Science and Technology Facilities Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Medical Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilU
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UKRO Subscriber Services include…
- Website with information on programmes, FAQs and Guidance http://www.ukro.ac.uk- Information services – email updates (& searchable database)
Register/Update your profile at: http://ims.ukro.ac.uk - Enquiry service - Annual visit from an UKRO European Advisor- Specialist training courses and information events- Annual conference for European officers- Meeting room in Brussels
- Monthly publication - British Council ‘RTD Insight’- National Contact Point (Marie Curie and ERC)
FP7 Overall Picture
• Good response to first call (in some areas more than others)• ERC StG - 9,167 proposals (~250 to be
awarded)• FAFB – 14/78 topics with no proposals being
funded, including 2 topics with no proposals submitted.
• SSH – Success rates across activity areas varied from 9 to 26%
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FP7 Overall Picture
• Some areas see more problems with EPSS and eligibility issues than others• ICT: 4/1840 ineligible (<0.3%)• SSH: 44/ 531 ineligible (>8%)• FAFB: 17/414 ineligible (4%) (11 requested too
much EC contribution; 6 with too few participants)
• There were still a few proposals being submitted late, incomplete at the deadline or simply ineligible (350 ineligible ERC proposals)
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FP7 Myths
• All the budget is spent on big projects
• CA and SA have lower success rates
• You need to have a partner from each MS and AS
• The projects are dominated by industry
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operationCo-operation – Collaborative Research – Collaborative Research
European Research Council European Research Council
Marie Curie Actions Marie Curie Actions
CapacitiesCapacities – Research Capacity – Research Capacity
Fra
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Joint Research Centre (JRC)Joint Research Centre (JRC) EURATOMEURATOM
EU-27Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria , Cyprus, Czech Republic,Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Associated Countries (FP7)Croatia, Iceland*, Israel*, Liechtenstein*, FYR Macedonia*Norway*, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Albania
Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro (in theprocess of associating to FP7) *except Euratom
Main FP7 CountriesF
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Maximum reimbursement rates*
FP6 FP7 –
Industry
FP7 –
Public Bodies,
Universities, SMEs, etc.
RTD 50% 50% 75%
Demonstration 35% 50% 50%
Other** 100% 100% 100%
ERC 100% direct costs plus 20% flat rate for indirect costs
* Except Marie Curie** Co-ordination and Support Actions, Training, ManagementF
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FP7 Co-operation 2008 – Provisional Deadlines
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Theme Possible Deadline
Health November 2008?
Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology 19 February 2008
Information Communication Technologies (ICT) 8 April 2008
Nanotechnology, Multi-Functional Materials and Production 6 March 2008
Energy 5 February 2008
Environment 19 February 2008
Transport May 2008
Social Sciences and the Humanities End 2008?
Space Early 2009?
Security Autumn 2008
Euratom 15 April 2008
Health - Activity AreasF
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ealth
1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
Biotechnology, generic tools
& medicaltechnologies
for human health
Translating research
for human health
Optimising the delivery
of health care to European
citizens
Child health
Health of the ageing population
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology - Activity Areas
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1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
Sustainable production
& management
of biological resources
Fork to farm:food, health and
well being
Life sciences, biotechnology and
biochemistry for sustainable
non-food products and processes
...Build a Knowledge Based Bio-Economy…
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ICT
1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
ICT- Challenges
Pervasive and Trusted network & Service Infrastructures
Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics
Components, Systems, Engineering
Digital Libraries and Content
Towards sustainable and personalisedhealthcare
ICT for Independent Living and Inclusion
ICT for Mobility, Environmental Sustainability & Energy
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies – Activity Areas
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P 1. Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies1. Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
2. Materials2. Materials
3. New Production 3. New Production
4. Integration of technologies for industrial production 4. Integration of technologies for industrial production
1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
Energy - Activity Areas(Expect Annual Calls & WPs)
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2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security9. Knowledge for energy policy making
6. Clean coal technologies
5. CO2 capture and storage for zero emission
power generation
7. Smart energy networks
4. Renewables for heating and cooling
3. Renewable fuel production
1. Hydrogen and fuel cells
2. Renewable electricitygeneration
8. Energy savings and energy efficiency
10. Horizontal actions
Plus calls for tender!
