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RESEARCH GRANTS & CONTRACTS OFFICE
School of Art Research Day - Horizon 2020
5th February 2014
Juan Vidal
SUMMARY
Research Grants and Contracts Office Overview of Horizon 2020 European Research Council Marie Sklodowska-Curie Societal Challenges Opportunities for Social Sciences and
Humanities in Horizon 2020 Where to find more information on Horizon
2020 And finally... some non-research EU funding
schemes that you might want to consider
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS OFFICE
Research Grants and Contracts Office: Provides information on funding Assists in the preparation of applications Advises on contracts Undertakes project accounting and financial
reporting Provides management information for research Promotes research within the College Provides financial and contractual administration
of consultancy projects
WHO TO CONTACT IN RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS OFFICE
Applications Accounting
School of Art’s non-EU research grants
George Eyre Rassi Pelpola
School of Art’s EU research grants
Juan Vidal Marion Barthram
Consultancy Claire Bensusan Marion Barthram
WHAT IS HORIZON 2020
The European Union’s funding instrument for research and innovation from 2014-2020
Budget of €70.2 billion From research to innovation – from basic
research to bringing ideas to the market Focus on societal challenges that the EU member
states are facing (e.g. health, clean energy, food security, integrated transport)
HORIZON 2020 STRUCTURE
Excellent ScienceEuropean Research
Council (ERC)
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Research Infrastructures
Industrial Leadership
Leadership in Enabling and
Industrial Technologies (LEIT) -
ICT, KETs, Space
Access to Risk Finance
Innovation in SMEs
Societal Challenges
Health and Wellbeing
Food security
Transport
Energy
Climate action
Societies
Security
Widening Participation; Science with and for Society
EXCELLENT SCIENCE
Total budget €21.6 billion Overall objective: “to strengthen the
excellence of European research” Mostly operates on a “bottom-up” basis Four funding programmes
European Research Council Future Emerging Technology
Funds collaborative frontier research Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Infrastructures
Funding mechanism for Europe-wide infrastructures to support research
INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
Main programme under this pillar funds collaborative top-down research Leadership in Enabling and Industrial
Technologies (LEIT) Risk Financing Innovation to SME’s
Focused on applied research and innovation activities
SOCIETAL CHALLENGESChallenge Objectives
Health Improve lifelong health and wellbeing
Food security Secure sufficient supplies of safe and high quality food and other bio-based products
Energy Transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system
Transport
Resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, safe, seamless, and performing transport system for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Climate and resources
Resource efficient and climate change resilient economy and a sustainable supply of raw materials
Societies Foster inclusive, innovative and secure European societies
ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 1
Starting Grants Consolidator Grants Advanced Grants Synergy Grants Proof of Concept Grants
ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 2
Starting Grant
ConsolidatorGrant
Advanced Grant
Deadline 2014 25 March 20 May 21 October
Budget 2014 (No. grants awarded)
€485 million (370)
€713 million (400)
€450 million (200)
Deadline 2015 3 February 12 March 2 June
Budget 2015(No. grants awarded)
€411 million (315)
€603 million(340)
€640 million(285)
Max Size of grant
€1.5 million + €0.5 million start-up
€2.0 million + €0.75 million start-up
€2.5 million + €1.0 million start-up
Summary of Main Grant Schemes
ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 3
Three research domains Indicative split between the domains
Physical Science & Engineering 44% Life Sciences 39% Social Sciences & Humanities 17%
SH1 Markets, Individuals and Institutions - Economics, finance and management
SH2 The Social World, Diversity and Common Ground – Sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, science and technology studies.
