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IRELAND’S EIT SUPPORT SCHEME
Catriona Ward, Enterprise Ireland
Dámaris Fernández, Trinity College Dublin
No Irish participation to date
• EIT an important part
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of the Horizon 2020
negotiations
• Proposed budget of
€2.86B
• Need to act now to be
part of the next wave
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Action required
• 3 new KIC topics to
launch in 2013/14
• Healthy living and
active aging
• Food4Future
• Raw Materials
• How to support Irish
activity in this area?
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Solution
• 3 grants of €100K, one for each area
• Very tight turn around
• Funding for 12 person months and travel, no
overhead allowed
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23 Nov 12 – call launched
17 Dec 12 – call closed
18/19 Dec 12 – call evaluation
20 Dec 12 – awardees informed
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Criteria
 Must discuss application in advance with
Enterprise Ireland
 Must include the 3 pillars of the EIT:
Education, Innovation and Research
 Must not be a single institution but a
national initiative
 Excellence most important
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Criteria
 Expected to work with the relevant NCP
 Expected to share knowledge between the 3
awardees
 Meeting of all 3 on 28 Jan to kick-off
 Enterprise Ireland will not interfere in
partner selection, KIC selection etc.
 Leave this to the experts
Expected outcome
• Irish participation in all 3 of the next wave of
KICs (ambitious!)
• Expect to see a national coordinated approach in
these areas for future European activity
• Expect long term links with KIC partners
whether successful or not
• If not successful, work to join the winners
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Food4Future
Award to Teagasc (Irish agriculture and food
development authority)
 Active in a KIC proposal
 Funding to be used to develop and broaden Irish
activity
 Funding to be used for KIC preparation,
working groups etc.
Contact: [email protected]
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Healthy living
Award to Trinity College Dublin
 Not active in a KIC proposal
 Funding to be used to kick start Irish activity in
all 3 pillars
 Funding to be used to identify a good KIC
consortium and gain access
Contact: [email protected]
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Raw Materials
Award to Trinity College Dublin
 Active in RM Initiative at EU level
 Funding to be used to:
 Develop national agenda in RM
 Coordinate current activities across Ireland
 Identify the best strategy
 Gain access to strong KIC consortium
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EIT and Raw Materials :
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Irish Initiative in Raw Materials :
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Mission
1) To strengthen Irish potential in Raw Materials
(as a baseline)
2) To guide the efforts across Ireland
(Stakeholders: ACAD-RES-IND)
3) To contribute to position Ireland as a key role
player in Europe’s Raw Materials activities
Goals
1) To develop a National Agenda in Raw Materials
(baseline)
2) To coordinate Irish Stakeholders (ACAD-RES-IND
+ GOV)
3) To be partners of the RM KIC Consortium by
contributing with New Technologies relevant to
key areas of Raw Materials life cycle.
Irish RM-KIC Contribution:
Use of New Technologies relevant to
key stages of the Raw Materials cycle
Coordination Group for the Irish National Initiative for Raw Materials:
Professor Mike Lyons, National Coordinator, [email protected]
Dr. Dámaris Fernández, Project Manager, [email protected]
IRELAND’S EIT SUPPORT SCHEME
Catriona Ward, Enterprise Ireland, [email protected]
Dámaris Fernández, Trinity College Dublin