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Journée d’information 7e PCRD21 Septembre 2006 - Grenoble
Brigitte Sambain, Jean-Emmanuel Faure European Commission, DG Research
Research Infrastructures: Towards FP7
“Capacities” Specific Programme
1. Research Infrastructures
2. Research for the benefit of SMEs
3. Regions of Knowledge
4. Research Potential
5. Science in Society
6. Activities of International Cooperation
Science in Society
7%
INCO5%
Research Infrastructures
44%
SMEs32%
Research Potential
9%
Regions of Knowledge
3%
SP Capacities budget
100
0
50
150
200
300
LIP (FP2)
HCM (FP3)
TMR (FP4)
IHP (FP5)
FP6
New InfrastructuresIntegrated InitiativesNetworks / CARTD ProjectsAccess
eRI
eRI
FP7
eRI
Increased yearly budget over FPs
+ 40%
A definition for Research Infrastructures
• Term refers to “facilities”, “resources” and related “services” that are needed by the research community to conduct research in all scientific and technological fields
• Definition covers: major equipments, knowledge based resources (collections, archives,…), enabling ICT-based infrastructures (Géant, Grids,…) and any other entity of a unique nature used for research
Research Infrastructures are at the core of the knowledge Triangle
ResearchResearch EducationEducation
InnovationInnovation
Researchinfrastructures
Objectives of the Research Infrastructures actions
§ Optimising the use and development of the best research infrastructures existing in Europe
§ Helping to create in all fields of S & T new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the European scientific community
FP7 will continue supporting the integration of existing RIs
• Integrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field
• Development of e-infrastructures in support of scientific research
Implementation through:
• Bottom-up calls for proposals open to all fields of science
• Targeted calls implemented in cooperation with thematic areas
The I3 model under FP7
• The three types of activities will be compulsory
• At least three independent legal entities established in three different Member States or Associated States. At least one of these legal entities must operate a research infrastructure
• Operators of research infrastructures, universities and other public research organisations as well as industry, for example equipment manufacturers
FP7 will also increase support to new research infrastructures
• Design studies: to support feasibility studies and technical preparatory work for new research infrastructures of clear European dimension and interest (through bottom-up calls)
• Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing ones
The list of projects to be supported will be based on the work conducted by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
What is ESFRI?
• A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
• Launched in April 02
• Brings together representatives of the 25 Member States,7 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)
ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forumon Research Infrastructures
ESFRI’sESFRI’s role and ambitionsrole and ambitions
• To jointly reflect on the development of policies for pan-European Research Infrastructures
• To prepare a European Roadmap (with regular updates as different areas mature)
• To act as an incubator for concrete RI projects with pan-European interest… but it is not a decision making body
ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forumon Research Infrastructures
Objectives of the ESFRI Roadmap(scheduled for October 2006)
• Identification of new research infrastructures or major upgrades which correspond to the needs of European research communities
• Tool for decision makers, preventing over-provision of facilities in particular areas
• Providing a focus for long term budgetary planning by funding actors
• Criteria for entering the roadmap: scientific and concept case (maturity)
ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forumon Research Infrastructures
ESFRI
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Biological and Medical Sciences
Social Sciences and Humanities
Structuration of the ESFRI work
eIRG
Soft X-Ray Free-Electron Laser
European Cultural Heritage
Clinical and Translational research
EIROs
A two-stage process:
• The preparatory phase- restricted calls targeting projects identified on
the ESFRI Roadmap, in a first stepF to support the finalisation of the construction plans, of the legal organisation and of the management aspects
Construction of new Research Infrastructures under FP7
• The implementation phase- developed following the satisfactory
achievement of the preparatory phase
The challenge: increased use of financial engineering for new
research infrastructures
Inclusion in Specific RTD
Programme(s)
Inclusion in FEDER
RELEX strategicplans
Stakeholdersincl. EIROs
Member states European Commission
Inclusion in national
Programmes
Projects
EIB
Research Infrastructures
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Design studies
New
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
ESFRIRoadmap
FP7 Accompanying measures
Support measures, through a mixed bottom-up / top down approach, for:
– the development of a European policy for RI – the development of international cooperation– the coordination of research infrastructures in
emerging areas
• A increased budget over FP7
• Targeted calls
• Trans-national Access only within IntegratingActivities
• Support to the construction or major upgrade of Research Infrastructures: A vision for the next 10-20 years
Novelties of the FP7 actions for Research infrastructures
The Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3) under FP6
I3 projects under FP6
• 516 M€ for I3 projects, out of 732 M€
• Objectives of I3 projects:
– Wider and more efficient access to and use of the research infrastructures exiting in the different Member States and Associated States
