Horizon Europe newsletter

Hope you got the new year off to a great start! We're looking forward to another busy year for Ireland in Horizon Europe - in the first two years of the programme, Ireland has signed 431 grants which is almost 10% of the Horizon Europe total and stands at €260.5m on the Horizon Dashboard.

The Horizon Europe National Support Network team kicked off the year with our first meeting and network event on Tuesday last. Hosted by our National Contact Point Martha Cahill, we were joined by representatives of the research community who braved the ice and travelled from all around the country to Enterprise Ireland's offices in Dublin.

We were joined by colleagues from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science who provided updates and EU Liaison for R&I Gráinne Ryan had all the latest from Brussels. AMBER, RCSI, Teagasc and Connect took us through their thematic areas of interest, collaboration requirements and ambitions. We're already looking forward to our next catch-up in April!

New Year updates from our experts

In this issue, European Research Council (ERC) National Delegate Maria Nash reflects on the successes of the last 12 months while European Innovation Council (EIC) National Delegate Sean Burke takes a look at what's happening on the EIC front in the coming weeks. Enterprise Europe Network's Ann Dooley has all the details on a new Space brokerage event to showcase the capabilities of Irish space-active SMEs, with the goal of matching with international partners seeking those capabilities. The event is organised by the Enterprise Europe Network and Cluster 4 Space NCPs.

Info days, brokerage events, webinars
Well, the diary is just packed - info days and brokerage events continue and we strongly encourage you to attend these as they are an important source of detail. There are a number of events listed with registration links at the end of this newsletter. We also highly recommend the Grant Agreement Preparation webinar on 2 February and the Lump Sum funding webinar on 9 February where you can ask pertinent questions via Slido.

Career-FIT programme helps bring revolutionary medtech to market
From academia to entrepreneurship: creator of the wearable microneedle ‘ArrayPatch’, Dr Waleed Faisal tells his Enterprise Ireland Career-FIT story which brought him from Egypt to UCC. Read his story here.

New update to Enterprise Ireland Horizon Europe financial supports
Following the successful updates last October to speed up and simplify the grant application process, Enterprise Ireland is introducing a further update to its ERC Support and Coordinator Support grants. On a pilot basis, the duration of these grants has now been extended to 24 months - find the updated guidelines here and email Horizon Support if you have any questions.

Thematic newsletters
The Horizon Europe National Support Network team issue a number of newsletters during the year packed with information on calls and Cluster updates. Discover the latest on EU funding for Health Research in the most recent Cluster 1 - Health newsletter and sign up for other cluster-specific updates here.

New NCP for Horizon Europe Cluster 1 - Health
We are delighted to welcome a new expert to the Horizon Europe National Support Network - Irene Castellano Pellicena is the new NCP for Cluster 1 - Health based at the Health Research Board. Irene will be working closely with Patricia Clarke and Martha Cahill to assist Irish organisations in health-related funding opportunities.

As ever, the Horizon Europe National Support Network is here to help - please do get in touch and we look forward to supporting many more exciting and important projects from Ireland in 2023!

Maria Nash, European Research Council (ERC) National Delegate and National Contact Point for both the Physical Sciences & Engineering and Life Sciences domains, and NCP Research Infrastructures

In a review of 2022, ERC National Delegate Maria Nash looks at the challenges and successes of the ERC programme to date with almost €47m in awards to Ireland since the beginning of Horizon Europe.

Find out more about changes to evaluation forms and processes for 2024 and details of the SFI ERC Support programme in Maria's update here.

Sean Burke, European Innovation Council (EIC) National Delegate and National Contact Point

From 26 Jan - 15 Feb, EIC will run virtual info days by the EIC Programme Managers on challenges associated with EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition Actions and EIC Accelerator.

This is an ideal opportunity to learn about the detail and to enhance your understanding of the conformity of your proposal with these challenges. You can contact the EIC team for any clarifications - get all the info here.

Ann Dooley, Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Senior Technical Transfer Expert

The Enterprise Europe Network, in collaboration with the Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Space National Contract Points (NCPs), will deliver an international partnering event on Horizon Europe's space calls.

This is a virtual event, taking place on 2nd Feb, and is an ideal opportunity for Irish companies and research performing organisations to showcase their cutting-edge innovations to an international audience. Read more here.

Events in January and February 2023:

Fri 20 Jan, Horizon Europe Health Cluster brokerage event. Register here before 16 Jan.
Thu 26 Jan, Next Generation Internet webinar. Info here.
Mon 30 Jan, Horizon Europe Info Day & Pitch Session. Register here.
Thu 02 Feb, EEN and Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Space call brokerage event. Register now before 1 Feb.
Thu 02 Feb, Horizon Europe Coordinators' Day Grant Agreement Preparation webinar. Hybrid event.
Fri 03 Feb, AI, Data and Robotics on-line info day and brokerage. Register here before 2 Feb.
Mon 6 Feb - 8 Feb, ETSI Research Conference: European 6G Research. Register now.
Mon 6 Feb, The European Cloud, Edge and IoT Continuum informative webinar. Register here.
Tue 7 Feb, ECS Brokerage 2023. Register now.
Thu 9 Feb, Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe webinar: How does it work? Info here.