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Horizon 2020 & EU-China Co-funding Mechanism Booklet

Guideline for Chinese Researchers

Horizon 2020 & EU-China Co-funding Mechanism Booklet

Guideline for Chinese Researchers

Table of Contents

1 Horizon 2020: the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme .... 2

2 International cooperation and great advantages to gain for Chinese

researchers ....................................................................................................... 4

2.1 International cooperation ......................................................................... 4

2.2 A programme welcoming Chinese partners: Great advantages to gain . 4

2.3 New work programme 2018-2020 ........................................................... 5

3 Understand the procedure of Horizon 2020 ................................................... 7

4 EU-China Co-Funding Mechanisms for Horizon 2020 ................................. 10

4.1 What is EU-China Co-Funding Mechanisms for Horizon 2020 ............. 10

4.2 How to Apply for the Co-Funding Mechanisms ..................................... 11

5 Other Co-funding for Chinese researchers .................................................. 12

6 Frequently Asked Questions – Horizon 2020 .............................................. 14

7 Frequently Asked Questions - EU-China Co-funding Mechanism ............... 19

Annexes .......................................................................................................... 23

About DragonStar Plus ................................................................................ 23

About Euraxess ........................................................................................... 23

Horizon 2020 National Contact Point (NCP) in China ................................. 24

References and Useful Links ....................................................................... 26

Template – Basic information of Proposal (CFM) ....................................... 30

Template for Proposal (CFM) ...................................................................... 31

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Preface

The European Union (EU) is one of the global leaders in Research, Innovation and

Science. In 2014 the EU announced the Horizon 2020 Programme - the biggest EU

Research and Innovation programme with nearly 80 billion EUR (i.e. about 650

billion RMB) of funding available over 7 years (2014-2020). Horizon 2020 is open

to broad international cooperation and especially encourages Chinese Research

and Innovation communities to be actively involved and to participate widely in

this new programme.

China is one of the EU’s key international partners in research and innovation.

The first EU-China Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Agreement was

signed in 1998 providing a political, legal and administrative framework for

coordinating and facilitating cooperative S&T activities between European legal

entities and international partners. Today, the Sino-European cooperation shows

growing dynamism. China and the EU cooperate in multilateral programmes and

projects involving many countries which are often designed to tackle major global

scientific challenges.

Moreover, the EU and Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST)

recently announced the EU-China Co-Funding Mechanism (CFM) for the Horizon

2020. Under this scheme, 200 million RMB (28 million EUR) will be made

available annually by MoST for China-based researchers and companies to

participate in EU Horizon 2020 programme. On the European side, the EU

Commission plans to provide over 100 million Euros per year to fund European

entities in joint projects under Horizon 2020 with Chinese participants.

This booklet was developed by Sociedade Portuguesa

de Inovação (SPI) and Beijing Software Enterprise

Advisory Center (BSEAC), consortium partners of

DragonStar Plus, a project funded by the EC within

Horizon 2020. It provides practical guidance to Chinese

researchers in order to explore the manifold

opportunities provided by the new EU Framework

Programme for Research and Innovation - Horizon

2020.

Epaminondas Christofilopoulos

Coordinator, DragonStar Plus

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1 Horizon 2020: the EU Research and Innovation

Framework Programme

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme that

replaces the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7, 2007 – 2013). It

will run from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of nearly 80 billion EUR and lead to

more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the

lab to the market.

Horizon 2020 has been designed to deliver results that make a difference in

people’s lives. Built on three pillars – Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and

Societal Challenges – it will fund all types of activities, from frontier science to

demonstration projects and close-to-market innovations.

Horizon 2020 brings all EU-level funding for Research and Innovation under one

roof, providing a single set of simplified rules and radically slashes red tape. The

overarching goal is a more coherent and simpler programme that is easier to

participate, especially for academia, research organisations and small and

medium sized enterprises and businesses, from both European and non-

European countries.