SH 3 Environment, Space and Population – Sustainability science, demography, geography, regional studies and planning
ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 4 SH4 The Human Mind and its Complexity – Cognitive
science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind, education
SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production – Literature, philology, cultural studies, arts, philosophy
SH 6 The Study of Human Past – Archaeology and histroy
Open to any nationality Funding for best “frontier research” –
research excellence the only criteria Lead by a single PI, supported by a research
team
ERC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 1
Starting GrantSpecific eligibility criteria: Principal Investigator shall have been
awarded his/her first PhD ≥ 2 and ≤ 7 years prior to the publication date of the call for
proposals of the ERC Starting Grant (for 2014 the publication date is 11th December 2013)
ERC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 2
Consolidator GrantSpecific eligibility criteria: Principal Investigator shall have been
awarded his/her first PhD > 7 and ≤ 12 years prior to the publication date of the call for
proposals of the ERC Consolidator Grant (for 2014 the publication date is 11th December 2013)
ERC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 3
Advanced Grant No specific eligibility criteria instead look at
10 year track record. Benchmark (meet at least one of the criteria)
10 publications as senior author in major international peer-reviewed journals/peer-reviewed conference proceedings
3 major monographs, of which one is translated into another language
Plus – 10 invited presentations at major conferences or advanced schools; organised 3 well-establish conferences/congresses; major artistic prizes/awards; membership of Academies;
ERC BUDGETS 1
Eligible costs: Principal Investigator’s salary costs Cost of senior “researchers” at the College or
at other institutions Post-doctoral researchers and other research
staff (such as technicians) PhD student stipends Direct costs such as equipment,
consumables, travel and subsistence, payments to participants, field work costs, and open access publication charges
ERC BUDGETS 2
Will fund 100% of direct costs + 25% indirect costs, except for sub-contracts (typically audit fees) which are only funded at 100% of direct costs i.e.
PI 50,000
PDRA 250,000
Equipment 700,000
Sub-contract (Audit Fees)
5,000
Sub-total 1,005,000
Indirect 250,000
TOTAL ERC Contribution 1,255,000
HOW TO PREPARE AN ERC BID 1
Proposals are submitted via the Research and Innovation Participants Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/
Same portal is used to identify opportunities, and manage awarded grants
The bid consists of two main sections – Part A and the Part B.
The Part A will consist of a title page with summary, contact information for the PI and the College, and a summary budget
HOW TO PREPARE AN ERC BID 2
Part B split into multiple sections Cover page
Includes 2000 word summary & if cross-disciplinary, 1000 word justification of the cross-disciplinary nature
Part B1 consists of: Extended synopsis: 5 pages – show how
proposed research is ground breaking CV: 2 pages Funding ID: - list of on-going grants & grant
applications Achievement track record: 2 pages
HOW TO PREPARE AN ERC BID 3
Part B2 Detailed scientific proposal: 15 pages
State of the art objectives Methodology Resources required (including breakdown &
justification of costs) Template for starting grant available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/call_ptef/pt/h2020-call-pt-erc-stg_en.pdf
Template for consolidator grants available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/call_ptef/pt/h2020-call-pt-erc-cog_en.pdf
EVALUATION
Two-stage evaluation Stage 1 evaluate the extended synopsis and
CV Stage 2 evaluate the full proposal Evaluate both research & PI
Ground breaking nature research Scientific approach Intellectual capacity and creativity Commitment to spending at least 50% on the
project and at least 50% in EU Member state or Associated Country
SCHEMES UNDER MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE
Research and Staff Exchange (RISE) Individual Fellowships (IF) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) Co-funding of regional, national and
international programmes (COFUND)
Deadlines• RISE 24th April• ITN 9th April• IF will be published 12th March for 11th
September deadline
SUMMARY OF RISE
Funds two-way exchanges of staff between academic and non-academic institutions
Promotes knowledge exchange, networking and workshops
Total budget of €70 million Flat rate funding
Top funding for personnel €2,000/person month Institution gets €1,000/person month for
research, training and network costs, and €700/person month for management & indirect costs
30 page proposal – no details available yet on format of proposal
INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS 1
About the career development of “experienced” researchers (defined as 5+ years research experience from their degree)
Two types of fellowship: European Fellowships – held in EU Member state
or associate county, 12 – 24 months in duration Global Fellowships – secondment to third country
of 12 – 24 months with mandatory 12 month return to EU Member state
INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS
