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EUREKA AnEUROSTARS initiative for supporting industrial competition through innovation The EUREKA funding programme for R&D-performing SMEs

www.eurekanetwork.orgThe Eurostars Programme is powered by Shaping tomorrow’s innovations today EUREKA and the European Community What is EUREKA ? > 2

 EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses  Established in 1985 by French President Mitterrand and German Chancellor Kohl

EUREKA is :

• Intergovernmental initiative (40 Members – EU 27, + 12 other European countries)

• Financed using national public and private funding

• Market-oriented (Projects must result in a marketable product, process or service)

• Bottom-up (The consortium decides on the project aim. No thematic restriction)

Since 1985, 26 billion euro of public-private investment has been mobilised to support some 3,100 EUREKA projects The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community What is EUREKAEUREKA? ? > 3

EUREKA supports three types of projects

1) Cluster Projects

Long-term, strategically-significant initiatives

Large number of participants, many from Europe’s major companies

Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness

Energy Manufacture industry

Information technology Water Communications The Eurostars Programme is powered by technologies EUREKA and the European Community What is EUREKAEUREKA? ? > 4

2) Individual Projects (E!1782; E!1784…)

Small, shorter-term projects.

Involve participants from at least two member countries.

Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector.

3) Eurostars Projects

Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two member countries.

Consortium leader is an R&D-performing SME.

Programmed jointly with the European Commission. The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community What is EUREKA ? > 5

Individual Clusters Eurostars TOTAL projects Number of projects 3096 567 346 4009 Total costs (M€) 7640 21047 512 29199 Average costs 2.5 37 1.5 6.9 Average members 2.8 4.4 2.4 3.2 From 1985 to 1999, taking into consideration that projects above 20M€ were Cluster type. Includes assumption for 2010.

 In 25 years, EUREKA has endorsed 4000 projects for a total value of 29 Billions euros

 3096 projects are Individual projects, 567 are Clusters type and 346 are Eurostars

 7.6 B€ for Individual projects, 21 B€ for Clusters and 0.5 B€ for Eurostars

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community EUREKA Membermember countriescountries > 6

Austria Ireland The F.Y.R.O.M

NATIONAL INFORMATION POINTS Boznia-Herzegovina

ASSOCIATED COUNTRY

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community WhatEUREKA: is EUREKA type of ?participants > 7

EUREKA: type of participants (not including clusters participant data from 1999 onwards)

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 85H 86L 86S 87M 88C 89V 90R 91H 92T 93P 94L 95I 96B 97L 98L 99I 00H 01M 02T 03C 04P 05M 06P 07R 08L* 09L* 10B

SME Large company Research Institute University Other *Includes Eurostars data assomption for 2010

Includes all Eureka Projects (Individual Projects, Clusters and Eurostars)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community WhatEUREKA: is HistoricalEUREKA ?trends by number of projects > 8

EUREKA Projects Endorsed 1985 - 2010

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0 85H 86L 86S 87M 88C 89V 90R 91H 92T 93P 94L 95I 96B 97L 98L 99I 00H 01M 02T 03C 04P 05M 06P 07R 08L 09L 10B

Individual Projects Clusters Eurostars

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community WhatEUREKA is EUREKAindividual ? projects > 9

Participants from Individual Projects Still Running (1000 projects, 3200 participants)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community WhatEUREKA is EUREKAindividual ? projects > 10

All Projects Still Running by Type of Area (By Number of projects)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community SUCCESS STORY > 11

Air pollution software

An integrated software system, providing vital information to local and regional planners who manage air pollution.