The development of S&T cooperation between the EU and China is best reflected

in the growing numbers of participations of Chinese partners in cooperative

research projects funded by the EC’s 5th

, 6th

and the 7th

Framework Programmes

(FP5, FP6, and FP7). China was the third largest non-European participating

country in FP7, after Russia and the US, with a total of 462 participations focusing

on Health, Environment, Transport, ICT, Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and

Biotechnology, Energy, and mobility of researchers.

Horizon 2020, like its predecessor FP7, is fully open to international participation

in all fields and areas. Chinese researchers, enterprises, research institutions and

universities will be able to team up with their European partners to participate in

projects under Horizon 2020 and make best use of Europe's excellent

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opportunities in research and innovation. Through participation in Horizon 2020,

Chinese researchers can gain great benefits from access to excellent knowledge,

research data and connection to world-leading scientific networks and research

teams.

Horizon 2020 is built upon three main Pillars: Excellent Science, Industrial

Leadership, and Societal Challenges. The programme has been able to integrate

funding of research and innovation from independent programmes, allowing

innovative projects to be supported from the laboratory to commercial

exploitation.

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2 International cooperation and great advantages

to gain for Chinese researchers

Horizon 2020 is open to the World. This means that participants from all over the

world, regardless of their place of establishment or residence, can participate in

most of the calls of Horizon 2020. In many cases, the EU will fund at least partly

the participation of the international partners. International cooperation is a

cross-cutting priority of Horizon 2020 following the EU's strategy for

international cooperation in research and innovation.

2.1 International cooperation

The international participation is a key element of Horizon 2020. Horizon 2020,

like its predecessor FP7, is fully open to participants from all over countries in the

world, including China. Specific targeted international cooperation activities are

included in all sections of Horizon 2020 such as “Societal Challenges”, “Enabling

and Industrial Technologies” and others. Applicants from non-EU countries (or

"third country"') are always free to take part in Horizon 2020 programmes even if

the call for proposals or topic text do not state this explicitly. Non-EU countries

or third countries means any country or territory that is not one of the following:

an EU country, or an overseas country or territory linked to an EU country. Some

calls require a consortium to include participants based in specific non-EU

countries in order to be eligible. If so, this requirement (and the countries

concerned) will be specified in the applicable call for proposals and topic

description.

2.2 A programme welcoming Chinese partners: Great advantages to gain

In Horizon 2020, the EU has upgraded the status of emerging economies (BRIC

countries) including China, considering that they have established the critical

mass needed to cooperate with the EU on an equal foot. This means that within

the general openness of Horizon 2020 Chinese participants will now have to

provide their own funding, and only in exceptional cases will receive funding

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from the EU. However, Chinese participants will be in a position to respond to

calls also as Principal Coordinator (leader) and not, as it was in the past, only as

“participant”. For the funding from the Chinese side, please refer the section of

EU-China Co-funding Mechanism (CFM) for Horizon 2020.

Chinese participation is welcomed in all Calls for Proposals of Horizon 2020. In

the 2016/2017 calls, the topics are targeted cooperation with China including

Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology, Water, Sustainable Urbanisation, ICT,

Space, Aviation, Energy, Health, Transport and Advanced Manufacturing. In

these flagged topics, the participation of Chinese partners is strongly encouraged

and will bring add value to the proposals.

China has become one of the EU's key international partners in research and

innovation through the previous Framework Programme, FP7. For Horizon 2020,

the EU alongside the Chinese government, set up a Co-funding Mechanism (CFM),

available to support Chinese participants in their involvement in Horizon 2020

projects – more details can be found in Section 4 of this Booklet.

Overall, the international cooperation strategy of Horizon 2020 offers China a

more active and balanced approach for cooperation focusing on mutual interest

and common benefit.

2.3 New work programme 2018-2020

The work programme 2018-2020 is under preparation with stakeholder

consultations and discussions with Member States on priorities, which have been

outlined in informal working documents, namely 17 thematic scoping papers and

one overarching document. The adoption and publication of the work

programme is expected in October 2017.