Environment – Activity Areas - 2008F
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1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
Climate Change, Pollution and Risks• Pressures on Environment and Climate (€42m)
• Environment and Health (€20m)• Natural Hazards (€14m)
Sustainable Management of Resources• Conservation and sustainable management of natural
and man-made resources and biodiversity (€30m)• Management of marine environments (€20.5m)
Environmental Technologies• Environmental technologies for…the natural and man-made
resources (€39m, incl. €5m for joint call with NMP)• Protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural
heritage, including human habitat (€9m)• Technology assessment, verification and testing (€7m)
Earth Observation (EO) and Assessment Tools for Sustainable Development
• EO systems and methods for the environment and sustainable development (€21m)
• Forecasting methods & assessment tools for sustainable development over different scales of observation (€12m)
Plus horizontal activities
Transport - Activity AreasF
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1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
Aeronauticsand air
transport
Surface transport
Galileo
Horizontal themes
Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities - Activity Areas
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1. Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society
2. Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective
3. Major trends in society and their implications
4. Europe in the world
5. The citizen in the European Union
6. Socio-economic and scientific indicators
7. Foresight activities
8. Strategic activities
10. Security
9. Space
8. SSH
7. Transport
6. Environment
5. Energy
4. NMP
3. ICT
2. FAB
1. Health
Space - ActivitiesF
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1. Health
2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
Space-based applications at the service of European Society
Space-based applications at the service of European Society
Strengthening of Space foundations- Research to support space science & exploration
- Research to support space transportation and key technologies
Strengthening of Space foundations- Research to support space science & exploration
- Research to support space transportation and key technologies
Horizontal actionsHorizontal actions
Security - Mission orientated R&DF
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2. FAB
3. ICT
4. NMP
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. SSH
9. Space
10. Security
1Security
of citizens
2Security
of infrastructures
and utilities
3 Intelligent
surveillance and
border security
4Restoring security
and safety in thecase
of crisis
5 Security systems integration, interconnectivity & interoperability
6 Security and Society
7 Security research co-ordinating and structuring
See also ESRAB report
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
HFPEmbedded Systems
ICT
ARTEMIS
Aeronauticsand Air Transport
CLEAN SKY
Innovative Medicines
IMI
New NanoelectronicsApproaches
ENIAC
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
GMES
Joint Technology Initiatives
FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operationCo-operation – Collaborative Research – Collaborative Research
European Research Council European Research Council
Marie Curie Actions Marie Curie Actions
CapacitiesCapacities – Research Capacity – Research Capacity
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Joint Research Centre (JRC)Joint Research Centre (JRC) EURATOMEURATOM
FP7 Specific ProgrammesF
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European Research Council
• New to FP7• Promote excellence through EU wide competition• Support PI and (if necessary) team-members (flexible & portable)• Investigator driven• Frontier Research
• = creating new knowledge and developing new understanding
• Independent scientific governance• Dedicated implementation structure• Starting Independent Research Grant – First Call• Advanced Investigator Grant – Second Call
European Research Council (ERC)A Quick Recap – Starting Grants
Call First call launched Dec 06, annual calls to 2013
1st Stage Deadline: 25 April 2007 (17:00 CET)
Call budget Around €300 million ~ 300 grants
Eligibility Between 2 and 9 years post PhD (some allowance for maternity and other reasons), any nationality but PI must be based in EU or Associated State (once awarded ERC grant), any legal entity (incl industry)
Project Size €100,000 to €400,000 per year up to 5 years
Evaluation Panels
Projects submitted to 20 panels split across Social Sciences and Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering
Evaluation Process
Two stage, strict page limits for each stage, reserve of 20% to promote interdisciplinarity
Evaluation Criteria
Potential of the Principal Investigator, Quality of the research project and the research environment
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Lessons learned
• Often applicants did not fully understand ERC concepts (frontier research, ‘individual team’)
• Applicants often not ambitious enough
• Often applicants did not explain why the research is important or what the impacts would be
• Many applications resembled job description written by a supervisor rather than showing the PI’s ideas
• Many people already fairly experienced (i.e. having UK fellowships)
• Applicants should aim their proposal at generalist reviewers (panel members) in Stage 1
• Although the top ranked proposals were outstanding, many average ones were also submittedF
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A Quick Recap – Advanced GrantsF
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Gra
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Eligibility• leading advanced investigators across EU and Associated Countries• targeting researchers already established as independent research leaders in their own right
Research Areas• ‘bottom up’ approach - any research area (except Fission & Fusion)
Implementation
ERC Budget• Funding of €7.51 billion (2007-13) • ~ 2/3 Annual ERC Budget for AdG• ~1/3 Annual ERC Budget for StG• Spending profile increases 2007-13
ERC-2008-AdG • Call budget ~€517 million• Hope to fund ~300 Proposals?
