Christina Mille

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Christina Miller, Director

UK Research Office
Christina.Miller@bbsrc.ac.uk
 UKRO’s Mission:
“To promote effective UK engagement in EU research,
innovation and higher education activities”

 The Office:
• Is based in Brussels, was established in 1984
• Is sponsored by the seven UK Research Councils
• Over 140 research organisations subscribe to UKRO
 UKRO services: offering a suite of quality services to help
subscribers and sponsors to make informed decisions about
participating in EU programmes and support on-going projects

 Encouraging stakeholder dialogue: supporting UK


stakeholder engagement in European research policy and
programme developments; promotes sharing of best practice

 Brussels liaison: establishing and maintaining contacts with


the European Institutions and other major Brussels stakeholders
in research and innovation

 National Contact Points: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and


European Research Council
• UK-based organisations have been awarded €6.6 billion of FP7 funding,
(the second highest share by country, after Germany), equivalent to
13% of the programme’s overall budget.
• Academic organisations were awarded 67% of this share and around
13% went to SMEs.
• 16 723 UK organisations were involved in more than 8000 funded
projects with the country’s success rate (22,7%) higher than the EU
average (20,5%).
• The highest number of European Research Council grants went to the
UK, with around 960 grants based at more than 80 host institutions.
• 573 ERC grantees from the UK received more than €1 billion in grants
while 983 MSCA Fellows benefitted from EU contribution of €684
million.

Data collected by March 2014


Excellent Industrial Societal
Science Leadership Challenges
European Research Health and Wellbeing
Council (ERC) Leadership in
Enabling and Food security

Future and Emerging Industrial


Energy
Technologies (FET) Technologies (LEIT) -
ICT, KETs, Space Transport
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions (MSCA) Climate action
Access to Risk Finance
Societies
Research
Infrastructures Innovation in SMEs Security

Widening Participation; Science with and for Society

European Institute of
Joint Research Centre
Innovation and Technology EURATOM
(JRC)
(EIT)
 UK Research Office
• www.ukro.ac.uk

 Research Participant Portal


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

 Horizon 2020 website


• http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/

 UK Horizon 2020 NCP website


• https://www.h2020uk.org/home

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