The following list presents the main priorities which have been identified for

each part of the work programme for 2018-2020:

• Future and Emerging Technologies, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

• European research infrastructures (including eInfrastructures)

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• LEIT - Information and communication technologies

• LEIT - Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Advanced manufacturing and

processing, Biotechnology

• LEIT – Space

• Access to risk finance

• Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises

• Health, demographic change and wellbeing

• Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime

and inland water research and the bioeconomy

• Secure, clean and efficient energy

• Smart, green and integrated transport

• Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

• Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies

• Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

• Spreading excellence and widening participation

• Science with and for society (SwafS)

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3 Understand the procedure of Horizon 2020

To apply to Horizon 2020 calls, the eligible person or organisation must be an

individual or organisation/institution constituted under the national law of the

country where the person or organisation is based, and has the financial capacity

to carry out the research tasks set out in the proposal submitted.

Step 1 - Find a suitable Call for Proposals

The EC publishes these online, on the so called “Participant Portal”. All the Calls

of the Horizon 2020 are available in this portal

(https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2

020/search/search_topics.html) and the applicant can search for calls from

previous programmes as well (FP7 and CIP). In addition, the applicant can find

information about some extra calls in the Other Funding Opportunities section

(https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/ot

her/index.html) which provides an overview of funding opportunities by funding

bodies other than the Commission and its Executive Agencies. From the

Participant Portal, it is also possible to search the most appropriate calls

according to key words and set filters in the calls list. This makes the search much

easier and way more automatic.

The National Contact Point is the main structure to provide guidance, practical

information and assistance on all aspects of participation in Horizon 2020 and can

also help the applicant to find the most suitable call. For China, the National

Contact Point is China-EU Science and Technology Cooperation Promotion Office

(CECO, http://www.cstec.org.cn/ceco/index.aspx).

Step 2 - Find project partners

Most of the EU funded projects are collaborative projects with at least 3

organisations from different EU Member States or Associated countries. Horizon

2020 also aims to enhance EU international research cooperation so there are

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more opportunities for cooperation with and participation by researchers from

non-EU countries, especially China.

Through the Participant Portal it is also possible to look for EU or non-EU

partners: various partner search services can help the applicant to find

organisations that would like to participate in the proposals.

Also for this, it is possible to rely on the National Contact Point.

Step 3 - Create an account on the portal

If the applicant already has a Participant Portal account or so-called ECAS

account, then he or she can use it for any future submissions. The applicant only

needs one account for any of the Participant Portal secured services.

If the applicant does not have an account yet, he or she needs to create it in the

website by clicking on the “REGISTER” option on the top menu on the right.

Step 4 - Register the organisation

Check first on the Organisation Register page if the organisation is already

registered

(http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/regi

ster.html). Only if the applicant does not find its organisation there, the applicant

should start its registration by clicking on the “Register Organisation” button.

If the applicant wants to participate in a project proposal, the organisation needs

to be registered and have a 9-digit Participant Identification Code (PIC) that is the

unique identifier of the organisation and will be used as a reference by the EC in

any future interactions.

Step 5 - Submit the proposal through the “Participant Portal”

Once the applicant has found the right call and the right partners, the applicant

must submit a proposal before the deadline. The Participant Portal has clear

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instructions to guide the applicant through the process. The system is simpler

than ever – no more paper! All proposals are submitted online.

Step 6 - Evaluation by experts

Once the deadline has passed, all proposals are evaluated by a panel of

independent specialists in their fields. The panel checks each proposal against a

list of criteria to see if it should receive funding.

Step 7 - Grant agreement

Once a proposal passes the evaluation stage (five months’ duration), applicants

are informed about the outcome. The EC then draws up a Grant Agreement with

each participant. The Grant Agreement confirms what research and innovation

activities will be undertaken, the project duration, budget, rates and costs, the

EC's contribution, all rights and obligations and more. The time limit for signing

the Grant Agreements is generally three months.

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4 EU-China Co-Funding Mechanisms for Horizon

2020

4.1 What is EU-China Co-Funding Mechanisms for Horizon 2020

Further to the political agreement reached at the 2nd

EU-China Innovation

Cooperation Dialogue and the Summit of 29th

June 2015 and the conclusions of

the EU-China Joint Steering Committee on S&T Cooperation of 30th

October 2015,

the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has announced the first

call for proposals under the EU-China Co-Funding Mechanisms (CFM) for

Research and Innovation.

