Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative: First Results and Future Activities

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1 Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative: First Results and Future Activities SWII Information Session, VINNOVA Stockholm, April 18, 2013 Tomas Aronsson VINNOVA, International Collaboration and Networks Division Stefan Klauser State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI Bilateral Research and Innovation Initiatives

2 Why SWII? Sweden and Switzerland are countries, which are heavily based on the competitiveness of their export industries. We have to compete through productivity gains and innovative product solutions. We need to apply state-of-the art scientific findings. Being two of the world leaders in innovation, Switzerland and Sweden form natural partners in tackling these tasks. In September 2012, Switzerland and Sweden decided to introduce the Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative. The goal is to foster innovation activities of SMEs and together with their research partners. Swiss and Swedish applicants have always been able to achieve a high share of successful applications in calls for projects of different funding initiatives. Common projects with Swedish partners might have an unusually high chance to make it to the funding stage. 2

3 More Similarities. 3

4 SWII Steering Group 4

5 SWII Activities of the First Phase (2012/2013) October 2012: 1 st Switzerland-Sweden Call for R&D Project Outlines (topics: medtech, biotech, innovative software) November 2012: Support measures medtech at MEDICA, Düsseldorf February 12, 2013: Support measure biotech: 7th Swiss- Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar, Zurich February 21, 2013: Support measure innovative software: Innovative Software Networking ZHAW, School of Engineering, Winterthur March 4, 2013: Deadline for project submission for the first joint call 5

6 Outcomes of the First Call 34 Projects have been submitted to the Eurostars office by April 4, 2013 (official call deadline) of which 28 projects are bilateral Swiss-Swedish projects and 6 are trilateral projects including Swiss, Swedish and Dutch partners. 6

7 Planned Activities for the Second Phase 2013/2014 April 18, 2013: SWII information Stockholm August 21/22, 2013: SWII information Stockholm Digital Health Days Late September 2013: 2 nd Switzerland-Sweden Call for R&D Project Outlines September 25, 2013: Manufacturing Forum with Teknikföretagen and Swissmem in Switzerland Autumn 2013: Potential SWII activity at a Profactory+ event in Sweden February 12, 2014: 8th Swiss-Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar, Zürich Around January/February 2014: Deadline for project submission for the 2nd joint call (EUREKA/Eurostars, AAL) 7

8 Website Please have a look at the SWII website: 8

9 Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative: Swiss ERI Landscape and Bilateral Initiatives SWII Information Session, VINNOVA Stockholm, April 18, 2013 Stefan Klauser State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI Bilateral Research and Innovation Initiatives

10 In Favour of Innovation High degree of decentralisation, short distances, smooth-running formal and informal networks Diversity in the branches and the size structure of businesses: a good mix of large global companies and a large number of SMEs with a high tendency to innovate High level of international economic integration in education and science, free movement of persons within the EU High political stability: moderate but continuing reforms; high ability to integrate various cultures Good infrastructure for innovative companies Excellent science & technology base: Swiss Federal Institutes: ETHZ / EPFL 10 Cantonal Universities, 7 Universities of Applied Sciences internationally renown research centers

11 Swiss Innovation: Organization 2013

12 Innovation Landscape Quelle: Gassmann, Swiss Innovation Guide 2010

13 Current Bilateral Initiatives 13

14 EUREKA Doing business through technology Tomas Aronsson Swedish National Project Co-ordinator VINNOVA

15 The Eureka Initiative is industry-led, applied, close-to-market R&D with tangible results and visible benefits. Intergovernmental (42 Ministries + EU Commission) Nationally financed

16 The Eureka Initiative in ERA AAL JTI COST (Eurostars)

17 Eureka Instruments Eureka Individual Projects: Small, short-term projects. Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their market sector. Eurostars: Small, short-term projects. The consortium leader is a research-performing SME. Eureka Cluster: Long-term and strategically-significant projects. Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness according to R&D strategy of Cluster (White Book, Blue Book, etc). Eureka Umbrellas: Thematic network consisting of corresponding national networks dedicated to project generation.

18 Unique selling points of Eureka Projects with two partners are eligible; The objectives of the projects are set by the project partners (bottom-up); Project administration is low; Eureka accesses all available national funding instruments and provides guidance to the most appropriate ones.

19 Eureka projects shall Increase the competitiveness of European industry Support market-oriented technical R&D Have a well defined bottom up-approach Develop new products, systems or methods for civil use Be based on the cooperation of at least two independent organizations from minimum two EUREKA-countries Have at least one industrial partner in the project Show clear advantage with European collaboration Give results that are to be exploited and taken to the market by the participants

20 Bi-lateral Call SE - CH First bilateral call for project outlines was open until March 4 th 2013; Main purpose in the first step was to assist potential applicants in a EUREKA program to submit a competitive application; Submitted project outlines was evaluated jointly by SERI and VINNOVA and applicants was advised on how to proceed; Outlines was evaluated and given feedback on a continuous basis.