€240.5 million for 2014, of which €29 million for global fellowships
Flat rate budget
* Adjusted by country coefficient, so will get €5,593.95/month in UK
Monthly living allowance
Monthly Mobility Allowance
Monthly FamilyAllowance
€4,650* €600 €500
Research, Training and Network Costs
Management and Indirect costs
€800 €650
FORMAT OF IF
Part A General information about the proposal Data on participating organisations Budget (in terms of requested researcher
months) Ethics table Information on partner organisations
Part B CV of the Experienced researcher Description of the research
infrastructure/capacity of the organisation Description of any research partners Max 10 pages excluding CV & annexes
INNOVATIVE TRAINING NETWORKS
Three types of ITN: European Training Networks (ETN) European Industrial Networks (EIN) European Joint Doctorates (EJD)
Total budget for this call €405.18 million, with €25.5 million allocated to EIN and €30 million allocated to EJD
All ITN require the mobility of the Early Career Researchers
Projects run for 48 months, and Early Career Researchers are recruited for between 3 and 36 months
ETN
ETN: Minimum of 3 beneficiaries in at least 3 different
EU Member States or Associated Countries Typically 6 – 10 participants, must involve non-
academic participants May apply for maximum of 540 researcher
months per network Researchers will typically be enrolled on a PhD
EIN
EIN: Minimum of 2 participants, 1 academic and 1
non-academic, located in different EU Member States or Associated Countries
Maximum of 540 researcher months for Networks with more than two participants, otherwise maximum 180 researcher months
Researchers must spend 50% of their time at the non-academic participant, plus up to 30% at other beneficiaries
Must be enrolled for a PhD
EJD
EJD: Minimum of 3 academic participants from 3
different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Above this minimum may include participants from any sector
May apply for maximum of 540 researcher months per network
As a minimum researchers must be enrolled for a Joint Doctorate
The network must provide Joint/Double or Multiple Doctoral Degrees
BUDGET UNDER ITN
Flat rate budget
Monthly living allowance
Monthly Mobility Allowance
Monthly FamilyAllowance
€3,110* €600 €500
* Adjusted by country coefficient, so will get €3,741.33/month in UK
Research, Training and Network Costs
Management and Indirect costs
€1,800 €1,200
FORMAT OF ITN 1
Part A General information about the proposal Data on participating organisations Budget (in terms of requested researcher
months) Ethics table Information on partner organisations
FORMAT OF ITN 2
Part B List of Participants 1. Summary 2. Excellence 3. Impact 4. Implementation Gantt chart 5. Capabilities of the participating organisations 6. Ethical aspects Letters of commitment
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-itn-2014/1590152-itn_2014_-_guide_for_applicants_1.2_en.pdf
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
Collaborative projects requiring consortia, typically require at least 3 organisations from three different EU member states or Associated Countries
University funded at 100% of direct costs + 25% indirect costs (except for sub-contracts)
SELECTED CALLS UNDER SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
Reflective Societies: Cultural Heritage and European Identities Innovative ecosystems of digital cultural assets
21/4/14 Social platform on reflective societies 3/6/14 Emergence and transmission of European cultural
heritage and Europenisation 1/7/14 European cohesion, regional and urban policies and
the perceptions of Europe 1/7/14 Cultural heritage of war in contemporary Europe
1/7/14 Cultural opposition in the former socialist countries
1/7/14 Advanced 3D modelling for accessing and
understanding European cultural assets 30/9/14
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN HORIZON 2020
Some concern that there are less opportunities for social sciences and humanities that under FP7
Net4society – a network of National Contact Points for Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities have prepared advice on social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020: http://www.net4society.eu/ http://www.net4society.eu/_
media/NET4SOCIETY_Opportunities_SSHresearchers_2014_2015_final.pdf
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION
UKRO web-site: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/Pages/UKRO.aspx
UKRO subscriber services (regular e-mails on which EU funding call have been published and UKRO training sessions for ERC/Marie Sklodowska-Curie events)
RGCO web-site: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/rgco/otherservices/events.shtml
Funding Opportunities section of the Research & Innovation Participants Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html
OTHER SCHEMES TO CONSIDER
These schemes are not supported by RGCO as they are primarily for teaching and learning: Erasmus+ - fund visits/teaching activities at
partner institutions in EU: http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/, http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/
Jean Monet – fund various programmes to support European Union studies: http://ec.europa.eu/education/opportunities/jean-monnet/teaching-research_en.htm
Culture programme – new programme expected to be agreed in 2014