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Funding Levels & Duration of Grant
NormallyUp to €2.5 million over 5 years EC contribution (or pro-rata for shorter projects)
Can be higher, but only if:
• Co-Investigator Project (which MUST be inter- or multi-disciplinary) or
• The PI is coming from outside the EU/AC (‘third country’) to establish a research team at a host institution in an EU MS/AC or
• Proposal requires the purchase of major research equipment
In these cases: up to €3.5 million over 5 years EC contribution (or pro-rata)
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AdG Evaluation Criteria
Principal Investigator (and Co-I if applicable)• Quality of research output/track record• Intellectual capacity and creativity
Research Project• Ground breaking nature of the research• Potential impact• Methodology• High gain/high risk balance
Research environment (only at step 2)• Contribution of the research environment• Participation of other legal entities
Each evaluation criterion (Heading 1 and 2) will be marked on a scale of 1 to 4:4 = Outstanding, 3 = Excellent, 2=Very Good, 1=Non-fundable
• A quality threshold of ≥2 will be applied to these criteria.• Proposals ranked on basis of marks received and an overall appreciation of their strengths and weaknesses
1-4
Pass/Fail
1-4
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The proposalF
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Proposal Structure• Proposals must contain
• CV and 10 year track record and scientific leadership profile• Full proposal and extended synopsis
Proposal Evaluation• 1-stage submission but 2-step evaluation
• Ist Step: Evaluation of CV (with specific emphasis on track record/leadership profile) & “extended synopsis”• 2nd Step: Evaluation of full proposal
The proposalF
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• Senior author publications in major peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary scientific journals and/or leading peer-reviewed journals of their respective research fieldsAnd if applicable• Monographs and any translations of monographs (if applicable)• Granted patents• Invited presentations into peer-reviewed, internationally established conferences and/or international advanced schools• Expeditions that the applicant has lead• International conferences in the field of the applicant that have been organised by PI (member of the steering and/or organising committee)• International Prizes/Awards/Academy Memberships
The proposalF
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Possible indicators of “leadership profile”• Content and impact of the major scientific or scholarly contributions of the applicant to his/her own research field and/or neighbouring research fields and, if applicable, the wider societal impact• The international recognition and diffusion that these major contributions have received from others (publications or appropriate equivalents /additional funding/ students /international prizes and awards /institution building /other)• Ability to productively change research fields and/or establish new interdisciplinary approaches
Further Information
ERC – UK Helpdesk Links• UK ERC NCP Website
www.ukro.ac.uk/erc • UK ERC NCP Helpdesk
[email protected] or 0032 2289 6121• UK ERC NCP Newsletter
http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events_ukro/events_alerts.htm
ERC – EU links• EU ERC Website
http://erc.europa.eu• EU ERC Newsletter
http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=reg.edit#01 • ERC Europa Helpdesk
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?lg=en&pg=enquiries
UKRO Information Services http://ims.ukro.ac.uk
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operationCo-operation – Collaborative Research – Collaborative Research
European Research Council European Research Council
Marie Curie Actions Marie Curie Actions
CapacitiesCapacities – Research Capacity – Research Capacity
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Joint Research Centre (JRC)Joint Research Centre (JRC) EURATOMEURATOM
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Objectives and Policy Context:
• Make Europe more attractive to researchers
• Strengthen human potential by:
• Encouraging people to become researchers• Encouraging researchers to carry out their research in Europe
• Trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility
Marie Curie Actions
FP7 Specific Programmes
Overview of Marie Curie ActionsP
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Host Actions Individual Actions
Initial Training Networks
Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways
