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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST Roadshow 2004
New and EmergingScience and Technology
NEST
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
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Thematic priorities
FP6 - Where does NEST fit in?
“Wider field of Research”
SMEs
International co-operation
JRCc
NESTSupport to
policies
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST objectives
• Stimulate visionary and pioneering long term research at the frontiers of knowledge and at the interface between disciplines
• Give researchers freedom to develop and prove their ideas within the broadest possible limits
• Respond rapidly to new problems and opportunities
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
What mayNEST achieve?
• Enhance the creative potential and capabilities in European science and technology
• New science, new principles, new techniques and new basic technologies
• An increased responsiveness to possible problems and risks arising from new discoveries
• New communities of knowledge in emerging areas
• Strategic inputs for the development of future European research initiatives
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Key characteristics of NEST funded activities
• May fall in “any” area of research
• Research not falling within the Thematic Priorities
• Novel, possibly multi-disciplinary, possibly unconventional
• Well focused objectives, which are ambitious but clear, possibly risky, and consistent with the scale of the project
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Two modes
Open domain:
Focused actions:
235 M €
Overall
Budget
• ADVENTURE
• INSIGHT
• NEST SUPPORT
PATHFINDER
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Implementation
Through standard FP6 instruments
• Specific Targeted Research Project, STREP:To provide funding for research activities.
• Co-ordination Action, CA:To provide funding for networking and co-ordination.
• Specific Support Action, SSA:To provide funding for activities in direct
support of NEST
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Second Call
• Call reference: FP6-2003-NEST-B
• Call date: 17 December 2003
• Budget: 30M€ (ADVENTURE, INSIGHT, NEST SUPPORT)
• Closure dates: 14 April, 15 September 2004
OPEN DOMAIN
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Second Call
• Call reference: FP6-2003-NEST-PATH
• Call date: 17 December 2003
• Budget: 35M€
• Actions: “Synthetic biology”; “Tackling complexity in science”; “What it means to be human”
• Closure date: 14 April 2004
PATHFINDER
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Outline of Presentation
• The OPEN mode• ADVENTURE, INSIGHT, NEST SUPPORT
• Evaluation• STREP, CA, SSA
• Feedback from first call
• The FOCUSED mode• PATHFINDER
• Topics 2004:Tackling complexity in science Synthetic biology “What it means to be human”
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST ADVENTURE
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
ADVENTURE:The mandate
“support research in emerging areas of knowledge and on future technologies, in particular in trans-disciplinary fields, which is highly innovative and involves correspondingly high (technical) risks.”
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
ADVENTURE„If only ...“
• Neural networks had been the result of an ADVENTURE project
• The Scanning Tunnel Microscop (STM) or atomic force microscope (AFM) had been developed in an ADVENTURE project
• The first in-vitro demonstration of motor-proteins had been made in an ADVENTURE project
• PCR had been developed in an ADVENTURE project
• etc, etc, ...
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
The “Spirit of ADVENTURE”
• Exciting, pioneering research with the aim of opening up new avenues for progress in science and technology
• Freedom for researchers to define new challenges and pursue new ideas
• Across a wide scope of science and technology, but lying outside or cutting across the FP6 Thematic Priorities
• With a special interest in novel multi-disciplinarity
• High risk / high gain, with challenging and tangible objectives
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
What ADVENTURE projects are NOT!
• Research that falls within the scope of the thematic priorities
• Research without clearly identifiable novel aspects
• Open-ended research without tangible and challenging objectives
• Technology demonstrations
• Combinations of existing technologies
• Research of interest to a particular industrial sector without broader applicability
• Research related to implausible and hypothetical phenomena
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
ADVENTURE Implementation
• Specific Targeted Research Projects, STREPs
• Coordination Actions, CAs
• Project budget: indicative funding range from 800.000 to 2.000.000 Euro
• Funding period: up to 3 years
• Consortium: At least three independent partners from three member states or associated states - of which at least two member states or associated candidate states
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
ADVENTURE STREPsEvaluation criteria
• Relevance to NEST objectives [4/5]
• Scientific and Technological Excellence [4/5]
• Potential impact [3/5]
• Quality of the consortium (FULL proposal only) [3/5]
• Quality of management (FULL proposal only) [3/5]
• Mobilisation of resources (FULL proposal only) [3/5]
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
ADVENTUREFirst STREPs selected
BIODEFENCE - “Rapid induction of passive immunity against weapons of bioterrorism using transformed GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) organisms”
THE OPTICAL NOSE - “An on-line, non-invasive and total-profiling” instrument for trace gas sensing applications in medical sciences
INA - “Imaging with neutral atoms”
ATOM3D - “Advanced techniques for optical manipulation using novel 3D light field synthesis”
CHIRALTEM - “Chiral dichroism in the transmission electron microscope”
EA-BIOFILMS - “Electrochemical control of biofilm-forming micro-organisms”
ELCAT - “Electrocatalytic Gas-Phase Conversion of CO2 in Confined Catalysts”
BIOPLASMA - Bio-engineering by atmospheric plasma treatment
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST INSIGHT
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSIGHT: The mandate
“support research to assess rapidly new discoveries or newly-observed phenomena, which may indicate emerging risks or problems of high importance to European society, and identify appropriate responses to them.”