21 Project statistic SE - CH 54 projects since 1985 (47 Eureka, 7 Eurostars); Project volume CH 67 Mio. Euro and SE 100 Mio. Euro; Topics:

22 Funding in Switzerland Project grant Eureka projects Funding to the Swiss part of a project (example CTI project) up to 50% of eligible costs; Academic partner and company share costs 50:50; Academic partner is funded 100% and gets additional 10% of funding as cash contribution from company. Company gets right to exploit results. Project grant Eurostars projects Funding to the Swiss part of a project 50% of eligible costs for SME, universities and R&D institutions 25% of eligible costs for large companies Maximum funding to the Swiss part of a project is Euro

23 EUREKA in Switzerland Administrated by: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Mr. Andreas Gut National Project Coordinator Possible funding agencies are: CTI: FOEN: FOAG: SFOE: And others 23

24 Addendum: Possibilities Shaping tomorrow s innovations today within AAL Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) Common funding activity of 22 European countries EU co-funding based on article 185 (TFEU) Mission: To enhance the quality of life of older people and strengthen the industrial base in Europe through the use of ICT Call for proposals 2013: ICT Based Solutions for Supporting Occupation in Life of Older Adults Call deadline: 30 April 2013, 17h00 CET Further information:

25 AAL: National Funding Rules Swiss funding budget for Call 6: 4 million (federal) + approx. 3.1 million EU co-funding = 7.1 million Eligible for funding: universities / universities of applied sciences, enterprises (SMEs and other), end-user organisations Funding rates for Swiss AAL project partners: Contributions of universities, universities of applied sciences, SMEs and end-user organisations Public funding (EU and federal) 50 % 50 % Contributions of large companies Public funding (EU and federal) 75 % 25 %

26 Thank you for your attention! For further information:

27 Finansiering av Individuella EUREKA-projekt och EUREKA- Klusterprojekt VINNOVAs kan finansiera den svenska delen i ett projekt till: 50 % av stödberättigande kostnader om svenskt SMF deltar 40 % av stödberättigande kostnader då inget svenskt SMF deltar VINNOVAs finansiering förutsätter att minst ett svenskt företag aktivt deltar som partner i projektet Inom dessa ramar gäller att: SMF kan att söka bidrag med upp till 50 % av sina kostnader Stora företag kan söka bidrag med upp till 30 % av sina kostnader. Universitet/högskolor och forskningsinstitut kan söka bidrag med upp till 100 % av sina kostnader Övriga organisationer kan söka bidrag med upp till 30 % av sina kostnader Resebidrag inför en ansökan: upp till SEK

28 Finansiering av Eurostarsprojekt VINNOVAs kan finansiera den svenska delen i ett projekt till: 50 % av stödberättigande kostnader om svenskt SMF deltar 40 % av stödberättigande kostnader då inget svenskt SMF deltar Dessutom begränsas VINNOVAs totala bidrag till Eurostarsprojektet till 5 Mkr till de svenska deltagarna Inom dessa ramar gäller att: SMF kan att söka bidrag med upp till 50 % av sina kostnader Stora företag kan söka bidrag med upp till 30 % av sina kostnader. Universitet/högskolor och forskningsinstitut kan söka bidrag med upp till 100 % av sina kostnader. Övriga organisationer kan söka bidrag med upp till 30 % av sina kostnader Resebidrag inför en ansökan: upp till SEK

29 Kostnader i EUREKA och Eurostarsprojekt Projektkostnader Ska vara faktiska och reviderbara Ska bäras av projektpart Ska ha uppkommit under löptiden för VINNOVAs bidragsprojekt Ska bokföras på eget konto, särskiljbart från organisationens övriga transaktioner

30 Kostnader i EUREKA och Eurostarsprojekt Personalkostnader Personal ska vara anställd i företaget Företag: Upp till 30% påslag på personalkostnader för att täcka indirekta kostnader (overhead) Företag: Max 730 kronor i timkostnad inklusive overhead Universitet och forskningsinstitut: Faktiska projektkostnader inklusive indirekta kostnader Utrustning och material Inköp av utrustning och förbrukningsmaterial Avskrivningskostnader för dyrbar utrustning

31 Kostnader i EUREKA och Eurostarsprojekt Konsulttjänster och underleverantörer (subcontracting) För Eurostarsprojekt: Minst 50% av den totala projektkostnaden måste komma från aktiviteter i R&D Performing SMEs För EUREKA-projekt gäller att kostnaden för subcontracting ska vara en mindre del av de totala kostnaderna på den svenska sidan av projektet Immaterialrätt Kostnad för att söka patent men ej för att upprätthålla eller försvara patent Resor Resor till projektmöten

