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EUREKA and Eurostars in Germany – Funding for Energy Projects
EUROGIA2020 Workshop EUPVSEC, Hamburg 16 September 2015
Katharina Lehmeier DLR Project Management Agency EUREKA/COST-Bureau of BMBF DLR-PT.de
EUREKA in Germany – Organizational Structure
Many Logos:
Fed. Ministry for Research and Education
German Aerospace Centre (DLR) – Project Management Agency
EUREKA/COST-Bureau
Eurostars Programme
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EUREKA in Germany – Organizational Structure
Many Logos:
Fed. Ministry for Research and Education
German Aerospace Centre (DLR) – Project Management Agency
EUREKA/COST-Bureau
Eurostars Programme
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DLR-PT, Berlin
Facts and figures ~1,000 employees, more than half of them researchers 3 Locations in Germany: Bonn, Cologne, Berlin, 1 office in Brussels ~1 billion euros in funding and 8,500 projects annually DLR-PT.de
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EUREKA in Germany – Organizational Structure
Many Logos:
Fed. Ministry for Research and Education
German Aerospace Centre (DLR) – Project Management Agency
EUREKA/COST-Bureau
Eurostars Programme
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• The EUREKA/COST-Bureau (ECB) is the National Contact for EUREKA, EUREKA Clusters such as EUROGIA2020, the Eurostars Programme and for COST, on behalf of BMBF • part of DLR Project Management Agency • Since 30 years, providing advisory service on funding opportunities for EUREKA projects in Germany – advisory service for industry willing to go international • in-house complementary services provided by H2020 accredited NCP for SMEs and Eurostars programme managment • supporting project implementation together with funding agency of international partners • providing support to the entire project (the ‚glue‘ between Ministry, funding body and participants) • supports success story publication after project is finished http://eureka.dlr.de
EUREKA: Possible Funding in Germany
EUREKA in Germany generally does not have earmarked funds.
• Therefore, EUREKA project participants need to apply with suitable funding programmes and opportunities – public or private.
Programmes open for SMEs, Research and Technology Institutes, big industry: • Thematic programmes, if conditions match (national/regional) • Thematically open programmes, such as ZIM • Private funding sources
9 EUREKA: Possible Funding in Germany
Two possible funding programmes for SMEs could be:
• ZIM Programme (http://www.zim-bmwi.de/): Thematically open, no deadlines, focused on SMEs. • KMU-Innovativ: addresses SMEs as well, seven main focus areas (Bio-Tech, Nano- Tech, ICT, Production Technologies, Resource and Energy Efficiency, Optical Technologies, civil security research). Two evaluation dates per year (April and October). http://www.bmbf.de/de/20635.php
10 Funding of EUREKA projects in Germany
Where can a matching call or programme be found?
• Federal Ministries, such as BMBF (Ministry for Research and Education) BMWi (Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) – funding the ZIM programme To a smaller degree: other Ministries such as Environment etc. • Regional Funding: ‘Länder’ in Germany, e.g. Bavaria and Saxony • Other funding sources, such as foundations, Structural Funds of EU…
Further information is provided by EUREKA/COST Bureau. Information is available also by the German national funding advice point at: http://www.foerderinfo.bund.de/ (a service offered by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy)
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EUROGIA2020 and EUREKA
• EUREKA is an international platform and network of 40 European and 3 Associated countries, represented by Research Ministries and funding agencies • Since 30 years, EUREKA supports industrial research, opens access to internatinal markets and clients • Facilitating international cooperation on the basis of national funding • Thematically open, minimum 2 partners from 2 countries, 3rd country participation possible, no deadlines • Runs Network Projects, implements the Eurostars Programme, features Clusters • EUROGIA2020 is the Energy Cluster within EUREKA: an industry-driven initiative, implemented as a PPP, generating energy related projects, same rules as EUREKA • Supports international project consortia as a whole • Gives visibility to projects and partners • Contributes to competitiveness of European companies http://www.eurekanetwork.org/eureka-clusters and www.eurogia.com
The way a EUROGIA2020 application will go in Germany
Hand in with EUROGIA2020 central office, feedback and pre-evaluation
Central office informs EUREKA/COST Bureau on applications with German participants
EUREKA/COST Bureau contacts participants and advises on possible funding prospects
Funding application is made with funding programme (ZIM, Eurostars…)
EUROGIA2020 services - monitors projects, liaises, advises, supports, publishes…
EUREKA/COST Bureau remains backdrop for all questions regarding the national funding side
EUREKA/COST Bureau proposes possible success stories (after completion) DLR-PT.de
EUREKA in Germany – Organizational Structure
Many Logos:
Fed. Ministry for Research and Education
German Aerospace Centre (DLR) – Project Management Agency
EUREKA/COST-Bureau
Eurostars Programme
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A co-funded programme by 34 EUREKA member countries and the European Commission
• Under the roof of EUREKA, same basic principles apply: Minimum 2 partners from 2 countries Thematically open Project funding from national means
• Features different from EUREKA: Earmarked national budgets EU-top up for national budgets Central evaluation 2 Cut-off-dates per year
A EUROGIA2020 project may also be funded by the Eurostars programme
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The Eurostars Programme
An overview on funding rules for German participants may be found on the central Eurostars website (in English):
https://www.eurostars- eureka.eu/countries/germany
and on the DLR-Website (in German): http://eurostars.dlr.de
EUREKA projects with German participation (Network and Eurostars projects)
424 ongoing finished 402
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Biological and Medical Science Electronics, IT and Telecom Energy Technology Industrial Manufacturing, Technology Material and Transport
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Ljubljana 2008 Lisbon 2009 Berlin 2010 Jerusalem 2011 Budapest 2012 Ankara 2013 Bergen 2014 Lugano 2015
September 2015 DLR-PT.de
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Contact for EUREKA and for EUROGIA2020 in Germany: Dr. Wolfgang Axmann National Project Coordinator DLR Project Management Agency EUREKA/COST-Bureau [email protected] Phone + 49 228 3821 1351 Anzahl Netzwerkprojekte mit deutscher Beteiligung pro Technologiebereich
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