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSIGHT„If only ...“
• The hormonal activity of certain chemicals had been proven by an INSIGHT project (Endocrine Disruptors)
• The discovery of prions, or the link between Creutzfeldt-Jakob and BSE had been proven by an INSIGHT project
• The Ozone depletion in the Atmosphere by Perfluorated Compounds had been shown by an INSIGHT project
• The impact of a new technology, e.g. ICTs, on societal behavior (e.g. life style, communication, work , consumption, criminality) had been anticipated by an INSIGHT project
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSIGHT projects
• Should have an anticipatory function
• Should address possible risks associated with new phenomena; high potential risk; significant scientific uncertainties
• Project outputs should be aimed at decision making. Analysis of the uncertainty should allow the concerned actors to frame strategic choices about future action
• May need to challenge orthodoxy and/or address complex or inter-disciplinary questions
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
What INSIGHT projects are NOT!
• Policy evaluation studies
• Technology foresight studies or technology assessment studies
• Research that legitimately falls within the scope of the thematic priorities
• Research addressing topics in on-going “risk debates”, which are “open-ended” or projects without plausible or convincing evidence to their real or potential existence
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSIGHT STREPsEvaluation criteria
• Relevance to NEST objectives [4/5]
• Scientific and technological excellence [4/5]
• Potential impact [3/5]
• Quality of the consortium (FULL proposal only) [3/5]
• Quality of management (FULL proposal only) [3/5]
• Mobilisation of resources (FULL proposal only) [3/5]
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSIGHT: Implementation
• STREPs for the support of research
• CAs for networking, e.g. of national organisations or responsible regulatory bodies
• Budget: up to 800.000 Euro Commission funding
• Funding period: 1 - 2 years
• Consortium: At least three independent partners from three member states or associated states - of which at least two member states or associated candidate states
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSIGHTFirst STREPs selected
PERFORCE: Perfluorinated organic compounds in the European environment
PORGROW: Policy options for responding to the growing challenge from obesity
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST SUPPORT
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST SUPPORT: The mandate
• attracting good proposals
• shaping and refining modalities
• establishing future actions
… to assist in the development and exploitation of NEST activities
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST Support: The specific areas
1. Promotion of interaction with the research community
2. Engagement of the research community in the process of identifying future research opportunities
3. Analysis of methodological and technical issues associated with the NEST research domain
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST SupportImplementation
• To support the implementation of NEST
• May cover information and communication, conferences, seminars, expert groups, operational support….
• Typical duration up to 2 years
• Grant to the budget up 100%
• Scale ~ 50 - 200k Euro
• Minimum of one partner from a Member State or Associated State (but generally more)
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST SUPPORTFirst SSAs selected
NEST-IDEA: NEST Information on Development of Emerging Activities
ATBEST: Assessment tools for Breakthrough and Emerging S&T
NETIAM: New and Emerging Teams in Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
INSTRUMENTS
AND
EVALUATION
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Instruments Overview
ADVENTURE INSIGHT ADVENTURE
INSIGHT NEST SUPPORT
NEST SUPPORT
STREP
STREP CA SSA
2-stage evaluation
2-stage evaluation
1-stage evaluation 1-stage evaluation
OUTLINE proposals
anonymous
OUTLINE proposals
anonymous FULL proposals not anonymous
FULL proposals not anonymous
FULL proposals not anonymous
FULL
proposals not anonymous
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST EvaluationKey Elements (1)
Peer review, following EC Guidelines on quality and fairness
• 2-stage process for STREP
• 1-stage for SSA and CA
• Pool of Evaluators covering all areas of S/T
• A panel of high-level scientists with a broad perspective and a good appreciation of multi-disciplinary issues with inputs from specialized remote referees
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST evaluation Key Elements (2)
• Remote individual assessment with specialist referees (~150), followed by high-level inter-disciplinary panel (~30-40 members) to decide on final assessment
• High level of transparency to proposers: Evaluation Summary Report (ESR) with all evaluators comments send to proposal coordinator
• In addition, the panel provides a few paragraphs reflecting its opinion
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Evaluation of OUTLINE STREPs
ADVENTURE and INSIGHT
OUTLINEproposals
Remote referees, individual assessments
Stage A panelPrepare full
proposal in ~ 2 months
NO
Anonymous
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Evaluation of FULL STREPsADVENTURE and INSIGHT
FULL proposals
Remote referees, individual assessments
Stage B panelNegotiation
and contractNO
Non anonymous
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Evaluation of CAs and SSAs
ADVENTURE, INSIGHT, NEST SUPPORT
Proposals Remote referees, individual assessments
PanelNegotiation and contract
NO
Non anonymous
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
NEST needs evaluators
The success of NEST will depend on the success of its projects - the selection is crucial
• Specialists for remote refereeing - in all relevant fields
• Generalist scientists, with a broad overview and an open eye for high risk, multi-disciplinary research
• Potential beneficiaries: from industry, regulatory agencies, policy makers, ...
