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Patrick BresslerHead of Unit

Physical and Engineering Sciencesat the European Science Foundation

“NuPECC meeting” Munich, June 22/23, 2007

FP7 and theEuropean Research Area

« heard anything !?" 

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European science landscape

Research Research InstitutesInstitutes

AcademiesAcademies

NationalNationalFunding Funding

OrganisationsOrganisations

ALLEAALLEA

EURO-EURO-HORCsHORCs

PrivatePrivateFoundationsFoundations

EMBOEMBO

CERNCERN

ESOESO

ESAESA

UniversitiesEUA

EC – FPEC – FP

ERCERC

EURABEURAB

EuroscienceEuroscience

COSTCOST

HFSPHFSP

European AssociationsEuropean Associations

ISEISE Academia EuropaeaAcademia Europaea

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Basic Research Funding in Europe

ECFrameworkProgram 7

ERCERC

NationalNationalFunding Funding

OrganisationsOrganisations““top – down“, variable geometriestop – down“, variable geometriesEuropean competitiveness, employment,European competitiveness, employment,innovation & new technologiesinnovation & new technologies

economic growtheconomic growth

Open competitionOpen competitionScientific excellenceScientific excellence

““bottom-up“bottom-up“Scientific excellenceScientific excellence

National National

FP 7:FP 7:1 G€/a1 G€/a

Total ~ 54 G€/7aTotal ~ 54 G€/7a> 100 G€/a> 100 G€/a

~ 41 M€/a~ 41 M€/a

““bottom –up“ bottom –up“ individual grantsindividual grants

ERANETs ± foresightforesight““bottom – upbottom – up””

networkingnetworkingmultinationalmultinational

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• 75 Member Organisations in 30 countries, beyond the European Union

• Research funding organisations

• Research performing organisations

• Academies

What is ESF:

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About ESF:

ESF provides a common platform forour Member Organisations (MOs) inorder to:

• advance European research• explore new directions for research

at the European level

Through its activities, ESF serves theneeds of the European researchcommunity in a global context.

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Current Organisation

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Strategic Plan - Pillars

• Science Strategy

• Science Synergy

• Science Management

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Science Strategy

Foresight and Policy Briefs• Forward Looks• INIF• Member Organisations Fora• Policy Briefing Reports• Exploratory Workshops

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Forward Look

Series of workshops with foresighting character.

The state-of-the-art in +10 years and what actions should be taken

Expert recommendations with an endorsement by the ESF Governing Coiuncil

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Science Synergy

Cooperation platform forMOs & scientists• ESF Research Networking

Programmes (e.g., NES)

• ESF Research Conferences• EUROCORES - European

Collaborative Research

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Networking &Networking &Dissemination fundingDissemination funding

Research & Research & inter-CRP inter-CRP

fundingfunding

FundingAgency A

FundingAgency B

FundingAgency C

EUROCORES Programme funding

Collaborative Research Project

CRP 1

Individual Project

IP-1

…………Collaborative

Research ProjectCRP 2

Individual Project

IP-2

Individual Project

IP-3Associate

PartnerAP-1

More IPs

More APs

Selffunded

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Science Management close up:

• ESF Expert Boards (Marine, Polar)MO representatives and policy makers, coordination joint-planning, Policy briefings,ESF office and administration

• ESF Expert Committees (ESSC, NuPECC, CRAF)Independent scientists, scientific advice, roadmap and foresight exercises,ESF office and administration

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About ESFWhat’s new

• ESF Tool kit (EUROCORES)• EURYI - European Young

Investigator Awards ending• European CO-operation in the

Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) renewed

• EuroBioFund• Expert Committees• Independent surveys

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Fundamental research in the

European Research Area?!Real Part

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Definitions

• European Research Area, • Framework Programme 7 • European Research Council• European Strategic Forum for Research

Infrastructures (ESFRI)• European Science Foundation• How to do research?

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What is the European Research Area?

“In 2000, the EU decided to create the European Research Area (ERA) to:

• enable researchers to benefit from world-class infrastructures and work with excellent networks of research institutions;

• share, teach, value and use knowledge effectively for social, business and policy purposes;

• optimize and open European, national and regional research programmes in order to support the best research throughout Europe and coordinate these programmes to address major challenges together;

• enable Europe to contribute to global development and take a leading role in international initiatives to solve global issues.”

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What is the European Research Area?

Goals:• To enhance research careers in Europe,

incite industry to invest more in European research – contributing to the creation of sustainable growth and jobs in the EU.

• To become a central pillar of the EU

'Lisbon Strategy' for growth and jobs.