NEW - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Intra- European Fellowships
International Incoming Fellowships
International Outgoing Fellowships
European Reintegration Grants
International Reintegration Grants
Also funded: Researcher’s Night, CO-FUND
Initial Training Network StructureF
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• At least 3 EU Member or Associated States (of which 2 must be MS or Candidate Countries)
• Single or twin sites if international context is strong
• Joint Training Programme including complementary skills
• Fellowships for 3 months to 3 years
• Industrial participation
• Coherent quality standards & mutual recognition of training/ diplomas
• Optional: - recruiting a ‘visiting scientist’ - hold short training events (incl. researchers outside
network)
Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Initial Training Networks
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
Structure• EU Member or Associated State National, or Third Country
national if in EU for at least 4 of the last 5 yrs
• 12 – 24 months
• support researchers in attaining and/or strengthening a leading independent position
• Also for those resuming a career in research
• REMEMBER it’s about• Skills diversification
• Attaining or strengthening professional independence
Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (IEF)F
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Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Marie Curie Networks (MCN)
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
European Re-integration Grant (ERG)F
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• (Re)-integration into research career (following trans-national mobility)
• Must have already had Marie Curie fellowship(funded under FP6/7)
• The European Re-integration Grant:• supports a research project of 2- 3 years• research costs but not researchers’ salary• researcher applies with host institution
Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Marie Curie Networks (MCN)
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
Industry–Academia Pathways and Partnerships
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• A minimum of two participants (from 2 different Member or Associated States, of which 1 must be a Member State or an Associated Candidate Country)
• Fellowships of 2 months – 2 years • Staff exchange
(early stage / experienced researchers, and technical staff)• Recruited staff must be experienced researchers• Can organise common workshops/conferences• Inter-sectoral mobility possible
(within framework of whole project, in same country up to a maximum of 30% of total researcher months)
Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Marie Curie Networks (MCN)
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)
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(of which 12 – 24 months in third country followed by a mandatory reintegration phase in European host
institutions)
• Individual applies with host• Contract between EU host institution & Commission
(for duration of fellowship)
Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Marie Curie Networks (MCN)
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)
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• Third Country nationals only• Incoming phase
(and possible reintegration phase for nationals from developing countries and emerging economies)
• 12 - 24 months [6 – 12 months for possible reintegration/return phase - typically half duration of incoming phase)
• Individual applies with host• Contract
- between EU host institution & Commission-incoming phase- between third country host & Commission- reintegration/return
Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Marie Curie Networks (MCN)
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
International Re-integration Grants (IRG)
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• Integration into research career in Europe (after period of trans-national mobility outside EU >3yrs
• Contribute to development of lasting co-operation (with scientists from country which they have returned)
• The International Re-integration Grants• Support a research project of 2- 4 years• Contributes to the research costs but not researchers’ salary• Researcher applies with host institution• Host commits to researcher for at least 3 years
Initial Training Lifelong Training Industry-Academia International Specific Actions
Marie Curie Networks (MCN)
Individual f/ship Industry academia pathways and partnerships
Outgoing int. Research careers
European re-int. Incoming int. Public awareness
Co-financing Int. re-int. Excellence awds
What is IRSES?