EUREKA project E! 1388 EUROENVIRON AIDAIR

Budget: 2.2M Euro Duration > 116 months Participating countries : , Turkey, Cyprus, Poland, Russia, Switzerland www.eureka.be SUCCESS STORY > 12

> Monitoring your car for a safer driving

> Each year over 40,000 people are killed on Europe’s roads. The partners of MEDEA+ project CARING CARS aim to drive down these chilling statistics with a system comprising in-car sensors and a wireless infrastructure monitoring the vital signs of drivers and sounding an alert if there is a problem linked for example to the driver’s

Budget: 8 MEuro Duration: 30 months Participating countries > The Netherlands, Turkey, Spainwww.eureka.be The Eurostars programme

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Adoption by the European Union > 14

Eurostars is an Art 169 of the treaty, Decision No 743/2008/EC of The European Parliament and of The Council of 9 July 2008

Adoption by the European Parliament Adoption by the EU Council 10 April 2008 23 June 2008 The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community The Eurostars Programme > 15

> “Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support Programme to be specifically dedicated to R&D performing SMEs.”

It’s a multi-annual joint programme (2007-2013), which combines:

> National R&D programmes from 33 countries (300 M€ committed)

>FP7 (up to 100 M€ committed)

>EUREKA Secretariat (20 years of experience in national R&D programmes coordination)

Next call for proposals : 24 March 2011

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community 33 Eurostars member countries > 16

Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Croatia Luxembourg Cyprus Malta Czech Republic The Netherlands Denmark Norway Estonia Poland Finland Portugal France Romania Germany Slovakia Greece Slovenia Hungary Spain Iceland Sweden Ireland Switzerland Israel Turkey United Kingdom Status November 2010 The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Eurostars is effective because… > 17

> Predictable procedures (effective EUREKA network support and transparency)

> Short lead-time (3 months from cut-off date to evaluation results)

> Funding is assured (national commitment)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Central Evaluation process > 18

 Discuss your application with your local NPC Next cut-off date Cut-Off 6 24 March 2011  Ensure that all of your partners discuss the application with their

local NPCs The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Project application submission > 19

• Via the website http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/

• Applicants registration: one registration par application

• Simple application easily filled with the help of the Guidelines for applicants

• Upload the application form

• Other documentation to upload:

• Draft consortium agreement • Financial documents from all partners • Other annexes (optional)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Eligibility criteria > 20

> Consortium Leader is an R&D-performing SME*

> At least 2 participants that are Eurostars members

> Project duration is less than 3 years

> Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion

> The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total R&D cost

> Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more than 75% of the project costs)

> No restriction on thematic area (bottom up)

* 10% FTE dedicated to R&D or 10% turnover dedicated to R&D The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Evaluation process: 2 Steps > 21

1.Technical Assessment by 2 experts + NPC cover note

2. Evaluation and Ranking by Independent Evaluation Panel

>Basic Assessment > Well balanced partnership; Added value through cooperation > Technological and managerial capacity of all participants > Methodology; Cost and financing structure

> Technology and Innovation > Degree of Technological maturity > Technological achievements envisaged > Degree of Innovation

> Market and Competitiveness > Market size, access and risk > Time to Market > Return on Investment The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Funding of project applications > 22

> The funding of partners is based on the national funding rules (info on Eurostars website)

> The funding of projects is following the ranking list until national budget exhaustion

> All partners must be funded to be a Eurostars project

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Eurostars Main statistics

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Application, Eligibility and Funding > 24

400 343 350 317 316 300 279 276 309 245 236 250 215 189 200

150 133 # applications# 112 111 102 100

90 89 85 50 64

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Applications Received Applications Eligible Applications Above Threshold Projects funded

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Project profile > 25

Cut-Off1 Cut-Off2 Cut-Off3 Cut-Off4 Cut-Off5

Average Cost (M€) 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

Average Participants per projects 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.2

Average Countries per project 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3

Average Duration (months) 28 28 29 28 27

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Eurostars in Turkey : Key figures > 26

Technological field of Eurostars projects involving 12 projects including 12 Turkish Turkish participants 100% 1 participants have been funded. TECHNOLOGY FOR PROTECTING MAN AND 90% 1 THE ENVIRONMENT 11 R&D performing SMEs and 1 80% Large Company. 2 OTHER INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES 70%

4 out of the 12 projects are led 60% by a Turkish R&D performing SME INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, 50% MATERIAL AND TRANSPORT Average cost per project : 40% 7 1.5M€ ELECTRONICS, IT AND TELECOMS 30% TECHNOLOGY