While Chinese participants are no longer automatically funded through Horizon

2020, the Chinese Government and the EU agreed to set up a Co-Funding

Mechanism on research and innovation to support joint projects between

European and Chinese universities, research institutions and companies. The

CFM will pave the way for deepened cooperation between European and

Chinese research and innovation stakeholders by promoting a stronger and more

balanced Chinese participation in the Horizon 2020 topics targeting cooperation

with China.

Under the CFM, up to 200 million RMB (around 28 million EUR), will be made

available annually by the MoST on the Chinese side for the benefit of China-

based entities that will participate in joint projects with European partners under

Horizon 2020. The EC expects to continue spending over 100 million Euros per

year for the benefit of Europe-based entities in joint projects under H2020 with

Chinese participants. MOST has published the first CFM call on 16 December

2015 and the 1st

round of evaluation of the proposals was completed in January

2017 (results are available soon).

The CFM will be primarily used for Horizon 2020 topics targeting China but it will

also be open to many other areas of Horizon 2020.

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On the basis of the strategic programming process, including a broad

consultation of stakeholders, and the Horizon 2020 Specific Programme, key

priorities for 2016-2017 have been identified. In alignment with the

Commission’s agenda, the Work Programme for 2016- 2017 will contribute to

the Jobs, Growth and Investment Package helping to strengthen Europe’s global

competitiveness, create new and sustainable jobs and promote growth. The

priority areas to be supported in 2017 mainly cover agriculture (including food),

biotechnologies, ICT, space, aviation, energy, health, transport, water resources,

energy conservation and emission reductions, advanced manufacturing, new

materials, sustainable urbanisation, and exchange of young scientists. Chinese

researchers who are interested in these priority sectors could benefit from the

CFM as well.

4.2 How to Apply for the Co-Funding Mechanisms

On behalf of MoST, the China Science and Technology Exchange Centre (CSTEC,

http://www.cstec.org.cn) manages the CFM operation (application, evaluation,

grant, etc.).

In principle, all Chinese legal organisations are eligible to apply for the co-funding

from CSTEC. But before submitting an application to CSTEC, the Horizon 2020

project that a Chinese organisation is involved should be already approved by the

EC. In other words, a Grant Agreement of Horizon 2020 with the EC is necessary

for the Chinese organisations to submit an application for the co-funding.

All the Chinese organisations involved in the same Horizon 2020 project

(approved) consortium should work together as a team (the applicant) to submit

the application to CSTEC. The applicant should submit two documents: Basic

information of the Proposal and the Proposal in Chinese (template in Annex)

through the S&T management information system of MoST

(http://program.most.gov.cn). CSTEC will review the two documents and invite

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qualified applicants for an oral defense evaluated by an external group of experts

from the same sector (normally 15 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes for

Q&A).

The applicant should prepare a presentation including the key topics below:

- proposal concept

- contexts

- added-value of international cooperation

- objective

- technical roadmap

- tasks distribution and timeframe

- human resource of project team

- expected outputs and impacts

- risk analysis

- budget

CSTEC will evaluate and select the proposals for funding based on a number of

criteria pre-defined. It is expected that the 1st

round of evaluation results should

be announced in February 2017.

As this is a new co-funding mechanism between EU and China, the application

and evaluation procedure may change in the future. In any case, it is strongly

encouraged for the applicant to consult CSTEC before preparing the application.

5 Other Co-funding for Chinese researchers

At researchers' level, in order to promote the mobility of researchers between

the EU and China, the European Research Council (ERC) and the National Natural

Science Foundation of China (NSFC) agreed on the Implementing Arrangement in

June 2015 to stimulate excellence-based, bottom-up collaboration in frontier

research by facilitating that high-caliber Chinese researchers come to Europe to

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join ERC-funded research teams. The scheme is targeted at the Chinese

researchers who are active holders of the competitive grants of NSFC. Selected

researchers will be incorporated in the research teams of the European Principal

Investigators who are already supported through the ERC grants and who have

expressed an interest in hosting Chinese researchers in their research teams.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) also launched a special CAS-EU Partner

Programme. The programme will provide funding to CAS institutes and other CAS

entities that are partners of an approved Horizon 2020 project.

