existing funding instruments. 40 % of FET resources will be devoted to FET Open.
(a) A new generation of components and systems: engineering of advanced, embedded and energy- and resource-efficient components and systems; (b) Next generation computing: advanced and secure computing systems and technologies, including cloud computing; (c) Future Internet: software, hardware, infrastructures, technologies and services; (d) Content technologies and information management: ICT for digital content and for cultural and creative industries; (e) Advanced interfaces and robots: robotics and smart spaces; (f) Micro- and nanoelectronics and photonics: key enabling technologies related to micro- and nanoelectronics and to photonics covering also quantum technologies.
(1) Demand-driven, providing loans and guarantees on a first-come, first-served basis, with specific support for beneficiaries such as SMEs and mid-caps. This component shall respond to the steady and continuing growth seen in the volume of RSFF lending, which is demand-led. Under the SME window, activities shall be supported that aim to improve access to finance for SMEs and other entities that are R&D- and/or innovation-driven. This could include support at phase 3 of the SME instrument, subject to the level of demand. (2) Targeted, focusing on policies and key sectors crucial for tackling societal challenges, enhancing industrial leadership and competitiveness, supporting sustainable, low-carbon, inclusive growth, and providing environmental and other public goods. This component shall help the Union address research and innovation aspects of sectoral policy objectives.
(a) the mechanisms to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; (b) trusted organisations, practices, services and policies that are necessary to build resilient, inclusive, participatory, open and creative societies in Europe, in particular taking into account migration, integration and demographic change; (c) Europe's role as a global actor, notably regarding human rights and global justice; (d) the promotion of sustainable and inclusive environments through innovative spatial and urban planning and design.
(a) strengthen the evidence base and support for the flagship initiative "Innovation Union" and ERA; (b) explore new forms of innovation, with special emphasis on social innovation and creativity, and understand how all forms of innovation are developed, succeed or fail; (c) make use of the innovative, creative and productive potential of all generations; (d) promote coherent and effective cooperation with third countries.
(a) study European heritage, memory, identity, integration and cultural interaction and translation, including its representations in cultural and scientific collections, archives and museums, to better inform and understand the present by richer interpretations of the past; (b) research into European countries' and regions' history, literature, art, philosophy and religions and how these have informed contemporary European diversity; (c) research on Europe's role in the world, on the mutual influence and ties between the regions of the world, and a view from outside on European cultures.
(a) fight crime, illegal trafficking and terrorism, including understanding and tackling terrorist ideas and beliefs; (b) protect and improve the resilience of critical infrastructures, supply chains and transport modes; (c) strengthen security through border management; (d) improve cyber security; (e) increase Europe's resilience to crises and disasters; (f) ensure privacy and freedom, including in the Internet, and enhance the societal legal and ethical understanding of all areas of security, risk and management; (g) enhance standardisation and interoperability of systems, including for emergency purposes; (h) support the Union's external security policies, including conflict prevention and peace-building.
Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions aiming at the creation of new (or significant upgrade of existing) centres of excellence in low performing RDI Member States and regions. Twinning of research institutions aiming at significantly strengthening a defined field of research in an emerging institution through links with at least two internationally-leading institutions in a defined field. Establishing "ERA Chairs" to attract outstanding academics to institutions with a clear potential for research excellence, in order to help these institutions fully unlock this potential and hereby create a level playing field for research and innovation in the ERA. Possible synergies with ERC activities should be explored. A Policy Support Facility to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of national/regional research and innovation policies. Supporting access to international networks for excellent researchers and innovators who lack sufficient involvement in European and international networks, including COST. Strengthening the administrative and operational capacity of transnational networks of National Contact Points, including through training, so that they can provide better support to potential participants.
(a) make scientific and technological careers attractive to young students, and foster sustainable interaction between schools, research institutions, industry and civil society organisations; (b) promote gender equality in particular by supporting structural changes in the organisation of research institutions and in the content and design of research activities; (c) integrate society in science and innovation issues, policies and activities in order to integrate citizens' interests and values and to increase the quality, relevance, social acceptability and sustainability of research and innovation outcomes in various fields of activity from social innovation to areas such as biotechnology and nanotechnology; (d) encourage citizens to engage in science through formal and informal science education, and promote the diffusion of science-based activities, namely in science centres and through other appropriate channels; (e) develop the accessibility and the use of the results of publicly-funded research; (f) develop the governance for the advancement of responsible research and innovation by all stakeholders (researchers, public authorities, industry and civil society organisations), which is sensitive to society needs and demands, and promote an ethics framework for research and innovation; (g) take due and proportional precautions in research and innovation activities by anticipating and assessing potential environmental, health and safety impacts; (h) improve knowledge on science communication in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of interactions between scientists, general media and the public.
(a) anticipation and foresight - pro-active strategic intelligence on trends and events in science, technology and society and their possible implications for public policy; (b) economics - for an integrated service covering both the scientific-technical and the macro-economic aspects; (c) modelling - focusing on sustainability and economics and making the Commission less dependent on outside suppliers for vital scenario analysis; (d) policy analysis - to allow cross-sectoral investigation of policy options; (e) impact assessment - providing scientific evidence to support policy options.
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