• Two-way staff secondments between institutions in EU/AC and eligible third countries
• At least two participants from two different MS/AC and one partner from an eligible third country
• Secondment between 0 – 12 months• Project duration of 24 – 48 months• Commission contribution: EUR
1800/researcher/month for EU/AC secondments
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Who can participate in IRSES?
• Eligible staff include researchers, technical and management staff
• Eligible countries: EU Member States and Associated Countries
• Countries in the European Neighbourhood Policy: Armenia, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestinian-administered areas, Syrian Arab Rep., Tunisia, Ukraine
• Countries that have an S&T agreement with the EU: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operationCo-operation – Collaborative Research – Collaborative Research
European Research Council European Research Council
Marie Curie Actions Marie Curie Actions
CapacitiesCapacities – Research Capacity – Research Capacity
Fra
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Joint Research Centre (JRC)Joint Research Centre (JRC) EURATOMEURATOM
ActivitiesF
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Capacities – Research Capacity (€4 217 million)
1. Research infrastructures €1 715m
2. Research for the benefits of SMEs €1 336m
3. Regions of Knowledge € 126m
4. Research Potential € 340m
5. Science in Society € 330m
7. Coherent dev. of research policies € 70m
6. International co-operation € 180m
Co-ordination of national programmes (incl. ERA-NET +)
Research Infrastructures
• Support to ‘new’ and ‘existing’ infrastructures
• Research infrastructures:• Major equipment or set of instruments• Knowledge-based resources such as archives• Enabling information and communication technology
based infrastructures• Any other entity of a unique nature used for research
• Clear European Added Value only including clear contribution to development EU research capacities
See ESFRI roadmap for ‘new infrastructures’FP
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Research for benefit of SMEs
• Objective is providing financial support to SMEs or SME associations to outsource RTD, with the view of acquiring IPR, preferably ownership, to the project results
• Strengthens innovation capacity of SMEs• Supports SMEs or SME associations in need of
outsourcing research to RTD performers (including universities and research centres)
• Support given through 3 calls:• Research for SMEs (only recently closed)• Research for SME associations• Coordination and support activities
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Regions of Knowledge
• Building on success of FP6 pilot scheme• Support the definition and implementation of
optimal policies and strategies for the development of R & D driven clusters
• Increased and more focused use of Structural Funds
• Open to all regions• Promote and strengthen co-operation between clusters• Contribute to strengthening existing clusters and
creating new ones
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Research Potential
• The objective is to unlock and develop existing research potential in the convergence and outermost regions of the European Union
• There are 3 main activities:• 4.1: Unlocking and developing the research
potential in the EU’s convergence and outermost regions;
• 4.2: Providing evaluation facilities for research organisations in the EU’s convergence and outermost regions;
• 4.3: International cooperation.
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Science in Society
• Support creation of social and cultural environment that allows successful and exploitable research to be carried out
• 1st Action Line: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
• 2nd Action Line: Strengthening potential broadening horizons
• 3rd Action Line: Science and Society Communicate
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Evaluator comments: S&T Quality
“Lacks relevance to programme objectives”“Scope of the proposed research is rather narrow”“Proposal lacks focus”
“The work described is not particularly novel”“Proposal is too broad”“Given the extent of previous work and patenting in this area, doubts were raised as to whether a novel product could be developed”
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Evaluator comments: Implementation
“Role of the Co-ordinator is unclear”
“Interaction between work packages is not clearly demonstrated”
“the standard and experience of partners is variable”
“the management structure is not sufficiently worked out to guarantee the success of this project”“unclear how partners will exchange information”
“the role of partner X is unclear”
“the costs are not linked to activities and not well balanced”
“no formal planning of assessment of milestones”
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Comments on Impact
“Exploitation and dissemination plans are not specific to the project”
“the exploitation plan could be better developed”
“the European added value of the consortium is limited”
“there is no indication of publication plans”“Does not explicitly describe the importance of solving the problem in a European context”
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