Potential Chinese participants are encouraged to contact NSFC and CAS to seek

support for their participation in Horizon 2020.

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6 Frequently Asked Questions – Horizon 2020

Q: What H2020 has changed from the 7th Framework Programme?

A: The new Common Strategic Programme for Research and Innovation

combines three different instruments of the last period 2007-2013: the 7th

Framework Programme (FP7), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework

Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

Horizon 2020 aims to cover the full value chain, from frontier research, to

technological development, demonstration, valorisation of results and

innovation.

Q: How do I register?

A: Before being able to sign a grant agreement, you must register via the

beneficiary registration tool

(http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/reg

ister.html).

Registration (and the subsequent validation by the Commission/Agency) may

take a while. When submitting a proposal, you should therefore check which

documents are needed for registration and register as soon as funding becomes

likely.

Q: What legal status and financial capacity are needed?

A: You must:

- Be an individual or organisation/institution constituted under the national law

of the country where you are based

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- Have the financial capacity to carry out the research tasks set out in your

proposal.

Q: Can the Third countries participate in a proposal and can receive funding?

A: The Third industrialized countries (as well as those from China, Russia, India,

Brazil and Mexico under the H2020 rules) can participate in a Horizon 2020

project, but they are not automatically eligible for funding, with the following

exceptions:

- When a funding is foreseen in the Call;

- When funding is provided under a bilateral scientific and technological

agreement or any other arrangement between the Union and an international

organisation or a third country;

- When the Commission deems participation of the entity essential for carrying

out the action funded through Horizon 2020.

Q: May Chinese entities participate in Horizon 2020?

A: Yes, Chinese entities may participate in Horizon 2020 actions as entities from

any emerging or industrialised third country not associated to H2020, given that

the minimum eligibility criteria of the research consortium are fulfilled.

Q: How can China be involved in Horizon 2020 projects where there is not a

specific mentioning for Chinese interaction in the Call text?

A: All calls for proposals under Horizon 2020 are open to Chinese participation,

not only the ones where China is mentioned in the text of the Call. Of course

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minimum requirements (e.g. in terms of number of European partners when

appropriate) must be respected.

Q: If there is no more funding for Chinese entities available, what is then the

benefit for my institution to participate in Horizon 2020?

A: Participation in Horizon 2020 offers more than simply money to any

participating institution. Horizon 2020 strengthens existing, and offers the

creation of, new research and innovation partnerships with Europe.

It provides Chinese entities the access to advanced knowledge, data and up-to-

date technology and allows an upgrade of the research quality of each partner in

the consortium. Horizon 2020 contributes to the internationalisation of the

Chinese partner institution and allows the establishment of new international

partnerships and networks.

Individual Chinese researchers can develop their scientific careers, learn

advanced knowledge and information and experience an international

atmosphere in a laboratory. Finally, Horizon 2020 contributes to the tackling of

global challenges and offers solutions to societal challenges that are designated

as priorities by Chinese government, such as food security, aging population,

environmental, fight against climate change, air pollution, energy security etc.

Q: I have completed my registration and my expert profile is valid. When will I

be contacted for an assignment?

A: All applicants who complete their expert profile are included in the database,

but this does not indicate that they will necessarily be contacted for an

assignment.

You will be contacted directly via email if you are selected to take part in any

particular activity. It is therefore important that the email address indicated in

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your expert profile is current. The selection of experts depends on the needs of

the European Commission in relation to the subjects covered by proposals and

projects.

Q: May I submit a proposal if I have applied to be considered as an Expert?

A: If you are contracted as an expert, you will be asked to sign a declaration

stating exactly which proposals you have a link with, and which may create a

conflict of interest. You are obliged to inform the Commission if you think that

you may have a conflict of interest with any proposal you are asked to examine.