32 EUREKA - Eurostars Information Kontakt Tomas Aronsson tel: Gunnar Sandberg tel: Peter Lindberg tel:

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36 Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative: First Results and Future Activities SWII Information Session, Vinnova Stockholm, April 18, 2013 Tomas Aronsson Vinnova, International Collaboration and Networks Division Stefan Klauser State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI Bilateral Research and Innovation Initiatives

37 Why SWII? Sweden and Switzerland are countries, which are heavily based on the competitiveness of their export industries. We have to compete through productivity gains and innovative product solutions. We need to apply state-of-the art scientific findings. Being two of the world leaders in innovation, Switzerland and Sweden form natural partners in tackling these tasks. In September 2012, Switzerland and Sweden decided to introduce the Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative. The goal is to foster innovation activities of SMEs and together with their research partners. Swiss and Swedish applicants have always been able to achieve a high share of successful applications in calls for projects of different funding initiatives. Common projects with Swedish partners might have an unusually high chance to make it to the funding stage. 37

38 More Similarities. 38

39 SWII Steering Group 39

40 SWII Activities of the First Phase (2012/2013) October 2012: 1 st Switzerland-Sweden Call for R&D Project Outlines (topics: medtech, biotech, innovative software) November 2012: Support measures medtech at MEDICA, Düsseldorf February 12, 2013: Support measure biotech: 7th Swiss- Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar, Zurich February 21, 2013: Support measure innovative software: Innovative Software Networking ZHAW, School of Engineering, Winterthur March 4, 2013: Deadline for project submission for the first joint call 40

41 Outcomes of the First Call 34 Projects have been submitted to the Eurostars office by April 4, 2013 (official call deadline) of which 28 projects are bilateral Swiss-Swedish projects and 6 are trilateral projects including Swiss, Swedish and Dutch partners. 41

42 Planned Activities for the Second Phase 2013/2014 April 18, 2013: SWII information Stockholm August 21/22, 2013: SWII information Stockholm Digital Health Days Late September 2013: 2 nd Switzerland-Sweden Call for R&D Project Outlines September 25, 2013: Manufacturing Forum with Teknikföretagen and Swissmem in Switzerland Autumn 2013: Potential SWII activity at a Profactory+ event in Sweden February 12, 2014: 8th Swiss-Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar, Zürich Around January/February 2014: Deadline for project submission for the 2nd joint call (EUREKA/Eurostars, AAL) 42

43 Website Please have a look at the SWII website: 43

44 Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative: Swiss ERI Landscape and Bilateral Initiatives SWII Information Session, Vinnova Stockholm, April 18, 2013 Stefan Klauser State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI Bilateral Research and Innovation Initiatives

45 In Favour of Innovation High degree of decentralisation, short distances, smooth-running formal and informal networks Diversity in the branches and the size structure of businesses: a good mix of large global companies and a large number of SMEs with a high tendency to innovate High level of international economic integration in education and science, free movement of persons within the EU High political stability: moderate but continuing reforms; high ability to integrate various cultures Good infrastructure for innovative companies Excellent science & technology base: Swiss Federal Institutes: ETHZ / EPFL 10 Cantonal Universities, 7 Universities of Applied Sciences internationally renown research centers

46 Swiss Innovation: Organization 2013

47 Innovation Landscape Quelle: Gassmann, Swiss Innovation Guide 2010

48 Current Bilateral Initiatives 48

49 EUREKA in Switzerland Administrated by: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Mr. Andreas Gut National Project Coordinator Possible funding agencies are: CTI: FOEN: FOAG: SFOE: And others 49

50 Addendum: Possibilities within AAL Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) Common funding activity of 22 European countries EU co-funding based on article 185 (TFEU) Mission: To enhance the quality of life of older people and strengthen the industrial base in Europe through the use of ICT Call for proposals 2013: ICT Based Solutions for Supporting Occupation in Life of Older Adults Call deadline: 30 April 2013, 17h00 CET Further information:

51 AAL: National Funding Rules Swiss funding budget for Call 6: 4 million (federal) + approx. 3.1 million EU co-funding = 7.1 million Eligible for funding: universities / universities of applied sciences, enterprises (SMEs and other), end-user organisations Funding rates for Swiss AAL project partners: Contributions of universities, universities of applied sciences, SMEs and end-user organisations Public funding (EU and federal) 50 % 50 % Contributions of large companies Public funding (EU and federal) 75 % 25 %

52 Thank you for your attention! For further information:

53 Funding in Switzerland Project grant Eureka projects Funding to the Swiss part of a project (example CTI project) up to 50% of eligible costs; Academic partner and company share costs 50:50; Academic partner is funded 100% and gets additional 10% of funding as cash contribution from company. Company gets right to exploit results. Project grant Eurostars projects Funding to the Swiss part of a project 50% of eligible costs for SME, universities and R&D institutions 25% of eligible costs for large companies Maximum funding to the Swiss part of a project is Euro