Please Register, or nominate experts, through! www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
FEEDBACK FROM
FIRST CALL
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Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Call: FP6-2003-NEST-A
• Following closure date May 14, 2003
• 187 proposals were received
• 14 were not evaluated (late or non-eligible)
• 28 proposals retained (3 SSAs selected for Negotiation, 25 STREPs invited for Full Proposal Submission)
Outline/Full Proposal Stage
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Call: FP6-2003-NEST-A
• Following deadline Sep 24, 2003
• 25 proposals were received
• 25 proposals were evaluated
• 1 proposal, although evaluated, is incomplete
• 10 proposals selected for negotiation
Full Proposal Stage (STREPs only)
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
• STREPs
• CAs - nil• SSAs - 7 proposals, 3 negotiation/contract
Proposal numbers
166 Outline proposals
25
10
Retained for stage 2
Negotiation
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Call: FP6-2003-NEST-A
• Following closure date Oct 22, 2003
• 276 proposals were received
• 11 were not evaluated (late or non-eligible)
• 33 proposals retained (1 SSAs selected for Negotiation, 32 STREPs invited for Full Proposal Submission)
Outline Proposal Stage
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
• STREPs
• CAs – 5 proposals, 0 Negotiation• SSAs - 9 proposals, 1 Negotiation
Proposal numbers
251 Outline proposals
32
?
Retained for stage 2
Negotiation
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Feedback fromthe first call
• The “5-page OUTLINE proposal” concept has been well-received
• The transparency of the feedback to proposers (ESRs) appears to have been well-received
• No need for major changes to the evaluation methodology; remote individual assessment plus a strategic panel
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Messages forProposers (I)
• NEST proposals should “lie outside or cut across” the
Thematic Priorities
• Many proposers appears insufficiently aware of the basic principles behind NEST:– ADVENTURE: novelty, ambition, risk, impact– INSIGHT: risks arising from novel phenomena– Support actions must help in implementation of NEST
• INSIGHT and ADVENTURE are different things. A project must be designed for the one or the other
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
• 5-page OUTLINE proposals are not about describing
an idea for an area of work.
• They should contain a concise description:– What exactly is the novelty of the proposal
– What are you planning to do and how?
– What may one expect as a result of the project?
– What would be the impact on science and technology
• A degree of quantification might be useful
Messages forProposers (II)
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
• Innovations in social sciences and economics are
valid for NEST as long as they conform to the
requirements set in the reference documents
• Proposals on mathematics are also welcome
providing that the new techniques are coupled with
the development of knowledge in other scientific
and technological spheres
Messages forProposers (III)
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Final advice
• Please read the NEST reference documents http://www.cordis.lu/nest/publications.htm
• Please specify one single Activity Code: ADVENTURE, INSIGHT, NEST SUPPORT, PATHFINDER
• Please use the Electronic Proposal Submission System, EPSS
• PLEASE DON’T SUBMIT LAST MINUTE“A deadline is what it is!”
• Your NEST NCP (National Contact Point) will help youthe NEST NCP informs, advices and supports potential applicants in
the preparation, submission and follow-up of NEST project proposals
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
• Outline
• Full
• Outline
• Full
30%
80%
?%
NEST first call:electronic submission via EPSS
50%
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of Research New and Emerging Science and Technology
Information Sources
• NEST Web-site: http://www.cordis.lu/nest
• NEST documents: http://www.cordis.lu/nest/publications.htm
• Info on contracts: www.cordis.lu/fp6/instruments.htm
• NEST helpdesk: [email protected]
• Evaluators: http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm
• CORDIS: http://www.cordis.lu