The European Commission takes all necessary steps in order to avoid any

conflicts of interest. While you may not evaluate your own proposal, or of

proposals competing with it, you may evaluate proposals which are not

competing with yours. The funding body will determine whether or not a conflict

of interest exists. Sometimes, the funding body may decide that you may not

take part in an evaluation; in this case, your contract will be terminated in

accordance with the relevant procedures.

Q: Which member of the Consortium is the Project Coordinator?

A: It is up to the Consortium to designate the Project Coordinator.

Q: Can a Chinese institute be the Principal Investigator of the project?

A: Even though Chinese participants could in principle be coordinator of the

project, this would, however, not change the rules for funding. A Chinese partner

as project coordinator would not be automatically eligible for EU funding and,

therefore, could not recover from the European Commission any direct or

indirect costs incurring for the contract or project management nor retain part of

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the grant for this purpose. We encourage Chinese research institutions willing to

participate in H2020 proposals to take contact with Chinese funding agencies for

seeking support for their project. See:

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/horizon-2020-whats-it-china

Q: Can a person from a third country apply to be an Expert?

A: A person from a third country (i.e. a country that is not a Member State or a

country associated to Horizon 2020) is welcome to register their profile in the

expert database with a view to assist the European Commission as an expert.

Q: Under the rules of H2020-MSCA-ITN is it possible to recruit a candidate from

outside the European Union?

A: There is no restriction on the nationality of recruited researchers, and

candidates from third countries (such as China) are welcome as long as the

mobility and eligibility requirements are met. However, some restrictions may

apply for a very limited number of countries on the basis of EU sanctions. For

further information applicants are advised to consult:

http://eeas.europa.eu/cfsp/sanctions/docs/measures_en.pdf

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7 Frequently Asked Questions - EU-China Co-

funding Mechanism

Q: What is the Co-Funding Mechanism?

A: The Co-Funding Mechanism (CFM) is a joint initiative launched by the Chinese

Government and the EU to support joint research and innovation projects

between European and Chinese universities, research institutions and companies

under the framework of Horizon 2020 in strategic areas of common interest. It

was agreed at the 2nd EU-China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue, endorsed by

the 17th EU-China Summit of June 2015, and announced in September 2015 at

the occasion of the visit of European Commissioner for Research, Science and

Innovation Carlos Moedas to China.

The Implementation Guidelines of CFM were agreed on 30 October 2015 at the

12th EU China Joint Steering Committee Meeting on S&T Cooperation (JSCST) in

Beijing co-chaired by the European Commission (EC) Director General for

Research and Innovation Robert-Jan Smits and the Chinese Vice-Minister for

Science and Technology Cao Jianlin. Through CFM, funds will be provided by the

Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for China-based participants

in Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects including mobility of

researchers.

Q: What is the scale of fund foreseen under CFM?

A: Building on the EU's Horizon 2020 and relevant research and innovation

funding programmes on the Chinese side, CFM will mobilise over 500 million EUR

from the EU and 1 billion RMB from China during the period from 2016 to 2020.

Up to 200 million RMB, or nearly 30 million EUR, will be made available annually

by MoST on the Chinese side for the benefit of China-based entities that will

participate in joint projects with European partners under Horizon 2020. The EC

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expects to continue spending over 100 million Euros per year for the benefit of

Europe-based entities in joint projects under H2020 with Chinese participants.

Q: What is the scale of fund per project?

A: In principle, the per-project ceiling of MoST grant under the CFM is 5 Million

RMB.

The project duration should normally be not more than 3 years.

Q: Who can apply for fund under this mechanism?

A: For this first CFM Call, Eligibility criteria for Chinese applicants can be found at

the website of MoST. The application should be prepared in accordance with the

template provided by MoST and submitted through respective institutions.

Europe-based entities will apply for Horizon 2020 fund following the rules and

procedures of Horizon 2020.

The EC and MOST will fund selected applicants according to their respective rules,

regulations and practices. MOST funds are solely for use by China-based selected

applicants.

Q: How do I know if my proposal is successfully evaluated in Horizon 2020?

A: The EC will inform coordinators of the Horizon 2020 proposals if their

proposals are positively evaluated and then invite China-based applicants in the

proposal consortium to apply from MoST for possible co-funding, if need be,

following the call for applications to be published by MoST.

