Gergely Bohm
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Practices of national and institutional support:
Hungary – a success story
Gergely Böhm, ERC NCP
Head of Department of International Relations,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Among EU13 countries Hungarian researchers are successful in ERC
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• 36% of all grants retained by EU13 countries
were retained by Hungarian HIs.
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What would macro indicators suggest? - GERD average 2005-2014 and 2014
• GERD strongly correlates with the number of
ERC grants
• the distance above the trendline is second
highest in case of Hungary
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The innovation index? – even less Researcher citation index? – maybe, but not really
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• Hungary is in one group with CZ and SI
regarding citation impact, but EE is far ahead
• in terms of innovation capacity
SI, EE and CZ are all more advanced
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Macro indicators give fairly good explanation to average FP7 and H2020 performance, but in case of Hungary do not explain ERC results
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Share of funding retained in FP7 and H2020 per
10 million people
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There are other reasons for the good performance in ERC grants
Culture of Science
• rich tradition in science
• fairly good science education, a few outstanding secondary schools
• culture of individual excellence vs. teamwork or strong institutional background
Outstanding science schools in certain areas
• in an often mediocre environment there are „centres of excellence” with top results and top international ranking (ie.: mathematics, neuroscience, cognitive science, biology, physics) mainly: part of the research network of MTA and the Central European University
Institutional / Policy Support
• Lendület (Momentum) grant scheme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• support mechanisms (grants) funded by the National Office of Research Development and Innovation
• NCP services organised by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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The role of centres of excellence: critical mass of outstanding researchers
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MTA Institutes MTA University Groups CEU other
Number of ERC grants won by PIs in the MTA
research network and CEU and others (2007-2016)
Host Institution No. of ERC
grants MTA Institutes 23 Central European University 12 Eötvös Loránd University 7 University of Szeged 5
Budapest University of Technology and
Economics 4 Semmelweis University 2 Drugmotif Kft. 1 Mediamass Kft. 1 Óbuda University 1 University of Pécs 1 Σ 57
43 out of 57 PIs affiliated to MTA and CEU!
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ERC grant distribution in MTA Research Institutes: excellence attracts excellence
Multidisciplinary research centres
NATURAL SCIENCES Budapest
SOCIAL SCIENCES Budapest
HUMANITIES AND ARTS Budapest
ECOLOGY Tihany
AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES Budapest
ECONOMY AND
REGIONAL STUDIES Budapest
ASTRONOMY AND EARTH
SCIENCE Budapest, Sopron
„WIGNER” PHYSICS Budapest
ENERGY SCIENCE Budapest
Independent research institutes
NEUROSCIENCE Budapest
NUCLEAR RESEARCH Debrecen
BIOLOGY Szeged
LINGUISTICS Budapest
MATHEMATICS Budapest
INFORMATICS Budapest
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Momentum grants - stepping stone to ERC
• grant scheme launched by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2009 to reverse brain drain
• very similar to ERC (5 year grant for young PIs to establish their own research groups, based on
excellence, very competitive)
• 2009-2015 quickly growing budget,
now ~ 12 million euros, over 100 Pis
• very competitive, based on excellence, success rate: ~10%
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ERC grants won by Momentum grantees (2007-2016)
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National ERC funding schemes (National Research Development and Innovation Office)
ERC Visiting Fellowship mobility grants
(ERC_MOBIL)
• since 2016, continuous
• 3-4 months fellowship for scientists with great
potential to win an ERC grant to visit an ERC
lab
• national funding in co-operation with ERC
• Expected results: experience in preparing the
grant application, improvement in professional
and leadership skills, improvement in the CV
(joint work, publications, etc.)
18+12 months financing for excellent but not
funded ERC applicants (ERC_HU)
• since 2015, continuous
• for applicants with step 2 evaluation of A and B
• 45 million HUF ~ 150.000€ for 18 months
can be extended once with 12 months with
another step 2 evaluation record
• no peer-review with „A” evaluation, ranking with
those with „B” evaluation
• provided on the condition that the grantee will
submit an ERC proposal during the funding
period.
• yearly budget for max. 10 grantees
• 2015-2016 results: 8 grants, 150.000€ each
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ERC National Contact Point: support services for applicants and grantees
• ERC NCP services are provided
by the Secretariat of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 3 strong team within the Department of International Relations
• dedicated website for ERC applicants: mta.hu/mta_erc
(useful informations, news, FAQ, etc.)
functional email address only for ERC applicants: [email protected]
• info-days, trainings, workshops,
also in-house events for research institutes
• personal support for applicants and host institutions
(eligibility, proposal, grant agreement, reporting)
• funding for participation at trainings
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Thank you for your attention
Gergely Böhm
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