– Structure better and integrate, on a European scale, the way research infrastructures operate and foster their joint development in terms of capacity and performance
• DG RTD: 30 projects, 227 infrastructures supported
Networking Activities
• Co-operation between the participants in the project and the scientific communities benefiting from the research infrastructure
• Forms of activities:– Towards the users: training, studies, feedback,
coordination…– Towards good practice: exchange, exchange of
personnel and visits, standards and quality…– Towards virtual infrastructures: Web-site, common
softwares, databases, data management…– Technical workshops, forums, working groups and
studies…
Trans-national Access activities
• Provide trans-national access to researchers or research teams to one or more infrastructures among those operated by participants
• Managed by the contractors: Call for proposals
• Forms of access (managed by the contractors):– "Hands on" access– Remote access: electronic– Remote access: samples…
• More than 17000 « hands on » users and tensof thousands remote users
Joint Research Activities
• Explore new fundamental technologies or techniques underpinning the efficient and joint use of the participating research infrastructures -> To improve the services provided by the infrastructures (in quality and/or quantity)
• Forms of activities:– Prototype development and installation upgrade– Development of methods, protocols, standards…– Development of software, middleware, algorithm;
Database creation, upgrade, curation…– Development and curation of samples
EUPRIM-Net (Biomedical Sciences)
ØRefinement, Reduction, Replacement (« 3 Rs »)
EC contribution: ~4.7 M€ TA (~1.3 M€):• Gene, tissue, cell, gamete and serum banks• Experimental animals
NA (~1.7 M€):• Standards (SOPs for quarantine and
experiments)• Training on handling (blood sampling,
injections…)• Courses and textbook (primate behaviour,
husbandry, nutrition…)
JRA (~1.7 M€):• Molecular typing methods• Pathogen detection assays • Telemetry prototyping
Integrating European primate centres
EUSAAR (Environment)
Integrating European research infrastructures for the measurements of atmospheric properties
EC contribution: 5.1 M€TA (~0.2 M€):11 ground-based stations for atmospheric research
NA (~3.2 M€):• Standards and exchange of good practices on
sampling, measurement and analysis of aerosol parameters
• Training on aerosol sampling and measurements• Web portal and Database on aerosol products
JRA (1.7 M€):• Methodology for determining aerosol optical
density• Standard procedures for aerosol hygroscopic
growth determination• A real time data collection of aerosol
measurements
ØA network of research stations exploiting the diversity of regional backgrounds
IA-SFS (Analytical Facilities)
ØOffering a common access platform and triggering coherent future developments
TA (~19 M€):• 15 installations, with 4000 users from a very
broad spectrum of disciplines
NA (~2 M€):• Specialized workshops, conferences and schools
(support areas of transnational cooperation)• Exchange of scientists
JRA (~6 M€):• European platform for Protein Crystallography• Development of:
• Instrumentation for Femtosecond Pulses• Diffractive x-ray optics• Superconducting Undulator• Photoinjector for X-ray Free Electron Lasers
Integrating Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser facilities
EC contribution: 27 M€
ESSi (Social Sciences)
ØProviding high survey standards of social measurement in Europe (2005 Descartes Prize)
TA (~0.4 M€):• On-line access to European Social Survey (ESS)
data
NA (~2.7 M€):• Quality enhancement (common survey protocols)• Training in comparative survey methodology• Improved ESS web-site
JRA (~2.9 M€):• Development of mixed modes for data collection• Investigate ways of improving
representativeness• Improve the reliability and validity of questions in
cross-cultural surveys• Development of appropriate attitudinal social
indicators
Integrating social measurement in Europe
EC contribution: ~6 M€
EGEE & EGEE II (e-Infrastructures)
ØCross-disciplinarity; International dimension
Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe
USA
EC funding: 31.9 + 37 M€SA (~34 M€):• Shared use of resources across > 1.000 user
sites, integrating over 20.000 CPUs, 5 PB of storage, instrumentation and informational resources on top of a high bandwidth network
NA (~21.9 M€):• Training of users, dissemination and outreach• Linking with major infrastructures worldwide• Integration of new user communities• Policy support for shared use of ICT resources
JRA (~13 M€):• Development of multiplatform middleware and
connectivity, authentication and security• Quality assurance
Main characteristics of an average I3
• Average number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access
• Average EC contribution: ~10 M€Management: ~ 6%Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 36% Joint Research Activities: ~ 43%
• Helping develop medium & long-term visions / action plans at EU level (Lisbon)
• Stimulating use and pooling of resources (not achievable at national level)
• Tackling fragmentation of resources and efforts and enhance efficiency and effectiveness
• Fostering human capacity and excellence
Goals of the actions under FP6 and FP7 - Conclusions
Looking for catalysing, leveraging, additionalityand managerial effects
• Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6)http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/
• List of funded projects (FP6)http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects.htm
• ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures)http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html
• Specific Programme Capacities http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm
• FP7 Proposalhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
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