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Q: When will the CFM call be published?

A: The first CFM call launched by MoST on 16 December 2015 concerns the

China-based entities participating in projects already selected under the Horizon

2020 Work Programmes 2014-15 as well as proposal submitted prior to the

deadlines (31 March 2016, 31 July 2016) of the current Work Programme

2016/17.

Relevant Horizon 2020 calls are published in the Horizon 2020 Participant Portal,

with the most recent Work Programme 2016/17 published on 14 October 2015.

Q: Will the CFM target specific priority areas?

A: The priority areas to be supported through the 2016 call focus on agriculture

(including food), biotechnologies, ICT, space, aviation, energy, health, transport,

water resources, energy saving and emission reduction, advanced manufacturing,

new materials, sustainable urbanisation, and exchange of young scientists. In

practice, all topics under the Horizon 2020 ‘Leadership in Enabling and Industrial

Technologies’, ‘Societal Challenges (except the Security one)’, ‘Future and

Emerging Technologies’, ‘Research Infrastructures’ and ‘Research and Innovation

Staff Exchange’ as well as the Euratom Nuclear Energy topics are expected to be

eligible for the CFM.

Q: How to apply for funding under CFM?

A: Please visit the website of MOST (EU China Co-Funding Mechanism:

http://most.gov.cn/mostinfo/xinxifenlei/fgzc/gfxwj/gfxwj2015/201512/t2015121

6_122975.htm) for details of procedures to submit applications.

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Q: How is the evaluation organised, and what are the evaluation criteria?

A: MOST will evaluate and select the proposals from China-based applicants for

funding according to relevant rules. Evaluation will be based on a number of

criteria defined by MOST.

Q: How would I know if my application for CFM fund is selected or not?

A: MOST will complete the evaluation of all applications received in the

framework of the CFM from China-based partners in successful Horizon 2020

proposals and notify the China-based applicants ideally within few months after

each CFM deadline.

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Annexes

About DragonStar Plus

DRAGON-STAR PLUS follows its predecessor (DRAGONSTAR), in its important

mandate to provide support services to European and Chinese researchers and

policy makers, and Chinese researchers and policy makers, and to offer a flexible

platform to facilitate policy discussions between European and Chinese

stakeholders.

Dragon-STAR PLUS aims at significantly contributing to the ongoing bilateral

collaboration activities and policy dialogues. The project will have a positive

effect on policy drafting and implementation, on-going research collaboration,

reciprocity, member & associated states cooperation (funding agencies),

addressing societal challenges, innovation, social- economy and technology.

For more information, please visit: http://www.dragon-star.eu

About Euraxess

EURAXESS (www.euraxess.lu) - Researchers in Motion is a pan-European

initiative providing access to a range of information and support services to

researchers wishing to pursue their research careers.

The EURAXESS portal is composed of four main sections devoted to specific

initiatives for researchers:

- EURAXESS Jobs is a recruitment tool.

- EURAXESS Services is a network of more than 500 Service Centres

located in 40 European countries.

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- EURAXESS Rights provides information regarding the European Charter

for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of

Researchers.

- EURAXESS Links is a networking tool for European researchers working

outside Europe and non-European researchers wishing to collaborate

and/or pursue a research career in Europe. EURAXESS Links China

provides various opportunities to facilitate communication between

Europe and Chinese research communities

(http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/links/eurRes/china).

Euraxess China (https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/china) links

researchers in China with Europe by providing free information and events on

research funding, research careers and collaboration opportunities. EURAXESS

China has been serving all researchers interested in a research career in Europe

since 2009.

Horizon 2020 National Contact Point (NCP) in China

China-EU Science and Technology Cooperation Promotion Office (CECO,

http://www.cstec.org.cn/ceco/index.aspx) is the organisation running and

coordinating the NCP activities in China. CECO was established in 2001, as a non-

profit organisation specialised in offering consultation services and guidance to

Chinese research institutions, enterprises, companies and scientists for the

participation in the EU Framework Programmes. Since its creation, CECO has

been continuously supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology

(MOST) and the EU DG RTD and has been providing FP support services to

numerous European and Chinese researchers to build successful partnerships.