Green paper: (http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/consultation-era_en.html#greenpaper)

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Framework Programme 7

FP 7 (2007 – 2013) to implement ERA

• make Europe the knowledge-based "most dynamic competitive economy in the world"…(Lisbon goals, 3% GDP etc).

• to bundle all research-related EU initiatives in reaching the goals of growth, competitiveness and employment; along with a new Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), Education and Training programmes, and Structural and Cohesion Funds for regional convergence and competitiveness…

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Frame work Programme 7

FP7 2007 –2013 | Specific Programmes

Cooperation – Collaborative research 32.4 G€

Ideas – Frontier Research 7.5 G€

People – Marie Curie Actions 4.8 G€

Capacities – Research Capacity 4.1 G€

+JRC non-nuclear research

Euratom direct actions – JRC nuclear research

Euratom indirect actions – nuclear fusion and fission research

(RI: 1.7 G€)

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Framework Programme 7

Thematic CooperationThematic Cooperation

Collaborative research projects(Collaborative projects; Networks of Excellence; Coordination/support actions)

Collaborative research projects(Collaborative projects; Networks of Excellence; Coordination/support actions)

International CooperationInternational Cooperation

Coordination of non-Community research programmes(ERA-NET; ERA-NET+; Article 169)

Coordination of non-Community research programmes(ERA-NET; ERA-NET+; Article 169)

Joint Technology Initiatives (Article 171)Joint Technology Initiatives (Article 171)

Support will be implemented across all themes through:

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ERANETs, ERANETs +

Coordination of national activities Networking of national or regional programmes (ERA-NET, ERANET+)For Programme Managers; Open calls for proposals starting 2007;

Coordination at European levelCoordination and cooperation between Framework Programmeand COST, EUREKA and other programmatic and international organisations (CERN, ESA, ESO, EMBL, ESRF, ILL etc.)

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European Research Council

– Reward the best researchers – Researchers gain high European and

international visibility– Keep (young) researchers in

Europe– Favour “brain gain” and “reverse

brain drain”– Competition improves quality of

research & allows benchmarking– High quality frontier research will

stimulate early-stage industrial investment & boost European share in IP and start-ups

Objectives:

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European Research Council

– Two streams of activity are foreseen:• ERC Starting Independent

Researcher Grant scheme (ERC Starting Grant)– Call for proposals to be published in early

2007

• ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant scheme (ERC Advanced Grant)– Call for proposals at a later stage in 2007

Two Funding Streams:

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European Research Council

Initial structurefor ERC development

Scientific Council

Directorate SImplementation

of the Ideas programme

European CommissionDG Research

ERC political negotiation

• S1: Strategic mattersand relations with the ScC

• S2: Management

• S3: Logistical support

• S4: Administration & finance

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European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)

• ESFRI - launched in April 2002. It brings together representatives of EU Member States and Associated States, appointed by Ministers in charge of Research, and one representative of the European Commission.

• The role of ESFRI is to support a coherent approach to policy-making on research infrastructures in Europe, and to act as an incubator for international negotiations about concrete initiatives.

ESFRI – Roadmap of research infrastructures (EUROHORCS/EC)

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Basic Research Funding in Europe

ECFrameworkProgram 7

ERCERC

NationalNationalFunding Funding

OrganisationsOrganisations““top – down“, variable geometriestop – down“, variable geometriesEuropean competitiveness, employment,European competitiveness, employment,innovation & new technologiesinnovation & new technologies

economic growtheconomic growth

Open competitionOpen competitionScientific excellenceScientific excellence

““bottom-up“bottom-up“Scientific excellenceScientific excellence

National National

FP 7:FP 7:1 G€/a1 G€/a

Total ~ 54 G€/7aTotal ~ 54 G€/7a> 100 G€/a> 100 G€/a

~ 41 M€/a~ 41 M€/a

““bottom –up“ bottom –up“ individual grantsindividual grants

ERANETs ± foresightforesight““bottom – upbottom – up””

networkingnetworkingmultinationalmultinational

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PESC cooperationExamples

• EMRS/ESF ”materials”, clean solar fuels• CERC3/ERANET Chemistry cooperation• ESF conference ”Research Integrity”, • CECAM/ECT*

• Interdisciplinary new initiative: workshop ”Synergy of new national light sources”,FELs & ERLs (user communities for IRUVX): FLASH, 4GLS, Fermi@ELETTRA, Arc-en-ciel, BESSY-FEL, MAXlab IV, SLS

Output: ”Science Policy Briefing” (science, education, societal value) and ESF-Forward Looks, other projects (FP7)

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PESC cooperation

options:

• ”ERANETs” ‹―› EUROCORES

• INIF: ~ ”synergy of national nuclear physics facilities”