The UC3M is among the most successful Spanish organisations in Horizon 2020
9/10/20
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is among the most successful Spanish organisations in Horizon 2020 (H2020), the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. These results were recently published in a report by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDIT, in its Spanish acronym) at the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. This report monitors and evaluates the participation of Spanish organisations in H2020 between 2014 and 2019.
Nearly 11,000 organisations in Europe (which include companies, universities, research partnerships, public research institutions, technology institutions, public authorities, associations, and European organisations) have been part of 50,113 proposals so far, bringing the total number of participations to 80,424. Spanish organisations have a very important place in the H2020 announcements. As it is an extremely competitive programme, with a very low success rate, 3,328 Spanish organisations have obtained funding for their R&D&I activities.
Within this framework, the UC3M is among the top 20 Spanish organisations in terms of economic return in H2020, participating in 82 projects in total, ranking in the top 5 institutions in the Community of Madrid. In addition to this, the UC3M ranks tenth nationally for leadership of cooperative research and innovation projects (16) and stands out among Spanish organisations with the highest return on Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Spain’s position in H2020
Overall, a quarter of the proposals that have obtained H2020 funding has at least one Spanish representative, meaning that there are 6,719 funded proposals and 12,414 participations in total. Spain ranks third in terms of participation.
In the absence of data for 2020 (the most recent year in which the current Horizon 2020 programme has taken place), Spain is the fourth country in terms of grants with 10.1% and 4,761.6 million Euros from the announcements for proposals awarded by the program at the EU 28 level. Spain ranks behind Germany (16.4%), the United Kingdom (14%), and France (12.3%).
In terms of the territorial distribution of grants in Spain, the top five autonomous communities have more than 80% of Spanish funding. Catalonia is in first place, with 28.3% of the funds, followed by the Community of Madrid (25.6%), the Basque Country (14.5%), the Valencian Community (8.6%) and Andalusia (6.2%).
Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the main financial instrument for research activities, technological development, demonstration, and innovation in Europe with around 75,000 million Euros in funding for the period between 2014 and 2020. The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities manages the participation of Spanish organisations within the Framework Programme through the CDTI (Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) for innovation and technology vertices (Industrial Leadership and Social Challenges) and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT, in its Spanish acronym) for science and basic research (Excellent Science).