CECO is the sole official NCP organisation at national level in China, and has the

necessary professional skills, regional coverage and relevant influence in China,

to provide services to EU-China S&T cooperation, and also to support the official

scientific policy dialogue between EU and China. In addition, the last 3 years

CECO has deployed a network of Regional Contact Points (RCPs) inside University

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or CSTEC regional offices with the scope to provide NCP support services at a

regional level.

CECO has close partnerships with regional S&T Commissions and Exchange

Centers, which are directed by MOST, and are the two large networks in China

responsible for the administration of regional S&T resources. CECO is affiliated to

China Science and Technology Exchange Centre (CSTEC) of MOST.

China Science and Technology Exchange Centre (CSTEC, www.cstec.org.cn) was

founded in 1982 upon the approval of the State Council. CSTEC is a legally

independent organisation affiliated to the MOST of the People’s Republic of

China. With expertise in international S&T exchanges, its mandate is to promote

interactions between the research and industrial communities in China and their

foreign counterparts so as to serve the socio-economic development and

enhance the friendly relations between China and countries across the globe.

CSTEC has successively established cooperative ties with over 130 organisations

and renowned enterprises in more than 30 countries and regions. Thus it has set

up a network for collaboration with counterparts from America, Oceania, Europe,

Africa, Asia, and in particular the European Union, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao and

Taiwan. It continues to play a significant role in facilitating international S&T

cooperation and exchanges, the reform and opening-up of China, as well as the

construction of the socialist economy.

CECO/CSTEC has established 8 RCPs (Regional Contact Points) respectively in

Beijing, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shandong and

Guangdong and 4 TCPs including the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine as

the Health TCP (Thematic Contact Point) and the Chinese Academy of

Agricultural Sciences as the agricultural TCP, China-EU Institute for Clean and

Renewable Energy at Huazhong University of S&T as the energy TCP, and CIUC at

Tongji University as the urbanisation TCP. A tailor-made training for the RCPs was

organised and delivered by CSTEC and its European partners.

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References and Useful Links

Ask an Expert:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/

Calls for Proposals:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h20

20/index.html

CAS-EU Partner Programme

http://www.bic.cas.cn/tzgg/201501/t20150106_4295030.html

http://www.dragon-star.eu/call/cas-eu-partner-programme/

http://www.cas.cn/sygz/201511/t20151117_4465324.shtml

http://www.cas.cn/yw/201701/t20170104_4587072.shtml

Delegation of the European Union to China:

http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/china/eu_china/research_innovation/index_

en.htm

EU-China Co-Funding Mechanism

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference

_docs.html

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http://www.most.gov.cn/mostinfo/xinxifenlei/fgzc/gfxwj/gfxwj2015/201512/t20

151216_122975.htm

EU-China Science and Technology Cooperation Promotion Office (CECO)

http://www.cstec.org.cn/ceco/en/index.aspx

Horizon 2020

http://ec.europa.eu/horizon2020

Horizon 2020 budget allocation:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/pdf/press/fact_sheet_on_horizon20

20_budget.pdf

Horizon 2020 roadmaps:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/policy/annex roadmaps sep-2014.pdf

HORIZON 2020 in brief, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation,

European Commission, 2014

HORIZON 2020 - A practical guide for China, Directorate-General for Research

and Innovation, European Commission, 2014

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Mobility of researchers scheme between the European Research Council (ERC)

and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab38/info51450.htm

More Q&A:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/faq.html

http://www.apre.it/ricerca-europea/horizon-2020/faq-on-horizon-2020/faq/

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the FCT

https://www.fct.pt/apoios/protocolos/nsfc/2015/index.phtml.en

NWO-NSFC Co-operation

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/funding/nwo-nsfc-co-operation

Regional Contact Points:

http://www.dragon-star.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/China-RCP-Contact-

May-2014.pdf

Research & Innovation Participant Portal, European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

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The rules for participation for third countries:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/anne

xes/h2020-wp1415-annex-a-countries-rules_en.pdf

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