Average number of participants 20% per project: 3.5 AGROFOOD TECHNOLOGY 10%

1 Average duration: 28 months 0%

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Types of consortium – Approved projects > 27

Types of Consortium - Approved projects

100% 7% 8% 8% 14% 90% 9% 13% 19% 80% 8%

70% 36% 1 or more R&D SME+ Large company + R&U 32% 29% 60% 36% 1 or more R&D SME + Large company 50% More than 1 R&D SME + 1 or more R&U 9% 6% 40% 13% 1 R&D SME + 1 or more R&U 6% 2 or more R&D SMEs 30%

20% 39% 41% 35% 31% 10%

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The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Global overview - Technological Areas > 28

Technological Areas

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES / CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL AND TECHNOLOGIES EXACT SCIENCES 25% 3%

AGROFOOD TECHNOLOGY 2% AGRICULTURE AND MARINE RESOURCES

ELECTRONICS, IT AND 3% TELECOMS TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY FOR PROTEC 36% MAN AND THE ENVIRONM 6% OTHER INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES 4%

MEASUREMENTS AND STANDARDS ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 3% 4% The Eurostars Programme is powered by INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, EUREKA and the European Community MATERIAL AND TRANSPORT 14% Global overview - Market Areas > 29

Market Areas

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING PRODUCTS COMPUTER RELATED 2% 10% CONSUMER RELATED COMMUNICATIONS 5% 9%

ENERGY 5% BIOTECHNOLOGY / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 7%

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING 5% INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS / MANUFACTURING TRANSPORTATION 20% 5%

SERVICES 5%

OTHER ELECTRONICS RELATED 4% The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community MEDICAL / HEALTH RELATED 23% Global Overview -Projects Participants > 30

Participants type

R and D Performing SME 67% Other 1%

Large company 7%

Governm./Nat. Admin. 0%

University 12%

SME 4%

Research Institute 9% The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community R&D SME profile > 31

Average number of employees : 29.3

R&D SMEs : Number of Employees

100% Above 50 FTE Above 50 FTE 90% Above 50 FTE 80% Between Between 21 & 50 FTE 21 & 50 FTE 70% Between 21 & 50 FTE 60% Between Between 50% 10 & 20 FTE 10 & 20 FTE Between 10 & 20 FTE 40%

30% Below Below Below 20% 10 FTE 10 FTE 10 FTE 10%

0% Cut Off 1 Cut Off 2 Cut Off 3

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Projects Participants - % R&D workforce > 32

% of workforce dedicated % of turnover dedicated to R&D activities to R&D activities

46 45

17 12

R&D Performing Large Company R&D Performing Large Company

SME SME The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Projects Participants – Expected Growth impact > 33

Expected average annual turnover growth (% of annual turnover)

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The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Main motivations – Survey to registrants > 34

Main motivations for participating in Eurostars

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0.00% Complement skills Mutual sharing To share Develop Mutual sharing Develop new Obtain Access Other with the skills of existing the risk strategic of human products/services/ public funds new markets of other know-how co-operation and financial processes participants with competitors resources

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community More information

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community The Eurostars website : http://www.eurostars- > 36 eureka.eu/

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Guidelines for applicants > 37

> Download PDF at www.eurostars-eureka.eu/forms/guidelinesforapplicants.pdf

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Support – Survey to registrants > 38

Support received in the preparation of the project application

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6 0 3 From EUREKA National From National Funding From a consultant From other From a Eurostars Other Project Coordinator in Body information points such participant your country as EEN or FP7 NCP

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Contact your National Project Cordinator > 39

TUBITAK Tel. +90 312 468 5300 / 1600 Mr. Oguz Yapar National Project Coordinator [email protected]

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Information website website> > www.eurekanetwork.org www.eurekanetwork.org> 40

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community EUREKAInformation News website - Publications > www.eurekanetwork.org > 41

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The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community WhatEUREKA is EUREKAsuccess stories? > 42

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community Thank you for listening ! > 43

> EUREKA SECRETARIAT > Isoline Roger-Dalbert > [email protected]

Doing business through technology www.eurekanetwork.org